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Raise The Age: Another Headache For Local Govt? When Governor Andrew Cuomo signed legislation last year to raise the age young offenders could be tried as adults, criminal justice reform advocates found a lot to be happy about. Passed as part of a $100 million package in the governor’s 2018 budget, Raise The Age Legislation was considered to be a significant victory for the progressive cause in New York State, raising the age of criminal responsibility to 18-yearsold and “ensuring that young people in New York who commit nonviolent crimes receive the intervention and evidence-based treatment they need.” “By raising the age of criminal responsibility, this legislation will reduce crime, recidivism and costs to the state, and help us deliver on the New York promise to advance social justice and affirm our core progressive values,” Cuomo said after signing the bill last April. But, as the October 1 date when the law takes effect approaches, Tompkins County officials are wondering what the local impact will be on their departments, and whether or not the legislation will simply result in becoming another unfunded mandate from New York State. In a presentation to the County Legislature’s Public Safety Committee on Wednesday, local law enforcement officials expressed uncertainty over what the specific impacts of the legislation would be on their department’s bottom lines and whether or not the money set aside by the state would cover the shifting costs from state-funded correctional facilities to local government. Approved by the New York State Assembly by a vote of 81-40, the legislation made it so the state would no longer automatically prosecute 16- and 17-year-olds as adults, moving all cases for those youth charged with misdemeanor and nonviolent felony cases to Family Court. Until this change in the law, the Correctional Association of New continued on page 4

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ix of the seven candidates vying for the Democratic nomination to represent New York’s 23rd Congressional District addressed a crowd large enough to pack the aisles and line the balcony of the 1,600 seat State Theater in Downtown Ithaca on Monday night. Monday night’s spectacle, replete with a staffed and stocked concession stand and a backline of television cameras, marked a significant evening for a crowded field that in recent weeks, has seen its candidates look to separate themselves from one another and consolidate a base in the lead-up to the primary vote on June 26th. Co-hosted by t he Tompk ins County Democratic Committee and a number of other local progressive groups, Monday night’s forum and straw poll stood as a chance to address one of the 23rd District’s most influential Democratic voter bases and to

Congressional candidates Tracy Mitrano and Ian Golden, looking on, at Monday’s candidate forum at the State Theater in Downtown Ithaca. (Photo: Casey Martin)

work toward another metric to help voters across the district define clear front runners among the group. Victories over the past several weeks have been varied, but significant. A little more than a week ago, Tompkins County Progressives offered its endorsement to Ithaca businessman Ian Golden, a “populist progressive” who received a 54 percent majority of the ranked votes for the TCP endorsement. (The remaining votes, according to a news release, were split evenly between cybersecurity expert Tracy Mitrano and Max Della Pia, a retired Air Force officer and policy advisor in Washington.) Mitrano herself was recently named the winner of a poll of more than 1,000 individuals of all parties from the district, the results of which were touted in a press release from the campaign mere hours before Mondays event. Eddie Sundquist, a Jamestown attorney, has won a number of endorsements from key Democrats in the western part of the district in recent weeks.

T a k e ▶ There’s plenty of Valentine’s Day festivities around the area this week, from the Queerlove night at The Range on Thursday to the Wailin’ Jennys at State Theatre of Ithaca, but don’t forget Feb. 14 will also be your last chance to snag some Bandwagon before their Ithaca restaurant closes.

But none of that mattered Monday night in an event that, for Tompkins County voters, was an opportunity to listen to a group of experienced and seasoned candidates state their case for representing the district, many of whom are already a year into their first campaigns. Moderated by former WHCU Radio host Barbara Mink, each candidate – minus schoolteacher and union leader Rick Gallant, who continued on page 12

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▶ Let’s talk about homelessness will be held this Saturday from 4 p.m.-5:30 p.m. at the Greater Ithaca Activities Center. Find out the extent of the problem, how you can help, and why solving it is such a complex issue to tackle with guest host Lee Rayburn of WHCU Radio. Hosted by Community Faith Partners. .

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How To Spot – And Avoid – Fake News

ast week, Common Counci l made a historic a nd unprecedented decision, voting unanimously to construct a climate-controlled dome over the city, doing away with issues caused by snow and the confusion of odd-even parking forever. T he ab ove i s a hop ef u l ly obvious example of fake news. The fake news phenomenon – inspired by President Donald Trump and institutionalized by mainstream media – has risen to prominence in recent years, with ample evidence cited around the practice as one of the main vehicles for Russian attempts to sway the last presidential election. This epidemic, which seems unlikely to end soon, has forced people to become more discerning when it comes to the online news they digest when viewing social media or simply surfing the web. W hen t hat ex t ra ef for t of discernment is absent, Cornell librarian and fake news workshop leader Michael Engle said, fake news has become an even more poisonous influence on our lives, with people accidentally contributing to its expanding reach by sharing information they believe to be true. Engle gave a presentation last week at the Just Because Center on different tactics to determine the accuracy of information before spreading it.

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York notes, New York was one of two states (the other being North Carolina) to prosecute individuals of this age as adults. While individual counties still retain the right to prosecute certain cases differently based on the nature of their offense through an area of the adult court system, called the youth part, the victory was apparent: approximately 28,000 youthful offenders prosecuted each year would be diverted from adult correctional facilities, where they would be among the most vulnerable members of the general population. However, some critics have noticed gaps in the law. Some have said it only served to further overcomplicate New York’s already confusing court system. Convicted youthful offenders would be required to be interred in separate,

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Engle’s presentation consisted of two main prongs to avoid falling victim to fake news. One covered strategies that dealt with first examining things like the source, author and even the date when the article was published while the second focused on one considering the actual content of the article. It can come in many forms, Engle said, anywhere from exaggeration to biased to satirical to conspiratorial to simply baseless and fake. With the internet came a still-growing plethora of digital media outlets, and more consternation and effort is now absolutely necessary on the part ICU-CME Board President Linda Glazer and Cornell librarian Michael Engle talk with audiof the audience now to reveal any ence members after Engel’s lecture on determining real and fake news. slant that exists in the information they receive. sored by Ithaca Coalition for accurate or not. A n y c o n v e r s a t i o n a b o u t Cooperation and Unity in the Glaser said events like these fake news can’t be held without Middle East (ICU-CME) and are important to ensure efforts acknowledging the significant hosted by organization chair Lin- are being made to extinguish role that someone’s confirmation da Glaser. Glaser, a faculty mem- fake news, even among the small bias plays in its success and pro- ber at Cornell University who has crowd of about a dozen or so liferation. Often, Engle said, peo- a background in studying Middle last week. Even with growing ple are far more likely to believe East affairs, said the fake news discussion nationally and locally fake news if it provides them problem is very present in that of which news sources are trustwith more evidence of a belief region of the world and can deep- worthy and which should be disthey already hold. For instance, if ly impact the way people from missed, Glaser said she’s been someone is convinced Common other parts of the world, like the discouraged by conversations she Council is dedicated to frivolous United States, perceive conflicts has with others in which inforspending, they’re far more likely there. One example Glaser cites mation she knows to be fake, or to accept this story’s lede at face is the Arab-Israeli conflict, which hopelessly one-sided, immedivalue instead of doing further is already so inflammatory that ately derails any hopes of a proinvestigation into the veracity of people on either side are more ductive outcome. the claim. susceptible to information twistThe presentation was spon- ing their beliefs whether it be continued on page 10 specialized facilities from adult jails and prisons, few of which currently exist. (Two facilities, in the Adirondacks and in Livingston County, are expected to come online in time for the October 1 date the legislation takes effect.) This has led to some concerns among local officials over where some of these youthful offenders will be sent: with no political appetite to build a facility locally, county leaders will have two options – to build their own facility, and wait for the state to reimburse them from the $600 million set aside for capital costs, or to come together with other counties to build a regional facility. This solution presents problems: with limited beds, counties across the state may find themselves competing with others for places to house those convicted of crimes. Though Tompkins County rarely has offenders convicted of the worst crimes, there have still been a substantial number of

young people tried through the adult courts over the past several years: according to statistics presented on Wednesday afternoon, Tompkins County has had 274 arrests on misdemeanor charges or higher among 16- to 17-yearolds, 62 of which were felonies. Unless some other option for housing detainees is introduced in the region, new administrator Jason Molino notes, it may be up to us to make some tough fiscal decisions. When asked if there were any buildings in Tompkins County that could potentially be retrofitted to match security standards mandated by the state to house detainees locally, nobody was immediately sure whether any facility in town would stand up to a required security review by the local sheriff’s office, much less how such a facility would be staffed in perpetuity. Regionally, four sites – divided between Rochester and Syracuse – have been pinpointed as potentially suitable for a youth

detention facility to meet state requirements, but proposals have yet to be put forward. If no sites locally are constructed, the county would likely have to contract out to other counties. There’s also the question of how the policy will affect local staffing: while part of a $40 million share of the program’s budget will be set aside to fund close to $300,000 in expenses (three new parole officers, travel expenses, etc.) locally, it is unclear what other areas of government will incur hidden costs related to unanticipated impacts from the legislation, whether it means adding staff in the County Attorney’s office, improving aspects of the county’s Mental Health Department or modifications to the Department of Social Services or the county’s workforce development programs. –Nick Reynolds

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City Of Ithaca

A Commons Exodus? ‘Tis The Season

espite a recent spate of business closings in desirable Commons locations, local officials are not concerned that construction or student absence have had a harsher than usual impact on the downtown economy. Since the beginning of 2018, closing announcements have come from Le Commons Bistro, Subway and Due Amici, all located on the Commons, while The Shop and Bandwagon Brewpub have also announced their intentions to stop operations elsewhere downtown. Businesses

in the area customarily see a dip during the late-December to mid-January period since students from Cornell University and Ithaca College return home to their families for the holidays, but five shuttering their windows seems outside of the norm. It should be noted that Bandwagon’s owners’ decision, by their own account, hinged on their desire to dedicate more focus on their brewery facility in Interlaken as opposed to economic difficulties at their home on Cayuga Street. Subway is a national chain restaurant

without much precedent for success on the Commons (think McDonald’s back in the day, plus the presence of two other locations in the city), and the other two are restaurants with niches already filled by other nearby spots. The recent turbulence does not have Downtown Ithaca Alliance Executive Director Gary Ferguson worried, even with construction of the Harold ’s Square apartment building taking up space on the Commons and eliminating a small amount of parking on Green Street. Any continued on page 10

Town of Ithaca

Changes Soon Coming To Town Of Ithaca Inlet Valley Corridor

fter a months long process, the Town of Ithaca has officially released its plan for the Inlet Valley and how town officials can best take advantage of the area for the foreseeable future. Overall, the town’s forecast for the area – which includes the stretch of Route 13 from the Southern border of the City toward Newfield – seems rosy, though with a few significant caveats along the way. Employment, population and economic trends of the area are all heading in the right direction, according to the study, and the study suggests that while a balance with preservation of the surrounding landscape should be maintained, the Inlet Valley is primed for a revitalization through increased density and new land use.

The Inlet Valley Ithaca Plan: Economic Development Feasibi l it y St udy a nd St rateg ic Plan (which still needs to be discussed and approved by the Town Board) was drafted by firms ConsultEcon and Behan Planning and Design. The stated goal of the draft strategic plan is to lay out “the foundational framework for future planning and long-term economic development in the Inlet Valley.” Throughout the document, the value the town places on Inlet Valley is clear, not just due to its economic vitality as a pathway into the City of Ithaca, but also as a counterweight to Ithaca itself, somewhere that can remain agricultural and less commercially touched than the more urbanized development

nearby. Retaining that differentiation will certainly factor into future development discussions. As it exists, there is plenty of development potential for towncontrolled land approaching the city. However, the town – to facilitate the agritourism-centric sector it hopes will thrive in the area – may consider rezoning some parcels within the Inlet Valley to provide more flexibility than currently exists. Zoning changes were always going to play a large role in the valley’s future, each change tailored to be more localized and specific to the Inlet Valley. This could involve the creation of an “overlay district,” which would used to impose certain regulations on development to encourage a

t its February meeting, the legislature’s Health a nd Hu ma n S er v ic e s Committee sat for a presentation from Tompk ins Communit y Action’s Director of Housing, Danielle Harrington, on the organization’s administration of the federal affordable housing subsidy better known as Section 8. Backed by funds levied by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, Section 8 funding is a vital resource for a number of Tompkins County’s poorest families, allowing those with low incomes a direct payment to landlords in order to keep rents at an affordable level, typically 30 percent of their monthly income. The standard for a fair market rent is based on a single metropolitan area, upon which the HUD formula per voucher is based. Last year, TCAction – one of two organizations in Tompkins County to administer the subsidy – doled out close to $8.39 million in vouchers for 995 families. Their share accounted for approximately half the available vouchers allocated in the county, each amounting to an average rent payment of about $740 per month. And the demand for these vouchers, Harrington said, is often higher than the number facilitated by the state. For many, the voucher waiting list is about 12 to 36 months, based on how many names are on the list. That list typically counts 100 names and, each month, only about 25 vouchers eventually end up being issued, after which applicants are given a list of landlords participating in Section 8 willing to accept vouchers as payment. irington said most of the help that can come at the local level will come from furthering these education efforts. Though TCAction subsidizes nearly 1,000 households each year, TCAction has been granted more than 40 additional vouchers this coming year.

Ups&Downs ▶ Congrats to to Taverna Banfi, Gorgers and Grist Iron Brewing Company who won in the Best Meat Chili, Best Vegetarian or Vegan Chili and Best Craft Beverage categories, respectively, last weekend at the 2018 Chili Cook-Off. . ▶ Alt-Right Trolls generally, but especially the ones aiming at high school kids finding their voice and, it appears, producing some change in their situation. Please, please go back to 4chan to make badfaith arguments about Santa Claus being white or whatever.

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Heard&Seen ▶ Having seen the 2018 Planning Department goals and agenda take a second to thank your local city planning employee, who are doing yeoman’s work as the city chooses development as its overarching remedy. ▶ Top Stories On Ithaca. com This Week Are... 1) ICSD students victimized by alt-right trolls 2) Mega Millions ticket worth $1 million sold in Dryden 3) Tompkins County Sheriff speaks out on recent ICE arrests 4)A frozen paradise: Ithaca’s rich history of winter activities 5) A debate on race lights up ICSD’s theater program

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e were wowed when Jameelia Ricks, an “only girl” with four older and four younger brothers, graduated from Tompkins Cortland Community College (TC3). A single parent to Ashan, she entered TC3 when Ashan was old enough to enter TC3 daycare. Transplanted in Tompkins County from a violent neighborhood in Providence Rhode Island, Jameelia and her family had to face down poverty and a huge cultural shift from their urban life in Providence. All this, in addition to the usual challenges young people face when they go to college. Jameelia graduated from TC3’s now renowned Culinary Program (created by several well-known local heroe s —i nclud i ng C a rl Hay nes, Arthur Kuckes, Gar y Woloszy n of Wegmans), and won a prized position as a line cook at Coltivare Restaurant. On the home front: Ashan went on to elementary school, and Jameelia’s father, James Ricks, the center of his large family in NY and

in Rhode Island, does his community organizing from the home he shares with Jameelia, Ashan and one of Jameelia’s brothers, Tyrone. Jameelia contemplated her future after college: She knew food preparation was central. She also liked working with people, and felt a kindred bond with kids in need. One night when Jameelia couldn’t sleep, she turned on the tv. There she saw an advertisement for the William George Agency in Dryden, New York, near her home. She said to herself , “All those kids…there must have a dining hall. Dining halls need experienced prep cooks….” W i t h i n a fe w h o u r s Jameelia’s new chapter was beginning. These days Jameelia heads to William George Agency to team up with Deidre, her co-worker. “I love preparing the food we serve to the kids we care for and care about,” she said. “Deidre likes the organizational aspects of our job. Together we cover all bases, while working hard and having lots of fun. Dei-

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he 13th Ithaca Loves Teachers Festival is a glorious celebration of public educators and school district employees. Ithaca will come together for a week starting this Friday to celebrate educators and education with entertainment, activities, family fun and discounts throughout the city. As a public service, the Ithaca Times is posting the last-minute additions to the agenda: Ja nus v. A FSCM E Stor y Ti me: Renowned story-teller and Wisconsin teacher Philinda Cornstarch will regale listeners with gripping tales from her post-union teaching career. Get a glimpse into a future where public sector unions have been gutted and ‘salaries’ and ‘benefits’ are legislative punch lines. Her ‘right-to-work’ adventures, seeking second jobs in the food service and house cleaning industries just to make ends meet, have been described as “spell-binding.” 2:00 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, February 24 and 25. $6 admission. Tompkins County Library. Betsy DeVos Piñata Smash: Walt Whitman famously said, “there is no greater balm for the troubled soul than to bash the effigy of a clueless billionaire who is actively destroying our education system.” The first 1,500 piñatas each day contain school supply items normally

YourL etters On Cost & Benefit, Reed Needs Guidance

ep. Reed’s Cost-Benefit calculator is broken. For example, he supported the Trump Tax Cut and opposed the bipartisan budget agreement that kept the government open. When he was asked why he voted for the Republican tax cut that added $1.5 trillion to the deficit over 10 years and yet opposed the budget agreement that added only $350 billion to the national debt over the same period, Reed said he “…felt the tax cuts will generate offsetting revenue.” There is absolutely no evidence supporting his feeling that tax cuts will generate offsetting revenues. When pressed about this Reed said, “This debt crisis is why I ran for office in 2010.” He added, “My record is clear…I support our young men and women in the military. I voted for a package that fully funded them, to give them the resources, training and equipment in order to do the job successfully, but most

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purchased out of teachers’ own pockets. 1:00 p.m. daily. Ithaca Commons. Free with Winter Recess Teacher Festival Pass. Speed Acronym Deciphering Challenge: IEP, BIP, CST, FERPA, RtI…no teaching skill is more under-appreciated than navigating the acronym landscape. Open to all registered educators, contestants will be challenged to see who can decode the greatest number of education acronyms in timed 3-minute sessions. Packets of the 1100 acronyms and the underlying terms are available prior to the competition at the downtown Ithaca Visitors Center. 7:00 p.m. Monday, February 19. State Theater. Admission is free with Winter Recess Teacher Festival Pass. Contestants should register online before 9:00 a.m. on the day of the competition. Workshop - Casting a Musical Production: Matching roles to ethnic, racial and gender-appropriate performers is more science than art, and a misstep can feel like trying to fish a dime out of a hornets’ nest. A technician from the genomics and biotechnology company 23andMe will work with attendees to develop audition protocols that accurately match middle and high school performers with fictional characters in productions from Shrek to Seuscontin u ed on page 7

importantly to come home safe to their families. Just this week, we did such a thing and we did it in a fiscally responsible manner. We paid for it.” The fact is, with his vote for the Tax Cut, Reed just unpaid for it! Nevertheless, Reed’s 1% donors are very happy with his voting record. That is why, according to t he Federa l Elections Commission, Reed has so much more money than his Democratic opponents. According to FEC filings, Reed, who is seeking a fourth term in Congress, raised more than $1.7 million and had just over $1 million on hand at the end of 2017. Reed’s seven potential Democratic opponents have raised less than $500,000 the FEC report, released last Tuesday, shows. Their combined campaigns have less than a quarter of a million dollars on hand. Finally, in addition to having a broken Cost-Benefit calculator, Reed was just out of touch on the House Intelligence Committee memo, “The Nunes Memo” that he supported for release. All he could say was “…After months of media speculation, transparency is

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sical. 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Wednesday, February 21. Admission: $15. Venue change – event no longer at Kulp Auditorium (new location TBA). Declassifying the Special Education Student Made Easy: Especially useful for administrators, this exciting panel discussion will take participants stepby-step on the journey of reducing the number of costly special ed students and saving your district a pile of money. Presenters will share tips on massaging test results and finessing the requirements of the declassification process. 7:00 p.m. Thursday, February 22. Admission: $10. Brindley Room, Hilton Garden Inn. Last-minute Discounts: T hese teacher-friendly deals have been added to the list for our visiting educators: Use the code WinterRecess2018 to receive 30 percent off Xanax prescriptions at all local pharmacies, 2-for-1 deals on gallons of hand sanitizer at participating retailers, and free Adderall air fresheners while supplies last at both Visitor Centers.

fied to be free of humans raised entirely during the social media era, people with ridiculous top knot hair styles and anyone likely to say “whatever” at inopportune moments. You deserve a break. No ID (except proof of age) required at these venues. Parent-teacher Conference Role Playing Games: Say what you really think in a controlled environment without fear of retribution. Speculating on the depth of a student’s gene pool, suggesting alternatives to school, and elaborate displays of mock surprise at a student’s ability to look up from an electronic device are all A-OK in this perennial favorite because it’s all pretend! Advance enrollment required due to anticipated demand. 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Saturday, February 17. Admission free with Winter Recess Festival Pass. Schoellkopf Field.

Teacher Idol: Compete with other educators in fundamental teaching skills. Categories include the single-eyebrowraise, spotting classroom texters, thinly veiled sarcasm, speed-grading essays, the three-minute bathroom break, voice projection, saying everything twice and finger-snapping. Participation certificates available for all contestants. 8:00 p.m., weekday evenings. Bernie Milton Pavillion. Free with Winter Recess Teacher Festival Pass.

Sound Like a Workshop Facilitator: Is it even possible to mix new-age nonsense and straightforward ideas, take it on the road and make a lucrative career explaining it all to rooms full of captive educators? Of course it is! Presenters Dr. Eric Jensen and Dr. Carol Dweck will demonstrate how to enhance your presentations with real-sounding gems like “ideas across content areas,” “research-based,” and “learning-focused lesson plans.” Learn how to make words like “grit” and “mindset” seem like new inventions with a straight face. Try saying this out loud: “We will integrate flipped instruction through the use of centers, through the experiential based learning process.” Intrigued? 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Friday, February 16. Admission: $75 (includes autographed book). South Hill Business Campus.

Pupil-free Zones: In recognition of teachers’ valuable service throughout the school year, there are designated pupil-free zones located throughout Ithaca (every bar in town) that are certi-

Charley Githler is a columnist for The Ithaca Times. His column, “Surrounded By Reality,” appears biweekly.

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long overdue. The first step in restoring public trust in our government is knowing the truth.” –Kay Thomas Dundee, NY

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remember arriving in the area when the intersection of Route 13 and Triphammer Road did NOT involve an overpass and the East State Street hill into Ithaca was brick. My secret to moving around the county? Use the back roads and pay attention to your route and the terrain. It takes longer, but you will not encounter “in-ahurry” bad drivers with bald tires.

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ow disgusting. Check with Ann Arbor and Salon, OH as to how much $$ the famous butcher DeNicola made in their towns. In Ann Arbor he even requested they cut down beautiful, mature trees to better help him meet his deer killing quota which he did not do. Shame on Cornell, this committee and the local politicians for white washing what took place here in the past. Your obvious goal is to drive deer to extinction. To pride ourselves in being a responsible, educated, enlightened community is sick. Stop your ruse of trying to come up with a plan to sell this to the public. You are sick, greedy and demented. –User ‘Lakota05,’ via Ithaca.com.

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dre’s a “cut up” and one day she cut the label off a big box of Honey Nuts. She used the label to make a big necklace. Inspired by her high jinx I cut a label off the Cheerios box. Every Saturday the kids come in and we are wearing our labels. They greet us with riotous comments, and wear their own labels “Cocoa Puff” and Rice Krispies” to get in on the fun.” “We like to sing songs from the ‘50s and gospel tunes while we are prepping for meals. The kids tease us and then join right in. I don’t have time for the musical life I used to enjoy, but singing along with co-workers and kids who live far away from their families is very special. It helps kids open up; makes us all happy.” In addition to preparing delicious, nutritious food for lively teens Jameelia also works with teens in the WGA vocational program. Kids and food go together. This one-on-one work gives Jameelia a chance to be a role model for kids struggling with so many aspects of their lives. Jameelia thinks of the people who are her role models and helped her get through the hard times in her life like Alexis Dengel at TC3, and most of all--her father, whose lifelong work for peace, justice and equality has inspired his children and community members. She is repaying their investment in her: She know the difference between being a “kid in need” and being a “person of promise” is often the support, guidance and care someone offers. Jameelia’s job has more than worked out. Since her arrival she has had several substantial job enhancements; her schedule fits her childcare needs, she loves her boss and colleagues (including two whom she recruited from former jobs). Jameelia has made good friendships with other WGA staff, and finds that her respectful approach to those around her has been reciprocated. She feels well-respected and treated fairly. Jameelia sounds like an ambassador for that agency as she describes the good work going on there. Not one to lounge around, Jameelia has lately been thinking what she can do for her local family to sustain their future: “Now that I have a good job I’m thinking again about homeownership. So much of my paycheck goes to my rent. At the end of the year I am no closer to having a permanent home for my son, my brother Tyrone, my father and me. I’ve had lots of encouragement from Ithaca Housing Authority and INHS; and I am just beginning to analyze what program will work best for us, as we inch toward the Starting Line. My plan is to live simply and save up for a forever home. I know it could take me many years to get a home, but I’m finally in a position to start.” “I also am thinking of getting another degree by doing online studies when I’m at home after work. With enhanced education, great job experience, there are many opportunities out there.” Jameelia reports that she and her family are thriving. Jameelia is content with the hectic life she has created. The Ricks family are thankful they are together and this new year holds lots of promise.

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Last week’s big to-do in the Assembly chambers was the passage of the 2018 DREAM Act. The bill, which permits children of undocumented immigrants to apply for college financial aid, has been proposed several years in a row now, but has died in the Senate every time. The Assembly also passed a bill cosponsored by Lifton that would plug up a hole in the state’s penal code that two Brooklyn detectives exposed after allegedly forcing a woman to perform sex acts in exchange for escaping charges. Current law dictates that corrections and parole officers may not have sexual contact, but falls short of including all law enforcement officers including police and peace officers. Tom O’Mara- N.Y. State Senate 58th District

Senator O’Mara introduced a bill this week that would amend the state penal code on arson as to combat a number of meth lab explosions in recent years. As it’s currently written, the penal code restricts arson to an individual purposely igniting a fire that causes damage to a building or injures people. In 2014, On several occasions across the state, meth lab explosions have killed innocent people or damaged nearby buildings. Bill would add first degree arson to the list of potential charges on such an individual. The bill is new this session and is facing committee markup. Tom Reed - U.S. House of Representatives N.Y. 23rd Congressional District

Last week, the halls of congress were echoing with what’s becoming its favorite cliché: “kicking the can down the road.” Congress had only a few days to pass another continuing resolution to keep the government open. Reed has been critical of the continuing resolutions, advocating, as many members of congress are, for longer term spending bills. Reed is co-chair of the House Diabetes Caucus, which was especially vociferous in advocating for spending on diabetes research in this continuing resolution which passed the House on Tuesday. Later in the week, the House voted on its 2018 budget plan which drew sharp criticism from Reed, a self-proclaimed deficit hawk. He was one of 67 Republicans who voted against the bill which ultimately passed 240 to 186.

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headquarters for Tompkins Trust Company. Looking down upon it all, it’s hard to ignore the elephant in the room, that decisions coming from this office and the advice generated by his colleagues around him helped to make it all happen. But it’s helping the rest of the public understand the gears at work that presents frustration for TCAD staff, an organization that, in 2016, helped to directly spur close to $67 million in new investments countywide. On the internet, news of new tax abatements – which TCAD, as a member of the County’s Industrial Development Agency, plays a major role in advising and administering – prompts outcry from armchair economists calling for the county to invest the money in more affordable housing (“which is illegal,” Stamm notes) or other means. Which is why, this year, TCAD is on a mission: to make the general population feel better about offering fiscal incentives to build high-rise luxury hotels, high-end housing and projects that make for far less interesting

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headlines, like facilities improvements for coffee roasters, hummus makers and advanced manufacturing firms. “I’d say most economic development agencies in the state haven’t done a particularly good job of describing the fundamentals of economic development – what they do, why they do it,” said Stamm. “That’s something we’re going to focus on this year, going on into next year, to ensure the community and our key stakeholders understand the fundamentals of business development and job creation, private sector investment, and what we do to encourage all of those. We also need people to understand how we do it, and the benefits of that to the community.” At a meeting of the County Legislature’s Planning, Development and Environmental Quality Committee earlier this winter, members of TCAD’s administrative staff presented its work plan for 2018, outlining objectives to begin focusing on increasing job retention in Tompkins County and better communication with the community on what, exactly, the

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company does every day. Though TCAD acts primarily to leverage grant funding for local businesses and to offer statistics and workforce strategy to key stakeholders in the community, Stamm said at the meeting he’s been findPhotos: Casey Martin

ing increasing concern with projects coming through the organization’s affiliations with the Tompkins County Industrial Development Agency – including questions around how tax abatements are granted. The reasons why are complicated, and deeply embedded in the expansive ecosystem of what makes Tompkins County’s economy tick. In a wide ranging interview with the Ithaca Times last week, Stamm helped to outline exactly how different sectors of the local economy are codependent of each other and how incentives like tax abatements and capital funding fit in the region’s greater economic development strategy.

“What we look at are the sectors that are creating quality jobs, to see if they’re growing or if they’re experiencing problems to help them grow,” said Stamm. “What’s golden for us are quality entry-level jobs for people trapped in poverty that may be working three low-paying jobs to make a go of it or have given up and left the workforce. We focus a lot on strategies and companies that are creating quality, entry-level jobs that offer a ladder, inhouse training, those types of things.”

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Starting sometime in the 20th century, the economy in Ithaca began to shift from the working class manufacturing town it once was into an educational center where its two institutions of higher learning – Cornell University and Ithaca College – began to take on a major share of an economy locally that today, is worth approximately $8 billion. Half of this output, Stamm said, comes from goods and service sold within Tompkins County while the other half is sold outside the county, a big part of which can be tied to services provided by Cornell and Ithaca College. Because of the vested interest in both campuses to attract a high caliber student body and faculty pool, ensuring the quality of life and attractiveness of the surrounding area becomes a key priority in attracting new talent. “With Cornell and Ithaca College, I think their challenge is attracting the workforce they need to support themselves,” said Stamm. “They need to work in a community that has a very high quality of life to be able to attract the next generation of faculty, and when they have openings, they need to be inventive in how they attract talent here… they’re competing at an international level for the best and brightest, and that’s an issue for Cornell. For them to continue to be successful, they have a stake in ensuring the quality of life in Ithaca stays high or improves.” Because supply, by nature, rises when demand is high, the influence coming from the desires of students and faculty at the colleges play a significant role in the types of businesses that come to roost in Ithaca. And it’s up to agencies like TCAD to help facilitate their arrival, whether through advisory opinions or the leveraging of direct incentives. Using that as a baseline for the economy, tax revenues and spending can increase and Tompkins County can invest in the infrastructure needed to facilitate the growth of other industries. When Stamm joined TCAD in the early’80s, Tompkins County had yet to seriously respond to the more attractive retail sectors present in Elmira, Big Flats and Corning, which attracted most of the retail dollars in the region and beyond the construction of the Commons several years earlier, there was little investment downtown due primarily to poor soils and an urban environment that could present serious fiscal barriers to serious developers. This led to the incentive policies that funded a number of large buildings downtown, a massive retail development in the city’s southwest in the early 2000s that helped spur a new era of population growth, and some early investments in constructing facilities out by the Tompkins County Airport to serve as a home for tech companies to get their starts. That era also saw the rise of local venture capital, with the formation of the Cayuga Venture Fund in the late-90s, which led to even more growth in the local tech sector.

This is the line of thought behind some of the incentives boosting numerous downtown projects taking place currently, which Stamm emphasizes aren’t necessarily “job-creating projects” – they’re projects to discourage sprawl and “enhance the vibrantness of the downtown” to encourage greater investment and most importantly, to generate property taxes. In a way, this recent effort has been seen by some as an example of a paradox of progress: Can We Fill Those Jobs? one where you need to be a vibrant communiOne of the issues facing Tompkins County ty in order to attract businesses but while you that holds true nationwide is the problem of do that, you improve the value of your comworkforce development. Stamm said a lot of munity to a point that leads to higher property current economic development policy centers values and, in theory, higher taxes. While alaround creating a modern workforce trained leviating some of this comes down to policies in emerging technologies. implemented at the hyperlocal level, Stamm “In the past, when we would visit with varisaid a certain balance needs to be struck to ous manufacturers, they would be interested in abate the influence of gentrification while still incentives to buy a new piece of equipment or reaping the benefits of new, high value projects to expand their facilities,” said Stamm. “Now, that help supply the tax revenues so dearly consistently, the first thing they talk about is needed for effective, sustainable job-creation workforce, either the countywide. ability to attract highThe questions end engineers and around how those managers or find losystems are set up cal entry level people. are persistent, and That’s the highest pridifficult to answer. ority at both ends of Are we allowing, and the spectrum, and is incentivizing, spaces something that wasn’t that allow for the type a concern at all when of economic developI first came here. ment we want? Will That wasn’t a concern the leases be too high for my first 20 years for firms that want to here.” create good, livable Working jointly jobs in favor of large with area high chains that cut costs schools and Tompthrough personnel? kins Cortland ComStamm said that munity College, all depends and ulStamm said TCAD timately, a business’s is making efforts to success comes down bridge the gap beto its business plan, M i c h a e l S ta m m tween local education their revenue model and (p h o t o : C a s e y M a r t i n) centers and high tech whether it’d be able to employers to provide succeed in this market jobs for residents right here in their backyards with the ideas they have for their business – if while offering the resources manufacturers they’ll be able to afford to be in the place they need to thrive and grow in Tompkins County. need to be to generate the revenue they need to “They’re having a very hard time finding stay there. entry level employees, so we’re concerned that “It’s a tough issue, and the same issue that as these companies grow and find themselves impacts housing and the growth of light inin a position to create those ‘golden’ entry level dustrial and manufacturing,” he said. “Real jobs, they won’t be able to find the people they estate is very expensive in this community, need and those jobs will be offshored or move land is very expensive in this community, and elsewhere. At the same time, we have a numthat is one of the reasons why we’ve devoted ber of unemployed people – who don’t show so much energy to the redevelopment of Emup in statistics – we need to retrain to take on erson. (A major overhaul of a former industhose jobs. We’re not alone in this issue, but we trial facility on South Hill in the works several need to see through all these investments these years now.) That’s 800,000 square feet of develcompanies make in the community, or else opable space that can provide affordable space they’ll be wasted.” to office users, housing and manufacturing Some of this strategy involves changing the companies.” Fe b r uar y

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conversation around education here locally, to engage the public school system to provide sufficient fluency in new technologies to proceed immediately to trade schools and eventually, into a locally grown workforce generating tax revenues and introducing new wealth into the local economy. This is a challenge here, especially in a town whose economy is based around a world-class university, where there might be a stigma among those who don’t strive for – and achieve – acceptance into a top university. “There are great jobs for non-university bound grads or GED grads that go wanting just because parents don’t value them or aren’t aware of them,” said Stamm. “That’s a heavy lift. I think we face it to a greater extent than most communities just because we have an Ivy League university and a great private college as well.” But for some, change is difficult, and many may contemplate the reasons why Tompkins County needs to go through the changes we are today. It’s hard to maintain a stable economy in a world where the money is constantly flowing from place to place, favoring only those who take the steps to accommodate that money should it arrive. For Tompkins County to retain that status into a new decade, it has spent the last several years setting itself up for the next evolution of the economy, with more housing to attract new students and faculty for the colleges (and to free up housing stock for the rest of us), more office space to retain them, should they start businesses, and more property taxes to help lower tax rates across the board and pay for the infrastructure needed to attract even more development – all without the sprawl characteristic of other cities in recent decades. This strategy applies to the rest of the county as well, and where former mill towns became bedroom communities, many smaller communities are looking to consolidate themselves around “town centers,” with TCAD looking to take roles in helping to bolster smaller-scale commercial development best suited for places where their residents may not necessarily work there. Through this type of economic development, Stamm said he believes work can begin on answering the toughest questions local leadership faces today. The rest, Stamm said, depends on public policy decisions at the municipal level. “We have a very enlightened local government that wants to provide quality services to the people who need them the most,” Stamm said. “The only way to do that is through revenue, and the only way that cities generate revenues is through sales and property tax. The city was struggling from a revenue point of view, and us and others were looking at sources where we could get that. And we did.”

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“What’s frustrating is seeing it play into the divide into the community,” Glaser said. “We were formed because we saw an incredible tension in Ithaca between people of different points of view about the Middle East, and it’s really painful to see how these fake news stories plays into that and exacerbates it.” Engle said in his mind, one of the more harmful parts of the fake news spectrum, though not specifically “fake news” per se, is the growing presence of bots on social media sites like Twitter. Bots are fake accounts, normally created in large numbers to voice support or opposition on particular issues or people. Even when they are easily detectable, their mere presence, and the volume at which it normally comes, serves to drown out actual people stating their opinions. “It’s the misrepresentation of support for certain points of view,” Engle said. “Things like the robots that spew out hundreds of thousands of responses that are indistinguishable from a response by an individual. So people’s genuine responses are just swamped by the huge number of false, manipulated responses that appear.” Recently, Facebook has introduced new attempts at flagging fake content that could appear on the site’s news feed, to mixed reaction. But it’s optimistic to hope gatekeepers of information can monitor and detect polluted news sources when they are being spread, Engle said, and trust in those efforts can only go so far. He cited a video, produced

by the Southern Poverty Law Center, about Google’s influence on Dylann Roof’s descent into white supremacy before he killed nine black people at a church in Charleston, Virginia, as an example of the struggles online companies still face in defending their algorithms from adulteration or misuse. A certain amount of the burden falls on the consumer to take the extra steps and do their own research into the information. “I don’t think they’re being transparent enough about how they make these decisions,” Engle said. “I think transparency is one of the most important values in these types of situations [...] I think that’s why journalistic ethics can be a real value, being a kind of check on this kind of manipulation. I mean, we have to trust that Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook are doing a good thing, and how can we?” Glaser said her hope is that more media literacy, which has always been valuable but even moreso in these more challenging times, can produce more valuable discourse on topics which attract propaganda, spin or lies. “The more people can be critical consumers of news, the more they can be constructive contributors to the conversation,” Glaser said. –Matt Butler

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disturbance created by Harold’s Square is a far cry from the full Commons reconstruction from a few years ago that several businesses blamed last year for their demise, like Now You’re Cooking and McNeil Music. “This is the time of year when people do turn over, just because it’s at the new year and that’s when people make decisions about what they do,” Ferguson said. “You hate to see any closures, but there’s lots of interest and activity.” He pointed out that even with those businesses leaving, there is no shortage of interest in businesses either moving or opening downtown, with some new faces and some familiar launching ventures in the next few months. Adil Griguihi, owner of Casablanca Pizza, bought the Due Amici restaurant space from his cross-Commons rival and will be opening a new restaurant there, a breakfast and lunchfocused venue called the Commons Kitchen, according to Ferguson. Griguihi could not be reached for comment in time for publication, but Ferguson said a press release is forthcoming. Additionally, winners of the Race for the Space competition were announced last week and will bring five new stores downtown, four to Press Bay Alley and one elsewhere: a halal grocery store, two doughnut shops, a bridal boutique and a hair coloring salon. Aside from that, Ferguson said he and the DIA are currently shifting their recruitment focus from restaurants to more retail companies, especially apparel. With those retail

companies, Ferguson said the DIA believes stores that offer experiential participation, like a kitchen appliance store that offers cooking lessons for instance, to be one of the most effective ways to combat the infringement of the internet on retail business. Getting people into the store, one way or another, is paramount, Ferguson said, and it even factored into their criteria for Race for the Space. This might not necessarily dictate what stores fill the other two vacancies now open on the Commons, but it could signal what kind of businesses will emerge in the event of any future turnover, especially as prime real estate will open up in the ground-floors of Harold Square on the Commons and City Centre building at the corner of East State and North Aurora Streets, both marked for mixed-use commercial tenants. “We’re reassessing what our priorities are, and we’ll be doing that over the next few months,” Ferguson said. “But I would say restaurants in general are not a priority, because we have a lot of them. [...] We’re not going to go out and pound the pavement for another pizza place, we don’t need another one.” The closings, then, could just be random. As far as can be determined, commercial rents aren’t contributing either. Ferguson said as far as he knows, commercial rents are either stable or only rising slightly. Whether new high-end commercial space incoming will impact that is not yet known, especially with developers handling their own business recruitment for Harold Square and City Centre (neither have confirmed tenants yet).

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place to coach.” I also told Suddaby that I assumed that in February, if a Bomber team cannot compete in an away meet in say, San Diego, or Miami, Cornell was likely the next best thing. He laughed and offered, “ That’s definitely the case. It’s one of my favorite events… it’s like a home meet, but I don’t have to run it!” Coach Suddaby was very happy with the team’s second place finish, and he said, “The motivation for us was really Brockport. We lost at Brockport recently by .35 of a point, and I guess our gymnasts didn’t like it.” He added, “It’s not really realistic for us (a Division III program) to expect to beat Cornell (a Division 1 team), but it’s always fun to try.” The Bombers have been trending very positively throughout the season, and Suddaby said, “We have been after that program record for a long time, and we have been getting better every meet. We started with a 186, went to 186.9, then a 188 and the 191 was very exciting.” I asked the seasoned veteran what he considered the best roster balance in terms of upperclassmen and rookies, and he stated, “We have a good mix this year. We have a great influx of new freshmen, and we have

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five seniors that really set a great example of how to train. The transition to college can be a very difficult one, and having quality leadership is extremely helpful.” The Bombers will host SUNY Cortland on Wednesday, February 14 at 7 p.m. at Ben Light Gymnasium. The event – at which the wrestling team will also host the Red Dragons – is known as “The Rumble and Tumble.” *** I have actually heard hockey fans say that while they do appreciate coach Mike Schafer’s successes over the past 20-some years, they feel that his teams’ style of play is a bit defense-heavy and therefore not quite as exciting to watch. To each his (or her) own, but if they are true fans of the Big Red, and they saw Cornell head up to the North Country last weekend, play two games, score but a single goal and still come away without

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a loss, they would probably admit that solid defense is a good thing after all. Goalie Matthew Galajda slammed the door on Clarkson on Friday night and St. Lawrence the next night, the suddenly-onfire Jared Fiegl scored his third goal in the last four games (having scored just four goals over the course of his first 107 games), and Cornell headed home with a 0-0 tie and a 1-0 win. The 3-point weekend kept the Red ranked in the top four nationally, and shutouts number seven and eight put Galajda at the top of the NCAA’s shutout stat list. Not bad for a freshman. Wit h Colgate coming back for a tie against Clarkson on Saturday , Cornell now has a four-point lead in ECAC Hockey.

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was ill for the evening’s event – shared their views on policies ranging from gun control to economic development over the course of a two-hour “conversation” between the group. Candidates, beyond the aforementioned Mitrano, Golden, Sundquist and Della Pia, also included relative newcomer and retired physician Linda Andrei and Charles Whalen, a former economist with the Congressional Budget Office. Selected topics were as follows, with more available online. How do you tie the success of the stock market to the state of the economy as a whole? When asked by Mink on how to communicate the “truth behind the numbers” of the stock market, Mitrano responded by saying the stock market is used by only about 20 percent of the population and offers no real reflection of “what life is like” for the rest of the population. She added 45 percent of children across the district receive free or reduced lunch and that, as citizens, voters need to speak out on the realities of their situations and to vote for their “real interests,” not what they hear “through Fox News or through a soundbite.” Though many voters across the district would be getting a relatively small – but immediate – boost from the recently passed tax legislation that the group’s prospective opponent, Tom Reed, was instrumental in drafting, the candidates made it clear that, in their minds, the long-term impacts to the national deficit would have little to no longterm benefit for residents across NY-23. “People across this district can’t tell the difference between a recovery and a recession anymore,” said Whalen. Whalen said the people behind the most recent tax policies passed on the federal level are the same people allowing jobs to go overseas, adding that recent changes to the tax code allowing top earners to reap the most benefit does little to help the average worker.

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certain type of “branding” on the development there. While the exact boundaries of such a zone still remain to be determined after discussions with both local officials and the community, much of it would comprise the undeveloped land in the center of Inlet Valley. Any developments there would heavily emphasize character traits including smallscale, walkable streets and standardized architectural elements while eliminating the possibility for sprawling developments, like pharmacies, laundromats and the “big box store” development seen in the city’s southwest corridor further up the road. The ultimate idea is to create the vibe of a “country laneway,” something that represents a significant departure from the miracle mile-style developments of expansive parking lots and chain retail development commonly seen throughout the rest of the country. Creating this type of synergy between businesses and the nearby parks, the plan says, will take time, but should be

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Building off a criticism of “trickle-down” economics brought up by Andrei, Della Pia relayed how the Trump Administration’s current Republican-led tax plan has similar strategies and objectives as The American Jobs Creation Act of 2004, saying that similar, top-down strategies haven’t done anything for the middle class and a similar strategy won’t either. How do you address the opioid crisis? Prompted by the fact Reed’s home county of Chemung County was one of the only counties to not jump onto a massive lawsuit of municipalities nationwide suing opioid manufacturers, Andrei – the candidate with the most direct healthcare experience on the stage – noted that the act of suing manufacturers will take years, and will likely have little involvement from elected officials. In the present, she said we need to address the problem of opioids through greater healthcare funding and targeted response measures, the funding of which will come by closing loopholes in the corporate tax system and a reduction in military spending. The improvement of the economy, each candidate noted, would be key to solving the issue. Sundquist, saying the opioid crisis has so far had more victims than all of the Vietnam War, said the country can’t approach the opioid epidemic with a law and order approach: the district needs treatment facilities. And so far, he said, beyond Ithaca and Buffalo, treatment facilities are sparse. Some took it further: Mitrano, describing

a specific incident she heard of pharmaceutical executives dining local doctors at a popular Ithaca steakhouse, called for hearings on on federal officials with direct involvement in the increased manufacture and distribution of prescription medications some have argued had a direct role in the rise of opiate addiction across the United States. “There are complicated aspects of this, but there is one thing that’s very clear: a lot of these companies have pushed things that they shouldn’t have, and we need to go after them harder than drug pushers on a playground,” said Whalen. On Gun Control One of the most divisive issues across New York’s 23rd District – prompted partly by legislation enacted at the state level – is the contentious issue of gun control. It was a dynamic most candidates were quick to acknowledge. Reed, who boasts an ‘A’ rating from the National Rifle Association, has proved friendly to the interests of gun owners across the district. Many of the candidates Monday acknowledged the social role gun ownership plays in the rural counties across the district but stressed some limiting legislation, such as universal background checks, were needed. Because of the fears lawful gun owners might have – “we only need to worry about maybe one percent of them,” Sundquist noted – each candidate recited some need that, in

implemented in a way that will allow the area’s intended usage to unfold organically. This proposal does present some concerns, including a loss of privacy for preexisting neighborhoods unaccustomed to high foot traffic from visitors. However, the potential for increased commerce to develop in a way that is both traffic-calmed and potentially, a large boost to the local economy does present some interesting opportunities. In addition to more commerce, there also exists some quality of life improvements – such as trails, bike paths, destination playgrounds or public art displays – that can also emerge as a hidden benefit to the neighborhood’s character. As for general area analysis and how it influences the direction the Town wants to take with the area, a SWOT assessment was undertaken to compile a risk-benefit list of sorts that would come with the development being discussed (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats). Some strengths were positives in a broad sense, but could be counterproductive when considered at a more micro-level. For instance, when the Inlet Valley is viewed

with a close proximity to a fairly booming Ithaca economy in one of the healthiest counties in central New York, that must be categorized as a strength. Of course, the real benefits of proximity to that location are questionable – is Ithaca’s economy broad enough to sustain something that is admittedly outside of the city’s center, or even the city itself? Still, the study listed a few concerning weaknesses of the Inlet Valley as well. A “lack of cohesive sense of place or identity” could mean that so many opposing voices were heard in the formulation of the study that future development will evoke a constant battle between progressives and preservationists (It’s also entirely possible that once the plan continues to be discussed publicly, a general consensus on the valley’s identity will emerge.) Beyond that, uninspiring demand and non-ideal commercial location have led to a softer than normal rental market, discouraging development in turn. On a lighter note, the study also lists “glamping” as a possibly exploitable economic opportunity, particularly in Robert H. Treman Park, where most camping in

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drafting what they see as “responsible” gun legislation, legal gun owners need to be represented at the table. How do we explain the disparity between military spending and social spending to voters? According to a 2016 analysis by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, 16 percent of the federal budget goes to national defense, 24 percent goes to fund social security, and 26 percent funds Medicaid, Medicare and other health subsidies. Under the proposed budget recently put forth by the Trump administration, military spending, initially, will increase, while in the house, talk of “entitlement reforms” and other changes to social spending have become a big topic of discussion among Conservatives. On this disparity, Mink asked the candidates how they would put these fiscal decisions into perspective. Sundquist said that when considering costs, representatives need to think about corresponding lines in the defense budget and how they relate to line items falling under social spending. Citing a multi-year issue in the development of the F-35 fighter jet, he equated the $4.35 billion price tag spent through the life of that program with a universal jobs program, which he said would have a far greater benefit for the American people as a whole. While some, such as Andrei and Mitrano (who equated our current military budgeting to what happened “during 1930s Germany”), called for a pulling out of all foreign conflicts to focus on domestic spending, Della Pia, who has the most military experience of anyone in the field, put it bluntly: “We get these things not because we want them,” he said. “It bothers us when an earmark written by some lobbyist for some pet project overtakes some other need, like extra fuel so your student pilots can complete their training program.” –Nick Reynolds

Tompkins County happens. Perhaps the most surprising revelation in the “weakness” category is that shareholders in the town believe the building approval process is even more cumbersome than the notorious process in the City of Ithaca. This was hinted at as a threat to the Inlet Valley’s future too, noting that the “perception of anti-development culture” as well as unrealistic property owner demands may scare away potential investors or developers. Concocting a more business-friendly development approach is also specifically cited as a goal, at least in the Inlet Valley area, as well. “This report is a departure point for economic development in the Inlet Valley over the long term,” the draft stated. “While it is a small area, Inlet Valley assets figure prominently in the regional tourism economy and this strategic plan is designed to enhance the Inlet Valley as a destination for residents and tourists and enhance tourism spending and impact in Tompkins County.” –Matt Butler & Nick R eynolds

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ouples tying the knot typically want to share their excitement with as many friends and family members as possible. Preliminary wedding guest lists can be quite extensive, but many couples ultimately shorten such lists in adherence to their budgets. One fuzzy area in regard to guest lists is whether or not to include a “plus one” on the invitation for single friends or family members. A “plus one” refers to single guests’ dates. Party planners may extend the courtesy of giving single guests the choice of whether they would like to bring someone along to the event or attend solo. The rules concerning plus ones are flexible, and ultimately, it may be up to the couple to create their own plus-one rules. The following tips can help couples determine which way to go. Length of relationship One way to set limits on plus ones is to look at invitees on a case-by-case basis. Think about unmarried guests and the type of relationship status they currently claim. For example, a cousin who has been dating someone for several months can be encouraged to invite this serious boyfriend/girlfriend.

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Recently divorced or widowed guests may not feel comfortable bringing a date along, but because this person was in a committed relationship so long, it may be well worth the courtesy to allow these types of guests to bring someone along so they can feel more comfortable.

Etiquette experts at The Knot say that, whenever possible, all guests should be addressed by name on the invitation. Couples can ask single friends whether they plan to bring a date to the wedding and who their dates might be. Number of single friends Another consideration is how many single people will be invited to the wedding. If it’s a small number, a blanket plus-one rule can be established. However, if many guests are single, which tends to happen when young couples are getting married, the cost can be prohibitive. Single friends and family can be seated together so that they can converse and have fun. For the guests … It’s important for people on the receiving end of a wedding invitation to understand some key plus-one rules as well. • If the invitation does not say “plus one” or “and guest,” that means you have been invited alone. It is rude to bring a guest unexpectedly. • Avoid asking to bring someone to the wedding if you were not originally given the option. • If you were given plus-one status, be sure to respond with your guest’s name. If you can’t confirm who you will be bringing or don’t know if you will have a date for the evening, it is better to come alone. • Don’t use the plus one as a chance to bring a friend only for the free food and drinks. Weddings can be complicated to plan, and negotiating plus ones for single guests is part of that planning.

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12 wedding tricks add ease to planning and fun Wedding tips can help keep stress minimal and reduce expenses.

1. Fake the cake. Save some money by asking the bakery cake artist to decorate a foamtiered “mock” cake for pictures and display, and serve guests from an inexpensive sheet cake in the kitchen. 2. Use labels. Once the guest list is finalized, create a database of guests’ addresses. Print out two sets of labels: One for addressing the invitations and the other to address the thank-you cards. 3. RSVP tricks. Number the back of RSVP cards and correspond the numbers to the guest list. If one or more responses is illegible, refer to the number to figure it out.

rides and grooms understandably feel a little stress when planning their weddings. Adding to the pressure is the fact that, according to a WeddingWire. com report, the average couple in their 30s spends $32,000 on their wedding. That is a lot of money riding on one day. But planning a wedding can be even more fun than it is stressful, especially for those couples who employ a few tricks of the wedding planning trade.

4. Embrace inexpensive decor. Dollar stores and craft stores are great places to find inexpensive decorative items. Empty wine bottles can be painted or glazed to serve as vases. Candle lanterns can be picked up at low cost at many retailers. 5. Create anemail address. To have all of the wedding-related details in one place, create a separate email address exclusively for wedding correspondence. 6. Use veil weights. These weights can be sewn into veils to prevent fly-aways during outdoor ceremonies or photoshoots. 7. Keep bugs at bay. Spray chair and reception table legs with insect repellent. Dryer sheets also

can be tucked into inconspicuous spots to keep bugs away. 8. Save money on favors. Unless the favor is something to eat or something especially practical, you may consider skipping the favors altogether, as many guests tend to forget to take them home anyway. 9. Use page markers for seating. Use multicolored, self-sticking page markers to create easy seating arrangements. Each color can represent a category: His, Hers, Friends, Work. 10. Make a photo clothesline. A clever and inexpensive idea is to pin photos of the couple to a string, cataloguing how they met and their time together leading up to the wedding. 11. Use loose flower centerpieces. Loose flowers in a vase are easier to sort and transport home for guests who want a memento. Make precut butcher’s paper or cellophane available to make bouquets. 12. Stock up on string lights. Lights can be wrapped around trees outdoors, strung indoors around windows or draped along buffet tables to create a romantic ambiance. Weddings can be expensive and stressful; therefore, couples can use all the tips they can to corral their expenses and tame their nerves.

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Choosing wedding color palettes

ome brides may feel beholden to the color white on their wedding days, at least in regard to their gowns. Those who do often embrace the opportunity to showcase their personal styles and set the mood for their nuptials by embracing various colors throughout their ceremonies and receptions.

Some couples opt for more loosely defined color palettes, such as neutral and natural colors. Country and garden weddings can borrow ideas from the landscape, with natural linens paired with wildflowers. Using whites, grays and beiges enables couples to add a pop of color without overwhelming the setting. Brides magazine suggests that couples avoid choosing too many colors. A maximum of three with one metallic can ensure that things look cohesive without being over-the-top. Also, brides and grooms needn’t feel pressured by the “hot” colors of the moment. As with clothing and hairstyles, trends change. It is better to select colors that will stand the test of time and look good for years to come.

Color can be a critical component when establishing the ambiance for a wedding. Color can evoke certain moods and set the tone for the day. Some colors work better together than others, so while choosing a color scheme may seem like an easy undertaking, some couples may find it requires more careful consideration than they first imagined. According to the bridal guide A Practical Wedding, wedding colors can give couples a starting-off point for all of the other details of their weddings. This ensures the wedding ultimately has a cohesive look. Colors need not necessarily match, but borrowing on similar hues can make it easier to plan wedding party wardrobes, flowers, table linens, and much more. Colors can come from anywhere, but many couples try to coordinate their color schemes with the season in which the wedding takes place. In fact, couples who are finding it difficult to decide on a palette can look to seasonal colors for inspiration. For example, pastels and blooming flowers can set the scene for spring weddings, while jewel tones and rich reds and greens may be fitting for winter ceremonies.

Couples may have to incorporate colors already at their wedding venues into their style. Fortunately many reception sites are outfitted in neutral tones to enable customization. The wedding resource The Knot also says having a basic knowledge of the color wheel can help. Typically, colors that pair well together are those that are opposites on the color wheel. Also, colors that share proximity on the color wheel will have similar tones and play well together. Examples of opposite colors include purples and yellows, reds and greens, and oranges and blues. Couples should not be afraid to take some chances with their color palettes, especially if they want to make a bold and modern statement.

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Affordable bachelor and bachelorette party ideas

ater shows, or a night at a comedy club. Investigate discounted tickets for large groups. Belt out the tunes: Open mic nights at restaurants, bars and other establishments around town may make for a fun way for friends to share a few laughs together. Participants need not be professional singers to join in on the festivities.

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store focus and let stress melt away. Poker or game night: Groups can gather around the poker table to test their skills in poker and other card games. With some free-flowing beverages and snacks galore, games can get pretty animated. Dinner party: Hire a chef to visit your house and prepare a meal for guests. Serve a signature cocktail and let the conversation flow. Bachelor and bachelorette parties can be affordable without sacrificing fun.

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ince Ancient Roman times, June has been a popular month for couples to tie the knot. The month’s namesake, the goddess Juno, was said to be the protector of women in every aspect, but most notably in regard to marriage and childbearing. Therefore, it made sense to get married and take the first step toward creating a family in June. For practical reasons, June also has been a prime month for marriage because the month is neither especially hot nor especially cold in many areas of the world. While dressed in formalwear — whether having an outdoor wedding or an indoor one — no one wants to be overheated or uncomfortably cold. While June is a still a popular month to get married, the wedding resource The Knot indicates that autumn, in particular the months of September and October, has overtaken summer as the most popular wedding season. Warmer-than-average temperatures in autumn over the last few years as well as a dazzling display of natural color help make the fall a popular time for nuptials. Interestingly enough, perhaps due to a slightly cooler climate, a 2015 survey from Wedding Bells found August to be the most popular month to get married in Canada, and that 67 percent of weddings in Canada that year occurred between June and September.

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or 20 years, Ithaca has hosted the Banff Mountain Film Festival, first in a tiny venue, and now films are shown in one of the most prestigious venues Tompkins County: Bailey Hall at Cornell University. This year, the festival will make its way from Banff in Alberta, Canada, to Ithaca at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday Feb. 16–17. FIlms shown at the festival will feature more women-centered stories and filmmakers, along with a documentary created by Ithaca College students — the first local film featured at Banff in a few years. The original Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival begins in Banff, Canada, a town located at the center of a national park. Through the course of nine days, films are screened that capture stories related to environmental conservation, extreme sports, mountain climbing and other outdoor-adventure themes. The home festival also has space in the program for new books that deal with the same topics. After Banff is completed in the fall, the company takes the festival on a world tour. Stopping off in different spots internationally, cities will host an abridged version of the festival, lasting anywhere from one to three days. Local coordinators — “road warriors,” as they’re called — pick their favorite films from the festival to screen at their smaller Banff festival. Chris Leeming, Land Programs Coordinator for Cornell Outdoor Education and organizer of Banff, said this year’s festival will screen a film by local filmmakers from Ithaca College. A team of six student filmmakers submitted their film, Walk on the Mountain, to Banff, where it was screened in Canada and may also be featured in other touring spots aside from just Ithaca. Leeming said the team is eager to screen the film because of the controversy surrounding the topic: coal miners making a living in West Virginia, filmed at the height of the 2016 presidential election. “The film has not been viewed favorably in the state of Texas because the film does not show our current president in a favorable light,” Leeming said. “... So as soon as I got it I thought, ‘We’re totally showing this one.’” Luke Wat k ins, one of the f ilmma kers involved with the production of the documentary, said the decision to focus on the coal industry in West Virginia came after paring

down nearly a hundred topics. But with rhetoric surrounding “clean coal” and the Republican candidate in the election advocating for more jobs in coal mining — especially in a state that relies heavily on the industry — following the subjects in the film then became the obvious choice. “It was so close to the election, so we were really filming people’s emotions and whatnot. …That was enjoyable in the sense of being there for something so historic,” Watkins said. “... Which is why we had a few clips of the president relating to the audience in West Virginia because of the importance of coal and bringing coal back.” Walk on the Mountain will be shown on Saturday, and Watkins and a few other of the filmmakers will be present for the screening. In addition to local voices, women’s voices will speak more loudly than at any previous Banff festival. Leeming and Carpenter said the field of outdoor adventure and environmental sciences is dominated by men — an issue with the industry itself. Showcasing diverse artists outside the scope of the usual male-focused narrative has always been a criticism of Banff, Leeming said. But Carpenter and Leeming looked to fix that problem. While there is a disparity between the filmmakers, there are still plenty of women who have reputable work to screen, and plenty of women who have accomplishments that demand to be highlighted. “For many years, we’ve struggled somewhat to receive enough films that feature women in the films or were made by women. We like to do more of that, and we’ve encouraged filmmakers over the years to do that,” Carpenter said. “And this year they really came through. This year we have some films with very strong female content both in front of and behind the camera.” From local to international artists, Banff captures a sense of adrenaline while also informing and entertaining its audience. Emerging and seasoned artists will come together to celebrate their work at Bailey Hall — before shipping off to the next destination. “The overall goal is to enjoy outdoor pursuits, be aware of the environment and all that stuff, but usually through humor as well,” Leeming said. •

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Top: One of the main subjects for the film “Walk on the Mountain”; Middle: An active mine site in West Virginia featured in “Walk on the Mountain”; Bottom: The Ithaca College students involved with their featured documentary. (Photos provided)

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was a European exercise in narcissism. BVC: I know we really split on The Post, but especially compared to the Liam Neeson Mark Felt movie, it had that Spielberg snap. And I keep thinking about the lemonade stand and Bob Odenkirk on a pay phone, and I don’t know why.

movies than I do. Bryan VanCampen: First thoughts on the nominations: there is a big part of me that’s rooting for The Shape of Water just because it’s not the kind of movie that the Academy opts for, except in technical categories. Jamie Lewis: Yea h, sure. Shape of Water for Oscar. Billboards was good but not that good. The Post was All The President’s Meh. Darkest Hour was mediocre. Dunkirk was impressive first time round, and the second viewing felt like it took longer than the actual rescue. Call Me By Your Name or American Bi as we called it

JL: If The Post had just been about the reporters, it would have been awesome. But it was another film about how awesome rich, powerful white people are … eventually. BVC: Best actress? JL: Frances McDormand. Easy win. It’s like giving the Coens a freebie. And she is excellent. I’m rooting for Sally Hawkins, too. She actually did her job and acted. The film would fall apart without that character, but you don’t notice her. Which is even more genius if you think about it. And Michael Shannon’s been good recently. Glimpses of genius

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turning into genuine star power. I was tired of his humorless schtick. JL: Baby Driver is getting nothing, which is fine by me. I was let down by that. That was one of the two films I saved to see in American cinemas last summer (No Chinese editing). BVC: I love me some Edgar Wright, but that was the first thing he ever did that I’ve seen before. JL: Yeah, he usually makes me laugh out loud at least once. And Baby Driver felt like it could’ve been directed by anyone. BVC: Anyone who’s directed a Fast & Furious movie. I wonder if they’re shooting a new version with Christopher

on each other. JL: All pretty yawn. The Shape of Water will collect all the tech awards for being all retro and cool. BVC: It’s Reverse Splash. It’s Creature from the Black Lagoon for adults. In the visual effects category, the most derivative is Blade Runner 2049 because it has a house style it’s chasing. But it’s nothing like Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 or what’s being done with performance capture in the Planet of the Apes films. JL: I wasn’t blown away by Blade Runner 2049. BVC: The original f ilm was really influential on cinema and commercials, but it’s a hard film to love.

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Plummer. JL: Oh, Plummer will get something. Hollywood’s Black moment is over. See how many noms Marshall got? But they’ll throw black audiences a bone by giving Kobe Bryant an Oscar [for the animated short “Dear Basketball”]. BVC: Another thing: none of the films nominated for visual FX have anything

BVC: Final thoughts? JL: Daniel Day Lewis gets NOTHING! Good DAY sir! Nice try with the “It’s my farewell tour.” But we’ll see you in this generation’s Clash of the Titans in five years. Recommended: Bill Nye: Science Guy at Cornell Cinema Feb. 15 and 20. RIP: John Mahoney (1940-2018) •

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a more three-dimensional manner that makes them protrude from the wall and accentuates the swirling movement of each image, as if activating it further. On the opposite wall are pastel and charcoal drawings by Margaret Reed, who provides her own perspective and intention behind her works. Inspired by saints and goddesses, her pieces deal largely with narrative and storytelling of female protagonists. Her color works burst with vibrant oranges and greens with woman in regal dress. A personal favorite, however, is Inanna! Queen of All the Lands!, a black-and-white charcoal drawing of the Sumerian goddess hanging upside down from a tree. Her body, apart from her feet and face, is colored in black with hairs

streamers. Meanwhile, Terry Plater has on display more traditional figurative oil paintings, each exploring body language. In one, three woman look toward a fourth who appears to pull away from them. Their bodies exhibits a combination of concern and tension, although their faces are not fully formed and instead only vaguely depicted. Marian Van Soest exhibits textural acrylic works dealing with topography and color, while painter Janet Byer Sherman presents exploratory self-portraits. Susan C. Larkin’s signature black-and-white photography stands out with its intense focus on nature’s details, while David Watkins Jr. photographs the natural world

A collection of works by featured artists. Top left: MaryAnn Bowman; bottom left: Dan McPheeters; above: Erin Denuville

ebruar y marks Part II of the State of the Art Gallery’s Annual Members’ Show, and this selection of artists, which features the fourteen remaining cooperative members not showcased in Part I, proves yet again how eclectic and colorful both visual art and the artists in our community can be. From pastels to oil and acrylic paint to photography, graphite and mixed media sculpture, Part II exhibits fourteen distinct viewpoints, each with their own media and unique touch. Some of the works are particularly playful, while others explore technique. All are truly inspiring. The show begins with long-time member MaryAnn Bowman’s spirited and jovial work. Involving sculptures collectively created from any mixture of media

from ceramic and wood to paint brush arms and draped fabric, each is creative and downright cheerful. O.K. Here We Go, for example, features a ceramic frog holding onto a long f lower. It sits on a wooden car or cart, ready to explore. Daniel McPheeter’s works are similarly playful, but in their own way. Archival digital prints that combine figurative inspiration with repetitive kaleidoscopic forms, some of the pieces such as Starfight, focus on trees silhouetted against the night with a compilation of shapes around the scene bringing added intrigue. Stan Bowman too plays with digital prints, though in a more sculptural way. Working with colorful abstract prints, Bowman backed each with foam and cut them into pieces, repositioning them together in

covering her legs and internal organs on display in her stomach. Her expression is unwavering, unamused. Erin Deneuville’s Le Goûter is beautifully done: a charcoal drawing of a man and small child sitting at the end of a long table. The table is spread with bread and fruit and what looks to be an unwrapped bar of chocolate, appropriate considering that “le goûter” translates to “an afternoon snack.” The boy has a small piece of chocolate in his hand, half-eaten, and is looking up at the man, who appears to be speaking. Frances Fawcett’s abstract digita l works are surprising, involving playful lines with each white space filled with a different color. With titles such as Ponytail and Surprise Party, your eyes search to make sense of the lines, unearthing the curves of a ponytail or joyful shapes of Fe b r u ar y

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as well, appreciating the curves between rocks and breathtakingly irregular symmetry of a gorge. Diane Newton’s large pastel drawings of Scatterly Hill Road and Summertime/Nashville, respectively of a winding road and the intersection by a Piggly Wiggly supermarket, are incredibly executed and somehow comforting in their verisimilitude. All the while, Patty L. Porter displays a five-part Cayuga Winter series, depicting Cayuga Lake as it goes through snow and thaw and its eminent tranquility. Shirley Hogg, lastly, presents a surprisingly strongest visual transition between works. Graphite mouse studies are met with colorful watercolor that then leads to studies of plants in a beautiful manner. The show, which is sure to excite, is up until Feb. 25. •

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Tompkins County Public Library Art Exhibitions | Wednesday, February 14, 18 | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | Various exhibitions from local artists. On exhibition through Feb. 14. Extreme Life Darwin Days | Wednesday, February 14, 18 | Museum Of The Earth, 1259 Trumansburg Rd, Ithaca | An annual commemoration of the birthday and ideas of Charles Darwin. Celebrate the wild world of evolution with PRI and explore the topic of extreme life, stretching from the earliest life on Earth to the search for possible life on other worlds. Midday Music in Barnes, CU Music | 12:30 PM-1:15 PM, Wednesday, February 14, 18 | Barnes Hall, Cornell, Ithaca | Morton Wan performs Bach and Rameau on piano and harpsichord. Sciencenter Science Together | 3:00 PM-3:30 PM, Wednesday, February 14, 18 | Sciencenter, 601 1st St, Ithaca | Engage with your toddlers and

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preschoolers as you investigate how to use tools, through self-guided, hands-on activities. Learn a different science process each week and discover ways to keep the science fun going at home. Djug Django | 6:00 PM-9:00 PM, Wednesday, February 14, 18 | Lot 10 Lounge, 106 S Cayuga St, Ithaca | (Hot Club Jazz, Blues, Swing) Jesse Douglas Collins Quartet | 6:00 PM-9:00 PM, Wednesday, February 14, 18 | Monks on the Commons, 120 S Aurora St, Ithaca | (Jazz, Jazz-pop) Ithaca Sociable Singles Dinner | 6:00 PM-, Wednesday, February 14, 18 | Taste of Thai Express, 209 S Meadow St, Ithaca | RSVP at jon.h.humphrey1@ gmail.com Ithaca Rotary Valentine’s Day Dinner | 6:00 PM-, Wednesday, February 14, 18 | Country Club of Ithaca, 189 Pleasant Grove Rd, Ithaca | Tickets are available online at www. rotarydozendinnerdraw.org and in person at The Pack ‘N Ship Store, 101 East State Street, The Commons. Ithaca Gymnastics vs SUNY Cortland (Rumble & Tumble Meet w/ Wrestling) | 7:00 PM-10:00 PM, Wednesday, February 14, 18 | Ithaca College Ben Light Gymnasium, 953 Danby Road, Ithaca | Ithaca Wrestling vs SUNY Cortland | 7:00 PM-10:00 PM, Wednesday, February 14, 18 | Ithaca College Ben Light Gymnasium, 953 Danby Road, Ithaca | Ithaca Community Chorus and Chamber Singers Spring Concert

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| 7:00 PM-9:00 PM, Wednesday, February 14, 18 | St. Pauls United Methodist Church, 402 N Aurora St, Ithaca | The concert will be a performance of Anton Reicha’s Requiem. Medicine for Melancholy | 7:00 PM, Wednesday, February 14, 18 | Willard Straight Theatre, Cornell, Ithaca | In this ephemeral love story, two 20-somethings seek to connect after a one-night-stand by spending the day together in San Francisco. Wednesday Night Ithaca Women’s Basketball Association | 7:00 PM-9:00 PM, Wednesday, February 14, 18 | Lehman Alternative Community School, 111 Chestnut St, Ithaca | The league is non-competitive and fun and involves pick-up style playing. Check out the league’s website for more information: https://ithacawomensbasketball.wordpress.com/ Sacred Chanting with Damodar Das and Friends | 7:00 PM-9:00 PM, Wednesday, February 14, 18 | Varying Locations, , | Refer to Damodar Das Kirtan on Facebook for location schedule. Wednesday Live Music | 8:00 PM, Wednesday, February 14, 18 | Rulloff’s, 411 College Ave, Ithaca | (Local bands, Soloists) Luke G | 8:00 PM-10:00 PM, Wednesday, February 14, 18 | Argos Inn, 408 E State St, Ithaca | With appearances byÂ Uniit Carruyo, Jason Shegogue, Kieran Makepeace and Joe Hayward. Doo-wop, ‘50s rock and Candyhearts Originals. Jennifer Westwood and the

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Handsome Devils | 9:00 PM, Wednesday, February 14, 18 | The Range, 119 E State St, Ithaca | Band of Outsiders | 9:00 PM, Wednesday, February 14, 18 | Willard Straight Theatre, Cornell, Ithaca | A reimagined gangster film about two guys, a girl and an attempted robbery gone bad. The film influenced a whole generation of independent filmmakers, including Quentin Tarantino and Hal Hartley. The Crucial Reggae Social Club | 9:00 PM-, Wednesday, February 14, 18 | The Dock, 415 Taughannock Blvd, Ithaca | (Reggae) Salsa Night at Agava | 10:00 PM-1:00 AM, Wednesday, February 14, 18 | Agava, 381 Pine Tree Road, Ithaca | Join an awesome dance crowd at Ithaca’s signature Latin dance party. Arrive early, 10pm, for introductory Salsa dance lesson and workshops.

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John Lyon Paul | Thursday, February 15, 18 | Kendal At Ithaca, 2230 N Triphammer Rd, Ithaca | John Lyon Paul’s latest artworks will be on exhibition, featuring recent paintings on glass. On exhibition through Feb. 28. Extreme Life Darwin Days | Thursday, February 15, 18 | Museum Of The Earth, 1259 Trumansburg Rd, Ithaca | An annual commemoration of the birthday and ideas of Charles Darwin. Celebrate the wild world of evolution with PRI and explore the topic of extreme life, stretching from

A sample of what’s on exhibition at the History Center, celebrating Ezra’s tunnel. (photo provided)

the earliest life on Earth to the search for possible life on other worlds. Root to Rise Yoga | 7:00 AM-8:00 AM, Thursday, February 15, 18 | Yoga Farm, 404 Conlon Rd, Lansing | Start your morning by rooting and rising in this flow yoga class with energizing breathing to generate and sustain energy, clarity, and radiance. Slow Flow Yoga | 10:00 AM-11:15 AM, Thursday, February 15, 18 | Yoga

Farm, 404 Conlon Rd, Lansing | Our slow flow classes begin by warming up and invigorating the body through a sequence of gentle active postures, soothing stretches, then move towards more passive postures and stretches that relax and rejuvenate the body and mind. Sciencenter Science Together | 10:30 AM-11:00 AM, Thursday, February 15, 18 | Sciencenter, 601 1st

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St, Ithaca | Engage with your toddlers and preschoolers as you investigate science processes through self-guided, hands-on activities. Brandi Herrera Latina Poet, Entrepreneur, and Philanthropist | 4:00 PM-5:00 PM, Thursday, February 15, 18 | Ithaca College, Clark Lounge in Campus Center, 953 Danby Rd, Ithaca | Presentation by Latina poet, entrepreneur and philanthropist Brandi Katherine Herrera on her recent business venture, Helado Rosa, a color concept shop featuring handcrafted works by Mexican artisans. Yin Yoga | 5:45 PM-7:00 PM, Thursday, February 15, 18 | Yoga Farm, 404 Conlon Rd, Lansing | Yin yoga is a slow, deep, quiet form of yoga. The poses are mainly on the ground and are held for a few minutes. February 2300 Fire and Ice | 6:00 PM-8:00 PM, Thursday, February 15, 18 | Corning Museum of Glass, One Museum Way, Corning | The heat of glassmaking combined with the extreme chill of a winter party, complete with ice sculptures. Featuring live glass blowing demonstrations and live music byÂ Dwayne Dopsie and the Zydeco Hellraisers and SUNGBEATS. Dino Losito, Brian Murphy, Terry Light | 6:00 PM-7:30 PM, Thursday, February 15, 18 | Collegetown Bagels, East Hill Plaza, Ithaca | (Jazz) Home Buyer Education Class | 6:30 PM-8:30 PM, Thursday, February 15, 18 | Henry St. John Building, 301 South Geneva Street, Ithaca | Home Buyer U will show you how to be a successful and happy homeowner. Come to further explore the amount of money you need to buy a house and the types of houses that you can afford. Bill Nye the Science Guy | 7:00 PM, Thursday, February 15, 18 | Willard Straight Theatre, Cornell, Ithaca | Â Cornell alumnus Bill Nye (The Science

Guy) takes up his late professor Carl Sagan’s mission to fight sciencedeniers. As CEO of The Planetary Society, an organization founded by Sagan, he takes off his Science Guy lab coat and takes on those who deny climate change, evolution and a science-based world view. Darwin Trivia Challenge | 7:00 PM-9:00 PM, Thursday, February 15, 18 | Rhine House, 632 W Seneca St, Ithaca | Come test your knowledge of evolution, science history and extreme life at Darwin’s Trivia Challenge. Women in Aviation International | 7:00 PM-9:00 PM, Thursday, February 15, 18 | East Hill Flying Club, 62 Brown Road, Ithaca | Presenter will be Ginny Stromberg, who will share her experiences as a banner tow pilot. Ginny has over twelve years of experience flying and most recently received her commercial rating. Comedy Night | 7:00 PM, Thursday, February 15, 18 | The Dock, 415 Taughannock Blvd, Ithaca | (Improv, Stand up. Hosted by Comedy FLOPs) Buti Yoga | 7:15 PM-8:15 PM, Thursday, February 15, 18 | Yoga Farm, 404 Conlon Rd, Lansing | A soulful blend of power yoga, cardio-intensive tribal dance, plyometrics and deep abdominal toning will work your entire body while facilitating complete inner transformation. Chemung Valley Audubon Society Meeting and Program, Warblers of Magee Marsh | 7:30 PM-9:00 PM, Thursday, February 15, 18 | Appleridge Main Dining Room, 168 Miller St., Horseheads | Magee Marsh in northwestern Ohio, on the south shore of Lake Erie, is part of a network of forests, wetlands and grasslands that includes 6,500 acres managed by the Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge. Ryan McCullough and Lucy Fitz Gibbon: CU Music | 8:00 PM-10:00

PM, Thursday, February 15, 18 | Barnes Hall, Cornell, Ithaca | Ryan McCullough and Lucy Fitz Gibbon present a recital for piano and voice featuring works by John Harbison and James Primosch, including a world premiere. Paul and Corinne | 8:00 PM, Thursday, February 15, 18 | Ransom Steele Tavern, 552 Main St, Apalachin | (Bluegrass, Soul) Queer Love Music Night | 9:00 PM-, Thursday, February 15, 18 | The Range, 119 E State St, Ithaca | The Disaster Artist | 9:20 PM Thursday, February 15, 18 | Willard Straight Theatre, Cornell, Ithaca | A lightly fictionalized account of the making of the notoriously terrible film The Room, based on the tell-all book by actor Greg Sestero. Also showing Feb. 17-18.

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The World Bewitch’d: Visions of Witchcraft from the Cornell Collections | 12:00 AM-11:59 PM, Friday, February 16, 18 | Hirshland Exhibition Gallery, Kroch Library, Cornell University, Ithaca | The exhibition features rare and unique books and documents â€”from 15th-century witch hunting manuals to 20th-century movie posters â€” 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. Ezra’s Gorge(s): A Historical Perspective on Ezra’s Tunnel by Dan McClure. | 12:00 AM-11:59 PM, Friday, February 16, 18 | History Center, 401 E State St, Ithaca | A look at the history of Ezra’s tunnel. The Prisoner of Second Avenue | 12:00 AM-11:59 PM, Friday, February 16, 18 | Elmira Little Theatre, 1000 Laurel St, Elmira | Neil Simon’s comedy

takes a slightly darker turn as he explores the devastating effect that city life can have on a middle-aged couple. The Prisoner of Second Avenue takes place in the early 1970s, when New York City was beset by financial problems, high crime and strikes that made daily life often inconvenient and sometimes dangerous. Little Gems, A Collection of Miniature Paintings | 12:00 AM-11:59 PM, Friday, February 16, 18 | West End Gallery, 12 W Market St, Corning | A new exhibit which features small works by more than 30 regional artists. Members Show Part 2 | 12:00 AM-11:59 PM, Friday, February 16, 18 | State Of The Art, 120 W State St Ste 2, Ithaca | Works of art by half of the gallery members:Â Mary Ann Bowman, Stan Bowman, Erin Deneuville, Frances Fawcett, Shirley Hogg, Susan Larkin, Daniel McPheeters, Diane Newton, Terry Plater, Patty Porter, Margaret Reed, Janet Byer Sherman and David Watkins, Jr. Ithaca Loves Teachers | 10:00 AM-5:00 PM, Friday, February 16, 18 | Sciencenter, 601 1st St, Ithaca | Baby Storytime | 10:30 AM-11:00 AM, Friday, February 16, 18 | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | Caregivers and babies up to 24 months old are invited to Baby Storytime. Join us for books, music, movement and rhyming, along with early literacy tips for babies and their caregivers. Local Artist Exhibit Opening | 5:00 PM-8:00 PM, Friday, February 16, 18 | Cultural Council of Cortland County, PO Box 5133, Cortland | CRT Downtown becomes an art gallery, displaying the paintings, sculpturse and other visual artistry created by Cortlandâ€™s own artists. Fe b r u ar y

Ithaca Music Forum: Nicole Biamonte | 5:00 PM-6:30 PM, Friday, February 16, 18 | Ithaca College McHenry Lobby, 953 Danby Road, Ithaca | A music forum, featuring Nicole Biamonte, pop music theorist. Winter 2018 Exhibitions Opening Night Reception and Artist Talk | 5:00 PM-7:00 PM, Friday, February 16, 18 | Everson Museum Of Art Of Syracuse And Onodaga, 401 Harrison St, Syracuse | Meet artists Edie Fake and Sheila Pepe while enjoying music, hors doeuvres, and a cash bar. At 6 join Everson Curator of Art and Programs, DJ Hellerman and the artists in conversation about their exhibitions. Cabin Fever Visual Arts Gallery Opening | 5:00 PM-8:00 PM, Friday, February 16, 18 | Cabin Fever Visual Arts Gallery, 24 Port Watson Street, Cortland | Cornell Univeristy Women’s Basketball vs. Princeton University | 6:00 PM-, Friday, February 16, 18 | Newman Arena at Bartels Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca | Ithaca Women’s Basketball vs Bard College | 6:00 PM-8:00 PM, Friday, February 16, 18 | Ithaca College Ben Light Gymnasium, 953 Danby Road, Ithaca | Traonach | 6:00 PM-8:00 PM, Friday, February 16, 18 | Felicia’s Atomic Brewhouse and Bakery, 45 E Main Street, Trumansburg | The Yardvarks | 6:00 PM-8:00 PM, Friday, February 16, 18 | Americana Vineyards, 4367 E Covert Rd, Interlaken | Evolution of Life Before Animals, Gasping for Breath and Dodging Snowballs | 6:00 PM-8:00 PM, Friday, February 16, 18 | 165 McGraw Hall, Cornell, Ithaca | Complex life, including animals, evolved against a backdrop of extreme conditions including scarce oxygen, toxic hydrogen sulfide, and millions of years of global glaciation. Community Fire Ceremony | 6:30 PM-9:00 PM, Friday, February 16, 18 | Foundation of Light, 391 Turkey Hill Rd, Ithaca | At this New Moon fire we will be Honoring Father Sun, and gifting the Creator Rites of the Munay-Ki to help bring into being the world we want to create. All are welcome. Cornell University Men’s Hockey vs. Brown University | 7:00 PM, Friday, February 16, 18 | Lynah Rink, Cornell Univ., Ithaca | Banff Mountain Film Festival | 7:00 PM-9:30 PM, Friday, February 16, 18 | Bailey Hall, Cornell, Ithaca | Cornell Outdoor Education presents the Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour. Tickets and more information at 607-255-6183 or online at Baileytickets.com. Rebecca and the Soul Shakers | 7:00 PM-10:00 PM, Friday, February 16, 18 | Grist Iron Brewing, 4880 State Route 414, Burdett | (Roots, Soul) Thor: Ragnarok | 7:00 PM, Friday, February 16, 18 | Willard Straight Theatre, Cornell, Ithaca | Thor must

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battle his own sister â€” goddess of death, Hela â€” in order to prevent the Ragnarok, a mythical death and rebirth of the world, in the latest cinematic installment of the Marvel comic. 3-D film showing at 9:45 Feb. 16; additional screening Feb. 17 at 9:20 p.m. Open Mike Night | 7:00 PM-9:00 PM, Friday, February 16, 18 | Dryden Community Center Cafe, 1 W Main St, Dryden | Come share your songs, stories, poems. Contact Arron Bound by telephone at (607) 844-1500 or by email at manager@1westmain@ gmail.com. Local Singer/Songwriter Showcase | 7:30 PM-9:30 PM, Friday, February 16, 18 | Trumansburg Conservatory of Fine Arts, Congress at McLallen St, Trumansburg | In partnership with Homer Center for the Arts, the Trumansburg Conservatory of Fine Arts is hosting a Singer/Songwriter Showcase highlighting the talents of four outstanding local musicians: Jen Cork, Austin MacRae, Janet Batch and Andrew Alling. Cornell University Men’s Basketball vs. Princeton University | 8:00 PM, Friday, February 16, 18 | Newman Arena at Bartels Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca | Ithaca Men’s Basketball vs Bard College | 8:00 PM-10:00 PM, Friday, February 16, 18 | Ithaca College Ben Light Gymnasium, 953 Danby Road, Ithaca | Vortex Special | 8:00 PM-11:00 PM, Friday, February 16, 18 | Two Goats Brewing, 5027 State Rte 414, Burdett | (Rock, Jazz, Blues) Hummel’s Jug and A Country Mile | 8:00 PM, Friday, February 16, 18 | Ransom Steele Tavern, 522 Main St., Apalachin | District 5 Wind Quintet | 8:15 PM, Friday, February 16, 18 | Ithaca College Hockett Family Recital Hall, 953 Danby Road, Ithaca | Murphy’s Law, Mill Bastards | 9:00 PM-, Friday, February 16, 18 | The Haunt, 702 Willow Ave, Ithaca | Dead Night at The Dock | 9:00 PM, Friday, February 16, 18 | The Dock, 415 Taughannock Blvd, Ithaca | (Grateful Dead covers) The Analogue Sons, Fall Creek Brass Band | 9:00 PM-, Friday, February 16, 18 | Casita Del Polaris, 1201 N Tioga St, Ithaca | Lost Wax Collective, B33t Juic3 | 9:00 PM-, Friday, February 16, 18 | The Range, 119 E State St, Ithaca | The Ithacats | 9:00 PM-, Friday, February 16, 18 | Silver Line Tap Room, 19 W Main St, Trumansburg |

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Winter Farmers Market | 12:00 AM-11:59 PM, Saturday, February 17, 18 | Ithaca Farmers Market, 545 3rd Street, Ithaca | The Ithaca Farmers Market, indoors during the winter months. Beginner Bird Walks | 8:30 AM, I t h a c a T i m e s 23

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he Kitchen Theatre Company follows up its last play with another feature of diverse characters. The next show will be Bright Half Life, by Tanya Barfield, which tells the story of Erica and Vicky over nearly 50 years of their romantic relationship.Performances of Bright Half Life begin at the in The Percy Browning Performance Space on March 4 and run through March 18. Bright Half Life, at its core, is a love story. Erica and Vicky first meet at work, and their relationship quickly begins to bloom. Over the years, the women hit high and low points, get married and deal with raising children as queer parents. The play also allows moments of reflection from the audience, allowing the viewers to relate to the quirks and kinks of the women’s relationship. “Bright Half Life is a universal and timeless story about both the gifts and challenges of partnership,” said Producing Artistic Director M. Bevin O’Gara in a press release. “After producing

Saturday, February 17, 18 | Cornell Lab of Ornithology, 159 Sapsucker Woods Rd, Ithaca | Guided bird walks every Saturday and Sunday morning, starting at 8:30 a.m., sponsored by the Cayuga Bird Club. Meet at the front of the building. http://www.cayugabirdclub.org/calendar Saturday morning Radiance Sutra Meditation Group at Yoga Farm | 9:00 AM-10:00 AM, Saturday, February 17, 18 | Yoga Farm, 404 Conlon Rd, Lansing | In this weekly session, we work with a new Sutra from the book The Radiance Sutras by Lorin Roche. Each Sutra is a beautiful exploration of one of the gateways to meditation.

an early reading of this play a few years ago, I knew if I ever had my own theatre this would be the type of story I’d want to put on.” This production will feature both new and old talent by the likes of Shannon Tyo and Jennifer Bareilles. Tyo acted earlier in the season as Ginny in the production Smart People, and Bareilles will make her Kitchen debut after acting in New York City. Sara Lampert Hoover, a veteran of the Kitchen, will be directing Bright Half Life, lighting will be handled by Tyler M. Perry, sound design is by Sergey Levitskiy and costume design is by Lisa Boquist. Special events for Bright Half Life include Pay What You Can Nights on March 4 and 6, Actors’ Forum discussions after the show on March 9 and 16 and a Student Mixer on Wednesday, March 7. On Sunday, March 11, there will be a special pre-show reception and post-show panel in conjunction with Hospicare & Palliative Care Services. For more events and information, visit kitchentheatre.org. •

Groundswell Center Beginning Teamster Workshop, Working With Draft Horses | 9:00 AM-4:00 PM, Saturday, February 17, 18 | Oxley Equestrian Center, Cornell University, Ithaca | In this workshop we aim to give participants a full day of experiencing whatÂ is like to work with draft animals. We will focus on what keeps us safe, what we gain from work with drafts, and how we can make them fit into profitable farms and businesses. Ithaca Loves Teachers | 10:00 AM-5:00 PM, Saturday, February 17, 18 | Sciencenter, 601 1st St, Ithaca | Life at the Extremes, Darwin Family Day | 10:00 AM-3:00 PM,

Saturday, February 17, 18 | Museum Of The Earth, 1259 Trumansburg Rd, Ithaca | The Museum of the Earth welcomes you to learn about extreme life at Darwin Family Day. Come listen to Cornell astronomy researchers, hear stories, make stuff, meet Team Microbe and discover some organisms that live on the extremes. Getting the Most Out of the John Marcham Research Library | 10:30 AM-11:30 AM, Saturday, February 17, 18 | History Center, 401 E State St, Ithaca | History Center Archivist Donna Eschenbrenner will give an introduction to the many resources you can find on genealogy, the local built

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environment and more. Come for the show-and-tell and stay afterwards for your own research on the topic of your choosing. Chill-a-bration | 12:00 PM-4:00 PM, Saturday, February 17, 18 | Historic Downtown Cortland, , Cortland | More than 20 businesses will feature either a winter menu item to sample, or will prepare a special chili entry to compete for the title of â€œortland Areaâ€™s Best Chili and Favorite Winter Flavor. Chill-A-Bration goers are encouraged to cast a ballot for their favorite samples. There is good incentive to vote, not only to support your favorite restaurants, but also, two ballots will

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be drawn for prizes. Ithaca Men’s Swimming & Diving vs Ithaca Invitational | 1:00 PM-4:00 PM, Saturday, February 17, 18 | Ithaca College Athletics and Events Center, 953 Danby Road, Ithaca | Ithaca Women’s Swimming and Diving vs Ithaca Invitational | 1:00 PM-4:00 PM, Saturday, February 17, 18 | Ithaca College Athletics and Events Center, 953 Danby Road, Ithaca | Earthwise, A Storytelling Journey Featuring Regi Carpenter | 1:00 PM-2:00 PM, Saturday, February 17, 18 | Brian C. Nevin Welcome Center, 124 Comstock Knoll Drive, Ithaca | In this engaging and participatory program, storytellers Regi Carpenter and Kevin Moss will share a sampling of earth wisdom stories, drawing on a variety of oral and folk traditions. Ithaca Women’s Basketball vs Vassar College | 2:00 PM-4:00 PM, Saturday, February 17, 18 | Ithaca College Ben Light Gymnasium, 953 Danby Road, Ithaca | Sciencenter Showtime! | 2:00 PM-2:30 PM, Saturday, February 17, 18 | Sciencenter, 601 1st St, Ithaca | Discover the world of science at Sciencenter Showtime! Take part in a lively presentation about different science concepts each week with local scientists, educators, and students. Topics range from chemistry to rockets and more. Wonderstruck | 2:00 PM, Saturday, February 17, 18 | Willard Straight Theatre, Cornell, Ithaca | The Binghamton University Symphony | 3:00 PM-, Saturday,

February 17, 18 | Anderson Center, 4400 Vestal Parkway East, Binghamton | The Binghamton University Symphony is a 70-piece symphonic orchestra composed of music majors, minors and dedicated non-majors drawn from throughout the student body. Intuition; Discover Your Inner Voice- a Radiance Course Workshop at YogaFarm | 3:00 PM-5:00 PM, Saturday, February 17, 18 | Yoga Farm, 404 Conlon Rd, Lansing | In this workshop, you will learn an engaging, practical, and easeful approach of the HOW to discern and distinguish the Voice of Wisdom from Within, often called Intuition, from the thoughts in your mind. Cornell Univeristy Women’s Basketball vs. University of Pennsylvania | 4:00 PM-, Saturday, February 17, 18 | Newman Arena at Bartels Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca | Ithaca Men’s Basketball vs Vassar College | 4:00 PM-6:00 PM, Saturday, February 17, 18 | Ithaca College Ben Light Gymnasium, 953 Danby Road, Ithaca | Underneath the Sound | 4:30 PM-6:00 PM, Saturday, February 17, 18 | Cinemapolis, 120 E Green St, Ithaca | Independent short film by a local artist Olga Nikulina. The film was conceived as a project to bring awareness about hearing loss. President’s Pulled Pork Dinner | 4:30 PM, Saturday, February 17, 18 | McLean Community Church, 50 Church St, McLean | Open-face pulled pork sandwich, cole slaw, macaroni salad,

Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour Friday, February 16, 2018 at 7:00pm to 9:30pm at Bailey Hall, Cornell

homemade cake and beverages. Take out available. Newfield Lions Club Pork Loin Dinner | 5:00 PM-7:00 PM, Saturday, February 17, 18 | Newfield Fire Hall, 77 Main St. , Newfield | Dinner: Pork loin, potatoes, veggies, rolls, beverages and homemade desserts. Cortland Harvest February Feast | 6:00 PM-9:00 PM, Saturday, February 17, 18 | Center For the Arts of Homer, 72 S Main St, Homer | February Feast features a buffet-style dinner with classic Italian-inspired dishes by Chef Kate Icenogle made from a variety of locally sourced vegetables, meats, breads and artisan cheeses. Alley and the Blue Cats | 6:00 PM-8:00 PM, Saturday, February 17, 18 | Americana Vineyards, 4367 E Covert Rd, Interlaken | Cornell University Men’s Basketball vs. University of Pennsylvania | 6:30 PM-, Saturday, February 17, 18 | Newman Arena at Bartels Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca | Cornell University Men’s Hockey vs. Yale University | 7:00 PM-, Saturday, February 17, 18 | Lynah Rink, Cornell Univ., Ithaca | 2nd Wind | 7:00 PM-10:00 PM, Saturday, February 17, 18 | Heavily Brewing Co., 2471 Hayes Rd, Montour Falls | Attic Abasement, Justin Roeland and Nightswimmers, Chef Fol, Chris Corsano | 8:00 PM, Saturday, February 17, 18 | The Haunt, 702 Willow Ave, Ithaca | Ithaca Underground fundraiser. The Small Kings | 8:00 PM-11:00 PM, Saturday, February 17, 18 | Two Goats

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The Weight of the Mark | Sunday, February 18, 18 | Corners Gallery, 903 Hanshaw Rd Ste 3, Ithaca | A juried exhibition. Jurors: Amber Lia-Kloppel, Visual Artist, MFA New York Academy of Art and Carla Stetson, Assistant Professor of Art, Ithaca College. On view through Feb. 24. A group exhibition that celebrates mark-making as the primary source of the creative process. Participating artists : Doug Baird, Bill Benson, Laura Glenn, Ileen Kaplan, Diane McPherson, Margy Nelson, Diane Newton, Barbara Page, Allen C. Smith, and Carol Spence. Country Style Breakfast | 7:30 AM-11:00 AM, Sunday, February 18, 18 | Mecklenburg Fire House, 4495 County Rd 6, Mecklenburg | Pancakes, French toast, eggs, sausage, bacon, homefries,

toast, juices and coffee. Beginner Bird Walks | 8:30 AM-, Sunday, February 18, 18 | Cornell Lab of Ornithology, 159 Sapsucker Woods Rd, Ithaca | Guided bird walks every Saturday and Sunday morning, starting atÂ 8:30 a.m., sponsored by the Cayuga Bird Club. Meet at the front of the building. http://www.cayugabirdclub.org/calendar Sacred Sunday Community at Yoga Farm | 9:00 AM-11:15 AM, Sunday, February 18, 18 | 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. Ithaca Loves Teachers | 10:00 AM-5:00 PM, Sunday, February 18, 18 | Sciencenter, 601 1st St, Ithaca | Open Meditation | 10:30 AM-12:00 PM, Sunday, February 18, 18 | Foundation of Light, 391 Turkey Hill Road, Ithaca | All are welcome to meditate according to their own practice. Ithaca Gymnastics vs Springfield College | 11:00 AM-2:00 PM, Sunday, February 18, 18 | Ithaca College Ben Light Gymnasium, 953 Danby Road, Ithaca | Discovery Sundays | 1:00 PM-2:00 PM, Sunday, February 18, 18 | Cayuga Nature Center, 1420 Taughannock Blvd, Ithaca | Learn about exoskeletons, butterflies, skin and skulls, whooping cranes and much more. Visit www. cayuganaturecenter.org for details. Symphoria Casual Series: Water Music | 2:30 PM-4:30 PM, Sunday, February 18, 18 | St. Pauls Episcopal

Church, 220 E. Fayette Street, Syracuse | Principal Oboist Jillian Honn performs Mozart’s delightfully cheerful Oboe Concerto. Music of Beethoven and selections from Handel’s stately Water Music complete the program. Devinne Meyers | 4:00 PM-7:00 PM, Sunday, February 18, 18 | Two Goats Brewing, 5027 State Rte 414, Burdett | Purple Valley | 4:00 PM-7:00 PM, Sunday, February 18, 18 | Americana Vineyards, 4367 E Covert Rd, Interlaken Ithaca Jazz and Blues Jam | 4:00 PM-7:00 PM, Sunday, February 18, 18 | Mix Kitchen and Bar, 205 Elmira Road, Ithaca | All jazz and blues instrumentalists and vocalists welcome. Hosted by Dennis Winge Trio. B. D. Lenz | 6:00 PM-9:00 PM, Sunday, February 18, 18 | Maxie’s Supper Club & Oyster Bar, 635 W State St, Ithaca | (Jazz) Bound for Glory | 8:30 PM, Sunday, February 18, 18 | Anabel Taylor Hall, Cornell Univeristy, Ithaca | Bound for Glory’s weekly live show. The Room | 9:15 PM, Sunday, February 18, 18 | Willard Straight Theatre, Cornell, Ithaca | This notoriously terrible and endlessly quotable film stars (and was written, directed, and produced by) the mysterious Tommy Wiseau, a man of unknown origin and means.

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School’s Out Camp | 9:00 AM-4:00 PM, Tuesday, February 20, 18 | Museum Of The Earth, 1259 Trumansburg Rd, Ithaca | Go on snowy treks, construct an ice cave, learn how our native wildlife survives and thrives in the cold and warm up by an indoor fire after we have some fun on our sledding hill. Ithaca Loves Teachers | 10:00 AM-5:00 PM, Tuesday, February 20, 18 | Sciencenter, 601 1st St, Ithaca | Food in the Foyer, Apricot Delights | 12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Tuesday, February 20, 18 | The Space at GreenStar, 700 W Buffalo St, Ithaca | Gluten-free, dairy-free, vegan and raw. Learn how to make this nutritious snack with energy rich ingredients. Health Coach Deborah Allison of Integrative Holistic Wellness will show you how. Groton Public Library Free Community Meal | 6:00 PM-, 7 – 1 3 ,

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