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Independence Center. “It’s not like Uber doesn’t have the resources or the ingenuity to figure out how to manage their fleet so people can use their product. … Uber still has work to do on its product so it can be usable for people with disabilities.” Locally, Gadabout is the best transport option for people with disabilities, Roberts said. He is aware of one wheelchairaccessible cab available through Ithaca Dispatch, during limited hours. The New York City Taxi and Limousine commission added a 30-cent fee to all cab rides in 2015 to fund making half the city’s taxi fleet—about 7,500 vehicles—wheelchair accessible by 2020.

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Town Seeks to Curb Cabbies Give Uber Student Housing The Hairy Eyeball

he Town of Ithaca will have a public hearing on May 9 for a proposed 270-day moratorium on building two-unit properties in areas with abundant student housing, whether they are new construction or additions to an existing one-family house. The proposed law’s language states its purpose is to deal with the intensification of student pressure on rental units in the town, on both East and South hills. Planners, it says, have determined that the original purpose of the two-unit allowance was for owner-occupiers to provide private living space for relatives. On April 11, the town council had a hearing on a similar law, except that the proposed moratorium was for one full year. One comment they received at that meeting repeatedly was that a one-year ban, imposed in the spring, would essentially eliminate two whole construction seasons for anyone considering such a project. Several commenters also expressed the opinion that a moratorium for the whole town was too blunt an instrument, if the intent was only to study the studentheavy neighborhoods on South Hill along Coddington Road and Pennsylvania Avenue. Larry Fabbroni said, “that whole neighborhood was a ramshackle slum” before the Iacovelli family built housing in the 1980s. Much of the area is owned by that family or Ron Ronsvalle of Heritage Builders. Over several years of correspondence, Fabbroni, an architect, has encouraged the town to look at the Ohio example of the University of Dayton “student ghetto,” with school-managed properties that have an off-campus housing feel. “You’re saying that one year doesn’t make any difference,” Orlando Iacovelli told the board. “I’m 76 years old. One year makes a lot of difference to me.” In response to the public comment, board member Rich DePaulo said people were “misunderstanding our intention” with the moratorium. “There’s an issue here that has been identified for a long time and never addressed,” DePaulo said. The public hearing will be held at 5:30 p.m. on May 9, at the Ithaca Town Hall, 215 N. Tioga St. • – Josh Brokaw reporter@ithacatimes.com

he popularity of “ride-sharing” companies like Uber and Lyft has grown substantially across the nation in recent years. Users of the services request rides from independently contracted drivers, using smartphone apps that charge their credit card. New York City currently allows ridesharing services to operate, but New York’s state legislature has not yet changed the law to permit these “transportation network companies” in the rest of the state. Bills making that change, which mostly have to do with insurance requirements, currently sit in committee in both the Assembly (Bill A6090) and Senate (Bill S4280). Capital NY reported on April 27 that Uber is prepared to spend millions in a lobbying effort to pass the bills. Local cab companies unhappy about possible Uber advent. (Photo: Josh Brokaw) In April, Ithaca’s Svante Myrick offered his support to the “NY Needs Uber” group of That was in response to a settlement with mayors calling for allowing ride-sharing the United Spinal Association, which in upstate New York. In response to that also issued a statement decrying Myrick announcement, we checked in with local and the other mayors’ ride-sharing representatives of two groups that have endorsement. criticized the spread of Uber and all its Myrick acknowledged “building out” brethren—disability advocates and taxicab accessible transit infrastructure “is always operators. a concern.” The mayor argued for Uber “Accessibility for taxi services in and other companies like it as additional upstate New York is already not good, transit options. and Uber, in particular, has not been very “Traditional cab companies can’t scale responsive to disability advocates,” said up and down depending on what demand Larry Roberts, director of community advocacy for the Finger Lakes continued on page 4

▶ In Memoriam, TCAT General Manager Joseph J. Turcotte died Mon., May 2, after a long and courageous battle with cancer. He was 51. “Throughout his struggle, Joe always thought about TCAT and was concerned for the well-being of all employees and the community TCAT serves,” said TCAT Acting General Manager Alice Eccleston. “He was a caring, gentle man who demonstrated a passion for transit every day since joining TCAT as its leader on March 1, 2005.” Under his leadership, TCAT’s ridership grew from more than 3 million to more than 4 million

annual trips, a stunning accomplishment for a service area of TCAT’s size. Under Turcotte’s watch, TCAT in 2011 was named the best transit agency of its size in North America by the Washington, D.C.-based American Public Transportation Association. “Joe’s understanding of transit services will be hard to replace,” said long-time TCAT board member Frank Proto. “He always put the needs of the passengers and his entire staff first when entering any tough negotiation regarding TCAT. I will miss him as an associate and good friend.”

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Uber coming to Ithaca. Your thoughts?

T “What’s Uber? ... Well, yeah, I’d use that to pick me up from a party.” —Alan Davis

“There’s a local start-up out of Cornell trying to do the same thing for Collegetown.” —Alison Usavage

“It shows how the economy is changing to give us both more and less power.” —David Streib

he annual vote to approve the Ithaca City School District (ICSD) budget will be held on May 17, with polls open noon to 9 p.m. Three propositions will be on the ballot: approval of the 201617 budget, a capital expenditure question for buses out of funds already available, and whether the district should lease some land on the Enfield Elementary property for a community center there. The Ithaca city school board expressed disappointment at their April 19 meeting that no local media had yet taken note of the 2016-17 budget, though the tax rate is slated to decrease by 0.35 percent—or about 6.3 cents on every $1,000 of assessed property value. After taking the $30,000 STAR exemption, homeowners can expect to pay $9.66 less on a $100,000 house; $23.46 on a home valued at $200,000; and $37.26 less on a $300,000 house. However, this is only true if your assessment did not increase. Assessments in the city increased on average by 10 percent, so the tax bill of most homeowners will increase. “The soundbite is we aren’t cutting programs,” said Superintendent Luvelle Brown. “We’re maintaining the exceptional programs we offer here, we’re enhancing [physical education], adding additional support for pre-K … and the tax rate is going down. I haven’t been able to say that in my tenure here. If you look back, you haven’t been able to find the last time

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is,” Myrick said. “The reason you do this is for better service for consumers, and to help build out this ecosystem that makes reliance on single occupancy vehicles less necessary.” John Kadar, who owns Ithaca Dispatch, was “disappointed and puzzled” for a number of reasons, he said, when Myrick offered his support for Uber and its kin. He does not buy the argument that ride-sharing is currently reducing automobile purchases, calling it “wishful thinking.” “If the mayor can show me one study that shows this in any American city,” Kadar added, “I will bend down and kiss his feet.” Kadar questioned whether ridesharing services are equitable in accessibility, not for the disabled but for the poor; he estimated 30 percent of his customer base pays with cash. “Class-based discrimination is built into the DNA of companies like Uber and Lyft,” Kadar said. “Not in race or gender,

“I’m coming from New York and DC, so I became pretty reliant on the service. You’re going to wait 15 or 20 minutes for a cab around here.” —Erik Suspanic

“I live downtown so don’t use taxis much, but it’s always good to have competition.” —Nate Mallison

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the school district lowered the tax rate. … Maybe that’s why we’re not receiving coverage.” Eldred Harris said, “I’m disappointed in our local journalistic establishment that they have not yet discussed, that in this kind of economic climate, we’ve produced a budget in this amount that actually has a negative tax rate. Why are they not all over this? Why do we continue to see our name bandied about in every local publication

Eldred Harris of the Ithaca city school board (File photo)

when there’s even a whiff of something negative?” Harris continued, referring to coverage of the issue of lead in the water supply at ICSD schools. At their April 12 meeting, Brown said that the district was “able to respond to [the water quality issue] quickly” because of bonds the district has issued for infrastructure maintenance and but discriminating against people who are poor and don’t have credit cards that are functioning.” “The number of people with smartphone access in Ithaca keeps going up and up and up,” Myrick said. “People without credit cards and without smartphones won’t be able to use Uber, which is why you need a transit ecosystem for everybody. … You can use TCAT; you can drive if you have to drive.” Kadar also raised the issue of whether driving for ride-sharing services is a quality job. “Our mayor has on more than one occasion indicated that he supports a $15 minimum wage in New York State,” Kadar said. “That’s a nice progressive, democratic thing to believe in, and I believe in that too.” Kadar said that he believes Uber drivers make between nine and 12 dollars an hour in small cities, once expenses are removed, and that his drivers, who are employees and not contractors, mostly do better. “Many of them, if not the majority, make over 15 dollars per hour,” Kadar

improvements. “We were like rock stars this weekend,” Brown said of attending a national educators’ conference, “because everyone knows about us and our water issues. But no one wants to lift up the hood on their issues themselves. Because they can’t respond like we did. Yes, we were able to put bottled water into all of our buildings the second we knew there was a major issue we knew we needed to address. None of my colleagues could do that. None of my colleagues could even begin to think about what it would take to bring in a third-party to assess this particular issue. Those things come at a cost, but it’s something our community expected.” At the April 19 meeting, the board approved a contract of up to $155,000 for LaBella Associates to study the lead contamination issue at ICSD schools. The 2016-17 budget put before voters is $119,088,829, up from $115,014,480 in 2015-16—a 3.54 percent increase. The proposed budget assumes an increase in collections of total cash, the levy, of 2.10 percent, up to $83,901,290. Since the Gap Elimination Act is going away, which last year took back for the state $1,734,724 out of the funds allocated, the district is receiving more than a $2.2 million increase in total state aid for 201617, over $29 million of the budget. That is despite seeing the amount allocated in the foundation aid formula remain flat. For an enrollment of 5,338 students, ICSD will spend just over $30.7 million in general instruction costs, with $10,082,859 of that on teachers’ salaries. At $185,711, Brown’s salary remains the same from 2015-16. • – Josh Brokaw reporter@ithacatimes.com said. “They’re paid mainly on commission, anywhere from 33 to 45 percent of gross fares of the driver.” So far as job creation goes, Myrick said ride-sharing “functions best not as full-time jobs, but as opportunities for folks to make some money on the side. If you’re looking for [full-time equivalent] job creation, this might create a few thousand in New York.” Kadar also argued that his drivers need more stringent background checks and that his company has a mandate to be a 24/7 service—while ride-share drivers respond to consumer demand. “I don’t care if Uber comes to Ithaca,” Kadar said. “I never said, ‘Don’t allow them to come because of this,’ but if they come, think about these things, and think about leveling the playing field.” “There’s no reason cabs have to go out of business,” Myrick said. “They just have to adapt and be competitive. … The only reason they’ll go out of business is if they don’t compete.” • – Josh Brokaw reporter@ithacatimes.com

Ups&Downs

City of Ithaca

Big Changes for Aurora and Seneca

▶ Honored, Finger Lakes Parent Network, Inc. has been honored at the New York State Office of Mental Health’s ‘What’s Great in our State 2016’, an event that celebrates the people and programs making a difference in the field of children’s mental health. The award winner was recognized at an event on May 3, 2016, in Albany. The Finger Lakes Parent Network was honored by the Office of Mental Health for its extraordinary commitment to children’s mental health issues and its efforts to enrich the lives of children with mental health issues.

he northeast corner of North Aurora and East Seneca streets where the downtown Collegetown Bagels now stands might look quite different in a few years. The city planning and development board saw the first version of sketch plans from developers Todd Fox and Bryan Warren for the site at their April 26 meeting; the footprint will definitely include a Warren-owned building that currently houses Standard Art and potentially will include The Shop building, owned by architect Jagat Sharma. The very preliminary sketches from Noah Demarest of STREAM Collaborative show one building with ground-level retail and upper-level apartments built up to the six-floor, 60-foot high zoning limit. Demarest showcased two potential looks for the board’s comments: a brick and glass “warm warehouse” approach and a more modern, Bauhaus-style approach with more glass and concrete. The CTB building is not historically designated; at the March meeting of the Ithaca Landmarks Preservation Council, Fox and Warren expressed strong concern about the idea of extending the downtown historic district to cover this corner, saying they would not have bought the property if it were so designated. “There’s a lot of character and charm at first,” Demarest said of the CTB building, “but if you look really closely as we’ve begun to do, the building has some serious issues. It’s not only structurally and architecturally hodgepodge on the back side, [but] the cornice line takes a really significant dive.” That change in elevation along the North Aurora Street façade indicates the building has settled, probably immediately after its construction, Demarest said. On the East Seneca Street side, the façade “literally fell off,” Demarest said. Fox told the board that the developers are in no serious rush, but would like to get approvals in line by the end of 2016.

Big Bldg. vs. Little House in C-town

The board approved a subdivision for 511513 Dryden Road and got another look at Fox’s proposed five-story building for 201 College Avenue. Neighbors of Joshua Liptzin’s property on Dryden Road appeared to voice concerns about the neighborhood “tipping” more toward student rental housing than owner-occupied homes. They were worried that the subdivision

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Proposed building at 201 College Ave. would tower over 203 College Ave. (Illustration: STREAM Collaborative)

might lead to some generic student housing on the two parcels. Former alderperson Ellen McCollister also appeared to alert the board to some “very scary blog commentary” that a modular building might end up on the site. Liptzin told the board that he planned on living in a home built on one of the parcels, and either rent or sell a home to be built on the other parcel. Demarest, also on this project, said the houses would be of a sisterly nature and in character with the neighborhood. The board reassured neighbors by adding a requirement that they do a full site-plan review on any building to happen there. Neil Golder told the board during public comment that he couldn’t see Fox’s 201 College Ave. building fitting in with the character of his neighborhood. 203 College Ave. has been his home for “almost 44 years,” Golder said. “I’ve decided to spend the rest of my days there and made many improvements inside and outside.” A five-story building at 201 College would “basically ruin life for anyone living in 203,” Golder said. “It will spell the end

of the weeping cherry tree, the lilac tree, and flowers in the garden to the south.” Golder also asked that the 201 building at least be built around the three “huge, beautiful spruce trees” in front of the current rooming house on the site. Gary Thomas spoke in support of Golder. He referenced Virginia Lee Burton’s 1942 children’s book The Little House in his comments. “She was a pretty little house ... built never to be resold for gold or silver,” Thomas read. “This little parable goes on to talk about development in form of backhoes and bulldozers and steam shovels and what have you ... this reminds me of Neil’s house, if you don’t mind the exaggeration ... The Collegetown plan should take into account the needs of the few homeowners left in this neighborhood.” • An earlier version of this story appeared on ithaca.com on April 26 under the headline “Collegetown Densification vs. ‘The Little House’” – Josh Brokaw reporter@ithacatimes.com

Heard&Seen ▶ A good camp, The Cayuga Nature Center’s Summer Camp Program is the recipient of the thirteenth annual Richard B. Fischer Environmental Conservation Award (http://www.town. ithaca.ny.us/richardfischer-award).The award was established in 2003 by the Town of Ithaca Conservation Board to honor Dr. Fischer for his significant efforts to preserve important environmental resources in the Town ▶ Top Stories on the Ithaca Times website for the week of April 27-May 2 include: 1) We Are Dragons: Cortland’s baseball dynasty 2) Future Of New Chapter House In Doubt 3) Pedestrian Violently Mugged on W. Buffalo Street 4) Friends Say Farewell to “Mr. Ithaca” 5) Pinckney Purchase is Reckless For these stories and more, visit our website at www.ithaca.com.

In Memoriam

Founding Good Times Publisher Passes

t is with a heavy heart that we note the passing of Tom Newton who died in Key West on April 16. He founded the Good Times Gazette and was co-publisher of the Ithaca New Times. Both papers were merged into the Ithaca Times. Newton’s degrees in theater and English gave him the background needed to start a paper that was devoted exclusively to arts and entertainment, according to current Ithaca Times publisher Jim Bilinski, who worked with Newton at both publications. At that time there was little coverage of the arts in Ithaca newspapers and Newton’s timing was good. The arts scene was really

L ast Week ’s Q uestion: Should parking spaces be eliminated on North Tioga to make way for parking lanes ?

20 percent of respondents answered “yes” and 80 percent answered “no”

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starting to take off in the mid 1970s and a publication like the Good Times, which was devoted to solely to A&E, became very successful. The motto for the paper, which ran in large type on page one, was “We bring you the Good Times not the Bad News.” Tom believed in that and he lived it every day. A date for a local celebration of Tom Newton’s life will be announced. • T

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thaca College President Tom Rochon will be departing in spring 2017. That’s a long goodbye. Many faculty members and the activist portion of the student body cannot stand this guy. He has been criticized for being top-down, for being aloof from the college community, and for not responding well when people on campus—faculty, students, security personnel, and a very wealthy alumnus—are either insensitive or mean or both. Most recently Rochon was in Sumba, Indonesia to visit billionaire alumnus Christopher Burch. Burch has made his millions in fashion and now invests in nefarious enterprises like Voss bottled water (which claims to be carbon neutral) and Ellen Degeneres’s latest lifestyles collection E.D. During a 2015 Blue Sky panel discussion the 63-year-old scion of Main Line Philadelphia and Baltimore wealth referred to fellow alum Tatiana Sy as “the savage” several times after she evinced a savage hunger for learning while at IC. Sadly, he probably thought he was being matey with the AfricanAmerican Millennial, and he later apologized. Now The Ithacan (April 27) reports Rochon is being taken to task by some faculty for having anything to do with Burch. It seems unlikely that Rochon has been building the college endowment by icing out wealthy Baby Boomer alumni who have a shaky grasp

of the concept of microaggressions. Rather than viewing Burch’s seeming cluelessness as a teaching opportunity, these faculty members believe he should be shunned. Many college and university websites have a page that lists the responsibilities and role of the president. Sites that meditate on the direction of higher education (e.g. Inside Higher Ed) also explore the topic. Several of these sources describe the job as equivalent to a chief executive officer (CEO). The primary role of the president is to raise money for the institution. He or she is encouraged to take the pulse of the campus community in order to represent its mission well to donors. Nowhere do you find it recommended that a president take marching orders from the faculty or student body, nor is a college president personally responsible for meting out discipline for infractions by individual members of the campus community. And yet this has been expected of Rochon, because these incidents have happened “on his watch.” In the 1980s and ‘90s the boards of directors of several American corporations hired CEOs who were brought in primarily to clean house. The companies had become over-diversified and wasteful and needed to be held upside down and shaken. Jack Welch continued on page 7

Making Proverbial Hay By St e ph e n P. Bu r k e

t is May, and time for making hay, proverbially. Proverbially, because you can’t make real hay when it rains, and it sure will rain in Ithaca in May; but the days are long, temperatures are up, and Ithacans are getting outside, celebrating nature and community. Our local state parks are open. Technically, of course, they are always open (no walls, doors, or locks), but you know they are really open when they start collecting parking fees. Camping season starts in May at Buttermilk, Treman, and Taughannock. They’re probably booked through 2016, but you never know: you might call and find cancellations or random spots. Anyway, it’s nice to consider that we have a cosmopolis with bona fide camping (plus swimming, and hiking) mere miles from a bustling downtown, reachable even by city bus. In Ithaca spring, people shed cars like coats, and celebrate that capacity with an event called “Streets Alive!,” which actually just passed, but comes around again long before next winter (in September). A major street is closed to car traffic (in May, North Cayuga Street; in September, South Plain) to promote walking, biking, and happy, safe socializing in our neighborhoods. Maybe you missed that, but you can still participate in National Bike Month, held in May, throughout the U.S., since 1956. It culminates with Bike To Work Or School Day—this year, on Friday, May 20. Bike groups organize free breakfast stations this day to welcome participants. Last year in Ithaca, about 500 people rolled in and mealed up. As in May’s “Streets Alive!,” North Cayuga Street is closed to traffic for the kickoff of Ithaca’s most heralded community event, the Ithaca Festival. The festival begins with a parade on North Cayuga, from Jay Street to Dewitt Park. The festival is not until early June, but warrants early planning this year, with a major schedule change. The festival falls on

the first Friday-through-Sunday weekend after Memorial Day. The parade has always been the evening before, sort of an unofficial start, on Thursday. This year, Thursday is out, and the parade is on Friday, with the start of the other action. The official rationale is that Friday, a weekend night, instead of Thursday, a work and school night, will mean more people can attend the parade. An unstated reason might be that the parade, a cavalcade of creativity, and probably the most popular facet of the festival, should be positioned as more of a direct lead-in to the rest of the fest. This year, even without this change, attendance for the festival’s start is sure to be mammoth, with world-renowned local favorites The Horseflies beginning the festivities, at the Bernie Milton Pavilion on the Commons. The Horseflies will start when the parade ends, a mere block away. Like all the performances and activities at Ithaca Festival, the Horseflies show is free, though you are asked to buy a button to wear, for five dollars, “your ticket to the festival,” as the organizers say. The button gets you special premiums among vendors and events, but even if you don’t care about that, you should buy one. They are a major source of revenue for the event. About May rain: historically, a reliable feature of the festival parade has been a torrential downpour about halfway through, sending frenzied citizens scampering in vain for non-existent cover among residential streets. The only way to thwart or temper the perennial deluge has been to bring an umbrella. Then it doesn’t rain, or not much. If enough people bring a Totes, it might drizzle. If enough bring whipping big golf ones, it won’t rain at all. This year we’ll see if the change from Thursday brings a difference—throws nature off her testy course. Somehow, I think not. I’ll bring my Totes and maybe wear galoshes. •

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I enjoyed Bill Chaisson’s coverage (“Not Blinded By Science”) in the April 27 edition. State education supports the idea that STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) is the golden ticket for today’s students, and I’m here to enhance and facilitate STEM with STEAM. Same thing, but with an A for Arts. Want kids to enjoy math more? Teach them music. After all, what is music but math and physics made audible in a satisfying way? Learn wave mechanics, and 6

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famously did it at GE, and George M.C. Fisher did it at Motorola and Kodak. Neither of these guys made friends on the job. It looks very much as if the board of trustees brought in Tom Rochon to do something similar at IC. He arrived at an institution with an endowment that was not growing fast enough, a way of doing business that involved regular trips to Lowe’s to get parts, and a bunch of schools and programs that operated more like medieval fiefdoms than a unified college. So what did happen while Rochon was president? Ithaca College enrollment was flat through much of the first decade of the 21st century, generally staying below 6,500 students between 2001 and 2008. Coinciding with the arrival of Rochon and the onset of the Great Recession, enrollment rose sharply to peak at around 6,950 in 2010. It then declined steadily until 2014, when it was just below 6,600. Last October The Ithacan noted that enrollment goals had been exceeded, and the student population stood at 6,769 in fall 2015. Between 2003 and 2013 the percentage of first-year students who were people of color doubled from 10.5 to 21.7 percent. As of fall 2014, only 11 percent of Ithaca College faculty members were people of color. Student government president Dom Recckio is on record (in a nicely balanced piece by Evan Popp about Rochon’s “complex tenure,” The Ithacan, Nov. 19, 2015) as insisting that 20 percent of faculty should be people of color, but he shares no plan for achieving this goal. According to The Ithacan, the college has recently turned away from focusing on getting students from the top tenth of their high school class; 23 percent of first years met that description in 2015, while the average over the last 11 years is 30.4 percent. Instead the college is now explicitly looking for students who are more engaged with campus life, rather than just being good at taking tests. Judging by the events of last fall, that policy seems to be working. Since Rochon became president in 2008 the rate of tuition increase per year has fallen steadily. This has been achieved in part via cost-cutting measures derived from a wholesale reevaluation of how every part of the college spends money. He also set out to grow the school’s endowment, which is small for an institution of its size and age. According to The Ithacan (Nov. 19, 2015), during Rochon’s tenure (which included the largest financial meltdown since the Great Depression), donations to the endowment have averaged $2.4 million per year ($7 million in 2015). In the seven years prior to his arrival, during the presidency of Peggy Williams, donations averaged $970,000 per year. Gerald Hector, vice president of finance and administration, said the college “would be in trouble” if Rochon and the

college had not been focused on (and successful at) fundraising. So, was he the collegiate equivalent of Jack Welch and George Fisher? Who knows? But after eight years of housecleaning and endowment building, Rochon is unpopular on campus and the board of trustees has given him a year and a half to find a new job. Maybe by next spring Antioch College will need another new president. • youropinions contin u ed from page 6

attention span and creativity, not to mention brain growth and mental health. That better attitude helps physical health, while singing and dancing build health directly. Ask a serious drummer to break down what he or she does, and you’ll get a dizzying display of applied mathematics. The chemistry of painting can be a life-or-death matter. Bob Moog invented the synth using technology, forever making technology serve art. Some benighted school boards think the arts are a frill and cut there first. No. The A in STEAM helps give STEM its attraction for kids, and its power. Without the connection to inner life and the joy of being alive that the arts can foster, many more kids would lose interest in school and drop out. The arts are essential, and a basic requirement. Full STEAM ahead. –Jim Evans, Ithaca

Giving Credit for STEM Programs

We are so grateful for the recent article “Family Matters, Not Blinded By Science” (4/29/16). It is so helpful for the community gain insight into the experience of students in ICSD, and how it’s growing and changing. I’d like to make two small clarifications. First, the work that is happening in over 60 classrooms across the eight elementary schools has been made possible by the generous support of the Ithaca Public Education Initiative. Across every grade level, and every school, their visionary investment in the risk taking, growth, and professional development of teachers is a critical link in our success. Secondly, the fifth grade Citizen Science Action Project Symposium in December was coordinated by the team of Brian Goodman, Chrissy Steiner, Kim Lazzaro, Kim Blackmur, Carolyn Belle, Brian VanGorder, Danielle Rottenstein, and Chris Barley. These amazing educators worked tirelessly for over 9 months to make this four month integrated case study a reality. I am proud to have supported their work in a small measure, but they deserve the big shout out for that event. With thanks, – Jennifer Wilkie, Ithaca City School District

meeting, Irene Weiser of Caroline (she is on the town council) said that another local publication correctly quoted her as saying the goals were lacking but left out other aspects of her input. “I was quoted for only part of the views I expressed,” she said. “I also expressed how very appreciative I am of the vision that has got us to doing the roadmap in the first place and the tremendous amount of work that went into t a meeting Tuesday, April 19 the it from many people.” Tompkins County Legislature But, she said, “I would ask that before unanimously accepted the you set up the committee that will develop Tompkins County Energy Roadmap. the strategic plan for how we start reaching The roadmap is a product of the the goals, that you revisit the goals. I Tompkins County Comprehensive Plan, strongly urge you to consider goals of 100 adopted March 3, 2015, which includes a percent reduction of greenhouse emissions policy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. It’s what the science supports.” to reach a minimum 80 percent reduction Before the county accepted the from 2008 levels by 2050 and to “reduce roadmap, several legislators expressed their reliance on fossil fuels across all sectors.” approval of the proposed At the Tompkins plan. “I think this shows County Legislature that we are leaders,” Meeting April 5, said Legislator Martha Katherine Borgella, Robertson (D-Dryden) Tompkins County deputy before the legislature’s commissioner of planning, and Ed Marx, unanimous vote. “It’s a the county commissioner very unusual document of planning, gave a in the country and in the presentation explaining world, so I think we have the roadmap. an enormous amount to They pointed out be proud of.” She said she’s the differences between looking forward to the four future scenarios, one next step, “trying to figure where the community out how the hell to do it.” Ed Marx (Photo: Jaime Cone) makes no active changes The roadmap lays over the next 33 years and out interim goals to help three that demonstrate inform the county’s work different ways in which the community in the next several months as the Tompkins could reduce greenhouse gas emissions by County Energy Strategy is updated. Those 80 percent and meet the county’s projected goals include (but are not limited to) energy needs by 2050. reducing natural gas use by 50 percent They said the roadmap demonstrates and grid electricity generated outside of that it is possible to achieve that goal in Tompkins County by 24 percent. Other spite of the fact that Tompkins County goals listed are developing 50 percent of has no exceptional renewable energy the local solar potential, 20 percent of wind resources. Through research that was done potential and 20 percent of the county’s to develop the roadmap it was found that, micro-hydro potential. The report states, based on 2008 energy demands, local wind “achieving efficiency potentials averaging resources could meet 327 percent of the 35 percent in existing buildings should be a county’s energy demand, solar could meet high priority for short term action.” 303 percent of the demand, and micro“As hard as this was, I’m worried hydro power could meet 90 percent of the the next part is probably harder,” said county’s energy needs. Robertson. “We have to really crunch the “It is kind of amazing,” said Borgella. numbers.” “We don’t have spectacular resources here; “It’s always easy to spend someone we’ve got pretty good resources, but we else’s money,” she added. “We have to set don’t have the desert solar potential, [and] priorities.” we don’t have offshore wind. We don’t have Legislator Carol Chock (D-Ithaca) a lot of things, and yet it’s still something said much of the delivery of the plan will that is definitely doable in our community, come in the form of public education and to be able to provide for our electricity and bringing together many players who come heating.” at the problem from different perspectives, “I think whoever came up with “rather than an outlay of public dollars looking at this as a roadmap, it’s a brilliant during the budget process.” idea,” Mike Lane (D-Dryden), Tompkins “We’re the best county in the state of County Legislature chair, told Borgella and New York,” concluded Lane. “When we Marx. “It’s a way to get from one place to end up with a product like this report, it’s a good one.” He thanked the Tompkins where we need to be, and there may be many side streets to get to a particular goal County Planning Department and the members of the Energy Roadmap Steering and detours along the way—we may have Committee, who worked to put the to speed up or slow down—but it’s a great roadmap together. • effort here tonight that you laid out for us.” Despite strong support from – Jaime Cone legislators, some local experts and activists say the roadmap should have more southreporter@flcn.org aggressive goals. At the April 19 legislature

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The Chet Cashman program By Josh Brokaw

lot of people dismiss of a janitor’s cart—though us, have never heard of there were folding chairs a-plenty. us, and don’t want to Consumers holding freshly purchased hear about us,” the late mall goods wandered in as the 11 fights Chet Cashman told a newspaperman in progressed. The amateurs stuck, moved, the late 1970s about the Greater Ithaca Activities Center (GIAC) boxing program. threw, and covered, as kids played in one corner and the next fight’s contestants “And that’s OK. A lot of people just don’t warmed up on the heavy bags in another understand boxing.” with their friends laughing and chatting Ithacans who “just don’t understand nearby. boxing” should know this: our polite little Whether at a mall or Madison Square college town has historically punched Garden, the hometown trainer—in this above its weight in the fight game. Boxers case, GIAC’s Danny Akers—has the who train by running Ithaca’s hills every same problem of making his advice to morning and working the bag and mitts the fighter heard over the “You got this!” in local gyms by night have fought and “Knock him out!” shouts meant as in national title tournaments and for encouragement by the rooting crowd. professional belts. Akers, like most trainers, was hoarsely Ithaca’s most recent crop of amateur insistent on a few points: “Use your boxers was on display on April 23 at the jab! Use your jab!” “Keep circling, keep Chet Cashman Boxing Classic. Held at circling!” “Give him the four-piece! Come Ultimate Athletics in the Ithaca Mall, on! Throw in combinations!” the scene was not what a HollywoodTo anyone who educated person has watched might expect to a few fights, see at a boxing this seems card. Unlike the simple glitzy pay-peradvice: view Las Vegas Throw productions put punches, on for fighters keep moving like Floyd to the spots Mayweather you want to Jr. and Manny be and your Pacquiao, opponent there were no doesn’t, Mexican beerand then sponsored throw more models in punches, one spandex after another. holding up the Taking the next round’s advice isn’t number, no so easy, given actors in frontthat there is row seats an opponent mugging for who’s throwing the cameras. punches at you, Nor was too. Ultimate The trainer C h e t C a s h m a n ( P r ov Athletics the i d e d) doesn’t have the classic sort of luxury of a team local boxing sport coach who venue, an armory or high school can call in a play or a pitch during lulls in auditorium with dim lights and the smell the action. There is only the minute-long

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break between rounds duke it out, and he said it saved his life to exhort his fighter to stick to the game psychologically. It kept him sane.” plan, during which the corner second is When Cashman died of complications splashing water and dabbing at any cuts on from Alzheimer’s disease in 2011, people the panting pugilist. drew the conclusion it was a result of his The fighters who can mostly execute time in the ring, Hutcheson Cashman said. their trainer’s plan often find success, and this was the case for Akers’ fighters on this Given Chet’s limited exposure to blows to the head during his boxing career—a Saturday afternoon in 2016. Angel Ortiz, fighter who hits his trainer in the head making his amateur debut at 190 pounds, while doing mitt work does not stay at a and veteran Michael “M-Eazy” Ross gym long—his wife is of the opinion the both had their hands raised in decision victories. Vinnie “La Mallatia” Denierio, in disease had something to do with his day his 98th amateur fight, won with a technical job as a laboratory chemist. In multiple articles, Cashman knockout, after marking up an opponent preached the importance of safety and who couldn’t keep in his mouthpiece. proper matchmaking for his amateur Those with eyes trained on fighters. He saw the danger, but also saw Hollywood fighting might be surprised to boxing in its historical context as a way for learn that blood drawn by any boxer on the evening was a trickle; the ring certainly poor kids to get off the streets and into an activity that takes real dedication. wasn’t splattered in the dramatic style of a “While members of the middle Rocky movie. and upper classes Part of that is due to the amateur view boxing as a rules, which perilous activity,” typically Cashman once set fights wrote in a letter at three to the Journal, two-minute “inner-city rounds, residents often and require find life on our protective nation’s “mean headgear be streets” far more worn. And hazardous to part of it is their physical because the and mental smart boxer health.” knows that half • • • the game is Like to hit, and the Cashman, other is to not George “GiGi” be hit. Hagood, “Chet started always said training boxing was like at the fencing with Southside your hands,” Center, ) said his widow, aw k : Josh bro o t o h P where ( d o Carol Hutcheson i G i” H ag o George “G director Cashman. “Chet Rev. Lou Cunningham started the was a wickedly boxing program in the 1960s. shy kid. His father sent his brother and “I was in the streets running around, him to the basement once with gloves to

ING and they said, ‘Come in here and you see what you can do with your hands,’” Hagood recalled. He started training at GIAC in 1972, when Cashman put heavy bags and a ring in a former kindergarten classroom; Cashman trained him throughout a 105-fight amateur career that included three upstate New York Golden Gloves championships at middleweight. Cashman was “a joy to work with,” Hagood said. He was also “very political … he knew about how black people were being treated. He gave you an education at the same time he was training you. He was very knowledgeable, particularly about what was happening in the South. He knew how to make you work, and you wanted to hear him talk. You didn’t want to leave the gym.” Going to college in Athens, Georgia was an education in discrimination for Chet, Hutcheson Cashman said. “It was one year after segregation ended, and his name sounded Jewish to people. He had a professor who made him sign his name with the Star of David, and people called him Jew Boy in class. He never corrected anyone.” Hutcheson Cashman jokes she was a “boxing widow,” but she was often traveling to fights and spending time at the gym after Chet, “never that winning a boxer,” moved from fighting to training in 1968. She wanted to get her nurse’s license and become a cutman, but New York state laws prevented women in the ring. So Carol designed the posters and shirts, helped wrap the ropes at home to save money, and occasionally piloted a “raggedy old van” with loose steering back from a fight card in Rochester or Syracuse or Watertown. When their daughter was born, “I would sit on the rolled up mats and nurse her,” Carol said. Akers, who started boxing with Cashman when he was 12 and fought 65 times, once claimed in these pages that Chet could fit seven fighters in his Camaro. The GIAC program, with Cashman and Akers—who turned trainer in 1983—volunteering their time, displays the sort of make-do mentality required to get eight people into a muscle car.

2 0 1 6 C h e t C a s h m a n B o x i n g C l a s s i c at U lt i m at e At h l e t i c s o n A p r i l 2 3 . ( P h o t o s : D i a n e D u t h i e) • • • Ortiz, standing against the ropes after a mitts session with Akers in the week before his debut, said fighters call the GIAC gym “the doghouse.” “You don’t need fancy equipment to get work done,” Ortiz added, and there is nothing fancy about the Cashman gym. There are a few taped-up heavy bags and a couple of speed bags hanging from the ceiling, a couple of weight benches, hooks to hang bags, and tattered press clippings about fights gone by. The smell of sweat has long since overcome that antiseptic smell of sanitizer so prevalent in those modern fitness palaces where every machine has its own TV screen. While Ithaca’s newer fight gyms haven’t yet succumbed entirely to the smell of hard work—Ultimate Athletics was

opened in 2012, and Pat O’Connor opened Black Irish Boxing on Cherry Street in 2014—the lack of flashy screens blasting distracting images is notable in all three gyms. There’s no time for a serious fighter to lose focus. Take, for example, Willie Monroe Jr.’s training regimen, as described by Steve Lawrence in a 2006 Times column: He lives in Rochester on weekends (where he also records and performs in a music group with a brother, cousin and friend), and comes to Ithaca for his training sessions. He does his roadwork, sparring and bag work mainly at the Greater Ithaca Activities Center (where Akers trained hundreds of fighters over the course of 30 years), and works with O’Connor five times a week from 6:30 to 8:30 a.m. In all, the workouts total T

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That regimen led to a 128-14 amateur record, gold at the Empire State and New York Golden Gloves, and a national Golden Gloves finals appearance for “El Mongoose.” Monroe Jr. has compiled a 19-2 professional record at middleweight, with victories over Vitaliy Kopylenko and Brandon Adams, both previously undefeated, in ESPN’s 2014 Boxcino tournament. His last fight was in May 2015 against Gennady “Good Boy” Golovkin, the undefeated middleweight champion; with Akers in his corner as second to trainer Tony Morgan. Monroe Jr. put in one of the grittiest performances to date against the punishing Kazakh before the fight was ended in the sixth round. continued on page 10

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Monroe Jr. started training in Ithaca with Akers and O’Connor because his father, Willie “The Body Rock” Monroe, trained at GIAC before making his pro debut in 1985. “You get these trainers across the world who are so worried about their own ego,” Monroe Jr. said. “With Danny and Pat they’re more focused and more chimed in on being a close-knit team, rather than it being my ego, your ego. They encouraged me to be myself.” • • • Ithaca’s trainers are well known among fighters around the state for their expertise, not limited exclusively to those

competing as boxers. O’Connor, who’s worked with Akers for 30-plus years, has helped mixed martial arts champion Jon “Bones” Jones, a Union-Endicott graduate, with his boxing technique; the two hooked up after Jones heard Monroe Jr. talking about boxing in a restaurant one day. (The lines between the gyms and the fight disciplines blur when it comes to training and putting on shows—the next fight card at Ultimate Athletics will be on May 28, a kickboxing and MMA card put on by Ryan Ciotoli’s Gladius Promotions.) Denierio, who’s planning on making his pro debut in Liverpool on June 25, travels from Elmira to train with Akers. “He knows all the ins and outs,” Denierio said. “We’ve been working on distance, footwork and most important my confidence so going to each fight I know

I had a great training camp and I’m 110 [percent] ready for a fight, because I have a coach and trainer who cares about me so much and is willing to put in all the time and effort.” There’s lots of time and effort required to prepare for stepping into the ring, though nothing can prepare one fully for the risk and the nerves. “That’s one thing people don’t know: boxing is scary,” Hagood said. “You get the jitters—you’re on in the number six fight, and it’s the number four fight and they’re wrapping your hands, putting on gloves. And you’re going ‘Who am I fighting?’” When you get hit, “you really do see stars,” Hagood said, who admits to occasional depression and sleeplessness when he’s in his head, going over the results of a fight that got away.

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The rewards might be monetary, or they might come as otherwise unattainable experiences: Hagood said he “would have never traveled” to Louisiana, to Quebec, to Indianapolis, as one of 10 kids in a poor family unless he had been sent to fight in Golden Gloves tournaments. More often, for the fighter who takes boxing seriously, whether he or she goes pro or never goes beyond informal sparring, the rewards are that of accomplishment, self-discipline, going beyond the limits of what most people think is possible, because fighting ain’t easy. Over the years, there have always been more would-be fighters showing up to the GIAC gym when it opens in the fall than are there when it goes to summer break. “You can’t believe the hype,” Monroe Jr. said. “These athletes who are drinking and partying, putting their pictures on Instagram and Facebook are sending the wrong message. Everything you do in training will show up at fight night, whether it’s good or bad. If you really want it, you have to stay focused and work hard.” Ithaca has its advantages as a training base for the serious fighter, with fewer distractions than bigger cities and natural amenities. “It’s very quiet,” Monroe Jr. said. “There are hills like crazy, so you never have to worry about not being in shape because everywhere you go there’s a freakin’ hill. Rochester is a pretty busy city and there are how many more things to get into. Ithaca’s a little more tranquil, so you can free your mind to focus on the task at hand. Which is kickin’ ass.” “I’d run up Buffalo [Street] hill every day. I still can,” Hagood said. “Really, you tiptoe uphill, there’s no real jogging. But when you get up there, you feel like you’re on top of the world.” •

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A Passion for Baseball Watching a great junior varsity game

– led off the bottom of the first with a towering shot down the leftfield line that had everyone in the stadium holding their breath. The ball came down after an eternity and clanged off the leftfield foul pole cage for a home run. Saxon sophomore Kerri Keeler pitched a gem of her own, holding SJF to four hits, pitching out of a few jams, and getting some great

defensive support—including a diving catch on a sinking line drive by the junior centerfielder from Spencer-Van Etten to open the game. Who knows where that ball might have ended up, or what carnage it may have brought? What a game … The final was Alfred 1, SJF 0. See you at Ithaca College on Friday. •

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have heard the question asked in many different ways, but it basically comes down to “Would you rather be really smart or really passionate? I always chose the latter. While driving down Route 13 on Friday, I saw that Ithaca High was playing in a baseball game. I thought, “Awesome… a story for next week,” and I turned left at the next light and headed back up Cayuga Street. I parked and approached the field, and I thought “I haven’t written about varsity baseball in quite some time. I’m glad I stumbled upon this.” I saw my friends Steve Saggese and Rick Kuhar, and I knew those guys had been coaching their sons—Anthony and Richie—for a very long time and that I was sure to see some fundamentally good baseball. I was right. The Little Red looked very solid against a stout team from Corning, and when the rightfielder, Owen Glahn, ran down a long shot into the gap, I was very impressed. When a kid named Holden Lazerus was bringing heat from the mound, I was amazed when Kuhar said the kid was in eighth grade. When Richie Kuhar worked a walk after a very smart and disciplined at-bat, made something happen by stealing second, then getting to home after putting the pressure on Corning’s defense and causing a bad throw to third, I said to Rick, “These guys really look like they know what they’re doing.” Rick said, ‘Yes, when they get to varsity, they will have been playing together for a long time.” Wait a minute … this was a junior varsity game? I didn’t care at all. I had some free time, I have spent many hours in the rain, watching and coaching 7 year-olds

who didn’t even know to which base to run or which end of the bat to hold, so any time I get to watch some good baseball on a dry day over 40 degrees, I am happy. Smart? Not so much. Passionate? Yes. I love the grand game. The future of the Ithaca High baseball program is definitely bright, as this jayvee roster has seen some very good coaching over the years. They came up through very solid Cal Ripken and Babe Ruth programs, and the 13U Babe Ruth All-Stars made it to the Babe Ruth World Series in Jamestown last year. The players all participate in indoor winter clinics, and most play for (TC3 Coach) Ryan Stevens’ Cayuga Lake Storm travel teams. • • • The fun continued on Saturday, as I drove to Waverly to watch my 12-yearold daughter play in her youth league, then jumped on Rt. 86 for 2 hours to watch the Alfred Saxons try to make the Empire 8 tournament. The Ithaca College Bombers had already clinched the regular season E8 title and therefore would host the tournament. I knew I’d be at Ithaca College next weekend, but given my middle daughter plays for the Saxons, I really wanted to see them in it too. It would be a tall order, as Alfred needed to win one of two from nationallyranked St. John Fisher, who would send Lindsay Thayer to the pitching circle. Thayer led the nation in strikeouts (coming in with 295), and would strike out 15 Saxons and yield but one hit. And what a hit it was … Alfred’s Liz Thompson (from Horseheads) – the 2015 Empire 8 Player of the year and a kid I have called “the toughest out I have ever seen in softball”

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and the community that surrounds it, they said. “It’s a friendly group,” said Frank’s wife, Ann Granelli. “You can show up just about anywhere unannounced, and they’ll be very welcoming.” But once you get good, you’ve got to give back later and help someone else in return, they said. It’s this passion for responsible model airplane flying that led Granelli to volunteer for the role of associate vice president for AMA’s District 2, which includes southern New York. As part of his job, he attends meetings where local lawmakers are considering drone laws that may interfere with model airplane enthusiasts’ ability to fly. This year he attended two Tompkins County Legislature meetings to explain AMAs rules and regulations and why he believes members of AMA should be exempt from laws regulating drones. One thing Granelli will add about his life, almost as an afterthought, is the fact that he got his real pilot’s license in 1972. He had his own small plane, and for many years he and Ann would fly all over the East Coast—everywhere from Atlantic City to the Outer Banks of North Carolina and to Washington, D.C. “I haven’t flown much in the last 10 years,” he said. These days he sticks to the miniature versions, which he insists are almost as much fun, though he’ll never forget the bright, clear day when he was flying home by himself and “Top of the World” by the Carpenters came over the plane’s radio. Granelli particularly loves teaching people how to fly, which led him to quit his job as a director of marketing and sales for a paint and flag company to become the editor of an online magazine geared toward beginners called Sports Aviator, a job he enjoyed for about eight years until he retired in 2011. Jim Rundle, president of IRCS, said people often rekindle the love they had for model planes in childhood. “A lot of people got interested when they continued on page 13

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medication like Vicodin and Percocet, he suggests trying the intermediate option of Tramadol, which he said is less strong than the opioids. He cautioned that it has severe side effects for those who suffer from seizures and should never be taken by epileptics. Physical therapist Anne Reilley of the Cayuga Medical Center described how people with OA can achieve “optimal aging,” which is the capacity to function across many domains—physical, functional, cognitive, emotional, social and spiritual—to one’s satisfaction, in spite of one’s medical conditions. She explained that everyone experiences pain differently and that many people with chronic pain experience “central sensitization,” or an increased sensitivity to pain stimuli. The good news, she said, is that with a combination of manual therapy, weight loss and exercise, people with OA can experience optimal

aging longer. Reilley said that aquatic exercise is good, but it should ideally be a gateway to a land-based regimen. People don’t spend their days walking through warm pools of water, she pointed out. It’s better to combine aquatics with other activities, such as walking, that more closely resemble the ways in which we get around in everyday life. It’s important to set individual goals, she said. Everybody is different, but a personalized concrete goal is much more likely to motivate than the general desire to “feel better.” If you’re not sure what type of exercise is right for you, consult your physician or the professionals at your local gym. “It’s most important that you do what you think is fun” when it comes to exercise, she said. “It takes 21 days before an activity becomes a habit, so if you can get past that it’s easier to stick to it.” •

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were younger,” he said. “Then with their careers it fell by the wayside, but then in retirement they picked it back up again.” “I’ve never lost that boyhood fascination of building something in my garage and then seeing it go flying over the treetops,” Rundle added. Granelli said that flying model airplanes is an excellent hobby for someone to take up in retirement, and an ideal pastime for a grandparent and his or her grandchild. “It’s a wholesome activity and a very social activity,” he said. “You’re not sitting in front of a computer - you’re outside.” • The Ithaca Radio Control Society holds training night every Monday from 6 p.m. to dusk, June through September, at 1805 Mecklenburg Road. Learn more at ircsama. com, or visit their booth at the Enfield Fair May 7.

has an invigorating effect — especially during aqua-aerobics class. And, for Kendal residents Sara, Carol and Joann, the exercise is a fun, refreshing way to get fit — and get together. Living on the 105-acre campus at Kendal not only keeps them involved in the lifestyle they love, but connected to any future care they may need. And, from here, the story just keeps getting better. Come for a visit and tell us your story. Call 800-253-6325 877-891-7709 or go to kai.kendal.org kai.kendal.org/IT2 to learn more.

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Should the County Charge Ahead?

is building its own charging stations across the US and Europe. Electric car owners or renters can use apps like PlugShare to find charging stations nearby. For example, a visit to PlugShare quickly produced the information that you can charge your car at Diane’s Auto on State Street, for $10 an hour, and there’s a Tesla charging station at the rear of the William Henry Miller Inn. The nearest municipal charging stations are in Woodstock, Ontario, and Brattleboro, Vermont. “How much does it cost to install one of these fast charging stations?” asked Katrina Binkewicz, Lansing town council. Fast charging stations, such as the ones Tesla is building, can charge a car for 50 to 70 miles of range in around 30 minutes. “Around $5000 for two sticks in my mind,” said Ed Marx. “The county’s interested in this,” said

e’re going to identify 20 good locations in the county to install charging stations,” said Fernando de Aragon. “Then, it’s up to us to go out and find money for the installations.” De Aragon, executive director of the county’s transportation council, shared his excitement about the plan to build electric car charging stations, but not much information, with the Tompkins County Council of Governments. “This is just getting going,” he said. The county issued a Request for Proposals in March, received a grant from NYSERDA, and is using the grant to hire a consultant to draw up the plan. Among the many questions in the air for county-built charging stations are the type of chargers, the type of plugs (not all electric cars have the same plugs), who would pay for the charges, and where the stations would go. Ninety-five percent of electric cars are charged at home; since it can take four to six hours to charge the car battery, standard practice is to plug the car in at night when the driver retires. Because of the need to charge at home, electric car sales are mostly to singlefamily home owners. “Is this something Electric car charging station outside Taitem Engineering on South Albany Street. you’d pair up with Cost is $1 per hour. (Photo: Glynis Hart) CarShare?” asked Danby supervisor Ric Dietrich. Aragon replied that it had been tried in Buffalo, and found to be Mike Lane, “because of the amount of unworkable because the cars don’t sit for carbon we’re producing.” Lane, who is long between drivers. CarShare cars are the chair of the county legislature, said usually used for shorter trips, so by the he’d read recently that car dealers weren’t end of the day an electric car battery is getting a lot of demand for electric cars. drained; “The first guy who got the car in Aragon added the comment that, the morning would get it fully charged,” as the range of electric cars increase, the he said. The last person to get it that day need for charging stations “may not be as would have a low battery. “You obviously necessary as you might think.” don’t want someone to show up in the To get involved with the Tompkins morning and charge it for eight hours.” Electric Vehicle Network, share ideas “Who’s paying for it, and how?” asked or concerns, try their Linked In group: Mike Murphy, Dryden village trustee. linkedin.com/groups/8521261, “At this point, I don’t hear a lot of or Facebook page: facebook.com/ talk about making money on this,” said TompkinsEVN • Aragon. While municipal charging stations are growing, there are also – Glynis Hart charging networks, which users join by editor@flncn.org paying a fee, and electric car maker Tesla

Learning the winds of Cayuga Lake

ailing is a bit like horseback riding. It was once a commercially valuable skill and a part of everyday life for a portion of every maritime community, but it is now an anachronistic activity undertaken mainly for recreation and sport. Sailing and riding are also both thought of as being expensive, but at least as regards sailing, there are affordable local instructional programs available, and one does not have to have his or her own boat in order to learn this age-old pastime. Cayuga Lake has an average width of 1.7 miles. Anyone who has paid any attention to it will have noticed that it is a body of water with many moods, and those moods can change rapidly. The surface can be like a sheet of glass or it can be covered with white caps and combers. Sheer cliffs bound the southern quarter of the lake on the east side, and steep slopes rise on the west. Originally formed as a river valley several million years ago, it was “overdeepened” by repeated advances of glacial ice during the last 1.5 million years. The resulting U-shaped profile translates into a curved trough nearly 40 miles long angled generally north northwest. All of this contributes to the existence of some challenging wind patterns. The breeze can turn into a gale, abruptly change directions, and then—just as abruptly—die. At the end of nearly every day, when the sun goes down, the wind generally stops blowing. In short, it is an interesting place to learn to sail. • • • The Merrill Family Boat Center (1000 East Shore Dr.) and the Ithaca Yacht Club off Taughannock Boulevard/Route 89 (1090 Glenwood Road) both offer opportunities to learn the ropes. (Ropes, however, are called

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lines on a sailboat.) Although allied with (Left) 420’s on the sail (top right) Young sailors (bottom right) Cornell University in an arcane fashion, the Pat Crowley, director of the Merrill Family Boat Center Merrill Family Boat Center is open to the (Photos provided) public and has a relationship with the Ithaca Youth Bureau; through this partnership the is widely used for collegiate racing. “The youth bureau offers half-day, one-week classes emphasis is on fun,” Crowley said. “We from late June through August 19. There are don’t get involved with racing, although we both morning and afternoon sessions. do teach the kids to go around buoys in an The site of the boat center began as a uncompetitive way.” windsurfing club in the late 1980s. “Then The program also has access to larger we got involved with one-design [racing] “keel boats,” which are used when there is too boats,” said Pat Crowley, director (with Fred much wind for the 420s, and for excursions. DeBruyn) of the center. “In about 1998 The boat center fleet has floats on top of the Cornell bought the land for the lake-source masts, so that when the boats capsize, they cooling plant.” The actual plant is located never “turtle” and are easier to right. across East Shore Drive, but the outfall pipe is The Merrill Family Boat Center also beneath the land the boat center sits upon. has a program for children through the Crowley said that Cornell Real Estate Cornell Adult University. Members of the took over management around 2000 and university community can place their kids in initially proposed putting a hotel on the a program that has them sailing for half a day land. A grassroots movement defeated the and spending the rest of the day engaged in idea, which Crowley described as financially another activity. untenable in any case. In the early 2000s • • • Andrew Davis, activist sailor, began meeting Chris Rogers is the director of the Youth with Cornell alumnus and philanthropist Sailing program at the Ithaca Yacht Club Philip Merrill. This relationship eventually led between late June and August. Although it is to the construction of the center’s building in open to children between the ages of 8 and 17, 2009. It replaced an A-frame that Crowley and Rogers said most of the students are pre-teens. his crew used to heat with driftwood. Like the boating center, the yacht club uses “Sailing is hands-on,” said Crowley. “It’s all 420s as teaching vessels. In addition, they use a about being on the boats.” That said, he does one-person dinghy called an Optimist. begin instruction with a video about safety The Ithaca Yacht Club began in 1907 and in bad weather will move instruction as the Ithaca Motor Boat Club, an offshoot into the boat center’s classrooms. In order to of the local motorcar club. It received its participate, all student need to be able to swim present name in 1923 and moved from the one length of a pool (25 yards). Participants Cayuga Inlet to Glenwood Point in 1929. The must be between the ages of 9 and 16 years club purchased the rest of the point in 1945, old. and the present clubhouse was opened in Out on the water there is a 1 to 4 ratio of instructors to students, and most instruction continued on page 20 takes place in 420s, a one-design boat that T

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ne negative to sleeping in the buff is that if you’re ever to fall through your bedroom floor into some inter-dimensional quadrant of incalculable distortion, you’re going to have to deal with said predicament in the nude. There, it might be chilly, stormy, and there might be demons throwing arrows at your privates. It could get complex. Trumansburg writer Gordon Bonnet’s latest novel, Sephirot, starts its protagonist off squarely in said situation. Face to face with the naked truth (or untruth) the hero must muster the courage to move onward and forward (or backward) and find someway back home to his cozy confines. He doesn’t realize it yet, but he’s about to embark on a spiritual and metaphysical excursion through ten portals of mystical and hellish dimensions. In Jewish mysticism, the Sephirot— meaning emanations—are the ten distinctions in Kabbalah, through which Ein Sof (The Infinite) manifests and showcases his unbounded patterns. Physically, it is represented as a complex geometric assemblage that correlates to the physical parameters, metaphysical attributes, and numeric aggregates associated with existence and nonexistence. It’s a nexus of specific patterns and meanings that overall comprises a distinct whole (everything). Bonnet’s novel, while not openly engaged in any sort of dogmatic discussion of the Jewish Sephirot, does explore the terrain. Bonnet’s story is about an ordinary dude, Duncan Kyle, who transverses through ten or so dimensional portals, and by and large grows wise, mystical, and courageous, through a paradigm of self-discovery. Think Herman Hesse’s Siddhartha meets Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time, with Steven King’s The Gunslinger in the background; all this while sitting at temple. At moments, Sephirot is mightily present: extreme, widening, sparkle-eyed, and wickedly engaging; other times distant, losing its footing and scrambling to keep up with its multifarious designs. The book starts and ends slowly, but shapes itself muscularly in the middle. “Netzach,” “Tiffret,” and “Gevurah,” the book’s fourth, fifth, and sixth chapters, is where Bonnet really makes things move: fusing swift stylistic arrangements that glisten and affirm individual thought-patterns in the multilayered story. This is the book’s apex, and most spirited sections—very much excellent reading—combing wit, philosophy, dazzling maneuvering, and deepening fantasy. “Netzach” sees Kyle reach a dimension where formless abstract shapes try to

trick him into believing he’s a true and eternal part of their non-world. The shapes ingest Kyle’s memories and form them together to mimic an alternative reality that clouds one’s deepest convictions. In the Jewish canon, Netzach is a sort of state of perpetuity: a quality intent on lasting forever. The subtle parallels between the novel and the mystical Jewish tree of life are discerning: placed intermittingly like colorful eggs on an Easter morning. “Gevurah” is the darkest and most violently morbid of all the realms Kyle visits. Here he encounters a sullen and hellish world where fire, horror, and brimstone reign. In the Jewish Sephirot, Netzach relates to the essence of judgment and limitation, the

Author Gordon Bonnet(Photo Diane Duthie)

power of astonishment, and the depth of fire. You can tell Bonnet’s is engaged in this section; the visionary and lucid Netzach he creates is perhaps the book’s finest moment. At some particular dimensional interval though, both Kyle and Bonnet seem fatigued. The last few chapters of Sephirot seem to envelop themselves into a sort of standard cliché. Although there’s occasional bite, the collective characters, imagery, and metaphorical passion of the last few chapters seem slightly tedious. That is, until we reach the absolute last chapter, “Keter”, where the interstellar drive and radiant formation that brightens the best of Sephirot returns tenfold. Like the Tao Te Ching layering in the fifth dimension, “Keter” makes sure you leave the elaborate realm of Sephirot in awe: gutted, springboarded, perplexed, and thoroughly engaged. There’s a lot to ponder in Sephirot, particularly the rich and varied symbolism that parallels the Jewish emanations of the same name. A complex weave of outwardly inner-manifestations, Bonnet’s book offers a glimpse into the perplexity of life. If anything, it had me dually investing time into the Jewish Sephirot. And there’s nothing better than a book that opens a portal to another dimension. •

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Divisive play really drives to the heart By Br yan VanC ampe n

ll God’s Chillun Got Wings is a 1924 play by Eugene O’Neill about miscegenation. On its opening night, the police were out ready to quash any riots that might have happened. I’ve never seen it before—indeed, this Cornell production was my first brush with O’Neill—but I can only assume it’s been messing with peoples’ heads ever since. We know that Paul Robeson performed in the premiere, in which he portrayed Jim Harris, the black husband of Ella, an abusive white woman who, resenting her husband’s skin color, destroys his promising career as a lawyer. When pondering ways of creating the production of a play that’s nearly 100 years old, let it be said that director Godfrey L. Simmons, Jr. came up with a doozy. Set Designer Kent Goetz, costume designer Sarah Eckert Bernstein, lighting designer Ed Intemann, and sound designer Warren Cross created a gray, distinctly urban performing space with two sets of audience seats on risers facing the auditorium. Fire escape boxes hang overhead, and a long runway extends halfway into the house. This runway functions as a literal dividing line, for the audience has been

separated: blacks and Asians on one side and whites on the other. For some reason, I found myself onstage on the “wrong” side, and I was told that I didn’t have to move, but that the actors might say something. Fine, I thought. I’ll be part of the work. Something about the play and my place watching it really got to me, and as fine as the ensemble and the flow and all the live music was—more on that later—I could not take the impact of the tragedy and fled, I would guess 20 or 30 minutes before the end. My apologies to the talented cast and crew, but the sadness and the anger in the text really did me in. My reservations should be taken as a testament to the power of this production. Not to trivialize the piece, but it felt like O’Neill was combining Do the Right Thing and Jungle Fever decades before Spike Lee got to similar themes. The production’s ensemble consists of Joanna Gao, Raiven Harris, and Elise Smith, and Simmons Jr. sprinkles them throughout the scenes in a series of costumes that range from childhood to adulthood, effectively showing the span of years in O’Neill’s New York saga of Jim Harris (Irving Torres) and Ella Downey (Molly Karr). As Jim and Ella grow and change from the relative innocence of childhood to something much harsher and angrier in later years, we are left to ponder what happened to Ella to make her emasculate her own husband and hurl

Cast members of “All God’s Chillun Got Wings” (Photo Provided)

veiled insults at his mother, Mrs. Harris (Sylvie Ynteme), and his sister Hattie (Dominique Thorne). Jack Press gives a startling, kinetic, and hip performance as Shorty, the neighborhood pimp, and Kwesi Bedu-Addo doubles as Joe, another neighborhood guy, and as a ceremonial mask that seems to be the hub of all of Ella’s fears and furies. (Kudos to Karr in particular. She plays Ella’s racism without a whit of vanity or the sense of any kind

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Swardson), Augie (T.J. Miller), and Curt (Rob Riggle); these three sleazy malcontents toil at their dilapidated, dismal waterfront carnival. Remy gets his hands on a book of spells from the carnival’s fortune teller (Kerri Kinney Silver), and before you can say Evil Dead, New animated film is tough to admire one of the idiots gets dragged to By Br yan VanC ampe n hell. It turns out that the Devil (Bob Odenkirk) is actually a Hell and Back (2015), available on DVD. far away from this. More’s the pity that lovelorn dweeb with a serious Bob Odenkirk as the Devil in “Hell and Back” (Photo Provided) the movie is so gross and hateful, given crush on Barb the Angel (Susan ell, what a wretched, execrable its lavish stop-motion production values. Sarandon). To win her, he up as Deema, their navigator, and another little movie Hell and Back turned This thing has real style and scale, but it’s finds a loophole that involves finding and slimy, squalid character played by Danny out to be. all in the service of one of the ugliest, most sparing our “heroes.” McBride becomes their diseased mentor. If Robot Chicken is too harsh for your unappealing movies I have ever seen. In the meantime, they have a hell of I wasn’t offended by the premise animation-lovin’ palate, you’ll want to stay Hell and Back is all about Remy (Nick a lot of hell to navigate. Mila Kunis shows of Hell and Back, but if every character in the story is nasty, selfish, and mean—these guys are supposed to be friends, but they are selfish and abhorrent to each other— who are we supposed to root for? This kind of thing can actually be done well. Remember Bill and Ted’s Bogus Journey? We took that devilish detour because of the true friendship between Bill and Ted as they bounced around the afterlife, meeting deities and playing board games with Death. I guess the twist here is supposed to be that the Devil is actually the most relatable creature in the film; it’s true that Odenkirk (Mr. Show, Fargo, Better Call Saul) comes off the best out of a bad lot, and in this case, it really is a bad lot. Even an actor like Miller—who has distinguished himself as a voice actor in Big Hero 6, the How to Train Your Dragon series, and even the talkative globule in the Mucinex commercials—is simply awful here. Hell and Back is directed by Tom Gianas and Ross Shuman, and written by Gianas, Zeb Wells (Robot Chicken), and Hugh Sterbakov. I’ve certainly enjoyed Robot Chicken’s scorched earth, pop culture parodies and sicko blackouts, but this enterprise is more scabrous than humorous. As a comedy nerd, I can tell you that Gianas’ name is spoken in hushed terms in certain humor circles; he and Odenkirk have been working together Guthrie Ithaca Practice Guthrie Ithaca offers comprehensive family medicine, internal medicine and for decades. Gianas directed Odenkirk 1780 Hanshaw Road pediatrics and is now accepting new patients. Guthrie Ithaca physicians in a one-man show called Half My Face Ithaca, NY 14850 have easy access to Guthrie specialists in the Ithaca office, including: is a Clown, and he directed the classic • Cardiology • OBGYN “Recruiters” sketch for the first season of Hours Mon-Thu: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Mr. Show. • Endocrinology • Pulmonology Fri: 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. I take it on faith that in addition • Gastroenterology • Vascular Sat: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. to Gianas, the very talented voice cast • General Surgery and much more • Occupational Medicine has done fine work elsewhere, and will do so again. Miller, Kunis, Kinney The Guthrie Ithaca Hanshaw Rd location is open 6 days a week with Silver and McBride have all made me laugh elsewhere, as have Brian Posehn convenient Saturday hours. To schedule an appointment, call (Community), comedienne Maria Bamford, 607-257-5858. H. Jon Benjamin (Archer), and Jennifer Coolidge (Best in Show). Stop-motion enthusiasts may give their pause button a serious work-out studying the elaborate, Hades’ Rube Goldberg sets and animation, but for those of us who just want a good story, Hell and Back flames out before it gets through the nine circles of … you www.Guthrie.org know. Next to this stuff, even Sam Raimi’s Drag Me to Hell feels pretty cuddly.• film

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ermaine Pavlova gets excited when she flips through books printed for her by Diane Austic of The Wordpro, located at 2300 N. Triphammer Road in Lansing. “How do I know this is good?” Pavlova asked rhetorically. “All my life I deal with them! In Russia when I send them books they can’t believe it in Ithaca they have this—and this is not a publisher house. Only copy.” Pavlova, a research librarian who worked at the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia, for more than 20 years, is one of many customers for whom The Wordpro has printed books, along with Giclée fine art prints, band posters, graphic

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design, and plain old copy shop jobs like business cards and lamination. Every one of those capacities has been added to the shop as a means of diversifying its revenue streams, Austic said, an evolution that has continued since the business’ beginnings in the Cayuga Heights home of Bob and Jane Kalter in 1978. There, Jane took on word processing jobs from Cornell faculty and students— hence, the name “wordpro.” The shop got into book printing in 2000, before the internet-driven selfpublishing boom. Some of the customers have been characters, Austic said, from a woman in the Bahamas who writes about her life on a lumber farm to a Southern author named Billy Horton who sells his historical epic When the Owl Cries outside his hometown Wal-Mart. Other titles displayed in her counter include local histories, like the 1869 diary of local woman Carrie Manning, and Fly the Wild and Stay Alive, a guide full of tips for backcountry pilots. The Wordpro has a perfect binder, and can do ring binding as well for something like a community cookbook. Austic can help her clients set up the components of the cover and print proofs before running off a full run. The shop also does work for the printing trade; an offset printer generally finds costs to go down after 1,000

copies, so Austic contracts with some outof-state larger printers to do their smaller book jobs. Pavlova has had Austic print several saddle-stitched booklets that contain work on figures like Florian Antonovich Gilles, the first director of the State Hermitage, and Israel Perlstein, a Polish immigrant to New York who set up in rare books and purchased Romanov-owned volumes by the meter in the 1930s from the currencystarved Soviet government. Pavlova’s booklets are full of reproductions of watercolors and other pictures, many from the Hermitage collection. “It’s not so easy to have the correct gray and green—it can be somehow yellow, sometime beige,” Pavlova said. “Diane can catch the tone of color—she catches everything unbelievably.” The Wordpro has a 40-inch wide Canon fine art printer capable of Giclée, 12-pigment printing—on fine-art paper a piece is said to last 100 years. There Austic makes prints for artists like Christi Sobel, who sells her wares at the Ithaca Farmers Market. The price of a given job on that printer is at its most affordable after two copies—after the file has been proofed and color corrected—so it’s cost-effective for artists to keep their works on file and print them off in small batches when needed. Austic runs her business as thriftily as she can while keeping up with the technology necessary to please her customers. Her paper jogger, which shakes a sheaf of paper around until the edges are flush enough to bind, was American-made in a northeastern shop and doesn’t appear to need replacing anytime soon. She buys her copiers, rather than leasing them, and shops for toner from brokers who buy up unused stock. Austic’s background is in business, with a degree in management and experience managing a Wendy’s—“You learn a lot there,” she said. She “didn’t know much about printing” when she started working with the Kalters in 1997, but as they were making the transition to digital technology it was a good time to step in and learn. Austic bought the business from its founders in 2010, and moved it to its present location in 2013. Pavlova said she once asked Austic if she had any German in her blood after receiving one of her freshly printed books. “She said ‘Yes, my mom,’ and now I understand,” Pavlova related. “She did not study this. She is doing this by intuition. German people are usually very, very punctual. She understood unbelievably this process of looking at how it must be.” •

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hen Ciao! opened many moons ago, I avoided it. It was the “in place,” there were lines for seating, and, to paraphrase the immortal Yogi Berra, it was too crowded—nobody goes there anymore. Things have settled in nicely for this Lansing establishment, and it has become one of my favorite lunchtime spots. The food is terrific and a good value. The wine is reasonably priced. The seats are comfortable and there is rarely a wait at lunchtime. The bathrooms are clean and accessible. And the noise level allows conversation (even with your mouth full, if you must). But this is why I really love the place: you can nearly always spot a manager, checking the tables, doing what needs to be done, making sure everyone’s happy. To paraphrase Lucius Junius Moderatus Columella, who wrote around the time Christ walked the earth, “The eyes and footsteps of the master are things most salutary to the land.” Which is to say, Ciao! is one of the best-managed restaurants in town, and the food and service show it. Service is prompt, the food comes out hot, and water glasses are filled, which, combined with a solid menu, and careful presentation, makes the experience pleasurable. Good food, good theater. On to the food: A wood-fired pizza oven occupies the heart of the place, and its masters produce thin-crusted 11-inch pizzas with a good char on them, and an appetizing array of toppings. The crust is

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1954. Family and single memberships are available and the member roster is limited to 300 by the size of the facilities. Nonmembers are welcome to participate in the youth sailing program. Rogers’ classes meet all day (8:30 a.m. through 4:30 p.m.; one hour break for lunch) for a week. Students can take as many classes as they like. “We know that some can’t do the whole summer,” said Rogers, “because they’re involved in other programs.” With each successive week, participants will be taught more advanced skills. Unlike the boating center’s lessons, Rogers’s program will ready people for competitive sailing, although no prior sailing experience is necessary in order to sign up. There are weekly regattas at the club—competitions are among six or eight other clubs—for both boat designs. Before beginning the program everyone has to pass a swimming test (50 yards).

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crisp, and the flavors settle in sweet and salty, comfortable together. Another favorite is their “Executive Lunch,” which, at $10.95, is a

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thoroughgoing bargain. They start you with a small basket of bread and an olive-oil dipping sauce, followed by a large Caesar salad (or their house salad or soup), and move on to a choice of chicken balsamico, Although most of the lesson time is spent in the one-design racing boats, the yacht club program has access to keel boats as well. “They’re a more forgiving way to go out,” said Rogers. “You can take turns doing the sailing.” Another difference between the racing boats and the sloops is that everything happens a bit more slowly on the larger vessels. Rogers starts on land, explaining the parts of the boat, and then he gets the kids into the “Optis,” where he keeps an eye out for any fears his students might have. Rogers said that the boats are not specifically set up for disabled students. “But, you know,” he said, “there are a lot of really good blind sailors. They just need another person on the boat with them.” “Sailing teaches you how to relate to forces out there,” Rogers continued. “It teaches independence, teamwork, and selfreliance. Plus, wherever you go, you’ll get invited to crew as soon as they find out you can sail.” Rogers learned to sail at the yacht club and trained to be on the Olympic team; he has traveled all over the world to sail.

sacchetti (little bags) pasta, or a chunk of rare, buttery salmon, with sides of spicy roasted potatoes and an arugula salad. Love those greens! Take the edge off the day by adding a glass of the house red or white for another two bucks. There’s pasta galore with tomato, pesto, or Bolognese sauce, or adorned with salmon, bacon, and peas in a cream sauce, and many more pasta additions to the dinner menu, including steak and Gorgonzola over fettuccini, shrimp Savona with bacon, tomatoes, fried spinach, and toasted pine nuts in a pesto cream sauce over linguini, and lobster ravioli with jumbo shrimp. Oh, gosh, I hope I’m not drooling on my keyboard. For the practical, there’s a nice selection of sandwiches and paninis. For the less so, their 8-ounce Caprese Angus burger with fresh mozzarella, tomato, basil, arugula, and balsamic reduction practically will insure that when you return to your place of business, you’ll want to curl up under your desk for a nap. There are menus catering to the glutenfree, vegans, and vegetarians, and the establishment welcomes calls for takeout. Daily specials from the wood-fired oven include calzone on Mondays, stromboli on Tuesdays, stuffed pizza on Wednesdays, and so on. Portions are hearty, and I’ve seen many a diner waltz out happily with pizza box in hand. But do save room for dessert. Or you may want to share one with a friend or two—they’re huge. A cannoli order consisted of two crisp cannolis with great globs of whipped cream and chocolate sauce. A generous slice of cheesecake was dense and New York-y, and you can take them home for later. In short, Lucius Junius Moderatus Columella was 100 percent correct, and Yogi Berra and I just needed to take a deep breath and wait for the crowds to clear. • Ithaca Times restaurant reviews are based on unannounced, anonymous visits. Reviews can be found at ithaca.com/dining The yacht club program attracts people who are visiting Ithaca from all over the country. “It’s a chance to meet new kids,” said Rogers, “and build lifelong friendships.” In addition to four certified instructors, the program’s older participants help the younger ones. For those who get bit by the bug and want to sail more often than during the lesson, Rogers owns three 420s himself and is willing to let capable sailors use them. Ithaca Yacht Club’s Youth Sailing program is $225 per week for members and $295 per week for non-members. More information is available at ithacayc.org or by email at info@ithacayc.org The Merrill Family Boating Center program that partners with the Ithaca Youth Bureau is $150 per week with a $150 Recreation Partnership Discount. For more information visit ithacayouthbureaurecreation.com. For information about the Cornell Adult University program for children visit sce. cornell.edu/cau and click on Youth Programs for fee schedule. •

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5/04 Wednesday Burros | 10:00 PM | The Nines, 311 College Ave, Ithaca | Djug Django | 6:00 PM-9:00 PM | Lot 10 Lounge, 106 S Cayuga St, Ithaca | Live hot club jazz. Folk ‘n Kava | 7:30 PM-10:30 PM | Sacred Root Kava Lounge & Tea Bar, 139 W State St, Ithaca | Nate Marshall and Friends play Traditional and Original Folk, Jazz, and Gospel Music, featuring Angie Beeler, Travis Knapp, Leon Arguello, and Special Guest Stars. Home On The Grange | 4:00 PM | Rongovian Embassy, 1 W. Main St., Trumansburg | Reggae Night | 9:00 PM-1:00 AM | The Dock, 415 Taughannock Blvd, Ithaca | With The Crucial Reggae Social Club. Sacred Chanting with Damodar Das and Friends | 7:00 PM-9:00 PM | Ahimsa Yoga Studio, 215 N Cayuga St., Ithaca | An easy, fun, uplifting spiritual practice open to all faiths. No prior experience necessary. More at www. DamodarDas.com. i3º | 5:00 PM-7:00 PM | Argos Inn, 408 E State St, Ithaca | Live Jazz: A Jazz Trio Featuring Nicholas Walker, Greg Evans, and Nick Weiser

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Midday Music at Lincoln: Sound Sculptures | 12:30 PM | Lincoln Hall Rm B20, Cornell, Ithaca | Kevin Ernste, director. Features sound sculpture pieces by doctoral composition students.

Annette Richards | 8:00 PM | Sage Chapel, Cornell, Ithaca | Paris in the 1690s and 1930s, features music by Nicolas de Grigny, Olivier Messiaen, Jehan Alain, and Maurice Durufle. Spells & Potions: Belly Dance & Live Middle Eastern Music | 6:00 PM | Lot 10 Lounge, 106 S Cayuga St, Ithaca | Belly dance stars Jill Parker, Tessa Myers, Kira Starfire, Mantra and more. Live music from Cornell University Middle Eastern Music Ensemble (CUMEME) & surprise guests.

5/10 Tuesday I-Town Community Jazz Jam | 8:30 PM-11:00 PM | The Dock, 415 Taughannock Blvd, Ithaca | Hosted by Professor Greg Evans Professor Tuesday’s Jazz Quartet | 8:00 PM-10:00 PM | Madeline’s Restaurant, 215 E State St, Ithaca | Jazz. Tuesday Bluesday: Two Year Anniversary | 6:00 PM-8:45 PM | The Dock, 415 Taughannock Blvd, Ithaca | Every Tuesday for the past two years, Dan Paolangeli and Friends have been hosting live open blues-jams with some of the best musicians in the Ithaca area. To help celebrate the Tuesday Bluesday anniversary on May 10, Ithaca native singer, songwriter, Guitarist Pete Novelli will playing originals from his Latest CD - St. Amant Sessions - with the Tuesday Bluesday house band. Viva Rongovia | 6:00 PM | Rongovian Embassy, 1 W. Main St., Trumansburg |

5/07 Saturday BreakFree Hip Hop Showcase VIII: A Tribute | 3:00 PM-5:00 PM | Bailey Hall, Cornell, Ithaca | BreakFree Hip Hop is proud to present this showcase as A Tribute to its members’ inspirations: the places we have been, the people who have paved the way for us, and most importantly, who we are now. Brian Peters and Jeff Davis: Sharp’s Appalachian Harvest | 8:00 PM | Cornell Arts Quad, Cornell University, Ithaca | British traditional musician Brian Peters and American old-time musician Jeff Davis are the ideal team to have created a special multimedia presentation, Sharp’s Appalachian Harvest, tracing the evolution of English folk music on both sides of the Atlantic. Through songs, dance tunes, haunting historic photos, diary entries, and their own research, they bring to life the arduous work by English collectors Cecil Sharp and Maud Karpeles in the southern Appalachians in 1916-1918 to preserve tunes and ballads still being sung in remote mountain areas. Cayuga Vocal Ensemble: Spring Writes: Poetry and Song | 7:30 PM | First Presbyterian Church, 315 N Cayuga St, Ithaca | This concert will also continue CVE’s year-long celebration of its 40th Anniversary, with a theme

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centering on songs about music and singing. The highlight of the concert will be the premiere of a new choral work commissioned for the occasion from composer David Sisco. Cornell Chamber Orchestra | 8:00 PM | Barnes Hall, Cornell, Ithaca | Kisun Sung, guest conductor. Features Bartok’s Romanian Folk Dances and two works by Mozart: Piano Concerto in G Major, K. 453, with soloist Xak Bjerken, and Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550. Cornell Chorale | 3:00 PM | Sage Chapel, Cornell, Ithaca | Stephen Spinelli, conductor. Features works for mixed voices, including Mozart’s Ave verum corpus, William Billings’s Africa, the Shaw/Parker arrangement of Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child, and Moses Hogan’s arrangement of Wade in the Water, as well as pieces by Morten Lauridsen and Eric Whitacre. Mostly Motown | 8:00 PM | Unitarian Church Of Ithaca, 306 N Aurora St, Ithaca | Great tunes by The Supremes, The Four Tops, Smokey Robinson, The Marvelettes, Marvin Gaye, The Delfonics and much more! The Orchestra of the Southern Finger Lakes | 7:30 PM | Corning Museum of Glass, One Museum Way, Corning | (OSFL) closes its 21st season with a spectacular concert including Thomas Duffy’s contemporary work Heart Throb, Gustave Mahler’s

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5/08 Sunday Cornell University Wind Symphony | 3:00 PM | Bailey Hall, Cornell, Ithaca | James Spinazzola, conductor. Col. Larry H. Lang, guest conductor. Features Frank Ticheli’s Second Symphony, Dana Wilson’s Liquid Ebony with clarinetist Richard MacDowell, and music by Adam Gorb, Morton Gould, and Wayne Oquin. Finger Lakes Chamber Ensemble: Mother’s Day Concert | 4:00 PM | First Unitarian Church Ithaca, 306 N Aurora St, Ithaca | This All French program features the music of Debussy and Ravel. For more information, call (607) 272.4839, or check out our website at FingerLakes ChamberEnsemble.org. Tickets can be purchased at the door. Spirituals for Mother’s Day by Dorothy Cotton Jubilee Singers | 3:00 PM | First Presbyterian Church, 315 N Cayuga St, Ithaca | In honor of all mothers, the Dorothy Cotton Jubilee Singers (DCJS) will perform its spring concert on Mother’s Day. The mission of this African-American spirituals chorus

is to preserve this soulful body of music that was born of the struggles of slavery and the civil rights movement, of the joy of freedom, and of the strength we all need to move in. The Ithaca Concert Band | 4:00 PM | Kulp Auditorium, Ithaca High School, 1401 N Cayuga St, Ithaca | The band, under the direction of Rick Eleck, will provide a potpourri of wonderful music for many listeners, including Leroy Anderson’s The Irish Washerwoman, arranged for Arthur Fielder and the Boston Pops in 1947.

Film Reject: Film and Panel Discussion | 6:30 PM, 5/05 Thursday | Cinemapolis, 120 E Green St, Ithaca | Reject tells two personal stories: that of 17-year-old Eric Mohat, who was bullied every day for seven months until he took his own life, and 5-year-old Justin, son of Mexican immigrants, who has been labeled a troublemaker at school and kicked out of his kindergarten class. The film argues that educators must be intentionally, proactively inclusive if they wish to build a culture of acceptance and belonging in their classrooms and schools. There will be two showings of Reject at Cinemapolis: Thursday, May 5 at 6:30 p.m., with panel discussion following the film, and Saturday, May 7 at 4:30 p.m.

Cinemapolis, Thursday, May 5, 6:30 p.m. Using the U.S. culture of gun violence as a backdrop, Reject is a feature-length documentary film that examines the science of social rejection. The film tells two stories: that of 17-year-old Eric Mohat, who was bullied every day for seven months until he took his own life, and 5-year-old Justin, son of Mexican immigrants, who has been labeled a troublemaker and kicked out of his kindergarten class. There will be two showings of Reject: Thursday, May 5 at 6:30 p.m., with panel discussion following the film, and Saturday, May 7 at 4:30 p.m.

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Friday, 5/06 to Thursday, 5/12. Contact Cinemapolis for Showtimes Eye In The Sky | Col. Katherine Powell, a military officer in command of an operation to capture terrorists in Kenya, sees her mission escalate when a girl enters the kill zone triggering an international dispute over the implications of modern warfare. | 102 mins R | The Congressman | Maine Congressman Charlie Winship has had a bad day. After being caught on video failing to stand and recite the pledge of allegiance, he knocks out another House member, confronts his angry ex-wife, and faces denunciation by the media for attacking one of the most cherished patriotic symbols in America. As his life spirals out of control,

No Home Movie | Akerman crafts a moving portrait of her relationship with her mother, an Auschwitz survivor whose harrowing past and chronic anxiety greatly shaped her daughter’s art. | 115 mins NR | Francofonia | A history of the Louvre during the Nazi occupation and a meditation on the meaning and timelessness of art. | 88 mins NR | Deadpool | A former Special Forces operative turned mercenary is subjected to a rogue experiment that leaves him with accelerated healing powers, adopting the alter ego Deadpool. | 108 mins R |

Stage All God’s Chillun Got Wings | Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts, Cornell University, Ithaca | The Cornell University Dept. of Performing and Media Arts (PMA) is currently promoting an upcoming play, All God’s Chllun Got Wings. Written by Eugene O’Neill anddDirected by Godfrey Simmons. Runs May 6-7, 2016 at 7:30pm; May 7, 2016 at 2 p.m.Tickets can be bought online at schwartztickets.universitytickets.com/ user_pages/event_listings.asp or by calling 607-254-2787. The 39 Steps | Douglas Avery Performing Arts Center, Mynderse Academy, 105 Troy Street, Seneca Falls

Notices Ithaca Sociable Singles Dinner | 6:00 AM-, 5/04 Wednesday | Joe’s Restaurant, 602 W Buffalo St, Ithaca | RSVP map10@cornell.edu Open Hearts Dinner | 5:00 PM-6:30 PM, 5/04 Wednesday | McKendree UMC, 224 Owego St., Candor | Come and join in the fun. Whether you are looking for fellowship or a free meal this one’s for you. Contact: Denice Peckins denicepeckins@hotmail.com Wednesday Night Ithaca Women’s Basketball Association: Open to girls & women ages 16 & up | 7:00 PM-9:00 PM, 5/04 Wednesday | 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/ Mother’s Day Farmers Market | 4:30 PM-7:30 PM, 5/05 Thursday | Press Bay Alley, 116-118 W. Green Street, Ithaca | This market will feature over a dozen local farmers and food producers selling everything you need for a celebratory brunch or picnic: vegetables, pastries, donuts, apples, herbs, mushrooms, pork, maple syrup, chicken, sausages, apple cider, hard cider, pickles, and more! The Finger Lakes Meat Project will distribute a sample menu of locally-sourced brunch ideas centered around items available at the market. For more information, please contact Susannah Spero at scs297@cornell.edu, or Matt LeRoux at (607) 272-2292. 1*2*3 Gluten Free | 7:00 AM-1:00 PM, 5/06 Friday | Triphammer Marketplace, , Ithaca | Try out delicious gluten free and vegan baked goods. Info: (240) 538-3917. Tioga Downs Antique Center And General Marketplace | 9:00 AM-, 5/06 Friday | Indoor marketplace and outdoor flea and farmers market. Antiques, collectibles, furniture and more! Open every Friday 12 noon-5 pm, Saturday and Sunday 9 am-5 pm thru November 1, 2015.

Gunpoets, Sophistafunk, The Haunt, Friday, May 6, 8:00 p.m.

Funky, bass-ecstatic, and morphed in hip-hop dynamism, Ithaca’s talented collective Gunpoets, are the kind of band that brings the hardcore arm jams. The crowd will be swinging in a sea of funk moves, and then suddenly a psychedelic freak out by guitarist Eliot Rich will have people awash in acid Joker smiles. This is a talented crew, that brings a swirling mix of vibrations and intensity. Syracuse’s Sophistafunk is equally as dimensionally complex. The two bands will transform The Haunt into the ship Voyager Friday night. So be sure to grab your space helmets.

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Offbeat Films with Ron Krieg | 1:00 PM-4:00 PM, 5/10 Tuesday | Lifelong, 119 W Court St, Ithaca | This is a series of 12 films that evoke a director’s independent vision and fearless exploration of eccentric or mysterious subject matter. Included are Frankenheimer’s, Seconds, Altman’s, Three Women, Scorsese’s, King of Comedy, Weir’s Picnic, at Hanging Rock, Strick’s, Tropic of Cancer, and 7 more unique films. More info at www. tclifelong.org

Wednesday 5/04 to Tuesday 5/10 | Contact Cornell Cinema for Showtimes

| The award winning play is adapted from a novel by John Buchan, and film by Alfred Hitchcock. Director Jansen’s vision of the production is Alfred Hitchcock meets Carol Burnett, and will feature the cast of seven actors portraying 150 characters throughout. Performances and times are 8PM on May 6th, & 7th.

7th Annual Plant Sale Fund Raiser | 9:00 AM-12:00 PM, 5/07 Saturday | Edith B. Ford Memorial Library, 7169 N Main St, Ovid | Prepare your garden with herbs, perennials, annuals, fruit trees and bushes, and vegetables. Purchase beautiful hanging baskets for mother’s day or bring the kids for free activities to make their own mother’s day gifts. Our LIFT club will have Bluebird houses for sale as well as donated wooden fan trellises. We will also raffle a beautiful quilt by Carol DeGaray. Our sale is supported by high quality plants from Countryside Market and donations from local growers. Help the library grow by growing a garden this year! For more information contact the Ford Library: 607-869-3031 or ovidlib@rochester.rr.com. Events can be found online ovidlibrary.org. Bingo | 1:00 PM-, 5/07 Saturday | Waterman Conservation Education Center, 403 Hilton Road, Apalachin | Every 1st and 3rd Saturday. Doors open at Noon. Play the Early Bird Bonanza at 12:45. Food & Beverage available. All paper, smoke free. Annual Community Yard Sale | 8:00 AM-1:00 PM, 5/07 Saturday | Jacksonville Community United Methodist Church, 1869 Trumansburg Rd, Jacksonville | Along with the yard sale/craft show, the church will have a rummage sale inside and outside the school house. Chicken BBQ halves will be available starting at 11:30 am for $6.00. Offering a Mother’s Day Special: two chicken halves and your choice of a pie or cake. 100% of the proceeds from both the BBQ and the rummage sale benefit the church. We hope that you will join us for the show and sale. Auction at Cayutaville Church | 7:00 PM-, 5/07 Saturday | Cayutaville Methodist Church Auction, 3231 Route 6, Alpine | Homemade lunches in donor’s homes...for 6 people. Home made candies, breads, caramel corn. Lots of children’s items including bikes, stuffed animals, basketball hoop. Proctor Silex roaster...18 qt, and much, much more. Beginner Bird Walks | 9:00 AM-, 5/07 Saturday | Cornell Lab of Ornithology, 159 Sapsucker Woods Rd, Ithaca | Guided bird walks every Saturday and Sunday morning, sponsored by the Cayuga Bird Club. Targeted toward beginners, but appropriate for all.

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Binoculars available for loan. Meet at the Cornell Lab of Ornitholgy on Sapsucker Woods Rd. by the front of the building. For the meeting time and more information, go to the club’s website, http://www.cayugabirdclub. org/calendar Tioga Downs Antique Center And General Marketplace Indoor marketplace and outdoor flea and farmers market. Antiques, collectibles, furniture and more! Open every Friday 12 noon-5 pm, Saturday and Sunday 9 am-5 pm thru November 1, 2015. Tioga Downs Opening Day Of Antique & General Marketplace | 9:00 AM-5:00 PM, 5/07 Saturday | Tioga Downs, 2384 W River Rd, Nichols | Indoor marketplace and outdoor flea and farmers market. Antiques, collectibles, furniture and more! Open every Friday 12 noon-5 pm, Saturday and Sunday 9 am-5 pm thru November 1, 2016. Also open Monday, July 4 and Monday September 5. Pancake Breakfast | 12:00 PM-, 5/08 Sunday | Varna Community Center, 943 Dryden Rd (Rt. 366), Dryden | Buy your favorite Mom breakfast! Includes Pancakes, French Toast or Waffles, Sausage & Bacon or Ham, Scrambled Eggs, Hash Brown Potatoes, Sausage Gravy & Biscuits, Fresh Fruit, Breakfast Breads & Beverages. CRC Walking Club | 5:00 PM-, 5/10 Tuesday | Ithaca High School, 1401 N. Cayuga St., Ithaca | Walking, large muscle group strengthening, and gentle yoga. Pickleball at the Ithaca YMCA | 9:30 AM-2:00 PM, 5/10 Tuesday | Ymca, Graham Rd W, Ithaca | Pickleball at the Ithaca YMCA. Tuesdays & Thursdays from 9:30 am – 2:00 pm The Ultimate Purpose Rap Session: A Free Speech - Open Forum Discussion | 7:00 PM-9:00 PM, 5/10 Tuesday | Room #3, 2nd Floor, Above The Mate Factor Cafe, 143 Center of the Commons, Ithaca | We have tea, cookies, and a lively open discussion on the deep issues concerning humanity and our future. Please join us!

Learning Yoga Mind and Body Meditation Series | 5:00 PM-6:00 PM, 5/04 Wednesday | WHS Art Gallery, 136 Ho Plaza, Ithaca | In this class we will explore yoga through movement, breath work, and meditation. We will awaken and invigorate the body & mind through breathing techniques

and a sequence of gentle active postures and soothing stretches. A Strategic Logic of Attacking Humanitarian Aid Workers: Evidence From Violence in Afghanistan | 12:15 PM-1:30 PM, 5/05 Thursday | Uris Hall G08, Cornell, Ithaca | Speaker: Neil Narang, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of California, Santa Barbara. American Sign Language (ASL) II | 6:00 PM-8:00 PM, 5/05 Thursday | ASL II is for people who have the equivalent of American Sign Language I class or experience. The instructors are deaf and hard of hearing, and lifelong users of ASL. Registration forms can be printed from the FLIC website or Facebook page, emailed to you, sent by regular mail, or picked up at FLIC during business hours, Monday - Friday 9 am – 5 pm. Registration forms and payment are due at FLIC by Friday Apr 29 2016 at 5pm. They may be mailed to FLIC, or dropped off during business hours, Monday - Friday 9 am – 5 pm. For more information or questions, please contact the Finger Lakes Independence Center – monica@fliconline.org or (607) 272-2433 Recovering from Lyme Disease | 7:00 PM-8:15 PM, 5/05 Thursday | GreenStar Cooperative Market, 700 W Buffalo St, Ithaca | Join Health Coach Nathan Walz for this talk about diet and lifestyle-based strategies to recover from chronic Lyme disease. Registration required - sign up online at greenstar. coop or at GreenStar’s Customer Service Desk or call 273-9392. Beginner Bird Walks | Cornell Lab of Ornithology, 159 Sapsucker Woods, Ithaca | Targeted toward beginners, but appropriate for all. Binoculars available for loan. Meet at the Cornell Lab of Ornitholgy on Sapsucker Woods Rd. by the front of the building. For the meeting time and more information, go to cayugabirdclub.org/calendar Cayuga Trails Club: Special hike in Texas Hollow State Forest | For further information visit our website at www.cayugatrailsclub.org Cayuga Trails Club Tuesday Evening Hike Series | 5:00 PM-, 5/10 Tuesday | Cayuga Trails Club will lead a 4-5 mile hike every Tuesday evening at 5 PM. Hike locations vary each week. For current information, call 607-339-5131 or visit www.cayugatrailsclub.org. Easy, Light and Fun Yoga | 5:45 PM-, 5/10 Tuesday | Yoga Farm, 404 Conlon Rd, Lansing | Each class combines gentle yoga: beneficial breathing, easy

stretching and deep rest. We minimize transitions from standing to the floor, and stay clear of poses and exercises that could inflame injuries or trouble sore joints. Class designed to create a safe and supportive environment to meet the needs of those who don’t wish to practice more strenuous styles of yoga. More info at www.YogaFarm. us

Special Events Holocaust Commemoration | 7:00 PM-9:00 PM, 5/05 Thursday | Temple Beth-El, 402 N Tioga St, Ithaca | The featured speaker will be 86 year old Helen Levinson, a Holocaust survivor residing in Rochester, NY. Several local survivors will be honored in a special candle-lighting ceremony. The Ithaca Children’s Choir will perform. A reception will follow the lecture. For more information write to info@ iaujc.org. McLean Happenin in the Hamlet | McLean Fire Department Grounds, 2 Stevens Rd, McLean | Rides, vendors, Cortland Beer Company, music, food, and more. Thursday, May 5, and Friday, May 6, 6pm until close - rides open at 6. Saturday, May 7, 9 am until close - rides open at noon. Info call 607-283-6250 Habitat for Humanity: 6th annual Women Build Weekend | 8:30 AM-4:30 PM, 5/06 Friday | Lowes, Fairgrounds Memorial Parkway, Ithaca | Join us for a day (or two!) of building that you won’t soon forget. We’ve got a great group of construction professionals and skilled volunteers (all female) to teach carpentry skills and power tool use, and there’s a full set of wall panels waiting to be built for our next Habitat home. We’ll also be constructing our custom playhouse! Grab a friend, co-worker, your sister, daughter or Mom and be a part of the excitement! Friday, May 6th and Saturday, May 7th 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM. For more information, contact Shannon at Shannon@tchabitat.com, visit www. tchabitat.com or find us on Facebook, www.Facebook.com/TCHFH 5th Annual Ithaca Skate Jam | 10:00 AM, 5/07 Saturday | East Buffalo St., Ithaca | Comet Skateboards presents the 5th annual Ithaca Skate Jam. The format will be similar to last year with a “nontest” style jam. Skate hard all day and the Comet team will award prizes as they see fit.

5th Annual Ithaca Is Community! Service Day | 1:00 PM-, 5/07 Saturday | City Of Ithaca Youth Bureau, 1 James L Gibbs Dr, Ithaca | There will be opening ceremonies with a big Thank You to all involved. A guest speaker has been invited to get us started. After all of this we will split into groups for work sites that will be cleaning, raking, mulching, flower bed gardening, planting, removing brush and more. Volunteers, local leaders and local young people will all be working side by side to make Ithaca a better place, improve community relations and enjoy this day of success. We can use your help. Sign up soon by contacting Marty at mschreiber@cityofithaca.org / 273-8364x157 Enfield Country Faire | 11:00 AM-3:00 PM, 5/07 Saturday | Enfield Elementary School, 20 Enfield Main Road, Ithaca | Music, Pig Roast Dinners, Old Fashioned Games, Crafts, Basket Raffle, Vendors, Community Information! Vendors contact cbailey525@yahoo.com to reserve space. Jane’s Walks: Guided Tours of Ithaca Neighborhoods | Jane Jacobs was a visionary urbanist and activist whose writings championed a community-based approach to city planning. Walk 1: Living, Working and Playing in Downtown Ithaca: Saturday May 7, 11:00AM-12:30 PM, The History Center in Tompkins County. Walk 2: Chain Works District: Saturday May 7, 1PM-2:30 PM, CWD Project Office at 133 Ithaca Commons/MLK Jr./East State Street. Walk 3: Exploring East Hill Historic District: Sunday, May 8, 11AM-12:30 PM, corner of Eddy St. & Williams St. next to Eddy. For more information contact Margaret Soulstein: mmsoulstein@gmail.com www.janejacobswalk.org and Jane’s Walk Canada: www.janeswalk.org. 5th Annual Mothers Day For Peace: A Benefit for Cancer Research Center | 1:00 PM-5:00 PM, 5/08 Sunday | Rongovian Embassy, 1 W. Main St., Trumansburg | Featuring Rosie and Abby Newton, Bronwen Exter, Luke G. and Jason Shegogue. Littletree Orchards: 7th Annual Blossom Festival | 12:00 PM-5:00 PM, 5/08 Sunday | Littletree Orchards, 345 Shaffer Rd., Newfield | Spend the afternoon walking around the orchard enjoying natures beauty or hang out in the barn while you munch on a fresh cider donut, listening to some awesome local music and make a painted lotus pod to take home! Help press cider with our hand press

and feed the magic Koi fish. Live music from Otherwise, The Craig and Andy Show and Cielle. www.littletreeorchards.com 5th Annual Jump On Board | 6:00 PM-8:00 PM, 5/09 Monday | The Space at GreenStar, 700 W Buffalo St, Ithaca | Jump on Board is an opportunity for local agencies, organizations, and advisory boards to meet with young professionals and community members in Tompkins County looking to become more involved through Board service and volunteer opportunities. If your organization is interested in sharing information about your existing or anticipated needs at this event, please register through this link in United Way’s Volunteer Center (http://getconnected.uwtc.org/).

Books Coloring: Stress Relief | 5:00 PM-6:00 PM, 5/04 Wednesday | Buffalo Street Books, 215 N Cayuga St, Ithaca | GM Asha introduces you to the stress relief that is coloring. Yes, coloring. All the rage these days, but many have known for years how taking a colored pencil to a page can ease the mind. We will have colored pencils and pages to color, or you can bring your own book. Free and open to the public Chasing the North Star: An Evening With Robert Morgan | 6:00 PM-, 5/05 Thursday | BorgWarner Room, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | An award-winning poet, novelist and educator, Morgan will read from and discuss his latest novel, Chasing the North Star, a gripping tale of survival and perseverance. Copies of Chasing the North Star will be available for purchase at the event, courtesy of Buffalo Street Books. For more information, contact Carrie WheelerCarmenatty at cwheeler@tcpl.org or (607) 272-4557 extension 248. Miguel Ángel Hernández | 5:30 PM-, 5/05 Thursday | Buffalo Street Books, 215 N Cayuga St, Ithaca | Author discusses his new novel, Escape Attempt. Nancy Flynn and Edward Dougherty | 2:00 PM-, 5/07 Saturday | Buffalo Street Books, 215 N Cayuga St, Ithaca | Poets Nancy Flynn and Edward Dougherty ready from their latest collections. Sarah White | 4:00 PM-, 5/07 Saturday | Buffalo Street Books, 215 N Cayuga St, Ithaca | NYC poet Sarah White gives a reading from her collections. Sarah will be joined by

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The 5th Annual Ithaca Skate Jam welcomes the top Pro and Amateur skate team riders from across the country and Internationally. Comet Skateboards presents an event that is truly unique. The entire Comet team will be in attendance, including Brian Peck, Nick Ronzani, Big Dave, Eric Jensen, McLovin, Jared Henry, Nick Ketner, Dustin Hampton, and Jeff McDonough; as well as some of the best and most wicked skaters alive! This is going to serioulsy rule!

Jane’s Walks will be celebrated in Ithaca in honor of Jane Jacobs, a visionary urbanist and activist whose writings championed a community-based approach to city planning. Jane was a keen observer and a deep, original thinker who brought those talents to bear in her 1961 treatise, The Death and Life of Great American Cities. There will be two walks Saturday at 11 a.m. (The Hisory Center) and 1 p.m (CWD Project Office, The Commons), and one walk on Sunday at 11 a.m. (corner of Eddy St. and Williams Sr.)

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rothers make music, brothers dream big. Brothers move to the land of colossal dreams: get aesthetically wider, see the landscape; continue to grow. Brothers record new album, plan first American tour; get geared up. First stop: Ithaca, NY. All the way from Australia, Anthony and David Gill combine to form the Junkie Twins, a band with a curvy pop bent, alt-rock dimension, and the cherubic wanderlust of a beatnik turned loose. The duo’s moving fast and working tough, having released their newest album, Push To Exit, just a mere week ago. I caught up with the brothers recently and we discussed some stuff. Ithaca Times: What’s the story of the band? You come from Australia — how and why’d you end up in Brooklyn? David Gill: The USA to us was always the promise land. Ever since our mate came back from a trip to the States in 1996 with a suitcase full of Big Red, Bubblicious, Twizzlers and Philadelphia Eagles Merch, we knew that this was the country for us. After years spent doing the back and forth from Australia to

Art First Friday Gallery Night | 5:00 PM-8:00 PM, 5/06 Friday | Ithaca, Ithaca | On the first Friday of each month, art galleries in downtown hold their opening receptions for exhibitions. Visit www. downtownithaca.com for details Four Artists | 5:00 PM-8:00 PM, 5/06 Friday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | Installation of Four Artists, a multi-media exhibit curated by local art critic Arthur Whitman, showcases the work of Trumansburg-native Madeleine Bialke, former Ithacan Scout Dunbar, veteran artist Stephen Phillips and new community member Gizem Vurel. After-hours library access is available through the BorgWarner Community Room entrance, behind TCAT’s East Green Street bus shelter. Ithaca College Students present: BANG! | 5:00 PM-8:00 PM, 5/06 Friday | Creative Space Gallery, 215 The Commons, Ithaca | The show will encompass a variety of art practices, including painting, sculpture, printmaking and more. Alongside an eclectic display of student ideas and perspectives, there will be food, refreshments and live music. Members Show | 5:00 PM-8:00 PM, 5/06 Friday | State Of The Art, 120 W State St Ste 2, Ithaca | Paintings, prints, drawings, photographs, sculpture, collage, mixed media and more in both galleries during May. The show is bold and varied and sure to excite all. Contact info: 607-277-1626 and www. soag.org Southside Photography Club | 5:00 PM-8:00 PM, 5/06 Friday | Community School Of Music And Arts, 330 E State St, Ithaca | Eight talented young photographers from the Southside

Photography Club’s inaugural workshop are showing their work in the lower gallery. Southside Photography Club is a new program of the Southside Community Center. Spring Loaded: The Art of Melissa Zarem | 5:30 PM-7:30 PM, 5/06 Friday | Eye Gallery, 126 E State St, Fl 2nd, Ithaca | The show will mark the release of Zarem’s book, Spring Loaded, An Art Book to Color (40 pages, $15) a limited edition and the second publication of eye Ithaca, our small-batch press. To preorder a copy, email eye.ithaca@ gmail.com. Stephanie Clark: Make Me a Pallet on Your Floor | 6:00 PM-9:00 PM, 5/06 Friday | Station 923, 923 Eat Shore Drive, Ithaca | Make Me a Pallet on Your Floor represents a series of new work by Stephanie Clark that considers the wood pallet as support, frame, and material. While walking past construction sites Clark realized that the forms of the pallets were aesthetically transformative and interrupted the ways in which she navigates and perceives her physical

Philadelphia on holiday visas, we were finally granted “Cool Cat” Musicians visas by the US Dept. of Immigration. New York had been a regular weekend occurrence for us when we were down in Philly, and we loved it, so it felt like the right fit for us when we were given the opportunity to move over on a more permanent basis. IT: You guys started out playing simply with acoustic guitars. Is that how you still approach each new song: acoustically? Or do you write songs differently now than you used to? Anthony Gill: For Push to Exit we wrote every song acoustically mostly out of circumstance. I always have an acoustic guitar lying around and it’s convenient to just grab it when an idea is sparked. That being said a lot of new material I’ve been writing lately has been on an electric guitar because I’ve just had a feel of a sound I know I can only flesh out on an electric. IT: What’s different about the musical climate in the States than in Australia? DG: There’s a lot more opportunity for sustained growth over here in the States. Although bands struggle over here just as much to make a living off of music as well, there’s a lot more places to play and people to meet over here. Australia is pumping out some breathtaking music at the moment though; we particularly enjoy Courtney Barnett and Tame Impala, who are eating up the world stage at the moment, it’s so exciting to see.

environment. station923.wordpress. com The Mysterious Art of Etching | 5:00 PM-8:00 PM, 5/06 Friday | Handwork, 102 W State St, Ithaca | Syracuse based artist Elizabeth Andrews offers a special look into the art of etching. Etching is a 500 year old printmaking method, wherein images printed are the result of ink being forced out of the incised lines in a zinc or copper plate using a heavy press. For Gallery Night, Elizabeth will be demonstrating the printmaking process with her mini-press and exhibiting new work. Refreshments will be available and tastings provided by Bellwether Hard Cider from Trumansburg, NY. Tom Gardner: Quiet Places | 5:00 PM-7:30 PM, 5/06 Friday | West End Gallery, 12 W Market St, Corning | A collection of new paintings by Tom Gardner featured in the Main Gallery. Also, recent work by more than 50 exceptional artists in the Upstairs Gallery showcasing a wide range of mediums.

Unitarian Church of Ithaca, Saturday, May 7, 8:00 p.m. Great tunes by The Supremes, Martha and The Vandellas, Smokey Robinson, and Marvin Gaye, are just some of the dimensions you can expect from Mostly Motown, a band specializing in that retro feel. Recalling the heyday of the convergence of pop, R&B, Gospel, and Soul, Mostly Motown will have have travelling back to the sugary hues of an American movement. Grab your Polo dresses, Lux hats, Bowling shirts, and your shades - and get on down!!

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IT: What do you guys think pop means? It’s a divisive term. Do you consider your music pop? And does it have to be divisive? Can it be more than it AG: Nowadays the mainstream perception of pop is that it’s Top 40 music, but I see pop as anything that’s catchy and accessible to a wide audience. So within that context I would consider our music to be pop. It’s an exciting time for pop — it’s become more artistic with bands like Grimes as a great example. I think pop is definitely divisive as I think all great art is. Some people view pop music as something that lacks substance and is manufactured, but I think you just have to dig a bit deeper and find the

Damn Pigeon: Fashion Show | 6:00 PM-, 5/07 Saturday | Community School Of Music And Arts, 330 E State St, Ithaca | Pigeon, the LA-based brand will be collaborating with Ithaca and Syracuse organizers as part of an initiative to bring students together surrounding discussions of mental health, identity and style. The fashion show itself is part of a greater multimedia project surrounding issues of race, mental health and style, and the intersections between the clothes we wear and socio-political factors that impact our mental health. Info at smackedrecordsmgmt@gmail.com. First Saturdays on the Greater Ithaca Art Trail | 12:00 AM-11:59 PM, 5/07 Saturday | Greater Ithaca Art Trail | Artists exhibit in studios across Ithaca and Tompkins County. More information at www.arttrail.com. Bill Deats | 5:00 AM-7:00 PM, 5/08 Sunday | Collegetown Bagels, East Hill Plaza, Ithaca | Recent Abstract and Fantasy paintings by Bill Deats. Come meet the artist.

quality stuff. IT: What kind of literary influences affect your music? How does literature connect with music in general, or particularly? AG: I’m hugely inspired by Charles Bukowski, Bret Easton Ellis, Henry Miller, Alan Moore and Grant Morrison. Literature helps me paint a picture in my head that can often inspire a mood or feeling of a song I write. Reading great literature helps spark my imagination and provokes imagery in a way that film or other visual mediums can’t. It seems to work a different creative muscle that opens up a different area of my brain for inspiration. •

Contemporary Conversation: Art and Fame | 5:15 PM, 4/07 Thursday | Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell, Ithaca | Professor Judith Peraino from Cornell’s Department of Music will lead a dialogue about gender, sexuality, fame, and familiarity using photographs by Mary Ellen Mark and Bert Stern from the Johnson’s collection. The Museum is open tonight until 8PM. Free. 607-2556464. museum.cornell.edu Always in Style: 90 Years of Fashion and Entertainment | 2:00 PM, 4/08 Friday | Center For the Arts of Homer, 72 S Main St, Homer | Enjoy the songs, fashion, and history of the past 90 years, all in one impressive production! Part fashion show, part performing arts, part musical routine—this is sure to be an extraordinary trip down memory lane! Tickets are available to purchase online at https://cortlandhistory.yapsody.com and will also be available at the door. Call CCHS at (607) 756-6071 for more information. Silent Film Fashion, Irene Castle. Wharton Studio Exhibit | 4:30 PM-6:00 PM, 4/08 Friday | College of

Human Ecology, Cornell University, , Ithaca | Cornell’s Costume and Textile Collection and Wharton Studio Museum present an exhibit on silent film fashion with a focus on international star Irene Castle and the Ithaca’s Wharton Studio. Quilts By The River: Carolyn Campbell-Star Construction Print | 10:00 AM, 4/09 Saturday | Tioga County Historical Museum, 110 Front Street, Owego | A special display of historic and new quilts, all created in Tioga County that continues through April 30! Carolyn Campbell will demonstrate Star Construction in quilts from 1 pm-3 pm. Nina Hien: Instances | Substances | 2:00 PM, 4/10 Sunday | Just A Taste, 116 N Aurora St, Ithaca | Instagram photographs related to food and the restaurant world. On display through May 1st.

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7th Annual Blossom Festival, Littletree Orchards, Sunday, May 8, 12:00 p.m.

Littletree Orchards will host its 7th annual Mother’s Day Blossom Festival on Sunday. There will be live music, local food, arts and crafts, and an orchard scavenger hunt. An afternoon of fun for the whole family and all your friends! Spend the afternoon walking around the orchard enjoying nature’s beauty or hang out in the barn while you munch on a fresh cider donut, listening to some awesome local music and make a painted lotus pod to take home! Don’t miss out!

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Silver, Sedan, Manual Transmission, One Owner, Excellent Condition, 83,083 miles. $3,950. Call 607-532-4891 Donate your car to Wheels For Wishes, benefiting Make-A-Wish. We offer free towing and your donation is 100% tax deductible. Call:315-400-0797 Today! (NYSCAN)

Hearthside Professional Quilt Frame, still in box, never used. 3-bar 48” long basic unit, with 3-bar 24” and 3-bar 48” extensions, hardware kit, plans. 607275-6706 SAWMILLS from only $4397.00 - MAKE & SAVE MONEY with your own bandmillcut lumber any dimension. In stock ready to ship. FREE Info /DVD: www. NorwoodSawmills.com 1-800-578-1363 Ext. 300N (NYSCAN) White Fabric Couch, Sea Blue Leather Chair, $75.00 each, Both $125.00, Yamaha P35B Digital Piano NEW, $450.00, Photo available with cell number 607319-0548

270/Pets German Shorthair Pointer

Puppies. UKG, tails docked, dew claws, wormed & vaccinated. Ready to go June 11th, 2016. $800 each. 607-273-4491

Yorkie Puppies

205/Antiques

FREE to Good Home, 2 Yorkie Puppies Re-Homing, AKC reg., Contact me via e-mail for more details on: hwxtion01@ gmail.com

ANTIQUE LOVERS TAKE NOTE

BRIMFIELD’S, Famous Outdoor Antique & Collectibles Show of 5,000 Dealers starts Tuesday, May 10th. Info on 20 Individual show openings - www.brimfield. com, May 10th - 15, 2016. (NYSCAN)

245/Garage Sales Patio Sale

May 7,8 9am-5pm. Double Mattress & Box Springs $5, Haier Compact Refrigerator $45, Electric Fire Place $50, Desk $50, clothes, household goods. 61 Reuben St., Ithaca

T-Burg Multi-family Sale

Sat. May 7, 8:30 am-2 pm, Church of the Epiphany, Elm Street, Household Treasure Rummage Sale

250/Merchandise CAMPER

21 ft. 2009 Camper by Gulfstream. Walkaround Queen size bed. Full bath. Large refrigerator/freezer. Excellent condition. $7000.00 387-3048 or 275-6131

300/Community Scuba Diving Certification

Classes at your convenience. www.marchallsscubatraining.com (607)387-7321

320/Bulletin Board

Pitch Party at Purity, Ithaca, NY

7:00 PM NO CHARGE, FREE ICE CREAM. Bring your Mom, your sister, your daughter, bring your friend !! Join in the fun at an innovative Pitch Party at Purity and share a whole new musical experience—a vocal group harmony workshop for singing and non-singing women, young, old and in-between. Release your inner Diva—you know you want to ! The only requirements are that you want to have fun and that you love FREE ICE CREAM Laugh, sing and enjoy while you learn about harmony, rhythm and voice. Join the party at Purity Ice Cream on May 25, 2016 at 7:00pm. Feed your body and your spirit !!

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community Enfield Country Fair

An Old Fashion Spring Celebration. Saturday, May 7, 11am-3pm at the Enfield Elementary School, 20 Enfield Main Rd. Join your friends, bring your Mom and neighbors for springtime fun. Pig Roast Dinners (hot dogs available for kids) Basket Raffle and Plant Sale; Vendors’ and crafters’ market, Music, Old-fashioned games for the kids. Enfield history, agricultural and local information for the adults. Proceeds from the meal will benefit Enfield Youth Programming. Organized by the Enfield Community Council. (These materials are neither sponsored nor endorsed by the Board of Education of the Ithaca City School District, the superintendent, or this school)

Looking for Chidren

A son named Travis age 28, originally from Cortland and a Daughter whom I have never met and is from the area. Please contact with any info (call or text) Earland Perfetti (Butch) 607-339-6842 or on Facebook

Notification of Distrubution

The Bolton Point Municipal Water System (BP-MWS), the City of Ithaca Water System (CIWS) and the Cornell University Water System (CUWS) in accordance with US EPA regulations and NYS Public Health Law have prepared a joint Annual Water Quality Report for the year 2015. The report is available on the internet at www.boltonpoint.org A paper copy will be mailed upon request. Comments or questions regarding this notice or the Annual Water Quality Report can be directed to BP-MWS Production Manager Glenn Ratajczak at 277-0660, CIWS Chief Operator Charles Baker at 273-4680 and CUWS Plant Manager Chris Bordlemay at 255-3381.

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Sharon, MA needs 4 temporary workers 5/1/2016 to 11/1/2016, work tools, supplies, equipment provided without cost to worker. Housing will be available without cost to workers who cannot reasonably return to their permanent residence at the end of the work day. Transportation reimbursement and subsistence is provided upon completion of 15 days or 50% of the work contract. Work is guaranteed for 3/4 of the workdays during the contract period. $11.74 per hr. Applicants apply at, Employment & Training Resources, 275 Prospect Street, Norwood, MA 02062, or apply for the job at the nearest local office of the SWA. Job order #6962514. Work may include, but not limited to: Plant, cultivate and harvest various crops such as, but not limited to vegetables, fruits, horticultural specialties and field crops. Use hand tools,such as, but not limited to, shovels, hoes, pruning shears, knives, and ladders. Duties may include but are not limited to, tilling the soil, applying fertilizer, transplanting, weeding thinning, pruning, applying general use pesticides under the supervision of a licensed applicator, picking, cutting, cleaning sorting, packing, processing, and handling harvested products. May set up operate and repair farm machinery, repair fences and farm buildings, also may participate in irrigation activities. Work is usually performed outdoors, sometimes under hot or cold and/or wet conditions. Work requires workers to bend, stoop, lift and carry up to 50lbs on a frequent basis. Duties may require working off the ground at heights up to 20 ft using ladders or climbing. Requires 30 days experience in fruit ad vegetable duties listed.

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More than 40 local growers 40 Local Growers & 15 garden groups & 15 Garden Groups

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Find Yummy Gluten Free and Vegan baked goods at our stall at the Triphammer Marketplace, Outdoors, Fridays, 7-1. Think outside the boring white rice box! Try our tasty Teff Brownies.

St. Catherine Greek Orthodox Church 4th Annual Greek Festival * Greek Cuisine and Pastries for Dine-In or Carry-Out * Gift Shop * Historical Church Tours. Friday, May 6th from 3;30 to 8pm, Satrday, May 7th from 11am to 8pm, 120 W. Seneca St., Ithaca, NY

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F/T Clinical Position

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busy medical office. Send resume to Ithaca Urology, 1301 Trumansburg Rd., Suite L, Ithaca, NY 14850

Near Commons

Available Now Downtown 1 Bedroom in Historic Building. Intercom/Security/DW. Carpeted, Furnished. Bus near by. Heat Included. Carol, CSP Management, 277-6961. CSP Management.com

is accepting applications for the following positions: Specialist in Recreation for Individuals with Disabilities: Currently, there is one vacancy in the Ithaca Youth Bureau. Minimum Quals & Special Reqs: Visit the City of Ithaca website. Salary: $39,871. Exam: An exam will be required at a later date. Residency: Applicants must be residents of Tompkins County. Application Deadline: May 18, 2016. Custodial Worker: Currently, there is one temporary vacancy in the Department of Public Works. Duration: May thru mid October. Mini um Quals: None. Salary: $14/hr. Hours: 7:00 pm-11:00 pm. Saturday & Sunday. Applications accepted until position is filled. City of Ithaca HR Dept., 108 E. Green St., Ithaca, NY 14850, (607)274-6539, www. cityofithaca.org The City of Ithaca is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversifying its workforce

Front Desk/Reception

PART TIME Seeking friendly outgoing individual who has effective communication and time management skills. Responsibilities include: greeting visitors, fielding incoming phone calls, preparing various documents including correspondence, reports, and e-mails. Requires solid computer skills including Microsoft office. Respond to: cbrong@ ithacatimes.com

Help Wanted

Full or Part Time. Pressers, Delivery and Counter Persons. M-F. Must be Responsible and Friendly. Angelo Non-Toxic Cleaner, 315 N. Meadow St. 273-6941

Landscapers, laborers needed

School Nurse (RN) 11-Month

805/Business Services A Mouse in the House Kennel

offers individualized care & daily companionship in clean, comfortable, and spacious accommodations for dogs of all sizes, including private and social fenced-in outdoor spaces on the beautiful Wixom Farm in Mecklenburg, NY.

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Lic. Assoc. R.E. Broker

new Home on a Quiet street

PAY THE BALANCE OWED ONLY!!! AMERICAN LOG HOMES IS ASSISTING FINAL RELEASE OF ESTATE & ACCOUNT SETTLEMENT ON HOUSES.

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Best selection of affordable rentals. Full/ partial weeks. Call for FREE brochure. Open daily. Holiday Resort Services 1-800-638-2102. Online reservations: www.holidayoc.com (NYSCAN)

3)Model # 403 Augusta $42,450…BALANCE OWED $16,500

Quintessential Center-Hall Home

Lansing

About 30 minutes to Ithaca, Auburn, Geneva and Watkins Glen. Deep lot, garage & addíl parking. Hardwoods downstairs. Delightful front porch long enough for a table and chairs.

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ADIRONDACK LAKEFRONT!

131 acres - 1/2 MILE OF WATERFRONT - $299,900 Pure, clean lake teeming with fish and wildlife! Mature woods with trails, trophy deer and valuable timber! 40 Mins from Albany! Owner terms! (888) 701-7509, WoodworthLakePreserve.com (NYSCAN)

2)Model # 303 Little Rock $38,525…BALANCE OWED $15,000

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Centrally loCated!

111 acres - $159,900 Trophy deer hunting, huge timber value, private access to 2 lakes! 3 hrs from the GW Bridge! Terms avail! 888-905-8847; WoodworthLakePreserve.com (NYSCAN)

ESTATE SALE - LOG HOMES

Home Delivery, 20 weeks for $20.00. 273-5641 or 275-1684

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HUNTING/TIMBER LAND SACRIFICE!

3 CABINS ON THE LAKE!

30 acres - $249,900 MUST SELL! Rustic cabins on a beautiful unspoiled lake just 3 hrs NY City! Mature woodlands, tumbling stream, incredible setting! 888479-3394, WoodworthLakePreserve.com (NYSCAN)

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Career & Finance, Love Readings and More by accurate & trusted psychics! First 3 minutes - FREE! Call anytime! 888-338-5367 (AAN CAN)

Studio, Fall Occupancy,Furnished, Spacious, Large Rooms, Hardwood Floor, Quiet Building, Heat Included, Reasonable Rent, Walk to Central Campus or Downtown. Available August 1st. Carol, CSP Management, 277-6961. CSP Management.com

Our hunters will pay Top $$$ to hunt your land. Call for a Free Base Camp Leasing info packet & Quote. 1-866-309-1507. www.BaseCampLeasing.com (NYSCAN)

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repointing, carpentry, repairs, references George 793-3230

AFFORDABLE PSYCHIC READINGS

Lower Collegetown

Your Tompkins County Real Estate Connection!

Saw It Coming

portable sawmill service, turning your logs into usable lumber, for more information visit our website: sawitcoming.net

Hunting

Stonewalls

610/Apartments

F/T, 11-Month School Nurse (RN) position available ASAP with T-S-T BOCES. Detailed job posting with requirements listed on the BOCES Web Site: www. tstboces.org Apply online at: www. tompkinscountyny.gov/personnel. Apply by 5/6/16 to TST BOCES, 555 Warren Rd., Ithaca,NY 14850, Phone (607)257-1551, Fax (607)697-8273, Email: hr@tstboces.org

720/Rooms Wanted

IF YOU HAD HIP OR KNEE REPLACEMENT SURGERY AND SUFFERED AN INFECTION between 2010 and the present time, you may be entitled to compensation. Call Attorney Charles H. Johnson 1-800-535-5727. (NYSCAN)

HEALTH

PREGNANT? THINKING OF ADOPTION? Talk with caring agency specializing in matching Birthmothers with Families Nationwide. LIVING EXPENSES PAID. Call 24/7 Abby’s One True Gift Adoptions. 866-413-6293. (AAN CAN)

NEW YEAR, NEW AIRLINE CAREERS begin here - Get started by training as FAA certified Aviation Technician. Financial aid for qualified students. Job placement assistance. Call Aviation Institute of Maintenance 800-725-1563 (AAN CAN)

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ALL AREAS - ROOMMATES.COM. Lonely? Bored? Broke? Find the perfect roommate to complement your personality and lifestyle at Roommates .com! (AAN CAN)

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Four Seasons Landscaping Inc. 607.272.1504 Lawn maintenance, spring + fall clean up + gutter cleaning, patios, retaining walls, + walkways, landscape design + installation. Drainage. Snow Removal. Dumpster rentals. Find us on Facebook!

You’re Sure to Find

520/Adoptions Wanted

Must be 18, have reliable transportation, YS Driver’s license. Vacation and health insurance. Call Pat 607-257-3000, info@cayugalandscape.com

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Genoa

Open floor plan and contemp flair. two story foyer w/curved oak staircase & Italian cut-glass chandelier. eat-in kit. Full fin bsmt w/storage. 50 year roof installed in 2014 w/ transferrable warranty.

Beth Brennan Lic. Assoc. R.E. Broker

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ReAlty USA

year around Cayuga lake Home

Jolene rightmyer-macolini Lic. Assoc. R.E. Broker

305786

Home witH History

$399,000

Master w/ ìwake upî lake views. FR could be 3rd BR. WBFP, well insulated. 20 steps down to 60í Cayuga lake frontage. level lawn. Newer boat hoist. electric at dock and in lakeside storage building.

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710 Hancock Street Ithaca, NY 14850 2333 Triphammer Road Ithaca, NY 14850

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easy commute to Ithaca/Cortland. Charming 3BR 2BA home on 1 acre. Over 1400sf. Whole house radiant in-floor heat, hrdwds, SS appl’s. Open atmosphere w/vaulted ceilings. Att gar & lg rear deck.

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Opportunity to own a large beautiful home with tons of character. Set on 1 acre w/barn & country views. lg spacious rooms with hrdwds. With a little tlC & some imagination, endless potential.

kevin Brady Jr. Lic R.E. Salesperson

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Newfield

$174,900

High eff 3BR/2BA on 1.22 acre in beautiful country setting w/exquisite views! 1200sf bsmt (1/2 finished) perfect for man cave/play area. Gorgeous kit & HW flrs. 2 decks, shed, fire pit & new SS appl’s

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At Peaceful Remove

A large, Neocolonial home in Ellis Hollow in immaculate condition b y C a s san dra Palmy ra

ituated on five acres adjacent to land owned and preserved by Cornell Plantations, 41 Hartwood Road sits on a rise that overlooks the upper reaches of Cascadilla Creek in the winter, but that view disappears after leaf out, as the property is heavily wooded with mature deciduous trees. Approximately an acre around the house is maintained as lawn and with thoughtfully chosen and arranged ornamental plantings. The home was built in a Neocolonial style, a single-gabled, simple and energyefficient shape, but with much larger windows than its 18th century inspiration would have had. A crescent window over the front door evokes the Federal style of the early 19th century. The interior is thoroughly modern, with an open floor plan that is apparent from the moment you enter the front hall. From there you look right into a combined living and dining room. To the left is a family room. Straight ahead is a short passage to the kitchen, and an oak stairway winds through a landing to the second floor, which is visible in the form of a galleried hall. As this is a suburban home, you will likely be arriving by car and entering through the garage, which is attached to the kitchen via a tiled mudroom. The Mediterranan style floor extends into the kitchen, where the space is defined by a long island in the center. The same blond oak is used throughout the house, from the kitchen cabinets to

the trim throughout the first floor to the floors that are visible everywhere that is not carpeted. The cabinetry in the kitchen has double recessed panels and simple white ceramic pulls. The room is laid out for easy use and a seriousness of purpose is further connoted by the presence of a Viking stove. The family room off the kitchen has windows on two walls with nine panes on the bottom sash and six on the top, which is true throughout the first floor. The living room is on the other side of the front of the house and includes a wood-burning fireplace with an oak mantelpiece. The dining room is connected to a screened-porch via a set of three adjacent doors. The porch itself has a high, peaked roof with two skylights set into it. The screened windows look out onto the back yard, which falls away steeply from the house toward the woods. In one spot, however, the owners have leveled an area large enough for lawn games or a large tent, making a usable space in the middle of a picturesque setting.

41 Hartwood Road in Ellis Hollow, showing the front (above) and back (left). (Photos: Cassandra Palmyra)

The second floor is almost entirely carpeted. The master suite includes a walkin closet and a large bathroom with a tub/ shower. The cabinetry echos the style of the kitchen, complete with the white Cornian countertops. There are three other bedrooms of varying size on this floor. They share a second bathroom, which is distinguished by the presence of two sinks, but is otherwise decorated like the master bath. In one bedroom there is a laundry chute built into the floor of the closet. There is another entrance to the chute in the family room on the first floor. The laundry room is in the basement. It and the workshop are the only two rooms

on that level with concrete floors exposed. The rest of the basement includes a large open room with a double glass doors, which open out onto a stone patio, and two more bedrooms. All of these are carpeted and entirely finished. There is also a third full bathroom down here. The ceilings are high and the air is fresh; you would never know you were in a basement. There are two solar hot-water heating panels on the roof of the garage. This system has a propane-powered backup. The stonework around the house is expertly done. This includes steps, the walks in the front, the back patio and retaining walls. It is all in excellent shape. â&#x20AC;˘

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At A Glance Price: $550,000 Location: 41 Hartwood Road, Town of Dryden School District: Ithaca City Schools Caroline Elementary School MLS#: 305254 Contact: Kristin Ahlness, Licensed Associate Real Estate Broker, RealtyUSA Phone: (607) 220-5424 (office) Website: www.realtyusa.com

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dumpster rentals

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John’s Tailor Shop John Serferlis - Tailor

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Full line of Vinyl Replacement Windows

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