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he $155.6 billion state budget passed on April 1 “accomplished a lot of good things,” according to Assemblyperson Barbara Lifton (D-Ithaca), Tompkins County’s representative in New York’s lower chamber. Lifton said the Assembly succeeded in “adding almost a billion dollars” over Gov. Cuomo’s budget in education funding, including $627 million in foundation aid, a 6.5 percent increase. The Gap Elimination Act, or GEA, a post-2008 recession measure that essentially took back state school funding after it was granted, will be eliminated after years of school boards agitating for its end. In total, the increase in education funding over last year’s budget is about $1.5 billion, for a total of $24.6 billion statewide. “Now as we’re going forward, year after year we can talk about foundation aid,” Lifton said. “We can get back on track in phasing in more support for the poorest schools through the foundation formula.” The statewide $15 minimum wage initially proposed by Cuomo to take effect by 2021 “received some pushback from upstate farmers and business people,” Lifton said. The resulting deal hammered out with Senate Republicans aims at a $12.50 minimum wage upstate by 2021; the wage is going up to $9.70 at the end of 2016, and then will increase by 70 cents per year. In New York City the minimum wage will reach $15 by the end of 2018, and the phase-in will hit $15 by 2021 in Westchester County and Long Island. But upstate, by 2019 the governor’s office can freeze the increases if the economy goes bad, and a study will be performed in 2021 to see if the increases should continue. Otherwise, they will be tied to inflation. “If they give an increase to New Yorkers, it should be the same increase at the same time for everyone,” said Adil Griguihi, owner of Casablanca Pizzeria, in a release sent out by the Tompkins County Workers’ Center. “The rent is expensive in Tompkins County; everything is expensive here. … But the state should also be figuring out a way to help small business owners.” Lifton said the Assembly added a tax credit for farmers and a fund to help not-for-profit organizations affected by the minimum wage increase. The budget also includes a paid family leave provision, which will begin in 2018. continued on page 4

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said. “It isn’t as simple as a new contractor grabbing all the paperwork and subcontractors,” Reynolds continued. “Construction firms all have a particular way they do business that are not always compatible with each other.” There are federal, state, and local monies all pledged to the project, and all of that money comes with deadlines for completed construction work. Those funders “totally understand the situation,” Reynolds said, and are “waiting for us to come back to them with a revised contract.” The initial construction schedule for the 54-unit apartment building and 12 townhouses was 14 to 16 months, with

thaca Neighborhood Housing Services (INHS) does still plan to construct the affordable housing project at 210 Hancock Street, despite deciding to make a change in construction managers. A March 14 U.S. Justice Department press release announced that Syracusebased Hayner Hoyt had agreed to pay a $5 million fine, settling a claim it had set up a shell company headed by a disabled veteran to receive preferential treatment in $14 million worth of government bids. In an April 1 story the Ithaca Voice said the fate of 210 Hancock was “in limbo.” By April 4 a decision had been made.“We parted ways with Empty Hancock Street site. Demolition is complete. Hayner Hoyt in (Photo: Josh Brokaw) a very agreeable and helpful way,” said Scott Reynolds, director of real everything expected to be complete by estate development for INHS. “They’re August 2017. helping us transition to a new contractor. “It was a pretty generous schedule, It appears we should be able to transition so we have plenty of time to finish our really quick and shouldn’t lose too much project, ” Reynolds said. time.” INHS is applying for $567,000 in The former Neighborhood Pride federal funding from Housing and Urban store is now torn down, and Reynolds said Development, to help build the seven the environmental remediation has been for-sale townhouses. That decision should completed. come back in late April, Reynolds said. “We’re about ready to switch gears from the demolition phase to a – Josh Brokaw construction phase, and this was a good reporter@ithacatimes.com time for us to split the contract,” Reynolds

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The parcel is located in an ecologically sensitive area, containing over 900 feet of frontage on Six Mile Creek—the source of Ithaca’s drinking water—and more than 11,000 feet of additional frontage on tributaries to the creek. “What giving [the acquisition] some urgency,” Zepp explained, “is that Tompkins County is growing, and we’re ast Wednesday the Finger Lakes Land seeing more development of residential areas, some more well done than others, Trust (FLLT) officially announced and that can have impacts on things like the its plans to acquire 126 acres along town’s water supply.” Midline Road in the town of Dryden with The land also has a confluence pool, a the intention of retaining it as conservation destination point for hikers, that predates land. the Land Trust’s ownership of the nearby The land trust has negotiated an park preserve. Even though it’s private agreement to purchase 126 acres from Ted property, the public has been able to have and Marilyn Petkov for $250,000, leaving access to the land for recreational purposes; the Land Trust wants to make sure this use of the property continues for years to come. “One of the things this acquisition will do is continue that tradition of use among new generations,” said Zepp. He said that today, with concerns about liability and privacy for landowners, people tended to shut trails down. “One of the “The Confluence” on the former Petkov property, preserved as part of the Six Mile Creek benefits of the project is that we will be to drainage, the source of city drinking water. (Photo: Bill Hecht) continue that used by the public,” Zepp said. While it is anticipated that the majority them with 15 acres that includes the site of funds for the project will come from of their family home. This is less than the private individuals, the land trust is also proposed acquisition’s appraised value of seeking an allocation of $25,000 from $288,000. the City of Ithaca. Common Council is The FLLT has launched a $300,000 fundraising campaign to cover the purchase expected to vote on the issue at its April 6 meeting. price, associated transaction costs, and The negotiated purchase agreement a contribution to the organization’s calls for a closing in mid-April. At this time, Stewardship Fund to provide for long-term management and monitoring. Originally the land trust had sought $40,000 from Tompkins County to help pay affordablehousing contin u ed from page 3 for the acquisition; the county legislature agreed at a meeting March 1 that it would give $25,000 from its capital reserve fund in People will be able to take up to 12 weeks off to take care of a newborn, a newly support of the purchase. adopted child, or a sick loved one. Paid The proposed acquisition is part of a leave will start at half of their average growing complex of conserved land that annual salary, with a cap at half of the includes the FLLT’s Roy H. Park Preserve, average statewide weekly pay, and will Cornell University’s Old 600 Natural Area, increase to two-thirds of salary with the Hammond Hill State Forest, and Yellow same cap by 2021. It will be paid for by a Barn State Forest. payroll deduction, taken from paychecks The property has long been identified at a rate of “a tiny little dollar a week,” as a priority for protection due to its Lifton said. high natural resource values as well as its Another victory Lifton cited was a location within this matrix of conservation tuition-hike freeze for State University of lands. “The landowners have taken terrific New York schools; tuition has been raised care of the property, and they’re leaving $300 per year for the last several years. that area, so now is the time it’s become The Environmental Protection Fund got available for conservation or development,” said Andrew Zepp, executive director of the an additional $123 million in funding, from which funding to fight invasive land trust. species like hydrilla in Cayuga Lake has

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the land trust will need to provide half of the total purchase price. The second half will be due in December 2016. Once acquired, the FLLT will complete a comprehensive assessment of the property along with a site management plan. The land trust is already in the middle of discussions with the owners of the sole parcel separating the Petkov property from the Roy H. Park Preserve. The owners have expressed interest in the sale of a portion of the property for conservation and continued public access, though as of right now there is no timeline for the purchase of that property. “It totally depends on the landowner,” Zepp said. Owning the entire connected watershed adds value to the conservation of the land because it provides a full, protected corridor for animals. “In terms of wildlife, in many ways bigger is better,” Zepp said. “Out that way we’ve seen river otters and fishers, which are wide-ranging animals that require a large, intact landscape.” The allocation from Tompkins County’s Capital Reserve Fund for Natural, Scenic, and Recreational Resource Protection will also build upon an earlier investment that allowed the FLLT to acquire the Berntsson property, which created the first link in building the Emerald Necklace Greenbelt, an effort to link 50,000 acres of existing conservation land in an arc around Ithaca. The Emerald Necklace is recognized as a priority project within New York State’s Open Space Plan. • To raise funds for the land purchase, the land trust is hosting two upcoming events: “Let’s Drink to Clean Drinking Water!” Wednesday, April 20, from 5 to 7 p.m. at The Westy, 516 West State St., Ithaca, a happy hour in support of the project, and “Earth Day Yoga Class Friday, April 22 from 6 p.m. to 7:25 p.m. at Mighty Yoga, 106 West State St., Ithaca, where the FLLT will have a raffle items and Land Trust staff will provide information about the project and answer any questions. – Jaime Cone southreporter@flcn.org been drawn, Lifton said, along with $2,000 rebates for buyers of electric cars. Another $200 million is earmarked for clean water infrastructure improvements. Over $56 billion is designated for capital transportation improvements, with a nearly even split between the Department of Transportation and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Lifton said she would like to see more of the $5.6 billion in financial industry settlement money the state won from banks funneled into education. “A good deal of that money went into the reserve funding for [capital] improvements,” Lifton said. “My feeling is I’m happy to have more reserve, but we’ve taken billions out of the schools for many years, and that’s my first priority.” – Josh Brokaw reporter@ithacatimes.com

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ucson Nguyen was elected as an alderperson from Ithaca’s Second Ward last November with just over 65 percent of a 896-voter turnout in a race against independent Sean Gannon; Nguyen had won a contested Democratic primary in September against Isabelle Ramos, again with just over 65 percent of a 253-vote turnout. Nguyen, a software programmer at cybersecurity firm GrammaTech, lives with his wife Amber, an associate professor of psychology at TC3, in the Northside neighborhood. The Ithaca Times sat down with Nguyen at the State Street Gimme! Coffee recently to talk about his first few months on Common Council, along with his ideas for housing policy and increasing access to broadband service within the city. Ithaca Times: Are there any parts of city business or issues that have surprised you in your first few months on council? Ducson Nguyen: The personnel and spending portions of council make sense to me, but before joining I didn’t realize how much oversight we have over things like mayoral appointments and various leadership positions on the city staff. And then there’s issues that come up like these two bird items [Planning & Economic Development committee] has on the docket this month … I thought the prohibition on feeding geese would be noncontroversial, but we’ve had a lot of birders come to council and speak in front of us in favor of allowing the feeding of wild geese. They feel it connects the public with wildlife. And then there’s the backyard chicken program, where the latest version now allows slaughtering. I wasn’t aware of a strong desire for that to happen within city limits. IT: Any issues where you’ve been surprised about an apparent lack of interest from constituents? DN: I ran on housing issues, which resonated very well when I talked to people one on one. When CIITAP [tax abatement] revisions came to planning, and more recently incentive zoning, I tried on social media and the website I set up for Second Ward issues to say here are the proposals and we welcome feedback. Aside from a couple of usual stakeholders like union leaders and advocates for certain issues like child care, I haven’t heard a ton from regular folks. If people have opinions I do wish they’d share them with me. But maybe they view it as ‘We hired you do this job and you can do all the reading and analysis.’ IT: What are your thoughts about the new abatement and incentive zoning proposals? DN: We’ve got some great ideas,

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but we have to be careful in sidewalks. I just took a brief, long balancing numbers so they’re weekend vacation in New Orleans effective. You have to be worried and they have the same parking the incentives aren’t enough kiosks that we now have in Ithaca. for anyone to take advantage of I’ll be writing their parking directors them, but at the same time we to ask about their experience rolling don’t want to do a giveaway. I’m that program out. Here and away happy with the direction we’re I pay a lot more attention to why going with CIITAP, some main streets work proposing a fee that better than others. goes into a fund to IT: Any particular spend on various places come to mind that community Ithaca compares to? benefits. But you DN: Charlottesville can’t lose sight and Ithaca both that the purpose have two of the few is developing pedestrian malls left more housing … that used to be a street. There was a study I was down there in that came recently winter and practically out of California’s every storefront was [Legislative filled, street vendors Analyst’s Office] and performers were that said increasing active with a lot going supply is by far on. They’ve got a huge the most effective stage there, to which we’ve method to driving now got something similar, down housing though not as big. I’m looking costs, more so than forward to seeing that used inclusionary zoning a lot more. We want a place and other affordable with a real sense of character housing approaches. where the identity matches Which isn’t to say we the city, and we need to make shouldn’t do those, sure ours does that not just too. on the Commons but through Cynthia Brock the whole West State Street brought up a housing corridor. impact fee, where IT: With your any residential background in programming, or commercial what opportunities for development technical improvements do goes into a fund you see here? for developing DN: We do need better affordable housing. broadband opportunities. As The city has 13,000 far as I’m concerned Time commuters come Warner has a monopoly in every day and it’s not great service. – we certainly It’s really important want more to me to encourage employment in technological the city, but when innovation in the we bring that we city and you need should want to really fast internet attempt to at connections for that. Ducson Nguyen (Photo: Diane Duthie) least produce I’m interested in the equivalent municipal internet, amount of but that’s a huge housing for thing to bite off and those workers. if a commercial competitor can do that We should be revisiting things as instead, that’s great … quickly as within a year. If we err on the In other cities they have open data, side of more community benefits and it that’s made available in an organized way doesn’t yield anything I’m okay with that. so private developers can create maps or We can revisit and readjust to make the other apps based on that data. City staff is programs more appealing to developers. overworked and has a lot of stuff to do. To The things we do aren’t set in stone. It’s find the time to do that is hard. But once okay to experiment, and we can probably it’s set up you’re relying on the community, turn around changes more quickly than a which balances staff time and open access larger place. for people to government. IT: Do you find yourself paying attention to your environment in a different way now that you’re on council? – Josh Brokaw DN: Definitely. I pay way more reporter@ithacatimes.com attention to infrastructure, streets, T

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any progressives in Ithaca and By engaging in a campaign based elsewhere are feeling the Bern on the premise that all of his goals can be as they rally to Sanders’ promise financed by taxing the top 1 percent of to create Nordic-style social democracy income earners, the Sanders campaign in the United States. Bernie Sanders is deprives the country of a much-needed proposing free universal health care, serious debate about the merits of social increased Social Security benefits, tuition- democracy. free public higher education, paid family Income taxes for the vast majority and medical leave, and a host of citizens in Sweden and of other benefits. Denmark are roughly As a long-time admirer of double what they are in Scandinavian welfare states, the United States. My I might be expected to be household state and federal an enthusiastic supporter of marginal tax rate on earned the Sanders campaign. After income is 32 percent. In all, the citizens of countries Sweden it would be 56 like Sweden and Denmark percent. Under Sanders’ have opted for higher taxes plan my income taxes across the entire population would not increase a dime to provide all citizens with to pay for the many free a considerable measure programs that he claims of protection against the he would extend across Don Beachler vicissitudes of life. the population. In short, I find myself, Bernie offers no credible instead, appalled by the way to pay for the worthy irresponsibility of a campaign that has programs he proposes to enact. Bernie Sanders running around the Sweden and Demark impose a Value country promising that he can deliver Added Tax (VAT) on most goods of 25 all these goods by increasing taxes only percent. The VAT, which functions as a on the top 1 percent of the population quasi-sales tax, is a tax on consumption and employers. The Sanders campaign paid by citizens at all income levels. There has decided to ignore the fact that the is no mention of VAT or national sales tax countries he frequently cites as exemplars in any of the Sanders’ policy proposals. of just societies, while engaging in steep Again, the candidate who runs as the only progressive taxation, have found that virtuous person seeking the presidency to fund generous social programs it is neglects to tell voters a simple truth about necessary to levy high taxes across the continued on page 7 entire population.

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’m currently reading From The Finger Lakes: A Prose Anthology, a fine collection of fiction, memoirs, and essays by local authors, published by Cayuga Lakes Books. The book was ably reviewed in the Ithaca Times last January. This frees up room for some light thoughts now. It occurs to me that an anthology is a shrewd move for a small publisher like Cayuga Lakes Books. (Surely, small publishers need all the shrewdness they can muster and breaks they can get.) This one has pieces from 43 contributors. That’s a lot of heft; also variety. Who isn’t intrigued by a 43-tray buffet? There’s plenty to like, and if there’s something you don’t? Just move on. Even shrewder is the financial math surrounding this number of writers. The book has a prefacer and a guest editor, too. Let’s say every one of them has 25 friends and family members who will buy a copy of the book. (I can tell you, as a self-published author, of perhaps average personal popularity, this is a conservative estimate.) At $19.95 a pop, this tallies sales of $20,000plus, before a single review: a healthy starting point. Some of the contributors are of modest fame, but none (might I suggest, with due respect) immodest nor worldwide. In one of the pieces, however, the author imitates the voices (so to speak) of three Ithacans of vast renown (who will go unnamed, for now). This got me thinking of the phenomenon of fame. No doubt the author picked his three subjects not just for their intrinsic interest, but for their fame. There’s no sense in imitating, for appreciation, the unknown. It’s like doing card tricks on the radio. But it seemed to me the author selected the absolute top three famous people associated with Ithaca. I wondered if that

was purposeful. Then I wondered if my estimation was correct. Who are, in fact, the most famous all-time Ithacans? I decided to do some casual polling. I quickly discovered why pollsters have trouble with accuracy: there are qualifiers to even the simplest questions. First, it’s people “associated with” Ithaca, not “from” Ithaca. There are plenty of candidates among the former, not many among the latter. But “associated with Ithaca” is more than “attended Cornell.” We’re looking for some longevity here. This leaves out (among many others) Christopher Reeve, Thomas Pynchon, Harry Chapin, Keith Olbermann, and Ed Marinaro (none of whom would have made the cut, anyway), and Kurt Vonnegut, E.B. White, and Ruth Bader Ginsburg (who might have). The three in the book who got this all going are Carl Sagan, Vladimir Nabokov, and Hans Bethe. My first re-evaluation of my initial regard of their preeminence (threeeminence?) surrounded Bethe. He’s an important figure in modern world history (for better or worse: thanks, Hans, an A-bomb), but famous among the general public? No. So who takes Bethe’s place in the top three? How about Alex Haley, author of Roots? Thinking on it, I decided yes; and that Haley even beats Nabokov for second place. This ranking was affirmed by one of the first people I polled, who blithely rattled them off just that way: Sagan, Haley, Nabokov. A number of people I asked were stuck after just Sagan. Of course, he was famous beyond ivory towers: he (like Haley) had big continued on page 7

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I have lived in Enfield 28 years, and I support the Black Oak Wind Farm (BOWF). I have no financial interest, but I care deeply about the future of Enfield and the world we are leaving our children and grandchildren. BOWF will be located on Connecticut Hill, the best wind resource in Tompkins County, generating electricity without producing CO2, ashes, smoke or radioactive waste. The United States has more than 52,000 operating wind towers. BOWF, originally proposed as a 20-tower farm, was reduced to seven wind towers to minimize impacts to neighbors. They have also chosen more expensive, low-noise windmill designs accomplished by studying the silent flight of owl wings. The site is located on mostly

unimproved forest and agricultural land, which can remain in full production. All turbines will be located on privately owned land based on voluntary leases which have already given land-owners six years of income during a thorough process of environmental impact assessment. Even if no equipment is being placed on their land, all direct neighbors have been offered annual stipends of $500, equivalent to the return expected on about $9,000 invested in the wind farm. The Town of Enfield, Tompkins County, Odessa and Enfield/Ithaca school districts will receive $133,630 per year for 15 years (over $2 million), after which BOWF continued on page xx

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Filling the Affordable Middle I s there any type of local development that generates as much passion and controversy as affordable housing? There is strong consensus that housing affordability is a major problem in our community. Elected officials, business leaders, and residents all note the difficulty that both renters and owners have in finding homes they can afford. Every local government’s comprehensive plan cites the need for affordable housing as a high priority. It’s even seen as an impediment to economic development. If there is such an urgent need for affordable housing, and this need is so widely recognized, why is nearly every affordable housing project vigorously opposed? Paul Mazzarella There is no “right” to housing in the United States. It isn’t mentioned in the Constitution, and it’s not in the Bill of Rights. Many people would argue that housing is a purely private matter, and we have no civic responsibility to provide it. I disagree. Housing affordability is a social justice issue, just like health care, civil rights, and education. Promoting diversity in race, income, and social status makes for better, stronger communities. If diversity is our goal, how can we promote it? Communities reflect the economic and social changes that overtake them. Here in Ithaca there were once wellpaying manufacturing jobs; they have been replaced by poorly-paying service jobs. Many people are burdened by high debt. The demand for student housing seems insatiable. On the flip side, every neighborhood in Ithaca is now a desirable place to live, and there is vigorous competition for nearly all of the homes that are available. How do these changes contribute to our housing affordability problem? Our housing is far more expensive than housing in surrounding counties, but it’s inexpensive compared to New York City or Boston. So is Ithaca housing really expensive? It depends on who you are. Affordability is not just about cost; it’s about the relationship between income and cost. In Ithaca, many people with modest incomes struggle to buy or rent a home because they don’t earn enough money to afford the high prices. But housing is not a discretionary purchase. It is an essential part of living. The result is that people with decent but modest incomes either pay an unacceptably high proportion of their income for housing or are forced to move to remote places where housing costs are lower. We all lose when our teachers, plumbers, nurses, and cooks can’t afford to live in the community where they work. We constantly see new housing being

built in Ithaca. With all of this development, why don’t the benefits trickle down to help lower-income people? An essential lesson of Economics 101 is that if the supply of housing increases, then prices should go down. Unfortunately, this ignores the other side of the equation: demand. There is no doubt that our housing demand is high and continues to grow. This is the result of many factors, including a growing population, a strong economy, and our reputation of being a great place to live. But the biggest factor driving housing demand is that there are far more households today than there used to be. We’ve seen a large increase in the number of single-person households, including seniors, students, and young professionals. Each one of those households increases the demand for housing. This has created far more competition for our available housing, causing prices to rise. This has affected all segments of the market, but not equally. The costs of the lowest-priced homes have increased the most, putting the greatest pressure on lowerincome households. Can we build our way out of this problem by producing more housing? So far, the evidence suggests that, even with all of the development we’ve seen, this approach has failed to keep pace with the rising demand. The development of student housing, a major factor in our housing market, has attracted most of the new investment by developers. This does little to satisfy the non-student demand. There is a gaping hole in the middle of the market, where developers used to build starter homes or modestly priced apartments. And, unfortunately, far too few affordable units are being built. Our whole community gains when we have housing policies that promote opportunities for people to live in, rather than be excluded from, the wonderful place that is Ithaca. Opponents of affordable housing projects have made it clear that they don’t want new development that deviates from the existing pattern of single-family homes. They’ve also made it clear they don’t want suburban sprawl. In a city that is as built-out as Ithaca, this leaves very few places where new housing can be built. It’s unlikely that we can achieve the goal of promoting increased housing opportunity and more diversity without changing the form and density of housing in Ithaca. New forms of housing might make our community look different tomorrow than it does today. But this isn’t unusual. The entire history of Ithaca has been characterized by nearly continual change. Rather than always seeing these changes as threats, we should view them as opportunities to make

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the funding of a generous welfare state. Sanders does propose a 2 percent payroll tax on employees to pay for his national health program. Two percent is equivalent to what my wife and I pay for our employers’ health insurance plans. But the Sanders plan would be worth many thousands of dollars to us, as there are to be no co-pays or deductibles of any kind. Vision and dental care would be fully covered. (Medicare beneficiaries would no longer pay premiums). Under the Sanders proposal, long-term-care insurance, a very expensive product, would also be included at no charge. In short, we are promised a whole lot of something for less than nothing. Sanders was asked in a primary debate why the effort in Vermont to enact a statewide single-payer health plan had to be abandoned. The senator responded that the questioner should ask the governor because he, Sanders, was a federal official. Are we really supposed to believe that as a 50-year resident of Vermont, an elected official there since 1981, and a decades-long advocate of single-payer health systems, Sanders did not have any insight into why his beloved Vermont could not even launch the health care plan he advocates for the entire nation? Is it possible that Sanders did not wish to mention that Vermont officials gave up when they determined that even a payroll tax of 9.5 percent on workers and 11.5 percent on employers would not adequately fund a single-payer plan in the state? The Sanders campaign has claimed to be leading a political revolution of new voters that will produce a political majority clamoring for the welfare state Bernie proposes. What Bernie has been doing is winning by huge margins in low-turnout caucuses that discriminate against voters who have to work at the appointed hour when the caucus is held and voters who are not comfortable with voting that is public rather than conducted by secret ballot. To provide one example, Sanders won the Hawaii caucuses by a wide margin, with a turnout of 34,000. In 2014, an off-year election, when turnout is normally lower than in presidential years, 234,000 voters participated in the Hawaii Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate. The claim that these sweeping Sanders’ victories in contests with few voters represents an outpouring of new participants in the political system is either naïve or disingenuous. I do not believe in Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, or the Tooth Fairy. I will not be voting for Bernie Sanders in the New York Primary election. • T

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presence on TV (popular “mini-series,” as they were called), showing the power of that medium (at least, once upon a time). So does a candidate whom I chose to disqualify: Rod Serling, of The Twilight Zone. One might well consider Serling. Fame? His 50-year old shows are still broadcast today. Local? He taught at Ithaca College for years. He lived in Sheldrake. His company was called “Cayuga Productions.” But he was born and raised in Binghamton. They are proud of him there. And how much else have they got? So let them claim and keep him, with our blessings. Ithaca, after all, has the astrophysicist who popularized the term “muddions and muddions.” We have the author who wrote Roots and ghosted The Autobiography of Malcolm X. We have the genius emigre who wrote the funniest, unsmuttiest book of smut ever. All three caught the attention of the world (Sagan, perhaps, if his strivings and dreams came true, other worlds, too). And then, of course, there is Ruth Bader Ginsburg. And for me, at least, Ricky Jay. If we were talking not about fame, but one-ofa-kind, quote-unquote genius, he might be a tough snoot for Ithacan #1. I bet Nabokov—that unparalleled lover of the high and low—would consent, with delight, to calling that race a draw. •

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ithaca com This particular reader was surprised to find out that Charley Githler’s “Surrounded By Reality” column, published biweekly for at least the past 10 years, is actual satire and meant to be humorous. We will encourage Mr. Githler to be a little less convincing. This is a reaction to a ficitional interview with Rep. Tom Reed (March 30 issue): I didn’t realize that Ithaca.com was printing fictional satire these days but to his credit t Githler admits he is writing imaginary fiction and is not quoting the real Tom Reed. I could write a similar interview for Reed’s upcoming opponent but am not into writing fiction for the news media so will decline that Orwellian exercise. The term “Ithaca liberal”, when applied to Martha Robertson is, contrary to Githler, not a “smear” but a statement of fact. She is both from Ithaca and she is clearly quite liberal. Indeed, at the sole debate between Robertson and Reed held in Elmira, an honest member of the audience carried a sign saying, “An extreme Ithaca liberal and proud of it.” Why then do liberals consider it a smear when they are properly labeled? Why aren’t they proud of it? Could be because they can’t sell it outside the cozy little Ithaca world. – Henry Kramer /

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What Boces Is Now A campus that changes to suit the community’s needs

ecause I grew up in New Jersey, the acronym BOCES was a foreign term to me when I moved to Tompkins County. After doing some research, I came to learn what Tompkins Seneca Tioga Board of Cooperative Educational Services (TST BOCES) stands for—literally and physically. Historically, BOCES provided mostly shared services such as drivers’ education, guidance, special education, and some vocational education. When it opened on September 9, 1949, the TST BOCES staff consisted of a shared dental hygienist and a driving trainer, and it was housed on the second floor of a hangar at the airport. The earliest school districts in TST BOCES were those in Tompkins County towns: Dryden, Groton, Trumansburg, and Newfield. Districts in Seneca County towns, Interlaken and Ovid and Romulus, were added shortly after. Ithaca joined in 1966, and Lansing joined in the 1960s, while Candor (in Tioga County) joined in the early 1970s. Throughout the years, the TST BOCES became known for vocational programming like welding. Today TST BOCES’ campus is a bit bigger than the second floor of a hangar. Located at 555 Warren Road, the institution looks more like a small community college than it does a high school, having several buildings sprawled out among some green lawns. Location is not the only thing that 8

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has changed in 67 years. TST BOCES currently serves nearly 900 students, hundreds of adult students and employs more than 350 people. Its mission is to “identify, to propose, and to provide highquality services for children and for all the customers served which are economical and efficient in their operation, and which will complement the educational programs provided by the local school districts and other agencies in our region.” TST BOCES carries out that mission through its student programs: adult education, career and technical education, and exceptional education (also known as special education). In addition, BOCES is home to school improvement services, health and safety programs, the central business office, special education school improvement specialists (SESIS), data analysis, a growing energy management service, expanded summer programs, and teacher in-service programs. So it’s a little more than a school for a student to learn how to become a welder. “This is not your grandfather’s BOCES,” superintendent Jeff Matteson said. “I think people always thought that this is a place you went if you weren’t going to be successful in the academic track.. “Higher education is obviously an option for students,” he added, “and a bachelor’s degree is still a ticket to a middle-class career. But there’s a misconception that BOCES isn’t a ticket p r i l

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T S T B O C E S s t u d e n t s i n C a r e e r a n d Te c h p r o g r a m s ( P h o t o s : D i a n e D u t h i e) to a middle class career. That’s what we’re always battling against.”

Providing ‘Multiple Pathways’

The component of TST BOCES that has evolved the most, and will continue to do so, is its Career and Technical Education program. For the last 21 years, director Tony DiLucci has led that department. A department that started with welding now provides classes like cosmetology, animal sciences, automotive technology, digital media, criminal justice, culinary arts, with other courses currently in development. “Some of the more recent develops,” DiLucci explained, “include our computer technology program, which uses a nationally recognized robotics curriculum [and] our digital media program, which has incorporated not only media production, but also three-dimensional development and printing. Our animal science program here is relatively new. That program is very popular and often leads to youngsters going off to college to pursue degrees as veterinarian technicians. “On the horizon,” he continued, “we will be looking at a New Visions program in engineering that will hopefully be housed at Cornell University. We already have two New Visions programs which

are very vigorous one-year academic programs in health sciences [housed at Cayuga Medical Center] and life sciences [housed at Cornell University].” Another development coming to TST BOCES for in fall 2016 will be the campus’s second greenhouse. Following the trend-conscious, successful precedent set by Tompkins Cortland County College (TC3) with its “Farm to Bistro” program in Dryden and at Coltivare, TST BOCES is hoping to give local high school students a similar experience. With more than two decades of serving TST BOCES behind him, DiLucci is retiring this summer. He is proud of the institutions evolution during the last 21 years, and hopes the community comes to learn what TST BOCES is today, and not what it use to be. “My belief is we are not here to create welders or auto technicians or nurses,” said DiLucci. “My feeling is we are here to help our component schools serve the needs of youngsters as they go to high school and ultimately graduate. We are here to help youngsters graduate from high school, but there’s an additive to that. And that is, while they are proceeding through high school, they’re getting the added value of developing career skills. So when they walk out the door after graduation, they have multiple pathways.

“Somewhere north of 70 percent of our completers go off to post-secondary education,” DiLucci noted, “which a lot of people don’t recognize. They think of BOCES as a trade school—particularly the career and tech center. They think of us as a place that trains kids how to do something. That’s true, but we also help kids graduate from high school with options. We want this community to realize that we have programs for people of all ability ranges. The notion that BOCES is only for students who are not capable of going off to college is really misnomer. We want our community to see us for what we are, and that’s a very dynamic organization.”

that want better employment, or a different kind of employment. We are the hub for all of that. Call us. Our trainings are affordable and convenient.”

Half-Day Career Skills option at Cornell starting to look out … in other words we’re University. trying to identify opportunities to support “This career-exploration program,” our community, our local school districts, Barr said, “is designed to teach and the adults in the region. vocationally“The thing I want people to know related skills to the most,” he continued, “is we’re looking special education for those opportunities to identify TST BOCES also provides students. These and propose high-quality services for programs for special-needs students are community organizations, for school students aged 5 to 21, also working towards district organizations, for businesses. known as its Exceptional acquiring a We want to be a good partner. There are Education program, which is CDOS (Career things we can do; there’s things we can’t housed in the Darwin C. Smith Development do. Our posture is we’re open. If you ever School. Occupational wondered if BOCES could do it—give us “A wide range of Studies) a call, and we’ll see what we can do. We’re programming is available to Commencement always willing to be at the table to be part meet a wide variety of needs,” Credential or of the conversation.” Director of Exceptional the Skills and Sometimes that conversation can be a Education David Barr said. Achievement challenge. For instance, one goal DiLucci D i r e c t o r o f C a r e e r a n d Commencement is unlikely to implement before he leaves “We serve students who have Te c h To n y D i L u c c i Recently Director of External physical disabilities, who Credential with is bringing a precision-machining course Programs Diahann Hesler began a mission struggle with managing their the Cornell into the career and technical education to revive components of BOCES aimed social/emotional/behavioral needs, and Public Service Center; Career Skills course menu. at adult learners that had received less those who are cognitively disabled as provides student exploration of a variety “I’ve listened to the business attention recently. “Way back in the day,” well. In addition, we provide services of realistic career options on the Cornell community,” he said. “There is a strong she said, “TST BOCES used to send such as counseling, speech therapy, campus. Student mentors partner with need for precision, for people with home a big thick booklet with all of these and occupational therapy, as well as BOCES students and staff to help facilitate manufacturing-level skills. I can’t find a choices you could take at BOCES, from the services of Teachers of the Blind this process.” teacher to teach the course. I can’t find woodworking to making glass to how to and Visually Impaired and Teachers of Barr noted that the Smith School the appropriately trained, appropriately change a tire, all the way to how to be a the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. BOCES would be introducing another new qualified person to teach the course. welder—the whole gamut. Those programs administrators Cheryl Button and Mary program next fall. They’re just not out there. An engineer out have sort of faded away, but I hope to Meeker supervise these programs. In “In the fall of 2016,” he said, “we there in the field making $100,000 a year bring them back. We’ve started creating addition, TST BOCES has formed a strong will be starting a primary program for in the field probably isn’t going to come training programs again.” collaborative students with autism. The program will here to work for $50,000 a year.” Current training relationship with be designed for students with cognitive DiLuuci hoped to hire someone to programs include: coaching the Franziska and learning deficits whose behavior develop the program for fall 2016, but that certification classes, defensive Racker Centers, significantly impacts their learning is unlikely now. Matteson continues to driving, OSHA 10, First who provide and success. The program provides give the go-ahead on that front, DiLucci Aid/CPR/AED, Security some of our an increased focus on said, and continues trying Guard (new and refresher), students with behaviors and skills to find someone in order Food Safety, Sanitation and critical mental needed for learning, to launch the program in Cash handling, Basic and health supports.” social interactions, either spring 2017 or fall Intermediate Welding, CDL In its communication and 2017. Hesler, who will take Prep, Basic Hydraulics, Lighthouse foundational life skills. over for DiLucci, will lead Computer Training. classrooms, the “As we continue to that quest. Programs currently in Smith School provide programming, “I will become the development include: also serves based on regional student director of Career and Precision Machining, students, who need,” he continued, “at Tech,” Hesler confirmed, Cosmetology (for adults), may or may not BOCES we also look “as well as Adult CDL Licensing, CAN/LPN. be identified as to provide teaming Education, and still be TST BOCES “Most of these programs students with possibilities such that we the director of external su per intendent Jeff were brought back or disabilities, but can marshal experienced programs, but they will M at t e s o n introduced within the last are experiencing people from TST BOCES hire someone to be the year,” Hesler said. “If a crisis. While to work collaboratively supervisor of external company called me with a need, I would students in grades 6 through 12 were D i r e c t o r o f S p e c i a l programs to do the daywith teams in [component] try to address it. Cargill called me and said served through Lighthouse for many E d u c at i o n Dav i d schools.” Barr said the longto-day stuff.” they had eight to 12 employees that need years, this year TST BOCES began Barr term plan was work with She said she is eager extra training in hydraulics, and asked, an elementary Lighthouse classroom each school so that they can to use the momentum ‘Can you offer a training for them? We’ll (kindergarten through grade 5). The address the needs of autistic and progress DiLucci find the teacher, you create the training, Lighthouse classrooms provide a shortstudents independently. created, and continue to build on it. and we’ll offer it for them.’” term, intensive, clinical intervention in “When the community hears TST In order to sign up for a program, an alternative setting outside the student’s BOCES,” Hesler said, “I think there’s community members are encouraged to home school. Staffed by a full-time teacher typically a stigma attached to it, and I call TST BOCES 257-1561, or got to our and full-time clinical social worker, each Although TST BOCES might have honestly believe BOCES is the best kept website [tstboces.org] to see the options of these classrooms offers a therapeutic always technically had the same mission, secret. I think that until you get up here available. An online registration process educational environment that supports how the institution is carrying out, and see what we do, and tour our classes, utilizing an online payment method hopes both a student in crisis and his/her family. exploring—and expanding—that mission you can’t grasp just how special it is. Our to be ready by summer, Hesler noted. Through collaboration with the home continues to evolve. people are hard working, and want what’s “I really feel like we need to do a school district, students continue their “We’ve changed our posture,” best for kids and adults. We can’t just do public relations campaign,” she said, schoolwork, with the goal of students Matteson said, “to get more in line with what we did 25 years ago and expect it to “stressing the fact that adult education is returning to their districts within thirty our mission: to identify and propose be okay. The surrounding environment back. We took a little vacation, and now days. and provide high-quality services. We’ve is constantly changing and we have to we’re back, and here’s how we can help The most recent addition to the Smith focused the last couple of years on the evolve and change with it to support that businesses, unemployed people, or people School is the Supervised Work Experience identifying and proposing part. We’re environment.” •

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Adult Education Is Back

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math.” “What I’d like to do is dedicate our installers to one town at a time,” he continued, noting that the biggest holdup is scheduling. “I’m hoping to put together an online form with time slots, so people can sign up for a time that works for them. If we can do a single neighborhood at one time, it’s so much faster.” The NYS Connects project, however, has territorial limits. “Large parts of the county have been ruled off-limits,” said Bartosch. Those living where Time Warner Cable [TWC] has an obligation to provide rural broadband may be waiting a few more years. The cable giant is currently in merger negotiations with Comcast, which may change the game before TWC gets around to installing new systems. “They have four years to accomplish their buildout,” Bartosch explained. “And, by then … Well, they wouldn’t be the first, if the merged corporation didn’t honor the commitments of the original. But this program will be done before we know what households TWC is going to cover.” Meanwhile, the state is rapidly changing the specifications for Internet speed and hardware. New state standards require a speed of 25 megabytes per second (MBps) for download; the technology required by the 2013 grant is 6 MBps. Since Tompkins County’s build-out started in 2013 the equipment and speed is essentially grandfathered in. “In the next year we’ll be doing an upgrade to LTE,” said Bartosch. “That equipment will be capable of 25 MBps.” Looking ahead, the state has a new program coming, Broadband for All, with $500 million in grants for Internet connectivity, but “the costs are probably ten times more, due to the technology the state wants you to use.” Bartosch said it was unlikely that any small companies would be getting into that round of grants. Bartosch gave his update on progress at the Tompkins County Council of Governments [TCCOG] meeting.

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1000 More House Get Broadband Service

n 2012, Tompkins County received the go-ahead from New York State for a massive build-out of broadband service, aimed at connecting far-flung rural households and underserved communities to the Internet. The $2.2 million NYS Connects grant called for a private-public partnership; local internet pioneer Chuck Bartosch—who founded Clarity Connect, a local internet service, in 1995—signed on to the project as the private business partner. Local towns have paid part of the costs of poles, labor, and equipment, while Bartosch has put up the rest of the money in anticipation of reimbursement from the state. Since March 2013, when the project was launched, 5,702 households in Tompkins County have been connected. Bartosch reports that the build-out is going well … “depending on what you mean by well.” “With New York State, on average the wait for reimbursement is five months,” said Bartosch, adding that it is tricky for contractors to pay their people when they have to wait that long. “Nonetheless, everything’s going according to plan. We’re 85 percent done with the grant.” With the current staff, we can do 30 households a month,” Bartosch said. “I’d like to add two to three people to the staff, but I don’t want to add people for three months and then fire them.” Not every household in the county will be covered, however. “Within the grant territory, we have over 1,000 presigned up,” said Bartosch. “But at a rate of 30 households a month … you do the

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TCCOG has also been working on renegotiating local municipalities’ contracts with TWC, many of which were originally signed ten or more years ago. The municipalities have banded together to try to negotiate more favorable terms, but have fared little better in getting responses from the cable giant than the average customer. “Until the merger’s done, I don’t expect anything,” said Dryden town supervisor Jason Liefer. He pointed out that there is no competition for the big corporations like TWC or Verizon, therefore no pressure to negotiate or even provide better service. “What we should do is secure the rights of way for all the cell towers. That way if they’re not going to get it done, [we’re not locked out].” – Glynis Hart editor@flcn.org

Electoral Politics

Mr. Furman Goes To Washington

n Saturday, April 2, a group of people set out from Philadelphia’s Independence Hall on a march to Washington, D.C. with the aim of sitting in at the United States Capitol building for a week, starting this Saturday, or until members of Congress sign a pledge to protect voting rights, publicly fund elections, and vote for a constitutional amendment to overturn the Supreme Court’s Citizen United decision. On April 16 through 18, Democracy Awakens will also be in our nation’s capital, a three-day program of speeches, music, and workshops, including a talk from Ithaca College professor Sandra Steingraber, that will culminate that

following Monday with a day of action— civil disobedience—and advocacy. Ben & Jerry’s is one of the sponsors behind Democracy Awakens, and so Jeff Furman, Ithaca resident and chairman of the Ben & Jerry’s board, will be in D.C. for the weekend. “It’s been such a crucial struggle that’s been going on for hundreds of years, trying to get our democracy really improved,” Furman said, “and so I’ll be down there pushing this the best we can personally and in my role with the company.” Beginning last year, the Ben & Jerry’s board decided that issues of racial equity and voting rights were the “right place to plug in” to act on the company’s social mission. “I began to understand a year and a half ago, it’s been a struggle since the country first started,” Furman said. “The only people who could vote were white men with land, and it was a struggle for women, younger people, people of color, people who didn’t own land or have the money for a poll tax. We’ve taken a step back with the [Shelby County] decision that disempowered the Voting Rights Act. It’s crucial we get involved in pushing back who controls this process.” “I wouldn’t say we have a real local issue in New York State,” Furman said, “but it’s an issue in many. We saw it in Arizona during the primary. It’s more and more difficult to vote; we don’t have a poll tax any longer, but we have what they call a ‘time tax.’ You stand in line for hours and hours.” Anyone interested in more information can call Furman at 5922220. There’s also a bus scheduled to leave Stewart Park early on April 17 and return in the early morning on April 18. Visit democracyawakening.com, with the contact person Ryan McHugh at 342-3163. – Josh Brokaw reporter@ithacatimes.com

health

When Pain Won’t Go Away

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The mysteries of Complex regional pain syndrome By Bil l Ch ai s son

hronic pain is pain that will not go away long after the initial injury. Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) is chronic pain that develops out of all proportion to the initial injury to an arm or a leg. “There is some sort of damage to the way pain is transferred to the brain,” said Dr. Andrew Morpurgo, a physiatrist at the Cayuga Medical Center Center for Pain Management. “The normal things that stop pain don’t work. You get a distal loop that doesn’t get to the spinal cord.” There are two types of CRPS. Type 1, which accounts for 90 percent of documented cases, according to the Mayo Clinic, is marked by nerve pain when no nerve damage was involved in the initial injury. Type 2 is a more explicable development of regional pain after damage to the nerves. After a relatively minor or localized injury, perhaps only to a finger or toe, pain can spread to the entire rest of the limb. The symptoms include either burning or a “pins and needles” sensation. The affected area can become very sensitive to touch (allodynia) and the limb can change temperature, color, and swell. This is due to abnormal microcirculation caused by damage to the nerves controlling blood flow and temperature, according to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) at NIH. According to the Mayo Clinic staff, “Many cases of complex regional pain syndrome occur after a forceful trauma to an arm or a leg, such as a crush injury, fracture or amputation. Other major and minor traumas — such as surgery, heart attacks, infections and even sprained ankles — also can lead to complex regional pain syndrome. Emotional stress may be a precipitating factor, as well.” “My whole practice is now mainly treating chronic pain,” said naturopathic practitioner Dr. Deanna Hope Berman of Ithaca. She sees patients who have persistent pain because of chronic diseases, such as fibromyalia and Lyme disease, and also as a result of injuries. “The nerves can be irritated and desensitized,” she said of chronic pain, “so the pain can feel worse.” She described a chronic immune response: the release of cortisol from the adrenal gland in response to stress. Continued high levels of cortisol have been shown to lengthen the healing period. “Chronic pain is due to chronic inflammation,” said Berman, “and inflammation is simply the body’s natural response to injury ... The common issue in chronic pain and inflammation is that the

immune system’s response interferes with the natural processes involved in healing. When the immune system responds in a normal way, it removes toxins from the injured area and flushes them out of the body.” Berman said that the bottom line is that when you are looking at chronic pain you are looking at a symptom, not an underlying cause. Her job is to find and treat the underlying cause. She has found in her practice that the cause is an immune response that is usually stress-based. To complement her own treatment, Berman sends patients for “prolotherapy,” a technique for treating chronic pain. It involves repeated injections of dextrose solution or other irritating substances into the joint, tendon, or painful tissue in order to provoke a regenerative tissue response. Conventional medical treatments of CRPS include, according to Morpurgo, non-interventional (pills) and interventional (injections). At CMC they use re-purposed anti-seizure medications, anti-depressants that increase norepinephrine to try to turn off the looping signal in the limb with an enhanced signal from the brain. They turn to opioids only when the patient’s pain is extreme. Stimulation of sympathetic nerves causes the painful swelling, said Morpurgo, and the goal is stop the stimulus that aggravates them. Injections

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usan Rausch and Adrianna Hirtler met when Rausch held a winter solstice celebration at Camp Earth Connection in the Dryden hills. “I hadn’t heard of Susan’s camp,” said Hirtler, “so I went up there out of curiosity.” The two women began talking and ways to get people out into the woods. Hirtler has made a living for several years guiding people from cabin to cabin on walking tours in the Sierra Nevada of California. She thought that something like that could be done in this region. “I thought of Camp Earth Connection as a potential facility [to serve the same purpose as the cabins in the Sierras],” she said. The result of this collaboration is the Hill to Hollow Walk that is planned for April 22 and 23, Earth Day and the day after. “I wanted to spark in people’s minds, the idea of walking without driving,” said Hirtler. “I hope to develop more opportunities for this type of thing.” This overnight excursion will begin with a bus ride from the Green Street bus stop in Ithaca to the village of Dryden, ar-

riving about 5:30 p.m. that is necessary. The walk will From there it will be an cross from the Finger Lakes approximately three mile drainage into the Susquehanhike up into the hills to na River watershed. Camp Earth Connection While the 10-mile route (campearthconnection. involves hill climbing, it is com), where people will not meant to be primarily an spend the night in rustic athletic undertaking. Rather, cabins. Hirtler will be actively en“We’ll be eating dinner couraging participants to use on the trail,” said Hirtler, “ all of their senses to experiand then we’ll build a campence nature as they walk. fire at the camp.” She and “I hope to see wildlife,” Rausch have been gathering she said. “Linda Spielman and both historical and natuI found some fisher prints ral historical information in the area this winter.” She about the area so they can also plans to stop for tea, so tell participants about the that people can rest and she landscape that they are hikcan tell them more about the Rustic cabins at Camp Earth Connection in the Dryden hills (Photo provided) ing through. region. Rausch’s camp includes Hirtler urged people to two cabins with electricity, dress in layers. “You have to be “There will be more interpretation a “converted RV cabin,” three-sided rustic prepared for all weathers, ” she said, “and on the trail the second day,” Hirtler said. cabins (see photo), and Adirondack-style I would recommend against wearing cot“People will be learning the trees, the lean-tos (open on one side). ton.” Wearing wet cotton in the cold puts geology, and about stream ecology.” She Local residents may remember the site described Robinson Hollow as a particua hiker at risk of hypothermia. The tour when it was owned by Campfire or later guide also recommended bringing along larly dramatic and picturesque part of the the Cayuga Nature Center. Rausch purhike, where the route would be following a (and using) both sun and tick protecchased the parcel in 2002, and has run it as deep gorge carved by a creek. tion measures. “Wear sturdy comfortable a children’s camp, including a partnership shoes,” Hirtler continued, “and not new The two route will cross some of the with GIAC that provides free camp for ones. They should lace up for support, but highest terrain in the county. The Dryden a week, and more recently working with you don’t necessarily want to wear boots.” Hills range between 1,600 and 2,000 feet Hammerstone, who will teach carpentry to about sea level; only Connecticut Hill She also recommended carrying two liters teenage girls. of water. • in Newfield is higher. Hikers will spend Rausch has set up a trading post and much of their time in Yellow Barn, Hama natural history library at the camp. “But For more information, visit place-odysmond Hill and Robinson Hollow state you won’t find anything like miniature golf forests. Hirtler and Rausch have arranged sey.com and follow the links under Walking here,” she laughed. for permission to cross private lands where Trips or email walk.fingerlakes@gmail.com

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The Wind in Bomber Sails

IC senior Benji Parkes is savoring every moment By Ste ve L aw re nc e

Ithaca College pitcher Benji Parkes fires one from the mound (Photo: Ithaca College Athletics)

ollegiate baseball (and softball) players need to make a lot of onfield adjustments, but if you live in this part of the country, there are plenty of other adjustments to make as well. Take for instance, the “Baseball Body Clock,” if you will. Players know they will start off their season in a gym, they will (if they are fortunate) pile into a bus or a plane and play the first part of their schedule in warmer weather, and they will return home and hope the weather is nice enough to get on the fields before their tans—and their skills—fade. This year seemed almost too good to be true. Teams put in their gym time, headed out to Virginia, California, Florida or Arizona, and then came back to what almost seemed like a practical joke on Mother Nature’s part. We had skipped the nasty, cold, wet and muddy season, and we were loving every minute of it. April Fool ... Old Man Winter had been brushed back, but he got up and dusted himself off and dug in for another at-bat. In fact, for the first time in my 50-plus years around ball fields, I saw the umpires call time out during an Alfred University game, agree that a snow delay was in order, and pull the teams off the field until the snow squalls calmed down and visibility returned to normal. The Ithaca College Bombers are back in town after three “spring trips.” They played in Virginia, California and Long Island (okay, two and a half), and they already have 18 games under their belts. They opened their Empire 8 schedule with a doubleheader at Stevens, in Hoboken,

New Jersey, and the Bombers dropped Game One by a 9-3 tally. While all games matter, conference play is the Holy Grail for colleges, and the Bombers really needed to salvage a split to make the bus ride home a little more tolerable, and they turned to senior Benji Parkes, a lefty from Lansing. Parkes tossed a complete game for the Bombers in his second win of the season, giving up

four runs on nine hits with six strikeouts. The win apparently put some wind back in the Bombers’ sails, and they dug deep and pulled out a 4-3 extra inning win on Sunday. That made the bus ride even more tolerable. I asked Benji about that turning point, and he said, “It was definitely a big game that we needed to win. Stevens is a big regional opponent, and we knew we’d see their ace on Sunday, so we were ready.” I also asked if he felt any extra pressure, given the fact that an 0-2 conference start would create a big hole, and he said, “I wouldn’t say I felt any extra pressure, but I knew it was a big game, and I’d go after it.” Given that Parkes is a senior, he is savoring every moment of what could be his last season of competitive baseball. These players usually start off at about age 7 or 8, they do camps, clinics, they play in several leagues sometimes, and few play past college. Benji said, “I am definitely living in the present, enjoying it and putting everything on the line.” He added, “I threw 110 pitches on Saturday, and I could have come out after earlier, but I felt I had nothing to lose and I wanted to pitch the complete game. That has been my mindset since we got back from California.” I also wanted to know how the wild weather swings factor in, and he said “It does take longer to warm up, and there are times when we occasionally go back inside and pitch off the fake mounds, but it’s okay. When some of these games get pushed back (due to weather), it actually gives us some extra rest.” I wished Parkes the best as he closes out his college career, and having paid attention to many of these local kids for many years, I find great pleasure in covering their college careers. He thanked me for that, and sounding like a kid who grew up playing in the Northeast, he said, “I just go with the flow.” •

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remains permanently on the tax rolls. BOWF will also pay Enfield a seed capital grant of $45,000 for a new community building. As part of the project building permit, there will be funding in place for full decommissioning and returning the land to its original state if needed at any future date. Following construction, both Connecticut Hill and Black Oak roads will be completely rebuilt. These roads have had maintenance deferred for years. From road building to construction labor, over $7 million will be spent using local labor sourced from New York firms, many based in Tompkins County. Two part-time local wind technicians will be hired and trained for ongoing operational oversight. Another benefit for the Enfield community is BOWF’s contract with Clarity Connect. In addition to allowing real-time monitoring of BOWF to ensure safe operation, this has provided broadband Internet service to over 800 additional households. I disagree with a vocal minority in opposition to wind power who suddenly want to kill the project despite its commitment to safe and minimally intrusive operation, the many benefits for Enfield and Tompkins County, and the essential need to build our capacity for renewable energy. Citing discredited pseudo-studies, they want to erase eight years of public meetings, existing town laws and agreements to impose excessive setback distances that cannot possibly be met. The extensive environmental impact studies have already been approved by the Enfield town board, which must now issue a building permit so that this project can be realized. My neighbors and I plan to continued on page 14

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Ongoing Campaign to Raise $$ for Rink

arch 6 marked the final day of the ice skating season for Ithacans. So, things have quieted down for the Cass Park Ice Rink as it awaits the roof construction scheduled to begin this month. The next phase of renewal will entail a glass enclosure, which will hopefully find funding via the Cass Park Campaign, a Friends of the Ithaca Youth Bureau (FIYB) project. Board member and full-time volunteer for independent fundraising Mary Grainger has been involved with a handful of previous capital campaigns in the community, such as Planned Parenthood and the Old Library Project. Her main activity, she said, is serving as public relations committee chair of the Ithaca Public Education Initiative. Having three daughters who all skated at the rink, and as a longtime board member of Tompkins Girls Hockey Association, Grainger said she is “a big fan of Cass Park and is committed to helping it move toward a campaign.” She said the priority of the Cass Park Campaign is to “raise money for the enclosure, and we’d give people three years to pay on a pledge.”

The roof needs to be replaced at the Cass Park rink. (Photo: Samantha Brodsky)

She reiterated that it is still a work in progress, but one thing she knows for sure is that “the city wants to see community support before they go further than the 2016 project.” Grainger is working on creating a brochure as well as other materials that will be accessible on the FIYB website. She plans on starting to use the FIYB’s social media sites and scheduling regular

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meetings with users and friends of Cass Park to spread the message of community support. Grainger is also in the process of building a campaign committee. “Fundraising is about relationships, so we need a committee of people who love Cass Park and know other people who love Cass Park,” she said. “Friends ask friends.” Grainger will be focused on major donors while finding ways for the whole community to get involved as well. “All of our messaging is going to be about the whole community,” she said, “which is going to inspire major donors as well as the $10 donors.” Grainger said that gifts of all sizes are appreciated, and all donations are tax deductible. Every contribution counts, as Cass Park—the arena especially—sees use by people from all walks of life. “There are many groups and individuals who pay for facility use,” she said, “ranging from hockey teams to beginner skaters to roller derby players and summer campers.” Construction for the enclosure could begin as early as next spring, 2017, and although this portion of the project has not yet been submitted, the designs are finalized. When Grainger saw the drawings, she said they took her breath away. “It’s so much nicer just by adding glass,” Grainger said. “I wasn’t expecting to be blown away by the beauty, but I was.” Users are all too familiar with, but accustomed to, the frigid environment of Cass Park in the winter, and for people worried about the shift to an indoor facility, Grainger emphasized that the arena is not going to change too much. The rink will be enclosed, but not heated. “We’re not going to lose the tough-it-out conditions,” said Grainger. “This is not going to be a warm, cushy environment, but it’s going to be safer, healthier, and more spectator-friendly.” Grainger said that there are a lot of benefits of an indoor ice rink. “What I want the community to know,” she said,

“is that the enclosure will provide dehumidified, conditioned air; ventilation; insulation; adaptations for climate change; a longer season for the ice surface; and improved conditions for spectators and skaters.” With the addition of the enclosure, Grainger said that the goal is to ensure access for today’s users and for future generations. The project, she said, “will modernize, while keeping the historical value. Imagine this: iconic character and traditional charm, with advantages of a beautiful, functional enclosure.” As the Cass Park Campaign begins its launch, further information will be provided on the FIYB website and social media accounts. “It’s time,” Grainger said, “for the community at large to be supportive of the capital improvements needed for this facility. It’s time to show their commitment to the arena and all the user groups and purposes of the arena.” Grainger wants to reassure users that the Cass Park ice rink will continue to serve the public as it has since 1972. “People are still going to be able to see the sunrise at an early morning practice,” she said. “Come next year, it’ll be 45 years of fun, fitness, and friendship.” To find out more on how to donate, go to friendsiyb.org/donate. – Samantha Brodsky

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Hillary Has Qualifications

On April 19 I will be voting for Hillary Clinton for President because I believe she is the most qualified candidate. She has the experience, intelligence, and skill to lead our nation during this difficult time in the history of the world. She has a detailed platform and a proven progressive record of working for the people and getting the job done. Her understanding of government process and ability to work effectively within the system are impressive. I urge you to consider supporting Hillary Clinton. – Paulette Manos, City of Ithaca Send Letters to the Editor to editor@ithacatimes.com. Letters must be signed and include an address and phone number. We do not publish unsigned letters.

CSMA exhibition showcases environment

collaboration between Historic Ithaca and the Community School of Music and Arts, “A Sense of Place: Exploring Ithaca’s Built Environment,” does just that with an eclectic selection of work in painting, drawing, photography, sculpture and mosaic. Approached by Historic Ithaca with the idea of doing a retrospective exhibition celebrating their 50th anniversary, CSMA executive director Robin Tropper-Herbel decided that it should be an art show rather than a historical one. Up throughout the month of April (through April 29) the exhibit features between one and three pieces each by fortyone artists. (Following a tradition for open call shows at the school all entrants got work in.) “Sense of Place” also includes charming ink drawings of local buildings by students at the Immaculate Conception School. The CSMA, which itself occupies a historical building on 330 East State Street, has been at the epicenter of recent and ongoing downtown construction. Immediately to the west, is the “overbuild” of the Carey Building to add three additional floors. Across Aurora Street, at the east end of the Commons, is the reconstruction of Simeon’s restaurant (projected for completion this June) and the building of a new high-rise Marriott hotel (August). Painting predominates in “Sense of Place,” as it tends to do in local shows. A prosaic realism is the most common key. The level of accomplishment varies greatly, even between works by the same artist. Pastel landscapist Diane Newton lives

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A Place Called Home

by A rt h u r Wh itm a n

(Left) Ryan McGuire’s “Cleaning Conundrum” (Right) Chris Oliver’s and works in both Ithaca and Boston. A “Picnic Tables as Stacked on 3/29/16 at Alex Haley Municipal Pool” realist in the fullest sense, she has a talent for capturing natural and man-made (Photos Provided) scenes with a combination of acutely observed detail, rigorous perspectival and downtown buildings—from the Herbert construction, and a rich—if subtle—build up F. Johnson Museum on the left to Barton Hall of color and material. Her focus is rarely on on the right. landmarks or conventionally attractive views. William Benson is a legend of local Rather, Newton’s most characteristic pictures painting, known for his commissioned center on unloved settings like highways, portrait work, as well as his evocative, semiparking lots, and derelict neighborhoods. abstract landscapes. Royal Palm Tavern is in Her images give dignity to these sites without a different vein, painted with chunky strokes sentimentalism. and muted, dirty colors that recall the Ashcan Newton’s large pastel painting Looking School painters of the early 20th century. The North on Cayuga Street is exemplary, easily subject is similar as well. We see the yellow the most compelling thing here. The scene is façade—lit across the stepped upper edge— characteristically mundane: a quiet residential and its circular windows. It is nighttime and area between Fall Creek and Ithaca High the parked mid-century cars in the foreground School. We see the view from the sidewalk— evoke another time. which narrows sharply into the distance, The best of three small digital photos turning from a shadowed gray to a warm by Franklin Crawford, The Palms is No More white. To the left, in the foreground, we see shows the same iconic façade following the the porch columns of a wooden house and, establishment’s 2012 closing. (The building below, some shadowy purple shrubbery. The was demolished last summer.) It is stark right side of the picture affords us a view into daylight and the sign has been stripped off. the distance: telephone poles, trees in dark Telephone wires echo the incline of the road green and purple, houses—including one in below. A driveway and an adjacent house can a striking pale turquoise. The street cuts in be seen to the right. diagonally from the right edge. The sky is a Crawford is a long-time Ithaca journalist textureless cooler gray—save for the upper and the mastermind behind the locally fixated right corner where roughly applied pigment blog Tiny Town Times (tinytowntimes.com), gives way to the black of the paper. which remains essential reading. He brings Walter Buble’s oil on hardboard North on the same tough and tender sensibility to his 96B captures the view coming down the hill street photography, to which he’s devoted a into Ithaca with pellucid detail. Sandwiched great deal of his time over the past decade. between a bright cyan sky and areas of muted, Crawford isn’t the best editor of his own work. earthy colored early spring landscape is an continued on page 21 oddly flattened panorama of distant Cornell T

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Cowels & Capes

The man of steel vs. the son of Gotham By Br yan VanC ampe n Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, directed by Zack Snyder, playing at Regal Stadium 14.

character. Henry Cavill never takes any joy in the good he does. For the first time, we have a Superman who bears the act of doing good as a cosmic burden. (And if the whole crux of the movie hangs on the world’s perception of Superman, if I were him, I dunno … maybe I’d smile once in a while.) I’ve seen Cavill now in three movies, this, Man of Steel and Guy Ritchie’s retroshrug remake of The Man From U.N.C.L.E, and now more than ever I am convinced that Cavill may be mercifully free from the ravages of charisma. In U.N.C.L.E, his notion of comedic timing was to imitate Hugo Weaving’s agent character from The Matrix. Here, he’s as much a stiff as Clark

saw Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice with two pals from Ithaca Shakespeare, one who was seeing the film for the second time that night and kept nudging me every minute and saying “Eh? Eh? Eh?” The other guy got up and said, “I never want to see another movie with that ugly a color palette again.” Like too many of the current crop of comic blockbusters, Zack Snyder’s pairing of the Bat dude and the alien is drenched in post-9/11 panic and collateral-damage porn. Picking up with the epic battle at the end of Man of Steel as seen from the POV of Bruce Wayne (Ben Affleck) racing around Metropolis, the story has Batman and Lex Luthor (Jesse Eisenberg) both obsessed with controlling Superman’s actions. Trouble is, Batman’s plans for super-sublimation seem kinda cool like most evil villain plots. Luthor’s convoluted scheme makes no actual sense, and leads to the creation of a gigantic evil creature that looks Ben Afflek stars as Batman (Photo Provided) like a recycled Orc from a Hobbit movie. The whole last half hour is a snooze of an epic Kent as he is as the other guy. Kent has CGI battle that loses any of the characters’ always presented rich comic possibilities humanity. and Cavill misses them all as he grimaces Whatever else it is, Batman v his way through the movie. Cavill’s lack Superman: Dawn of Justice is not the worst of magnetism spreads to Amy Adams, Batman movie ever made. It’s not as awful Laurence Fishburne and everyone else in as Batman & Robin. At no time does the the Super ‘verse. Dark Knight whip out a Bat-credit card. Eisenberg has a unique take on Luthor, Since the title sounds like a big dumb but he might as well wear a sign that says lawsuit, I’ll extend the metaphor by stating “UNSTABLE MANIAC.” Snyder lets him that Zack Snyder’s sequel to the awful Man ramble like an asylum reject wearing a of Steel gets the whole Bat thing pretty right. tinfoil hat. Gal Gadot is fine as Wonder Like Christian Bale, Ben Affleck makes Woman, though like the other superhero Bruce Wayne as interesting as his cowled cameos here, she’s not used particularly alter-ego. If Snyder and Affleck decide to well; fingers crossed for her solo movie make a full-on Batman movie down the next year. The biggest problem is that the road, I’d be up for that. filmmakers are so intent on chasing the As much as the director of Watchmen, winning Marvel formula that, like the 300, and Sucker Punch gets Batman, he two most recent Spider-Man movies, they doesn’t understand Superman at all. spend too much time setting up characters As conceived by Snyder, both Batman and stories down the road that they stop and Superman are dark, humorless and concentrating on making the movie good. brooding. They’re the same flavor, a fascist If you want a really good Batmanand a demigod. Granted, it was Christopher Superman team-up, check out the directReeve’s sunny, sincere take on the Man to-video WB animated film The Batmanof Tomorrow that first made me love the Superman Movie: World’s Finest. •

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Awash in the Gaze

London band moves forward and sideways By C hr i s tophe r J. Har r ing ton Yuck, Saintseneca, Sunday, April 10, 7:00 p.m., The Haunt

oyaging through the lush, atmospheric, and sneakily noisy channels of a paradigm forged somewhere in between intersecting decades, the London-based shoegazing indie-rockers Yuck happily bask in this flicker of post-psychedelic vision. Easy on the ears, whilst enveloping hidden pockets of intricate flexibility, the band’s third album Stranger Things, released this past February, has a certain charming remiss about it. Recorded in guitarist and lead-singer Max Bloom’s parents’ London abode, the album harnesses the band’s trademark indistinct clamor, while pouring out a newfound fondness for straight pop: oval, toe-tapping, and sugary. I caught up with Bloom recently in anticipation of the band’s foray to Ithaca on Sunday, April 10. Ithaca Times: You guys have recorded your albums in your parents’ house, including the new one. That’s pretty cool. It reminds me of the way Godflesh recorded their early albums. Now, is this bedroom a permanent bedroom studio, or do you come over and say, “It’s recording time; I have to rearrange the bedroom now?” Max Bloom: No, I definitely wouldn’t call my bedroom a permanent studio. I don’t live at my parents’ house anymore, so my childhood bedroom is just completely empty. It doesn’t take long to set everything up, though; everything I use to record is very portable. The most arduous thing is just getting all of our extremely heavy amps up the stairs. I’m always slightly nervous that the house is going to fall down. IT: When you guys approach a composition, are you collectively trying to write the best possible song (in Yuck’s vision of what the best possible Yuck song could be) you can write? Or is the process more innate and subconscious? MB: I don’t think the two things are mutually exclusive. When I write a song, I usually write it in about 15 minutes, and I usually go with my immediate gut instinct on whether it sounds good or not. If a song is taking too long to write, then I’ll usually just abandon it. If it’s good, it will end up being used sooner or later. IT: So you started out with a different lead singer than you have now, and you built a particular sound. He left, and you guys changed singers. How much does the dynamic shift in a case like that? MB: When the band first started, I would typically write an instrumental,

maybe a vocal melody, and then Daniel would write the vocals and lyrics. When Daniel left, I started doing all the vocals and lyrics as well. Now the process feels slightly more collaborative; Mariko and Ed have more of an input in the composition aspect. I can only see it as a positive thing, that we were able to develop and change the way we do things as a band. IT: Talk about the new album. Do you guys feel pretty satisfied with it? I’ve read it’s heavier than past efforts. Is this the case? And if so, any particular reasons for the new aggression? MB: I feel more satisfied with this record than anything we’ve done previously. I wouldn’t say it’s particularly heavier than what we’ve done in the past. All our albums are quite varied; there are some gentle

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moments combined with some heavier songs. I guess there is an undertone of frustration and aggression, which probably just comes from what I’ve been going through personally for the last couple of years, which I kind of poured into this record. IT: What’s the level of artistic freedom in the new record? MB: There was complete artistic freedom with this record, which was why it was a lot more fun to make, but [the freedom was] definitely not without its own challenges. Sometimes it helps to have someone there just to say, “Hey, that was a good take. We don’t need to do anymore.” Then again, it did feel quite refreshing to record an album completely on our own terms with no outside interference. IT: The top 5 records you guys have been spinning in 2015/16? MB: This is only my personal list, but I believe it goes something like this: You In Reverse by Built To Spill; Tim, The Replacements; The Trials of Van Occupanther, Midlake; First Issue, Public Image Ltd; and The Argument, Fugazi. • T

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The Visual Wonder of Sound Ithaca Underground’s seventh Naked Noise By Chr i s tophe r J. Har r ing ton Naked Noise #7, Saturday, April 9, 9:00 p.m., Community School of Music and Arts. Ithaca Underground presents.

done; so it’s a great time for people to reach out. Dynamic, multi-instrumentalists and those who can bring a unique voice to the event, while being part of the collective, is what we’re aiming for - more so than artists standing out on their own, or musicians simply playing solos. IT: Do you have a certain theme in mind when you create the event? BC: There’s less of a theme than an attempt to create an aural and visual experience that forms a temporary world of its own, through drone and repetition.

omewhere in the abstraction of visual and auditory infusion, the senses develop a sort of deep-space beyond themselves—keenly becoming aware of the moment and reacting accordingly. Quick and predatory, they form a powerful intuition—previously unbeknownst to their being—and go forth, rearranging phenomena into defining shape. This is precisely where spectacular happens, musically and artistically. Ithaca Underground’s annual Naked Noise event, a behemoth of exploratory sound and sight, exists exactly for such moments. The event sees a collection of local and regional musicians come together for one unique night. What happens next is anybody’s guess—yet everybody’s dream. I talked to IU President of the Board Bubba Crumrine about some particulars of the event, and also got some insight from this year’s visual art installer, Nils Hoover. A shot from the epicenter of last year’s New Noise (Photo Benjamin Torrey) Ithaca Times: I’m wondering how you go about the curating process each year? Where do you find your your angle? Each set is 45 minutes long: so patience is Bubba Crumrine: Naked Noise is key, ensuring we don’t climax 10 minutes all about collaboration, listening, and in. setting the ego aside—to become a part of IT: How about the visual aspect of it? something potentially chaotic and guide What’s that process like? it to a greater whole. I hand pick, based BC: The visual and installation aspect off those who have expressed previous is spearheaded by visual artist Nils Hoover. interest, those who other musicians and This is what he does as an artist down volunteers have recommended, or those in Austin, TX. Naked Noise visuals have who come to mind to provide a special or grown from playing clips of “Fantastic needed element to the ensemble. I’m trying Planet” and “Holy Mountain” on the walls: to strike a balance between electronic a four-projector set up of live controlled instruments (synthesizers, etc), acoustic visuals on an installation of fabric and based instruments (vibraphone, bassoon, wires overhead. The installation has saxophone), rock instrumentation (guitar, become more elaborate, taking all night last bass, drums) and unique voices. The year, so we’ve blocked off Friday evening up magic of Naked Noise usually comes from until sound check on Saturday for Nils and unexpected interactions between musicians crew to set up. In my opinion it’s defined who have never performed together before the character of the event. (such as Sammus and Willie B. last year). Nils Hoover: For me Naked Noise I’m pulling from a range of improv, noise, has been a fun and exciting exploration of and experimental musicians, as well as extending music into the visual spectrum. those from a more traditional rock, pop, For Naked Noise #7 I am collaborating punk, and classical setting. with my friend Reed Jones and together IT: Do artists come to you directly? we’ve been working hard to take this years BC: Most of the time I’m reaching visuals to the next level technically and out, but usually around this time we have aesthetically. This year there has been a musicians reaching out to see how they focus on making the event as immersive as can participate next year. I’ll start thinking possible. Naked Noise is already in another about Naked Noise #8 as soon as this one is world—we aim to light that world up. • 18

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his buddies Bernstein (Woody Minshaw) and Boland (Danny Hayward) are on a “dogfight” quest; that is, whichever boy shows up with the ugliest girl wins the pot for the evening. Even as Eddie and Rose Fenny (Brianne Wylie) flirt and talk about Woody Guthrie—Rose is an aspiring guitarist and songwriter—we can’t help but I Am My Own Wife, by Doug Wright, despise Eddie for what he’s doing to her. directed by Bill Kincaid, starring Jason Guy, Dogfight is more interesting and at CRT Downtown through April 9. complex than the traditional American meet-cute musical. Rivera is very skilled 2015-16 SEASON wo plays in two cities just happen ANDERSON letting usCENTER see the foratthe Performing Artsself-loathing beneath to be working through painful Birdlace’s raw inexperience and dirty resolutions on the topic of love and mouth; like Mad Men’s Don Draper, most war. of him is a fiction, anyway. It all builds to Dogfight, based on a 1991 Nancy a moment where Wylie’s humiliated Rose, Savoca film, is one of the toughest and hurt but not defeated, tells Eddie, “You’re bravest of a new crop of musicals I have the ugly one.” seen. It’s really a diseased version of the Rebecca Dwight’s scenery consists of whole boy-meets-girl formula that fueled ramps, platforms, and support wires that the creation of the American musical: a suggest a ship or the Golden Gate Bridge. naïve kid shipping off to war spends his last The effective ensemble—often shifting night in San Francisco with a waitress he in and out of slow motion—move the meets in a coffee shop. few set pieces around to suggest different But this is no Busby Berkeley meetplaces. Maureen Edwards achieves a sad, cute. Eddie Birdlace (Josh Rivera) and tawdry grace as Marcy, another dogfight

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The Poetry of a Woman’s Life Collection weaves through the lens By Bill Ch ai s son

iddle-class women are at the center of everything in American society. We all have to deal with them in some part of our lives. They may be our mothers, our sisters, our wives or our partners. Or she may be our teacher or the woman behind the counter at the Department of Motor Vehicles. Pretty soon she may be our President. So a book full of poetry from the perspective of a middle-class woman is of interest to us all. How do they see themselves? How do they see the people for whom they are responsible? What do they want from life? What did they want from life that they didn’t quite get? How does it feel to be a member of the “sandwich generation”? Lynn Ciesielski’s poetry addresses all of these issues (and, of course, more). Some of this work addresses what are mockingly called “white people’s problems,” which is to say things that are treated as problems, but are merely unpleasant. The titular poem seems to be quite literally about a trip to Liverpool via Detroit that is trying because the narrator does not sleep well on planes. (And no more.) Upon arrival her husband leads her “to a lounge where the barmaid / hawks Martinis and beers at 6 a.m. / I swallow my response with some coffee.” Here is a sensibility that is more or less the polar opposite of, say, Charles Bukowski. Ciesielski is a “woman of a certain age.” In “The Shape of Things” she describes the liberation of entering her “third season.” She has spent her second season buttoned down: … transforming me like rice paper into a lidded box, layers shaped, set, sprayed to announce out loud, Teacher. Composed and stiff like my hair, I never swayed out of place even when the wind blew … Now that she is older, she is happy to be able to wear her hair long and loose again. Unlike the trip to Liverpool, we get the feeling here that her hair stands for a whole constellation of connected freedoms that go unmentioned. It seems safe to conflate the narrator of these poems with Ciesielski herself, not always a safe bet with poets. She does not seem to be trying on masks or personas as some writers do. Each of these seems to be an honest, clear-eyed evaluation of some part of the cycle of a full life. Remarkably few of these poems are about the narrator herself. Rather they are about the people in her life and her relationship with them or to them. Because of where she is in life, she has children and her children seem to have children, and she is also the child of elderly parents. “The Way the Cookie Crumbles” we hear a daughter’s concern mixed with

some pride when she sees her aging mother “raging against the dying of the light.” Mother feels exercise might keep her in the loop. She stretches past the bounds we place. She doesn’t rest. Ciesielski does not often use enjambment as she does in the lines above, where she creates a tension and a slight imbalance by her choices as to where to break the sentences at the end of lines. This

nicely conveys the discomfort she feels in seeing her mother work at doing ordinary things like serving cookies and tea. In a poem about her father, “Toward the End,” Ciesielski deploys a rare surreal image. After describing the strict rules her healthier mother kept for her diabetic father, she notices a change: But since the ants began licking the peonies clean of nectar she slowed her step in order to let him catch up. After this her father is allowed to smoke cigars and drink whiskey sours on the porch with his sister. Compare this with “Polarities,” a paean to an apparently long marriage that has settled into a pattern that includes both distance and intimacy. Here is a husband who loves thrash metal and doesn’t even transition into summer clothes until weeks after she does, but: when nearly at the breaking point I sigh, a hint of a request and you come to me knowing in an instant what I need. No artifice, no melodrama; just life as it really is, when you’re paying attention. •

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If it were up to me, I would have given him his own concurrent show here—as far as I know, none of these artists cover the local beat with anything like the perseverance that he does. Notable local watercolorist Camille Doucet is showing a pair of pieces. Unfortunately her image of the muchmissed Chapter House is a “giclee” reproduction—something that doesn’t belong in a formal exhibit of art. You can see how dull it looks in comparison to her superb Ivy League House Finch which shows a small red-accented bird perched on the upper right of an ornate stone Gothic window. Her ability to combine crisply linear outlining with fussy (in a good way) control of the paint is remarkable. Painting and drawing create a feeling of space that is all the more compelling for being virtual. They set up a fictional environment: separate from our own but at the same time one that we can imagine entering. Traditional freestanding sculpture, in contrast fills space in a way that is emphatically literal—perfect for the figure but tricky for landscape. So it’s unsurprising that only two artists here venture from the walls, neither of them with extraordinary results. Anne Auld’s house-shaped Clean House and Sweet Home combine woven newspaper strips with, respectively, glycerin and beeswax. I’ve been accused of being ignorant and bigoted due to my limited sympathy for conceptual art. Still, the wit and absurdity of Chris Oliver’s Picnic Tables as Stacked on 3/29/16 at Alex Haley Municipal Pool fails to evade me entirely. The piece is composed of countless small picnic tables built of unfinished pinewood. All jumbled up, they form a wall: approximately human in height and crossing a good portion of the lobby gallery. It is interesting to imagine what local printer-photographer Craig Mains might do with the image in one of his monotypes—it seems made for his blend of Pop-like iconic wit and painterly invention. Evan Williams’ photo sequence Surrounded by Reality also takes a conceptual approach. It is composed of four black-and-white images, printed on foam boards and arranged in a square. Featuring gritty winter street scenes in striking tonal variations, in the center of each is a white rectangular “marker” designating the city’s northwest, southeast, northeast, and southwest boundaries. The piece slyly recalls Cornell’s history as the 1969 Earth Art exhibit site—a pioneering presentation of contemporary environmental sculpture. The bulk of photography here is more traditional, with varying results. Signs of Ithaca 1 and 3 by Nicole Belott are the most memorable photographs here. Like the work of Stuart Davis and other American Cubist painters of the early 20thcentury, it finds a compelling abstraction

in the urban commercial vernacular. The former is a close-up of the memorable cord plug and cursive Thayer Appliance sign while the latter shows the nearby Angelo Cleaners. I’m not a huge fan of local artist Ryan McGuire, whose multi-media work tends to embrace pop culture kitschiness diametrically opposed to the subtlety and nuance that I most value. But his large photograph here, Cleaning Conundrum is quite good, bringing in an assertive performance-art sensibility that forms another aspect of his work. The only interior scene here, we see a woman in the Fall Creek laundromat—or rather her kicking legs, as she has plunged her upper body into a clothes dryer: the kind with a round glass front. Suffused with an early evening light, Yvette Rubio’s Angels and Monsters is another memorable photo. In an upward tilting view, we see the indecorous east façade of the State Theatre from half a block away on Cayuga. The concrete is tinged copper and a fire escape leads down from the unused looking door. On the door and again to its right, a pair of drawn figures: the character known as the Ithaca Graffiti Monster. Filling the right of our foreground view is Cherry Rahn’s humorous bronze statue Businessman in Touch with Nature, which depicts a suitclad figure inexplicably sporting wings. The picture offers an unexpected view on something many of us might pass by every day—in this case including another work of art. Elizabeth Boheim’s digital photo Waiting on Seneca offers a frontal view of the south façade of the Seneca Street parking garage. The image is mostly black-and-white, save for the center foreground, which is saturated with color. Syracuse artist Brandon Lazore’s mural, a celebration of the area’s Native American heritage, is the focus—with color also leaking out to emphasize some bystanders and the vines above. I find the piece and its central metaphor cloying and inapt—much as I do too much of Ithaca’s vaunted mural renaissance. The garage itself, though no architectural masterpiece, serves a utilitarian function that has nothing to do with the types of imagery being used to decorate it. Covering the building with aesthetically mediocre tokens of “other” cultures feels false—neither a compelling tribute to these cultures or a meaningful enhancement to everyday city life. I’ve already commented on the uneven quality of the exhibit—practically a given for group shows at the CSMA. Theme-wise, “Sense of Place” is fairly restricted as well with the bulk of work focusing on the familiar and readily legible aspects of the local environment. It would have been interesting to see more work showing the human figure in interaction with the environment. Given the chaos of all the recent and ongoing construction downtown, it would have also been worthwhile seeing some work that explored the city—a tiny town no longer— in its tumult and growth. •

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mundanity of his life experiences something out of the ordinary. |90 mins R | The Danish Girl | A fictitious love story loosely inspired by the lives of Danish artists Lili Elbe and Gerda Wegener. Lili and Gerda’s marriage and work evolve as they navigate Lili’s groundbreaking journey as a transgender pioneer. | 119 mins R | The Yellow Ticket | A young Russian girl is forced into a life of prostitution in Czarist Russia, and she and a British journalist find their lives endangered when she reveals to him information regarding the social crimes rampant in her country. | 88 mins NR | The Messenger | Su Rynard’s wide-ranging and contemplative documentary explores our deep-seated connection to birds and warns that the uncertain fate of songbirds might mirror our own. | 89 mins NR | Macbeth (2015) | Macbeth, the Thane of Glamis, receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King of Scotland. Consumed by ambition and spurred to action by his wife, Macbeth murders his king and takes the throne for himself. | 113 mins R | An Evening with Silas Howard | Silas Howard is a writer and director of short and feature-length films, and is the first trans director of the award-winning television series, Transparent. Tonight we’ll show the episode he directed for Season 2. Then Silas will join us via Skype to discuss his experiences on Transparent and his career as a trans filmmaker.

April 6 - 9 at 7:30. Based on true occurrences, I Am My Own Wife tells the fascinating story of Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, (1928-2002) a German transvestite who survived both WWII Nazism and the East German Communist regime that followed, by hiding in plain sight as a man living as a woman. www.cortlandrep.org The Phantom of the Opera | Landmark Theatre, 362 S Salina St, Syracuse | Cameron Mackintosh’s spectacular new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s famous opera will come to Syracuse as part of a brand new North American Tour. For tickets and showtimes visit landmarktheatre.org My Fair Lady | 8:00 PM, 4/08 Friday | Syracuse Opera Co, 411 Montgomery St Ste 60, Syracuse | Adapted from George Bernard Shaw’s play and Gabriel Pascal’s motion picture PYGMALION the timeless classic MY FAIR LADY is set in Edwardian London, where Henry Higgins, a Professor of phonetics, encounters Eliza Doolittle, an unruly flower vendor in a street market. Jeff McBride: Many Faces of Magic | State Theatre, 107 W State St, Ithaca | 7:00 PM, 4/09, Saturday | A three time award winner at the International Grand Prix of Magic in Monte Carlo, is widely recognized as a foremost innovator and most exciting performer in contemporary magic. Princess and the Pea: Lansing Middle School Drama | Lansing Middle School, Lansing | Come and find out if the lost peasant girl can pass the test after sleeping on a bed of 27 mattresses! Starring 35 middle school students and a tech crew from the high school drama club. Lights by John Phillips and Mark Lory-Moran. Directed by Audrey Hummel and Kimberly Williamson. Performances on April 8th and 9th at 6:30 p.m. and April 10th at 2:00 to find out! Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike | 7:30 PM, 4/08 Friday | Elmira Little Theatre, 1000 Laurel St, Elmira | Middle-aged siblings Vanya and Sonia share a home in Bucks County, PA, where they bicker and complain about the circumstances of their lives. Suddenly, their movie star sister, Masha, swoops in with her hot young boy toy, Spike, and threatens to sell the house! Add to the mix a sassy soothsayer/maid and a lovely young aspiring actress, whose presence irritates the imperious Masha, and you have a recipe for fun! Cornell University Pandora Dance Troupe: Spring Into Motion |

Stage Dogfight | Clark Theatre, IC, Danby Rd, Ithaca | Dogfight Brings the Soul of the Sixties to Ithaca College Theatre. The effects of the Vietnam War on Americans as individuals and a society are examined in the Ithaca College Theatre production of the musical Dogfight. Performances will take place in Clark Theatre on April 6, 7, 8 and 9 at 8 p.m. as well as on April 9 at 2 p.m. Tickets are currently on sale and can be purchased at the Ithaca College box office in Dillingham Center or online at ithaca.ticketforce.com. Tickets can also be purchased over the phone at (607) 274-3224. I Am My Own Wife | Cortland Repertory Theatre, Dwyer Memorial Park Pavilion, Preble | A one-actor, 35-character story will be performed

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A saxophonist whose music is rooted in the traditions of Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, and Sonny Rollins, Jesse Collins brings a swirling dexterity to the form. The Jesse Collins Group merges jazz, funk, and rock uniquely, creating exciting compositions that offer an inside look into the personalities of some amazing musicians. If you’re looking for a real transcending jazz experience (which is hard to come by here in Ithaca), look no further; these guys have you covered.

Renowned Israeli musician Yair Dalal will lead Cornell University music ensembles in a collaborative concert hosted by Congregation Tikkun V’Or, Ithaca Reform Temple, on Saturday evening, April 9th. Born in Israel to Iraqi immigrants, Mr. Dalal has spent his career exploring his Iraqi heritage while forging cross-cultural connections through music and advocating for peaceful coexistence in Israel and Palestine.

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7:30 PM, 4/09 Saturday | Bailey Hall, Cornell, Ithaca | The performance will feature a variety of dynamic studentchoreographed pieces ranging from modern and contemporary to jazz and hip-hop. In addition, the show will include guest appearances by several of Cornell’s finest dance ensembles and a cappella groups. We hope you’ll join us for what is sure to be a lively, artistic and wonderful performance! Tickets are available in advance at baileytickets. com or at the door. Belly Dance Show & Dance Party with June & Chandani Belly Dance Troupe | 7:30 PM-11:30 PM, 4/10 Sunday | Sacred Root Kava Lounge & Tea Bar, 139 W State St, Ithaca | Professional Belly Dancer June Seaney is hosting a Belly Dance Performance and Dance Party with her troupe Chandani, performing in Egyptian and Turkish styles of dance, Danza Romani (Gypsy Dance) will be joining them bringing you Romani dances from Spain. Relax and enjoy the show with some Kava, Tea & Desserts while we perform for you then join us for our Dance Party with Special Guests the Cornell University Middle Eastern Music Ensemble playing music for our dancing pleasure.

it off at our office: 171 E. State St. Ste. 136 Ithaca NY 14850. IU Logistics Committee Volunteer Meeting | 7:00 PM-9:00 PM, 4/06 Wednesday | Tompkins County Workers’ Center, 115 The Commons, Ithaca | All active and curious volunteers interested in day-of-show activities sound, photo, video, door, transport, stage manager, etc — let’s meet, discuss needs, improve process, and get you signed up to volunteer at IU upcoming shows! Ithaca Sociable Singles Dinner | 6:00 PM, 4/06 Wednesday | The Antlers, 1159 Dryden Rd, Ithaca | RSVP allenq3@lightlink.com The History Center in Tompkins County’s Spring Fundraiser: Generation to Generation: Encouraging Connections through Variations on Pancakes | 6:00 PM, 4/06 Wednesday | Kendal At Ithaca, 2230 N Triphammer Rd, Ithaca | Join us for a memorable evening with Paula Younger, story practitioner and founder of pancakemoments, as she shares her thoughts on the distinctive power of pancakes and their connection to the wonder narratives that lie within all of us. Come enjoy a variety of delicious pancakes, from crêpes to arepas, provided by the Carriage House Cafe, Coltivare, Purity Ice Cream, ¡Bici-Cocina!, and Kendal at Ithaca. Trumansburg Ulysses Philomathic Library Spring Book Sale 4/14-4/19 | Ulysses Philomathic Library, 74 E Main St, Trumansburg | Library Spring Book Sale runs 4/14 through 4/19. All categories of books, movies, games, music, etc. ranging $1-$3 for the whole family. Prices decrease starting April 17. Info at 607-387-5623, or at website www.trumansburglibrary.org. Tutors Needed The Village At Ithaca is looking for engaged community members and college students to help Ithaca area students reach their goals and achieve success. For more information, please visit our website at www.villageatithaca.org, or contact Max Farhi by email at coordinator@ villageatithaca.org or by phone at (607) 256-0780 wordpress.com/ Ithaca Downtown Business Women | 11:30 AM, 4/07 Thursday | BorgWarner Room, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | IDBW will be hosting a panel of local business owners. Hear about the experiences and challenges that a panel of local women business owners have faced. The panel consists of Becki Hawley of Making Money Sacred, Sarah Robarge of Robarge Certified Rolfers, and Kristina Thelen of Amuse: Modern

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2016 Beautification Brigade Training | 6:00 PM-8:30 PM, 4/06 Wednesday | CCE Education Center, 615 Willow Ave, Ithaca | The Beautification Brigade is a group of volunteers who work with the Community Beautification Program at various flower planting sites around the City of Ithaca. For more information and a volunteer application, contact Martha Gioumousis at Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County, (607) 272- 2292, ext. 123, or mg10@cornell. edu. www.ccetompkins.org/beautification. Calling All Artists | Downtown Ithaca We’re asking community artists of all walks of life to submit their own designs for a chance to see them printed on the banners. We’re asking that artists submit a preliminary sketch or file by April 18, 2016. This image must be constrained to a 1:2.5 vertical aspect ratio but need not be submitted at print-ready resolution. E.g., a 3″ x 7.5″ drawing on a regular sheet of paper or a 400x1000px digital image would suffice. Just email the image, along with your contact info, to info@ downtownithaca.com. Or, mail or drop

Cottage Industry. Pickleball at the Ithaca YMCA | 9:30 AM-2:00 PM, 4/07 Thursday | Ymca, Graham Rd W, Ithaca | Pickleball at the Ithaca YMCA, Tuesdays & Thursdays from 9:30 am – 2:00 pm Blood Drives | 4/8 Ramada Inn Ithaca 11am to 5pm, 4/8 Tompkins Cortland VA Clinic 1pm to 6pm, 4/9 Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 8am to 12pm, 4/11 First Unitarian Society of Ithaca 1pm to 6pm, 4/12 East Hill Office Building 9am to 3pm. As always you can make an appointment by calling 1-800 RED CROSS or visiting redcrossblood.org today! Beginner Bird Walks | 9:00 AM, 4/09 Saturday | Cornell Lab of Ornithology, 159 Sapsucker Woods Rd, Ithaca | Guided bird walks every Saturday and Sunday morning. http://www.cayugabirdclub.org/calendar 35th Annual Skunk Cabbage Classic 10K and Half Marathon | 10:00 AM, 4/10 Sunday | Barton Hall, Cornell Univ., Ithaca | This looped course with rolling hills is named for the plant —and its distinctively strong smell— that are visible around the half-way point of the half-marathon in the Skunk Cabbage Classic Half Marathon & 10K. The series combined attracts more than 1100 runners each year to this vibrant upstate NY town, beginning and ending on the scenic campus of Cornell University. For more information go to:http://fingerlakesrunners.org/ road-races/skunk-cabbage-classic/ IU March Development Volunteer Meeting at TCWC | 7:00 PM-9:00 PM, 4/12 Tuesday | Tompkins County Workers’ Center, 115 The Commons, Ithaca | All Ithaca Underground Volunteers! The Development Committee (formerly known as the Fundraising Committee) will be meeting on April 12th from 7-9 pm at the Worker’s Center, above Autumn Leaves Bookstore on the Ithaca Commons. The meeting agenda: tba.

Learning Cesar Vargas: Our Broken Immigration System: One Undocumented Law Student’s Journey | 5:00 PM-, 4/06 Wednesday | Room 182, Cornell Law School, Cornell | Discussion about immigration policies and the 2016 presidential campaign. Satisfying and Sustaining Smoothies | 7:00 PM-8:30 PM, 4/06 Wednesday | GreenStar Cooperative Market, 700 W Buffalo St, Ithaca |

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Community School of Music and Arts, Saturday, April 9, 9:00 p.m. Ithaca Underground presents its 7th Naked Noise large ensemble of ritual drone and live visuals. A colorful and transcendental audio/visual experience, Naked Noise is Ithaca’s largest experimental music event, featuring 19 musicians from Ithaca, New York City, and Philadelphia, with visual installation by Nils Hoover (Austin, TX). Unique to Ithaca, Naked Noise is much more than another concert: it’s an experience you need to feel to believe! Check it out!

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Smoothies are a quick and easy way to get your daily allowance of fruits and vegetables. Come to this class with Debra Walsh, and try some delicious and healthful smoothies. Registration is required - sign up online at greenstar. coop or at GreenStar’s Customer Service Desk or call 273-9392. Yoga Mind and Body Meditation Series | 5:00 PM-6:00 PM, 4/06 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. Adam Smith: Archaeology’s Genocide Problem: Violence, Heritage, and the Techniques of Forgetting on the Armenian Highland | 6:30 PM-, 4/07 Thursday | Center For Natural Sciences, Ithaca College, Ithaca | Center for Natural Sciences of Ithaca College, the Finger Lakes Chapter will host Adam Smith (Cornell University’s Anthropology Department Chair) presenting Archaeology’s Genocide Problem: Violence, Heritage, and the Techniques of Forgetting on the Armenian Highland. Parking is in Blue Lot O on the Ithaca College campus. Pakistan’s Battle Against Violent Extremism | 12:15 PM-1:30 PM, 4/07 Thursday | Uris Hall G08, Cornell, Ithaca | Speaker: Raza Rumi, Scholarin-Residence, Ithaca College Honors Program. For more international activities please visit: http://pacs. einaudi.cornell.edu/calendar Shop Talk featuring Nicole Cliffe, Rachel Fershleiser, Halimah Marcus, and Mallory Ortberg | 4:30 PM, 4/07 Thursday | Hollis E. Cornell Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall, Cornell, | Rachel Fershleiser of Tumblr, Nicole Cliffe and Mallory Ortberg of The Toast, and Halimah Marcus of Electric Literature will discuss their careers and publishing ventures, and answer your questions about writing and editing for the web, as part of the Spring 2016 Barbara & David Zalaznick Reading Series at Cornell University. Free and open to the public. Contact: creative writing@cornell.edu Essence of Character: A master class in creative movement | 10:00 AM-3:00 PM, 4/09 Saturday | Hangar Theatre, 801 Taughannock Blvd, Ithaca | Instructed by the Hangar’s Education and Community Engagement Manager, Helen Clark. Explore how movement

can influence how an actor fully embodies a character in a psychologically and emotionally sustainable way. Focusing on the movementbased exercises developed by acting instructors Anne Bogart, Jean Sabatine, and Tadashi Suzuki, the class will help you to discover an internal to external flow of energy. Richard D. Wolff | 1:00 PM-4:00 PM, 4/09 Saturday | The Space at GreenStar, 700 W Buffalo St, Ithaca | Dr. Wolff will address the structure of cooperatives as an alternative to the standard business model for achieving social and economic sustainability and how wealth and income inequality impact the state of the economy. Remarks will be followed by a moderated Q&A and book signing. Tickets are available at https://goo.gl/8Kbeu8 or at the door on April 9th beginning at noon. Cayuga Bird Club: Monthly Meeting | 7:30 PM-, 4/11 Monday | Cornell Lab of Ornithology, 159 Sapsucker Woods Rd, Ithaca | This month’s speaker will be Jillian Liner, Director of Bird Conservation, Audubon New York, presenting, Audubon New York’s Important Bird Areas Program –Protection for Critical Sites. Meetings are free and open to the public and anyone interested in birds is invited to attend. For information, email jwe4@ cornell.edu or refer to the bird club’s website: http://www.cayugabirdclub. org/ Multiple Sclerosis Support Group | 6:30 PM-, 4/11 Monday | Lifelong, 119 W Court St, Ithaca | For more information call 607-229-9098. Tai Chi for Arthritis & Fall Prevention | 1:00 PM-2:00 PM, 4/11 Monday | Candor Emergency Squad, 58 Main Street, Candor | These classes are part of a CDC and NYS Department of Health initiative to prevent falls. Hour-long sessions meet twice a week for eight weeks. Each session is taught by a certified instructor and includes warm-up and cool-down exercises and tai chi forms. To register call Sue at 607-659-3022 or email sueheaven@ gmail.com. 1 pm: Basic class. 2 pm: Beyond the Basics

Special Events Amy Goodwin and Izzy Award Winners | 7:00 PM-, 4/06 Wednesday | Park Hall Auditorium, Ithaca College, , Ithaca | Izzy Award winners. We will also be welcoming Amy Goodman into the I. F. Stone Hall of Fame, an

occasional honor reserved for those exceptional journalists whose work would be worthy of the Izzy Award year after year. Under Our Skin Films: Ithaca Free Clinic Fundraiser | 5:00 PM, 4/06 Wednesday | Cinemapolis, 120 E Green St, Ithaca | Lyme disease films Under Our Skin 1 (5pm) and Under Our Skin 2: Emergence (7pm) will be shown. Contact Brooke Hansen for more info at kbhansen@ithaca.edu or 607-274-1735 or the Ithaca Health Alliance, Andrea Levine, Education Coordinator, 607-330-1253 or outreach@ithacahealth.org Project Generations: 4th Annual Intergenerational Prom: Fly Me To The Moon | 5:00 PM-7:30 PM, 4/07 Thursday | Emerson Suites, Ithaca College, Ithaca | Join in for music, dancing, food, and fun! This event is free and everyone is welcome. Stewart Park is for the Birds: A Benefit for Fuertes Overlook Restoration & Stewart Park Revitalization | 7:00 PM-, 4/08 Friday | Cinemapolis, 120 E Green St, Ithaca | A Presentation of Beautiful Bird, Wildlife & Landscape Photographs by Marie Read & Sarah Blodgett Accompanied by Live Music by Grietzer Hodgson Manning. Info at Contact Rick Manning rmannin4@twcny.rr.com or 607-592-4647 or visit www.friendsofstewartpark.org. Art of India 2016 | 4:00 PM, 4/09 Saturday | Klarman Hall and Auditorium, Cornell University, Ithaca | Cornell India Association and SPICMACAY are co-hosting our annual mega cultural extravaganza, Art of India. An evening of truly immersive Indian experience - packed with Indian music and dance performances, including Cornell’s very own classical dancer Ms. Durga Bor, along with authentic street food stalls (serving sweets and savories from different regions of India), handicraft workshops and souvenir stalls, collaborative artwork and a photo booth that will take you across the world to a vivid desi bazaar. Dancing for a Cause with Radio London | 8:00 PM-11:00 PM, 4/09 Saturday | The Space at GreenStar, 700 W Buffalo St, Ithaca | Dancing for a Cause is a regional opportunity for movers, shakers, and dancers to raise funds for the Crisisline of Suicide Prevention & Crisis Service. See the FAQ page, call at 607-272-1505, or write to info@ithacacrisis.org. InertiaTwo presents: Music

Belly Dance Show and Dance Party, Sacred Root and Kava Lounge, Sunday, April 10, 7:30 p.m.

Professional Belly Dancer June Seaney is hosting a Belly Dance Performance and Dance Party with her troupe Chandani. Performing in Egyptian and Turkish styles of dance, Danza Romani (Gypsy Dance) will be joining them bringing you Romani dances from Spain. Relax and enjoy the show with some kava, tea, and desserts, while the eclectic group mezemrizes you. Later join in for a unique dance party featuring special guests, the Cornell University Middle Eastern Music Ensemble, as the two collectives colorfully bring the house down!

of the Earth | 7:00 PM-, 4/09 Saturday | Museum Of The Earth, 1259 Trumansburg Rd, Ithaca | Come celebrate the planet we inhabit with chamber music provided by local percussionist Nick Merillat and flutist Jessica Smith. This innovative concert will allow the audience to freely roam exhibits during intermission. Musical selections include two world premieres in honor of the museum, featuring a newly commissioned piece by local composer Josh Oxford. Lifelong Special Event: Music, Karaoke, and More | 7:00 PM-9:00 PM, 4/09 Saturday | Lifelong, 119 W Court St, Ithaca | An evening full of music from the 50’s & 60’s along with Karaoke if you choose! Light refreshments, music, and plenty of fun to be had! Grab your poodle skirts, saddle shoes, leather jackets and a smile and come on out for a great evening. Crime Victims’ Rights Week Walk | 1:00 AM-, 4/10 Sunday | New Hope Center, 20 Church Street, Owego | This year’s theme is, Serving Victims, Building Trust, Restoring Hope. We will meet at the New Hope Center, 20 Church Street, Owego, and walk around the village. Join us at the Penny Social following the walk. Rain Date: April 17. People’s Real Experiences Dealing With Mental Health Challenges | 7:30 PM-, 4/12 Tuesday | Community School Of Music And Arts, 330 E State St, Ithaca | The Mental Health Association in Tompkins County is collaborating with Fulbright Scholar and Ithaca College Professor Cynthia Henderson’s Performing Arts for Social Change program to create an original piece about people’s real experiences dealing with mental health challenges and the surrounding stigma. Performances will take place on Tuesday, April 12th and Wednesday, April 13th at 7:30pm. www.mhaedu. org / www.pa4sc.com. Tompkins County Quilters Guild | 7:00 PM-, 4/12 Tuesday | Lifelong, 119 W Court St, Ithaca | Tompkins County Quilters Guild invites all to a hand-quilting demonstration by the guild’s hand-quilting experts.

Books Jack Hopper | 6:30 PM, 4/07 Thursday | Ulysses Philomathic Library, 74 E Main St, Trumansburg | Poet Laureate of Tomkins County for the second year, will read a selection of his poems. This event is a part of the Spring Speakers

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ccording to Evan Friedell, Jimkata is playing some of their best shows ever on their spring 2016 tour, which makes a hometown stop at The Haunt this Friday, April 8. “I’m not just saying that because this is an interview,” Friedell said. “We recently switched to a three-piece and we were excited but unsure how that would go. We’re playing a little tighter now.” That Jimkata is playing with chemistry is no surprise: Friedell, guitarist Aaron Gorsch, and drummer Packy Lunn have known each other since middle school in Oneonta and formed the band at Ithaca College in 2005. Their fifth album, In Motion, dropped in February. They went into the studio “during a really busy time” in the spring of 2015, Friedell said, while they were on tour and figuring out the next configuration of the band; Stephen Learson, their most recent bass player who was touring with them in spring 2015, had other ongoing projects and couldn’t commit completely to Jimkata. “Out of that came something

Series at the library. Percival Everett | 7:30 PM, 4/07 Thursday | Clark Lounge, Camus Center, Ithaca College, Ithaca | Everett will read from his new collection of stories, Half a Drink of Water. The reading is free and open to the public. A question-andanswer period and book-signing will follow. For more information about the Distinguished Visiting Writers Series or to request special accommodations, contact Eleanor Henderson at 274-3324 or ehenderson@ithaca.edu. Daniel R. Schwarz | 3:00 PM, 4/09 Saturday | Buffalo Street Books, 215 N Cayuga St, Ithaca | Local author discusses his latest book: How to Succeed in College and Beyond: The Art of Learning. Lynn Ciesielski | 2:00 PM, 4/10 Sunday | Buffalo Street Books, 215 N Cayuga St, Ithaca | Aauthor reads from her new collection, Two Legs Toward Liverpool. Lynn Ciesielski has devoted herself to poetry since retiring as a special education teacher several years ago. Her work has appeared in

beautiful that we’re really proud of,” Friedell said of their newest recording. “I’ve known the two other guys in this band since we were in middle school. We’ve been through so much in own lives both personally and together, this record reflects having chosen to take this risk of being in a band and following our muse.” The band spent last fall rehearsing, rather than touring. Now they’re back on the road, with Cambridge, Mass. and Brooklyn dates sandwiched around their stop at The Haunt this weekend, and a westward swing to Colorado scheduled to begin in Cleveland next week. “You get to know so many people across the country touring, it feels like a family you’ve built,” Friedell said. An autumn at home allowed Jimkata to tune up their leaner lineup, with Gorsch playing more left-hand bass on the guitar and Lunn operating sequencers and bass synths from behind his set. The touring break also allowed Jimkata the time to make their first music video last fall, for the song “Wild Ride.” Three words should suffice to convince you to take a look: Pandas on mopeds. “Making that video was about the

numerous periodicals including the Yale Journal for Humanities & medicine, Iodine Poetry Journal, Wild Goose Poetry Review, and the Main Street Rag. Kris Hermes | 5:30 PM, 4/12 Tuesday | Buffalo Street Books, 215 N Cayuga St, Ithaca | Author discusses his new book: Crashing the Party: Legacies and Lessons from the RNC 2000. Kris Hermes is a Bay Area–based activist who has worked for nearly thirty years on social justice issues. Crashing the Party is about the rise and prevalence of repressive policing methods now used across the U.S., as well as strategies and lessons for radical, innovative, and confrontational forms of legal support.

Art 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

Jimkata: from left, Aaron Gorsch, Even Friedell, and Packy Lunn (Photo Provided) most fun I’ve had in my life,” Friedell said. “It was a silly idea, but we made something that if you saw it in the content of today’s media realm, it would attract your attention span of seven seconds. It’s something light and heartfelt and fun. You can enjoy it and laugh; there’s so much heavy and depressing shit going on in the world.” Whether the pandas will make an

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

appearance on April 8 at The Haunt, no one can say for sure. What is for sure is Big Mean Sound Machine will make their first local appearance of the year on Saturday night, the second year in a row the two bands have played an April backto-back along Cascadilla Creek. Spend an hour in either show, and you’ll be rushing out to the deck for some of that sweet 30-something degree springtime air. •

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 P-, 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.

Island - January 30-May 29 | The fire is gone but we have the light: Rirkrit Tiravanija and Korakrit Arunanondchai - January 23-May 29 | Tradition, Transmission, and Transformation in East Asian Art January 23-June 12 | Works from the Johnson’s collection explore how Chinese cultural images and artistic styles were adopted and adapted in Korea and Japan. | www.museu cornell.edu State of the Art Gallery |120 W State St Ste 2, Ithaca | Forty-five images and figures of the civil rights movement by sculptor Gurdon Brewster will be shown during April in the gallery. soag.org

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A legal activist/legal worker who has recently published a book called Crashing the Party: Legacies and Lessons from the RNC 2000 (PM Press), Kris Mermes’ Crashing the Party uses the case study of the 2000 Republican convention protests in Philadelphia to discuss the origins of today’s model (or playbook of tactics) for policing political protest, as well as creative ways that activists did and still can respond to that repression using the legal system as a tool. An insightful and rewarding experience awaits you.

Recognized as the world’s premier pipa virtuoso and leading ambassador of Chinese music, Grammy Award nominated musician Wu Man joins the renowned Shanghai Quartet for an evening of music on Sunday, April 10th at Bailey Hall. The program celebrates both Ancient and New China, first honoring eminent Chinese composer Zhao Jiping with the performance of some of his most famous scores from Chinese cinema.

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$4,150. Call 607-532-4891

50% off BLJ Vintage Clothing at the Ithaca Antique Mall.

Donate your car to Wheels For Wishes,

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2016-17 Teaching PosiTions:

people with I/DD in living personally fulfilling lives. Positions include: Chief Services Officer/ Speech Pathologist Supervisor/ Life Coach 10/ Assistant

homer csD is currently recruiting for the following secondary Tenure Track Position:

Director of Residential Services House Manager. Apply: www.delarc.org

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Leicester, MA needs 4 temporary workers 4/11/2016 to 10/30/2016, 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 Workforce Central Career Central, 508-799-1600 or apply for the job at the nearest local office of the SWA. Job order #6873549. Plant, cultivate and harvest diversified vegetables, berries and horticultural crops. Work may include but not limited to use hand tools such as shovels, hoes, pruning shears and knives. Duties may include tilling the soil, applying fertilizer, thinning, weeding, transplanting, pruning, applying pesticides, picking, cutting, cleaning, sorting, packing, loading and unloading trucks and farm trailers. May set up operate and repair farm machinery, repair fences and farm buildings, set up and man irrigation equipment. work is physically demanding requiring workers to bend, stoop, lift and carry up to 50 lbs. on a frequent basis. 1 months experience required in work listed.

Carver Hill Orchards

Stow, MA needs 2 temporary workers 4/7/2016 to 11/25/2016, 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 contract period. $11.74 per hour. Applicants apply at Employment and Training Resources, Boston Post Rd., West, Suite 200, Marlboro, MA. 01752 or apply at local office of the SWA. Job order #68773518. May perform any combination of tasks related to the planting, cultivating and processing of fruit and vegetables crops including, but not limited to, driving, operating, adjusts and maintains farm machines, preparing soil, planting, pruning, weeding, thinning, spraying, irrigating, mowing, harvesting, grading, packing. May use hand tools such as shovel, hoe, pruning saw, I month experience in duties listed required.

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410/Business Opportunity AIRLINE CAREERS

NEW YEAR, NEW AIRLINE CAREERS. Get trained as FAA Certified Aviation Technician. Financial aid for qualified students. Job placement assistance. Call AIM for free information 866-2967093. (NYSCAN)

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Cornell Study

pays $30 for 2 hours, involves decision tasks, questionnaires, physiological tracking. HealthyAgingLab@gmail. com 607-255-2457

Floor Tech

Monday through Friday, 7-3:30. Background check required. Experience in stripping and waxing floors helpful. Email: barbelliott@pselliottservices.com

employment Moors End Farm

HELP WANTED

Entry Level Heavy Equipment Operator Career. Get Trained - Get Certified - Get Hired! Bulldozers, backhoes & Excavators. Immediate. Lifetime Job Placement. VA Benefits. National Average $18.00 - $22.00, 1-866-362-6497. (NYSCAN)

Earland Perfetti (Butch) 607-339-6842 or

Looking for

2009 Ford Focus

employment

Hindinger Farm

Hamden, CT needs 3 temporary workers 4/15/2016 to 11/28/2016, work tools, supplies, equipment provided without cost to worker. Housing will be available without cost to workers who cannot reasonablty 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 work days during the contract period. $11.74 per hr. Applicants to apply contact CT Department of Labor at 860-263-6020. Or apply for the job at the nearest local office of the SWA. Job order #4750. May perform any combination of tasks related to the planting, cultivating, and processing of apples, pears, peaches, prunes, plums, and vegetables including, but not limited to driving, operating, thinning, spraying, irrigating, mowing, harvesting, grading and packing. May use hand tools such as shovel, pruning saw, and hoe. 1 months experience in duties listed required.

Ithaca Public Education

Initiative

(IPEI) seeks Executive Director to lead efforts to support excellence in teaching and learning in Ithaca City School District (fundraising, community engagement, operations, program and fiscal management, volunteer coordination) See details ipei.org/about

Meadow View Farm

Southwick, MA needs 8 temporary workers 3/21/2016 to 10/30/2016, 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 Franklin/ Hampshire Career Center, 178 Industrial Drive-Suite 1, Northampton, MA 01060 413-586-6506 or apply for the job at the nearest local office of the SWA. Job order #6813153. Plant cultivate and harvest various outdoor and horticultural crops such as but not limited to broadleaf tobacco, vegetables, and ornamental annuals and perennials. Must operate tractors, sprayers, transplanters, and other farm equipment. Greenhouse work includes plant, spray, weed, fertilize, and water plants, shrubs, and trees, using hand tools and gardening tools. Harvest plants, and transplant or pot and label them, repairing greenhouses. Greenhouse repair requires worker to carry 20-50 pounds up a ladder. Greenhouse work requires worker to prepare and load wood fired greenhouse boiler. These jobs are performed outdoors in all weather conditions. 1 month experience required in work listed. Workers would be using general purpose pesticides under supervision of licensed applicator.

Nantucket, MA needs 2 temporary workers 4/9/2016 to 10/30/2016, 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 workday. 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 Career Opportunities Hyannis, 508-771-5627, or apply for the job at the nearest local office of the SWA. Job order #6873648. Plant, cultivate and harvest various crops such as corn, tomatoes, greens, flowers, and squash. Use of hand tools such as shovels, hoes, pruning shears, knives, and ladders. Duties may include, tilling soil, applying fertilizer, transplanting, weeding, thinning, pruning, 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 conditions. Work is physically demanding requiring workers to bend, stoop, lift and carry up to 50 lbs on a frequent basis. Duties require working off the ground at heights up to 20â€™ using ladders or climbing. 1 month experience required in work listed. 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) PAID IN ADVANCE! Make $1000 A Week Mailing Brochures From Home. Helping home workers since 2001! Genuine Opportunity. No Experience Required. Start Immediately! www. ThelncomeHub.com (AAN CAN)

Substitutes

Southern Cayuga Schools is accepting applications for substitute school bus drivers, teacher aides cleaners, food service helpers, teachers. Please fill out and submit application at southerncayuga.org Call 315364-7211 with questions

Winding Brook Turf Farm

Wethersfield, CT needs 3 temporary workers 4/29/2016 to 12/20/2016, 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 to apply contact CT Department of Labor at 860-2636020 or apply for the job at the nearest local office of the SWA. Job order #6342. One months experience and working knowledge of the following areas and work unsupervised after directions. Operate tillage equipment, tractor style harvester and forklift. Operate, set up and take down irrigation equipment. Apply chemicals under supervision. Stack sod on pallets, repair pallets. Identify and report problems with equipment, verbally and in writing to shop. Perform simple maintenance. Drivers license is required.

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Get funding now for your small business - up to $2 million in as little as 2 days. Minimum 2 years in business. Call BFS Capital: 888-732-6298 or apply online www.bfscapital.com/nyp (NYSCAN)

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the place that’s right for you with Conifer.

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1040/Land for Sale

DONATE YOUR CAR

Hunting

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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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PIANOS

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(607) 272-6547 950 Danby Rd., Suite 26

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There is amazing unspoiled land just hours away. Where you’ll be surrounded by natural beauty, clean air and space; not condos, crowds or traffic. Located in Virginia just 3+ hrs from I-95 NJ/ DE line. 23 lots, 3 to 22 acres each, priced $60,000 to $98,000. All are near the shoreline, some w/ excellent water views. Paved roads, utilities, dock, boat ramp and beach. Low property taxes.

Call (757) 442-2171 or email: oceanlandtrust@yahoo.com

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Brick, Block, Concrete Work

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MANTRAS, MUDRAS & ME

John’s Tailor Shop

Workshop open to all levels Sunday, Apr. 10th * 12-2pm $30

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Spring Offer: Peaceful Spirit Tai Chi Pay for one month($50) and the second month is free Tuesday evenings, 7:30 to 8:30 Sunrise Yoga in downtown Ithaca 607-272-0114

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