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he Tompkins County Sheriff 's Office has gathered enough evidence to connect two sex crimes that occurred in October near the Finger Lakes Trail on Danby Road and on the Thayer Preserve Trail. The police had not previously confirmed a connection between the two assaults, although the suspect in both incidents had been described as a white man, 20-30 years old, between 5'6" and 5'8" with a stocky build. At the time of the incident, the suspect was wearing dark clothing and a ski mask. The first incident, which occurred on Oct. 14 in the 2600 block of Danby Road, was initially deemed forcible touching but then changed to a rape case. Two weeks later, on Oct. 28, a forcible touching incident was reported on the Thayer Preserve Trail on Sandy Bank Road. Tompkins County Sheriff Derek Osborne said the police have been able to recover DNA evidence from one of the two crime scenes and have sent it away for testing. "I am comfortable saying we have some potential DNA evidence on that," Osborne said, though it could take six months to a year to be tested and then compared to any DNA that is already in the state's database. If there's a match, Osborne said it could help solve both cases. The delay is due to the notorious backlog of DNA testing at the state level. "The two we had, we believe they're possibly related, for sure." A third sexual assault was announced by the Ithaca Police Department on Oct. 29, but to date there is still no indication it was related to the two previous ones being investigated by Tompkins County police. M att Butler

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Legendary rock and roll artist Bobby Comstock passes at 79

n Jan. 8, rock and roll legend Bobby Comstock passed away at 79 at his home in California. Comstock was known for leading the band Bobby Comstock and the Counts. He was born in Ithaca in 1941 before embarking on a career that saw extensive success in the late 1950s and early 1960s, peaking with hits like a rockabilly version of “Tennessee Waltz” and “Let’s Stomp” in 1963. Comstock’s son, Bobby Comstock, Jr., said he’d been suffering from cardiovascular disease for some time, though it had gotten worse in the last three weeks. Comstock, Sr. was also a diabetic, which had been affecting him as well. Com-

stock, Jr. held an online concert of his father’s music with trivia facts interspersed throughout. Some of the memories Comstock, Jr. recalls of his father was being a teenager traveling with the band. “When I was 16, 17, and 18 years old I was doing parts of the tours he was doing,” Comstock, Jr. said. “The oldies revival shows and the club dates and just being able to hang out backstage with people like Chuck Barry, Bo Diddley, The Coasters, The Shirelles, and all these acts that were his peers that I got to know as a result of touring with him. I actually celebrated my seventeenth birthday backstage with Chuck Barry in 1982. I played

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Bobby Comstock passed away last week after a life of musical success that started in Ithaca. (Photo provided)

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with him. I was a musician too so I played with a lot of those acts. So, there’s a lot of memories but to sum it up, just being on tour and doing the things we did when I was a kid. I was young like he was when he started and I got to see a taste of what it was all about for him when he got his start.” Comstock described his father as ‘a man who gave of himself to others. He said his father was a philanthropist, a bit of a showman, and could not be described in just one word. Services for Comstock will be held in the spring when it’s easier for people to travel to Ithaca safely and announcements will be made as the date draws near.

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and thank the community that travels in and out of the Ithaca Airport. Community members and people traveling through the airport can expect to receive free food, along with the chance to win several prizes such as airline vouchers and swag.

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IF YOU COULD DESIGN AND PROGRAM A ROBOT, WHAT’S THE FIRST THING YOU WOULD MAKE IT DO FOR YOU?

“Send it to class for me.” -Emily L.

“Make temporary clones of myself!” -Sarah F.

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IHS Code Red Robotics team starts prep for new competition “Do all my housework for me.” -Dwurte S.

“Print money (legally…) and go to work for us!” -Clarence M & Mackenzie T.

“Flip pancakes.” -Andrew & Jenny Q.

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he famed Code Red Robotics team from Ithaca High School is gearing up for the For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) Competition once again this year. The team is being led by Sara Xian with numerous other students working on elements of the robot such as design, strategy, programming, and construction of the bot to name a few. Each year, the team receives a game manual telling them what the competition will be and some of the other aspects that will help them figure out what their robot should look like. This year, the team has to design a robot that can do a pull-up to balance with another robot and be able to spin a color wheel, landing it on a specific color. During the first 15 seconds of the competition, though, the robot has to be autonomously powered to shoot balls through a hole in a scoreboard. The entire competition is Star Wars themed since it’s being sponsored by LucasFilm. “We look through the rules and everything to decide on the strategy that we want for the competitions,” Xian said. “After we decide on the strategy, we then decide on the different designs we’re going to have for different sub-systems. Right now, we’re prototyping different designs

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for each sub-system and we’re going to finalize that design tonight. For the rest of the build, we are going to be making individual parts and assembling everything together for that.” Though their robots are designed and built with the skill of a seasoned engineer, the team is only given six weeks to ensure their robot will be competition ready. According to the team’s treasurer, Albert Sun, the budget is $5,000 for the entire robot, though some of the funds are spent on prototyping and don’t end up part of the final product. The motors and electronics of the robot are often the most expensive items purchased for the robot unless they are purchased in bulk, Sun said. Students stay several hours after school to work on the robot to ensure things go smoothly. Xian said that for now things are a bit calmer, but are expected to get more hectic as the competition nears. The team receives additional help from mentors such as local engineers and technical experts who volunteer their time, like Kelly Brower, a technical support specialist at Cornell who’s been helping the team since 2005. He started when his son was on the team and just kept doing it because he enjoys working with students. Emma Hagen, the team’s drive coach

who has been a member throughout all four years she’s attended IHS, has found value in examining robots of past competitions, which can be used to create successful robots in the future. Often team members will reflect on how one sub-team worked well or how a certain material was cut to ensure no mistakes are repeated. An example of this, she said, is that both robots from 2017 and 2018 look alike due to using a similar forklift style mechanism that allows the robots to reach certain heights, an element the team wants to keep incorporating. “Our robots are not the smallest,” Hagen said, noting the 125 lb. weight limit for entries. “Some teams don’t have issues with that because they build very small and not very complex robots. We are not one of those teams. We kind of go all out and strength is a big issue. Strength is always an issue because we are slamming into other robots so frequently that we have to be strong as well as quick to get around defense and other robots that get in our way. It’s definitely difficult to stay under that weight with all of the electronics, the batteries and everything else in there that adds more weight.” Hagen added that the first 15 seconds, when the robot is piloted autonomously, are quite nerve-wracking since the team cannot intervene. She recalled times when robots would tip over, code would go wrong, or, in one instance, a robot tipped out of the arena and almost struck the judges. E dw i n J. Vi er a

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State ruled against IPD officer after Human Rights complaint in December

thaca Police Officer Christine Barksdale, who's at the center of the recent announcement by the City of Ithaca regarding a decade of "deeply troubling" investigatory failures in IPD's Investigations Division, filed a New York State Division of Human Rights (DHR) complaint early last year alleging discrimination by the city based on gender and race. Last month, DHR ruled against Barksdale, clearing the City of Ithaca, Ithaca Police Department and Deputy Chief John Joly of workplace wrongdoing. Barksdale was the subject of a press release last week that detailed inadequate investigations into a litany of crimes over the past several years by an investigator at IPD, later confirmed to be Barksdale. She was a highly decorated and respected officer, having joined the department in 1997 and, most publicly, received the J. Diann Sams Annual African-American History Month Recognition last February before Common Council. Sources have said around 200 cases under Barksdale are in question over the last 10 years, including about 80 cases dealing with sex crimes. The City of Ithaca also announced a batch of reforms to the department aimed at preventing a similar situation from occurring again. IPD Police Chief Dennis Nayor called the situation an "appalling failure," while Mayor Svante Myrick said he was "shocked and saddened." The DHR complaint was originally filed by Barksdale on June 14, 2019. According to the decision, obtained by the Ithaca Times through a Freedom of Information Law request, Barksdale alleged that a higher member of IPD, Lieutenant John Joly (who has since been promoted to Deputy Chief), was racist, misogynistic and had discriminated against Barksdale, a black woman, at work, creating a hostile work environment for her inside of IPD. Joly was placed in charge of the Criminal Investigations Division, where Barksdale worked, in March 2019. A decision was rendered by DHR on Dec. 10, 2019, which found no basis for Barksdale's complaint. The decision can be read in full with this story at Ithaca.com. "After investigation, and following opportunity to review of related information and evidence by the named parties, the Division has determined that there is NO PROBABLE CAUSE to believe that the respondents have engaged in or are engaging in the unlawful discriminatory practice complained of," the decision said.

"The investigation found no evidence to indicate that the Complainant was subject to unlawful discrimination on the basis of sex or race." As the Ithaca Times reported last week from sources, Barksdale is the only officer for whom termination is being considered as a result of the situation, though other officers are being punished internally for their role in not reporting the inadequate investigations. Barksdale was issued a termination notice, and now must either

accept the punishment or undergo arbitration. Ithaca Police Benevolent Association President Eric Doane previously told the Ithaca Times the union "will vigorously defend" its members and told CNY Central last week that the case backlog had less to do with Barksdale and more to do with the oft-claimed understaffing issues at the department. A request for follow-up comment from Doane has not yet been answered. DHR's findings went on to say that Barksdale had failed to show evidence of the far-reaching claims she made regarding unfair treatment by Joly. When reached last week, Barksdale said she had no comment on the ongoing situation. "Other than making conclusory allegations, Complainant failed to produce any evidence to support this claim," the decision reads. "Complainant's own subjective belief, absent further proof, is insufficient to support a finding of discrimination." Barksdale had based her complaint on four primary points, according to the decision: - That Joly had visited Barksdale's store (something she does outside of her police work) to ask her to come back to IPD for a work-related matter - the tone of his emails to Barksdale - Joly including then-Deputy Chief Dennis Nayor (now Chief) on an email to

Barksdale about a work directive - an email sent by Joly to the Investigations Division that Barksdale perceived as hostile because he told them they had to do follow-ups on "many of the cases that Investigator Barksdale failed to complete." The decision details that Barksdale felt alienated when her requests to be switched to Criminal Investigations Unit weren't fulfilled, and that she told Joly she no longer wanted to handle sex crime cases. DHR's investigation found that after that request, Barksdale acknowledged she wasn't given any more sex crime cases; the investigation also determined that she wasn't transferred to CIU because there weren't any openings (though Barksdale claims no openings were intentionally created to keep her out of CIU). There's also some semantics involved in another point of DHR's ruling: Barksdale claims that when she was served a counseling memo by Joly, that constituted an unfair discipline and that it was part of him targeting her for being a black woman. DHR ruled that a counseling memo, which in this case was meant to warn Barksdale that further violation of the IPD rules to "comply with all lawful orders" would be considered insubordination, did not constitute an actual disciplinary measure. Soon after, Barksdale was reassigned from the Investigations Division to patrol as a result of her sizable open case log, which DHR found as a reasonable and justified response, especially considering Barksdale did not lose title or salary, according to the decision. While the investigation basically fully exonerates the City of Ithaca, IPD and Joly of Barksdale's allegations, it's not entirely clean for all of them. Joly's participation in former IPD officer Chris Miller's lawsuit is mentioned as one of the primary reasons Barksdale thought of him as racist, since Joly testified in 2012 that he felt "minorities received more favorable treatment in the department," according to the decision. Miller filed his lawsuit against the city in 2010 alleging discrimination against himself due to being white; he was originally awarded $2 million, but that decision was then thrown out as excessive and in a follow-up case he was awarded almost $500,000 in 2015, though that case is now heading to its fourth retrial this year. Further, the decision notes that "it also became known that Lt. Joly may read/be involved in websites where other individuals were known to make racist comments," but that the investigation couldn't connect Joly's 2012 testimony to Barksdale's reassignment. Joly was recently promoted to Deputy Chief under Nayor. A request sent to Joly for comment on that portion of the investigation has not yet been returned.

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Thumbs Up - We can hope that the $200K donation given to New Roots Charter School, which was announced last week, will go to good use and that the money will be able to make some sort of positive impact for the school’s students. Considering the punishment handed down by the school’s state overseers, it’s a tough case to sell, but that kind of money can theoretically make a lot of problems go away.

Thumbs Down - There’s obviously a ton of troubling aspects to the story of IPD officer Christine Barksdale, but maybe most confounding of them all is: if what she’s being alleged to have been a part of is true, basically punting 200 or more cases over the past 10 years, how could she have been so highly decorated? Less than a year ago, she was given high praise and an award before Common Council. Seen - Unfortunate situation downtown as the Immaculate Conception food pantry will be closed for the foreseeable future after asbestos was discovered in the church’s basement. It’s a bad break for a place that does so much for the community, especially with the weather being as cold as it normally is during this time of year.

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Resolutions - Day 15

By D uc s on Ngu y e n, It h ac a C om mon C ou nc i l m e mbe r a n d TC AT B oa r d of D i r ect or s C h a i r y drive to work in New Jersey was extend the benefits of living in the City of Ithaca to as many people as possible. an enraging 40 minutes of stopOver the past decade we’ve seen a and-go traffic that often left me surge in interest in urban living across all too irritable to speak to coworkers in the demographics: empty nesters downsizmorning. In 2009 I got relief when my wife ing, young professionals living near work, and I moved to the Ithaca area, residing near the airport, where I was blessed with a students who want to experience Ithaca outside of the campus bubble, and all new commute that only took 7 minutes. sorts of people who want the benefits of a But it really wasn’t until a few years later when we moved to downtown Ithaca vibrant community. To accommodate those new residents, that our lives changed in a truly fundamake it safer for them to traverse the city, mental way: I could walk to work. Walkand promote sustainable lifestyles in that ing actually takes longer than driving from Dryden, but that little bit of exercise time, Ithaca and its partners have made and fresh air is a more invigorating way to significant improvements to biking and pedestrian infrastructure including: start my work day than sitting in a car. I - developing a sidewalk program that also felt better connected to my neighbors has repaired, replaced, and constructed as I varied my routes to explore different over a dozen miles of sidewalk streets. - adding new bike lanes When I started serving on Common - creating a bicycle boulevard network Council and the TCAT Board of Direcon less-crowded, traffic-calmed streets tors, the time it took for me to walk - traffic calming throughout the city in between home, work, City Hall, and all the form of speed humps, stop signs, and, the other places I had to go for meetnarrowed/reduced lanes ings got me to start cycling, which then - curb ramps improved with bumpquickly turned from a practical timeouts and ADA-compliant tactile pavers; saver to a fun way to exercise and explore Tompkins County. This transformative continued on page 7 experience is what drives me to work to

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Switch to a Plant-based Diet For breakfast on New Year’s Day, I had plain oatmeal, sweet potato toast (it’s a thing), locally-sourced pine nuts and an apple. I was feeling pretty good about the resolution and myself until I realized that either Cap’n Crunch was crowded into my breakfast nook with me or I was hallucinating due to the stress of such a complete dietary shift. I modified the resolution to the more realistic “eat only processed foods that I don’t pay for.” Unfortunately, I failed to factor in just how easy it is to shoplift pop tarts from the Byrne Dairy on the corner of Buffalo and Meadow Streets. Two weeks in, my diet is worse, because I’m focused on trying to quit committing petty larceny. Status: slow start Stop Texting So Much I knew I’d need to ease into this one, so the plan was to text only when in the car. There’s only so much texting one can do with one hand on the wheel and the other holding a pop tart. Sadly, we’ll never know if that was a good plan, since I drove my car into the front window of Bella Pizza last week. Totally not my fault, but since then, I’ve been texting more than ever, mostly to my lawyer. Status: on hold due to bad luck Lose Fifteen Pounds The good news about trashing my vehicle is that now I have to walk everywhere, regardless of weather. It’s just a matter of time before those love handles are a fading memory. Perversely, though, I’ve gained a couple pounds since the beginning of the year, which I attribute to nervous snacking while awaiting trial. Status: it’s still early Look Up From My Phone for 30 Seconds Every Hour So far, this one’s been the most fun. I haven’t yet been able to swing that type of frequency (baby steps), but when I do look up, it’s often a bracing surprise to see where I am and what’s happening. Thirty seconds is way longer than you think, by the way. Status: keep trying Learn One New Thing Every Day I don’t know about every day, but I did learn how to spell “Soleimani,” the word “Megxit” and that Disney Plus is even worse than I thought it was going to be. Maybe one new thing a week is more realistic. Status: still active, as amended Pay One Compliment to a Stranger Every Day This was overly-ambitious, and fraught with pitfalls. First, I didn’t get started until last week. Talking to strangers is way out of my comfort zone. Then, when I saw an appropriate target—a gentleman with a MAGA hat—I said, “I really admire how you boldly stick by our president, no matter how stupid it makes you look.” Lesson: some people just can’t accept a few kind words in the spirit in which they’re offered. Might try again next year. Status: resolution abandoned Be Less Sarcastic Yeah, like that’s ever going to happen. Status: mission aborted, January 1

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mid-block crosswalks with lit signals - doubling the street crews for improved road maintenance - paths such as the Cayuga Waterfront and Black Diamond trails - bringing bike share to the region - adopting the global “Vision Zero” effort to design transportation infrastructure with zero deaths or serious injuries We have a lot more to do in the next 10 years. Residents and in-commuters alike benefit from the reduction in congestion and greater equity a robust transit system can provide, but commuters are only willing to rely on buses if the routes are convenient, service is reliable, and the schedule meets their needs. The next 10 years will see an expansion of service, a pilot of an on-demand feeder service to bring people to bus stops, the creation of park and ride locations, and a transition to a fully-electric fleet. The Board of Directors closed out this decade by identifying the airport as TCAT’s best choice for relocation and expansion and we hope to see that vision realized in the 2020s. Pedestrians and cyclists benefit from safe spaces, but we don’t need to completely separate cars from other modes of transportation to provide safe travel. An early 20th century photograph from The History Center in Tompkins County’s archives shows a section of East State Street (now The Commons) being shared by pedestrians, bicyclists, horse-drawn carriages, automobiles, and street cars. This road is safer for everyone and a tightly knit part of the city rather than a thoroughfare for passing through. In the Netherlands this kind of shared

space is called a woonerf, and simple legislative changes can help us “Woonerf Ithaca” and make what was old new again. Ithaca is currently lobbying the state to let us set a citywide speed limit of 25 miles per hour, but going further down to 15 mph in most of the city (certainly the densest parts) would ensure that collisions produce relatively minor injuries. The risk of injury and death rises significantly beyond that. It also happens to be a reasonable cruising speed for bicycles and scooters, where users feel like they can keep up with traffic, making these modes feel more accessible. We now take jaywalking laws for granted, but they’re a product of a concerted effort in the 1920s by automobile manufacturers working to prioritize cars’ use of the streets. We should remove these laws from city code to put the onus of safety on motor vehicle operators rather than pedestrians. Many of those drivers still need a place to store their cars, and I hope in the next decade that the price of parking will reflect its actual cost. City taxpayers currently subsidize parking, mostly utilized by non-residents, to the tune of $800,000 per year. Technology that tracks usage in real-time will allow the city to adjust fees to match demand, encouraging turnover so shoppers can get parking when they need it. Residential parking permits, which require a long and complicated process of authorization through the state legislature, will ensure that commuters don’t dominate the on-street parking that residents rely on. Business as usual won’t get us through the climate and economic inequality crises we’re facing. Transportation has an important role to play in helping address those concerns while also delivering greater safety and a higher quality of life.

at events; always encouraging people. I'd have to say look into the matter more closely. In all honesty, Ms. Barksdale is a Great cop. Wonder what former Chief Barber has to say, he can vouch for Detective Barksdale. Gordon Franklin Terry Sr., via Facebook

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In response to “Winter Market moves to Triphammer Marketplace”

YOUR LETTERS A glaring omission for Dryden

aving an interest in history, I have ran across numerous past articles about your fine village and have also viewed the Investigation Discovery documentary (whose title I wont name) about some darker days in your area. Though it can be easy to get caught up in the sensationalism of such things, my attention was drawn to something very positive in that series. That being, the fantastic dedication & coordination of law enforcement officials that worked together to solve ALL of those unfortunate events. How such a glaring omission could not have been mention by The Discovery Channel is truly shocking. Sometimes we need to focus on the positive side of things. And when we do, we can find a true blessing! Johnny Reason Muncie, IN

So excited for this! Can’t wait to go. Maria Barrero, via Facebook I hope it draws more people and food vendors. Danny Bowers, via Facebook

In response to “Elm Street closed due to sewer storm collapse” Nightmare on Elm Street. Brian Mayer, via Facebook Sure is a nice fountain though! Agnes Beck, via Facebook

In response to “What’s next for Cayuga Power Plant?” This is good news. Would that the Town or other authority had exercised such foresight and caution with Cargill. Tom Vawter, via Ithaca.com

In response to “Tompkins Giant No. 1 sculpture fails to pass at Common Council”

pile of trash over historical lore and actual tourist interest. Is exactly the decision I expected from Ithaca. Audry Anna Olsen, via Facebook I definitely prefer the Giant. Much more interesting. Shaianne Osterreich, via Facebook I love that thing. Rosemary Butler, via Facebook Greetings. The metal man is hideous enough, glad it failed. But the other one is far worse, looks like something cobbled together from pieces of car wrecks. I suppose it's a statement of some sort, but is that what we need? Humans=trash? Pete Bee, Danby, NY via Ithaca.com If the park has to have a focal point, how about a patch of interesting landscaping with trees and rocks? KnittyCat via Ithaca.com

In response to “State ruled against IPD officer after Human Rights complaint in December” Any excuse to justify incompetence. I'm sure all of the victims of the cases she neglected to investigate would agree. Jerry Dennis, via Facebook D uc s on Ngu y e n, It h ac a C om mon C ou nc i l m e m be r a n d TC AT B oa r d of D i r ect or s C h a i r

It's a hard spot to walk to for so many. I hope it's somewhere downtown next year! Daniel Keough, via Facebook

Isn't she a Detective? Detective Barksdale; she's always been a tremendous support in the Ithaca community, appearing Ja n ua ry

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Correction This may seem like a small note, but in our Jan. 8 issue, the Ithaca Times incorrectly stated that a property deal involving two downtown apartment buildings, the Lofts at Six Mile Creek and Cayuga Place Apartments, was filed with the Tompkins County Courthouse. Property deals are filed with the Tompkins County Clerk, whose office is located in the County Courthouse, but is a separate entity.

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To m p k i n s C o u n t y D i s t r i c t At t o r n e y M at t Va n H o u t e n , a n d h i s c o u n t e r pa r t s i n o t h e r c o u n t i e s , c o u l d fac e t h e b ru n t o f l o c a l c r i t i c i s m i f b a i l r e f o r m g o e s a m i s s . ( P h o t o b y C a s e y M a r t i n)

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he new decade brought with it one of the most significant changes to the New York State criminal justice system in recent memory with the official enactment of far-reaching bail reforms that had been approved in Spring 2019. Ending or limiting cash bail has been a popular topic of debate since the death of Kalief Browder, a New York City man held for three years, from the age of 17-20, in Rikers Island jail pre-trial because he couldn’t afford his bail. Browder was eventually released when the case against him proved untenable for prosecutors, but he took his own life two years after being released, widely thought of as a result of the abuse he suffered inside the jail. Browder’s story has become a rallying cry for those demonstrating the damaging effect cash bail has, most deeply on the impoverished and, as with most of the criminal justice system, on minorities in particular. It was with that case in mind that New York State legislators approved bail reforms last year. The reforms eliminated cash bail for a litany of misdemeanors and low-level felonies, along with implementing changes to the arrest and trial process, like reducing times for prosecutors to turn over discovery evidence to defense attorneys (which is now 15 days after arraignment, necessitating a strong investigation by police to be sure of charges, and quick communication between prosecutors and law enforcement officers). New York’s bail reforms, which come after several other states have either enacted their own reforms or kickstarted reviews to do so, differ in one crucial aspect, in that they go so far as to disallow judges from considering a threat to public safety as a criteria for ordering bail. There are, certainly, ways around that for judges, like considering a person’s prior criminal history, but at least nominally whether or not a person poses a public safety risk is not to be considered. The reforms allowed for bail implementation in cases of violent felonies, sex crimes, some domestic violence cases, etc. Critics of the law have seized on any and all opportunities to undermine it during its nascent stage, charging that it grants freedom to dangerous individuals and risks additional crime. Progressive Democratic candidates Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders have even weighed in, both supporting the law since it went into effect at the start of the year. Both called on New York State officials to hold the line and remain committed to the reforms. That was after New

York Attorney General Letitia James, who had previously expressed concern over the laws, said she thought lawmakers and Governor Andrew Cuomo should revisit the law, although she wouldn’t get into specifics. Cuomo himself has even signaled a willingness to revisit the reforms, although when he introduced his version of the bill, he wanted to allow judges to sentence people to “preventative detention” in the interest of public safety, but that was defeated. “I'm not going to negotiate in public,” James told the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. “Safety should be the first priority.” Closer to home, Seneca Falls Police Chief Stuart Peenstra stated that he is “disgusted” with the bail reforms. In Tompkins County, far more politically progressive than its neighbor to the north, the issue has not yet been as controversial, though that doesn’t mean the policy is free of detractors. Tompkins County District Attorney Matt Van Houten, certainly considered a progressive as far as law enforcement figures can be, can best be described as lukewarm on the bill. The ideology behind it, he said, is good and would benefit the vulnerable communities that have so long been treated poorly by the criminal justice system. Yet, he balances that optimism with apprehension over the reduction of judicial discretion and what he views as a risk to public safety. Van Houten said it’s been his office’s policy since being sworn in in 2017 to advocate for presumptive release for nonviolent offenses and property crimes; put more generally, for offenses that don’t appear to pose any risk to the community. “That’s not fair, that someone with means can post bail and someone who doesn’t have means, for the same offense, has to sit in jail,” Van Houten said. “That ruins people’s lives, it ruins families, you can lose your job if you miss one shift. That’s something that, philosophically, I agree with 100 percent. What becomes a problem is when you take away a judge’s discretion, and when the new bail reform places public safety at risk.” Van Houten’s maintains that he agrees wholeheartedly with the philosophy behind the reforms, but worries about the extent of the new laws and some of the limitations they place, both on his office and on judges. He also expressed distress that the District Attorneys Association of New York was not involved in or consulted about the formulation of the plan. Talking a week after the reforms kicked in officially, Van Houten said there have

been 6-8 cases already in which he normally would have liked to see bail in place, but which now didn’t meet bail criteria. That included an assault of an elderly person, a domestic violence case (which is eligible for bail, but judges must go through the least restrictive means process to get to bail), a robbery and a misdemeanor case of endangering the welfare of a child. “Least restrictive,” in this context, means judges must choose the least restrictive measures that will still do what bail is theoretically supposed to do, which is ensure that someone accused of a crime shows up to their subsequent court appearances. “In other words, they have to first consider release, then consider calling into probation, then consider going to probation once or twice a week, then consider adding specific conditions like counseling, an order of protection, domestic violence related services, and if the person is doing those things and showing up to court, then bail is off the table,” Van Houten said. “But each case, you have to go on record showing you considered those things before you go up the ladder and get to the point where you can set bail.” The advocacy community has been much more vocal in their support for the reforms, asserting that bail encourages the detainment of people who have not yet been convicted of any crime but can’t afford to get out, something that seems fundamentally wrong in a country that, at least nominally, operates under a “beyond a reasonable doubt” standard of guilt. That’s particularly true when it comes to the minority community. “There’s this presumption of guilt when we’re supposed to have a presumption of innocence,” said Anita Peebles, a senior client service worker at Opportunities, Alternatives and Resources (OAR) of Tompkins County. “Some of those folks get their charges dropped, some of them are found innocent. So to have people waiting in jail when they haven’t been convicted, we see as unfair. People take the position of dangerous criminals are being released, but the reality is that the wealthy have been released on bail for years, and we see the bail reform as a way to start equalizing the justice system.” OAR has begun to see changes over the last few months, with Peebles noting that City of Ithaca judges had already adjusted their rulings to fall closer in line with the reforms that went into effect with the new year. Since then, Peebles said, their monitoring of the jail population shows that it has remained mostly around 40 people, Ja n ua ry

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down from the previous norms of around 60 or 70. Van Houten also mentioned that Tompkins County had started bail reviews in December in advance of the new rules coming into effect, and that had resulted in the release of about six people who had been detained while awaiting trial. Peebles and Nadie Phoenix, another client service worker, both said that so far, they haven’t seen much of a change in their day-to-day operations as a result of the bail reforms, although they do expect to eventually, particularly when it comes to the transportation programs they provide, designed to help their clients arrive at their scheduled court dates on time. Irene Flores, who works for Legal Assistance of Western New York after over a decade as a defense attorney in Syracuse, said the new reforms would likely lighten the load on defense attorneys, who will be able to work on more significant aspects of their clients’ cases instead of having to prepare for a bail hearing. “You don’t know how much time I wasted trying to get bail reduced on a crime that really didn’t merit all the work that I did,” Flores said. “Right now there’s a hysteria in the community about ‘Oh my gosh, there will be so many dangerous people set free,’” Flores said. “I think it’s a knee-jerk reaction that the AG is having to the reform law [...] In the end, I think it makes the system more fair, especially for people who are of a certain racial group, in Syracuse there are a lot of African Americans and Hispanics who are jailed because they could not afford bail.” Whatever the extra costs amassed by municipalities that have to hire more people for pre-trial services, Flores said she believes that will be outweighed by cost reductions from not having to house inmates in jail who can’t afford bail, or who have to wait for their bail money to be raised by friends or family. Frustratingly, though, Tompkins County can only watch as the state appears poised to continue a see-saw battle between its criminal justice system and its legislative bodies. “I’ve really tried not to fearmonger here, because for the most part, this is not a bad thing,” Van Houten said. “It was put together poorly, and that’s been frustrating. But if we can tweak it, to prevent some of the potential for abuse that has happened in other communities, I think that’s a good thing. We don’t want anyone to be treated differently in the criminal justice system because of their financial means.”

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fter several meetings, a public information session, and hours of work the Planning and Economic Development Committee (PEDC) will once again be voting on whether to send the new infill guidelines onto Common Council. At the previous meeting on the topic, PEDC members were seemingly caught off-guard after receiving changes to the law from the Tompkins County Department of Planning and Sustainability. Those changes included eliminating the detached ADUs lot coverage requirement and removing language regarding a restriction of the number of primary structures. Once the legislation passes, this will allow the city to better regulate the types of ADU’s being built, their purpose, and who owns them. Under the New York State General Municipal Law 239, unless the modifications were passed as submitted by the City, the committee would be forced to vote by a super-majority. A super-majority, in this case, would mean a majority plus one, so seven Common Councilors would have to vote in favor of the measure for it to pass. The guidelines will be coming back before the Planning and Economic Development Committee at their meeting on Jan. 22 for a vote to send them to the Common Council. Over 30 people, comprised of residents, municipal officials, and local developers spoke during the public hearing at the PEDC’s December meeting to give their thoughts regarding the proposed legislation on ADUs. Those who did speak were divided on whether to allow for an owner-occupancy requirement, which would mean and whether or not the 35 percent contiguous greenspace requirement was worthwhile. Herbert Dwyer, a Belle Sherman resident (who wrote an op-ed on the topic), began his public comment by saying his house has become more of a prison than anything. As he and his wife expand their family, they are looking for a new home and in the process have found that people are less interested in buying their property due to the owner-occupancy requirement, as they’ve tried to sell it since 2014. “We listed the home for sale and, with three offers received, we were confident it would sell,” he said. “All three buyers were just like me, almost 10 years earlier, young professionals who were looking to buy an affordable home to enable them to live, work, and play in Ithaca. However, all three buyers rescinded their offers for the exact same reason: there was just too much risk and uncertainty in owning a home where they would become hostages

of their own home. Totally devastated, with a baby on the way, we were forced to take our home off the market and nest in place.” On the other hand, South Hill resident John Graves has expressed concerns that lack of an owner occupancy requirement could turn South Hill into what some residents call a “Red Solo Cup district,” where there are only a few homeowners and mostly college students renting homes with absentee landlords. He said the guidelines the city is trying to implement are somewhat ineffective because this isn’t an issue where a one-size fits all legislation solves the problem for all parts of the city, particularly those that are more popular for student renters, like South Hill. “South Hill needs a neighborhood plan with a housing policy that will encourage home ownership and does not pit home buyers against absentee landlords,” Graves said. “The biggest concern with this scenario has been and will be the loss of affordable housing for permanent residents on South Hill. The proposed ADU legislation as a one-size-fits-all threatens to continue this troubling trend on South Hill and is the reason why South Hill residents are asking PEDC for an owner occupancy requirement. ADUs would be welcome on South Hill if they are built on owner occupied properties.” Another point that has been stressed several times during the debate is whether or not ADUs can serve as a means of adding more affordable housing stock to Ithaca. Jonathan Greene, a member of the City’s Board of Public Works, said he’s found that calling that housing “affordable” can be deceiving if it’s simply rented at market rate, though allowing ADUs would have an impact in that it would increase the housing supply. Greene spoke with several residents of the Belle Sherman neighborhood to see what the market rents are. “I have heard that market rents currently range from $1000 to $3000 per month,”Greene said. “If owner occupancy requirements are eliminated, then I could likely rent my house on Mitchell Street at $3,000 to $5,000 a month. The high end of this range would be if I added an accessory dwelling unit to the property and rented both the primary and secondary units. In this scenario, which would be allowable under the proposed zoning changes, my home’s fair market value would be tied to upwards of $60,000 in gross income per year. This suggests that my house’s market value would exceed $500,000, versus the current value of $315,000 according to Zillow.” E dw i n J. Vi er a

The Ithaca Karate Harmony with Nature School’s demonstration at last year's Ithaca Festival. (photo by Steve Lawrence) sports

Harmony with Nature

Kathleen Garrity’s decades of karate leadership By Ste ve L aw re nc e

ast summer, while viewing a karate demonstration at the Ithaca Festival, I saw that the presenting group was from the Ithaca Karate Harmony with Nature School, and I recalled that I had done a feature a number of years ago about Kathleen Garrity, the school’s founder. I saw Kathleen not long afterward, and we reminisced about that story and we talked about the fact than many hundreds of students have since taken part in Kathleen’s classes and camps, and when I checked her website soon thereafter, I was impressed to learn that she has actually been teaching karate for 42 years, as she worked with regional legend Hidy Ochai for 15 years and opened her own school 27 years ago. I wondered how one can stay engaged for so long. Then, I saw this statement: “Kathleen Garrity teaches to learn, and has learned much with her students about respect and patience, form and energy.” I asked Kathleen about that ongoing love of learning, and about her trips to China and Okinawa to expand and refine her craft, and she said, “Yes, I am continually learning, otherwise I wouldn’t be doing it anymore. It feels very new, all the time.” She pointed out that many of her teachers have traveled to the U.S., and that

she “has had the opportunity to learn from them here as well.” I noticed that the word “respect”

emerged often across Garrity’s teaching platforms (she has also taught “The Power of Respect” at Cornell for many years), and she offered, “Self-defense philosophy stresses courtesy, we bow to one another, and we balance respect of self and others.” She added, “In training together, we learn from each other and find that special spark of brilliance.” She paused, and assured me, “It’s there… you gotta find it! We teach that our ‘center’ is in our lower abdomen, and by staying in your center you can find it.” Kathleen values and fosters “the diversity of people” at her school (which holds its classes at the EAC Montessori School of Ithaca, on King Road), and she says “We have beginners and advanced, kids and adults, and some have been studying with me for 30 years,” and she points out that the classes are designed to incorporate such integration and inclusivity. I asked Kathleen to tell me more about Quigong—which is described on the website as an “energy practice”—and her answer conveyed how the “Harmony With Nature” piece found its way into her school’s name. She told me, “Quigong is an internal energy practice that is an

ancestor of karate. Some katas have nature themes—like ‘wind through the pines,’ or ‘flowing water.’ We hear our breathing as wind flowing, and we feel our body as rooted like a tree, and we bring that internal power to our external practice.” I asked Garrity if she believes that learning to focus and center ourselves is increasingly important in a time when it seems our attention spans shrink before our eyes as the world swirls around us and divisiveness rears its head with greater frequency and intensity. She replied, “The karate mind addresses the way we think, feel and act. Our practice begins and ends with courtesy.” ● ● ●

Four years ago, I wrote a story about Ithaca native Cheyenne Reynolds and her contribution to Clemson’s national championship. Cheyenne was, at that time, a Graduate Assistant Athletic Trainer, and on Monday of this week, she was back on the Tigers’ sideline, this time as a full-time employee and an Assistant Trainer. The Tigers lost the game this time, but seeing Cheyenne in the Big Time was great. Her mom, (local veterinarian) Anne Shakespeare, her aunt (local therapist) Leslie and her uncle (local legend) Earl were in the stands, and while it would have been nice to see Clemson win another title, LSU was a bit more deserving this year. I was one of Cheyenne’s babysitters when she was a wee one, and seeing her in hi-def on ESPN is pretty cool too. ● ● ●

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I HAVE A DREAM

Delivered by Martin Luther King, Jr., at the Lincoln Memorial on August 28, 1963, in the March on Washington D.C. for Civil Rights

Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand, signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice. It came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of captivity. But one hundred years later, we must face the tragic fact that the Negro is still not free. One hundred years later, the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination. One hundred years later, the Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity. One hundred years later, the Negro is still languished in the corners of American society and finds himself an exile in his own land. So we have come here today to dramatize an appalling condition. In a sense we have come to our nation’s Capital to cash a check. When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir. This note was a promise that all men would be guaranteed the unalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. It is obvious today that America has defaulted on their promissory note insofar as her citizens of color are concerned. Instead of honoring this sacred obligation, America has given the Negro people a bad check, a check which has come back marked “insufficient funds.” But we refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt. We refuse to believe that there are insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity of this nation. So we have come to cash this check — a check that will give us upon demand the riches of freedom and the security of justice. We have also come to this hallowed spot to remind America of the fierce urgency of now. This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism. Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice. Now is the time to open the doors of opportunity to all of God’s children. Now is the time to lift our nation from the quicksands of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood. It would be fatal for the nation to overlook the urgency of the moment and to underestimate the determination of the Negro. This sweltering summer of the Negro’s legitimate discontent will not pass until there is an invigorating autumn of freedom and equality. 1963 is not an end, but a beginning. Those who hope that the Negro needed to blow off steam and will now be content will have a rude awakening if the nation returns to business as usual. There will be neither rest nor tranquility in America until the Negro is granted his citizenship rights. The whirlwinds of revolt will continue to shake the foundations of our nation until the bright day of justice emerges. But there is something that I must say to my people who stand on the warm threshold which leads into the palace of justice. In the process of gaining our rightful place we must not be guilty of wrongful deeds. Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred. We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline. We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into physical violence. Again and again we must rise to the majestic heights of meeting physical force with soul force. The marvelous new militancy which has engulfed the Negro community must not lead us to a distrust of all white people, for many of our white brothers, as evidenced by their presence here today, have come to realize that their destiny is tied up with our destiny and their freedom is inextricably bound to our freedom. We cannot walk alone. And as we walk, we must make the pledge that we shall march ahead. We cannot turn back. There are those who are asking the devotees of civil rights, “When will you be satisfied?” We can never be satisfied as long as the Negro is the victim of the unspeakable horrors of police brutality. We can never be satisfied as long as our bodies, heavy with the fatigue of travel, cannot gain lodging in the motels of the highways and the hotels of the cities. We cannot be satisfied as long as the Negro’s basic mobility is from a smaller ghetto to a larger one. We can never be satisfied as long as a Negro in Mississippi cannot vote and a Negro in New York believes he has nothing for which to vote. No, no, we are not satisfied, and we will not be satisfied until justice rolls down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream. I am not unmindful that some of you have come here out of great trials

and tribulations. Some of you have come fresh from narrow jail cells. Some of you have come from areas where your quest for freedom left you battered by the storms of persecution and staggered by the winds of police brutality. You have been the veterans of creative suffering. Continue to work with the faith that unearned suffering is redemptive. Go back to Mississippi, go back to Alabama, go back to South Carolina, go back to Georgia, go back to Louisiana, go back to the slums and ghettos of our northern cities, knowing that somehow this situation can and will be changed. Let us not wallow in the valley of despair. I say to you today, my friends, that in spite of the difficulties and frustrations of the moment I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream. I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: “We hold these truths to be self-evident; that all men are created equal.” I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slaveowners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood., I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a desert state sweltering with the heat of injustice and oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice. I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. I have a dream today. I have a dream that one day the state of Alabama, whose governor’s lips are presently dripping with the words of interposition and nullification, will be transformed into a situation where little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls and walk together as sisters and brothers. I have a dream today. I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plains, and the crooked places will be made straight, and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together. This is our hope. This is the faith with which I return to the South. With this faith we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope. With this faith we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood. With this faith we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for freedom together, knowing that we will be free one day. This will be the day when all of God’s children will be able to sing with new meaning My country, ‘tis of thee, Sweet land of liberty, Of thee I sing: Land where my fathers died, Land of the pilgrims’ pride, From every mountain-side Let freedom ring. And if America is to be a great nation this must become true. So let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire. Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York. Let freedom ring from the heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania! Let freedom ring from the snowcapped Rockies of Colorado! Let freedom ring from the curvacious peaks of California! But not only that; let freedom ring from Stone Mountain of Georgia! Let freedom ring from Lookout Mountain of Tennessee! Let freedom ring from every hill and molehill of Mississippi. From every mountainside, let freedom ring. When we let freedom ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God’s children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual, “Free at last, free at last, thank God almighty, we are free at last.”

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reensky Bluegrass brings their high energy, rock ‘n’ roll approach to the bluegrass genre at the State Theatre on Jan. 22 at 8 p.m. The Ithaca Times spoke to Greensky Bluegrass’ lead vocalist, mandolin player and main songwriter, Paul Hoffman, about learning for fun and free beer, mandolin wizard David Grisman and why the band doesn’t consider itself “old-timey” in the least. Ithaca Times: You guys have been together for just about 20 years. Paul Hoffman: Almost, yeah. Pretty informally for the first four or five [years], but yeah, a couple of us have been playing that long. IT: I don’t think I’ve ever interviewed a mandolin player before. PH: I played the guitar since I was 12.

When I was 18, I saw David Grisman play the mandolin, thought it’d be fun, so I bought one. I met the other guys shortly thereafter, and had an applicable reason to be playing the mandolin, guys to do it with. We just kind of learned together, just for fun and free beer, and here we are, 20 years later. IT: I was just watching “Eat My Dust,” which has a great score by David Grisman. PH: We play that song every once in a while. Yeah, David Grisman changed my life in a lot of ways. IT: I know you hear this all the time, but there’s just so much kinetic energy and eye contact when you guys play which make you distinctive from all other bluegrass groups. PH: Yup, it very much is. Not old-timey at all. I mean, we can play traditional bluegrass instruments in a normal line-up kind of way, but our influences and attitudes about music are pretty clearly across the board: all sorts of things that aren’t bluegrass too. IT: Anything that bluegrass fans might not expect?

PH: [laughs] You know, I don’t know if they wouldn’t expect it, but if they were unfamiliar with the band, they expect to see something kinda old-timey. They’re thinking bluegrass is a lot of kids and players, people who grew up in bluegrass and went to bluegrass festivals. Maybe they started playing the fiddle or the mandolin when they were eight, or six. That’s just not us. We all became interested in bluegrass when we were already playing rock n’ roll music for the most part on different other instruments. So we’re Grateful Dead fans, and Phish fans and Beatles fans. Y’know, we love Flatt and Scruggs and Bill Monroe. We were learning how to play bluegrass right, as if there’s a right and a wrong way, just making it our own and unique to ourselves and our own creativity. It’s shifted us to where we are now. Our live show is really rock n’ roll, and our studio albums maybe fall a little less, because it’s not a light show and big long jams and stuff. It’s a bit more refined, so the songwriting is somewhere between acoustic bluegrass and rock n’ roll, but when we get onstage and we’re having fun and playing a three-hour show, we are by all means a rock n’ roll band in attitude, music…all things.

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Ambition on Display Terry Plater’s adventurous display at CAP By Ar thur W hit m an

ainting convincingly on canvas requires a skill and sensitivity unusual today. Photography, drawing, illustration, mixed-media, and digital imagery appear more accessible— perhaps more “relevant”—to Ithaca’s artists and to our broader local culture. Our love of amateurism, while welcoming and fun, can be seen to limit painters of greater ambition, who lack for serious recognition. We ought to cherish those that have taken their ambitions somewhere. Terry Plater is one such local artist. Her January exhibit at the Community Arts Partnership’s ArtSpace—since CAP’s move last year, also known as the Ithaca College Gallery—centers on a series of landscape paintings based on her travels of last year. Since 2014, the artist has led an annual artists’ retreat to France, typically taking in Paris as well as the countryside. These memorable, memorial oils capture her journey as well as her vivid imagination and rich sense of color. “Moving Pictures” also features a group of photographs,

focusing on the country’s historical architecture, as well as a handful of preparatory works. All of her pieces are presented without title. One thing often missing in the local painting of the coffee shops and open-entry group shows is a sense of art’s history. Plater’s canvases display an acquaintance, not only with the rural French landscape of today, but with 19th century

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French painting traditions: from Corot to the Post-Impressionists. Still, this is a strikingly contemporary traditionalism. Plater’s paintings here derive from travel photographs, often taken from train windows. But they are far from mere transcriptions or souvenirs. Rather, they embody a sense of movement and tactile depth that is deeply felt and compelling. As she writes in a statement, they “emphasize the act of travel as passing through”— an act that is physical, emotional, and personal as well as imbued with cultural memory. “Haunting” is an overused adjective for describing artworks. But the ghostly electrical wires that crown her centrally hung panoramic diptych invite a distinctive sense of melancholy and wistfulness. Fading in and out of view like wavering dashes, these dark stripes cover the whole top half—bridging the two canvases—and covering the cloudy sky, with its dirty orange-pink, lucent purple, and gray. To the far right, spectral towers suggest wires going off into the distance at an oblique angle. The ground below is oddly lit, with a bright ochre-y patch in middle distance sandwiched between shadowy areas of mottled dark green and brown. Archetypal houses or barns punctuate the horizon, while a more contemporary looking structure with a white sawtooth roof spreads out from the rightmost edge. As if before or after a storm, the scene’s light and atmosphere are evasive—as is the viewer’s implied position. Plater’s singular canvases are also rich: reveling in subtle nuances of atmosphere

and color and playing the grandeur and solidity of her depicted settings off against the tentative assurances of her brush. Her most compelling photographs here capture impressions of churches and other traditional French architecture. I was distracted by the limited (sometimes very limited) resolution of the pictures. Still, they convey a distinctly personal response to the cultural traditions these structures represent—one devoid of the sentimentality of familiar media images. Two framed watercolors have been mounted on the walls of the gallery while two small Plexi cases have been filled with oil and watercolor sketches and studio ephemera. The larger framed sheet is particularly striking, with its wiry black lines marking out a row of piers on what appears to be dried out land in front of a panoramic expanse of water. This “process” aspect of the show could have been pushed further. Particularly given the expanded size of the new CAP gallery, a larger selection of small or preparatory works could have been given their own area of the room. (Perhaps they could have been hung tightly, in contrast to the generous spacing given to Plater’s finished canvases.) This really is a moving show: one that reaffirms a sense of what ambitious, learned painting can be and do. It deserves our close, fully engaged attention. Plater will be giving a free artist’s talk at the gallery on January 24th, starting at 5:30 p.m. “Moving Pictures” will remain on view through February 2nd.

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Pair of local shows display Yen Ospina’s digital work By Ar thur W hitm an

igital imagery and illustration have an odd place in Ithaca’s mainstream gallery culture. While digital photography is omnipresent, pictures rendered or composed directly on a computer remain on the margins of what might be considered fine art or gallery art. As for illustration—work designed to accompany a story or product and typically done for reproduction—it has long occupied a world apart. While both can be seen occasionally in our formal galleries, such talent needs other formats and venues. Self-taught local illustrator Yen Ospina currently has two small but compelling shows in town. Sacred Root Kava Lounge & Tea Bar at 103 S. Geneva St. in Ithaca, whichfeatures a set of her “Goddesses” while Attuned.Life Massage and Wellness (call ahead, 225 S. Fulton St. in Ithaca) is showing her “Fantasy World.” Both run One in a series of Yen Ospina’s textile works displaying colorful portraits of women. (Photo provided)

through the end of the month. Her work can also be seen at Mimi’s Attic, where she works as a “furniture enthusiast.” It can perhaps best be viewed on her website: https://yenospina.carbonmade.com. Ospina’s work might be characterized as “alternative” by virtue of its style and imagery, as well as the settings in which it might be found. It’s a measure of her work’s strength and style that it aims beyond its subculture. Influenced by Art Nouveau artists like painter Gustav Klimt and graphic artist Alphonse Mucha and by Latin American folkloric traditions, Ospina’s goddesses are intense, bewitching, strong. Like Klimt’s women, hers combine a fairly naturalistic approach to the human figure—most evident in their expressive faces—with a profusion of geometric and organic pattern. Unlike Klimt’s, which often fall into a generic, passive eroticism, Ospina’s are distinctive personalities. continued on page 16

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Ospina’s female-centered mythology is fairly common ground, at least on the aforementioned “alternative” scene. More striking to this viewer was the fact that all her characters are non-white—quite a rarity in Ithaca’s racially homogeneous visual art culture. The diverse skin tones add another layer to the symbolic and aesthetic richness of these portrayals. The artist scans found fabrics, using their ornate paisley designs to clothe her deities. This helps give these images an unexpectedly handmade, collage-like feel. While some of Ospina’s portraits have the horror vacui common to psychedelic

art and some folk art, “Alizon” and “Marcela” are comparatively subtle. Both make use of the white of the paper and a restricted palette: Indian yellow, crimson, vermillion, dark-green, black. The witchy, paisleycloaked heroine in the former piece commands a crystalline yellow and red pattern-scape resembling a Frank Lloyd Wright stained glass window. The woman in the latter is similarly outfitted but more som-

ber. With her widebrimmed hat and long black ponytail, she sits amidst six suns, the smaller ones in the distance surrounded by concentric bands. Over at Attuned. Life, Ospina’s work takes on a very different, but equally self-assured cast. Here her fantasy world is dreamlike, gently magical: filled with animals, forests, abstract

symbols, starry skies. Her visual style is softer too. While her foxes, deer, trees, and other foreground forms are sharply linear, “drawn,” her backgrounds are infused with painterly shadows and vapors. A small black-and-white print, “The Queen Speaks,” plays with silhouette and mirror-symmetry to beguiling effect. The piece recalls the 18th and 19th-century European tradition of painted or collaged silhouette portraits: its flat, hard-edged black forms in crisp contrast to the warm white background. (A bit of fog around the bottom corners confers a painterly touch.) Like a parody of the sculptural portrait bust, a large dark mass floats atop a tiny pointed pedestal. Two identical female faces appear in profile—one facing left, the other right—while butterfly or Rorschachlike forms in-between support a spiked crown. Fancifully tree-like ornaments accent the top corners. Attuned will be hosting an open gallery night with the artist on Jan. 23, from 5 to 7 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. On the evidence of these two shows, Ospina’s is a rich, multi-faceted body-ofwork. (She’s also a mural painter, though I cannot yet speak to this aspect of her art.) If her figures at Sacred Root embody militant, hypnotic strength, her scenes at Attuned.Life are wonderfully tender. She is a striking artist: all the more impressive for being self-taught. The gallery crowd—and other discerning viewers—would do well to seek out her images wherever they may be found.

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Phillips and Scott Silver, it read “Joker (An Origin Story)”, meaning not the origin story. In other words, this is just one frightening possibility. ● ● ●

“Joker,” (2019) starring Joacquin Phoenix, was recently nominated for Best Picture at the Academy Awards. (Photo provided by Warner Bros.-DC Films)

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n certain productions of Shakespeare’s “The Taming of the Shrew,” a prologue and epilogue are added so that all the Bard’s sexist slapstick is really just a play performed for a drunkard. In Todd Phillips’ “Joker” (Warner Bros.-DC Films, 2019, 122 mins.), perhaps the most extreme notion of the Unreliable Narrator, a desperate aspiring comedian is driven to murder as a result of the uncaring world around him, and everything we’re seeing might be just the ramblings of a madman. On the surface, “Joker” is inspired by the infamous clown created by Bob Kane

and Bill Finger, but Phillips’ origin story is more “Taxi Driver” than “The Dark Knight.” And though we’re looking at Gotham City, it’s really New York City, and though the story connects to Bruce Wayne and his family, “Joker” in all other aspects is no comic book movie. Like Travis Bickle in “Taxi Driver,” Arthur (Phoenix) wants to be a star, but he loses his job, his meds and his mind as everyone in Gotham turns their back on him, except for a Johnny Carson-style late night talk show host played by Robert DeNiro. Aside from DeNiro’s presence, the

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“Taxi Driver” influence extends to the recreation of a late-70’s-early-80’s urban vision, complete with mounds of garbage on every street. Joaquin Phoenix creates one of the most powerful and compelling versions of Batman’s nemesis, and yet his insidious, spontaneous performance owes nothing to any actor who’s made something of the role. Check out the Blu-Ray disc and you’ll see just how spur of the moment and unplanned Phoenix could be on set: we see nine takes of a shot from the DeNiro talk show sequence and see how radically different each take was. You’ll see by the end that “Joker” is a one-off film, and not to be taken as part of anything in the DC film world. If that wasn’t clear, it’s interesting to note that on the cover page of the script written by

I wasn’t crazy about the character of Venom as portrayed in Sam Raimi’s “Spider-Man 3.” Then again, it’s hard to get excited about an alien symbiote that was basically created to give Spider-Man a black suit, and I always hated the black suit. Since then I’ve learned more about the character, and “Venom” (ColumbiaMarvel, 2018, 112 mins.) was a much more interesting take on the whole idea. And unlike “Joker,” “Venom” is a comic book movie, and one of the more bonkers ones. It’s as old as Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: a morally ambivalent reporter named Eddie Brock (Tom Hardy) is investigating the owner of a shady tech company performing unauthorized human trials on a symbiote that somehow landed on Earth. The symbiote rejects (kills) anyone it fuses with, but somehow it takes a real liking to Brock, and just as Steve Martin and Lily Tomlin did in “All of Me” and Martin Short and Dennis Quaid did in “Innerspace,” Brock and Venom have to learn to co-exist and work together to beat the bad guys. The Venom character is very well done using the usual extravagant FX, but Hardy really sells the film with a very physical and funny comedic performance, lurching around San Francisco like a stressed-out puppet talking to the voice inside his head. (Hardy actually played the voice of Venom as well, and recorded all the dialogue live so that he could get the timing just right. Even in a goofy, bug-nuts comic-book movie like “Venom,” it’s that attention to detail that makes the movie work.) Recommended: “1917” at Regal; “Cunningham 2D” at Cinemapolis. SIGN UP TODAY! ithaca.com/newsletters

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1/15 Wednesday Canaan Jam Session | 7:00 PM, | Canaan Institute, Brooktondale

1/17 Friday Flywheels | 6:00 PM, | Hopshire Farm & Brewery, Freeville Mike Gordon After Party w/ Nectar | 10:30 PM, | Lot 10, Ithaca | $5.00

1/19 Sunday Meander| 2:00 PM, | Six Mile Creek Vineyard, Ithaca Ithaca Jazz and Blues Jam | 4:00 PM, | Mix Kitchen and Bar, Ithaca

1/22 Wednesday Canaan Jam Session | 7:00 PM, | Canaan Institute, Brooktondale Concerts/Recitals An Evening with Mike Gordon | 8:00 PM, 1/17 Friday | State Theatre Of Ithaca, 107 W State St, Ithaca | Mike Gordon (bassist and co-founder of the seminal improvisational rock

band Phish) returns with his band in support of new album, OGOGO. Gordon’s five-piece band includes Scott Murawski, Robert Walter (Greyboy Allstars), John Kimock, and Craig Myers. A Concert by the Ithaca Community Chorus and Chamber singers | 7:30 PM, 1/18 Saturday | St. Paul’s United Methodist Church, 402 N Aurora Street, Ithaca | Tickets: Adults: $20 in advance, $25 at the door; Students: $5; Groups of 10 or more $10 each; Children 12 and under: Free; Cayuga Chamber Orchestra: Red Chair Spotlight #1 with John Lathwell | 3:00 PM, 1/19 Sunday | First Baptist Church, 309 N Cayuga St, Ithaca | SCHUMANN: Three Romances for Oboe and Piano; MOZART: Oboe Quartet | $32 Adults / $15 Students

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Stage Chinese New Year Celebration | 7:00 PM, 1/18 Saturday | Center For the Arts of Homer, 72 S Main St, Homer | In the season of joy, Ling Wang’s dance studio, Ms. Marina Gorelaya, and their students present a show of classic ballet and traditional Chinese dances and piano performances to celebrate the Chinese New Year! Authentic Chinese Food examples following the performance. | Donations

Dorothy Cotton Jubilee Singers present A Community Celebration Honoring Martin Luther King, Jr. | 7:00 PM, 1/23 Thursday | State Theatre, 107 W. State St, Ithaca | The concert also will feature The Dorothy Cotton Youth Singers, Ithaca High School Chorale, Trumansburg High School Choir, Vitamin L, GIAC Jumpers, IC Vocal Jazz Ensemble and Owego Middle School Choir.

Apple:Tree - A mixed media “rolling cabaret” | 8:00 PM, 1/18 Saturday & 1/19 Sunday. Continues next week. | Cherry Artspace, 102 Cherry Street,, Ithaca | Featuring song, art, and shifts in perspective. Acclaimed opera singer-turned-cabaret chanteuse Caitlin Mathes will sing a palette of music from Baudelaire to Brecht, from Piaf to Björk, paired with an immersive environment of her father (Al Mathes)’s visual art. The entire show surrounds an audience seated in rolling chairs, with performers and audience travelling around the space, encountering the art as the evening progresses. Apple:Tree grew out of Mathes’ admiration for her father’s work and the hope that the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.

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Greensky Bluegrass w/ Ghost Light | 8:00 PM, 1/22 Wednesday | State Theatre Of Ithaca, 107 W State St, Ithaca | Michigan-born bluegrass mavericks | $27.50 - $32

formances in the Black Box Theatre, Schwartz Center. Festival24 features an array of various original artistic works written, cast, directed, rehearsed, and performed by students, in just 24 hours! The event is led by producer Milo Reynolds-Dominguez ’20, with Arin Sheehan ‘22 as assistant producer and Will Aubrecht ‘21 as technical director. A full house is expected, so we recommend that you arrive 15–20 minutes before the doors open at 7:00 p.m.

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A Hidden Life | The Austrian Franz Jägerstätter, a conscientious objector, refuses to fight for the Nazis in World War II. | 174 mins PG-13

Little Women | Four sisters come of age in America in the aftermath of the Civil War. Directed by Greta Gerwig, starring Saoirse Ronan, Timothee Chalamet, & Emma Watson.| 135 mins PG-13

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Art Artist Alley Open Studios | 5:00 PM, 1/16 Thursday | South Hill Business Park, 950 Danby Rd, Ithaca | Artist Alley Entrance is off the lower lot at the red doors. Up to 40+ studios! Philipson and Stevens-Gupta: HORIZONS and ABSTRACT REALITIES | Ongoing | Collegetown Bagels, East Hill Plaza, 329 Pine Tree Road,, Ithaca | Photographer Rachel Philipson and painter Ivy Stevens-Gupta explore land, water and sky in their exhibition of photographs and paintings with a strong abstract quality. Both award-winning artists, display their landscape artwork.

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First Baptist Church, 309 N. Cayuga St., Ithaca | Red Chair musicians have been sponsored by a generous donor. This combination of a recital and catered reception (wine and non-alcoholic drinks available), will showcase individual musicians in unique programs, created by the performers themselves. Principal oboist Lathwell will be joined by pianist Diane Birr, and CCO musicians Kirsten Marshall, Josh Lohner, and Sera Smolen.

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despair, and hope to promote racial healing and social justice; and to furthering civil rights leader (and longtime Ithaca resident) Dorothy Cotton’s message of freedom and hope through music. The group is named in honor of the late Ithaca resident Dorothy Cotton, the civil rights pioneer who served as education director for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference alongside Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. She often delivered her messages of freedom and hope through music.

Literary Legos | 4:00 PM, 1/16 Thursday | Seneca Falls Library, 47 Cayuga Street, Seneca Falls | Calling all Lego lovers! Listen to a fun story and build a Lego creation based on the story. Please preregister by calling (315) 568-8265.

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Jojo Rabbit | A young member of Hitler Youth finds out his mother is hiding a Jewish girl in their home.| 108 mins PG-13 Parasite | All unemployed, Ki-taek’s family takes a peculiar interest in the wealthy and glamorous Parks for their livelihood until they get entangled in an unexpected incident.|132 mins R Regal Ithaca Wednesday 1/15 through Tuesday, 1/21. Contact Regal Ithaca for showtimes. New films listed first*. Bad Boys for Life* | The Bad Boys Mike Lowrey and Marcus Burnett are back together for one last ride in the highly anticipated Bad Boys for Life.| 123 mins R Dolittle* | A physician discovers that he can talk to animals. w/ Robert Downey Jr.| 106 mins PG

Just Mercy | World-renowned civil rights defense attorney Bryan Stevenson works to free a wrongly condemned death row prisoner. | 136 mins PG-13 The Grudge | A house is cursed by a vengeful ghost that dooms those who enter it with a violent death. | 93 mins R Underwater | A crew of aquatic researchers work to get to safety after an earthquake devastates their subterranean laboratory. But the crew has more than the ocean seabed to fear. | 95 mins PG-13 Spies in Disguise | When the world’s best spy is turned into a pigeon, he must rely on his nerdy tech officer to save the world. | 101 mins PG Star Wars:The Rise of Skywalker | The surviving Resistance faces the First Order once more in the final chapter of the Skywalker saga. | 141 mins PG-13

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Special Events Women’s March Elmira | 1:00 PM, 1/19 Sunday | Wisner Park, 200 N Main St., Elmira | A rally and march to inspire action for positive change in women’s lives. Martin Luther King Day Family Celebration | 11:00 AM, 1/20 Monday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | This celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. will include books, singalongs, puppets, and a craft, as well as a unique drumming experience with special guest Aloja Airewele. Children, their families, and caregivers are invited to celebrate peace, cooperation, justice, and following your dreams.

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January meeting of this monthly book club, participants will read and discuss These Witches Don’t Burn, by Isabel Sterling. This is a great opportunity, because author Isabel Sterling will be visiting TCPL on Wednesday, January 22, 2020. Copies of the book are available for participants from the Teen Services office. Author Kathy Corse Reading | 2:00 PM, 1/18 Saturday | Riverow Bookshop, 187 Front St, Owego | Regional author Kathy Corse will read from and discuss her recent book, ALL THAT I HAD. This true story details “a remarkable woman who combined strength, love, and courage to sustain her family through hardship.” That woman is Corse’s mother, still active at the age of 96. Meet the Author: Isabel Sterling | 6:00 PM, 1/22 Wednesday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | Isabel Sterling is the author of This Coven Won’t Break and These Witches Don’t Burn, the TCPL YA Book Club selection for January. Sterling has been dreaming up new worlds since childhood, but she didn’t commit any of them to paper until graduate school. A Syracuse University alum, Sterling is the program coordinator at

Preschool Storytime at Southworth Library | 10:00 AM, 1/17 Friday | Southworth Library, 24 W. Main Street, Dryden | A different theme every week! Early Communication Strategies for Babies and Families | 10:30 AM, 1/17 Friday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | A program exploring ways caregivers can help children up to 18 months improve communication skills.No registration is required for this free program. Open Heart Kids Yoga | 11:00 AM, 1/18 Saturday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | A weekly yoga program is best suited for children ages 3 to 9, but younger siblings are also welcome. Space is limited for this free program, and registration is required. Chinese New Year Decorations Making Party | 1:00 PM, 1/18 Saturday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | The 2020 Chinese New Year—the year of the rat, the first sign in the Chinese zodiac—begins January 25 and lasts for 15 days. At this Chinese New Year Decorations Making Party, children and their families and caregivers can make some traditional New Year’s decorations that symbolize happiness and good fortune. Participants will have the opportunity to create red lanterns, red pockets, and paper crafts, and they can then decorate their homes in celebration of the Lunar New Year. Kids’ Winter Crafternoon | 2:00 PM, 1/20 Monday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | An opportunity for kids, families, and caregivers to spend an afternoon

ITHACA COMMUNITY CHORUS AND CHAMBER SINGERS CONCERT SATURDAY, JANUARY 18 AT 7:30 PM

St. Paul’s United Methodist Church, 402 N. Aurora St., Ithaca | The Ithaca Community Chorus and Chamber Singers, directed by Gerald Wolfe, will give a concert featuring Handel's Dixit Dominus with soloists, Alison Wahl and Maggie McGuire, sopranos, Ivy Walz, alto, Dann Coakwell, tenor, and Steven Stull, bass. (photo: provided)

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experimenting with all kinds of arts and crafts. A variety of activities for all ages and abilities will be offered. Materials will be supplied. Tween Board Game Club | 3:30 PM, 1/20 Monday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | At this program, tweens ages 8 to 12 will explore and learn new board games each week with Mike Timonin, local board game aficionado.

mals, and arthropods (bugs). Some weeks will feature live animals. No registration is required. Read with Miss Martha | 3:30 PM, 1/21 Tuesday | Seneca Falls Library, 47 Cayuga Street, Seneca Falls | Cozy up with a story and your favorite furry friend, Miss Martha! This is a motivational reading program where children read aloud to a friendly dog.

Sew Amazing | 6:00 PM, 1/20 Monday | Seneca Falls Library, 47 Cayuga Street, Seneca Falls | Here’s a sewing class just for kids and teens in 4th grade and up. Learn basic hand-sewing techniques and create your own stuffed animal. All materials provided. Preregistration is required.

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Family Story Time | 10:30 AM, 1/21 Tuesday | Newfield Public Library, 198 Main St. , Newfield | Join us every Tuesday for stories, songs and fun. There is a different theme each week.

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Preschool Science Series | 11:00 AM, 1/21 Tuesday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | Designed for preschoolers and their families and caregivers. Each week a new animal classification will be covered: amphibians, reptiles, mam-

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Town of Groton Zoning Board of Appeals Meeting | 7:00 PM, 1/15 Wednesday | Groton Town Hall, 101 Conger Blvd., Groton | Open to the public. Town of Groton Planning Board | 7:30 PM, 1/16 Thursday | Groton Town Hall, 101 Conger Blvd., Groton | A public hearing is set for 7:30PM, and the Planning Board will meet directly following the hearing. Breakfast Club | 10:00 AM, 1/17 Friday | Seneca Falls Library, 47 Cayuga Street, Seneca Falls | Get to know other local families over coffee and breakfast. Children are welcome to attend. Bring a breakfast dish to pass. Open Mic Night | 7:00 PM, 1/17 Friday | Dryden Community Center Cafe, 1 W Main St, Dryden | Come share your songs, stories, poems and enjoy your favorite coffee or tea and delicious homemade baked goods. Contact Arron Bound: (607) 844-1500 or email at manager@1westmain@ gmail.com. Sacred Chanting with Damodar Das Kirtan | 7:00 PM, 1/17 Friday | Foundation of Light, 391 Turkey Hill Rd, Ithaca | Kids are welcome; easy & fun spiritual practice. Open to all

faiths; no prior experience required. | $10 s.d. Beginner Bird Walks | 8:30 AM, 1/18 Saturday | Cornell Lab of Ornithology, 159 Sapsucker Woods Rd, Ithaca | Guided bird walks every Saturday and Sunday morning, sponsored by the Cayuga Bird Club. For more information, go to the club’s website, http://www. cayugabirdclub.org/calendar McLean Community Church Roast Pork Dinner | 4:30 PM, 1/18 Saturday | McLean Community Church, 50 Church St, McLean | Available until gone. Roast Pork, Mashed Potatoes, Dressing, Gravy, Peas & Carrots, Applesauce, Beverage, and Cupcake. Take Outs Available! Sponsored by McLean Community Church Women’s Fellowship | Adults $12 Kids 6-12 $6 5 and under FREE Finger Lakes Finns January Meeting & Potluck | 1:00 PM, 1/19 Sunday | Newfield Fire Hall, 77 Main St. , Newfield | After our lunch, we will be sharing ideas about Finger Lakes Finns membership. The Finger Lakes Finns is organized to promote cultural and educational appreciation of Finnish heritage and customs. Persons of Finnish descent, those

French Conversation Sessions at TCPL | 6:00 PM, 1/20 Monday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | The conversation group is appropriate for anyone who has taken some French in the past and is looking for a place to practice. The group will discuss, in French, topics ranging from US and French politics or world news, to culture, literature, art forms, or new technologies, depending on the interests of the group. All levels are welcome, but participants will be more comfortable with an intermediate level of French. Blood Drive | 1:30 PM, 1/21 Tuesday | Enfield Fire Hall, 172 Enfield Main Rd, Ithaca | The Enfield Volunteer Fire Company is hosting a blood drive thru the American Red Cross. Please come and donate. Call the American Red Cross at 607-273-1900, or 1-800 REDCROSS (733-27667), or sign up on-line at www.redcrossblood.org. Walk-ins are always welcome. CBCI Meeting: “Cosplay 101 -- The (Crafting) Adventure Begins!” | 7:00 PM, 1/21 Tuesday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | Ever wanted to attend a comic book show or SF/Fantasy convention in costume but had absolutely no idea where to begin? Or, ever had so many ideas you got mired in decision paralysis and showed up in jeans and T-shirt? Come for a presentation on shortening the initial cosplay learning curve! There will be crafting books and supplies to peruse, and cosplayer Katie will walk us through props and costumes she has crafted. Ovid Farmers Market Informational Meeting | 3:00 PM, 1/22 Wednesday | STEPS Office, 7150 N. Main St., Ovid | In the Finger Lakes Health building. All that are interested or have questions are welcome to

ESL Talk Time, | 3:45 PM, 1/22 Wednesday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | In these classes, interested people will meet others who are practicing English, watch and discuss YouTube videos, and talk with Library volunteers about current events, Ithaca, family life, culture, food, and holidays. Open Hearts Dinner | 5:00 PM, 1/22 Wednesday | McKendree UMC, 224 Owego St., Candor | Come and join in the fun. Whether you are looking for fellowship or a free meal this one’s for you. Contact: Denice Peckins denicepeckins@hotmail.com

Health Emotional Freedom Technique Workshop | 6:00 PM, 1/15 Wednesday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | Becca Harber will lead this introductory workshop in EFT, which is used to help people become free of unwanted patterns of behavior, feelings, and reactions, and sometimes, physical problems. It involves creating and using a relevant personal affirmation, tapping certain acupuncture points, and another short process for independent use. This workshop will include a demonstration of the Emotional Freedom Technique and allow participants time to practice it on themselves. Men’s Group | 6:00 PM, 1/15 Wednesday | The LGBTQ Center, 73 Main Street, Cortland | Men’s Group is a group for gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and straight ally men to get together to support one another. This group meets the third Wednesday of every month at 6 p.m. Exercise Class for Seniors | 8:30 AM, Tuesdays & Thursdays | Newfield Public Library, 198 Main St. , Newfield | Take off Pounds Sensibly | 6:00 PM, 1/16 Thursday | Candor Town Hall, 101 Owego Road, Candor | Contact Jean Dewey 659-9969 or jmdewey@ frontiernet.net

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