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s the Town of Ithaca grapples with how to handle increasing interest in it as a short-term tourist destination, local realtors, renters and others have mounted a petition objecting to the local draft law which would place limits on rentable nights per year. The petition, which has gained 417 signatories in two months, raises seven specific objections to the proposed short-term regulations and operating permit rules that have been frequently discussed at the town government level for over a year. While town officials say they are acting to protect neighborhood continuity and character, as well as responding to the concerns of surrounding residents, others say the Town is overstepping, that the regulations are arbitrary and hurt local residents more than they help. As currently proposed, the draft short term rental regulations would cap the maximum number of nights rented of a unit at 29 nights per year of non-owner occupied rentals, normally meaning a whole house was rented and the owner was not home during the stay. At the time the legislation came out, Town Supervisor Bill Goodman said the number 29 wasn’t arbitrary, that according to numbers collected from agencies like Airbnb 29 was around the average number of non-owner occupied rental nights. Currently, there is no language in the legislation that deals with single-room rentals, or rentals where the property owner is in the house at the time.

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eavy rainfall at the end of December led to up to a week of biomass issues at the Ithaca Area Wastewater Treatment Plant (IAWWTP), though there is “no evidence” that the incident had any impact outside the facility, IAWWTP’s leader said. According to a statement provided by Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), a combination of the heavy rain on Dec. 20 and 21 and above-freezing temperatures created “heavy flows” for the Wastewater Treatment Plant. The National Weather Service says Ithaca received two inches of rain over that two day period. According to the IAWWTP, this is a common problem in treatment systems, and public health was not affected by the temporary low biomass concentration. Biomass is made up of a combination of

microorganisms and is used in the wastewater treatment and purification process. “On December 23, Ithaca WWTP Staff observed reduced microorganism population within the WWTP aeration tanks and notified DEC of the potential for permit violations,” according to a statement provided by DEC spokesperson Kevin O. Frazier. “Ithaca WWTP staff reported that the microorganism population was restored to normal operating levels by Dec. 24, and effluent samples taken during and following the event did not exceed the WWP’s permit limits. DEC is currently working with Ithaca WWTP staff to review plant operations and proper notification protocol.” The DEC issued an alert, called a New York Sewage Pollution Right to Know, on Dec. 23 notifying the public of the situation. It said that when

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The Ithaca Area Wastewater Treatment Plant experienced some issues just before Christmas related to heavy rainfall and high temperatures. (Photo by Casey Martin)

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personnel tested the secondary treatment process at the IAWWTP, they found low concentrations of biomass, indicating a “washout.” Though the notice lists the potentially impacted areas in the Cayuga Lake as the boat launch, drinking water intake, fishing area and the park near the IAWWTP, the facility’s chief operator, CJ Kilgore, said the sludge in question was not disposed, instead being kept on site. It’s unclear exactly how long the situation lasted, although the DEC’s notice states the problem was discovered at 8 a.m. on Dec. 23, and was still listed as “ongoing” by the time the notice was distributed at 1:10 p.m. Kilgore said concentrations had returned to normal range by Monday, Dec. 31. “When flows exceed design capacity, biomass can continued on page 14

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WHAT IS ONE THING YOU ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO IN 2019?

T “More Cycle cross and Mountain biking races! I love riding all the State Parks around here and Syracuse.” -Chris Allen

Old Library

Will a lawsuit to stop the Old Library demolition do anything?

A “I have a good feeling about 2019 – I’m looking forward to all the new ideas!” -Kelly White

“More Democrats in Congress!” -Katie Austin

“Well, I just moved here last year – I’m really looking forward to spending a full summer in Ithaca for the first time.” -Donald Pearson

“Not so much bad news on TV!” -Maryse Seremet

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s the former Tompkins County Public Library on Cayuga Street is picked apart and slowly falls to the ground, the controversy surrounding its demolition has not subsided even as the building’s fate is virtually sealed. A lawsuit filed by Susan Kramer, a resident of the neighborhood surrounding the library, calls for the halting of the ongoing demolition, stating that the respondents are “proceeding in an unsafe manner; and beyond their legal authority.” Kramer’s been vocal over the demolition during the last several months, spearheading a group of residents who have objected to the lack of a full asbestos remediation process prior to the building’s demolition. The approved plan, which is being carried out, only includes spraying water over the site as demolition simultaneously takes place to suppress asbestos spread. The water is then collected into a truck and driven off-site. Those residents, flanked by local environmental activists like Walter Hang of Toxics Targeting, packed several meetings calling for the city to step in to demand a more extensive remediation process once the demolition plan was announced. Kramer has also wrapped several houses within immediate proximity to the demolition project The Article 78 suit requests judicial intervention to declare the renewed demolition permit invalid, which would theoretically stop demolition, or to

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declare the initial demolition permit invalid since it was “based upon internally contradictory information.” To back up those requests, the suit deploys two main points. The first hinges on two separate reports that were submitted by Ryan Biggs, the engineer Travis Hyde Properties hired to assess the building’s health. One was issued on Aug. 8, 2018, which stated the building’s interior “can still be accessed until the first snow fall in 2018,” although it said workers would not be safe on the building’s roof. Seemingly, that report would indicate that an asbestos removal process was safe and feasible. Several days later, though, the second report, a revised edition of the first, was issued that reversed course, stating the building wouldn’t be safe for entry due to the roof ’s condition. The lawsuit claims the reconsideration has not been explained. Beyond that, the suit also posits that a demolition renewal permit was improperly issued by the city’s Building Division. The demolition permit was set to expire on Dec. 5, two months after the day it was first issued, and a renewal was awarded on Dec. 3, though the lawsuit claims that was without proper procedure or precedent. The suit lists Travis Hyde Development (the property’s developer), the City of Ithaca’s Director of Code Enforcement Mike Niechwiadowicz (who is responsible for issuing the building condemnation), Gorick Construction, the New

Some houses close to the Old Library demolition have been wrapped by local residents to protect them from any potential asbestos contamination. (Photo by Casey Martin)

York State Department of Labor and LeChase Construction as respondents. Travis Hyde intends to turn the property into senior housing apartments with a mixed use ground floor. In response to the lawsuit, the City of Ithaca issued a statement saying they would be fighting the lawsuit in whatever manner is necessary, also noting the city’s decision to hire a third-party engineer to provide another assessment of the building, although that evaluation didn’t take place until months after the first. City Attorney Ari Lavine would not comment otherwise regarding the pending litigation. “The City Building Division condemned this building based on the structural deficiencies detailed in the report of Professional Engineer Ryan Biggs,” Lavine said in a statement to the Ithaca Times. “The City later retained an independent Professional Engineer to conduct a peer review of the Biggs report, and that peer review supported the condemnation order as well. We will defend against this lawsuit.” Whether the lawsuit will have any true impact or not remains to be seen, although one thing is clear: the clock is ticking for there to be any demolition left to stop. Though the lawsuit was filed Dec. 18, the court date has not yet occurred as the building continues to be torn down. -M att Butler

he City of Ithaca Common Council started 2019 off by passing several important resolutions; first being the resolution to eliminate section C94 from the City’s Charter. This 100-yearold piece of legislation allows money received from insurance companies for the benefit of the city’s fire companies under the New York Insurance Law, also known as twopercent monies. This section of the charter states that the Common Council has the authority to decide to where the two-percent monies will be allocated to. Since the City of Ithaca’s Charter was grandfathered into law when the New York State Insurance Law was passed in 1988, the Common Council has been in charge of allocating those two-percent funds. In repealing this section of the charter, the city will now be using the statewide laws and regulations for allocation of two-percent funds. Under the charter, the funds were allocated to the volunteer firefighters of Company 9, however, the Common Council would no longer be responsible for deciding where those funds go. In recent years, Company 9 has used some of the funds for purchasing new equipment, though IFD firefighters are not allowed to use it. But, as one person pointed out during the public comment portion of the meeting, this has not been a usual trend. During the Council’s previous meeting in December, they had a lengthy discussion over how this could have a positive impact on professional firemen, though there were also plenty of volunteer firefighters who argued against the resolution and objected to their lack of involvement in the process. Regardless, after waiting a month, Common Council approved the motion 9 to 0 with continued on page 14

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County Legislature: DOT prepares site plan for relocation, and more

t was an uncharacteristically quiet start to the legislative year for the Tompkins County Legislature, which held its first meeting of 2019 last week. Though brief and largely uneventful, the meeting did touch on a wide range of topics impacting Tompkins County and set up the legislature’s leadership for the upcoming year. Legislator Martha Robertson was elected as the Tompkins County Legislature chair, while Shawna Black will serve as vice chair, taking over for fellow legislator Anna Kelles. In a small update to the $14.2 million airport expansion plans that were an-

nounced in May by Governor Andrew Cuomo, the Department of Transportation (DOT) will be making the rounds with its site plan in the coming weeks, as it readies for its relocation away from the Cayuga Waterfront Trail. That will include stops on Jan. 14 in Lansing and Jan. 15 before the Tompkins County Legislature. Additionally, there will be a chance for public feedback on Jan. 16 at Lansing Town Hall. County Attorney Jonathan Wood noted that the DOT doesn’t actually need local approval, since it’s a state project. Tompkins County Department of Recycling and Materials Management Director

Immaculate Conception

Immaculate Conception School property will become INHS affordable housing Housing Services (INHS) announced . Monday that it St t ur had been selected o C as the purchaser of the Immaculate Conception School property in Ithaca, located at 320 West Buffalo St., by the N .P Roman Catholic la t. S in o Diocese of Rochl St a . ff ester. u B The ICS property has been empty since the end of the 2016-17 school year Immaculate Conception School has been closed after “increased since 2017, when it was announced the school did operating costs and not have the enrollment to continue operating. decreasing enrollment” forced its closing. INHS stated in a press release that new affordable housing its intention is to redevelop project may be soon the property into an adaptive coming to downtown mixed-use community that Ithaca, utilizing the grounds will address high-priority local of a beloved former Catholic needs, pending results from elementary school. an Environmental Site AssessIthaca Neighborhood ment. The agency is planning G I AC & BJ M E l e m e n ta ry School

Barbara Eckstrom spoke to the legislature, asking for them to approve a resolution urging the state government to expand the “Bottle Bill,” formally known as the New York Returnable Container Act. Doing so, Eckstrom said, would help in the collection of beer, wine and liquor bottles while also separating them from paper recyclable products. When the bottles are included with paper waste-loads, they are liable to break, and having to sort out broken glass reduces the potential revenue that can be yielded from selling the materials. The rest of the meeting mostly consisted of committees laying the groundwork for their upcoming legislative agendas. Public Safety Chair Rich John said his committee, which already had its first meeting of the year, had established their 2019 priority list. That list includes monitoring the installation and progress of

the Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD) program in the City of Ithaca, the Mental Health Court (which is scheduled to start this month), as well as ongoing updates on potential new developments in 2019 like the Alcohol and Drug Council’s detox facility that was announced in April. Speaking of the Mental Health Court, the legislature also unanimously approved the appropriation of funds to create a mental health resource officer position, reinforcing the start of the Tompkins County Mental Health Court, which is being offered as another in a long list of Tompkins County alternatives to incarceration. The point of the court is to better serve those with mental illness instead of dumping them into the criminal justice system, which is often not equipped to handle their needs.

affordable housing with a range of household sizes, restoration of Catholic Charities’ convent building on the site and space for nonprofit and communitybased organizations which will focus on serving families and children. Affordable housing is still one of the most prominent needs in the city of Ithaca, though since the problem has become clearer in the last several years, many new affordable housing projects have been proposed or approved. The most recent headline-grabbing affordable development will seemingly be at Green Street Garage, though developers Vecino Group has also proposed an affordable artistic housing development in the West End, not to mention the recently-completed 210 Hancock building and TCAction’s Amici House, which will open soon and provide affordable housing as well as early education services. Executive Director Johanna Anderson sees this as an opportunity to aid the issue of affordable housing while maintaining a historic local icon, a school that served decades of students during their formative years. “We are thrilled to have been selected to reimagine this historical property,” Anderson said in the release. “The Im-

maculate Conception School has been an integral part of many people’s memories, and INHS looks forward to honoring that legacy by providing a place where children can grow, families can gather, and community resources are available. Our goal is to not only provide safe, high-quality affordable housing and resources to our community but also highlight the character of the Washington Park Neighborhood.” Despite the notoriously long Ithaca planning process and with many potential hurdles ahead, Anderson said INHS is prepared for the long haul. In the coming weeks, INHS has plans to engage community stakeholders in a series of public meetings to ensure that their final design reflects the best use of the property. A schedule for the dates of those meetings will be made public once they are announced. “The process has just started and we have a long way to go to determine how to best redevelop the property in a way that meets the diverse needs of the neighborhood and city,” Anderson said. “Our desire is to give the property new life that will be a source of pride to those impacted by the school for years to come.”

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▶▶ Thumbs Up: It’s good to see INHS selected as the purchaser for the Immaculate Conception School property. Perhaps just short of education options, there’s not a more pressing need than more affordable housing in Ithaca. The impact the school had on the local community was clear by the outpouring of reactions when its closing was announced, not to mention the months-long grassroots effort to start a new Catholic school in its stead. While it can’t replace the school, it’s refreshing to see that at least some amount of benefit will come from a community loss. ▶▶ Thumbs Down: It’s officially gotten to the point in winter where we actually miss the students. Well, maybe not the students, but the impact they have on the city as a whole, certainly. Frankly, when the students aren’t here, the city loses a bit of its life: the Commons is often a ghost town, and there’s not even any obscenely expensive cars to be jealous of driving around. But mostly we want the students back because that means the restaurants will actually be open. We don’t blame them. ▶▶ Seen: Tracy Mitrano held her first media conference call of the year, speaking primarily on federal issues though also dedicating some time to more local-centric topics. It will be interesting to see how she holds up to the heightened scrutiny of being not only the sole announced candidate, but so far ahead of normal campaign schedule that other names aren’t even being considered now. She did, though, reportedly mistake Binghamton for part of New York’s 23rd District during the call. It’s not. ▶▶ The most popular stories on Ithaca.com this week are.... 1. Hangar Theatre announces 2019 summer season 2. Ithaca man in critical condition after car crash, IPD chief credited with saving life 3. Pedestrian struck by vehicle on New Year’s Eve 4. A look back: The Ithaca Times’ summary of 2018 5. T’burg grad earns gold award for bee project

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A response to the Ithaca Coalition for Unity and Cooperation in the Middle East (ICUCME) By M ich a e l M a rg ol i n I recently attended an event hosted by the Ithaca Coalition for Unity and Cooperation in the Middle East (ICUCME), organized to explore the rise of antisemitism in the aftermath of the largest mass killing of Jews in United States history. I am concerned by anti-Jewish hate crimes rooted in an emboldened white nationalist movement around the world and especially here in the United States. I went to the event to engage in conversation about every group’s safety in the face of white nationalism. The evening started with the documentary, “Crossing the Line 2: The New Face of Anti-Semitism on Campus.” The film’s primary goal was to define antisemitism as the expression of anti-Israel sentiment put forth by pro-Palestinian groups

and professors on college campuses. The panel, three Jewish, white-appearing, male college students from Cornell and Ithaca College, reinforced the film’s message. Audience members were prevented from making verbal comment, and there was no Palestinian perspective included in the program. I come from an eastern European Jewish community who found creative ways through language, story, arts and taking up arms to survive systemic discrimination, state-sponsored terrorism and attempted extermination. I am a Jew who loves being Jewish, who loves my people and cares about our safety. I am also a Jew who stands for the safety and human rights of everyone, including Palestinians. My faith and my people’s story of

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ever, with one dissenting legislator sayn the news: Governor Andrew “Wake ing, “if you think that promoting vice and and Bake” Cuomo reiterated his newmaking money off of it is a good thing, found support for legalizing marijuana then I think you ought to vote for this.” in New York State in his inaugural speech Is it time? Will Ithaca finally shuffle its last Tuesday (1/1/19), just after he was way to the forefront on the issue of legalsworn into a third term in office. Cuomo, ized weed? The infrastructure is already who less than two years ago called marijua- in place—we already more than qualify na a “gateway drug,” said he still has some on the pizza-shop-per-capita and headquestions and concerns about legalizing the shop-per-square-kilometer metrics. Still, drug for recreational use. But he said he’s there seems to be some hesitation. No working with a panel of experts, including matter what, every Ithacan should come law enforcement and health officials who to grips with his or her stand on the issue. have determined it can be done safely and It can be confusing, what with a relucthat the “benefits outweigh the risks.” tance to put your dealer, who has really Also, last November, the Tompkins stood by you, out of business, figuring out County Legislature passed a resolution all the oils, tinctures, edibles and other supporting the passage of the Marijuana cannabis-infused products, and just the Regulation and Taxation Act. The bill, sheer hassle of “coming to grips”, which through pending bills in the State Senate sounds exhausting. The following six surand Assembly, would bring an end to vey questions are scientifically designed marijuana prohibition and would legalize, to help you, the reader, determine where regulate and tax marijuana under state you fall on the legalization issue. Happy law. The vote was not unanimous, howsurvey-taking. How cool would it be to have the State Diner open 24 hours a day again, serving home fries at all times, as in days of yore? 1. I don’t get out much. 2. Reasonably. It’s a nice feature of Ithaca life. 3. Very. I can’t eat any more Shortstop mac & cheese. 4. In the name of all that is good and holy, please make it so. How many times have you burned your mouth on a hot pocket so far in 2019? 1. What’s a hot pocket? They sound gross. 2. I’m careful to follow the instructions. None so far, knock on wood. 3. 15-25 4. Ober a humbweb. (Over a hundred) Andrew Cuomo: 1. An ambitious and thoughtful politician destined for even bigger things. 2. He’s got his thumb on the pulse of this state and is pushing the issues that matter. 3. Seems inordinately interested in the medical benefits of cannabis. 4. H e would totally party with us, Dude. Let’s call him. No. I know, let’s go to Albany RIGHT NOW.

YOUR LETTERS From the Co-Chairs of the Ithaca Chill Challenge,

t is with so much gratitude that we’d like to thank everyone who helped make our 4th annual Ithaca Chill Challenge a chilly, wild and crazy success on New Year’s Day. We are delighted to have surpassed our $40,000 goal—money which will go directly to maintaining and improving our historic building at 518 West Seneca Street as a place where 6 T

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2. Ithaca Beer will introduce a lite beer in 2019.

Feirman Builders, as well as Schickel Construction and The Alcohol & Drug Council. In addition, so many wonderful local businesses supported us with donations of prizes and services: Just A Taste, August Moon Spa, Monk’s, Heights Restaurant, 15 Steps, Rasa Spa, Cinemapolis, ZaZa’s, Mercato, Agava, Le Café Cent Dix, Gimme!, The Antlers, Café DeWitt, Rulloff ’s, Cat’s Pajamas, Viva Taqueria, Pasta Vitto, Press Café, Ithaca Bakery, Purity, Green Star, Brookton Market, Wegmans, NYS Police Dive Team, Bangs Ambulance, The Drain Brain, remarc solutions, and Shortstop Deli. We feel blessed to live in this community where businesses come through when we ask for their support. Let’s support them back. With much gratitude,

3. You will get your car back on the road in 2019. Or your bike. 4. You will definitely get your GED this year. 2020 at the latest. “If Ithaca is gorges, then gorges is Ithaca. But gorges are Ithaca sounds better, which means Ithaca are gorges. Ithaca are gorges! Sounds like a pirate! Arrrr!” The above statement: 1. is gibberish. That stuff is no good for you. 2. is a quote from Louis C. K.’s newest material. 3. sort of makes sense, in a weird way. 4. You, sir, are a poet-warrior. I salute you. Your parents’ basement: 1. has a lot of old paint cans in it. 2. seems to have a lot of water in it this week. 3. is home. 4. All of the above. If your answers are preponderantly threes and fours, you are in favor of legalization. You should probably write that down. Dude, focus. On second thought, I’ll just remind you when I see you on the bus to Albany. ICUCME Contin u ed From Page 6

survival demand that of me. I stand firmly in opposition to the message that came from the event, which is to conflate antisemitism with the critique of the state of Israel. This rhetoric blocks the Jewish community’s efforts to build lasting safety against real anti-Jewish acts. Antisemitism is defined by Merriam Webster as “hostility toward or discrimination against Jews as a religious, ethnic, or racial group.” We must not allow any attempts to hijack this definition that results in the silencing of dissenting perspectives. The New York City based group, Jews for Racial and Economic Justice (JFREJ) share that “Criticisms of Israel and Zionism are not inherently or inevitably anti-Jewish. All states, movements and ideologies should be scrutinized, and all forms of injustice denounced. It is not anti-Jewish to denounce oppressive acts committed by Jews. On the contrary, insisting that a history of oppression exempts Jews—or any other group for that matter—from accountability undermines Jewish liberation and betrays our values.” Space must be protected for the critique of Israel’s policies and practices both historically and in the present without it being labeled anti-Jewish. Furthermore, the majority of the global movement in support of Palestinian freedom is not rooted in a desire to harm, kill or forcibly remove Jews from the middle eastern region, but rather in a desire for their safety, and selfdetermination. Instances of anti- Jewish sentiment

from some Palestinian organizations do exist, and the world community does and should condemn them. However, “The belief that a ‘free Palestine’ would necessarily lead to the mass annihilation of Jewish Israelis is rooted in deeply racist and Islamophobic assumptions about who the Palestinians are and what they want,” says Maha Nassar, a professor of Middle Eastern studies in Arizona. Moreover, the assumption that Palestinians wish harm to Jewish Israelis is rooted in a collective eastern- European, Jewish trauma passed down through generations. This collective trauma stems from experiences of antisemitism during the last two centuries. These traumas tell us that no one is to be trusted, everyone wishes us harm, and Palestinians stand in the way of the safety of Jewish Israelis. Antisemitism is not a thing of the past. However, we must heal and challenge these voices of trauma. We must learn to trust voices that encourage the humanization of Palestinians, and the possibility for an Israel/Palestine that supports our collective safety and selfdetermination. The conflict between Palestine and Israel requires careful attention and action in support of the human rights and safety of all involved. However, we must challenge any attempt to confuse antisemitism with the critique of the Israeli government’s policies and practices while there are imminent threats to Jewish communities by white nationalist groups around the world.

Judy Epstein & Carol Miller, Co-Chairs for the Ithaca Chill Challenge

n January 2018, Thailand-born Somkiat Wandee (“Art”) was arrested at his place of work in Ithaca by Immigration and Customs Enforcement and sent to the federal detention facility in Batavia, NY to await a bond hearing. Art was luckier than many if not most immigrants who are detained by ICE or the U.S. Border Patrol: he had access to legal counsel and funds to post bond, and a bond hearing judge who considered the testimony of his colleagues at work in granting him release from detention and lowering the bond from the customary amount. Although Art was able to pay his bond, the money for his lawyer came from crowd-funding by the Tompkins County Immigrant Rights Coalition, a group that was founded in 2005 but was reinvigorated in 2016 in the wake of increasing arrests, detention and deportation of undocumented immigrants. (For more information about the organization, see tcimmigrants.com) Art’s case provided the impetus for the TCIRC to create an ongoing Immigrant Legal Defense Fund to assist others who find themselves in Art’s situation, and a recent fundraising dinner attended by 120 community members and co-hosted by TCIRC and the Ithaca Sanctuary Alliance brought in more than $10,000 for the fund. “This event was incredible,” said Patricia Rodriguez, a member of the TCIRC Steering Committee. “We collaborated with the local religious community, which is organizing through the Ithaca Sanctuary Alliance to raise awareness about problems relating to immigrant detention and to have an important local humanitarian impact. I’m happy to say that the evening’s fundraising exceeded our goal.” Details about how to apply to the fund, eligibility, and allocation of monies will be posted on the TCIRC website in January 2019. According to the fund’s mission stateJ a n ua ry

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ment, its goal is “to break down barriers to fair court proceedings for vulnerable immigrants who otherwise would not be able to post bond fees and access legal support,” noting that “people who get out of detention on bond and get legal representation usually have a better chance to obtain a path to relief from deportation.” Being released on bond also allows people to return to their families who depend on them, their jobs, and their communities rather than spend months or even years in detention. The importance of legal representation was echoed by one of the speakers at the dinner, Jennifer Breen, a Faculty Fellow at Syracuse University College of Law, who stated that in any kind of immigration proceeding “it makes a huge difference [in the outcome] to have an attorney representing you.” But apart from legal help, immigrants caught in the deportation pipeline need support from their communities as well, which the TCIRC also provides. In a written statement, Art explained that he was able to receive support from the TCIRC not only during his detention but also after his release, noting that the group “continued to support me in search for a. . . lawyer for my asylum seeking, coordination, documentation, translation and preparation for the court hearings.” Art’s master hearing was held on December 17 in Buffalo and a decision on his asylum petition will be made by an immigration judge sometime soon. In addition to the legal defense fund, TCIRC has organized a Rapid Response Network which features a hotline that can be called by anyone either stopped by immigration officials or witnessing an immigration arrest. The call will alert volunteers who will come to the location of the incident to observe and document it (time permitting); the network also offers to provide referral to legal counsel, follow-up on arrests and detainment, and communication with families and loved ones. The Rapid Response hotline number is (607) 358-5119. While the work of the TCIRC and similar organizations elsewhere is vitally important to ensure that due process is followed in immigration proceedings, the discriminatory nature of the system itself, and its unfairness regarding who has access to legal help and who doesn’t, are among the many reasons why our immigration policy needs a complete overhaul, one that acknowledges immigrants’ legitimate fears of violence and death in their home countries, their role in our economy, and our long history as a nation of immigrants. But in the meantime, groups like the TCIRC can at least try to help people who are caught up in a system that is stacked against them. -Sara Schaffzin

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Black Girl Alchemists Unite

Southside uses large grant to create initiatives designed to empower young black women

By E dw i n J. Vi e r a or some, the new year is a time of self-reflection, when people take stock of what they see in themselves as well as the world around them. However, for Nydia Boyd, executive director of Southside Community Center, and Dr. Nia Nunn, president of the board of directors of Southside Community Center, this evaluation has been going on since the spring of 2018. That evaluation has resulted in shaking up the visual narrative of black women comes in the form of a mural for the exterior of Southside, its first public-facing mural at its central location, meant to celebrate and amplify local voices of women of color. 8 T

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Aptly named the Mosaic Mural Project, Boyd and Nunn began working with young black girls in the community as well as local artist Annemarie Zwack to create a mural that would hang on the exterior of the Southside building. The funds for this come from a $270,000 grant from the NoVo Foundation in New York City, which has enabled them to do this as well as launch several programs, projects and events they feel have fostered sisterhood in the community and will continue to do so as they continue. The over-arching initiatives that stem from the grant, as well as the theme for the mural and the girls who participate in these programs are being called “Black Girl Alchemists.” The initiative is de-

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scribed as girls and young women who use their voices through spoken word, writing, dance, and art to create and demand space for visibility. Nunn and Boyd speak to the idea of taking control over the narrative of black women and black girls. “I think even that word, ‘alchemy,’ speaks to the theme of the mural,” Boyd said. “It speaks to the idea of taking control over your own magical process, too. In the same way, the girls were taking control over their own image and representation. When you think about the representation of black girls and black women, that was something that was not in our power. The first images of black women were not created by black women or black men. They were created by white men and they per-

Th e m u r a l t h at w i l l soon ador n the ouside of Southside Commu nity Center. ( P h o t o b y C a s e y M a r t i n)

petuated racism and stereotypes.” The mural is composed of several panels, each showing a different girl. Two of the panels were created by Nunn and Boyd, with some special identifiers on them like books or different uses of materials to make a certain point. Boyd, an artist herself, has found that a myriad of things are at play when it comes to creating a work of art. She also talked about how the power to create one’s own image is something that can allow for a great deal of reflection on who black girls and black women are in society. Nunn also chimed in about how the ongoing activism of people of color, both in Ithaca and around the country, has sparked a movement for black people to

tell their own stories instead of allowing someone else to control their visual representations. “Connected to that too is the work that we’re doing and the work black women/ black girls and black boys/black men are

was Southside. Where I could be around people who look like me, listen to music I want to listen to, have conversations about things—this was always like home.” Boyd has emphasized art in her time as executive director, realizing its capability as a form of not only self-expression but self-reflection; seeing people reflected on the walls of Southside reminds her of seeing family pictures on the wall of her home growing up, both of relatives who are still alive and from past generations. As murals begin to populate the public-facing outside of Southside instead of only Th e m u r a l w i l l c o n s i s t o f c o n n e c t e d its inside, Boyd c e r a m i c pa n e l s . ( P h o t o b y C a s e y M a r t i n) hopes that the visuals can call attention to the wealth doing to contribute to this idea of black of activity happening in Southside and by girl alchemy,” Nunn said. “It’s us workthose who work there. ing to disrupt the idea of gendered racism, “I think there is something imporand our process of interrupting this intertant in being able to see yourself reflected nalization is rooted in love for the self and on the inside of this building, but it’s this love for our people. I think that’s imporother element that it’s on the outside of tant when you see this among a variety of the building,” Boyd said. “I think in really folks engaged in activism. Thinking about recognizing that this neighborhood has Ithaca College, LACS [Lehman Alternabecome super gentrified, there are people tive Community School]—just listening to in this neighborhood who have no idea these young women and women of color, what Southside is. I think there are people but mostly black women, encouraging that who walk by here and think we’re just this self-love and collective self-pride has been brick building, [and] there’s not too much transformative because it has been a lot of going on outside. We have murals around work.” the back of the building but you can’t reReal visual impact on the community ally see them from the front, so I think of is one of the main things Boyd hopes will the mosaic piece as some indicator of the result from the mural. Growing up as a work that we do and who we are.” non-white person in Ithaca can be a rough Deciding on making the mural into a experience, she said, and she often found mosaic was chosen because it allows the Southside was like a second home for her. girls to create their own sort of self-porShe wants this mural to reflect that there trait since not everyone is able to draw, are non-white people here who want to be Boyd said, speaking from her own experivisible, who want to be seen and recogence. According to Boyd, Zwack would nized as well. sketch out the idea while she and the girls “I think one of the really important would do the physical work on the mothings about being at the center and being saics. All of the pieces in the mural have able to work with girls is that I and Dr. Nia been crafted based on what the girls who were literally a girl navigating the spaccreated the mural see in themselves, an es of Ithaca,” Boyd said. “So, navigating idea that also deeply appealed to Boyd. predominantly white spaces and figuring “Having the power to shape the way out how and where you feel included and that we are seen,” Boyd said. “She [a black I would say throughout childhood, here, girl] sort of puts herself in this position of one of the spaces where I did feel included power and of regalness. And some of the

other girls are more detailed. There’s one onto the building will be completed. that doesn’t have a lot of detail that’s really Since the building is owned by the about shapes and it doesn’t have a lot of City of Ithaca, Southside has been going color and how that’s powerful, too.” through an elaborate process to get the It is also based on the idea of the wommural placed on the building, which will en being able to use their hands when continue in January at the Planning and creating the mural. Economic DevelopWorking with clay ment Committee. and other materiHowever, as Boyd als, Boyd said, can pointed out, as the be somewhat theraprocess advancpeutic and allows a es, there are more person’s feelings to and more hurdles manifest through a to jump through. certain work. The girls who were “We came across involved with creAnnemarie and she ating the mural sort of had these are anxious for the skills,” Boyd said. mural to hang in “We saw what the its rightful place, work looked like Nunn said. and so we said yes. “These girls are The other thing is waiting,” Nunn that I’m an artist, said. “They’re like, Mu r a l design er A n n em a r ie but I can’t draw. I ‘We’ll do speeches Zwac k ( P h o t o o n l i n e) make photographs. and poetry perI make collages. I formances in front think there’s someof it and a music thing in being able to compose something video.’ They’re ready and they’re eager. So, that anybody can do [...] But I think that we have had to pull in some advocates to the mosaic is something that is accessible help with the movement. And sooner than to more people because somebody who later we’ll see progress and officially the ficould draw like Annemarie was helpnal product on the space.” ing to sketch the thing out, but the girls were making the actual elements like hair and the texture of the hair and they were Justice Murals sculpting their own faces and noses. So, I In addition to its new mural, think it was something tactile about workSouthside Community Center is ing with clay, working with something once again running its Justice Murals with your hands, working out a frustraprogram, which provides $300 minition, working out a problem, having that grants for people who want to paint actual touch and the feel of having sometheir own murals somewhere in the thing and working with your hands is suarea. “Murals can be on a school, per important and very different than just business, home, vehicle, fence, drawing.” community center, or anywhere in The creative team also placed a special the Ithaca area that faces the public.” focus on their core intent for the mural. Knowing that art is viewed and consumed Applications should include name, through the contextual lens of each indimural title and contact info, plus vidual’s lived experiences, Boyd said they the amount of money requested, wanted to consider how they were prea proposal image and photo of the senting themselves to the world and what proposed location (for which you point they were all trying to make with the have permission), and examples of mural. previous art experience. Despite the mural being on the exterior of the building, the weather won’t have a Applications are due by January 15, major impact on it. Since most of the maand winners will be announced on terials are water-resistant items, whether Feb. 1, 2019. Applications can be it’s buffeted by rain or snow, the mural delivered to Southside Community should be immune from damage. In the Center or emailed to ithacamurals@ coming months, both Boyd and Nunn are gmail.com.–– hoping that the process to get the mural J a n ua ry

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Paddles Up

Louise Adie finishes her Antarctica kayaking career. Now what? By Ste ve L aw re nc e

lthough Louise Adie did not visit her parents’ home country of Norway until she was 30, her heritage would reveal itself clearly. Adie’s parents left Norway after WWII, Louise was born in Trinidad, and the family moved to Trumansburg when she was four years old. All these years later, Adie is hanging up her paddle after 14 seasons as a kayak guide for a company offering Antarctic expeditions for tourists from all over the world. Louise is honest in saying that her body kind of made the decision for her, as she said, “I have had surgery on one knee, and being on a rocking ship did not do me any favors.” This “retirement” talk is a bit odd to Adie, as she has never been one to take it easy. Many years ago, before there were “climbing walls,” she was doing technical climbing in the Shawangunk Mountain Range. She was a cyclist, a time trial racer, and a cross-country ski racer for 30 years as well. Many of us can relate to some rock climbing, and some bike racing, but 14

seasons in Antarctica? That’s a bit out of most people’s comfort zone. I asked Louise to describe those trips to the bottom of the world, and she said, “The 10-day trips were our bread and butter. We would fly to the southern tip of South America, board the ship then sail down the Beagle Channel to the Drake Passage. It takes two days to get to the Antarctic Peninsula, then we would get off the ship twice a day and either go ashore or take people out in kayaks.” As the only kayak guide, Louise’s group size would vary, and she said, “I would often start out with sixteen people per day, and it would whittle down over the course of the trip.” The season runs between mid-November and mid-March, and that window of hospitality was dictated by Mother Nature. The rest of the year, Adie explained, transportation via water is halted by ice formation. She told the story about the time she was trapped in the rapidly-forming ice,

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get eaten by an Orca!’” So, in other words, the experience went from tragedy to comedy, and that’s a good thing. Most of her memories will be of the grandeur of the experiences, like a close encounter she described. “It was late season, and the leopard seals and the whales were so fat, preparing for the winter,” Adie said. “You can see a huge Louise Adie and a group of fellow kayakers in Antarctica. (Photo provided) difference in their size and mobility. A humpback surfaced very close to me— and of that experience she said, “Once in a its belly looked like the top of a school lifetime was enough.” bus—and it was a full-size male with an “I was following two Zodiacs (support boats), and they were breaking the ice, but 18-foot pectoral fin. It was so playful, and they separated to go around an island,” she so interactive, it came up about 5 feet away from my kayak.” Tempted as she was to said. “I was locked in the ice, and I kept reach out and touch her visitor, Louise was rocking the boat and punching at the ice wise enough to leave well enough alone. with my paddle, and while I stayed warm Now, it’s back to Cayuga Lake, where for an hour from all the exertion, I wasn’t Adie will continue to volunteer as a supgoing anywhere.” I asked if she feared for her life, and she port kayaker for Women Swimmin’ and figure out what’s next. I doubt she will laughed and said, “No, I was within sight of the boat, and the crew was laughing and trade a rocking ship for a rocking chair. saying ‘Smile for the camera!’ and ‘Don’t

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The story of Franklin Henry, Jr.

By Marjorie Z. Olds

ranklin Henry Jr. had a perfect childhood. His parents were pillars in the community and his home life was loving and fun. Franklin, however, was surprisingly wild growing up, even with such accomplished and hard-working parents. “I knew inside I would never be as good, as accomplished as they are,” he said. “My father was a trustee, had a scholarship named for him, even an ice cream flavor named for him, before he retired from Cornell.” Franklin Henry Sr. passed away after a brief illness in 2016. His mother, also employed by Cornell, was described as a hero by those who knew her. Together they became the first African American foster parents in Tompkins County, providing a home to over 30 children, in need of a temporary—or for some children, a permanent—loving home. But the younger Franklin had his own destiny as far back as he can remember. At four years old, while visiting a kindergarten open house, he saw someone playing a blue sparkly drum set and music became his first love. He persuaded his parents to get him drums, and he began lessons before he began school. Growing up, he squeezed in tap dancing, color guard and anything else lively and musical. Henry sailed through Henry St. John’s, Fall Creek, DeWitt and Ithaca High, before becoming a very young single father to Frankie III, now 39. While those who loved Franklin

sighed with relief that he was “settling down,” the biggest challenges lay ahead. Henry fell in love with Amanda and became an ardent step-parent to Eliza and Zachary. His days were full to overflowing with his home life, working nights at Rulloff ’s in Collegetown, days as manager of City Health Club, and always his music. Just as young Frankie III was about to graduate from high school, Franklin and Amanda learned they were having a child. So 18 years after Frankie’s birth, Anthony arrived. A little more than a year later “The Twins,” Chandra and Christian, were born. Amanda was a loving mother, for whom the three babies were the center of her world. But she was hit hard by a devastating disability which made it impossible for her to consistently co-parent her brood. Henry again found himself a single father. Eliza and Zachary were temporarily relocated and joined their grandparents out-of-state. Frankie was now grown; Anthony, Chandra and Christian remained with their father. “We have lots of fun figuring things out together,” Henry said. “We’re partners in survival. Through it all the entire family has remained close, supportive, and maintaining the family was my top priority. My kids take just as good care of me as I take of them and to me they are amazing.” All these years since Franklin was a little boy, and his world was bordered by Cleveland Avenue and Green Street, he was always hungry to play music. During the ‘60s, black families would gather once a year at the “Rifle Range,” and by the time Franklin was six years old he would scooch over close to the band members, and often be invited to play. “Ithaca was full of music,” Henry says now. “Bernie Milton, Steve Odun, Jerry Eastman, Alex

Malone, Donald House, Neal Mazza, Reginald Van Carreker (Sly), to name a few of the legends.” Henry said when he was 15 or 16, he had more freedom and began playing in gigs around town. Since then, he’s played with many of those heroes from his childhood, and it’s now been four decades of staying involved in the “really amazing” Ithaca music scene. “It’s the Ithaca musician’s coming of age moment when Bernie Milton, who was royalty around here, calls and inquires, ‘Do you want to sit in?’” Henry said. “I grew up being influenced by Bill Avery, playing with Bernie. In later years, Bill Avery and I would take turns being hired and fired by Bernie. I think Bernie had fun firing folks. We have all remained close friends since Bernie’s passing.” Franklin reflects on the two great joys in his life: his kids and his music. Until recently, Franklin kept up a demanding schedule, playing with local, regional, and national bands. In the summer of 2016, Franklin was on the road performing, as he made his way from New York, to Pennsylvania, to Maryland, to Virginia, to the Outer Banks, to Ocala-TampaOrlando in 10 days. “I ran till all the wheels fell off, and now I have to park,” as he says now. That was his last tour. Christian, Franklin’s youngest child, is a sophomore now at Ithaca College studying music and theater. He is well-known, and loved for his many Ithaca High and Running 2 Places performances, and he spent the last summer acting with the Cortland Repertory Theater. Chandra, now 19, is a talented artist that enjoys all forms of creativity: painting and continued on page 14

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DSP Shows ranks in top 100 for ticket sales By Matt Butler

SP Shows brought OK GO, They Might Be Giants and dozens of others to venues in Ithaca and other nearby venues in 2018. In recognition of this, they’ve been rewarded with a spot on trade publication Pollstar’s Top 100 Promoters Worldwide. This is DSP’s second consecutive year on the list, jumping to No. 81 in 2018 after ranking No. 99 in 2017. The list’s ranking method is based on number of tickets sold and then reported to Pollstar between Nov. 23, 2017 and Nov. 21, 2018. Overall, DSP sold 179,089 tickets during that period, a mammoth increase of almost 50,000 tickets over its sales numbers from the previous year. Smalls said Jack White’s shows were probably the biggest sellers of the year. White performed in Cooperstown, New York in May at the Brewery Ommegang. “My reaction was sufficiently stunned, I guess, to be that much further ahead,” Smalls said. “There was just a lot of growth last year, is the best way to put it. There were a lot of new venues for us, a lot of multiple date runs for shows that didn’t happen in the past. [...] I think the whole mentality of how we looked at booking changed too.” Smalls said a staff expansion allowed he and business partner John Sanders to become more creative with how they 12 T

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book and schedule shows, particularly the multi-date shows that Smalls said were a new addition for 2018. A press release from DSP also mentions that two DSP venues were listed in the Top 200 Club Venues by Pollstar: Ithaca’s The Haunt and Daryl’s House in Pawling, New York ranked at 128 and 99, respectively. The release further states that while the State Theatre of Ithaca was erroneously left off the Top 200 Club Venues list, it also should have been listed, around number 170. Smalls said he believes DSP’s attention to its artist relationships and customized experiences have helped propel them to two of the best years in the company’s history in 2017 and 2018. “We’re very much artist-centric in how we do things, we never look at the financial ramifications first,” Smalls said. “We always look at how to do the best work for each individual show. Managers and artists want more of that these days. There’s a lot of the really big stuff, the corporates like the LiveNation and AAGs of the world and there’s plenty of room for that, but our vision is much more hands-on than that. We’re focused first and foremost on artist experience, and that’s really come a long way.” Smalls said one explanation for the growth in ticket sales was generally a better year for live entertainment sales

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DSP’s They Might Be Giants show at the State Theatre. (Photo by Casey Martin)

overall. There are other, smaller pieces as well that all came together to boost sales, such as adding a second day for the popular Cayuga Sound Festival in Ithaca and holding shows in smaller venues, yet with more overall events. DSP holds shows in venues throughout Upstate New York and New England, stretching as far as Northampton and Holyoke, Massachusetts. They also plan on adding shows this year at the Beak & Skiff Bar in Lafayette, New York, with announcements coming soon. “It just sort of happened organically, there was definitely not a specific focus on growth in that way,” Smalls said. “It was a

strong year for the industry as a whole [...] People were out seeing shows. The numbers across the board were higher.”

Dining

Shahi Pakwan

Gateway Center’s latest Indian fare By He nr y Stark

thaca is an amazing city. I think the official population is about 30,000 and yet, the way Asian restaurants keep popping up, it wouldn’t surprise me if we’re well on the way to becoming home to more aficionados of Asian food than Tokyo, Seoul, Bangkok, New Delhi, Beijing

and Saigon combined. (Okay, that might be an exaggeration but I’m sure you get the idea.) Somewhat hidden behind the construction of a new hotel and office building, at the back of the Gateway Center, a block east of the Commons, I discovered a small Indian restaurant that has been operating since early August. Shahi Pakwan only has capacity for about two dozen diners yet it offers a large and varied menu of authentic Indian dishes. India is a large country— – 14 different languages are spoken. Shahi Pakwan features cuisine from Punjab, which is in the northern part of the country. In response to requests from a significant number of Indian students studying at local colleges, management has added a half dozen different dosas to the menu, a popular street food in southern India consisting of a pancake made from rice flour and lentils. The main attraction at lunch is a modest buffet of eight warm dishes. Since the establishment is basically run by a family of three, I wasn’t surprised to see hand-

written labels identifying the various offerings. I had no problem with that; in fact, I thought it was kind of homey the way they simply mark a line through the previous day’s offering. I do wish, however, that there could be an indication of the most significant ingredients that are incorporated into each dish and how spicy each is. Only after I had brought my plate to the table and started eating did I learn that a few were a bit too spicy for me. I would have liked to have had the Tandoori chicken replenished more often. During my first visit, the serving bin was left empty for an extended period and Raj, the owner/host, told me he appreciates it when diners tell him the serving trays need replenishing. However, I feel that management has a role to play here too: The warming trays are small with limited capacity for product, which is all the more reason the food should be continuously restocked. All three members of the family do check periodically and give the food a refreshing stir. Four of the heated dishes are always vegetarian and these selections are changed daily. I thought it was a nice touch that they offered some chai tea, although it was simply tea with milk and honey. If you prefer to take the buffet with you, you’ll be provided with a takeout box to fill and the charge will be the same $10 as for indoor diners. The buffet is not the only offering at lunchtime, as you can also order from the extensive menu. For example, there are a dozen Chicken Murghs alone. (In

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Indian cooking, murghs are chicken dishes cooked in various sauces and sometimes finished in a Tandoor oven.) The chicken in mango sauce was just a tad overcooked but the flavorful sauce made it enjoyable. At a recent dinner I selected Lamb Sag. Sag means spinach and the generous portion of tender lamb, covered in creamed spinach and spices, and accompanied by a dish of Basmati rice. It was delicious. I should warn you that I ordered it mild, however it arrived a bit spicy. I subsequently learned that the lamb had been seasoned prior to the cooking process, although the whole dish itself hadn’t been. When I mentioned this to Raj he immediately brought me some cool homemade yogurt which completely solved the problem. Feel free to ask for any item on the menu to be prepared from mild to spicy. The staff is dedicated to ensuring your satisfaction and the kitchen is small enough for them to provide that service efficiently. A liquor license is not expected to be awarded for several months and it is illegal not legal for diners to bring their own. There is no doubt in my mind, after visiting the restaurant anonymously several times, that this is one family of restaurateurs who are truly dedicated to pleasing their clientele and, as far as I am personally concerned, their collective effort paid off every time.

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be washed out of the system as opposed to settling and being retained in settling tanks,” Kilgore wrote in an email. The long period of heavy rainfall over those two days caused a “high flow of Inflow and Infiltration (I and I), a common problem in sewer collection systems,” according to Kilgore, which takes significant resources to address. Inflow means the full amount of water coming into the wastewater treatment facility through sewer collection, while infiltration means groundwater that isn’t being collected but enters the collection system via cracks in the infrastructure. Some of Ithaca’s sewer infrastructure is over a century old, though Kilgore said part of the widespread construction around the city this summer, specifically that which took place on East State Street, was partially to update portions of the sewer line. In general, though, despite the biomass interruption, Kilgore said the effects were contained to the facility itself. “No permit limits were exceeded, effluent disinfection was ongoing the entire time,” Kilgore said. “There is no evidence of any negative impacts to public health or to the environment. The solids loss was not as severe as was initially believed, notification was made to err on the safe side.”

one abstention. After this, the next significant resolution was to designate the former bus station in the West End at 710 West Seneca St. as a historic landmark. Unlike previous, contentious historic designation battles, the resolution passed unanimously, with no discussion from council members. The criteria for landmark status are: that the site possesses special character or historic or aesthetic interest or value as part of the cultural, political, economic, or social history of the locality, region, state, or nation; it’s identified with historically significant person(s) or event(s); it embodies the distinguishing characteristics of an architectural style; it’s the work of a designer whose work has significantly influenced an age; or it represents an established and familiar visual feature of the community by virtue of its unique location or singular physical characteristics. A structure must satisfy three of these to merit historic designation. According to Bryan McCracken, the city’s historic preservation planner, one thing that was essential to it achieving landmark status is this building’s connection to transportation history, specifically when it

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was used as a station house for the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad line. The Ithaca Landmark Preservation Commission, which initiates the historic designation process, also considered the involvement of Frank Nies, a regionally well-known architect that worked specifically for the railroad company and designed numerous stations for them. Many of them have been listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Additionally, the station’s architectural style was a factor in its designation. It is a prairie-style train station, a rare architectural form in Ithaca as well as around the country. McCracken commented that City Historian Mary Tomlan, who is also a preservationist and architectural historian, said this is probably, if not the only, the best example of the prairie style in Ithaca. Once the meeting reached its end, Mayor Svante Myrick gave a brief State of the City address. He commended many public officials for the work they have done to improve the city while maintaining its charm. He said some of the projects that will be completed and worked on throughout 2019 may see or have seen some resistance, but that doesn’t mean that they will be ultimately negative for the city. Myrick closed with thanks and gratitude for the staff of the City of Ithaca and optimism of what lies ahead in the coming year. -E dw i n J. Vi er a

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drawing are her passions. She also manages the family’s home and finances. Coming from a long line of smart, talented and strong women, not to mention growing up in a house full of boys, Henry said she’s tough. Anthony, now 20, just released his first CD of original hip-hop, available on Spotify, Apple Music, and YouTube. “His CD ‘Color Blind’ is explicit, and autobiographical,” Henry said. “With an African-American father and a Caucasian mother, Anthony, although blue-eyed and blonde, identifies with and anguishes over the challenges black Americans face.” Talking about his dad, Anthony responds: “It’s great being in a room with you, but it’s nothing like being in a room listening to what people say about you when you aren’t around.” In retirement, Franklin has his music and his children’s love. “Health issues have slowed me down. But my kids still kiss me every time we see each other, or together. They never leave without saying ‘I love you.’” He still enjoys a role in the band Neo Project, a group of musicians from around the area, though they do not tour as much as previously. “But I have found after all these years, that being a grandfather, father and son is what really matters most to me,” Henry said. “There’s nothing more important than family. More than 20 years since the birth of Anthony, their mother Amanda, after 15 years apart, she and I get along great, and she’s doing great. The kids are all focused, working towards accomplishing their goals and dreams. I am surrounded by love. I have been blessed beyond any reasonable expectation. People walk in the house and before they leave, they say they can just feel the love. Mission accomplished.”

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Black Sheep Handspinners’ Roc Day | 10:00 AM, 1/12 Saturday | All Saints Church, 347 Ridge Road, Lansing | Includes spinning demonstrations, vendors, competitions and spinning circle.

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Off The Rails | 4:00 PM, | Americana Vineyards, Interlaken

Symphoria Casual Series: Four Seasons | 3:00 PM, 1/13 Sunday | St. Pauls Downtown, 220 East Fayette St., Syracuse | Concertmaster Peter Rovit is featured in Melinda Wagner’s Brandenburg-inspired work Little Moonhead, and after intermission, Symphoria performs Vivaldi’s ultrapopular The Four Seasons. | $40 to $20 18 and under Free

1/9 Wednesday Canaan Jam Session | 7:00 PM, | Canaan Institute, Brooktondale Ray McNamara’s WednesRay Monk’s Raysidency | 7:00 PM, | Monk’s on the Commons, Ithaca

1/11 Friday Sandbox | 6:00 PM, | Hopshire Farm & Brewery, Freeville The Tarps | 6:00 PM, | Americana Vineyards, Interlaken Common Railers | 7:00 PM, | The Westy, Ithaca Steve Southworth & the Rockabilly Rays | 7:00 PM, | Cortland Country Music Park, Cortland Terrapin Station | 8:30 PM, | Casita Del Polaris, Ithaca

1/12 Saturday Surf Renegades | 6:00 PM, | Americana Vineyards, Interlaken Louiston & Andrew Alling | 8:00 PM, | Silver Line Tap Room, Trumansburg

1/13 Sunday Jamie Lee with Kate | 1:00 PM, | Red Newt Cellars Inc, Hector Horns and Ivory | 4:00 PM, | Scale House Brewery, Hector

Alex & Reid | 7:00 PM, | The Westy, Ithaca

1/15 Tuesday Open Mic Night | 9:00 PM, | Lot 10 Lounge, Ithaca Concerts/Recitals Hiroya Tsukamoto in Concert | 8:00 PM, 1/11 Friday | Trumansburg Conservatory of Fine Arts, Congress at McLallen St, Trumansburg | Hiroya Tsukamoto is an innovative guitarist and composer who fuses folk, jazz, and world music. | $15/$18 CCO Youth Orchestra - Winter Concert | 4:00 PM, 1/12 Saturday | Ford Hall, IC, Ithaca | We Shall Overcome - A Celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. featuring Damien Sneed | 7:30 PM, 1/12 Saturday | Clemens Performing Arts Ctr, 207 Clemens Ctr Pkwy, Elmira | Inspired by the words and action of Dr. Martin Luther King, showcasing a repertoire from across the African American music traditions that electrified generations of civil rights activists and defenders with interwoven spoken word from Dr. King’s recorded speeches. | $40/$35/$30 Hiroya Tsukamoto | 8:00 PM, 1/12 Saturday | Auburn Public Theater, 8 Exchange St, Auburn | An innovative guitarist and composer who fuses folk, jazz, and world music. Workshop

Organist Jeffrey Snedeker “Magnificat” | 4:00 PM, 1/13 Sunday | St. Luke’s Lutheran Church, 109 Oak Avenue, Ithaca | Settings of the Song of Mary from the 17th through the 20th Centuriesby Delphin Strungk, Samuel Scheidt, J. S. Bach, Joseph Rheinberger, Jean Langlais, and others.

Art Highlights from the Permanent Collection | Ongoing | Everson Museum Of Art Of Syracuse And Onodaga, 401 Harrison St, Syracuse | Showcasing the depth of the Everson’s collection with 150 years of

American art, from early nineteenth century portraiture to the Pop Art of the 1960s. This exhibition features many visitor favorites, including work by Albert Bierstadt, Eastman Johnson, Lee Krasner, Grandma Moses, Jackson Pollock, and Gilbert Stuart. “Take Ten” - Art Show | 12:00 PM, 1/10 Thursday | State Of The Art, 120 W State St Ste 2, Ithaca | Ten gallery artists will kick off State of the Art’s 30th Anniversary with a show of paintings, photographs, prints, sculpture and more! Show dates: January 3-27, 2019. Craft Night - 3D Snowflakes | 6:00 PM, 1/10 Thursday | Newfield Public Library, 198 Main St, Newfield | Please register at library or call 564-3594. Luminous Lakes painting by Brian S. Keeler | Ongoing | 171 Cedar Arts Ctr, 171 Cedar St, Corning | A selection of Keuka and Seneca Lake paintings. Annual Print Sale and 20th Int’l Mini-Print Exhibit | Ongoing| Ink Shop Printmaking Center, 330 E.State / MLK Street (2nd floor CSMA bldg), Ithaca | Our collection of prints is extensive and represents some of the best printmakers around. (Re) Generation: Women Artists After 60 | Ongoing | Everson Museum Of Art, 401 Harrison St, Syracuse | Explores the creative and transformative power of age for women artists working and thriving in the contemporary art world. A Winter Landscape in Watercolor Workshop | 10:00 AM, 1/12 Saturday | Seneca County Arts Council Gallery, 109 Fall Street, Seneca Falls | Register for this workshop. 315-549-8323 | $40

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Learn Retro Craft Techniques: Punch Needle | 5:30 PM, 1/15 Tuesday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | For ages 16 and up. At the punch needle workshop, participants will first learn that the technique is a form of rug hooking using a punch needle and yarn. REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED.

Film There will be no films shown this week. Cinemapolis Week of Friday, January 11, 2019 through Thursday, January 17, 2019. Contact Cinemapolis for showtimes. New films are listed first. * On The Basis Of Sex* | The story of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, her struggles for equal rights, and what she had to overcome in order to become a U.S. Supreme Court Justice.|120 mins PG-13 Ben Is Back* | A drug addicted teenage boy shows up unexpectedly at his family’s home on Christmas Eve. |103 mins R If Beale Street Could Talk | A woman in Harlem desperately scrambles to prove her fiancé innocent of a crime while carrying their first child. |119 mins R The Favourite| In early 18th century England, a frail Queen Anne occupies the throne and her close friend Lady Sarah governs the country in her stead. When a new servant, Abigail, arrives, her charm endears her to Sarah. |119 mins R Mary Queen of Scots| Mary Stuart’s attempt to overthrow her cousin Eliza-

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world, discovers Bumblebee, battlescarred and broken. |113 mins PG-13 Second Act | A big box store worker reinvents her life and her life-story and shows Madison Avenue what street smarts can do. |103 mins PG-13 Welcome to Marwen | A victim of a brutal attack finds a unique and beautiful therapeutic outlet to help him through his recovery process. |116 mins PG-13 The Mule | A 90-year-old horticulturist and Korean War veteran is caught transporting $3 million worth of cocaine through Michigan for a Mexican drug cartel. |116 mins R Spiderman: Into the Spider-Verse | Miles Morales becomes the SpiderMan of his reality and crosses paths with his counterparts from other dimensions to stop a threat to all reality. | 117 mins PG Green Book | A working-class Italian-American bouncer becomes the driver of an African-American classical pianist on a tour of venues through the 1960s American South. | 130 mins PG-13

Special Events Birds Binocs & Beers | 12:00 PM, 1/12 Saturday | Fleur de Lis Brew Works, 3630 NY-14, Seneca Falls | Meet with the Montezuma Audubon Center staff for a guided snowshoe hike through a portion of the brewery’s forest and meadow for bird watching and mammal tracking activities. Then, participants will sample craft beers & cheeses. Following the tastings will be an entertaining bird of prey program where guests will see several birds up close, learn about our native owls, hawks and vultures, and the importance of wildlife conservation and management. Registration is required. | $25/$30

Books Books & Brew the Book Club at Hopshire | 7:00 PM, 1/10 Thursday | Hopshire Farm & Brewery, 1771 Dryden Road, Freeville | Booked for Murder - Mysteries set in libraries and bookstores.

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Kids Cuddle-up Infant & Toddler Library Time | 10:00 AM, 1/9 Wednesday | Southworth Library, 24 W. Main Street, Dryden | Sciencenter Science Together | 3:00 PM Wednesdays and Fridays; 10:30AM Tuesdays and Thursdays | Sciencenter, 601 1st St., Ithaca | Engage with your toddlers and preschoolers through self-guided, hands-on activities like playing with flubber, using tools to sift through sand, magnet fishing, and more! | General admission fees apply Build Your Own Snow Leopard Workshop | 3:30 PM, 1/9 Wednesday | Van Etten Library, 83 Main Street, Van Etten | 30 spots available, please register 589-4755 ext. 3. Maker Kids | 3:45 PM, 1/9 Wednesday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | A drop-in craft

and activity program. Each session will provide a range of activities for varying ages and ability levels; the program is most well suited to children ages 5 to 12. Creative Dance Program for Children and Their Caregivers | 11:00 AM, 1/10 Thursday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | For children ages 3 to 10, along with their caregivers, a weekly creative dance class series with local instructor Amanda Moretti. Participants will learn basic steps, balancing techniques, and whole body expression. Preschool Storytime at Southworth Library | 10:00 AM, 1/11 Friday | Southworth Library, 24 W. Main Street, Dryden | A different theme every week! Happy Talk | 10:30 AM, 1/11 Friday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | Parents and caregivers can learn baby sign and early communication strategies. Designed for babies aged four to 18 months and their caregivers. Teen Takeover: Gaming Unplugged | 7:00 PM, 1/11 Friday | Southworth Library, 24 W. Main Street, Dryden |

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Winter Comics Camp | 10:30 AM, 1/12 Saturday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | Led by comic artist Ten Van Winkle. Designed for children ages 8 to 13, the course will include lessons on all aspects of making comics, including drawing, character creation, and storytelling. Children of all abilities are welcome. Myths and Tales from Around the World | 11:00 AM, 1/12 Saturday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | Jay Leeming will lead a program for children ages 12 and under and their families. The program is interactive and will invigorate the imaginations of the participants. Paws to Read | 11:00 AM, 1/12 Saturday | Southworth Library, 24 W. Main Street, Dryden | Come and practice reading with furry friends from Cornell Canine Companions. Families Learning Science Together at TCPL: Electrostatics | 1:00 PM, 1/12 Saturday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | Presented by Cornell Universityís Center for Materials Research for a program exploring kinetics. To register, email ccmr_outreach@ cornell.edu. The program is most well suited to children ages 5 and up and their families. Sciencenter Showtime! | 2:00 PM, 1/12 Saturday | Sciencenter, 601 1st St, Ithaca | Take part in a lively presentation about different science concepts each week with local scientists, educators, and students. Topics range from chemistry to rockets and more. | General admission fees apply LEGO Building Program | 3:00 PM, 1/12 Saturday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | Children are invited to attend this weekly LEGO brick building program, which encourages them to use their imaginations or LEGO books from the TCPL collection to create their own LEGO art. The Library provides building bricks, and all creations are displayed at the Library for one week. Tuesday Morning Story Hour | 10:15 AM, 1/15 Tuesday | Candor Free Library, 2 Bank St, Candor | No Story Hour during holidays, School Closings or Bad Weather.

Family Story Time | 10:30 AM, 1/15 Tuesday | Newfield Public Library, 198 Main St. , Newfield | Join us every Tuesday for stories, songs and fun. There is a different theme each week.

Notices Ithaca Rotary Club Luncheon Speaker Series | 12:15 PM, 1/9 Wednesday | Coltivare, 235 S Cayuga St, Ithaca | 1/9: Carol Oddy, Co-owner of Medusa Tattoo Studio: Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Tattoos but were Afraid to Ask | $15 Open Hearts Dinner | 5:00 PM, 1/9 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 Candor Library Board of Trustees Meeting | 6:00 PM, 1/9 Wednesday | Candor Free Library, 2 Bank St, Candor | For more info call library: 659-7258. Ithaca Sociable Singles | 6:00 PM, 1/9 Wednesday | Dinner: Joe’s Restaurant. Host: Lynn D., RSVP: lpd4@ cornell.edu. Wednesday Night Ithaca Women’s Basketball Association | 7:00 PM, 1/9 Wednesday | Lehman Alternative Community School, 111 Chestnut St, Ithaca | The league is non-competitive and fun and involves pick-up style playing. Check out the league’s website for more information. Workforce Forum | 9:00 AM, 1/10 Thursday | Tompkins County Workforce Center, Center Ithaca, Suite 241, | Topic: Should You Accept a Position Below Your Skill Level? Civil Service Workshop | 10:00 AM, 1/10 Thursday | Tompkins County Workforce Center, Center Ithaca, Suite 241, | Learn how to look up exam and vacancy information for various forms of government jobs. We’ll look at the application process and provide an understanding of navigating the process. Engaging History: Monthly Study Groups with County Historian | 12:00 PM, 1/10 Thursday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | A monthly program with

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Casita Del Polaris, 1201 N. Tioga St., Ithaca | It’s always a good night to bust out your Birks and tie-dye and dance the evening away to your favorite Grateful Dead tunes! And this delightful venue will be a terrific place to do just that. (photo: provided)

Tompkins County Historian Carol Kammen. In the sessions, Kammen presents documents from the countyís past for reading aloud and discussion. Harvesting History:Burma Shave | 6:00 PM, 1/10 Thursday | Ward W. O’Hara Agricultural and Country Living Museum, 6880 East Lake Road,

Quilting Retreat | 8:00 AM, 1/11 Friday | Newfield Public Library, 198 Main St, Newfield | Bring machine, lunch & supplies. Ironing boards, irons and cutting mat provided. Coping with Stress During the Job Search | 1:00 PM, 1/11 Friday | Tompkins County Workforce Center,

159 Sapsucker Woods Rd, Ithaca | Guided bird walks every Saturday and Sunday morning, starting at 8:30 a.m., sponsored by the Cayuga Bird Club. Targeted toward beginners, but appropriate for all. Binoculars available for loan.

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Resume Review Workshop | 9:00 AM, 1/15 Tuesday | Tompkins County Workforce Center, Center Ithaca, Suite 241, | RESUME PEER REVIEW. Bring a paper copy of your finished resume to be reviewed by your peers and staff. Youíll be amazed at all the positive suggestions youíll leave with! Please bring 1 paper copy of your resume. Homeschool Writing Club | 12:00 PM, 1/15 Tuesday | Edith B. Ford Memorial Library, 7169 N. Main Street, PO Box 410, Ovid | Learn writing techniques and grammar tips as we create fictional stories and share ideas in this five part class. Please contact the library to register. American Red Cross Blood Drive | 1:30 PM, 1/15 Tuesday | Enfield Fire Hall, 172 Enfield Main Rd, Ithaca | Hosted by the Enfield Volunteer Fire Company. Please come and donate. Call Red Cross at 273-1900 for an appointment. Walk-ins are always welcome.

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Friday, January 11 at 8:00PM | Trumansburg Conservatory of Fine Arts, 5 McLallen St., Trumansburg | Hiroya Tsukamoto is an innovative guitarist and composer who fuses folk, jazz, and world music. Born and raised in Japan, in 2000 he received a scholarship to Berklee College of Music and came to the U.S. Hiroya has been performing internationally including Blue Note in NYC and Japanese National Television. (photo: provided)

Auburn | Weedsport Native Denny Randall will present “Burma Shave A Little Dab will do Ya.” The history of the Burma Shave Signs located throughout the country. He will also be tickling the ivory of the recently required Musuem Player Piano and Pump organ. Community Game Night | 6:30 PM, 1/10 Thursday | First Presbyterian Church, 315 N Cayuga St, Ithaca | Community Game Night is a welcoming, inclusive gathering for people to play board games and card games. All ages are welcome. Bring a game to play or play a game someone else brought. Enter through the green door on Court St, or the door by Dewitt Park. We are downstairs in Dodds Hall.

Center Ithaca, Suite 241, | This workshop will help you turn the negatives into positives, utilizing the accessible tools needed to get you within reach of potential employers. Cornell University Meet the Employer Session | 1:00 PM, 1/11 Friday | Tompkins County Workforce Center, Center Ithaca, Suite 241, | A Cornell Human Resources representative will discuss job search tips, application process and overall information about working at Cornell University. Dungeons and Dragons Gamers Guild | 3:00 PM, 1/11 Friday | Southworth Library, 24 W. Main Street, Dryden | Beginner Bird Walks | 8:30 AM, 1/12 Saturday | Cornell Lab of Ornithology,

Recruitment Open House | 3:00 PM, 1/12 Saturday | Smith Center for the Arts, 82 Seneca St, Geneva | Saturday, Jan. 12 from 3 to 4:30 p.m. inside the theater lobby at 82 Seneca St. in Geneva. Light refreshments will be served Newfield Lioness Chicken & Biscuit Dinner | 5:00 PM, 1/12 Saturday | Newfield Fire Company, 77 Main Street, Newfield | Serving: Chicken & gravy, biscuits, mashed potatoes, veggies, beverage and assorted home made desserts | Adults-$8.50, Seniors-$7.50, under 12=$5.50 Chicken Barbecue | 11:00 AM, 1/13 Sunday | Enfield Fire Hall, 172 Enfield Main Rd, Ithaca | Profits from the January BBQ will be contributed

1/13 Sunday | Varna United Methodist Church, 965 Dryden Rd, Ithaca | Come meet other fiber artists and share skills with one another. Sunday Night Alive! | 6:00 PM, 1/13 Sunday | McGrawville Church, McGraw | Sing with the SNA praise band and hear an encouraging word. More details on Facebook. Dryden Senior Citizens Lunch - Annual Meeting | 11:45 AM, 1/14 Monday | Dryden VFW, 2272 Dryden Rd, Dryden | Lunch is served at 12:15 p.m. with announcements starting at 11:45 a.m. Table service will be provided. The meal will be meat lasagna, tossed salad, garlic bread, fruited jello with whipped topping. Anyone 55 or older in the area is most welcome. | $7/$8

Comic Book Club of Ithaca General Meeting | 7:00 PM, 1/15 Tuesday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | Will 2019 be the year when you finally catch up with the original novel of The Wizard of Oz? The unabridged version of Frankenstein? The complete collection of DC Comics’ PREZ?! Enlist the CBCI’s help in keeping your resolutions!

Health Yoga for Beginners | 9:00 AM, 1/9 Wednesday | Ovid Fire Hall, 2136 Brown St., Ovid | Join Ann Mittermeyer for Anusara Yoga; a heart-oriented Hatha Yoga emphasizing good body alignment principles. Free class, donations appreciated. Registration required. Mid-Day Mindfulness Meditation | 12:15 PM, 1/9 Wednesday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | These sessions will encourage participants to shift out of “automatic pilot” mode and observe the workings of the mind, body, and emotions. Understanding Alzheimer’s and Dementia | 6:00 PM, 1/9 Wednesday | Steele Memorial Library, 101 E Church

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St. Luke’s Lutheran Church, 109 Oak Avenue, Ithaca | The Friends of Music at St. Luke promote excellence in liturgical and concert music at the church, including the use of the Juget-Sinclair French Romantic Organ (pictured). Enjoy Settings of the Song of Mary from the 17th through the 20th Centuries by Delphin Strungk, Samuel Scheidt, J. S. Bach, Joseph Rheinberger, Jean Langlais, and others. (photo: provided)

Ford Hall, Ithaca College | Enjoy the talents of the Cayuga Chamber Orchestra’s Youth Orchestra as they launch their second season with over 50 students performing under the baton of Kirsten Marshall. (photo: provided)

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