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SEATING

Gimme Coffee wants outdoor seating forever PAGE 4

FAMILY

FLAKES

Fun for kids in the cold

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ith the end of the statewide mask mandate last week and the potential end of the mask mandate for schools in the near future, the topic was the center of a discussion at the Board of Education meeting on Feb. 8.

Parent Jessa Dauria expressed her frustration with the mask mandate, citing a rise in children’s mental health issues, including rises in suicide attempts and eating disorders.

“That’s in addition to the learning losses kids are experiencing in school,” she said.

“They can’t follow what’s happening or they can’t hear […]

Teachers say they’re dealing with more behaviors than ever before.”

Dauria said in a world of anti-vax and anti-mask versus pro-vax and pro-mask, she falls in between.

“I’m pro vaccine and antimask,” she said. “Vaccines are game changers for people.

Some may choose not to get vaccinated, but that doesn’t affect my ability to benefit from a vaccine. The bottom line is our children have borne the heaviest burden […] What about our end game? Are we trying to keep them from getting COVID forever? Or until every child is vaccinated? What’s the off ramp?”

Board members, including student reps, got the chance to respond to Dauria, with many sharing her frustrations but expressing support for masks.

Board member Erin Croyle, who has been outspoken about her support of masks and vaccines as she has an immunocompromised child, said masks protect people who cannot protect themselves.

“I’m sick of wearing a mask, I absolutely am, but if that means it’s saving a life or keeping children safe, I’ll wear one for the rest of my life,” she

ART S &E N T E RTAINME N T said. “All of my son’s specialists want him to be masked and say it’s safe to go to school if the people around him are masked.”

Croyle also noted that if the mask mandate for schools is lifted, it might mean some kids are not able to continue attending in-person schooling.

“I hope we can say goodbye to [COVID] soon, but I think masks are a great step for us to have some normalcy,” she said. “Masks allow us to attend events, go to school, go to sports. I think it’s important to think of how much protection these masks provide.”

One of the student representatives on the board shared that his grandparents had moved in with his family last summer and it had given him a new perspective on the importance of COVID prevention.

“If I get COVID, I won’t get horrendously sick and there’s a low chance I’ll die from it. The same is true for my parents.

But the same is not true for my grandparents,” he said.

“You’re only as healthy as the least healthy person in your household […] I respect what you’re saying and I really do agree with you, but […] if my grandparents die they can’t

come back. So we should keep masks because of that.”

Another student representative added that at this point wearing a mask really isn’t bothersome.

“I wish I knew what the bottom half of many of my classmates’ faces looked like, and there’s no doubt that losing that aspect of social learning affects kids, but I don’t think masks are the reason for those [other] issues you mentioned,” he said. “I think there are plenty of other larger systemic issues that are the causes for these emotional pandemics, and that won’t be solved by the removal of masks.”

Board member Moira Lang said that throughout the pandemic the board has been guided by science, and that the most recent science she had read confirmed that masks add a layer of protection.

“If there’s one thing we know about the virus it’s that who will get it and how bad they will get it is wildly unpredictable. It’s wise to continue wearing masks,” Lang said. “I’ve gotten used to it, my 3-year-old grandson has gotten used to it.”

Board President Rob Ainslie said the situation is fluid,

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adding, “the future here is not going to be decided through science, politics will come into play.”

He said he thinks as the election for governor continues to move forward, the mandate will be lifted for political reasons and the district will have to figure out how to continue from there.

“Some folks will be comfortable and will wear one, and others will not,” he said. “We’re going to have to learn to live with this because it’s not about science anymore.”

One of the student representatives asked if the district would consider instituting its own mandate if the statewide one is lifted, to which Superintendent Luvelle Brown said he wasn’t willing to make a guess.

“We will do what we’ve always done — follow the guidance of the local health department,” Brown said. “We will be leaning on our local health department to make recommendations. They may, and sometimes have been, make different decisions from other health departments.

This is not a binary decision and I rarely make hypothetical guesses.”

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Crypto

PHOTOGRAPHER Crypto mining not off the table for former Cayuga power plant

By C a se y Mar tin

IF PARIS IS THE CITY OF

LOVE, WHAT IS ITHACA?

“Ithaca is the city of Good Friends” -Julia V.

“Ithaca is the city of HIPPIES!” -Henry G & Kate M.

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eowulf Electricity and Data, Inc., one of the partnering companies involved in the suspected development of a cryptocurrency mining facility at the Cayuga Operating Company site, has released a statement regarding the status of the site.

Ithaca Times contacted Jerry Goodenough, former manager of the Cayuga Power Plant, in regards to the report produced by Lansing Advisory Committee on Power Plant Future (LAC-PPF) that suggested Beowulf E&D, Cayuga Operating Company and the former owners of the power plant are looking into developing

a Bitcoin (or another form of cryptocurrency) mining facility on that land. Goodenough shared the following statement from Beowulf E&D: “We continue to pursue redevelopment opportunities involving renewable energy and a large-scale data center at the former Cayuga operating plant. We believe the site can and should be part of the State’s vision for a new economic life at the site of former coal plants which still maintain important and valuable features like interconnection to the grid, ample land and industrial zoning. We are currently focusing on utilizing a federal

Zoning

Gimme Coffee aims to make outdoor seating permanent

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Gimme Coffe on Cayuga Street (Photo: Casey Martin)

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request to eliminate the parking requirement at 430 N Cayuga St. got conversation brewing at the Feb. 8 Board of Zoning Appeals meeting. The building is home to a Gimme Coffee location seeking to permanently eliminate the four parking spaces behind the shop.

In October 2020 the shop

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was granted temporary approval via email with Common Council to transform the parking lot into a seating area to deal with COVID regulations. The building, which has Gimme on the ground floor and five apartments above it, is required to have six off-street parking spaces. However, there were only ever four.

grant to pursue bringing a broadband line to the site and the local community, while also working with a large US solar developer to develop a large-scale solar project at the site. While we have no specific plans or tenants for the Empire State Data Hub today, we have not precluded cryptocurrency mining at the site.”

In the LAC-PPF’s report, the committee lists three reasons for why it believes a plan for a Bitcoin mining facility could be in the works. The first piece of evidence was the Town of Somerset’s planning board’s approval for a site plan review submitted by Lake Mariner Data, LLC — a subsidiary of Beowulf Energy — for data center buildings to be used as a cryptocurrency facility on a site of another former power plant. (The approval was made on Aug. 5, 2021) According to the report, the site for the

project is the sister site to the Cayuga Power Plant, both of which are owned by Beowulf Energy and Heorot Power.

Jerry Goodenough, former manager of the Cayuga Power Plant, is the Vice President for Development at Heorot Power and is in charge of both plants in addition to the data center that was originally proposed to be built on the Cayuga Power Plant site.

The committee also reported that, on Nov. 6. during a meeting with Scommunication, Assemblywoman Anna Kelles and Sue Roff, chairwoman of the LAC-PPF, Scommunication notified them that the owners of the Cayuga facility have been speaking with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) and the Public

Three of these spaces were leased to tenants of the apartments, while the fourth was Gimme’s space. According to Colleen Anunu, the comanaging director of Gimme, the building owner discussed the loss of parking spots with the tenants and then removed access to the spots from their leases. Gimme now currently has a lease for full use of the parking lot, which the business does pay for.

The owner of Gimme’s wife owns 430 N Cayuga St., however it’s under a separate LLC and the owner of Gimme has a rental lease with their spouse for the business.

One of the concerns board members had in granting approval is that if they granted a variance to allow the parking requirement to be eliminated, that variance was for the building and not the business. That means if Gimme were to ever close and another business moved in, it would still operate under the variance with no requirement for parking.

Board member David Barken asked that if there was still a sense of hardship moving forward, now that state regulations regarding COVID are not as strict as they once were before vaccines.

Anunu said yes, noting that none of Gimme’s cafes currently have indoor seating.

“We don’t anticipate opening up for indoor seating

anytime in the near future,” she said. “This is crucial seating for our business. It was part of our plan when we reopened in July 2021 after being closed for 15 months. We recognized we needed seating for customers.”

She also added that they had spent around $10,000 on repaving the parking lot and constructing 13 modular units that make up the seating area.

“They’re modular on purpose,” she said. “They can be moved, but really it’s intended to serve the local neighborhood and be used as a public space, as well as by customers.”

Board member Steven Henderson asked how often the parking lot was used prior to the pandemic, but Anunu said she didn’t start in her position until January 2020, so she wasn’t sure. However both Henderson and board member Michael Cannon noted that on-street parking is generally pretty available in that area.

Cannon said he finds Gimme to be a great asset to the neighborhood and a good neighbor, but that he’s concerned with setting a precedent for future tenants.

“Who’s the next tenant and what do they do with that back lot?” Cannon said. “That’s my only concern.”

Board member Joe Kirby didn’t share that concern, and said there’s plenty of parking

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N e w s l i n e Photo: Megan Yawman, Kelly Lamarre and Grace Cannon were honored prior to the Bombers’ 14th consecutive win.

Sports

Consistency and Continuity

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hen Dan Swanstrom submitted his sudden resignation a few weeks ago, the football coach’s departure rattled some Ithaca College sports fans. After all, Swanstrom was at IC for a mere four years, and the Bombers are accustomed to continuity and consistency, as evidenced by two winter sports both preparing for a big post-season.

Dan Raymond has been at the helm of the women’s basketball team for 22 years, and the Bombers just ran their win streak to an impressive 14 games. Over that 22-year span, the Bombers have made the NCAA tournament 15 times, the second round 11 times, the Sweet 16 four times and the Elite 8 twice. Currently standing at 19-3 at the time of publication (14-1 in the Liberty League), the team is well on its way to its 15th 20-win season under Raymond.

The team’s three graduate students were honored before its 14th consecutive win (against St. Lawrence), as Grace Cannon, Kelly Lamarre and Megan Yawman have made significant contributions to the Bombers’ success. Grace showed her gratitude by putting up some impressive numbers — scoring 19 points, 12 rebounds and four assists.

Cannon’s overall stat lines have been eye-opening, as she has scored in double figures in each of the 14 wins. Her lowest point total was 10, while her highest was 24, and in that game (versus Rochester), she also served notice with 10 rebounds, four steals and two blocks. Coach Raymond told me, “Grace and Cara Volpe have been our primary scorers, and Lindsay Albertelli has also contributed a lot.”

Lamarre made a key steal to wrap

up the effort against St. Lawrence, and Yawman added timely points as well.

The Bombers will be at home this weekend for two Liberty League contests, hosting Bard on Friday at 5:30 p.m. and Vassar Saturday at 2 p.m. Heading into the final stretch, Raymond said, “We’re in good shape health-wise, but we know better than to take anything for granted.” ornell’s wrestling program gets a lot of publicity, and as one who has written about the team and about Kyle Dake’s path to becoming a world champion and an Olympic medalist, I would never begrudge them that spotlight.

That said, wrestling fans know that the Big Red are not the only game in town, and a recent article on the Bombers’ website conveys that the program’s excellence is widely known.

Rofkin Wrestling recently released its ranking of the top Division III wrestling programs of the last decade, and Ithaca College was ranked third on the list. The ranking was based on the number of national medalists, and the Bombers have had 28 since 2012. Of those 28 wrestlers that have stepped on the podium, four have been national champions (Ricardo Gomez, Ben Brisman, Jeremy Stierly and Seth Ecker), and the program’s pedigree includes three NCAA Division III Team Championships, 12 individual national champions, 83 All-Americans, and 12 topfive team finishes at the national tournament.

Sustained excellence often involves the aforementioned consistency and continuity, and Marty Nichols brings both to the Bombers. Nichols was a three-time All-American for the Bombers from

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1987-1990, and he was an integral part of the program’s first two national championships. He worked as an assistant at Cornell, coached the Ithaca High wrestlers briefly, then returned to South Hill as an assistant before taking the reins in 1996.

Now in his 26th year, Nichols (an Ithaca College Hall of Fame inductee) has a trophy case full of awards, including Coach of the Year awards given out by New York State, the ECWC and the NCAA. He was also recognized for his achievements as a scholar-athlete.

That consistency and continuity is also embodied by assistant coach Ricardo Gomez, who joined the Bombers’ staff in the 2013-14 season after winning the NCAA Division III Championship at 125 pounds during his senior season in 2013.

At this writing, Ithaca College wrestling program is ranked #26, and in its last outing, the team put together a 30-12 win over visiting Wilkes University. With that victory, the Bombers improved to 10-4 overall as they close out the regular season slate in a dual against crosstown rival SUNY Cortland.

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Ups Warmer weather this week should melt some of that treacherous ice covering sidewalks and driveways. Phew.

Downs Things are getting more and more tense at the RussiaUkraine border. Let’s hope everyone can come to a more diplomatic solution.

HEARD&SEEN Heard Acting Mayor Laura Lewis reportedly said she plans to run for mayor to finish out the current term, ending Dec. 31, 2023.

Seen The sun! It’s been an exceptionally sunny February – seasonal affective disorder who?

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Service Commission (PSC) since spring 2020 about installing a Bitcoin operation at the facility.

The committee’s report also included an attachment of an Administrative and infrastructure Services Agreement between Beowulf Electricity & Data Inc. and TeraWulf Inc. that was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in April 2021, which at the end of the document is a list of three locations that are designations of power requirements for Bitcoin mining. The Cayuga facility is listed as one of those three locations.

In addition to the statement, Goodenough provided some background on TeraWulf, saying the company “represents a new paradigm in cryptoming, using more than 90%+ zero carbon energy emissions today with a plan to reach 100% zero carbon energy emissions by 2028.”

He also said, “There is no plan, desire or ability to bring the Cayuga generating station back online.”

Goodenough declined to comment any further on the matter.

Tthe Lansing Town Council is currently exploring changing the town’s zoning laws to prohibit cryptocurrency mining developments in the municipality.

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Hoopty Care

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eressa Sivers, our New York Con- living. Whatever a resident or their family nects Specialist at the Finger Lakes needed for optimal care of an aging loved Independence Center (FLIC) on Fifth one, Teressa called upon the many netStreet in Ithaca, brings an unusual back- works she developed in the community to ground to this crucial position. By nature find or create essential medical, residenTeressa has lived a life committed to social tial, spiritual or therapeutic services. justice, with focus on inclusion, no matter After her husband Doug Sivers what challenges we face. obtained his nursing “My father was a degree, this young famlifelong dairy farmer in ily moved to Baton Rouge, the Mansfield-Wellsboro, Louisiana. While Doug Pennsylvania area,” Teressa worked in neurology and said. “My mother taught then emergency medicine, school and was the building Teressa began exploring principal when I was growministry through a local ing up. Nearby, my materchurch that focused on nal grandfather, a journalchildren and youth and ist, was always active in our families facing food inselocal community, working curity. In order to pursue to create opportunity, so ministry and give Doug that all community memopportunities to grow his Teressa Sivers bers would have the chance nursing skills, they moved to create a fulfilling life. My to Durham, North Carolina grandparents and parents for Duke’s Divinity School welcomed anyone and everyone who and its medical center. came into our lives.”

Growing up in the United Methodist With a degree in psychology, Teressa tradition of social justice, Teressa’s family honed her case management skills first in hails from the founders of the original Horseheads, New York, where she worked continued on page 7 with families transitioning into assisted

ven we northerners who personally don’t mind winter mind its hardships for our cars.

So far this year in Ithaca we have had several nights with temperatures in the single digits, providing problems for car batteries. In the morning, when it has perhaps warmed up to 10 degrees, and you turn the ignition key and the motor shows not the slightest understanding of this action, which is supposed to be recognized as routine, AAA can seem like the best bargain in the world.

I don’t know if my AAA plan provides infinite free battery jumps, probably not, but it might have seemed that way to the tow truck guys who came to my house multiple times last month.

I mean, they get paid by AAA (presumably), and tipped by me (certainly), so why should they mind, except for the simple monotony of it.

In the midst of these multiple incidents I took the car to my mechanic, who pronounced the battery and all the components of the starting system okay, except for the driver.

He knows how I use this car, which is hardly at all, maybe three thousand miles a year, and maybe only a dozen trips of thirty miles or more, as opposed to hundreds around town of three miles or less.

That kind of use taxes the battery and never gives it a chance to re-charge, which it does when driving. This is a dire situation in an environment of extended sub-freezing temperatures, which batteries dislike.

My mechanic said, “You need to make a point of taking the car out on the road once a week or so. Find some reason to go out to Dryden or Trumansburg.”

I know this, but it’s not easy. It’s like when your dentist reminds you to floss daily, like, why wouldn’t you, and personally I do, but that only takes a minute.

These prescribed jalopy jaunts take some time, and the aim can be hard to find.

Not that he cares, but I explained myself to my mechanic. You know, sometimes they have to act as counselors for personal, social and psychological life situations, though probably no one explained this when they started out in the job.

First of all, I said I understood his advice, and in the past complied closely with this practice in the winter, when this

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type of drive is judicious not just for the battery but also the brakes, which collect seasonal road salt crud.

Back then there was a compelling destination, a Trumansburg pizzeria that had the most Brooklyn-style pizza in the area, significant to me in not just a culinary but a nostalgic sense, so a drive out there was restorative not just for the car but for me.

What happened?

A few years ago the proprietors opened a branch in downtown Ithaca. There went my motivation for this out of town excursion.

The new branch is right across the street from my mechanic. How’s that for ironic. Now I go there when my car breaks down.

Anyway, I appreciate my mechanic’s expertise and patience: the talk therapy helped me. I’ve been back to Trumansburg since. It has a very small but picturesque downtown with other good food businesses. It’s a nice drive, especially via Route 89, the woodsy road along Cayuga Lake’s western shore.

The trip east to Dryden is less nice, not scenic, and somehow full of drivers in a hurry, or maybe it just seems that way to me because I’m not. The center of town is a mix of a real downtown and commercial strips, a bit disconcerting.

Another alternative is going north to Lansing, which has some wistful vistas along the way, but only a commercial crossroads rather than a real downtown.

It has nice parks along the lake and the falls of which it is justly proud.

All these towns are reached by state roads, which tend to be well maintained and plowed.

It’s a worthy battle all year long, but winter is an especially challenging time for care and maintenance of the hoopty, defined as a car that has seen better days, especially cosmetically, but deserves admiration for its ability to withstand age and absorb damage without suffering complete failure.

An online dictionary cites as perhaps the ultimate hoopty “a ‘92 Cadillac Brougham with the panels missing in front of the brake lights” or “a fine Hyundai Elantra with three spinner hubcaps.”

It might also be a ‘96 Volvo wagon parked with the driver’s door closed on a trash bag draped around it, so the metal of the door won’t adhere to the frame with its tendency to admit water that later freezes.

I’ll hate to give the thing up, though.

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Church.

“John and Charles Wesley founded the United Methodist Church (UMC) from England’s Anglican church in order to live out their religious beliefs by embracing social justice; building hospitals and schools throughout the poorest, most underserved communities…Our family are descendants of the Wesleys,” Teressa said.

Teressa filled a short assignment as the pastor in Fletcher’s Chapel UMC in Durham, North Carolina, followed by almost three years serving in Duke’s Chapel UMC. But with two small children, Doug and Teressa decided this was the time to apply for a ministry (selected by the Bishop) nearer to family in Pennsylvania.

Oneonta, New York fit the bill. For the next 10 years Teressa led an open, inclusive congregation.

“We worked to create a safe space where all of God’s children are free to be exactly who they are, created in the divine image,” she said.

While in Oneonta, Doug returned to school at Binghamton University, graduating with a master’s in nursing education and Family Nurse Practitioner. Teressa and Doug loved the small, close-knit, progressive Oneonta community.

“Like a lovely little Ithaca…About half the size, with two small colleges and a local government supporting an active Human Rights Commission,” Teressa said.

In July 2018 the Bishop of the Upper New York Conference (translation: “region”), assigned Teressa to serve as senior pastor for St. Paul’s Methodist Church in Ithaca.

“St. Paul’s is an open and inclusive community, seeking to welcome all people,” Teressa said. “Their spiritual life

is rich with art, music and contemplation.

They have a passion for justice and equity.

The congregation is involved with drilling wells for clean water in Costa Rica for several years, working with the Aqua Viva program.”

Ithacans are also fortunate that Doug assists patients in Cayuga Medical Center’s Emergency Room, Urgent Care Center, and provides at-home visits via CMC’s Virtual Care program.

Teressa, who retired her ministry in July 2021 due to family health challenges, may soon be welcoming her parents to make the move to this community, which they, too, are falling in love with over time.

Teressa’s life is rich and consuming with her FLIC advocacy and counseling of those seeking to overcome challenges to a fulfilling life, plus her grown family and her own spiritual and social justice pursuits.

Daughter Devyn, in Frederick, Maryland, “loves her fifth graders, with special watch over her at-risk children and their families,” Teressa said. “If we want to help children, we help families. Devyn’s husband Michael travels the world for his geologic position, but the entire family makes time for precious visits as frequently as possible despite the 5+ hour road trip in between us.”

Son Aidan lives in Wilmington, North Carolina, near the beach and designs cover art and plays music with his childhood friends, percussionist Sam Goff Brasko and producer Jacob Glueckert (who graduated from Ithaca College). For more on this group listen to “Ghost in the Window” via Sam Brasko on Spotify.

Coming soon: Teressa’s guidance on how New York Connects can help us close gaps in services. In the meantime, check out FLIC’s wonderful website at https:// fliconline.org/FLIC/

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available in the area and that he thinks likely the next tenant would just revert to using the space as a parking lot.

An unusual detail to the decision was that Gimme is operating under a special permit that does not require the traditional five-year review with the Planning and Development Board. That building is located in an R2B one, which allows for single- or two-family homes. It also allows for neighborhood commercial facilities by special permit, which is what Gimme was granted. A neighborhood commercial facility permit is granted by the Planning and Development Board to businesses that are intended to serve the surrounding area and not draw people in from other parts of the city.

At first, Gimme had to go in front of the Planning and Development Board every five years to receive a renewal on

its special permit. However the last time they did so the board decided to waive the requirement for renewal, so Gimme currently has a special permit in perpetuity.

This causes concern that if Gimme operates on a permanent special permit, and then receives a permanent variance, there would be no avenue to review the parking situation, especially in a post-COVID world.

Board members floated the ideas of a temporary permitting option or requesting the Planning Board go back to the five-year review process with Gimme, as required by city code. Ultimately, the Board of Zoning Appeals members decided to table the discussion to give Zoning Administrator Megan Wilson and the city attorney’s office time to look at options for a more temporary variance.

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YOUR LETTERS The Ukraine and Russia conflict

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ong ago, when I was a student, I asked my mother, Anna, how it came to pass that her father, Luke Zaleski and his brother, Nicolai, made their way from Ukraine to America. “Their father gave them the money for boat tickets from Austria to Ellis Island. He told them he didn’t want to go looking for their bodies in some Russian battlefield.”

This was a realistic concern, as WWI was about to erupt. Now another armed conflict appears to be reaching an ignition point, with U.S. officials informing the Associated Press that there are currently an estimated 130,000 Russian troops in position along and near Ukraine’s borders.

Meanwhile, Ukraine’s President, Volodymyr Zelensky, continues to urge against panic, most recently while at a drill with tanks and helicopters near the Crimean border. Also, the AP, through the lens of photographer Vadim Ghirda, provides us with a surreal photo of a 79-year-old Ukranian woman in a combat-training position, pointing an assault rifle.

Allow me to share some insight from an interview conducted by a Washinton Post writer, Alex Horton, who previously reported for “Stars & Stripes.” He’d recently entered a club in Chernihiv, a Ukrainian town which is on the Russian border, and saw young people dancing.

After observing a sing-along to AC/ DC’s “Highway to Hell,” the reporter got into a discussion with Sveta P. and Lydmila R., who agreed that, despite their partying, “We do worry.” However, both of them indicated that they “believe there’s a 75 percent chance that nothing is going to happen.” Closing with a degree of transcendent reflection, Lydmila asked, “What if it’s the last day?”

Continuing in that vein, a theme manifested in a number of articles can be summed up in a statement about invasion possibilities made by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, who has said, “Russia has used military exercises before as a disguise, as a cover.”

Of course, those of us who’ve studied the origins of US involvement with the war in Vietnam will recall how a misidentification of heavier-than-usual waves by the sonarman on the USS Maddox (i.e.

“Am under continuous torpedo attack...”) was employed to gain support for the “Gulf of Tonkin Resolution” (1964) and support for America’s broadened role in pursuing the war in Vietnam. (D. Ellsberg, SECRETS) F e br ua ry

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Meanwhile, back to the current crisis, the American media is reporting allegations by the US and Britain, accusing Russia of plotting to use Bayraktar drones (made by Turkey, a NATO member) to provide the means and basis for false attack allegations. Ukraine has previously used these drones to attack pro-Russia separatists. However, the LA TIMES writers (Madhani, Cook & Fraser) stated that, “the U.S. has not provided detailed information backing up” the intel used to justify the “false flag plot” allegations.

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s a person who has followed every COVID mandate and supported our public health officials for two years, I now implore all of us to urge our government officials to lift all COVID mandates. Data on COVID indicate that we are as ready as we ever will be to end mandates on a virus that will, let’s be honest, never fully go away. Data also indicate the damage that mandates are doing to youth, children and businesses especially.

I--and others like me who have supported all mandates--are now wondering what it will take to lift these mandates. Our governor calls for the end of mandates but not in schools, and Tompkins County continues to urge businesses to keep the mandates.

This is convoluted, poor policy. What will it take for a clear ending of the mandates?

Yes, a group of people will yell and scream when mandates are lifted, but we cannot let fear guide policy. Fear has always led to poor policy. Anyone who wishes to protect themselves has all the necessities needed to do so--free masks, vaccines, medications, the ability to limit social interactions. The anti-mandate groups always said that if we permit mandates to take over they will never go away. Were they right? Enlightened people followed all mandates in the last two years. Enlightened people will now understand the dire need for normalcy, the need for people to choose their own comfort level with risk, the need to determine how their kids go to school, and so on. The time has come to move forward, to progress. Otherwise, we are going to see further divisiveness, protests, and the end of people trusting liberal, communitarian ideals and government.

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Take your time, get tried and true counsel, and carry on with your head high.

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The new district lines put Ithaca in a solidly Democratic Congressional district, the race for which is becoming increasingly crowded.

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By Ta n n e r H a r di ng fter a long and arduous process, new lines for New York’s congressional and state legislature districts are official. Redistricting is required by the Constitution to reflect shifts and growth in populations — New York state will lose one house seat after coming up 89 people short to retain its 27 seats.

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agreement, the task of redistricting fell to the state legislature. Predictably, this led to gerrymandering by the largely Democratic state legislature.

Despite the fact that the redistricting process was a failure of bipartisanship, the new lines do reflect some of the hopes of Ithaca voters. The new Congressional map places Tompkins County in the solidly Democratic District 22, which also includes Syracuse and Cortland, whereas the old lines had Tompkins County grouped with the more rural Republican counties to the west, as evidenced by the election of Rep. Tom Reed.

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the old 24, held by Rep. John Katko, both Republicans. Katko retired last month, and Tenney announced she will instead be running for the new District 23 (Tompkins County’s now former district), which includes much of the Southern Tier west of Tompkins County.

The new state senate map shows Tompkins County as part of District 53, along with parts of Cortland County, Broome County and Tioga County. The city of Cortland is not included in the district, though Johnson City and Binghamton are.

Assembly District 125, Tompkins County’s district, is unchanged. It encompasses all of Tompkins County, plus a portion of

Cortland County including the city of Cortland.

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So far, there are seven Democrats running for the new congressional district 22. The Democratic primary is slated for June 28.

Steven Holden is an Oklahoma native who resides in Camillus. He’s a progressive Democrat and an Army veteran who served in Iraq and Afghanistan and retired from active duty in 2018 after 20 years of service. According to his website, healthcare for all, climate change, racial and economic equality, eliminating student debt, raising the minimum wage, guaranteeing

voting rights, protecting a woman’s right to choose, making mental health care accessible, defending LGBTQ+ rights, and pushing for universal background checks for gun sales are his main priorities. This is his first time running for elected office. For more info: believeinsteve.org Francis Conole is a Syracuse resident and Navy veteran who also served In the Iraq War. His website shows his priorities include access to affordable healthcare, investment in the central New York economy, working to solve climate change,

investing in better election security, supporting women’s health and equality, reforming campaign financing, confronting racism and investing in Black and brown communities, forming the criminal justice system, investing in education, fighting for equality, opportunity and inclusivity for all, strengthening gun safety laws, investing in rural central New York, promising Medicare and social security, and dealing with the opioid crisis. Conole sought the Democratic nomination in the former 24th District in 2020, but lost to Dana Balter in the primary. For more info: conoleforcongress. com A third Democratic veteran, Sarah Klee Hood is a current member of the DeWitt Town Board. She served as an Air Force operations officer and created federal level policy that her website says is now used as

a national standard. She outlines her priorities as comprehensive and affordable

healthcare for all, affordable college and trade school opportunities and programs such as paid family leave, affordable childcare and expanded school-age programs for all incomes. For more info: sarahkleehood.com City of Syracuse Common Council member Chol Majok announced his candidacy toward the end of January. A former “Lost Boy” of Sudan, Majok came to

the United States in 2001 and made history in 2019 as the first former refugee to win elected office in Onondaga County.

His website lists his priorities as affordable healthcare, workforce development, public safety, affordable housing, climate change, support for rural Americans, infrastructure and education. He received his BA from Syracuse University in 2008, his MA in political science from the University of Albany in 2015, and his doctorate in executive leadership from St. John Fisher College in 2020. For more info, visit cholforcongress. com.

The fifth Democrat in the District 22 race is Sam Roberts, a Syracuse native who served in the Onondaga County Legislature and the New York State Assembly.

He has a bit of an Ithaca connection, earn-

ing certificates in labor studies from Cornell University. As stated on his website, his goals are to support legislation that will retain current businesses and jobs, ensure schools have the resources they need to support students, ensure people have access to affordable, high quality healthcare and address climate change on a state, federal and global level. For more info: samrobertsforcongress.com The sixth Democrat in the District 22 race is Josh Riley, born and raised in Endicott. A Harvard Law School graduate, Riley has worked as a staff assistant in Congressman Maurice Hinchey’s office, served

that prevent abortion. For more info: koforcongress.com.

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as a policy analyst at the U.S. Department of Labor, worked as general counsel to Sen. Al Franken and has worked as an attorney in private legal practice. For more info, visit joshrileyforcongress.com The seventh and final (for now) Democrat is Vanessa Fajans-Turner, from Ithaca. A Harvard graduate, Fajans-Turner spent more than 10 years in New York working on global initiatives to tackle cli-

mate change and social justice issues. Currently, she is the executive director at Bank FWD, a fellow with the venture capital firm Yard Ventures, an advisor to Investable Oceans, and a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Her focus is on changing the local economy into a green manufacturing hub. For more info, keep an eye on www.vanessaforcongress.com.

A few Republicans had announced an intention to run, but dropped out to run in different districts after the new lines were drawn. The only remaining Republican in District 22 is Tim Ko. Ko lives in Fayetteville and is a neurosurgical physician assistant. He is focused on reducing government spending, fighting tax increases and burdensome regulations that affect the supply chain, restricting the

federal government/private insurance from being involved in healthcare decisions, securing the border to stop illegal immigration, supporting police, supporting the second amendment and supporting policies

Republican Tom O’Mara currently holds the state senate seat for Ithaca. It is unclear whether he will run for re-election in the new district or a different one. O’Mara’s team did not return the Ithaca Times’ request for comment.

Democratic candidate for state senate Leslie Danks Burke is a familiar face for Tompkins County. Danks Burke, an attorney, ran twice unsuccessfully against Sen. Tom O’Mara. Ahead of the 2020 election, she said she was a longtime advocate for education, healthcare and rural economic development. She has been endorsed

by State Comptroller Tom DiNaopli, State Senator John Mannion, and a wide range of local leaders, including current and former Common Council members and County Legislators. For more info, visit leslieforsenate.com Lea Webb, a former Binghamton City Council member, is another Democrat running for state senate. She currently works at Binghamton University and is the co-founder of the Black Millennial Political Convention. According to her website, she wants to fight for affordable housing for both rural and urban communities, she supports the Good Cause Eviction legislation, she wants to limit the impact of climate change, protect natural resources and secure alternative energy sources for small farm communities, she supports the Affordable Care Act and NY Health Act, and she wants to fight for “common sense investments that make our communities vibrant places that families want to settle in rather than escape.” Webb was endorsed by former mayor Svante Myrick in January, as well as many Tompkins County leaders in February, including current and former Common Council members and County Legislators. For more info, visit leawebb. com Ithacan Dr. Ammitai Worob is a healthcare provider running for state senate. His main priorities are improving healthcare by ensuring greater coverage and lower costs, using innovation to create an environment that attracts and retains businesses in New York, ensuring teachers, students and parents have the resources they need, creating environmental policy that will create good paying, sustainable jobs, increasing opportunities for homeownership especially for the BIPOC community, and reimagining public safety to reduce incarceration and enhance community safety. For more info, visit worobforsenate.com continued on page 12

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Family Matters

Winter fun for kids

Get out and enjoy the winter — whether the kids prefer to play inside or out.

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t is no secret that the city of Ithaca serves as a playground of endless possibility for young minds. Kids growing up around Ithaca — or simply visiting the area — are encouraged to explore nature, embrace their creativity and dream big, all while still enjoying their youth.

The snow that blankets Ithaca over the winter months doesn’t mute these kids’ wonder. Why keep them cooped up at home when there’s adventure waiting all over town?

Kids just want to have fun and Ithaca has no shortage of businesses offering winter-friendly activities for them. If you’re on the hunt for things to do with your kids in the chilly months, look no further. The beauty of Ithaca is that there’s always something for everyone.

1. For the little kids and the readers.

The Tompkins County Public Library hosts countless events every week geared towards different age groups and interests. There are storytimes for babies and their families, book clubs for avid readers of varying ages, writing workshops for Ithaca’s blossoming writers, and cultural events to name a few.

The library is located at 101 E. Green St. Be sure to check out their website to find

a comprehensive schedule of all upcoming activities: https://www.tcpl.org/ 2. For those who love to share.

The Finger Lakes Toy Library is a hidden gem that offers what its name suggests: It’s like a library, but with toys. Becoming a member is easy and can be done at the Ithaca location or online, whichever you prefer. Kids of all ages are welcome to enter the toy library, choose a toy of their liking, and borrow it for up to four weeks.

While the majority of the library’s options are suitable for kids ages 0-7, they’re actively building their inventory to include toys for older children.

Stop by if you’re visiting The Shops at Ithaca Mall, located at 40 Catherwood Rd. The toy library’s winter 2022 hours and inventory are listed on their website: http://www.fingerlakestoylibrary.org/ 3. For young film connoisseurs.

Also available at The Shops at Ithaca Mall is the local Regal Cinemas. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, movie theaters weren’t able to open their doors, and many almost faced bankruptcies.

While streaming services are convenient and helped everyone get over the hump of quarantine, there’s really nothing like seeing a movie on the big screen. Regal of-

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4. For curious minds.

The Sciencenter brings curiosity to life, with exhibits that give kids hands-on learning experiences. The museum aims to make education engaging and fun for kids of all ages. For the winter months specifically, be sure to check out the Changing Skies exhibit, where kids can watch weather patterns change at their fingertips.

The Sciencenter is located at 601 First St. Visit their website to learn more about

fers showings of the latest films and there’s always something available for a wide range of ages.

Go online to Regal’s website to browse titles, find showtimes, buy tickets, and more. You can also buy tickets at the door. https://www.regmovies.com/theatres/ regal-ithaca-mall/0677#/buy-ticketsby-cinema?in-cinema=0677&at=202202-15&view-mode=list

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outdoor live animal exhibits and hosts events such as “Animal Ambassador Encounters” that teach kids about animal life cycles, diets, and more. You can call (607) 273-6260 with any questions.

The Alley Cat Café, located downtown at 312 E. Seneca St., is another option for animal lovers young and old of the Ithaca area. Visit their website or call (607) 3195006 to book your 30-minute time slot in a cat room today for just $5 per person. The cats love attention and are adoptable, if that’s something you have in mind.

7. For those who appreciate nature.

While they’re always beautiful, there’s something extra magical about Ithaca’s gorges in the winter. The way that the

water freezes over the rocks will remind your kids of Elsa’s ice castle from Disney’s “Frozen” and will leave them mesmerized. While many of the gorges require small hikes, which isn’t ideal for children in icy conditions, there are a few that you can visit safely during the winter months.

These include: Taughannock Falls Overlook Viewpoint (2381 Taughannock Park Rd.) Buttermilk Falls (106 E. Buttermilk Falls Rd.) Ithaca Falls (Lake Street)Arts

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their hours, exhibits, programs, and events: http://www.sciencenter.org/ 5. For young paleontologists.

The Museum of the Earth in Ithaca offers a one-of-a-kind program every week called Fossil ID. From 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. every Saturday, kids and their families are encouraged to bring peculiar rocks to the museum to identify whether they’re fossils. If your kids don’t have any fossils of their own, don’t worry. They can always visit the museum’s Fossil Lab and leave with one.

The Museum of the Earth is located at 1259 Trumansburg Rd. Visit their website to learn more: https:// www.museumoftheearth.org/ 6. For animal lovers.

Located at 1420 Taughannock Blvd., the Cayuga Nature Center currently offers

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Classic abstract sculpture The late Seymour Lipton is on display at Cornell’s Johnson Museum of Art

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Seymour Lipton ‘Exodus’ 1946 (Photo: Provided)

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ike his better-known contemporary David Smith, American sculptor Seymour Lipton (1903-1986) forms a bridge between the European innovations of Picasso and the Surrealists and the late modernism that dominated three-dimensional art in this country in the ‘50s and ‘60s. There’s a distinct period feeling to his art looking at it now. Unlike Smith in his greatest work, Lipton remains bound to his age of anxiety — while embodying it better than most.

As its title suggests, “Seymour Lipton II” (Feb. 5-July 31) is not the artist’s first go-around at Cornell’s Johnson Museum of Art. In 1973, the newly opened Johnson featured a show of his then-recent pieces.

Assembled by the museum’s contemporary curator Andrea Inselmann, the new presentation is a more modest affair. Featuring three domestic scale metal pieces and a Salon style hanging of preparatory sketches, the show feels distinctly underfed. Nonetheless, this is an intriguing opportunity to revisit an essential chapter in American art history.

Initially trained as a dentist (and active as such for many years), the self-taught artist began his career in the early ‘30s as a Social Realist sculptor working mainly in carved wood and expressing what he took to be the plight of the downtrodden.

Responding to the apocalyptic cultural

climate of the post-1945 period, Lipton evolved a style of jagged, biomorphic abstract forms that survive as a lasting, if relatively minor, contribution to the New York School. Creating with cut and directly worked pieces of sheet metal, he achieved a style that combines densely textured and patinated surfaces with gnarly, post-Cubist shapes and space. Like his Abstract Expressionist painter peers, he helped remake modern art.

Although of historical and specialist interest, Lipton’s sketches here are not particularly rewarding as self-contained works of art. Nor is it evident that they relate directly to the sculpture on show. A wall hung with 31 conté crayon drawings (dated 1951-1986), borrowed from the university’s Kroch Library, joins four color lithographs (1969-1970). The latter, perhaps directed at the affordable art market, largely translates his rough sketch style into a more decorous format.

Lipton’s actual sculptures are more rewarding by far. Although resolutely freeformed, they are filled with evocations of plant, animal, and insect forms. In particular, his later two pieces here embody a convulsive energy and feeling.

Done in the more traditional medium of cast bronze, “Exodus” (1946), represents an early stage in Lipton’s metalworking technique. It is the smallest three-dimen-

sional piece here, fitting on a small ledge built into a gallery wall. Frontal, frieze-like in display and basic structure, the piece could be interpreted as a Biblical allegory.

Indeed, it is not hard to identify forms redolent of waves and pyramids — even a providential eye.

What was most striking to this secular aesthete is the sense of vital animation the artist brought to this implied narrative.

The intertwined lumps writhe and dance within their constricted space: a storybook brought to life. This self-animation is also key to appreciating his later sculpture.

Both “Redwood” (1956) and “Sibyl” (1960) were done using the artist’s signature, innovative method of welded and brazed sheet metal sculpture. Using Monel, a nickel-copper alloy, and melting nickel-silver rods onto their surfaces, he achieved an aggressively worked and richly surfaced painterly effect. While his biomorphic, broadly Picassoid forms may read as somewhat generic, Lipton’s workmanship helps give his pieces their distinctive character.

Both rest on neutral blocks in the center of the gallery. Featuring cut and twisted sheets in a gold-like surface color, “Redwood” is a fine example of Lipton’s mature style. A sort of deconstructed vase-form supports a dense nest of spikycurvy shapes. Anthropomorphic, even, to

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Rich David, who was the mayor of Binghamton from 2014 until Jan. 31, 2021, is a Republican running for state senate. His website states that he wants to help small businesses thrive and increase support for police. It also says that safe streets, a strong infrastructure and vibrant local economics are the “building blocks every community needs to grow and improve.” For more info, visit richdavidforsenate.com.

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use a favored term of the day, “totemic,” the piece nonetheless resists any specific identification or interpretation.

A sibyl, for whatever it’s worth, was a female oracle of Ancient Greece. Archetypal symbolism or no, “Sibyl” is a strange object. Where much of Lipton’s mature sculpture displays open form — reaching out to embrace the world — this piece is oddly introverted, self-enclosing. Resembling a partially hollowed out vertical slab, a sloppy monolith, it bears a bulbous hole — out of which emerges a little cluster of twisty bits.

This is by any account a minor museum show. Yet it attests to the lasting power of classic abstract sculpture in an age of postpostmodern assemblages and conceptually-driven “statement” art. (Peruse the museum’s nearby Cornell faculty exhibition for an idea of what I mean.)

As drawn primarily from the Johnson’s own collections, the curatorial scope for a show like this one is limited by necessity.

It would have been enriched considerably with a presentation of archival materials relating to the 1973 show — a history that would relate to the museum’s own upcoming 50 year anniversary. Still, Lipton’s sculptures stand up well against any of the modern or contemporary works currently on-view at the museum.

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Current Assemblymember Anna Kelles will be running for re-election in District 125. Kelles, a former Tompkins County Legislature, is well known in the area. She has been a strong proponent of a moratorium on cryptomining, and led efforts to preserve Bell Station, a stretch of undeveloped land with 3,400 feet of shoreline along Cayuga Lake. She also introduced a corporate tax bill that aims to ensure the wealthiest corporations in the state pay their share of taxes. For more, visit kelles4ny.com.

FINGER LAKES FOLKS The latest from Cayuga Lakes Books focuses on the personal stories of upstate New Yorkers

By Ta n n e r H a r di ng While everyone’s lives are different, the things that make us who we are remain the same — where we live, the people we’ve known, the things we’ve experienced. Editors Jack Hopper and Edward Hower recognized this and noticed the interest people inherently have about others’ lives. This led to the publication of Cayuga Lake Books’ third anthology, “From the Finger Lakes: A Memoir Anthology.”

The first two anthologies were prose and poetry respectively, but Hower said they wanted to do something different this time.

“Personal histories are a very popular form of writing now,” he said. “People want to read about people who are not necessarily celebrities, but are people getting by and having children.”

He added that even “ordinary” people have lived extraordinary moments.

“Nobody’s ever had a dull childhood,” Hower said. “People like to remember things that have been emotionally intense experiences. Then when you go to write them down the imagination jumps in there […] A lot of people are remembering their earlier days, they’re just people with thoughtful and amusing lives. So we have a lot of memory and imagination at work.”

Hopper agreed, and added that these are much more relatable tales than you might get from a celebrity’s memoir.

“It’s largely unknown people that had something to say about their lives that touch readers,” he said. “These are people who are writers. People who taught. In the community of this county, readers are much more simple — their memories, their love affairs, their childhood, their parents and grandparents.”

In total, 81 poets and prose writers contributed to the anthology, all of whom are from upstate New York, and many from Ithaca.

“There are a lot of writers in Tompkins County,” Hower said. “And good ones.”

Hopper said when most people think of Ithaca, they think of Cornell and Ithaca College, but noted that there are many retirees in the area as well.

“These people are creative to begin with, and some of them had no prior exposure of

their work but they had begun to write,” he said. “Others were already known. So the real gamut of creativity really worked well.”

Hower said Ithaca is unique in that it’s a community with a great number of highly educated people living in a place where they interact with nature a lot.

“Gorges, ski slopes, nature trails — people really love Ithaca for that reason and they write very vividly about this area,” he said. “I think a lot of local readers will find themselves vicariously in the people in these stories as they interact with this very liberal, very giving and very caring community.”

The anthology has a variety of writing styles, from “thoughtful and interesting and amusing” essays, to poetry. And though the people are all from the Finger Lakes, the stories are not. Minfong Ho wrote about her experiences working in a Cambodian refugee camp, and how the difficult things she saw there affected her. Another woman wrote about a murder in her family, while another’s poem detailed a visit to Buttermilk Falls with his son.

“People who are local are going to find a lot of familiar territory, and they will enjoy reading about people who are like them in all sorts of ways,” Hower said. “There’s some funny stuff, some sad stuff, and lots in between.”

The first two anthologies were broader topic-wise, and Hower said he thinks narrowing it down to personal stories helped inspire writers and garner more responses to the call for writings.

“Everyone has memories and letters their mother wrote to them or from their husband or their wife. People say ‘let me get this out and see what I can do with this,’” he said. “Everyone likes memories, and whether they’re happy or sad, they want to keep them alive. People’s stories are who they are, so it’s an enjoyable process for everyone.”

Cayuga Lakes Books has been around for a decade, started by Hower and Hopper, and has published close to 40 titles so far.

“Our purpose at Cayuga Lake Books is to contribute to the artistic life of the community to make sure good writers are published who might be overlooked in a more commercial market,” Hower said. “In Ithaca we have a lot of very special people […] and we give them a place to shine.”

Buffalo Street Books The book launches on Feb. 19 with a virtual event hosted by Buffalo Street Books at 7 p.m. For more information, visit https://www.buffalostreetbooks.com/event/bsb-cayugalake-books-presents-finger-lakes-memoir-anthology.

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wouldn’t call myself a connoisseur of the all-star celebrity murder mystery; my favorites are Peter Shaffer’s play “Sleuth” (1970) and Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s 1972 film of the same name starring Lawrence Olivier and Michael Caine; Rian Johnson’s “Knives Out” (2019), Sidney Lumet’s 1982 “Deathtrap” (based on Ira Levin’s hit 1978 Broadway play) and Lumet’s “Murder On the Orient Express” (1974). “Sleuth” and “Deathtrap” feature small casts while “Knives Out” and “Murder on the Orient Express” feature skilled detectives, lavish settings and all-star casts comprised of the biggest stars possible.

(Though it’s categorized as a horror film, Wes Craven’s “Scream” (1996) is also one of the cleverest whodunits I’ve ever seen.)

Kenneth Branagh’s “Death on the Nile” (20th Century Studio-Kinberg GenreScott Free-TSG Entertainment, 2022, 127 min.), following his 2017 remake of

“Murder On the Orient Express,” belongs squarely in the second category: This is a lavish, big-cast remake of the 1978 film version of Agatha Christie’s 1937 novel.

A WWI prologue establishes Poirot (Branagh) and his future mustache. In 1937, Poirot is at a Paris blues club, where he meets Simon Doyle (Arnie Hammer) and his fiancé Jacqueline (Emma Mackey).

Linnet Ridgeway (Gal Gadot) shows up and hires Simon to work for her. Six weeks later on a lavish steamship on the Nile in Egypt, Poirot encounters Simon again; he’s dumped Jacqueline, married Linnet and they’re on their honeymoon. Jacqueline has shown up to stand in the background and glower at the newlyweds. As a large wedding party enjoys the heat and the sights, Linnet turns up dead and a valuable necklace is stolen.

That’s all the plot you’ll get from me.

There’s something sturdy and old-fash-

ioned about Branagh’s murder mystery work here. I love a stylish mystery with enough characters and red herrings to keep a fishery well-stocked. It’s interesting to watch Gal Gadot start to build a film career beyond Wonder Woman; the fact that I only knew about half of the cast certainly kept me guessing right up until Poirot’s fateful summation. A lot of talented scene-stealers are on board here, including Annette Bening, Russell Brand, Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders (“Absolutely Fabulous”).

Branagh’s run from “Henry V” (1989) to “Dead Again” (1991) to “Peter’s Friends” (1992) and his uncut “Hamlet” (1996) was a thing of beauty. After his wretched remake of “Sleuth”(2007), the misbegotten “Thor” (2011), the forgettable “Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit” (2014) and his over-thetop performance in “Tenet” (2020), I wondered if he’d permanently lost his mojo.

But Branagh’s new take on Poirot certainly doesn’t come off as unfashionable, outdated or outmoded. He finds something fresh by digging into the past. If you like his take on the fastidious and meticulous Hercule Poirot, you’ll like “Death on the Nile,” too. ● ● ●

It’s been a little over a week since I saw Roland Emmerich’s “Moonfall” (Lionsgate-Huayi Brothers InternationalCentropolis Entertainment-Street Enter-

tainment-AGC Studios), and the mind reels, let me tell you. One of the most expensive, independently financed movies ever at a $150 million price tag, Emmerich’s “Moonfall” has only made back a little over $20 million.

The plot is, frankly, ridiculous prattle about the actual nature of the moon, what might lie beneath its surface, and what might happen if the moon attacked Earth.

The film stars Halle Berry and Patrick Wilson as the world’s greatest astronauts, Michael Peña as an obnoxious tycoon and Charlie Plummer as Wilson’s grungy estranged son. I can’t remember the last time I saw so many talented actors reduced to looking at tennis balls on sticks.

Long-time readers remember that I am not a big fan of Roland Emmerich; the only films he’s made that I like are “Stargate” (1994) and “White House Down” (2013). Generally, he makes dopey disaster films, and he seems hell-bent on burying, shredding and blowing up every American landmark that he can find. You may walk out of “Moonfall” wondering why Emmerich hates the Chrysler building so much.

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“outsiders.” As Lucia grows more professionally confident, her wardrobe includes puebla blouses and serapes (Martinez’s spot-on costumes); for his part, Abel, used to invisibility, eases into sharing.

Enormously self-absorbed, Lucia chatters endlessly; once she finally begins to listen to Abel she discovers his complex background, so remote from her own comparatively bland experience. He had initially typed her as a “fresa,” a spoiled rich girl, but slowly moves past his own preconceptions.

Their connection across class differences is appealing, but unfortunately Fonseca, reflecting Lucia’s dynamism, delivers most of her lines at warp speed, eliding entire phrases. Almost half of her dialogue is indecipherable — especially compared to Arriaga’s impeccably clear delivery, even in his near-whispered confessional scene. The effect is like watching an opera without subtitles: the story’s broad outline is evident but nuanced plot detail is sacrificed. And here, we consequently lose some cultural in-jokes as well.

It’s not certain if this will be noticed and adjusted, or if the overly loud music for the scene changes will be toned down.

But the conflict at the play’s center persists: do our stories belong to us? How much can artists appropriate, especially across power lines? It’s not a new theme, one that was explored two years before this play’s 2017 premiere in Scanlan and Scott’s “Whorl Inside a Loop,” about a white woman teaching creative writing to Black inmates in a men’s prison.

Lucia may just be a young person trying to find her way, but to a working-class custodian, she’s as privileged as her white bosses. And she’s ultimately a user, which puts a pretty unsympathetic character at heart of this story. Saracho has said that her writing explores not just ethnicity but human nature, and that’s certainly true: in this workplace odd couple, she limns the difference between maturity and immaturity. It’s a distinction worth relearning.

Kitchen Theatre “Fade,” by Tanya Saracho, directed by Armando Rivera. Featuring Orlando Arriaga and Gina Fonseca. At the Kitchen Theatre, 417 W. State/MLK, Jr. St., Ithaca.

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Lucia — young, energetic, ambitious —has finally landed a writer’s job for a TV detective series, and she’s hyper-aware of her tenuous status as a Mexican (albeit upper middle class). “You know you’re the ‘diversity hire,” another writer hissed at her. This job, Lucia consoles herself, is a temporary stop on her eventual career as a novelist. But as she becomes more successful over the months, she increasingly assumes the values of the competitive L.A. studio.

In the opening scene, when Lucia arrives to begin personalizing her plain office, a collapsing bookshelf has her seeking help from the janitor. Assuming he’s Mexican, she speaks to him at length in Spanish — until he reveals he’s “American” and prefers speaking English at work. The two begin to sort out their assumptions and feelings over her microaggression, and thus begins this relationship among unequals.

Over a series of interesting, well-crafted encounters, Saracho builds their gradual and somewhat unlikely friendship — all unfolding after hours in Lucia’s office.

They share their feelings about the gringo bosses upstairs, though it’s Lucia who grabs most of the airtime. The two actors embody their roles beautifully: Orlando Arriaga is a gentle bear of a man, sensitive and careful; Gina Fonseca is lithe, loud, assertive and wired, all forward energy.

The production, directed by Armando Rivera, moves at a lively pace, and his staging is richly varied, considering the space constraints. Set designer Rodrigo Hernandez Martinez has created a splendid and allusive environment: an isolated transparent glass box of an office, defined mainly by its metallic frame, raised on a three-step pedestal and glowing (thanks to Daisy Long’s expressive lighting design) like a square snow globe.

The office is a private space; yet the etched windows facing the hallway reveal how illusory that privacy is. Lucia’s office is also a cage, in effect, with both employees trapped in their respective jobs and accompanying stereotyped expectations — not to mention their class and past.

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Nabenhauer Recital Room | 4 p.m.| Ithaca College Elective Recital: Tim Coene, saxophone at Nabenhauer Recital Room | 7 p.m.| Ithaca College Elective Recital: Gina O’Sullivan, soprano | 7 p.m. | Hockett Family Recital Hall, Ithaca College The Weight Band | 8 p.m. | Center for the Arts of Homer, 72 S Main St Elective Recital: Nick Jones and Tynan Butler, bass at Nabenhauer Recital Room | 9 p.m.| Ithaca College

2/20 Sunday Elective Recital: Kiley Foxhall, violin at Nabenhauer Recital Room | 1 p.m.| Ithaca College Elective Recital: Sol Munoz, soprano at Nabenhauer Recital Room | 3 p.m.| Ithaca College Cayuga Chamber Orchestra: Dvorak and Harbison | 3 p.m. | First Unitarian Church of Ithaca, 306 N. Aurora Street Elective Recital: Owen Lundeen, horn | 4 p.m. | Hockett Family Recital Hall, I.C.

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2/21 Monday Composition Premieres | 7 p.m. | Hockett Family Recital Hall, Gym Rd, I.C.

2/22 Tuesday Black History Month Concert: BIPOC Student Showcase Recital | 7 p.m. | Hockett Family Recital Hall, Gym Rd, I.C.

2/23 Wednesday Midday Music for Organ, 2/23: CU Music | 12:30 p.m. | First Presbyterian Church, 315 N. Cayuga St | Free

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2/28 Monday Lucy Dacus | 8 p.m. | State Theatre of Ithaca, 107 West State St

Stage Fade by Tanya Saracho at Kitchen Theatre | Thru 2/20. Contact theater for showtimes.| Kitchen Theatre Company, 417 W. State / W. MLK, Jr. Street | Lucia, a Mexican-born novelist, struggles to make new friends, contribute to her writers’ room, and feel at home as the only Latinx employee in a white male-dominated workplace. As their friendship grows, his personal stories start to blur with her TV scripts leading to unexpected consequences.

ComedyFLOPs 3rd Friday Improv Shows To Support Area NonProfits | 7 p.m., 2/18 Friday | Virtual, https://www.youtube.com/comedyflops | ComedyFLOPs’ 3rd Friday streaming Improv Shows in support of local area non-profit organizations. | Free WinterDance 2022 at Hangar Theatre | 7:30 p.m., 2/19 Saturday | An evening of cutting edge, contemporary choreography and dance with the Ithaca Ballet.

Tom Segura: I’m Coming Everywhere - World Tour at the State Theatre of Ithaca | 7 p.m., 2/23 Wednesday | State Theatre of Ithaca, 107 West State St | Actor/Comedian/ Writer Tom Segura is one of the biggest names in the comedy | $39.00 Heartbreakers Drag Show | 9 p.m., 2/24 Thursday | The Range, 119 E. State St. | Join your host Tilia Cordata for a candy sweet evening of drag and good times! Full of local performers this show is sure to pack a punch!

Hasan Minhaj: The King’s Jester at State Theatre | 6 p.m., 3/2 Wednesday | State Threatre, 107 W. State Street | State Theatre of Ithaca is hosting Hasan Minhaj, host and creator of the weekly comedy show Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj on Netflix. | $39.50 - $94.50

Art ITERATIONS | 3 p.m., 2/16 Wednesday | the corners gallery, corners gallery, 903 Hanshaw Rd | This new series by Trumansburg artists Barbara Page, explores repeated alterations of advertisements, extracted from old issues of ArtForum magazine. The exhibit is on view through Feb. 26.

Julianne Hunter, Ghost Collective | 5 p.m., 2/16 Wednesday | The Ink Shop, 330 E. MLK/State St | The Ink Shop is proud to present Ghost Collective by the 2021-2022 Kahn Family Fellow, Julianne Hunter, running from 2/5/22 until 2/26/22. | Free Awakenings | 12 p.m., 2/17 Thursday | State of the Art Gallery, www. soagithaca.org, 120 West State Street | In this season when days are getting longer, when hope and romance are stirring, the State of the Art Gallery presents Awakenings, an exhibit featuring work in a variety of media by eleven artists.

The Gallery at South Hill exhibit Alice Muhlback | 3 p.m., 2/19 Saturday | The Gallery at South Hill, 950 Danby Road | The Gallery at South Hill Presents Alice Muhlback’s exhibit “When Soul Calls”. Alice will be joined by her two apprentices Autumn Springston and Helen Ann Yunis.

The opening reception requires face coverings. | Free Picasso, Matisse, and the Cone Sisters of Baltimore, A Personal perspective A Free Zoom Lecture | 2 p.m., 2/20 Sunday | Trumansburg Conservatory of Fine Arts, 1 Congress St | Lecturer and author Nancy Ramage will delve into the lives of Claribel and Etta Cone who amassed one of the most acclaimed collections of latenineteenth and twentieth-century art in America. Zoom link: https:// us06web.zoom.us/j/8410...

Film Cornell Cinema 104 Willard Straight Hall, CU The Story of a Three Day Pass | 7 p.m., 2/16 Wednesday | Unable to break into a segregated Hollywood, pioneering Black director Melvin Van Peebles decamped to France in the late 60s, where he produced his edgy feature debut. On a three-day leave, an African American soldier stationed in France heads to Paris and a whirlwind romance with a white woman.

Lingui, the Sacred Bonds | 7 p.m., 2/17 Thursday | Amina, is a single mother and practicing Muslim, who lives with her 15-year-old daughter, Maria. When Amina learns Maria is pregnant and wants to abort the child, they face an impossible situation in a country where abortion is legally and morally condemned. Screening again 2/20 Sunday at 7:15 p.m.

Millennium Actress | 9:15 p.m., 2/17 Thursday | Satoshi Kon’s modern classic of the anime genre follows two documentary filmmakers as they interview an aging actress. As she tells them of her life and work in wartime Japan, the documentarians are transported with her into her tale of success, grief, and a search for a figure from her past.

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Dune| 9:25 p.m., 2/18 Friday | Timothée Chalamet plays a princeling, sent to a desert planet riddled with sandworms to harvest psychotropic drugs from its surface, unintentionally kicking off a holy war between the oppressed native population and the colonialist space empire. Ostensibly a first course, but there’s enough to chew on to make Dune a full meal on its own. Nominated for 10 Academy Awards. (2021) Screening again 2/19 Saturday at 3:45 p.m. & 9:15 p.m.

Out of the Past | 7 p.m., 2/19 Saturday | In this definitive film noir, classic tough guys Robert Mitchum and Kirk Douglas square off in a game of intrigue, duplicity, and viciousness. Mitchum’s ex-girlfriend Jane Greer is the amoral seductress who manipulates them both. Shown in a 35mm film print. (1947) The Village Detective | 7 p.m., 2/22 Tuesday | In July 2016, four reels of Derevensky Detektiv, a 1969 Russian film starring the Soviet-era character actor Mikhail Zharov were found in a fisherman’s net trawling the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, 20 miles off the Icelandic coast. Screening again 2/27 Sunday at 7:00 p.m.

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Don’t Look Up | 8:45 p.m., 2/22 Tuesday | Adam McKay’s star-studded satire, a metaphor for the climate crisis, makes you laugh then cry, as an astronomy grad student and her professor try to warn the world that a huge comet is on a direct collision course with the Earth, only to discover that nobody can be bothered to do anything about it.

The Two Sights w/filmmaker Josh Bonnetta in person | 7 p.m., 2/23 Wednesday | Explores the disappearing tradition of second sight in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland as we listen to locals’ accounts of haunting experiences - phantom horses, ghost voices, and other supernatural phenomena. Filmmaker Joshua Bonnetta will appear in person for a post-screening Q & A. Cinemapolis 120 E. Green St., Ithaca NT Live: Skylight | 6:30 p.m., 2/17 Thursday | Bill Nighy and Carey Mulligan feature in the highly anticipated production of David Hare’s Skylight, directed by Stephen Daldry, broadcast live from the West End by National Theatre Live. 2nd screening on Sat., 2/19 at 1:30 pm.

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Check website for additional showtimes. | From the brilliant mind of acclaimed director Tony Stone comes TED K- a bracing, cinematic journey into the tortured mind of The Unabomber. Deep in the American Rocky Mountains lived a man who sought refuge from modern society. His dark writings forewarned of a society ruled by technology.

The Worst Person in the World | Opens 7:15 p.m., 2/18 Friday. Check website for additional showtimes. | The chronicles of four years in the life of Julie, a young woman who navigates the troubled waters of her love life and struggles to find her career path, leading her to take a realistic look at who she really is.

The Long Walk | Opens 7:45 p.m., 2/18 Friday. Check website for additional showtimes. | An old Laotian hermit discovers that the ghost of a road accident victim can transport him back in time fifty years to the moment of his mother’s painful death. Lao with English Subtitles A Banquet | Opens 8 p.m., 2/18 Friday . Check website for additional showtimes. | Widowed mother Holly is radically tested when her teenage daughter Betsey experiences profound enlightenment and insists that her

body is no longer her own but in service to a higher power.

Special Events Ithaca Loves Teachers Festival 2022 | Feb 11th-28th, 2022. Various events and specials for teachers offered in downtown Ithaca.

Ithaca Women’s Basketball vs Bard College | 5:30 p.m., 2/18 Friday | Ben Light Gymnasium | Ithaca Women’s Basketball vs Bard CollegenStreaming Video: https://www. youtube.com/user/BomberSports/ Cornell Women’s Basketball vs Dartmouth College | 6 p.m., 2/18 Friday, Newman Arena at Bartels Hall | Cornell Women’s Basketball vs Dartmouth CollegenTV: ESPN+n Cornell Men’s Ice Hockey vs St. Lawrence University | 7 p.m., 2/18 Friday, Lynah Rink | Cornell Men’s Ice Hockey Ithaca Men’s Basketball vs Bard College | 7:30 p.m., 2/18 Friday | Ben Light Gymnasium | Ithaca Men’s Basketball vs Bard CollegenStreaming Video: https://www.youtube.com/ user/BomberSportsn Cayuga Trails Club Hike at Various trails in the Ithaca region. | 10

a.m., 2/19 Saturday | Explore local trails on weekly Saturday hikes starting at 10:00am. Hike length varies from 2.5-4 miles. Click here to see the location of the hikes for each week.

WINTER SNOWSHOEING WITH THE MONTEZUMA AUDUBON CENTER at Buttonwood Grove Winery | 12 p.m., 2/19 Saturday | Buttonwood Grove’s snowshoeing event with the Montezuma Audubon Center is back, and better than ever!

Ithaca Women’s Basketball vs Vassar College (Senior Day) | 2 p.m., 2/19 Saturday | Ben Light Gymnasium | Ithaca Women’s Basketball vs Vassar College (Senior Day)nStreaming Video: https://www.youtube.com/ Ithaca Men’s Basketball vs Vassar College (Senior Day) | 4 p.m., 2/19 Saturday | Ben Light Gymnasium | Ithaca Men’s Basketball vs Vassar College (Senior Day)nStreaming Video: https://www.youtube.com/user/ BomberSportsn Cornell Women’s Basketball vs Harvard University | 5 p.m., 2/19 Saturday, Newman Arena at Bartels Hall | Cornell Women’s Basketball vs Harvard UniversitynTV: ESPN+n Cornell Men’s Ice Hockey vs Clarkson University | 7 p.m., 2/19 Saturday, Lynah Rink | Cornell Men’s Ice Hockey vs Clarkson UniversitynTV: ESPN+nRadio: WHCU (870 AM, 97.7 FM) Cornell Women’s Gymnastics vs Springfield College | 11 a.m., 2/20 Sunday, Newman Arena at Bartels Hall | Ithaca Men’s Basketball vs Liberty League Quarterfinals | 2/22 Tuesday | Ithaca Men’s Basketball vs Liberty League Quarterfinals Cornell Women’s Basketball vs University of Pennsylvania | 5 p.m., 2/23 Wednesday, Newman Arena at Bartels Hall | The Ithaca CannaMarket | 1 p.m., 2/26 Saturday | LakeWatch Inn, 1636 E Shore Dr | Ithaca is about to get greener this winter with the debut of the Ithaca CannaMarket. Featuring NYS’s newest Cannabis and CBD businesses this event is an opportunity to learn more about Cannabis and CBD, get some innovative and exciting Cannabis products, and celebrate legal cannabis culture in NYS. | $20.00 - $25.00 Cabin Fever | 3 p.m., 2/26 Saturday | Enfield Community Building, 162 Enfield Main Road | An afternoon of

outside fun! Cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, snow sculptures, snow painting, chili, hot cocoa, and a bonfire.

Books YA Book Club reads Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender | 4:30 p.m., 2/16 Wednesday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 East Green Street | 4 Seasons Book Club Discussion “The Sentence” by Louise Erdrich | 6:30 p.m., 2/17 Thursday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 East Green Street | Feel the Darkness, Write the Light: A Tween Writing Workshop with author Bree Barton | 10:30 a.m., 2/22 Tuesday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 East Green Street | STEAM Book Club: The Orphan Band of Springdale | 3:45 p.m., 2/23 Wednesday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 East Green Street |

Kids Museum of the Earth Arthropod tour for Kids at Museum of the Earth | 11 a.m., 2/21 Monday | Families, this tour will be 20 - 30 minutes as we lead you through time discovering important events in arthropod history. Not sure what an arthropod is? Come find out! 2nd tour at 1:30.

Navigating the Solar System | 1 p.m., 2/21 Monday | Just how big is space, and could we really explore the galaxy with the invention of lightspeed engines?

Beaches of the World at Museum of the Earth | 10 a.m., 2/22 Tuesday | Museum of the Earth, 1259 Trumansburg Road (Route 96) | This activity will let you explore different sands and sediments of beaches. How are beaches created? Why are they all different?

Virtual Live Family Storytime | 11 a.m., 2/22 Tuesday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 East Green Street | Arthropod Tour for kids | 11 a.m., 2/23 Wednesday | Museum of the Earth, 1259 Trumansburg Road (Route 96) | Families, this tour will be 20 - 30 minutes as we lead you through time discovering important events in arthropod history. Not sure what an arthropod is? Come find out!

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19TH AT 6:30 PM AND SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 19TH AT 1:30

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 20TH AT 3:00PM

First Unitarian Church, 306 N. Aurora St., Ithaca | Dvorak’s second piano trio is a wonderful study of character and contrast with hints of his popular Slavonic Dances that would soon follow. John Harbison composed his quintet seeking to achieve a “classical simplicity.” This work has become immensely popular among musicians and audiences alike. (Photo: Facebook)

Cinemapolis, 120 E. Green St., Ithaca | Enjoy live theater from London’s West End on the big screen in your hometown.

On a bitterly cold London evening, schoolteacher Kyra Hollis (Carey Mulligan) receives an unexpected visit from her former lover, Tom Sergeant (Bill Nighy), a successful and charismatic restaurateur whose wife has recently died. (Photo: Provided)

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Candidates should possess excellent communication skills, be focused on supporting students both academically and socially, as well as be able to meet the needs of a variety of stakeholders in order to serve the many districts who will be a part of the Virtual Learning Academy. Applications accepted online only. Register and apply at: www. olasjobs.org/central. For more information, visit our website at: www.ocmboces.org EOE

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Local Area Network Support Technician OCM BOCES has two full-time Local Area Network Technician positions. Duties include installation, troubleshooting/repair, and upgrade of PCs, notebook computers, tablets, and other Local Area Network clients, equipment and software. Knowledge of servers and communications equipment such as routers, hubs, switches, and wiring a plus. Travel to school districts in the Upstate NY area required. This is a provisional appointment to competitive Civil Service position.

Continued employment will be contingent on successfully passing the required examination and being reachable on the LAN Technician eligibility list. Send letter of interest and resume to: OCM BOCES, Recruitment Office, PO Box 4754, Syracuse, NY 13221.

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