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he Tompkins County Health Department announced information on the BA.2 COVID-19 variant, and an update on severity of disease in Tompkins County. While new positive COVID-19 cases have increased over the past several weeks in Tompkins County, hospitalizations and severe disease have continued to decrease and there has been no shift in local guidance. The Health Department continues to recommend masks be worn if you are around people who are ill, who may not be vaccinated against COVID-19, or with those who are at higher risk of severe illness. They also recommend masks be worn by immunocompromised individuals and seniors who are at higher risk of severe illness from the virus. Tompkins County Public Health Director Frank Kruppa stated, “We can say with a high degree of confidence that BA.2 is circulating in our community. It does not appear this variant is driving severe disease or hospitalizations, though we continue to monitor hospital admissions closely.” The Health Department clarified that the majority of cases in Tompkins County still present with the typical COVID-19 symptoms of fever, cough, and respiratory illness. Throughout the pandemic TCHD has seen a small percentage of COVID-positive individuals present with gastrointestinal symptoms, though there is currently no indication that these symptoms are indicative of BA.2 or any other COVID-19 variant. If you experience any of the symptoms associated with COVID-19, including sudden gastrointestinal symptoms, seek a COVID-19 test. Tests are still available for free to Tompkins County residents at the Cayuga Health System testing site at the Shops at Ithaca Mall (40 Catherwood Rd.).

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O n t h e C ov e r : l i s a h o l m e s i n l e g i s l at u r e c h a m b e r s . ( P h o t o : A s h B a i l o t) Danica Wilcox in the renovated Moosewood dining room. (Photo: Ash Bailot)

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Moosewood restaurant now open under new ownership

fter a few months of renovations that left the restaurant closed, Moosewood is open under the leadership of new owners. Danica Wilcox and her husband Nicholas took over the restaurant at the beginning of the year. The couple and their son were living in Mallorca, Spain (often spelled Majorca in English) when Wilcox found out from her mother, who is part of the Moosewood collective, that the group was talking about shutting the restaurant down. “Rather than have them close it, I decided to move back here and take it over with my husband and a business partner,” Wilcox said. Wynnie Stein, a longtime member of the Moosewood

collective, added that members of the collective were looking to step back as they got older, and they had been looking for a successor to the restaurant. “It was important to us that we find some younger people who would love what we have developed, and bring it to a different level, into the future,” she said. “Luckily, after searching and some false starts with others, we were able to start discussions with Danica.” Though she might have been on the other side of the ocean, Wilcox is no stranger to Moosewood. “I grew up in the Moosewood kitchen,” she said. “I worked here. It was my first job and will probably be my last.” Stein is particularly excited about the ability to “keep it in the family,” so to speak.

“I want people to understand we’re thrilled with her involvement because she was a Moosewood kid,” Stein said. “She grew up on our food. She understands it in a way a new person would not.” Wilcox grew up in Ithaca but moved away for college when she was 18. Eventually she and her husband moved to Spain, where he worked as a visual artist, and she had a design store and art gallery. She said it wasn’t an easy decision to decide to return to her hometown, but thought that it felt like the right move. “Home is always home, even though Ithaca hasn’t been my home since I was 18,” she said. “It’s very different but familiar, which is a funny reality. The way you experience things at 18 and 48 are very different.” Different but familiar is a good way to describe the changes Wilcox has made to Moosewood, too. She said the

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femur and cracked ribs. They were the two passengers of the car. Varetsa, who was the front passenger, was ejected from the vehicle while Linnik had to be exricated by the fire department. The fundraiser money will go toward both families’ expenses, including memorial/funeral,

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fter enduring two years of a global pandemic — which left many things dull and unknown — the Ithaca Garden Club, the City of Ithaca and Cornell University have joined together to bring color back into the community. Daff-a-Dazzle, an initiative to beautify Ithaca, kicked off in October 2020 when the Ithaca Garden Club planted 12,000 narcissi and more than 5,000 muscari and crocus along Taughannock Boulevard. Many of these bulbs were planted right outside the office of Jeanne Grace, the Ithaca City Forester. Upon noticing how attractive the plantings were, Grace knew she’d like to see more of this vibrant color around Ithaca. “I would look out my window and see people taking pictures of the flowers,” Grace said. “These flowers were exactly what we needed. They bring joy after long, gray Ithaca winters. I got involved as quickly as I could.” Grace took matters into her

own hands by getting Ithaca’s economic development office on board. By combining forces, Grace managed to help the Ithaca Garden Club fund a purchase of 20,500 bulbs, all which were planted in fall 2021. Grace’s involvement in the project extends to include her research of where to plant new bulbs. She finds land that’s feasible to plant on, safe from underground utility and infertile soil. The planting process wouldn’t be possible, however, without the efforts of Dr. Bill Miller, a professor of horticulture in the School of Integrative Plant Science at Cornell University. On behalf of Cornell, Miller lends a stateof-the-art planting machine to the Daff-a-Dazzle initiative, a machine gifted to the university by A. Geerlings, a Dutch bulb company. With the help of this machine, thousands of bulbs can be planted in minutes, saving time and energy for everyone.

“Daff-a-Dazzle allows us to take a nice place, Ithaca, and make it better,” Miller said. “I’m grateful that the Garden Club has given me a crucial role to play, but it’s their vision and dedication that makes it all possible.” Grace, Miller, and the Ithaca Garden Club encourage residents and passersby to consider donating to the Daffa-Dazzle project. “Every single dollar goes

ers and growers and honey suppliers and the wine industry. We were one of the first restaurants to support local wine and beer way back in the ‘70s,” she said. “She’s going to honor that and build it to a different level.” The menu features beer, wine and cider that are all local to the Finger Lakes, as well as cocktails using local spirits. “We’re trying to adapt and reimagine Moosewood for this century,” she said. One thing that isn’t changing is the staff. Wilcox said they have all the same people working in the kitchen, and that nearly everyone who worked there before they took ownership still works there. “There have been rumors flying around that the staff did not return or we didn’t hire them back, and that’s simply not true,” she said. “We have about 80% of the staff still here, including members of the collective.”

Stein said the Moosewood collective maintains the Moosewood brand and are still very much “in the mix.” “I’m the brand manager now and representing the collective and that relationship, so we’ll work together to do some really cool things,” she said. Stein added that Karen Sgambati, a longtime front of house supervisor, is also still there and has proved helpful for the transition. There is, however, a new manager. Aron Kelly has joined Moosewood after 20 years working at restaurants like Gemma, Soho Grand and The Waverly Inn in New York City. “He’s bringing a lot of new ideas and sort of a new energy to the front of the house,” Wilcox said. Wilcox said there are lots of plans for the upcoming months, but the first priority is to get the patio ready, so people can eat outside on warmer spring days. They’re also working on creating takeout options and having ready-made food

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physical changes to the space bring it closer to the way she remembers it looking as a child. Stein said the look will have changed a lot to patrons, but that it’s still a warm and welcoming look, just a bit more updated. “I do believe the new team is going to continue not just preserving, but enhancing, and that’s really important to us,” Stein said. Additionally, Wilcox returned to the seasonal, local ethos that first shaped the Moosewood menu. “When Moosewood started in 1973 they worked a lot with local farmers, making seasonal, locally based dishes,” Wilcox said. “We’re going back to that. It’s kind of more of a return to its roots than a straying away.” Stein agreed, adding her appreciation for the local touch. “We’ve got such long-term relationships with cheesemak30–Ap ri l

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Flowers blooming at Cass Park in 2021. (Photo: Provided)

into the bulbs,” Elaine Alexander, a member of the Ithaca Garden Club said. “Everyone on the team is donating their time, energy, and resources to make Daff-a-Dazzle a success, but donations from the community go directly into beautifying Ithaca, one bulb at a time.” You can donate to the Daff-a-Dazzle initiative directly using their PayPal link. https://www.paypal.com/ donate/?hosted_button_ id=66CHMBWU5NTFW “The club works on lots of civic projects, but this one’s something special,” another Ithaca Garden Club member, Wendy Blanchard, said. “The number of bulbs we planted last fall nearly doubled what we had from the previous year. Imagine what we could accomplish next year with community donations. The daffodils should start blooming around the first week of April and they’re bound to mesmerize. What a way to commemorate the Garden Club’s centennial year.” Be sure to visit Cass Park and the Stewart Park waterfront trail in the upcoming weeks to see these daffodils in bloom. -Ly n dsey Honor

available, as well as working on a 50th anniversary cookbook. The restaurant will also host two wine tasting events in April. The first is on April 1 and called “Bubbles,” and attendees will get to compare local sparkling wines to Champagne. The second is April 8 and is called “FLX Wine 101,” and will be a tasting of local wines. Moosewood is currently open for dinner WednesdaySunday from 5-9 p.m., with plans to open for lunch soon, and Wilcox encourages people to come see the changes. So far, she said the reaction from diners has been pretty positive. “Moosewood always has been and always will be a big part of the Ithaca community,” she said. “And we’re going to remain loyal to their original ethos — feed people good food.” For those interested in either wine tasting event, email hello@moosewoodrestaurant. com. -Ta n n e r H a r d i n g

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Public Safety

Public questions police plan: Can unarmed responders do the job?

he co-leaders of the Reimagining Public Safety task force had its first public feedback session since the group’s final recommendations for a new department were revealed earlier this month. At the March 22 town hall, individuals were able to directly ask questions of Acting Mayor Laura Lewis and coleads Eric Rosario and Karen Yearwood. The first question they were asked, and one of the most pressing since the report was published, is how they envision five unarmed responders taking on the level of work outlined. As it currently stands, the division of police would be responsible for 13 call types, while the division of community solutions (the unarmed division) would be responsible for 25 call types. The remaining 17 could go

are aware it would need to start slowly.” It wasn’t clear if that meant some of those calls would be reassigned to the policing division until a higher number of staff at the community solutions level could be achieved, or if there’s another alternative. There were a couple questions about culture change within policing as well, as it’s been a topic of discussion since the beginning of the Reimagining Public Safety process a year ago. Yearwood said that she believes the very existence of a civilian commissioner overseeing the Department of Community Safety will “provide a refreshing way to foster a new culture in its own right.” She acknowledged that culture can’t be mandated, but that a strong leader can

“We aren’t under the impression that we can immediately assign five newly hired community responders to the amount of work outlined in the report.” -Karen Yearwood

to either or both, depending on the decisions of the future commissioner. In addition to the discrepancy of the number of call types, the unarmed division is proposed to begin with five responders, as opposed to the 68 funded positions at the Ithaca Police Department. The answer wasn’t terribly specific, with Yearwood explaining that the implementation would be a gradual process. “We aren’t under the impression that we can immediately assign five newly hired community responders to the amount of work outlined in the report,” she said. “But we

help shift culture. Rosario highlighted Sgt. Mary Orsaio of Ithaca Police Department as someone who has received many compliments from the vulnerable populations they consulted with, proving that these types of behavior can exist within a culture. “Culture change can also be fostered by transparency and accountability by the things we choose to measure,” Rosario said, emphasizing the importance for more data collection and distribution. The task force’s recommendations didn’t directly address treating mental health in the community, which some residents questioned. Rosario

Downs Cornell has moved to alert level yellow following an uptick in cases shortly after students were allowed to remove masks in most scenarios.

HEARD&SEEN Heard The Paleontological Research Institution and Museum of Earth have teamed up with Cornell University to exhibit hundreds of insect speciments for its newest exhibit — SixLegged Science: Unlocking the Secrets of the Insect World.

Reimagining task force leaders Eric Rosario and Karen Yearwood. (Photos: Provided)

explained that mental health is a county responsibility, so it was part of the work that would need to be done as part of the 17 collaborative recommendations that are being tackled by the Community Justice Center. The city’s human resources director, Schelley MichellNunn, addressed the hiring process for the civilian commissioner, and promised there would be community involvement. “In the city we have, through our city charter, a procedure for hiring department heads,” she said. “There will be opportunities for the community to be involved at some point in that process. We will conduct a national search and at this point in time the commissioner would be appointed by the mayor and voted on by Common Council.” Resident Camille Tischler asked for clarification about the referendum that will likely need to take place as the new department is implemented. Lewis explained that certain decisions are outlined in the city charter as triggering a referendum, and altering reporting lines is one of them. The police chief currently reports to the mayor, but once the plan is implemented the police chief would report to the commissioner, which changes the reporting lines. This will automatically trigger a vote, but it’s unclear if any other aspects of the plan will. “We don’t know at this

point if any other decisions […] will require a referendum,” Lewis said. Resident Alana Byrd, who is with a group called Ithacans for Reimagining Public Safety, asked if there were any other cities that delineated calls in a similar fashion and how successful they had been. Rosario said they looked at a number of models, one of best known being CAHOOTS out of Eugene, Oregon. He said in 2019, the CAHOOTS program had 24,000 calls and called for backup from police about 1% of the time. “So that’s inspiring because those are the situations that say this can be done,” he said. “And that’s experience over decades.” He referenced another similar alternative response program in Denver that is in its pilot phase and has been “very successful.” “They haven’t had to call for police backup once, and they’re going to expand that [program],” he said. However, the recommendations for call delineation and the two divisions under one department are unique. “We’d be the first to try something quite like we’re doing it,” he said. “So we’re looking at successful practices and also developing it with Ithaca flavor.” -Ta n n e r H a r d i n g

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am writing to provide some thoughts on hoods surrounding what is now George Reimagining Public Safety (RPS). But Floyd Square, there was rioting and over a before doing so, year-long occupaparticularly if you tion of the area think the project is a by activists. Local waste of time, or has business was down nothing to do with 75%. Shootings you, I would like to and other crimes challenge you with a spiked. Around simple question: Do a quarter of the you want to move to police force retired Minneapolis? or quit, and as a If you followed result, the policthe news story out ing model became of Minneapolis, entirely reactive. then you certainly While problems saw the George existed beforeFloyd family hand, the death grieving and the of George Floyd trial of the police severely depleted Rich John officer, Derek Chauvin. exactly the kind of comWhat might not have been munity trust necessary to so apparent but has also move forward. The city occurred is damage to the community. government essentially froze. There has While not easy to quantify, there has been been little ability to communicate, let tremendous ongoing cost. In the year continued on page 7 after George Floyd died, in the neighbor-

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ast time, this column examined the skateboarding scene in Ithaca. The city built the first municipal skate park in central New York more than 20 years ago. Part of the park is built over what used to be baseball fields, demonstrating concretely the development of skateboarding (non-existent before the 1940s and largely unheralded until the ‘60s) and decline of the 150-year-old national pastime. Yet one finds exceptions in unexpected places. Last week I was speaking with a local family of some friendly acquaintance. The parents are not of this country originally. They have a son about age 7. The day we were speaking, the boy was wearing a football t-shirt. I asked if he liked football. He hesitated and shrugged the way thoughtful children will when they have something to say, but are unsure of the process and their willingness to engage in it with someone they don’t know very well. “Or any sport?” I asked. He nodded and smiled. “I like baseball,” he said. I suppose I was less surprised than if he had said “water polo,” but not much. If I’d had to bet, I would have guessed soccer, which is played almost everywhere in the world, while baseball is played hardly anywhere. “Really?” I said. “Me too. I can switchhit,” I said, pantomiming it, avid to go on a bit longer (his parents were smiling). “You can?” he exclaimed with an enthusiasm that was either simply genuine or artfully contrived. “Yes,” I said, “but not very well,” and he giggled. Maybe baseball’s status as a team sport, thus providing camaraderie, combined with its inherent simplicity appeals to children. Soccer is fairly straightforward, but there’s a lot of running, which can be distracting to kids. I once coached soccer to very young kids and would emphasize the importance of running in the direction of the ball. Often the path was toward a friend on the other team, to lock arms and spin around. Football and basketball are rather complex to master. There’s a lot of strategy

and movement of bodies and the ball. Baseball has only sporadic action, and it’s quite linear. The ball goes from the pitcher to the batter to a fielder. The action, such as it is, is easy to follow. In soccer, football, basketball and hockey, players speed around trying to be the one to get the ball (or puck) and score. Baseball is unique, one might say quizzical, as the only sport where the team that doesn’t have the ball scores the points. Baseball is not just linear but deliberate, i.e. slow, which makes it a poor fit for television, thus mass media audiences. The speed, grace and action (and occasional violence) of the other sports make them perfect for a visual medium with dozens of camera angles and slow motion and replay capacities for seeing the action you couldn’t follow when it actually happened. That suitability has rendered football, especially, with its more than occasional violence, far more popular than baseball. But baseball is good for conversing, which can be nice between people. One never knows where talking might lead and delight might occur. A few times each season I go to games in Binghamton and Syracuse, which each have a minor league team affiliated with the major league New York Mets. The games are well played and entertaining. The ballparks are clean and comfortable. The crowds are pleasant. Admission costs about the same as a movie. It’s outside. It’s a great place for casual outings with family and friends. A few years ago I was meeting a friend from Ithaca at a game in Binghamton. He was bringing his 5-year-old son, who had never been to a game. They got there early. When I met them at our seats, the son was straining a little as adult greetings passed. After a well-mannered number of minutes he touched his father’s arm. “Papa, can we go find the mascot?” he said. Oversized mascots are a big entertainment feature of ball games these days, especially the striving minor leagues. In Binghamton the mascot is a big-headed horse with a perpetual smile and a certain zest for social interaction. I looked at my friend. “He knows the word ‘mascot’?” I asked. “He does now,” he said.

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alone reach any consensus across the deep divides. This is a city trying to develop new, better policy through a fog of rage and exhaustion. It is difficult to imagine the economic impact to the vibrancy that Minneapolis (and any city) is supposed to have. Perhaps pain is necessary for Minneapolis to reach a true reckoning, and there are undoubtedly people committed to getting there, but the community will need to endure this for years to come; and with no certainty that what comes next will be any better. Is this a place you would choose to live right now? Because we all live in a community here as well, thinking that this issue has nothing to do with you is just not true. Thankfully, while getting the echoes, we have not experienced this level of community trauma here. Whatever you think about Minneapolis, the point remains that we never want to have such a thing happen in our community. But it could, particularly if we do nothing to ensure that our present practices are working. Any incident, even if accidental, could trigger community upheaval. With this danger in mind, taking a proactive approach to look at what we want in our community makes great good sense to me. Unfortunately, at present, for certain segments of our community they do not believe that the system is set up to help them. At the most basic level, the point of the RPS effort is to address trust between the policing agencies and the whole community. We want everyone to feel they can call for help when they need help. And we want the community to help the emergency responders when they show up. Even if you think it is unfair to judge local policing on what happened in Minneapolis (and elsewhere), people still feel as they feel. This lack of trust makes policing harder, less safe, and less effective. We can argue about what has caused this breakdown in trust, but there should be no disagreement that trying to get to a better place is smart. The RPS effort is a possible way to get there. On the flip side of skepticism or indifference, I have certainly seen easy certainty. To be clear, RPS is not about defunding or even eliminating our police agencies, as some advocate. I note that we recently saw a series of criminal events in the county involving guns. I bring it up here to make the point that as a basic principle, we need our police. The people who are firing guns in our community need to be identified, caught, and arrested. I have heard no credible response to this type of violence or other dangerous situations as an alternative to a trained, organized and professional police force. We, as elected officials, need to be as clear as possible that we understand the importance of building a total public safety model, with our police officers filling a crucial role in our larger criminal justice system. But we also need clarity

around the vision of a system with better bonds of trust between our emergency responders and all community members. And, in fact, as a part of RPS, both the City and County will be investing more, not less, in public safety. Simply, RPS is about addition, not subtraction. We are starting to build a more comprehensive approach that allows an emergency response appropriate to the nature of the problem, whether it is violence, addiction or mental illness. We are building a system to capture data and use it to help us better learn and understand. We will have a more organized and accessible system to reach out to members of the community so you can see what we are doing and express your views about it. I am hopeful that we will be able to better support our police, mental health professionals and addiction treatment providers as they serve our public safety. Finally, you may disagree with some or all of what I have said here. That is fine, but in all events I encourage you to speak up. We really need a big local community conversation. This cannot be a spectator sport to see what the government does. And I say a local conversation because I am dubious about people who are not really part of our community, but hold a paid job to try to tell us what to do. I really believe the utility of these paid lobbyists and consultants is at an end, particularly when they suggest that some people within our community should be excluded from the discussion, or start by questioning someone else’s good faith. If we are to exclude anyone, it probably should be those who are paid to support a particular agenda. There must be seats for people of color and the comfort and support for them to speak openly about their experiences. But there must also be room for our line officers who interact and deal with the public every day for them to participate and be heard. And, again, your voice matters too. Doing anything less will likely fail. So, I encourage you to stay. Do not move to Minneapolis, or anywhere else. Instead, let’s see what we can do here to make our community stronger and safer for everyone. If you are still skeptical or indifferent, I suggest this is a poor stance, an option that may well lead to our own Minneapolis. But if that is where you are at, I offer some homework. It is often hard to talk about the issues involved. And it is often the case that, like many issues in our country, we only speak with people that agree with us. But I still ask you to reach out to someone that you may not typically talk with on this subject and see if you can listen for a bit. You might be surprised at how far we can go without even leaving home. Richard John is the district four (City of Ithaca) representative on the Tompkins County Legislature. He is also the chair of the county’s Public Safety Committee.

YOUR LETTERS We need support for New York’s emergency food programs

t is no secret that our communities are experiencing economic hardship. On top of wage stagnation, food prices are the highest in 11 years and are projected to increase up to 5% next year. We are calling on Governor Hochul and the NYS Legislature to ensure full funding for three key anti-hunger programs: NYS Department of Health’s Hunger Prevention and Nutrition Assistance Program (HPNAP) allows food banks to distribute hundreds of millions of pounds of food annually. The governor has proposed flat funding for HPNAP for the fifth year in a row, despite rising costs. Increased HPNAP funding is required to address this crisis. Nourish New York connects NY farmers with emergency food providers and has distributed over 35 million pounds since April 2020. It is a common-sense policy that supports farmers and reduces food insecurity and we call on our elected officials to adequately fund this initiative. A New York State Food Bank Capital Fund should be established to help our state’s food banks invest in their physical infrastructure and improve their food storage and distribution. The realities of increasing hardship being faced by NY residents cannot be addressed with flat funding. We call on Governor Hochul and the Legislature to lead on this issue through robust support for New York’s emergency food programs. -Food Bank of the Southern Tier

Re: Fifth graders at BJM call for eco friendly drinking water options after lead scare

hat a great example of allowing students an insight into how to keep their bodies healthy (fresh water), how to write persuasively, how to use scientific inquiry, and build their sense of agency. All the things that we strive for as educators, parents and citizens who want to have our budding citizens know how to think critically and take needed actions. Kudos to the teachers who strive to bring a great educational environment to a school community. BJM has not been resourced in the same way as other elementary schools in Ithaca. That’s a problem. But for today, let’s celebrate those young scholars and their hardworking teachers who are engaging their students to build their understanding of the world. Let’s also build a better BJM with the classrooms and infrastructure needed for 21st century learners. -Mary Cohen, via Ithaca.com

Re: Uyghur graduate student raises brother’s detention at Cornell event, Chinese students walk out

and utter nonsense. There was no anti-Asian expression in this instance at all. It was an Asian woman standing up for an oppressed people. If that makes 80 Chinese students feel it is a “hostile environment” well tough, welcome to America. Maybe our corporations, Hollywood, media and the NBA will sell out to China, but a lone free voice can still be heard. Until big tech finds a way to silence her. -Eddie Coyle, via Ithaca.com

Governor Kathy Hochul should join the NYS Senate and Assembly by backing Fair Pay for Home Care

ew York’s population is aging rapidly — but the state is facing an urgent crisis: we don’t have enough home care workers to care for older adults and disabled people. In fact, New York currently faces the worst home care shortage in the nation. And the shortage is only growing worse as our population keeps aging, and older adults increasingly search for nursing home alternatives. We need more home care workers to care for the state’s older adults and disabled community, but the state pays home care workers poverty wages — as little as $13.20 an hour in many counties — and prioritizes institutional settings. Home care workers who love their job are leaving the sector in droves to find better paying jobs. We need to combat the state’s dangerous home care shortage to keep older adults and disabled people safe — and the way to do it is by including Fair Pay for Home Care in this year’s budget - which would raise home care wages to at least $35,000 a year on average. Fair Pay for Home Care Act would wipe out the home care workforce shortage in less than five years, keep older adults and disabled people safe and out of nursing homes, and bring 200,000 new home care workers into the field. In all, the state would see over $1 billion in net state economic benefits through job creation and moving home care workers off of social assistance — putting this budget priority on track to be one of the most successful economic development programs in the state’s history. And the home care sector is overwhelmingly women, immigrants and people of color — so fair wages would create new jobs for historically underpaid communities. More and more New Yorkers are joining together to say: It’s time for New York to care for older adults and disabled people — by investing in home care that will keep us and our loved ones safe and at home. Can we count on the governor to stand up and fight for Fair Pay for Home Care in this year’s budget? - Larry Roberts, Systems Advocate at Finger Lakes Independence Center, Ithaca, NY

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LEADING THE WAY Lisa Holmes made history as the first woman to serve as Tompkins County administrator when she was appointed earlier this month. By E ddi e Ve l a z qu e z

ewly appointed Tompkins County Administrator Lisa Holmes hopes to shepherd the county toward an economic bounceback following a couple of years of financial uncertainty ushered in by the global COVID-19 pandemic. Holmes made history in mid March when she was permanently selected by the County Legislature as the county administrator. She had previously served as the county’s top budget officer in the last year on an interim basis and is the first woman in county history to serve as county administrator. “I couldn’t be more delighted to be offered the opportunity to be able to lead the county and work with our great departmental leaders, staff and the County Legislature on the priorities that lie ahead for the county and help to advance them,” Holmes said. Some of those priorities include continuing to craft annual budgets that reflect zero tax increases for local residents, responsibly maximizing increased influxes of sales tax revenue, and overseeing the finances of Tompkins County’s capital plan. The county’s five-year roadmap is a portfolio of projects such as the decarbonization of county buildings, infrastructure overhauls, remediation of roads and bridges, as well as upgrades to the Ithaca Tompkins International Airport. Her tenure also overlaps with initiatives that have the potential to transform Tompkins County and Ithaca for years to come, such as the Reimagining Public Safety plan, as well as the consolidation of the County Mental Health and Public Health Departments.

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The county administrator will look to draw from her 23 years of experience in local government to aid her in this new role. Holmes has had a long career serving in county government, having started in 1998 at the Tompkins County Office for the Aging, eventually becoming the department’s leader, and later becoming deputy county administrator in 2018. Even with her extensive experience, Holmes has already had to wade through uncharted fiscal waters in her short time in charge of the county’s finances following former administrator Jason Molino’s departure. “When I was first appointed as interim county administrator (in May 2021) we were still in the middle of the pandemic. We had that response going on and we were in the early, but still full-blown phases of the annual county budget process,” she said, reflecting on a 2022 county budget she said she feels “very proud of.” “It involved a lot of hands-on learning, and learning as you go,” she said. “It was a sink-or-swim sort of thing.” There have been encouraging signs of economic recovery for a county that at one point in 2020 was projected by the New York State Association of Counties (NYSAC) to lose out on close to 30% of its total taxable sales compared to 2019. NYSAC’s analysis grouped the counties of Tompkins and Orange, as well as New York and its outer boroughs, as those facing the

worst financial hardship because of the pandemic. “When students returned to the city in the fall of 2020 and we started opening back up, we saw our sales tax increase beyond our best years prior to the pandemic,” Holmes said. “We’ve been very strong in that realm, in terms of local revenue generation. That really helps us during the budget process.” For the 2021 budget year, the county had estimated raking in approximately $34.8 million in sales tax. Last month, County Finance Director -Lisa Holmes Rick Snyder told the Legislature the county had collected close to $41.6 million in sales tax revenue for the year. Some of these figures, however, also correlate with an increase in the price of certain goods and an overall increase in cost of living. “The pent up consumer demand that came out of the pandemic, along with workforce shortages have led to supply chain shortages,” Holmes said. “There is certainly concern about inflation, its long term effects, and the impact that may have on us going forward.” Holmes sees the surprising sales tax figures and an ever-tighter and ballooning real estate market in the county as both having positive and negative consequences. “Housing prices are less affordable for people and that is certainly a concern of ours,” she said.

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As of 2020, County Planning and Sustainability Department officials estimate that, according to U.S. Census Data, a household would need to earn $42,880 per year to afford the median rent for a onebedroom unit in Tompkins County without becoming rent-burdened. Rent-burdened is a status defined by federal officials and designated for households where at least 30% of the total income goes toward covering rent. The median sales price for a home in the county — recorded in 2020 at $250,000 — increased by about 11%, or close to $20,000 from 2019 to 2020, according to the Tompkins County 2020 Housing Snapshot report. The county, Holmes said, can protect homeowners from market volatility and uncertain world events affecting the global economy with flexible budgeting. “For the 2022 budget, the Legislature opted to have a zero percent increase in the tax levy to try to assist taxpayers in that way. That’s one small way that we could try to help the average homeowner to keep things steady,” she said. Federal funding from Tompkins County’s American Rescue Plan (ARP) $19.8 million can also help the county cover the cost of economic recovery, Holmes added. “We could claim all of those funds as revenue lost and put them toward county expenses that would make sense for one time use,” she said. As an example, Holmes pointed to the nearly $15 million in ARP funds used by the county to fund projects found in the approximately $128 million capital plan. “This would reduce debt service over the long term and would be another stabilizing factor for the local economy,” she said.

L i s a H o l m e s i n C o u n t y L e g i s l at u r e c h a m b e r s . ( P h o t o : A s h B a i l o t) Even with the economic volatility of the current moment, Holmes said she expects projects such as the Green Facilities Capital Project to stay on financial track. County officials have said at several public meetings that the $28 million project — with an expected completion in 2026 — will target all county-owned buildings with the ultimate goal of reducing the estimated 1,373 metric tons of carbon emissions generated by these structures. “There are a few phases to the Green Facilities Project. We are in the first phase right now and that encompasses the ‘low hanging fruit’ within our facilities to reduce energy consumption,” she said. “I have not heard that any of those projects have come in overbid.” Improvements expected within this first phase, Holmes said, include insulation and other weatherization efficiency measures, LED lighting enhancements and upgrades to the county’s information technology infrastructure. The three phases of the project, county officials have said, could save the county close to $422,000 every year.

As for other capital projects, Holmes said “you have to take each one of these projects one by one.” “In the realm of highway remediation, there has recently been a project that has gone overbid due to the cost of materials,” she said. “I would expect that we may be seeing more of that as the year goes on.” Holmes attributed these expected higher price tags to the rising costs of construction materials. When asked if the county would request additional financing sources or to raise public funds to shore up the costs of overbid projects, Holmes noted that has not been necessary yet. “I think we would need to look at what the project is and consider it carefully,” she said. “We need to look at what stage the project is in, or if it can be delayed, but we haven’t crossed that bridge yet. We would need to consider those factors and determine what the best options are moving forward.” On the Reimagining Public Safety Initiative, Holmes said the desired outcome is community safety for all.

“The reasoning behind the initiative was to look at the disparate outcomes and disproportionate treatment of minority communities by law enforcement,” she said. “We want to see a process that is transparent and includes community input. I think the stated goal is really important, but the process and how we get there is equally important.” Holmes also spoke on the merger of the County Mental Health and Public Health Departments, a project that has suffered delays due to the COVID-19 epidemic. She noted the process is very much in the works at the moment. “Staff from both departments are in the process of jointly working on the services they will offer to the community,” Holmes said. “They are looking to streamline the process, so that when an individual or a family comes through the system they can be seamlessly served with wraparound services under one department, and really looking at holistic care.” In terms of public and mental health and how they relate to the COVID-19 pandemic , Holmes noted the county is also Ma r ch

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looking at transitioning from a model of acute response to one of recovery. “We want to address some of the longerterm impacts that the pandemic has had in our communities, mental health, and supportive services,” she said. The county is also looking to execute an analysis of its salary grade structure in order to improve employee hiring and retention, Holmes said. The study would include a market review of comparable positions at other counties in the region and in the private sector for county workers across all bargaining units, including management and management confidential employees. “We released a request for proposal for those services and are in the process of selecting a vendor to begin that study in the near future,” she said. “We are very aware that we want to keep our salaries at a competitive level so that we can attract and retain the best talent that we can to provide county services.” The 2021 living wage calculated by the Alternatives Credit Union and supported by the Tompkins County Workers

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Crime

Shooting victim dies from gunshot wounds

n Monday, March 28, the victim of the shooting that occurred on March 20 near the intersection of W. State Street and S. Plain Street died from the injuries sustained from the shooting. According to police, he was shot multiple times shortly before 3 a.m. The victim, Teheran Forest, 43, of

Ithaca, died at a regional trauma center as a direct result of the shooting, making the case a homicide investigation. At the time of the shooting, the suspects were described as two Black males, both tall, thin and wearing hooded sweatshirts. One of the men’s sweatshirts was all black while the other’s was black with red sleeves. This is the first homicide in 2022, and it comes just weeks after police announced the arrest of William L. Marshall, 40, of Ithaca for the murder of Alan Godfrey in July 2021. Godfrey was shot and killed in the 200 block of Taughannock Boulevard. At this time an investigation into this matter is active and ongoing and as

a result no further information will be released. The IPD is investigating this incident with assistance from the Tompkins County Sheriff ’s Office and the New York State Police Major Crimes Unit. Anyone who may have information or who may have witnessed any part of this incident is encouraged to contact the Ithaca Police Department. Residents with doorbell cameras or other home surveillance systems are also encouraged to review their footage around the date and time of this incident. Those who wish to provide information may do so anonymously if desired. -Staff R eport

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Center is set at $15.32 per hour. The living wage issupposed to cover the minimum standard of living for a single person, including the cost of a onebedroom apartment, health insurance through the state’s health marketplace, and taxes. “Information aide” is the only county position to earn less per hour than the 2021 living wage standard, according to 2020 county pay scales. These positions start with a hire rate of $14.68 per hour. Ultimately, Holmes believes the county is doing a good job balancing important projects. The incoming budget season, she added, will be a test to the solid leadership she sees at the county level. “In the short term, we’re looking at another budget season where we are going to be trying to put together a budget that’s both fiscally responsible, but also pays wages that attract and retain an excellent workforce,” she said. “We are at the point where we would like to have fully current contracts with all of our bargaining units.” County Legislature Chair Shawna Black has praised the county administrator’s work thus far. “I’m delighted that Lisa Holmes will be taking on this role, she is a thoughtful and compassionate leader who has proven her commitment to our organization and community during her career here with Tompkins County,” she said in a press statement. “(Holmes) has the full support of the Tompkins County Legislature. Looking forward, we have incredible opportunities for the county, and Holmes has the institutional knowledge, respect of our staff, and a clear vision to lead the organization moving forward.” As for Holmes, her position is all about service. “(All our county departments) really exist to serve our community, and I look forward to doing that the best way possible,” she concluded.

Sports

Back in Black

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Jon Jones and Patrick O’Connor (right) spar at Black Irish Boxing

n the 30-plus years I have covered sports in Ithaca, there have been some constants. Cornell hockey will pack Lynah Rink, Ithaca High School will have dominant swimming teams, and Patrick O’Connor will be connected in some way to the local boxing scene. One of those things has been missing for the past three years, but sometime in April, O’Connor will reopen Black Irish Boxing in Ithaca’s west end. Patrick has provided a treasure trove of material for a sportswriter over the years, and I recall doing a story about the time management required to produce as a boxing trainer and an oil painter. The photo showed Patrick wearing a boxing glove on one hand and holding a paintbrush in the other, and the high level at which he handles both disciplines is as amazing as it is unlikely. (A look at O’Connor Art Gallery online will convey that statement clearly.) The fact that one guy can sell an oil painting for several thousand dollars and be seen in the corner of world champion MMA fighter Jon “Bones” Jones in the same week is... well... uncommon. I asked Patrick to take me on a little retrospective of his pathway to becoming a boxing trainer, and he laughed when he shared that his high school wrestling career was derailed when he refused to get a haircut. “Hey,” O’Connor said, “it was the 1960s. Those things mattered.” Patrick found himself captivated by the goings-on at Victor Phillips’ dojo on State Street, and being broke, he traded a conga for lessons. O’Connor said, “I started in karate, then became a gym rat at GIAC, and had a few fights, training under Chet Cashman and Danny Akers. I found some VHS tapes of an old trainer in Mexico,

incorporated some of his techniques and added some weightlifting.” O’Connor’s association with Akers would change form but continue, as the two teamed up to train Willie Monroe Jr., who would earn some very high-profile bouts and come to be regarded as a legitimate title contender. Patrick and I caught up for another story when he opened his first Black Irish Boxing in a little plaza on Taughannock Boulevard. He had conveyed that he was working with another up-and-comer — an MMA fighter named Jon Jones, and little did I know that Jones would become a world champion and one of the most highprofile fighters the sport has ever seen. As Jones’ star rose, he asked O’Connor to play a bigger role in his career, and Patrick moved into Jones’ house in Albuquerque, after which Bones beat Alexander Gustafson for the first time, opening up more possibilities for those on his training team. O’Connor soon thereafter relocated Black Irish Boxing to a much larger location on Cherry Street, but soon came to understand that he was more comfortable — and more successful — when training clients in smaller groups. Another bend in the road revealed itself when Patrick’s wife, Mary, took a position in San Diego, and while there were many upsides, the cost of living and the overabundance of trainers created challenges. “Plus,” Patrick offered, “when COVID hit, the gyms and the galleries all closed, and that was difficult.” Like the go-with-the-flow guy he is, O’Connor took another look at his situation, factored in that his mother’s needs were increasing as she grew older, and decided that returning to Ithaca was his best option. Given he is coming off knee surgery, his actual opening date is still somewhat unclear, but “sometime in April” seems likely. “The new gym is in the old Puddledockers building, right on the Cayuga Waterfront Trail,” O’Connor said. “We’ll do some outside stuff, some kids’ classes, I’ll do my one-on-one training with clients, some tandem training for couples, it will be a cool little club.” Patrick said he is very grateful that his preexisting relationships will help get his business off the ground more quickly than if he was an unknown commodity in a new town, and he said, “I’m very fortunate to be able to pick up after three years. I can’t wait to get started.”

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The theatre scene in Ithaca is back with three inventive, moving shows By Barbara Adams

hree provocative productions opened at local theatres this past weekend, each offering — through the magic of self-aware storytelling — a unique perspective on the human struggle to be seen and known. At the Kitchen Theatre Company, Lloyd Suh’s “The Chinese Lady” (also onstage now at New York’s Public Theater) is based on a historical event. In the 19th century, many Chinese men emigrated to the U. S. for work, but the first recorded woman here was Afong Moy. In 1834, two American merchants, the Carne brothers, brought her from her distinguished family’s home in Canton City (now Guangzhou) to New York. Eventually assuming her new name, the 14‑year-old girl was basically a marketing tool: she sat in a display, surrounded by the Christina Liang in “The Chinese Lady.” (Photo: Gary Hodges)

Chinese vases and wares the businessmen were promoting. Richly dressed in traditional robes and hairstyle (costumed here by Amanda Gladu), Afong Moy demonstrated the use of chopsticks, walked to exhibit her bound feet, and occasionally sang. Suh’s play captures both her pride and her imprisonment; the Kitchen’s staging reinforces her isolation and otherworldliness. She’s poised and elegant in a chair on a raised red platform, enclosed by a gauzy

curtain; behind her are shelves of blue and white Chinese vases. The rest is darkness — in Yeaji Kim’s splendid set design, evocatively lit by Madeleine Reid, with a haunting soundscape by Julian Crocamo. Under Aileen Wen McGroddy’s direction, Afong Moy is attractively played by Christina Liang, who shows the girl’s naivety and hope, which deteriorate over the years of her exhibition, as she gains fame yet remains exoticized and objectified. Though little is known of her accompanying interpreter, Atung, Suh has given him an intriguing complexity. Roger Yeh skillfully, even unnervingly, renders him in full servitude and compliance, as “irrelevant,” he insists — yet also with respect, admiration, protectiveness, and affection toward Afong Moy, and with naked envy of the privileged white men and women who come to watch them. At one point, Yeh adopts the persona of a boorish President Andrew Jackson, who actually met “the Chinese lady,” and portrays the vulgarity of his fascination with her bound feet. Liang’s role is to chronicle the passing years — “it is 1864, I am now 44” — and express Afong Moy’s diminishing belief that she will be a cultural ambassador, an agent of under-

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Sylvie Yntema, Eric Brooks, Amoreena Wade and Karl Gregory in “The Wetsuitman” by Cherry Arts. (Photo: Provided)

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standing between East and West. Her demeanor relaxes, becomes even slack, the youthful hope and idealism leaking from her. As the innocent girl becomes a woman of greater understanding, she invokes key events of oppression in Chinese history. The repetition of the passage of time and of her studied performance for us, the white audi‑ ence, creates a sense of ancient ritual — as well as our unavoidable complicity in this spectacle.

An incredibly vigorous performance is delivered by 10 young actors in Ithaca College’s production of Caridad Svich’s “Red Bike,” directed by Paula Murray Cole in collaboration with her cast. They are all manifestations of one 11‑year-old, who eventually possesses the coveted red bike, a vehicle of freedom and self-expression. Stuffed into the small black box McCarroll studio, the actors use their bodies as much as the scripted dialogue to tell the story of the child’s adventures, hopes and disappoint‑ ments in this insignificant, exhausted town. Cole’s choreography is constantly inventive — the actors pass red stools overhead as if boxes in the town’s packing

warehouse, or perch on them when ca‑ reening recklessly downhill on their bikes. As their bodies morph to tell the story non-sequentially, poetically, their words interweave, evoking their emotions. They try to listen to the tales of the town’s old men, fear the one prosperous local inves‑ tor who’s cut down all the trees, imagine monsters, and dream of fabulous pos‑ sible futures while enduring the ordinary everyday. It’s a creative, rhythmic produc‑ tion, both energizing and affecting. Perhaps the most experimental and surprising of all these unconventional works is the Cherry Arts’ new offering, “The Wetsuitman,” imaginatively directed

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by artistic director Sam Buggeln. Written by Belgian playwright Freek Mariën, it’s billed as a Scandinavian forensic mystery, but it’s so much more. The five actors mill about informally as they decide whether and when to begin; we’re frequently reminded in small ways that this is a con‑ struction, a retelling, an invention, a story. Like “The Chinese Lady,” it too is based on historical events, and on a detailed newspaper story audiences should read later. Behind the actors are two large projec‑ tions: one affords views of the subjects dis‑ cussed — like the Norwegian fjord where a body was found, or the remains of the man’s tattered wetsuit; the other screen offers different angles on the actors themselves as they speak to us. The effect is illuminating, vivifying the narrative and underscoring both the need for multiple perspectives and the difficulty of discovering any truth. At the outset, the actors joke and banter, almost as if in a TV crime show drama. They speak to us directly (the same involving device as in “The Chinese Lady”), telling us the details of the story they’re piecing together. The actors as‑ sume new roles continuously and switch genders, though most initially announce themselves as “white Norwegian males.” Ithaca favorite Eric Brooks gets a laugh when he announces he’s tall and slim; Karl Gregory is comically clueless as the hippy beachfront shop owner. The investigation expands, as inquiries tend to do, to include journalists, officials, aid workers, police of varying stripes, and ordinary citizens…of Norway, France, Lebanon and Syria. Amoreena Wade and Sylvie Yntema are both sympathetic and tough; Marc Gomes is heartbreakingly sensitive in several roles. The search for the dead man’s identity, for the truth, for individual recognition of every displaced soul takes us to unex‑ pected places. These five skilled actors introduce us to unforgettable lives we hadn’t dreamed of encountering, and the experience is stunning.

• “The Chinese Lady” by Lloyd Suh, at the Kitchen Theatre. Wednesdays — Sundays through April 10. Tickets at www.kitchentheatre.org or call 607‑272‑0570. • “The Red Bike” by Caridad Svich, at Ithaca College. This Thursday — Saturday at 8 p. m. and Saturday at 2 p. m. Tickets at tickets.ithaca.edu or call 607‑274‑3224. • “The Wetsuitman” by Freek Mariën, at the Cherry Arts. This Thursday-Saturday at 7:30 p. m., Saturday-Sunday at 2:30 p. m. Livestream versions also available. Tickets at www.thecherry.org/the-wetsuitman/. Barbara Adams, a regional arts journalist, teaches writing at Ithaca College.

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Sweet Taste of Success

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Central New York Celebrates 50th annual Maple Fest

“The first year was a huge success, ”he recalled. “They had no idea what they were going to expect but I remember my grandfather telling me stories that it was a beautiful day and they had to push the snowbanks back to make more rooms for parking. That Saturday night everyone was out of stuff so they all made more stuff and got back going and did it on Sunday and B y R y a n B i e b e r the rest is history.” All of the maple products featured at n the mood for something sweet? The the festival are still supplied by local syrup Central New York Maple Festival is celproducers and ebrating its 50th annidistributors. versary, taking place Cooper Hill April 2-3 in MaraMaple in thon, New York. Marathon, Split The event features Maple Farm arts and crafts as well in Lisle and as live music and enGenegantslet tertainment throughMaple from out the whole town. Smithville are According to Josh just a few of the small A sign welcoming folks Ensign, committee cobusinesses highlighted to Maple Fest. chairperson for the fesat the event, as well as (Photo: Provided) tival, the whole idea behind Ensign’s own family Maple Fest is the sense of commaple products. munity and supporting one Turnout tends to be another. in the tens of thousands according to Ensign, “It’s the entire town, the restaurants, the but the small town vibes that gave the festival churches, the Boy Scouts, the sports teams its initial success are still very apparent. …. Everyone in town comes to the Maple “One thing I strive for as chairperson is to Festival for the weekend,” he said. step back and get a little more local,” Ensign The entire town also gets a maple makesaid. “When this started out it was a local over. The high school, civic center and village event trying to help out the community, so green have all been converted to event spaces we are trying to keep it that way and bring it for crafts and vendors as well as attractions back to our roots.” such as a pop-up maple museum. This year also marks the Festival’s fullFor Ensign himself, the festival is a family fledged return after the pandemic caused the affair. His grandfather was actually one of the festival to take a one year hiatus in 2020. Last founders of the Maple Festival and a maple year’s festival was a one day drive-through syrup producer. The family company, Ensign since large gatherings were still not permitFamily Maple Products, was started by Ensign’s ted at the time. great grandfather and grandfather in the late There will be a working sugar shack 1940s and was passed down to his father and and a pop-up maple museum that visitors uncle. After a 10-year hiatus, Josh Ensign himcan tour. On Friday night a Maple Queen self revived the company back in 2013, further will also be crowned from the maple pagcarrying on the family legacy. He hopes his eant. On Saturday there will be a pancake son will also be involved in the business in the eating contest where contestants donate future. Ensign has also been a member of the money for every pancake they eat and maple festival committee for over five years. then give it to a charity of their choice. “It means quite a lot to me,” he said. There will also be a parade throughout the “Hopefully, we keep the generation going.” town on Saturday as well. Both days will The festival itself has long roots, first feature a variety of vendors and craftsmen being held in 1970. Ensign said Marathon selling handmade work and maple-themed has always been a big maple town, with food. lots of locals in the area making small At the end of the day, Ensign attributes businesses out of selling maple syrup and the love for Maple Fest to the beauty of related products. The hopes of supporting maple products themselves. “It’s the sweetthese local businesses partially inspired the ness of it,” he said. “You can’t beat that pure event. sugar and maple taste.”

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Banjos and bluegrass

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Béla Fleck returns to the State Theatre on April 6

BVC and a British sage ponder the future of James Bond

By Br yan VanC ampe n

éla Fleck is widely considered one of the world’s foremost banjo players, bringing the instrument from its bluegrass roots into jazz, classical and other musical genres. In the 2008 documentary “Throw Down Your Heart,” Fleck traveled to Africa to collaborate with native musicians and explore the history of the instrument. Winner of 14 Grammy Awards, Fleck returns to the State Theatre on April 6. Béla Fleck spoke to the Ithaca Times about “Throw Down Your Heart,” his current line-up and why guitars aren’t funny. Ithaca Times: I really enjoyed “Throw Down Your Heart.” It feels like there’s some larger “project” aspect to what you do. It’s about learning and observing as much as it’s about playing music.

Béla Fleck: Many thanks, I loved doing that project and all the incredible musicians I encountered in Africa! IT: What can you tell me about the show you’re bringing to Ithaca? BF: This is a monster bluegrass band, playing my new instrumental music but also including some trad stuff too. It doesn’t get better than these guys, and I am getting such a kick out of playing with all of them. IT: Talk a little about your current touring group? BF: Every one of them deserves a heap of accolades, which they do tend to get. They represent the top level of our music. They play at a classical virtuoso level, but with that homespun rootedness which makes bluegrass one of America’s greatest musical offerings. They are Bryan Sutton on guitar, Stuart Duncan on fiddle, Justin Moses on dobro, fiddle, and banjo, Sierra Hull on mandolin and Mark Schatz on bass. IT: When Steve Martin exploded in the mid-’70s I bought a banjo, but I could never make as much headway as I was with the guitar. What is it about that instrument that worked for you? BF: Guitar just isn’t funny! Honestly it shouted out to me the first time I heard Earl Scruggs on the Beverly Hillbillies sitcom. It bit me on the brain and in the

arning: Major franchiseending spoilers ahead. If you haven’t seen the new James Bond movie, you have been warned. So, if you hadn’t heard yet, James Bond snuffs it at the end of “No Time to Die.” As in, Daniel Craig doesn’t want to play 007 anymore, he’s taking the ball and going home for supper. Craig was written out of the series in the most depressing way possible. I should have seen this coming; the Craig era has gotten less and less fun, so much so that I can barely remember the plot, something about Rami Malek as the latest bad guy, and Léa Seydoux returns from “Spectre” (2015); it’s all a sad blur for me since last October. In these times of trouble, I reached out to my pal Jamie Lewis from the UK, and one of the sharpest, smartest cats when it comes to pop culture. He noticed that I included “No Time To Die” on my list of 2021’s worst movies, and that’s where our conversation picks up. JL: Double yes on Bond. So glad we’re done with Craig. I feel like I’m owed

double helpings of Roger Moore for the next decade. BVC: If you like Bond with a turkey wattle neck, yeah… JL: What the world needs now is some Roger Moore. A return to the raised eyebrow. BVC: The whole time I was watching “No Time to Die” I found myself thinking about the McDonald’s meal in the first “Kingsman” [movie]. Then again, with the exception of, say, “From Russia With Love” (1962), I’ve always liked the more over the top bonkers Bond movies. I’d much rather watch “Die Another Day” (2002) than “For Your Eyes Only” (1981). So…Is Bond over? Is there a way for Bond to continue? Will they ever be fun if they do? JL: Of course it’s not done. It survived [George] Lazenby. It survived “Never say Never Again” (1983). And the series has always promised: James Bond Will Return. I feel like it’s time to go back to a more joyous Bond. Somewhere between the hammy CGI mess of the latter Brosnan and the po-faced misery of Daniel Craig. If they’re sensible, they will return to the good days of providing some much-needed chutzpah, justice and jaw-dropping audacity to contin u ed on page 17

heart. I’m a New York City kid, so there’s no cultural reason why it struck me so deeply, but I continue to be moved by it.

Béla Fleck plays at the State Theatre on April 6. (Photo: Provided)

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A still from “No Time to Die.” (Photo: Provided)

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provide hope in a hopeless world. After all, it got most of us through the Cold War. BVC: Give me your desert island Bonds, taking in all six actors that have played him. JL: [For] Connery, I’d have to say “Diamonds Are Forever” (1971). It’s riddled with problems and production stories which are a feast for movie buffs. It’s the First Temptation of Connery. It was my first Bond film and considerably more exciting than the books I’d read up to that point. The movies were inaccessible to me as a kid and the occasional TV outings

were shown too late for me to stay up. Sure, there’s the classics, but “Goldfinger” (1964) and “Thunderball” (1967) always left me cold. I much prefer the camp of “You Only Live Twice” (1967) or “From Russia, With Love.” Roger Moore: Has to be “Live and Let Die” (1972), [which] came out the year I was born and was gory, viscous and terrifying. I had nightmares about Baron Samedi for years. I loved “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service” (1969). It tried to do something different, and if you could erase Lazenby and replace him with literally any other Bond, it would have been in everyone’s top three. It’s a masterpiece. Plus, that score! Oh my God. It still makes my heart race in a way that

the main theme doesn’t. Timothy Dalton: I’m sorry but “The Living Daylights” (1987) is another Cold War classic. That Aston Martin update, and Joe Don Baker as the… twist…AMERICAN bad guy. Bond being truly international and urbane with friends in every corner of the world? Pierce Brosnan: Can’t get beyond Sean Bean, so “Goldeneye” (1995) never did it for me. He can’t even maintain a British accent, let alone a character. Brosnan peaked with “The World Is Not Enough” (1999) and “Tomorrow Never Dies” (1997). Both superb, both products of their time, which Bond should be: both a zeitgeist and an inspiration.

Daniel Craig in “Casino Royale” had its moments — well, the first 15 minutes. After that it became the first Bond movie I fell asleep in the theatre. A 40-minute card game? Move it along. Leave some mystery, stop providing a network of flimsy connecting material. Stop making Bond all emotional and fueled by rage. Bond is above all these things. The second you dissect the animal, you kill it. You can rent “No Time to Die” on YouTube. Recommended: “Making Fun,” streaming on Netflix. RIP: John Korty (“The Candidate”)

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Expertly prepared Hazelnut Kitchen offers less conventional menu items, prepared perfectly By He nr y Stark

hen was the last time you had rabbit meatballs for dinner? For me, it was last Saturday evening. I didn’t actually order them; not really. I went to Hazelnut Kitchen in Trumansburg and ordered “Let the Chef Decide,” which is a closely guarded secret until it arrives on the table. The “Let the Chef Decide” dish is “mp” (market price), based on the ingredients the chef, a co-owner, buys frequently and opportunistically. It’s a formula that apparently works for the establishment. Some customers enjoy the surprise element, however, I’m uncomfortable with it. I like the idea of the chef/owner making decisions based on what he sees at the market, however I’d like him to share it with his customers. It’s also very difficult to choose a wine to complement the meal if you’re not permitted to know what the meal is. Saturday, the rabbits ($30) were supplied by Grassland Farms in Waterloo, New York and were sauteed with spinach and a kohlrabi cream sauce poured over spätzle and finished with a salsa made with cranberries, apple, herbs and pecans. I’ve also enjoyed pasta, “canestri,” ($27) made with a roasted butternut squash ragu, crumbled garlic pork sausage, ricotta cheese and preserved lemons. (If you haven’t heard of canestri, its name comes from “canestro,” which means a little basket and is often filled with ricotta).

The Smoked Chicken Thighs ($28): a single thigh is smoked for hours in their own smoker and embellished with coconut rice (reminded me of barley), diced sweet potatoes and bok choy. Pan Seared Monkfish (($30) was served with a sauce of roasted beets, sunchokes, fennel, an orange-ginger puree and cilantro chutney. The fish was softer

"All these entrées were cooked expertly with wonderful textures, and flavors that complemented each other beautifully."

and more tender than the firm texture I’m used to (monkfish is sometimes referred to as “poor man’s lobster”).

A chef puts the finishing touches on a dish. (Photo: Provided)

All these entrées were cooked expertly with wonderful textures and flavors which complemented each other beautifully. I need to watch my weight, however, Hazelnut Kitchen is one place I allow myself to splurge. The five desserts ($8) and seven ice creams ($5) are homemade. If you like lemon, you might like to try the lemon crème tart with candied grapefruit peel, poppyseed cookie crust, strawberry blood orange coulis and vanilla whipped cream. I can also recommend the warm spiced apple crumb cake with caramel, crushed pecans, and the same vanilla whipped cream. The esoteric wine menu strikes me as a bit too unusual and could stand to add a Dry Riesling, Malbec, Merlot and a Cabernet Franc among others. Wines by the glass (only three white and three red), are $10/$11 and you won’t find

any bottles under $40. There are only three beers available, all from New York State. Hazelnut Kitchen is efficiently run and serves consistently excellent food.

Tidbit : -From their website: a credit card must be used to make a reservation. A $10/per person charge will be deducted from the card if you “cancel your reservation at any time or arrive more than 15 minutes late.” You are also asked to limit your dinner to “around 90 minutes.” (The restaurant is relatively small, and management has instituted these restrictions to protect themselves.)

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Music Bars/Bands/Clubs

3/31 Thursday Richie Stearns & Friends | 4 p.m. | South Hill Cider, 550 Sandbank Road

4/1 Friday Friday Night Music - The Immortal Jellyfish | 6 p.m. | Hopshire Farms and Brewery, 1771 Dryden Rd

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4/2 Saturday

Senior Recital: Harris Andersen, piano at Ford Hall | 1 p.m.| Ithaca College Junior Recital: Elijah Zelaya, French horn at Hockett Family Recital Hall | 2 p.m. | Ithaca College Elective Recital: Nicole Millman, saxophone at Nabenhauer Recital Room | 3 p.m. | Ithaca College Graduate Recital: Laura Grube, violin at Hockett Family Recital Hall | 4 p.m. | Ithaca College Junior Recital: Drew Martin, tenor saxophone at Hockett Family Recital Hall | 7 p.m. | Ithaca College Jasperoo album release concert | 7 p.m. | Trumansburg Conservatory of Fine Arts, 1 Congress St | Free PULSE | 7 p.m. | Bailey Hall, 230 Garden Avenue | $10.00| See weekend Planner for details. Choir and Treble Chorale at Ford Hall | 8:15 p.m.| Ithaca College

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4/4 Monday Composition Premieres at Hockett Family Recital Hall | 7 p.m. | Ithaca College The Harlem Quartet: The Hockett Chamber Music Series at Hockett Family Recital Hall | 7 p.m. | Ithaca College

4/6 Wednesday Bela Fleck: My Bluegrass Heart | 7 p.m. | $28.50 - $48.50| State Theatre of Ithaca

4/9 Saturday Bob Moses at State Theatre | 8 p.m.| The Vancouver-bred duo consisting of Tom Howie and Jimmy Vallance, came to life in the Brooklyn underground scene in 2012.

4/12 Tuesday Big Thief at The State Theatre of Ithaca | 8 p.m. |

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The Chinese Lady by Lloyd Suh | 7:30 p.m., 3/30 Wednesday | Kitchen Theatre Company, 417 W. State / W. MLK, Jr. Street | Upon arrival as the first Chinese woman on U.S. soil, Afong Moy has been put on display for the American public as “The Chinese Lady.” She believes herself an ambassador to life in her native China

however, to her visitors, she becomes their entertainment. Contact theater for showtimes. The Wetsuitman | 7:30 p.m., 3/31 Thursday | The Cherry Artspace, 102 Cherry St | The Wetsuitman begins as a Nordic noir mystery and unpeels like an onion, switching between perspectives and genres to become a meditation on race, migration, and expectation. Suspenseful, humorous, and thought-provoking, the play is based on a European Press Prize-winning magazine article. | $20.00 - $35.00 Theatre Lab Presents: Grease at Presser Hall in the Whalen School of Music | 5:30 p.m., 4/2 Saturday | Theatre Lab Presents: Grease! The musical was put together in only one week of rehearsal time! Shows are April 2nd at 5:30pm in Presser Hall and April 9th at 8:00pm in Emerson suits. Comedy On The Commons @ South Hill Cider | 7:30 p.m., 4/2 Saturday | South Hill Cider, 550 Sandbank Road | New York’s funniest, and most entertaining comedians are coming to entertain you. Comedy on The Commons is excited to bring the best of NYS Stand-Up Comedy to South Hill Cider. | $20.00 - $60.00 Indigo by the Civic Ensemble Youth Forum Theatre Troupe | 7 p.m., 4/4 Monday | Kitchen Theatre Company, 417 W. State / W. MLK, Jr. Street | An interactive play for youth/young adults exploring gender identity.

Art Double Vision | 12 p.m., 3/31 Thursday | State of the Art Gallery, 120 West State Street | Two approaches to light, nature, and abstraction by painter Ileen Kaplan and photographer David Watkins. | Free

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A41 Life Drawing | 12:30 p.m., 3/31 Thursday | Community School of Music-Arts, 330 E State St | Art Studio 10 First Thursday of the month is portrait session; all following are nude sessions. Drop in any Thursday! Ithaca College and Cornell Printmakers | I See You at The Ink Shop | 5 p.m., 4/1 Friday | The Ink Shop, 330 E. MLK/State St | Ithaca College and Cornell Printmakers | I See You exhibit at The Ink Shop from April 1 – May 27 (Receptions: 4/1 & 5/6, 5-8pm) | Free Gallery Night Ithaca at Downtown Ithaca | 4/1 Friday | Virtual | First Friday Gallery Night is a monthly community celebration of the latest art showings taking place in and around Downtown Ithaca. Pay-What-You-Wish Weekends at Museum of the Earth | 10 a.m., 4/2 Saturday | Museum of the Earth, 1259 Trumansburg Road (Route 96) | We will be offering Pay-What-You-Wish admission at the Museum of the Earth on the first Saturday and Sunday of every month in 2022. UNTETHERED at The Argos Warehouse | 7 p.m., 4/2 Saturday | Argos Warehouse, 416 East State Street | UNTETHERED is both an educational and immersive visual art experience rooted in play and structured by rope. The stunning interior spaces of the Argos Warehouse will be host to a spectacular rope bondage scene choreographed by Brooklyn-based performance artist Sydona Rogue. | $30.00 Exhibit Hall is OPEN | 10 a.m., 4/6 Wednesday | The History Center in Tompkins County, 401 East State Street | Our Exhibit Hall is open Wednesday-Saturday 10am-5pm each week. We are located at 110 North Tioga St, Ithaca NY 14850. Our main entrance is on the Ithaca Commons.

Film Cinemapolis 120 E. Green St., Ithaca April 1-7, 2022. Contact Cinemapolis for showtimes. New films listed first. * The Automat* | The 100-year story of the iconic restaurant chain Horn & Hardart, the inspiration for Starbucks, where generations of Americans ate and drank coffee together at communal tables. | 80 mins NR

You Won’t Be Alone* | Set in an isolated mountain village in 19th century Macedonia, a young girl is kidnapped and then transformed into a witch by an ancient spirit. Curious about life as a human, the young witch accidentally kills a peasant in the nearby village and then takes her victim’s shape to live life in her skin. | 108 mins R There’s Your Ready Girl - A Celebration of Dorothy Cotton* | Part of the 2022 Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival. One showing only: Saturday, April 2 at 2 pm | 90 mins NR Infinite Storm | As an experienced climber (Naomi Watts) ascends Mt. Washington, she turns back before she reaches the summit as a huge blizzard approaches. But on her way down, she encounters a lone, stranded man, and takes it upon herself to get them both down the mountain before nightfall arrives and they succumb to the storm. Based on a true story. | 104 mins R You Are Not My Mother | Char’s mother, Angela, has inexplicably disappeared, and all that remains is her abandoned car. When she returns home without explanation the following evening, it becomes clear to Char and her grandmother, Rita, that something is amiss. She might look and sound the same, but Angela’s behavior has become increasingly frightening, as if she has been replaced by a malevolent force.| 93 mins NR The Outfit | A gripping and masterful thriller in which an expert tailor must outwit a dangerous group of mobsters in order to survive a fateful night.| 105 mins R Cornell Cinema All films are shown at Willard Straight Hall on Cornell campus. (Cornell Cinema will not be showing films during Cornell’s Spring Break, April 2 – 10) Your Eyes Are Spectral Machines – a live projection performance | 3/30, 7 p.m.| Three projection performances - involving 16mm, 35mm and slide projectors - by artist Luis Macías, an image recycler who specializes in experimental cinema. His artistic concerns focus on the physical work on film, film recycling, and re-invention of new relationships between moving images. The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz | 3/31, 7:00PM; 4/1, 9:35PM| Luis Buñuel’s oddly charming black

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comedy about the impossibilities of fulfilling one’s desires. Archibaldo de la Cruz is an affluent bachelor and suave ceramist who has a strange and powerful obsession stemming from his childhood during the Mexican Revolution, and it drives him to create the perfect crime. Neighbours | 3/31, 9:00PM; 4/1, 7:00PM | In the early ‘80s, in a Syrian village bordering Turkey, young Sero attends school for the first time. A new teacher has arrived with the goal of making strapping Pan-Arabic comrades out of the Kurdish children. He forbids the Kurdish language, orders the veneration of Assad and preaches hate of the Zionist enemy - the Jews. The lessons upset and confuse Sero because his long-time neighbors are a friendly Jewish family.

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