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Ithaca Schools

Loss of a Landmark

Should Parents Opt Chapter House Burns Kids Out of Exams? In Early A.M. Fire

uesday, April 14 marked the first day of the New York State Assessments, the standardized tests aligned with Common Core standards that are given to third through eighth graders each spring. The tests, which feature short answers, multiple choice, and essay questions in English Language Arts and mathematics, were designed by Pearson for New York to meet federal funding requirements set out in No Child Left Behind and Race to the Top legislation. Last year, it is estimated that over 60,000 New York students did not take these exams, out of a possible 1.2 million children (which is equal to 5 percent). These refusals are one result of the “opt out” movement that has many parents considering whether they should ask that their children be exempted from the exams. Given the amount of interest in opting out in New York this year, it’s expected that more students will be given parental permission to skip the state assessments this year. Unlike the Regents exams, these tests do not have an effect on an individual student’s record. Susan Eginton is the mother of a son in seventh grade and a daughter in eighth grade in Ithaca city schools. Eginton was considering in the days before testing started whether she should opt her children out of the tests last year, and shared her thoughts on the matter with this reporter. “I’ve never been a big fan of the standardized testing,” Eginton said. “It was much more of a non-event when I was in school. I’m considering opting out in protest [against] the way these are becoming more and more prevalent. We like to think of ourselves as creative thinkers, and I don’t want to turn society into all automatons.” Her daughter, whom Eginton describes as an excellent, prize-winning writer, “went rogue” on an assessment essay question last year. “She thought that the questions were extremely subjective and took issue with what they wanted from her,” Eginton said. “She turned the essay question into a critique of the test. When she told me, I asked her ‘Did you use quotes from the test to substantiate it?’ ‘Yes I did,’ she said, and I told her then she did great. That was not from me encouraging her to do that.” Eginton said that it is her understanding from friends in public continued on page 4

Kevin Sutherland, the chief of staff for the City of Ithaca, was also on the scene at Stewart Avenue. “[The city] has to make sure the whole building is secure,” he said. “The public works people are called when its a big building like this, in case you have to tear down part of the building to get to the fire. Fortunately that was not the case this time.” Sutherland said that when the fire was out a city building inspector would go through the whole building to see if it was still structurally sound. He said that sometimes the façade might be preserved, even if the interior is destroyed. Public works crews were at work down the hill on Schuyler Place where the water from the fire hoses had overwhelmed the storm-water pipes and

he Chapter House burned down this morning. According to Lt. Tom Basher of the Ithaca fire department, the building was fully aflame when trucks arrived at 4 a.m. on Tuesday, April 14. He deemed the building a “total loss.” All residents at 400 Stewart Ave. got out of the building without injury. The house next door was also burned, with much of the roof having collapsed. “Those hoses are pumping a 1,000 gallon per minute and we’ve been been here since 4 a.m.,” he said at 8:15 a.m. “That’s a lot of water.” He added that the weight of the water could possibly weaken the structure. Although it has a masonry exterior, the interior structure of the building is made of wood, socalled “ordinary construction.” 400 Stewart Ave., home to the Chapter House bar, burned early Tuesday morning. By The fire was afternoon the roof had collapsed. (Photo: Bill Chaisson) brought under control between 6 plugged them with street debris. The water and 7 a.m. and by 8 a.m. Basher said they were “just hitting the hot spots.” The entire was gushing out of a storm drain onto the street. A crew was attempting to snake on-duty shift of the city fire department the system from an adjacent storm drain was on the scene, with assistance from the Cayuga Heights and Lansing departments. and had sandbagged driveways on the downhill side of the street. Newfield, Enfield, and Dryden were on In the course of fighting the fire all of alert. the windows in the front of the building “With this much fire,” said Basher, “it will take days to sift through every thing to were broken and much of the cornice was hanging down in pieces. It may be days, determine the cause.” He said that videos of the fire taken early on in the incident continued on page 5 would help them ascertain the cause.

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INHS Townhouses: Affordable, Approved

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ew, affordable, for-sale condominiums will soon be under construction in the town of Ithaca. At their Tuesday, April 7 meeting after a public hearing was conducted, the town planning board gave the go-ahead to an Ithaca Neighborhood Housing Services (INHS) project called “Greenways.” The townhouse project should eventually feature 46 units in 14 buildings built on land owned by Cornell—the university will reserve the right to provide employees who are under a certain income ceiling a heads-up and a first option when a home is available for sale. Greenways will be built on just over 10 acres alongside Eastwood Commons, which is off Honness Lane, between Slaterville Road/Route 79 and the East Hill Recreation Way. Like the townhouses in the Holly Creek development, these units should retail in the $120,000 to $140,000 range, according to Scott Reynolds, INHS director of real estate development. Twobedroom residences will have 1,100 square feet of living space and three-bedroom homes will have between 1,280 to 1,350 square feet. One member of the public spoke at the hearing, Jonathan Butcher, who owns a property at 1342 Slaterville Road. After raising his concerns about drainage plans and light pollution, Butcher asked how control would be maintained on the condos’ upkeep and pricing as they were sold to future buyers. A condominium development opened near a property Butcher owned in Massachusetts, an experience which he referenced in his comments. “If there’s no more tie to INHS, the owners can do whatever they want,” Butcher said. “[The Massachusetts condo owners] progressively whittled away at their fees, and ended up reducing their property values. As different people moved in, it ended up being a pretty big blight on the town.” Reynolds clarified that INHS will retain some manner of control on the titles of these properties through its Housing Trust, though the exact mechanism is still being drafted. Reynolds also said that in Holly Creek, the association “there has had a couple chances to raise dues to keep up with inflation, and they have, as they should. Just because people aren’t rich doesn’t mean they don’t know how to take care of themselves.” Greenways is planned in three phases, and the total construction time for all 14 buildings is estimated at five to six years. Planning board member Linda Collins asked landscape architect Peter

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this type of housing,” Reynolds said. “We will make sure a phase is sold before moving on to the next phase. Obviously each phase is slightly less likely than the one before.” Funding for phase one is ready to go, Reynolds said. The construction monies have been made available from the federal department of Housing and Urban Development and the state’s Affordable Housing Corporation, and have been awarded over the last two years’ funding cycles. Landscape architect Peter Trowbridge of Trowbridge, Wolfe, Michaels, describes the Most of the buildings will contain new Greenways development. (Photo: Josh Brokaw) three units, and Trowbridge why building will take so long. will be decorated with a variety of color “It oftentimes takes 16 to 18 months combinations that include shingle siding in each phase,” Trowbridge said. “You talk in the gables. Colors include “Autumn about 18 months times three, and that’s Red,’ “Silver Plate,” “Butter,” and “Coastal going to start to get you into that five- to Blue,” though the trim on all the buildings six-year time frame.” will be in “Arctic White.” Board member Jon Bosak expressed By the time new owners are moving some doubts about whether all the phases into their condos, INHS hopes they will would be completed. have a for-certain address. Confusion “This area has a history of not abounds in the area over street names achieving people’s plans for it,” Bosak when online maps are consulted. said, referencing the Eastwood Commons “The only legal name is Strawberry 72-unit expansion planned in 1987—on Hill Circle,” planner Dan Tasman told the same site where Greenways will be the board. “There’s no Sunny Hill Court, built—of which only 10 units were built. Sunny Hill Path, Sunny Slope Circle. The original Greenways proposal was for Whatever is not on the town’s official street 67 units, which was scaled back to get map does not exist.” • approvals. “We fully believe there’s a market for — J o s h B r o k aw Chapterhouse contin u ed from page 3

Basher said, until the cause of the fire is known. When Jake Midura locked up the Chapter House early Tuesday morning around 2 a.m., “It was like any other night.” The trivia night crowd had emptied out and a pair of regulars was the last to leave after 1 a.m. last call. By late Tuesday morning, Midura was standing on the patio of the Carriage House Cafe, looking across Stewart Avenue at burnt debris that had fallen onto the sidewalk. The cub reporter for a Syracuse TV station practiced reading his lines from a smartphone before his noon news live shot, where he described the Chapter House with words like “iconic” and a “local landmark.” “It was a bar and they’re talking about it like it’s a goddamn museum,” Midura said. “It’s not even that old.” According to Midura’s rough history of the pub he shares with those who ask, the Chapter House was opened in the mid-

1960s, and was closed for a couple years in the 1980s before reopening in its current form. It was previously Jim’s Place, opened after Prohibition. A Cornell student wearing a Miller High Life shirt appeared on the patio and thanked Midura for “a few good months” after he turned 21. “This was my go-to haunt,” the Cornellian said. There will be about seven Chapter House employees looking for work, Midura said, and many more people looking for a new go-to place that has some portion of the Chapter House’s charms, beers, and free popcorn. “I don’t know what all the regulars will do,” Midura said. “Unfortunately as a bartender I don’t have the hundreds of thousands of dollars to say, ‘Sure, I’ll go ahead and rebuild it.’” There will be a benefit for Chapter House employees at Lot 10 this Friday evening after 5 p.m. • —Bill

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Ups&Downs

City of Ithaca

Citizen Pruners Care For City Trees

▶ Chapter House Refugees, Disaster Action Team volunteers from the Southern Tier Chapter of the American Red Cross are providing assistance today to more than 30 Cornell University students who were displaced from their apartments by this morning’s fire at the Chapter House Brew Pub and the next-door apartment building in Ithaca. A total of 20 students will not be able to return to their apartments. Depending on their needs, the Red Cross will provide them with comfort kits with personal hygiene items, and vouchers for clothing, shoes, bedding and linens.

ike a child, a puppy, or a kitten, saplings need to be given attention so they grow up into strong, healthy trees. Ithacans who have a notion they might want to help raise a little honey locust or sugar maple are in luck: It’s that time of year when the city and the Cornell Cooperative Extension are looking for volunteers for their Citizen Pruner program. Citizen pruners begin their work in May and the crew meets up twice a week through October. There’s lots of pruning to do in the city limits. Ithaca is a “very well-treed city,” according to Prof. Nina Bassuk, director of Cornell’s Urban Horticulture Institute and chair of the city’s Shade Tree advisory committee. “We have 11,000 street trees between the sidewalk and curb, with probably 95-percent stocking of all spaces that could be filled,” Bassuk said. “We have the responsibility of protecting those trees, particularly getting the young trees off to a good start.” Since Ithaca is so well-treed, most of the new plantings are replacement trees for the 60 or so the city must take down every year. Most of those to go are Norway or silver maples, which are replaced with something different, according to city forester Jeanne Grace. “Silver maples grow fast, so they were very popular,” Grace said. “They get very big, but they’re very weak-wooded and prone to losing branches in storms. A lot of the big old ones we have are not in great condition. Norway maples aren’t native, and they’re also invasive, which means they seed out into natural areas and crowd out the native stuff. They’re also notorious for lifting up sidewalks.” Norway maples once accounted for a third of the city tree population, according to Bassuk, a proportion which is now down to about one-eighth. There are 190 species of trees in the city, Bassuk notes, the rarest being two pawpaw trees on Tioga Street in Fall Creek. The pawpaw (Asimina triloba) is native to temperate North American regions with the northern edge of its range reaching into the Southern Tier and it is related to tropical fruit species. Grace said the city strives for a diversity of new trees, though she does say the honey locust is a “quintessentially allaround street tree” that can thrive in areas with poor soil quality and not much water. Ginkgo, sugar and red maples, varieties of oak, horse chestnuts, and Kentucky coffee trees are some other species that are planted as replacements. Volunteers will learn to use the tools

If you care to respond to something in this column, or publish your own grievances or plaudits, e-mail editor@ithacatimes.com, with a subject head “Ups & Downs.” A volunteer makes the proper cut for structural pruning of a street tree. A volunteer program run by Cornell Cooperative Extension helps the city public works department care for 11,000 street trees. (Photo: Cooperative Extension)

and where to make the proper cut for “structural pruning.” “That’s when you look for what you need to correct,” Grace said. “A common problem is co-dominant stems. In most varieties you want one central leader and branches coming off that. Sometimes that union where two or three stems meet is where a tree could fail.” Crossing branches and keeping limbs from growing out at too low a point—a particular problem for street trees—are other issues that Grace’s volunteer crew watches over. They also do some landscape shrub pruning in the parks. One prerequisite for volunteer pruners is that they accept their feet must stay on the ground. High-up cherry-picker trimming work is taken care of by the public works department. “We get some people who are so enthusiastic, they say ‘Can I jump up on that branch?’” Grace said. “We do have pole tools so we can do some overhead pruning, which most people don’t have at home, so it’s cool they can use it and learn some new equipment.” Grace scouts areas of the city that need work, then puts out a call to the citizen pruners. They meet twice a week, on Monday nights and Tuesday mornings, for two hours or so. She sends an email the week before with a meeting place and a range along which the crew will be working, so people can come when they can and catch up to the group. As a bonus, volunteers sometimes discover new nooks of the city, Grace said. “Even people who have lived in Ithaca a long time, when I say we need to work up on say, Crescent Place, they’ll say ‘Where the heck is that?’” Two introductory pruning classes open to the public and prospective volunteers still remain on April 20 and 27. Those interested in the classes and volunteering can call the Cooperative Extension at 607-272-2292. • —Josh

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Tompkins County

The Economy As a Three-legged Stool

t $7 billion, Tompkins County’s “gross regional product” is more than four times the gross domestic product (GDP) for the entire country of Belize. On Tuesday, April 7, Tompkins County Area Development’ s (TCAD) Vice President and Director of Economic Development Planning Martha Armstrong presented the 2015 Economic Development Strategy to the Tompkins County Legislature—and it was filled with interesting data as well as detailed plans for the county’s economic future. Armstrong began her presentation by explaining some of the key numbers: there are about 2,600 businesses in Tompkins County and about 70,000 jobs, about 50,000 of which are full-time. Higher education accounts for about 15,700 of those jobs and manufacturing, the next largest sector, accounts for about 3,100. Visitors and tourism comes in third with 2,300 jobs. The best paying work is in the tech sector, which accounts for around 1,000 jobs at an average of $76,714 per annum. In manufacturing yearly wages average $64,839, and in higher education the average wage is $54,240. Explaining the purpose of an economic development strategy, Armstrong said, “What is an economic development strategy? It’s kind of a threelegged stool, where we have a partnership between local governments, community institutions, and the private sector to increase quality job opportunities for local people, to strengthen the tax base, and to improve the quality of life.”

Heard&Seen ▶Nearly there, United Way of Tompkins County (UWTC) is nearing the end of its 2015 campaign and has raised almost 96% percent of the $2,150,000 goal. As a community our ability to raise additional funds over the next few weeks will ensure that important human services will not be reduced and the capacity to meet emerging needs exists. If you have not contributed or can make an additional gift, giving now will make a meaningful difference.. ▶ Top Stories on the Ithaca Times website for the week of April 1-6 include: 1) First Black Frat Gets Historical Status 2) Chapter House Burns in Early Morning Fire 3) New Principal at Van Etten Elementary School 4) Firefighters Respond to Calls at Appel, Stewart Ave., Cleveland Ave. 5) The Latest “Fast and Furious” Installment For these stories and more, visit our website at www.ithaca.com.

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What’s An Education For ? I n the April 11 edition of the Ithaca Times, reporter Josh Brokaw challenged teachers to dig deeper than mere criticisms of the Common Core and to offer some affirmative statement of what they want in, and expect from, schools. This letter is one attempt at such an affirmation. The focus now in schools is on “college and career readiness,” and that is (partly) OK. I want my child to be employable when he graduates, but I also want something more—for him and for all our children. I want my child to build resilience and experience joy. I want him to be able to articulate and develop his own unique gifts, his strengths, and his passions. I want him to be kind, hardworking, and responsive to the needs of others. I want him to develop a strong BS detector. I want him to struggle and fail sometimes. I want him to long for freedom, strive for the impossible, grow angry at injustice, and build skills necessary to act in a moral and effective way. I want him to think about what is moral and what is not, and I want him to work through such questions with his classmates and teachers. I want him to grow in a nurturing community—a place where he is loved and known—and I want him to learn to do his part—his own unique part—to help grow that community. I want him to learn lessons in areas of his greatest weakness, shortcoming, and blindness from teachers who love him and know

him best. I want him to be a friend and to have friends and to experience memorable activities together. I want him to read deeply, write clearly, and think critically. I want him to have meaning and purpose to his life. The district’s emphasis on “21st Century Skills” and career and college readiness is OK, perhaps, as long as we assume the future will continue on the current trajectory. Schools must prepare students for the future, but we can never be certain what the future brings. To use our schools to fit our children to the global, corporate market place—at least exclusively—is, in my opinion, a disservice to our children, a disservice to the planet, and a disservice to humanity. Schools should prepare children with the skills and values necessary to build a humane and sustainable economy and society. The educational “reformers” act as if all that matters is “jobs.” They measure children’s fitness to take their place in a social structure that is pre-ordained from without, and what gets measured is what matters. I seek schools with teachers and leaders who have not forgotten—and who make sure our children understand—the importance of basic, human decency and the possibility of wisdom. How do you measure that? Parents and communities measure the performance of their schools by what they see in their children. Are they being continued on page 7

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What If ... ? By C h a r l ey G i t h l e r

ews item: Tucked into New York State’s recently-passed $142 billion budget is a slate of changes pushed by Governor Andrew Cuomo that dramatically alters the state’s teacher evaluation system and includes a new plan for taking over low-performing schools. “Despite all the trauma of change, that’s going to be one of the greatest legacies for me in this state,” Cuomo said on April 1. The legislation substantially increases the weight of state standardized tests in the teacher evaluation process. Effective next school year, teachers will be rated using a matrix approach, using just two components—student performance and teacher observations. Teachers whose students perform poorly on state exams won’t be able to get an overall evaluation score better than “developing”—the second lowest score—regardless of what goes on in the classroom. Another news item: Andrew Cuomo, Albany Law School graduate, class of 1982, failed to pass the bar exam the first four times he took it, finally passing it on the fifth try. A person might be moved to wonder what might have happened had similar legislation been in place 30 years ago… It’s December, 1983 and we find ourselves in the handsome but businesslike chambers of Albany Law School dean Richard Bartlett. Though it is spacious, he has summoned 15 members of the law faculty to his office, making it somewhat crowded. In fact, it’s standing room only. Standing next to Bartlett behind the dean’s desk is a slender man with a well-trimmed moustache wearing a gray suit and wirerimmed glasses. There is a convivial hum of low conversation, it being close to the holiday season. “Thank you all for coming, folks,” began the dean. “I’d like to get right down to business as I know we’re all busy.” He waited for the chatter to stop. “I’d like to introduce

Mr. Heydrich from the New York State Education Department,” he said, gesturing in the direction of the gray-suited man. Heydrich, already at attention, clicked his heels and bowed slightly. “It’s Doctor Heydrich, if you don’t mind,” he said. “Of course, Doctor, my mistake,” continued the dean. “Ladies and gentlemen, I’ll get right to the point. It’s my sad duty to tell you that we can no longer continue your employment at Albany Law.” The room erupted in harrumphs, halfshouted questions and cries of surprise. A stately torts professor, all jowls and eyebrows stepped forward. “Richard, if this is some sort of jest, it is most unseemly.” Dr. Heydrich raised a hand and the room went silent. “I shall explain. According to state education regulations, you are evaluated on the basis of your students’ performance on standardized tests.” He pulled a small notebook out of his breast pocket and flipped it open. “The bar exam results were released this afternoon, and one of your students, an Andrew Cuomo, has failed for the fourth straight time.” He replaced the notebook. “Therefore, you are all deemed ineffective and must be terminated.” “Now see here,” said a tweed-clad contracts professor of thirty years’ experience. “What if he just didn’t study hard enough? How is that our fault?” “Irrelevant,” replied Heydrich. “There is no provision in the regulations for taking that into consideration.” A criminal procedure professor took the pipe out of his mouth. “What if he’s just not that bright? Or thought somehow his family name would make a difference?” “Guys, I’m afraid none of that goes into your evaluation matrix,” explained the dean, shrugging. “It’s just out of my hands. And thanks to the low test performance, continued on page 7

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Abortion and Connie Cook

Thank you for the opportunity to give the following comment on Melissa Whitworth’s article titled “Pro-Choice Republican: Documenting Constance Cook’s Life and Work” featured in this week’s [April 8] Ithaca Times. How sad that some see as the high point in the life and career of New York Assemblywoman Constance Cook her action in 1970 to “push through” (ironic choice of words used to feature the article “NY Republican pushed through abortion bill”) legislation decriminalizing abortion. As the article states, this bill paved the 6 T

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way for the passage in 1973 of Roe v Wade and the deaths of many millions of babies. (See Guttmacher Institute’s July 2014 Fact Sheet titled “Induced Abortion in the United States”: “From 1973 through 2011, nearly 53 million legal abortions occurred.”). The estimate to date is closer to 59 million deaths. And this is deemed an accomplishment? Something to be proud of? God help us! –Deborah Grover, Ithaca Editor’s note: Using numbers available continued on page 12

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Living Downtown By D ow n t ow n It h ac a A l l i a nc e Sta ff

the quaint, but modernized apartments tacey Payette, owner of Sheldon above Mockingbird Paperie on the Hill Vintage and Estate Jewelry on Commons, which juxtapose clean lines the Commons, has been a longtime with original exposed brick walls dating to member of the downtown business the nineteenth century. These and several community, but just this year decided to other recent developments—Seneca Way, trade her far-flung residence in Enfield Breckenridge Place, The Ives House, and for a historic two-bedroom apartment 104 East State—total 146 new housing charmingly appointed with wood floors, units and represent a $42 million private Romanesque archways, and double-hung picture windows overlooking Dewitt Park. investment in Ithaca’s urban core. This wave of new construction and She has described the move as historically-sensitive restoration has been nothing short of transformative: “I step a tremendous boost to downtown Ithaca’s onto the sidewalk every morning and feel housing stock, but by all indications, these exhilarated. Sometimes I have breakfast apartments will rent up fast, and demand at Café Dewitt. Other times I take a walk will continue to outpace supply. and appreciate that bit of exercise before Nationwide, the share and volume walking to my store. I used to drive nine of rented homes has miles each way when I lived in the country, and “In the last decade increased. Leading this trend are young now I can’t remember the apartment rental professionals and active last time I filled my gas seniors: in the last tank!” increased 18 decade, apartment rental Indeed, the ease percent among increased 18 percent of getting around is twentysomethings, among twentysomethings, perhaps the most vital while over half of recent and distinctive aspect while over half of of the downtown living recent retirees who retirees who planned a move sought out smaller, experience. According to planned a move more efficient dwellings. Walk Score, a tool that assesses the walkability sought out smaller Here in downtown Ithaca, a survey by the Danter of neighborhoods more efficient Company shows a current throughout the country, dwellings .” residential occupancy downtown Ithaca is a rate of 99.5 percent—far “Walker’s Paradise,” above the national with over 50 food and average—and predicts demand for at least beverage establishments and over 100 850 more units within a one-mile radius retail stores and personal care services of the Commons. Planned mixed-use within a few pedestrian-friendly blocks. projects like Harold’s Square and the Carey Downtown Ithaca is also the main Building will meet some, but not all, of hub of the TCAT bus system and Ithaca this demand. Carshare. Downtown’s walkability and Ultimately, we will look to a second public transit accessibility make for a wave of smart infill development in the healthier, more connected, and more coming decade to stabilize prices and sustainable lifestyle. provide a complete range of sizes and It’s also what makes downtown styles to suit our community’s diverse Ithaca an affordable option: irrespective tastes. of notoriously high rents, downtown If you, too, are curious about this new Ithaca turns out to be one of the most trend toward vibrant, healthy, and efficient reasonably-priced neighborhoods in the urban living, we warmly invite you to region according to the H+T Index, a comprehensive affordability tool that takes participate in our self-guided Downtown Living Tour on Saturday, April 18, from into account the costs of both housing 1 to 4 p.m. Seven different apartment and transportation. You don’t need a car buildings within a three-block radius will for most daily errands, but even if you be featured. A $5 ticket purchasable at the keep one for longer trips, like Stacey does, Downtown Ithaca Visitor Center—Center reduced fuel and maintenance costs can Ithaca, 171 The Commons—on the day more than make up for the higher rent. of the event will get you a lanyard pass, For those like Stacey who have a map, and coupons for discounts, samples, newfound interest in the charm and and giveaways at numerous downtown convenience of the downtown lifestyle, establishments like Cinemapolis, there has never been better time to Benjamin Peters, Sunny Days, Life’s So explore the options. This year has seen Sweet Chocolates, Ithaca Coffee Company, the completion of several new housing and Finger Lakes Fitness Center. So come projects, ranging from the sleek, energyon down this Saturday and see for yourself efficient Lofts @ Six Mile Creek with what all the excitement is about! • their ten-foot ceilings and spectacular window walls looking out on the creek to

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challenged? Are they happy? Are they growing? There may be some place for objective measures (the Regents exams, for example, have always seemed to me a reasonable, minimal standard for content we expect our children to know), but these cannot be the most important or only measure of our schools. Academic standards with some portfolio-like evidence of achievement may also have a place. If we insist that the value of our children and schools be quantified and recorded, however, then some permutation of the current “reform” agenda—where we reduce our children and schools to “data,” to objects to be manipulated—is inevitable. The “reformers” assume that such quantification is the only way to hold people “accountable,” because they do not really see our children as human beings. To them, they are statistics on a page that, all too often, are a source of embarrassment. Their children go to private schools where they are not subject to the Common Core. There is a reason for that. All we want for our children is the same they want for theirs. We want them to be valued human beings, but their Common Core turns them into something else, in service to a master that we do not accept. It doesn’t have to be that way. True accountability comes not from standardized tests but from our responsibility to each other as human beings—through face-to-face, personal encounters. We teachers are absolutely accountable to our students and their families. We are absolutely in favor of evaluations by the ones (our principals) who see and know our work best. Pearson does not matter to us, because we cannot matter to Pearson. Pearson is a corporation, and corporations, I am sorry to report, are not people. As for Andrew Cuomo, the champion of children in this state, I will accept his guidance for our school when he demonstrates a capacity and willingness to care for and treat us and our children as if we were real human beings. Until then, I do not want children shaped in his image of what is best for them. – Tim Turecek, Ithaca Turecek is an ICSD parent and is also currently teaching social studies at Finger Lakes Residential Center. He has been a public school superintendent and principal in the past. IthacaNotes contin u ed from page 4

the whole school is now on double secret probation with the state ed department.” The office door opened and several brownshirted security guards came in. “These people will escort you to your offices. I’m afraid I’ll need your keys to the faculty lounge turned over immediately.” The sad procession of educators filing out of the office foretold a larger exodus from the ranks of New York teachers thirty years in the future, gone to seek opportunities in a more rewarding career. Like working in a liquor store. • T

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ithaca com In response to our April 8 cover story “Green Growth” on balancing economic development and enivronmental protection. The “Indian Creek Woods” was used as an example of environmental concerns, in this case wetland protection, stopping development of a property: It is inaccurate to state that the Indian Creek Woods parcel owned by the County “turned out to have more extensive wetlands than was initially known.” The neighbors knew all along the extent of the wetlands, brought it up, showed photographs, and were simply not believed. It was not until a professional wetland delineator hired by the prospective developer CONFIRMED what was known by the neighbors that the local knowledge was accepted by the decision-makers, media, and the rest of the community. Part of the reason for the public hearing component of required SEQRA process is so that local knowledge can inform the decisionmakers. However, if the decision-makers are resistant to properly conducting SEQRA hearings, or accepting (or even going on a walk to check out) the local knowledge provided by the public, the process works poorly, even resulting in unnecessary litigation costs. – Krys Cail Editor’s Note: What neighbors say can’t be considered part of what is “known.” That would be an irresponsible way of conducting a regulatory process. The extent of wetlands must be confirmed by an impartial expert. Local knowledge can inform decision makers, but that isn’t the same thing as making decisions based on that information alone or even primarily. In response to the cover story on “Solving the Affordable Housing Crisis” in the March 18 issue, we got this from a Spencer Road neighbor of INHS’s townhouses. There was much outcry from neighbors during the planning process: Now that the mass of Stone Quarry Apartments is fully manifest, how can the developer, the architect and the Planning and Development Board defend their decision to build this monstrosity? It clearly doesn’t fit the character of the community. It may be more total mass than even the latest motels and commercial structures on South Meadow. Break it down into more appropriate scale and spread it up and down Spencer Rd. and the community would have gone from NIMBY to Welcome to our back yard! Then the only question would be, “Will this project end up like the last one INHS was involved with at 328 Spencer Rd?” – Bob the Builder We are getting more and more responses to Bryan VanCampen’s film reviews. His review of the new documentary about Scientology touched a nerve: Used to think this was a silly weird religion, now we know it is a dangerous greedy cult. Tax exempt, including LRon’s sci fi books as religous texts is outrageous. –MRuth / A

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It’s in the Wind The renewable energy that works best as a utility By Bill Chaisson

s the 45th Earth Day approaches on April 22 it seems like a good time to reflect on the progress we’ve made toward altering the way we produce energy. On the first Earth Day in 1970 widespread use solar and wind energy were mere glimmers in the eye of some idealists. Today they are bona fide contributors—in different ways—to the national power supply. In 2015 the Black Oak Wind Farm, which will consist of seven turbines on Connecticut Hill in Enfield capable of generating 12 to 14 megawatts, is poised to become New York State’s first communityowned wind energy producer. The project, begun a decade ago by John Rancich, is now steered by Marguerite Wells, the sole employee and vice president of the board of managers for the limited liability company. Their third, and perhaps final, round of fundraising is nearing its end, at which time they will move to a “financial close.” According to Wells, this means “that we all agree to what we are going to do,” and they can place an order with General Electric. Nine months later the turbines and towers will be delivered. It takes a few months to prepare the site, Wells said, and one day per turbine to erect them. After the turbines begin to spin and to produce electricity, Cornell University has pledged to buy all of it.

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“How to get the grid to 100 percent renewable,” Wells said, “that’s my goal. We need all the wind and solar we can get.” The technical end of the renewable power grid has nearly come of age, she said. “They already do it on islands. Kodiak Island in Alaska, for example, they’re there. And it exists on de facto islands, places that are so isolated that power can’t get to them.” 8

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The “grid” that the Black Oak wind P h o t o c o u r t e s y M a p l e R i d g e Wi n d maven would like to see entirely filled Sadly, the contribution of renewable with power from renewable sources is the energy has decreased from 16.4 percent continent-wide network of transmission in 1970—when it all came from turbines lines that brings electricity from producers in hydroelectric dams—to 12.7 percent to consumers. Since the 1960s electricity in 2011, with the decline entirely due to has moved around the country in the decrease in the contribution of hydro interconnecting transmission lines owned to only 7.9 percent of the total. The actual by regional utilities (some of which, like amount of electricity made by hydro NYSEG, are now owned by multinational increased from 251 billion to 325.1 billion energy conglomerates like Iberdrola). In kw, but the amount of energy produced by North America the system consists of two nuclear grew by nearly 14 times between major—Eastern and Western— and three 1970 and 2011 from 21.8 to 790.2 billion minor—Quebec, Alaska, and Texas— kw. “interconnections.” All of them are tied On the up side, wind power went from together via high-voltage direct current generating a negligible amount in 1970 to transmission lines to run at a synchronized making up 2.9 percent of the total in 2011. frequency that fluctuates slightly around Other renewable sources, including solar, 60 Hz. Between 1968 and 2008 the system geothermal and biomass (wood or waste was governed by the North American burning), each contributed less than 1 Energy Reliability Council (NERC); percent of the 2011 total. “council” became “corporation” in 2008. A decade ago NYSERDA and GE The Eastern Interconnection, of which Energy published a study, “The Effects of New York State is part, was the first one Integrating Wind Power on Transmission established in 1962. System Planning, Reliability, And After 1998, in response to Federal Operations” that examined whether the Energy Policy Act of 1992, which existing technology and infrastructure of deregulated the electric utilities, owners the New York State Bulk Power system of the grid transmission lines could no (NYSBPS; i.e., the grid) could absorb 3,300 longer also supply the power to the grid. megawatt contribution (10 percent of the This made room for companies that were peak load in new york) from wind power simply energy producers, which made it producers. easier (although not easy) for alternative The study examined a number of energy companies to supply power to the challenges, including the reliability and grid. generation capacity of wind farms. The According to data from the U.S. executive summary concluded quite Energy Information Administration, in unambiguously, “Based on the results of 1970 the United States was producing this study, it is expected that the NYSBPS 1,535.1 billion kilowatts (kw) of electricity. can reliably accommodate at least 10 In 2011, the most recent year for which percent penetration, 3,300 MW, of wind data is available, energy suppliers were generation with only minor adjustments producing 4,105.7 billion kw, that is, to its existing planning, operation, and more than 2.5 times as much. In 1970 reliability practices.” 82.2 percent of our energy was generated New York has a net metering law with fossil fuels. In 2011 the number had that allows individual producers to send declined to 68 percent. Part of this decline into the grid electricity that they produce is due to a significant increase in the use in excess of their own needs. The Public of nuclear power from 1.4 percent to 19.2 Service Commission (PSC) has been percent of the total. gradually increasing the percent of peak 1 5 -2 1,

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Fa r m , Tu g H i l l , L e w i s C o u n t y load that can be contributed in this manner in a given utility’s service area. After December 15, 2014 the number rose to 6 percent. This came in response to demands from non-profits like Hudson River Clean Energy after the earlier limit of 3 percent was reached. According to a December 2014 study by Sustainable CUNY, most of this contribution is coming from residential solar arrays with wind power making up only 0.3 percent of the net metering contribution.

Solar and Wind

While solar panels are selling like hot cakes among homeowners and small businesses, wind turbines are not. There two reasons for this: cost and complexity. Renovus Energy, which once erected locally-designed Weaver Wind Energy models, ceased installations of wind turbines in 2011. “I totally support utility wind like Black Oak,” said Joe Sliker, an owner of Renovus, “but we’ve stopped selling small wind turbines. If you get 5 kilowatts of solar installed, it’s going to cost you $15,000 before incentives, and after incentives it will only be $5,000. For a wind turbine that size you’re looking at $80,000. And it’s not just the cost that’s daunting, said Sliker, but the nature of the technology is distinctly different from a solar array. “First of all,” he said, “you’re building a tower. There are cranes involved. There are so many challenges to overcome. Think about it: this is highly mechanical device sitting atop a 120-foot tower in upstate New York.” In contrast, solar panels have no moving parts, are attached to your roof, and need hardly any maintenance. Since he joined Renovus four years ago, Sliker said, his company has had to buy out some customers’ warranties with turbine manufacturers because they have gone out of business. Bergey Wind Power

is one of the few companies in the small turbine market that has persisted. “Even if [the turbine] works right, the costs are just crazy,” said Sliker. He also began to wonder if there were enough customers in the region for the product. The Renovus customer is, generally speaking, a homeowner or perhaps a small business. “It’s all a question of scale, and there are not a lot of [turbine models] that are in the middle of the road. When Sliker was reminded of the 1970s-era rhetoric about alternative energy production, which advised the public to begin to think in terms of using multiple complementary energy sources rather than a single one, generally fossil fuel at the time, he said he supported that approach. But he went on to state the technical and practical facts of the present. “We can provide thousands of times the amount of energy that New York State uses with just solar,” he claimed. “Four years ago the costs were double for solar, and it’s now a rock-solid technology. If you have a power source that supplies everything you need, I can’t think of why not make that your source.”

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While solar power production expands one household at a time, wind power production is growing “farm” by “farm.” There are nine active producers in New York State. The first to be operational, the Madison Wind Farm, opened in 2000 and can supply 11.55 megawatts (MW) to the grid. According to the New York Independent System Operator (NYISO), as of April 2014 there were 1,700 MW being generated by wind power in New York with over 2,000 more megawatts planned for grid connection. “The primary finding of the study [“Growing Wind: Final Report of the NYISO 2010 Wind Generation Study,” a follow-up to the 2005 NYSERDA study] is that wind generation can supply reliable clean energy at a very low cost of production to the New York power grid. This energy results in significant savings in overall system production costs, reductions in “greenhouse” gases such as CO2 and other emissions such as NOx and SO2 as well as results in an overall reduction in wholesale electricity prices.” The study notes that wind farms are expensive to build and that the variable nature of their power production poses challenges to the grid managers, but it concludes that up to 8 gigawatts of power from wind could be integrated into the existing system, which would exceed 20 percent of the expected 2018 peak load, double the amount predicted by the 2005 study. The Black Oak Wind Farm is scheduled to contribute 12 to 14 MW to this expansion of wind power in New York.

“Originally we had planned on 20 turbines,” said Wells, “but that was because of some bad engineering advice. The turbines can’t be too close to each other because they disturb each other with their wakes. Also they would have been too near houses and wetlands.” But because of recent improvements in turbine and blade technology the seven towers that are planned will be producing as much energy as the original 20. Wells said that the capacity factor, the ratio of the actual power produced to the potential amount, has increased from 22 to 40 percent for the GE turbine models that Black Oak is planning to purchase. At the scale that Black Oak is making electricity—megawatts— wind makes energy at one-third the cost of solar. The footprint of wind per megawatt compared to solar is also smaller. Black Oak has leased 1000 acres from landowners, and it would take 2000 acres of solar panels to make as much power, but as Wells pointed out, the landowners can still farm and grow trees under the turbines. Black Oak Wind Farm will be too small for the PSC to regulate; suppliers have to generate at least 80 megawatts to be on the PSC radar. M a r g u e r i t e We l l s o f B l ac k O a k “They regulate NYSEG,” said Wells, Wi n d Fa r m ( P h o t o : B r i a n A r n o l d) “so they are our ally.” NYSEG owns and they’re one of the top three turbine the transmission lines and NYISO makers in the world, and they happen to regulates the grid. “The PSC is sort of the make the [least expensive] turbine.” neutral parent that is above it all.” The increase in efficiency that Wells described is coming from design simplification and an increase in the size of the rotors, according to Bob Frick, the GE sales manager for the Northeast. “The shape of the rotors has changed and the airfoil has become more efficient,” he said. “The gear box is more reliable and more efficient, and the electrical design is more efficient. You can capture more wind and extract more usable energy from it.” GE Renewables, which is headquartered in Schenectady, is a $7 to $8 billion business. The management, conceptual design, financial department, product support, and remote monitoring system are all based in Schenectady. The electronics for the turbine and the tower are manufactured in Pensacola, J o e S l i k e r o f R e n ov u s E n e r g y Florida. The blades for Black ( P h o t o : B r i a n A r n o l d) Oak will likely be made in Toronto, said Frick, and the tower in Montréal or in Iowa, depending on when Each turbine at Black Oak will be capable of generating 1.7 MW. “We looked the order is placed. The Black Oak towers will be 475 feet at all the North American suppliers, got tall and 15 feet in diameter at the base. quotes and whittled it down,” said Wells. They will be spaced 1,200 to 3,500 feet “GE is a New York company—which apart. Black Oak is planning to use the GE counted for something—they’re reputable, 1-7-100 model, but they are looking at the The I thaca Times

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newer 2-3-107 and 2-0-116 models as well, which produce 2.3 and 2.0 megawatts each, respectively.

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Black Oak Wind Farm is community-owned in the sense that nearly all of the 150 investors in the company are from the Ithaca area. Peter Bardaglio, former provost of Ithaca College, is the president of the board and one of the founders of the Tompkins County Climate Protection Initiative, a clean energy coalition of local community leaders who are committed to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, greater energy efficiency, and the adoption of renewable energy. “Wind is a big piece of the [clean energy] puzzle,” Bardaglio said. “It’s a question of scale. With wind you can produce 2 megawatts per tower. With solar it takes 10 acres to produce 2 megawatts.” He got involved with Black Oak because it would reduce the local carbon footprint. “We were originally looking to have Cornell and IC purchase the power,” he said. “For me this sprang from a vision I had to promote town/gown collaboration and make progress together, rather than separately.” Ithaca College, however, went through a number of staff transitions and dropped out of the energy purchasing negotiations. Bardaglio had high praise for the Cornell Climate Action Plan. “You would be hard-pressed to find a more substantive commitment to sustainability than Cornell’s,” he said. “They were always interested in doing this with Black Oak, but the details were complicated. We had to get to the point where we knew where we were going to put the towers up. It was a huge vote of confidence to sign the power buying agreement [on Dec. 8]. That allowed other pieces to fall into place.” Wells said that Black Oak raised $2 million in the first two rounds of fundraising, which went to development and engineering. The third round will go toward construction capital, more engineering for the substation (to connect the farm to the grid), equipment, and toward debt. Why is GE willing to supply turbines for such a small community-owned operation? “When you meet people you make assessments,” said Frick, the GE sales manager. “Are they capable of doing this? Size doesn’t matter. Well, Marguerite can do this. She’s put together the Cornell and NYSERDA contracts, but we started supporting her three or four years before that. She pulls people in.” “We’re going to demonstrate that renewable energy is a solid business proposition,” said Bardaglio. “We will make it replicable. There has to be a financial reward and we are confident that there will be.” • / A

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The Comprehensive Plan Committee wants your input on the draft of the City’s new Comprehensive Plan, Plan Ithaca! Join us at one of the open houses below.

hensive Plan Committee wants your input on the draft of the City’s new Thursday, April 16th, 7:00-8:30 p.m. e Plan, Plan Ithaca! Join the conversation by stopping into one of eight open houses scheduled throughout the city during Center the monthGym of April. Southside Community

Saturday, April 25th, 10:00-11:30 a.m. Tompkins County Public Library. Borg Warner Room*

Saturday, April 25th, 10:00-11:30 a.m. 13th, 3:30-5:00 p.m. Wednesday, April 22nd, 6:00-7:30 p.m. an Church Tompkins County Public Library Borg Warner Room GIAC Gym* Monday, April 27th, 7:00-8:30 p.m. Childcare Provided 13th, 7:00-8:30 p.m. Lehman Alternative Community School entary School Gym Thursday, April 23rd, 7:00-8:30 p.m. Monday, April 27th, 7:00-8:30 p.m. Cafeteria* th Lehman Alternative Cafeteria Community School 16 , 7:00-8:30 p.m. South Hill Elementary munity Center Gym Cafeteria Tuesday, April 28th, 5:30-8:30 Childcare Provided p.m. ril 22nd, 6:00-7:30*Childcare Provided th Mann Library, Cornell Campus Tuesday, April 28 , 5:30-8:30 ded Mann Library, Cornell Campus For more information, visit the City’s website at www.cityofithaca.org Facilitated by Cornell City and Regional Planning Graduate Students 23rd, 7:00-8:30 p.m. entary Cafeteria

thaca is available on the City’s website at www.cityofithaca.org. Hard able for review at: Alternatives Federal Credit Union, City Planning of City Hall), Cornell Cooperative Extension, GIAC, Historic Ithaca, s, Olin Library, & Tompkins County Public Library. For more ase contact the Division of Planning & Development at (607) 274-6550.

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education outside the region that Ithaca schools do spend less time “teaching to the test” than other districts. As a parent, though, “we don’t get any real feedback from [the tests],” Eginton said. Test questions are not supposed to be made public even after the exams are given, since Pearson inserts some questions into their tests that do not count in scores and are used for developing future questions. Another concern of Eginton’s is the amount of weight these tests have in teacher evaluations—currently student scores account for 20 percent of teacher evaluations, and that amount might increase when new teacher evaluation standards are released by the Department of Education this summer. If a student struggles in a particular subject because of disadvantage or a learning disability, Eginton thinks, that shouldn’t be a reflection on hard-working teachers. Another concern of hers is the appropriateness of questions she has seen. “There was a Tolstoy story on a third grade test,” Eginton said. “Sure, it was about a bunny rabbit, a hare, but it’s tough. I was an excellent reader in third grade, and I think I would’ve struggled with that question.” Parents of Ithaca city schools students received communiques from both Ithaca Teachers Association president Adam Piasecki and Superintendent Luvelle Brown last week. The letter from Piasecki stated that teachers cannot make any recommendation that parents opt out, but the ITA very much wanted them to know they had the right to refuse their children take the tests. “While the New York State Education Department’s over-reliance on standardized testing creates unfortunate consequences for our students, teachers, principals, and schools, please know that we value your children as more than test scores,” Piasecki wrote. Brown wrote parents that while he does “not agree with the emphasis being placed on state testing by the Governor and NYS Legislature when making judgments about student and teacher performance,” more than 5 percent of students opting out could affect district

funding. “Lower participation rates on tests might affect the 95-percent test participation requirement to make Adequate Yearly Progress set by No Child Left Behind (NCLB),” Brown wrote, “thus resulting in sanctions including, but not limited to, the need for improvement plans, the loss of Title I money and funding available under programs such as the Individual with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).” Many opt out supporters statewide have claimed this argument from administrators is, at best, stretching the truth; test refuseniks say schools would have had to be put on a watch list for state intervention two years ago for these sanctions to occur. Brown said in a phone interview that while the sanctions have not occurred before, “when you’re told that and it’s coming from multiple websites, the state, and the feds, you can’t not be thinking about it as an administrator.” “Whether it’s teacher created, whether it’s to be a real estate agent, or a lawyer, or a licensed administrator, I have yet to see a good test,” Brown continued. “All need to be improved, and not taking them doesn’t help improve them.” The Common Core standards these tests are designed to measure are good ones, Brown believes. “Read the standards for arts and mathematics and what they’re asking young people to do across the grade levels is good stuff. We want children to be doing that sort of thinking. If folks disagree with some of the standards, we’re open to having a conversation, if they’re not appropriate or too challenging.” Rating teachers according to test scores is something that Brown and the opt-outers can agree on, strongly. “You don’t evaluate people toward excellence,” Brown said. “You only make them angry. You need support and coaching for development, and the test is not going to do that.” New York State public school students will complete this year’s assessments on Thursday, April 23, after six 90-minute sessions spread over two weeks. Students, parents, and teachers with more to say on this topic should contact reporter@ ithacatimes.com. •

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Model Citizen: Tatts In a Coffee Shop

space and all the work we put into it,” said Spiers. “Model Citizen had been mostly a one man show … I simply couldn’t afford to keep the space on my own.” Once No Radio Records officially closed, Spiers took on his first apprentice, Phoebe Aceto. Aceto had been getting tattooed by Spiers since 1999 and had an ongoing discussion of her apprenticeship. When Aceto came to Spiers, she brought with her the idea of opening up a café in place of No Radio Records. Aceto already had years of experience as both an artist and a barista under her belt, so the idea was a perfect fit. “It’s great to have an open, welcoming entrance to the tattoo

haring a space with a coffee shop was really a marriage of necessity,” said James Spiers, award-winning tattoo artist of Ithaca’s local parlor, Model Citizen Tattoo. In 2007, Model Citizen combined its home with The Shop, one of Ithaca’s most popular coffee joints, after Spiers faced the possibility of losing the business he had created two years earlier. This year marks Model Citizen’s 10th anniversary. Spiers came to work in Ithaca at a time when the area entirely lacked professional tattooists. He traveled to the area with his family for a few years after his daughter was born and tattooed the locals. He then decided to move to the city and find work. For almost five years after moving to Ithaca, Spiers worked with another artist at Sfumato Tattoo. “[We] had the whole space as our shop, [along] with a piercer and guest artists who came in from time to time,” said Spiers. After parting ways with the other James Spiers at work (Photo provided) artist, Spiers opened Model Citizen Tattoo. He handled his parlor, shop and to have a space for people to wait clients, and designs on his own. Shortly for their tattoo appointment,” said Aceto. after Spiers set up shop, the owner of “It’s a bright and positive place to be all Sfumato decided to move his business. day.” Bob Proehl, one of Spiers’ previous clients Aceto currently works alongside opened up a record shop, No Radio Spiers at Model Citizen and co-owns the Records, in Sfumato’s place and invited café with her friend, Jon Proton. Spiers to move his parlor into the back. “I used to work a lot of shifts in the The two shared the space and the rent and, café,” said Aceto, “but it’s finally running for a while, the space was a mix of music, well enough that I can step back and have ink, and needles, but No Radio Records more time to tattoo and draw.” was losing business. Spiers and Aceto do tattoos from the “We were in danger of losing the smallest heart to the largest custom design.

tattoos. Most of what he saw didn’t appeal to him because they were either poorly done or something he wasn’t interested in. As tattooing started to blossom as an art, Spiers started to see the potential. After high school ended and his interest grew, Spiers started getting tattoos. He studied “body art cultures from around the world,” studio art, and anthropology while he attended Indiana University. In 1995, he was offered a full-time position as a tattoo artist at the “oldest established tattoo studio in [his] hometown” on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Spiers has had over 100 hours of tattoo work done on himself, mostly on his arms and legs, and has tentative plans to get more work done. “If I could go back and do it all over again,” said Spiers, “I would plan out my work as a full concept instead of just adding a piece here, a piece here, [and trying] to tie them all in.” Full back piece by James Spiers (Photo provided) Spiers has over a dozen awards for pieces he has “We specialize in custom tattoos,” said done throughout his career, Aceto. “It gives the opportunity to explore including a full back piece of a scarecrow many styles [and] keeps it all fun and in a cornfield (which won first place for challenging.” “best full back” at the very first Woodstock Spiers has done a fair number of Tattoo convention) and some of the pieces cover-up tattoos (tattoos that cover-up an he’s done on his significant other. unwanted tattoo) and, while he’s willing to “When my kids were younger, they do a wide array of styles, Spiers does have would tell me when their mom went to a few reservations. a convention and got another trophy or “I don’t like to do names of plaque,” said Spiers. boyfriends, girlfriends, [wives, husbands] The awards are typically given to … If it’s a parent, kid, or lost loved one, those who are “wearing” the artwork as sure, but it’s a jinx on most relationships opposed to the artist. It’s likely that a client to get a significant others’ name,” said will go to a convention that Spiers isn’t Spiers. “I won’t do gang tattoos, racist attending, enter a contest, win, and he’ll or hateful tattoos aimed at a specific never hear a word about it. group or culture, and only rarely do “Tattooing chose me,” said Spiers. “I facial tattoos, unless the person is already feel blessed in that. I get to do something heavily tattooed and fully understands the that I love … and make a living while implications…” doing it.” • Growing up in a military town, Spiers — Kiera Hufford was exposed to the early art styles of

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is really a place-based activity. We’re trying to create a great place.” To that end, Armstrong outlined the three overarching goals of the strategy: strategic development in community infrastructure and district development to attract private investment, developing the labor market, and strengthening and expanding the county’s key sectors. The plan’s specific goals include growing five new companies in the food and beverage manufacturing and distribution center by 2020 and growing the total jobs in that sector by 100 during the same period. For the tourism center, one goal included developing a conference facility with the capacity to host groups up to 500. In the tech sector, the goal is to increase the growth rate up to the U.S. average of 2.8 percent, or 30 jobs per year. For the manufacturing sector, the plan aims to reduce loss of jobs to zero and to raise manufacturing job growth to 0.5 percent by 2020. For higher education, the plan aims to “provide economic development that support technology commercialization” and to provide workforce development to improve the skills of entry levels workers. As legislators discussed the strategy, Legislator Peter Stein (D-Ithaca) asked what jobs were most vulnerable to relocating and noted that many jobs in education and in the public sector are unlikely to relocate. Armstrong observed that the 18 percent of jobs that are in hightech—the best-paying jobs—are the most likely to relocate. Legislator Carol Chock (D-Ithaca) expressed some concern about the plan, saying, “I think we live in times that really need something bolder.” She also suggested that the plan might reflect TCAD’s goals rather than the county’s goals. Ultimately, the legislature voted to approve the plan in a 12-1 vote, with

Chock dissenting and Legislators Nate Shinagawa (D- Ithaca) and Martha Robertson (D-Dryden) absent. • • • During the public comment portion of the meeting, a number of community members came to request further investigation of the 60-hour standoff on Hornbrook Road at the start of the year. Melissa Cady, David Cady’s widow, told legislators, “I happened to come across the answering machine at my house and I would love to let you listen to two messages. One goes on to state the fact that he needs to be killed. And the other one goes on to state the fact that they believe he’s dead. And they were on Wednesday.” She played a recording into the microphone and then told legislators, “So do you see my point? There needs to be an investigation.” As she has in the past, Cady said that one of the officers who served the warrant threatened to take her children and swore. She said, “They had a warrant to arrest him and they should have. When they said the things they did about taking my kids and arresting me, they escalated it. [The officer] started the problem and somebody needs to be held accountable.” • —Keri

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from the Guttmacher Institute, it should be noted that the number of (illegal) abortions in 1970 was 39 per 1,000 women. After Roe v. Wade was passed in 1973 the number of all abortions declined immediately to 16.3 per 1,000 women and then rose to a peak of 29.3 per 1,000 women in 1981. It has since declined steadily to 16.9 per 1,000 women in 2011. See www.guttmacher.org for more information.

Color Is Her Mantra

My recent visit to Elizabeth GrossMarks new show of collages and sculptures at the State of the Art Gallery was a revelation, and I don’t have many of those. You will see walls covered with works of a mature artist, at the height of her powers. The experience can best be described as a symphony of the imagination (an appropriate metaphor) with many bright, exciting tunes, themes and variations. I’ve been familiar with Elizabeth’s work for years: observing her transition from figurative to hard edge abstraction. Her direction is not uncommon in the art world. Results though, have often been tentative and repetitive, with little else to enhance the genre. Ms. Gross-Marks is an exception. Color is her mantra! That’s still true. But it’s the way she incorporates color in her compositions that is unique, imaginative, and ultimately, beautiful. See this show, whatever your tastes are in the visual arts! I am confident many of you will agree with my evaluation. – Ben Sherman, Spencer

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ome might remember Net Zero as an Internet service provider back in the stone-tool days of the late 1990s when Internet access was free, modems made beeping sounds, and you had to kick the teenager off the phone to check the electronic mail. That’s the Net Zero of the past. The Net Zero of the future is being built up at Eco Village, and what that means is housing that doesn’t lose more energy than it requires in order to exist. “Eco Village still has one of the largest number, if not the largest number, of passive houses in the United States,” said Fred Schoeps, a board member of Learn@ EcoVillage, the housing cooperative’s nonprofit education arm. “Ithaca is clearly recognized as being in the forefront in terms of renewable energy. We are pushing the envelope in terms of building.” That avant-garde position will not easily be relinquished, as TREE—the Third Residential EcoVillage Experience—is complete. The 40-unit expansion includes several residences, all already purchased, that meet the stringent Passive House Institute of the United States standards for extreme energy efficiency. There are fewer than 100 residential units that meet those standards in the entirety of these United States. A passive house, for those not following the burgeoning sustainability blogosphere, is not a house that is only painted in beiges and grays and hides itself in a corner at house parties. The

Houses in the third expansion of the EcoVillage. (Photo: Brian Arnold)

Passivhaus, as they are often termed because the movement’s Teutonic origins, is one that’s designed to absorb solar energy and trap those sunbeams inside by all means possible. The buildings are all designed to meet some level of LEED or Passive House certification and many of them have been LEED Platinum certified. The buildings are super insulated with smaller and very energy efficient windows and electric air source heat pumps for heating and cooling designed by Taitem Engineers. These

buildings use very little energy compared to an average home. There are several details that are unconventional but for the most part everything they are doing is covered by the NYS building codes. These are not buildings that look very unconventional. This is not Mike Reynolds’ Earthship concept, where a group of volunteers spend a summer pounding dirt into tires and aligning walls full of beer cans to create a home that keeps itself warm and cold and look something like the giant in-ground turtle at the Ithaca

Children’s Garden. “In some regard these are traditional homes; they’re not underground or earthen or anything like that,” Schoeps said. “They’re still made out of wood, they still have drywall, and all that. How it’s put together and what results you get varies from more traditional house building concepts.” Issues did arise as planning was done for the TREE common-house and apartment building, which soars up to four stories. An elevator, for one, was a thing that was not expected but became part of the planning process. Those sorts of requirements between town planning and zoning, and EcoVillage ideals, are always something that must be worked out in the process of putting up a structure using the International Building Code, and the International Building Code often hold lots of surprises for those who don’t step foot in municipal meeting rooms on a regular basis. “I’ve since been involved with the third neighborhood for the past year and half as the architect of record,” said Noah Demarest of STREAM Collaborative, “but I did not design the project. Through an unusual course of events, the design architect—Jerry Weisburd—retired and let his NYS license expire before TREE was able to secure building permits. I stepped in to help TREE finish the permitting process and continue to coordinate field continued on page 18

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Northside continues to be recognized and highly regarded B y J o s h B r o k aw

orthside Wine & Liquor sometimes finds itself earning accolades in national magazines without much forewarning. That was the case last October, when Wine Spectator put Northside into an Outstanding Wineshops section. “[Wine Spectator] called and wanted our contact information and next thing you know, bam! There we were,” Northside general manager Dana Malley said. “It’s always an honor to be mentioned in a national publication.” Northside will appear in another wine industry magazine, Market Watch, this month, when that publication does one of its occasional check-ins on former Retailers of the Year. The late Stan Borow was honored in that magazine in 1992 for his work in making a small shop into the largest retailer around Ithaca. When Borow bought Northside in 1959 with help from his wife Tonia’s

parents, he was a former Ithaca College baseball star who had turned down a $2,500 signing bonus from the Los Angeles Dodgers to play minor league ball in Odessa, Texas. That first shop measured 380 square feet. Borow told Market Watch in 1992 that his first big break was to be the first retailer in Ithaca to “go discount” after statewide fixed pricing on liquor was ended in the early 1960s. As Borow told the story, he decided to spend his entire advertising budget for the year on a fullpage newspaper spread to promote the new pricing. There was a blizzard that day, and most papers didn’t get delivered. “But, all of a sudden, people started pulling up outside on snowmobiles,” Borow said. By the end of that weekend, the fire inspector was working the door to limit the number of people in the store at one time. Northside soon expanded to another building—the current Kinney Pharmacy

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hether you are a student looking to ship two semester’s worth of clothes home for the summer, or just a local resident looking for a space to store a spare mattress, Trip Pack n’ Ship, a new business located in the Triphammer Marketplace at 2255 N. Triphammer Rd., will have your back. Currently operating in a “soft opening” capacity, Trip Pack ‘n’ Ship will specialize in storage, mailboxes, office and shipping supplies, gift cards, boxes, and of course, packing and shipping. Owner Tim Nosewicz settled on the idea of a packand-ship store shortly after his parents opened up the Ace Hardware right around the corner. “I was helping start up [my parents’ Ace Hardware store],” he recalled. “Shortly afterwards, the guy who is the silent partner with Ace—he owns this mall— approached me about this storefront. He and I both did some research. We found out that the Pak Mail around the corner [on Hanshaw Rd.] was going to be closing, so there was a void in the area. And with all of the college students, and so many apartment complexes are walking distance from here, it was such a great location for a pack-and-ship store.” Nosewicz explained that a date for 14

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his business’s grand opening was “still a little bit up in the air,” and that the final touches simply hinge on getting a copyfax machine and some new countertops, along with finishing paperwork for renting the mailboxes. His hope is that all of those come together no latter than May 1. When Trip Pack n’ Ship is fully operational, the vision for the business, as Nosewicz explained, is to be a hub for all things shipping Ithaca and its surrounding area. The difference between going to Trip Pack ‘n’ Ship as opposed to the post office or a FedEx Office will be customer service and comfort, Nosewicz said. Currently Trip Pack n’ Ship has contracts to work in collaboration with the United States Postal Service (USPS), FedEx, and DHL. Nosewicz is also trying to partner with UPS. However, UPS stopped giving out private contracts a couple of years ago, and Trip Pack n’ Ship is a privately-run store. “We’re trying to get UPS,” Nosewicz said, “but that doesn’t look like it’s going to happen yet. If someone comes in with a smaller job, we’re also doing copies and faxes with the machine we have now, but it’s just not as good or fast as the one we’ll be getting soon. Other than that, we sell a bunch of the storing and shipping supplies, and climate control storage right on site.

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started there in 1987, first into the former Party Mart in 1989 and then taking over an empty drug store space on its right side in 1994. Even with all their floor space, the boom in great Finger Lakes wines makes it a challenge to give every good wine the space it deserves, Malley said. “It’s challenging to figure out how to allot floor space and rack space for all these terrific wines,” Malley said. “We’ve always had a good demand for Finger Lakes wines in Ithaca, and now that this quality revolution has taken hold, it’s been a good thing for everybody.” New York wines are featured up front at Northside. “We want to make sure that whether people Northside manager Dana Malley. (Photo: Brian Arnold) come in from this area, or Canada or California, on North Cayuga Street—before it moved we want them to see first our selection of to the current location in the early 1970s. Finger Lakes and New York wines,” Malley Now, Northside has around 18,000 square feet in retail and warehouse space. continued on page 18 The store has expanded twice since Malley We’ll store anything from a bike, mattress, anything going anywhere, we’ll ship it,” computers, or whatever. Nosewicz said. “The real difference with “Our business model,” he continued, us, it’s really about convenience. The fact “is focusing on making it as convenient as that you can bring in an item, and we’ll possible. I know from experience anytime pack it for you and guarantee that packing I’ve had to ship something out from job, and send it out the door. If you go to around here, it’s been a huge pain because a place like FedEx office, you have to pack most of the places around just didn’t have it yourself, and they might not have the a good selection of right box. Our rates will also boxes on hand and be competitive, if not better, all the right packing than other pack and ship materials. So we’re places. For instance, our rates basically trying to be are going to generally be that one-stop shop below FedEx office’s rates.” where you can come In addition to becoming in with any funky a one-stop shop for all shaped item, and things packing and shipping, we’ll wrap it up and Nosewicz is genuinely make sure it gets to interested in becoming a where it needs to truly local brand. Right next go.” to the checkout counter Nosewicz, based there is already a bookshelf on his own and stocked with locally made others’ experiences, maple-sugar candies and is particularly maple syrup. Nosewicz is interested in already looking to add more becoming the go-to locally made items, such as place for “freight honey, to the mix. items that are too “We know we’re brand large for typical Owner Tim Nosewicz (Photo: Michael Nocella) new,” he said, “but we’re carriers to handle.” trying to fit in the town as He added that Trip well as possible. I essentially Pack n’ Ship will want to be the pack and lean on its variety of shipping partners. If ship store for the area. If you come in here it’s going right around the corner, USPS three times, I want us to be on a first name should be able to take care of it. Going basis. We want to be that friendly, very laid to another state in a hurry? Sounds like back business but also very professional. a job for FedEx. Need to ship something You want to know anything you ship out is to another country? That’s a job for going to get where it’s going. At the same DHL, which specializes in international time, there’s no need for that sterile, almost shipping. doctor’s office style environment that a lot “We’re trying to be that place that, of the pack and ship stores have.” §

Mother/Daughter Team Susan Lustick and Lindsay Lustick Garner in Linz Real Estate B y J o s h B r o k aw

others and daughters don’t to get onto the selling side of things. always see eye to eye. Working To Lindsay’s surprise, Susan told her with family members can “I want to work with you.” be stressful at times, to make an “I didn’t know if it was a joke or for understatement, and that makes the real,” Lindsay said. “I worked very hard collaboration creating my of Ithaca real own brand. It’s estate agents an opportunity Susan Lustick you can’t say and her daughter no to and at the Lindsay Lustick same time, it’s a Garner something big deal. unusual. “My Susan has mother and I been in the Ithaca are very strong real estate business personalities— since 1989 and we’re both great has racked up at what we do, over $300 million but I never in career sales. thought in a Lindsay began million years working on Susan’s we’d be working Lindsay Lustick Garner (Photo: Josh Brokaw) team in 2004 in the same firm at Warren Real again,” Lindsay Estate, then went off on her own to found continued. “I’m really excited about it, but Linz Real Estate in 2006. After years of it feels surreal. It’s a compliment, because acting as a buyer’s agent, Lindsay decided she’s seen me work so hard, and there’s a

part of her that says instead of putting my into the food business after moving into name on Warren Real Estate signs, I want her new office. to put my name on my daughter’s signs.” “I have people come in and they really As the number one agent in the want a falafel from the Corners Deli,” county since 1989, Susan said that it is Susan said. “As I’ve been sitting in here “fairly unique” she’s leaving an established these last eight weeks, the nicest people firm to join up with her daughter’s look at the door and say ‘Oh, damn.’ I company. finally wrote a sign on the door that said “There was nothing wrong at Warren. no more falafels.” I just love my daughter In her time, Susan more than I love has seen the residential Warren Real Estate,” real estate market Susan said. “I want to change completely, be a mentor and teach from people looking my daughter about the for space in the selling side. Someday suburbs to everyone when I decide to exit wanting a place real estate, I want to be downtown. able to give my business “It used to be to my daughter and when young faculty teach her the best came to Cornell, they before that happens. asked where was the That’s not happening best school district. for a long time.” Now, they ask ‘Where For her part, can I walk to get my Lindsay hopes that cup of coffee?’ The Susan gets “to know coffee shop is their what it feels like to be link to civilization, on her own. I want to though they may not absorb as much as I talk to anybody,” Susan Susan Lustick (Photo: Brian Arnold) can and keep my own said. “It’s really a big quirky, independent change. Not depending style.” on an automobile, it’s a The pair opened a new office in big trend. Belle Sherman sells faster than Cayuga Heights at Community Corners in Cayuga Heights, and that wasn’t the case the former Corners Deli, though Lindsay 10 or 15 years ago.” § continues to work mostly from her car and phone. Staying mobile might be safer, For more information, visit linzrealestate. because Susan is thinking about getting com

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over 50 or have a family history [of colon f you’re planning on getting a cancer] make sure to get a colorectal exam. colonoscopy any time soon, look no I did when I turned 50, and you should further than 2435 N. Triphammer Rd. in the village of Lansing. That’s the location too. The facts are very clear: early detection does save lives.” of Cayuga Medical Center’s brand new According to the Centers for Disease Cayuga Endoscopy Center. Control (CDC), colorectal cancer is the The center, built alongside the second leading cause of death from cancer Gastroenterology Associates of Ithaca, will in the United States. And although it is also also work in concert with the doctors of the third most common cancer diagnosed Gastroenterology Associates of Ithaca, a among adults over the age of 50, the news combination that will be state of the art isn’t entirely bad. When colon cancer is service for all patients. President and CEO caught in the early stages, survival rate is of Cayuga Medical Center and Cayuga more than 90 percent. Health System John Rudd “There’s no reason to unveiled the new facility on think [colon cancer rates} Wednesday, April 1, where would have gone anywhere doctors, nurses and others but up,” Brennan explained, gathered to celebrate the “if not for more screening. occasion. But the incident rates “After years of planning are going down, and the and collaboration,” Rudd survival rates are going up.” said, “we are excited to open He added that having a this wonderful center that is state of the art facility to do committed to delivering the such care would only help highest quality endoscopy support those numbers. service in the region. This “This building is project expands outpatient certainly a very big endoscopy services for Dr. Peter Brennan deal,” he said. “I came our entire community and (Photo: Michael Nocella) here in 1985, and it was makes it more convenient a different world back for patients to access these then. Gastroenterology services, especially on this and endoscopy has always side of the [Cayuga] lake. been tucked away in the Rudd said the center corner behind a different would thrive by working department. This is the first alongside the likes of time we’re out on our own, Gastroenterology Associates independent, and it feels of Ithaca’s staff, which great. includes physicians, Peter “The nurses have Brennan, Carl West, Steve done a wonderful job in Rogers and Brent Lemberg, transitioning,” Brennan among others. continued. “We’re still “I can’t thank them getting use to different enough for all of the patterns of flow, but I assistance they provided to know it’s going to be make this vision become Dr. Steve Rogers wonderful. I do want to a reality,” Rudd said. “We (Photo: Michael Nocella) say that our nurses are would not be standing just superb. They listen to here today without this the patients and their observations truly wonderful partnership. I also want to make a difference on an everyday basis.” thank them for inviting us into their Rogers echoed his colleague’s building. Their enthusiasm to create this collaborative model will clearly benefit our sentiments. “This building is about meeting the community for years to come.” Rudd concluded the formal portion of communities needs,” he continued. “When the evening by mentioning that March was I got here, colonoscopies were not a very common test. They were done when people “Colorectal Awareness Month,” and that had problems, concerns and symptoms. the industry is making strides to inform A study was done in 2002, and that all people how crucial it is to get their colons changed. I don’t anyone anticipated the screened, but that there’s still work to do. volume of screenings that [would come “Our team in oncology,” he said, “did after that study]. Now they estimate that a great job educating the community 14 million people a year get colonoscopies. through blue ribbon events held That’s only going to get up and up and up. throughout the region. However, the Now we have a facility like this to devote to awareness needs to continue throughout that care.” § the year and not just one month. If you are

Biz Briefs New Interim Director

The Board of Directors of Lifelong announce that MaryPat Dolan has been appointed as Interim Director at Lifelong. Mary Pat began her appointment on April 9th and will be with Lifelong through the agency’s search for a permanent CEO. Mary Pat led the county’s Social Services DepartMaryPat Dolan ment for many years and more recently has volunteered with a number of community nonprofits. She can be reached at mpdolan tclifelong.org and at 607-273-1511 x 237.

Networking at Noon

The April Networking@Noon will be hosted on April 16 by H&J Hospitality in the Tuscan Room at Joe’s Restaurant located at 602 W Buffalo St, Ithaca, NY 14850. Join the Ithaca/Tompkins County Chamber of Commerce for some high quality networking with local business professionals in a smaller, more intimate setting than those offered at after hours events. Come prepared to offer your businesses pitch to those in attendance and build quality connections in your Chamber of Commerce network. About Joe’s: H&J Hospitality was formed in 2005 and began with the purchase of the Ithaca landmark, Joe’s Restaurant, a popular eatery and gathering place since 1932. The new owner, Jamie Ciaschi, set out to build a food and beverage corporation using Joe’s Restaurant as the base from which H&J Hospitality would eventually grow. To register go to business.tompkinschamber.org and click on “More Events.”

Gorges Ithaca Half Marathon

The Tompkins County Chamber and Red Newt Racing are pleased to announce their collaboration to host the Gorges Ithaca Half Marathon in Ithaca this year. The event, presented by headline sponsor Cayuga Medical Center, is slated for the morning of Sunday, June 14th and is anticipated to bring in upwards of 800 visitors to the county. The course will begin and end downtown, with an after party highlighting the Commons and local businesses. The Chamber and Red Newt Racing are thankful for major support provided by

the City of Ithaca and Cornell University’s Department of Community Relations. The Tompkins County Tourism program and Downtown Ithaca Alliance also helped to move the event forward. Thus far, Cayuga Medical Center and Island Health and Fitness have signed on as the headline sponsors, and Ithaca Milk is on board to provide some of the best yogurt in the country post-race. For more information about the Gorges Ithaca Half Marathon, or to register, please visit the Chamber’s website at www.tompkinschamber. org, or go to www.RedNewtRacing. com.

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The National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) Foundation has recognized Ithaca City Schools for its outstanding commitment to music education with a Best Communities for Music Education (BCME) designation. ICSD joins 380 districts across the country in receiving the prestigious distinction in 2015. Now in its 16th year, Best Communities for Music Education affirms school districts that have demonstrated exceptional efforts toward maintaining music education as part of schools’ core curriculum. The BCME survey requires districts to answer detailed questions about funding, graduation requirements, music class participation, instruction time, facilities, support for the music program and community music-making programs. Responses were verified with school officials and reviewed by The Center for Public Partnerships and Research, an affiliate of the University of Kansas.

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question is if we’re going to get more and more intentional in contin u ed from page 13 terms of promoting greener buildings, and so forth, how do changes during construction.” authorities and developers learn According to Demarest, any lessons and apply those to the challenges with the Town of Ithaca future.” were primarily because the project is “The town, like any complicated, with buildings in very close municipality, has the difficult proximity to challenge of enforcing each other and the state building code inherent lifewhich can be pretty safety issues with black and white,” said a four-story wood Demarest. “There are a frame building. lot of misconceptions The underlying about the building zoning was code, and I think already in place it is safe to say that to allow the third most code officials, neighborhood builders, engineers to exist, he said, and architects are not but the planned fully up to speed with development everything in the code zone (PDZ) was and have probably been updated to reflect misinterpreting one the final site design thing or another over by Rick Manning the years (building along with TG something one way Fred Schoeps. (Photo: Brian Arnold) Miller. Jerry for a long time doesn’t Weisburd was the make it right). So lead on the overall when we add in new architectural design and Taitem provided technologies like spray foam, the structural and mechanical engineering. alternative moisture and vapor “There are always challenges in terms barriers and energy recovery of what’s doable and what’s not doable,” ventilators it can take some effort Schoeps said. “There’s always a difference to make sure everything will between what one thinks is going to be built in a place and how things get dragged function properly.” If the future is being built out in the building process. For me, the on West Hill, the nation should take notice. For those looking to learn more We’ll Give You More Than about “net zero” building (and earn some American Institute of Architects credits) 15 Minutes To Insure Your Future can join Taitem Engineering’s Ian Shapiro and EcoVillage co-founder Liz Walker at a Net-Zero Energy Design training for two all-day sessions on May 11 and 12. Email Liz.learn@ecovillageithaca.org for details. §

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said. “When you’re in a wine-making region it’s important to promote those wines.” For a wine-buyer, there are tours, blind tastings, and recommendations coming from all angles. Sometimes, though, a gift lands in one’s lap. Malley

recently had a store customer come to him with an offer: “He sold us a case of 1982 Chateau Ducru Beaucaillou from his cellar; it’s a highly regarded Bordeaux,” Malley said. “It was an unopened case. I bought the first bottle. From time to time these things happen, and it’s what makes this a fun business, an interesting business. Every vintage is a new puzzle.” §

Monteverdi’s Vespers Ends NYS Baroque’s Season By Jane Dieck man

arely do we have a unique musical event here, but NYS Baroque will provide a historically informed period performance of a celebrated masterpiece, Monteverdi’s grand and glorious Vespers of 1610. The concert takes place on Saturday, April 18, at 7:30 p.m., in Ithaca’s First Presbyterian Church. Twenty-four specialists in early music will be led by worldrenowned lutenist, Paul O’Dette. A pre-concert talk by Massimo Ossi, professor of musicology at Indiana University and Monteverdi expert, will begin at 6:30. Claudio Monteverdi (1567– 1643) is not among the most prominent or widely heard “great composers,” but arguably he is among the most innovative and influential musicians of all time. Just as his life extended from the mid-16th century to the mid-17th, his music bridged the stylistic differences between these two eras. In the Renaissance period a cappella vocal polyphony reigned, with four or more voices weaving independent lines, while during the 17th-century the baroque style brought the increased use of instruments and of accompanied melody. Monteverdi used and enriched both styles, infusing his particular music with great emotion and expression. He is also recognized as one of the creators and early masters of opera. For many, his opera L’Orfeo (1607) is considered the first example of this genre because of the use of a full (for the time) orchestra for accompaniment. Born and educated in Cremona, Monteverdi was already a fine organist and viol player, when at 16 he entered the service of Vicenzo Gonzaga, duke of Mantua and immortalized as the tenor bad guy in Verdi’s Rigoletto. During his time in Mantua, Monteverdi published the Vespers of 1610 while on a visit to Rome, probably with the idea of getting another job, either at the Vatican under Pope Paul V, to whom the work is dedicated, or at St. Mark’s in Venice, where he did go in 1613. Musicologists and performers, however, have been puzzled about the composition and intent of this monumental work, as very little is known about it and information on early performances is sparse. Judging from its content and length, Monteverdi probably planned it

for performance in a noble private chapel. His reason for writing this work could have simply been to show himself as a capable composer in differing styles of church music. With the full title Vespro della Beata Vergine (Vespers of the Holy Virgin), the work is a large collection of settings of both liturgical and non-liturgical texts. Its principal elements

Lutenist and director Paul O’Dette (Photo: Provided)

include the Mass with plainsong and a wide range between upper and lower parts, resulting in splendid sound; Vesper psalms showing more baroque elements and considerable melodic material, and motets written for virtuoso singers with dramatic features. Toward the end are sonata, hymn, and Magnificat settings devoted to the Virgin Mary. “It is a work of great complexity,” said NYS Baroque artistic director Deborah Fox, “with a harder style to wrap your head around, something that’s not well understood these days.” But, she adds emphatically, “it’s perfect, there is not a wrong note in it.” She has always

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wanted to do it, and even before assuming the leadership of NYS Baroque, planned it to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Rochester’s early music ensemble Pegasus Music, which she founded in 2005. Now that the two groups have a combined program, “we are also celebrating NYS Baroque’s 26th year.” Then she invited her friend and colleague Paul O’Dette to conduct the work. In his view, “it’s one of the greatest pieces ever written.” Unlike the big Bach and Handel choral pieces everyone knows, however, this work is not often performed—it requires unusual instruments, including cornettos, virtuoso difficult-to-play instruments with a softer, more recorder-like sound (“more like the human voice,” Fox said). Some researchers and critics have thought the solo vocal parts were actually performed by instruments, with the words printed below, because the human voice simply could not handle the music as it was written. And a highly versatile and well-trained chorus is needed. Although the early music revival— with extensive study and practice in special instruments and vocal techniques—has changed these attitudes, many challenges remain. The last time NYS Baroque performed it here was in December 2001. O’Dette’s experience with the Vespers is long-standing. He first heard a recording when he was about 15 years old, which he played over and over. After joining the early group Tragicomedia, he played the theorbo in a series of yearly performances in the Pieterskirk at Leiden in the Netherlands, starting in 1996. The group recorded the Vespers in 2002 and took it on tour in 2005, performing at Eastman with the Italian baroque organ there. When he is not conducting the larger movements, O’Dette will play the theorbo in the continuo section, along with his Eastman student, Ryaan Ahmet, and Deborah Fox, of course. O’Dette is a serious scholar of baroque music—many of us will remember his fascinating concert of adaptations of Bach’s music on the lute—and has studied the Vespers extensively. He feels the work was intended for the court in Mantua, as it has the same instrumentation (and the same opening toccata) as Orfeo. The antiphons (verses or psalms sung responsively) don’t fit any particular tradition, but listeners can “think of solos and duos as replacement for antiphons.” Although the composer’s additions to traditional style make the Vespers appear musically fragmented, “it seems to have been conceived as a whole work.” O’Dette and Fox have worked closely continued on page 26

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Christina Dunbar-Hester’s Community Radio Book By Bil l Ch ai s son

he Local Community Radio Act of 2010 eased long-standing legal restrictions on low-power FM radio programming in the U.S., opening the airwaves to a new generation of noncommercial, community stations. In her new book, Low Power To

The People, Christina Dunbar-Hester, a teacher of Journalism and Media Studies at Rutgers University, places the 2010 Act in cultural context and traces the transformation of a group of community activists from radio “pirates” to licensed broadcasters. She describes how low-

power stations can change communities, and radio itself. Dunbar-Hester reads from the book at Buffalo Street Books on Saturday, April 18, at 3 p.m. Following are excerpts from an e-mail conversation. Ithaca Times: You mention in your book your “affinity for many activist goals,” but that your “interests ultimately lie not with ‘the media system,’ but with people’s relationship with technology.” Dunbar-Hester: I think a lot of the activist critique of the media system—that it’s not serving the public well when it’s very consolidated and profit-oriented—is correct. But the book doesn’t try to “prove” that—it more takes it is a given. Instead I am exploring how

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relationships with technology get expressed in activism. These radio activists were very technologically savvy, and they wanted to demystify technology for everyday people, so they did interesting things like teach people to build radio stations. Why is learning to build technology important to activists, or to the rest of us? That’s what I’m looking at in the book. IT: The book is academic rather than journalistic. Reviewers use the term “ethnography,” and you do, too, in the book. D-H: Ethnography has a lot in common with documentary—it’s true events that happened, with a narrative attached, more or less. But the style is less breezy than, say, journalism. IT: The defining media development of our time is the Internet, but you say the supposed “dinosaur” medium of radio is by no means outdated and continues to change. D-H: Right. If you actually consider the guts of a radio transmission, there is a lot of digital technology involved at this point. So why is radio “old?” Because broadcasting is “old.” So then what is podcasting? We miss a lot of complexity when we are preoccupied only with newness. And we shouldn’t focus on the technology in isolation. What are the political and economic questions, like, who owns the platforms on which these communications happen? IT: How significant is it that new social media—Facebook, YouTube, etc.— have millions of random contributors, but community radio is produced by identifiable groups united by place? D-H: The question of place in media is interesting. There is no reason most of these platforms can’t address local concerns, but most profit-motivated social media companies want to go big, because that’s how they make the most money. Radio activists, by contrast, wanted to insert the question of scale into the conversation, and the question of who’s in control—a big company, or smaller-scale, community governance? IT: We understand some of your work on the book was done at Cornell. Was our community radio station, WRFI, on the air then? You’re scheduled for an appearance on the station at noon on Saturday the 18th, three hours before your reading at Buffalo Street Books. D-H: My project began when I was a doctoral student at Cornell in Science and Technology Studies. WRFI hadn’t started then, in the early 2000’s. I confess, I don’t know much about its history. It’s not an LPFM station. I stream it sometimes in New York, where I live. • Felix Titlebaum will interview Christina Dunbar-Hester on WRFI-FM (88.1) at noon on Saturday, April 18. Hester-Dunbar will appear with Ron Kline professor of Science and Technology Studies and Electrical and Computer Engineering at Cornell.

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Theatre Incognita Stages The Rimers of Eldritch By War re n Gre e nwo od

Puritanism, and the denial of sex as or such a tiny town, there is an something that can be talked about. It’s astonishing amount of great theatre sort of a dark Our Town.” in Ithaca. I said, “Even though the play is set in And next weekend, Ithaca’s Theatre a small town in the American Midwest Incognita will stage Lanford Wilson’s The in the past, it seems sort of stylistically Rimers of Eldritch at the Beverly J. Martin experimental and modern …” Elementary School. “It’s almost fifty years old,” Haarstad (And I get to be honorary theatre said. “But Lanford Wilson really broke critic here. Ross Haarstad is the Ithaca ground with his way of writing. Some call Times theatre critic, but he has to recuse it a collage style. He likened it to finding a himself as he is directing this production lot of voices and interweaving them. for his Theatre Incognita Company.) “He was really great with a range of I attended a table read of the play characters, a very specific set of dialogue, on April 9 at the irresistibly named Just and very specific feelings of place. I think Because Center on State/MLK Street in he’s one of our greatest playwrights of the Ithaca. It was a huge amount of fun. latter 20th century. The Rimers of Eldritch is a “It’s like a symphony, but with voices. comparatively large play with a cast of And it kind of spirals into what actually seventeen actors.The actors range in age happened [with the murder]. So it moves from early teens to senior citizens. All were terrific. (A lot of them are people Haarstad works with on an ongoing basis. Like the late film director Robert Altman, he’s developed his own company.) The playwright Lanford Wilson A sense of The Rimers of Eldritch’s town. (Photo: Provided) was born in Missouri in 1938. (And grew up a gay man in that region and era.) around in time a lot. The play is the story of a small dying “A lot of the traditional American town in the Midwest (in Iowa, on the plays deal with a nuclear family, but I Missouri border), set in the early 1960s, like plays that are community-based … centering on a murder, the story told in a which is difficult these days because of the modern, experimental style. economics—you just don’t write large cast I met with director Haarstad at the plays. Crow’s Nest Café on Friday, April 10, for “It’s a play based on realistic things, conversation about the play. but not done realistically. In fact the actors I asked, “How did you come to select play the trees of a forest at one point.” the play? What attracted you to it?” I said, “I found it fascinating at the “It’s been on my short list for three table read that all the actors—young and decades,” Haarstad said. “I just love old—seemed so … convincing. They really Lanford Wilson’s work in general. I love seemed to become their characters.” the rhythms in this play … and the fact “There’s a lot of good actors in Ithaca,” that it’s a picture of a whole community. Haarstad said. “And part of my theatre And I finally felt that this was the time I mission is to make spaces for them. I’m could do it.” especially interested in multigenerational I said, “Steven Spielberg once said material … and works that put new voices that you should be able to tell the story on stage …” • of a film in twenty-five words. Is there a twenty-five word scenario for The Rimers Theatre Incognita’s production of The of Eldritch?” Rimers of Eldritch will be performed Haarstad laughed and said, “You Friday April 24 and Saturday April 25 would ask that!” Then continued, “It’s the at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday April 26 at 4 portrait of a small rural town that’s dying p.m. at the Beverly J. Martin School, 302 because it’s been passed by by the progress W. Buffalo St., Ithaca, N.Y. Ticket info: of the nation. It’s also about American theatreincognita.org.

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The Ithaca College Chamber Orchestra will chamber orchestra. A work by one of today’s premiere perform its final concert this Tuesday, April contemporary composers, John Adams, 21, at 8:15 p.m. in Ford Hall. This unique will also be featured. Son of Chamber performance is played without pause Symphony, a piece jointly commissioned and will fuse works by several composers by Stanford University, the San Francisco throughout the 20th and 21st centuries Ballet, and Carnegie Hall is an exciting and into one unified piece. The concert will fast-paced composition written for dance. feature guest conductor Andreas Delfs, The sounds of the instruments almost in addition to Ithaca College professors seem disconnected at times, creating an Elizabeth Simkin and Jennifer Hayghe. oddly appealing sound. Set designer Jerome Sirlin will design a Finally, Aaron Kernis’ Musica Celestis visual component to accompany the music. is performed There will be before repetition one public dress of Ives’ The rehearsal on Unanswered Monday, April Question. Kernis’ 20, at 9 p.m. in work is a slow Ford Hall. and beautiful Two years string piece in the making, reminiscent of this paradigmSamuel Barber’s breaking concert Adagio for will appeal to Strings. The classical music tempo increases lovers and and develops a visual effects more deliberate aficionados alike. melody before The musical switching gears performance again, favoring and visual high notes on the effects will be violins. Kernis, choreographed Charles Ives. (Photo: Wikipedia) who studied with to enhance and John Adams, complement attained early success for his orchestral one another, unlike a traditional chamber work Dream of the Morning Sky. orchestra concert. Jeff Meyer, director of Visual elements by Jerome Sirlin orchestras at Ithaca College, helped bring will accompany the performance. Sirlin, this concert to life. “The whole point of who taught architecture and design at the concert is to break down preconceived Cornell in the late 1970s, will use multiple notions of what a classical music concert screens and projections to create a three is.” dimensional visual environment. Even The concert will both start and the musicians will forgo their black dress end with Charles Ives’ The Unanswered clothing and don white outfits, as they, Question. This work, written in 1908, is a too, will act as screens for projection. “It’s a short piece where different instruments wonderful thing to be enveloped in a world act as voices, posing questions and that gives people a different sense of the delivering answers. Listeners will note piece that they’re looking at or listening the near-stolid strings as the backdrop to,” he said, stressing how dimensionality for the incongruous woodwinds and is a key aspect in his work. While screens trumpet, which act as the distinct voices. and projections are often used in popular In transition between pieces throughout the concert, Simkin will perform one of J.S. music and opera, they are rarely used in orchestral works. Audiences can expect Bach’s most recognizable pieces, Suite for visuals to match the dramatic elements violoncello in G-major. of the music and elevate the overall George Antheil’s A Jazz Symphony experience. follows Ives. Written in the early 1920s, A For fans of more traditional orchestral Jazz Symphony attempts to blend elements works, Ithaca College Symphony Orchestra of symphonic music with jazz. Other will perform its final concert on Sunday, composers made similar attempts in the April 26, at 4 p.m. in Ford Hall. This time period, the most famous of which concert will feature Ithaca College piano may be George Gershwin’s Rhapsody In professor Charis Dimaras performing Blue. Antheil’s piece is characterized by Johannes Brahms’ first piano concerto, seemingly discordant tones from horns and the piano with a distinct string section followed by Jean Sibelius’ Fifth Symphony. Performances by Ithaca College ensembles to create a lively and upbeat piece. Hayghe will resume in the fall semester. • will perform on piano to accompany the

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Celebrating Record Store Day By Bil l Ch ai s son

would swing back. Records are 12 inches ecord Store Day celebrates the across; you feel like you’re actually buying culture of the independent record an aesthetically pleasing object. store. What is this culture? “It’s the Both Record Store Day and broadest possible cross-section of people who have one thing common,” said George independent record stores are growing in popularity, Johann said. “Twice as many Johann, owner of Angry Mom Records in stores will take part this year as did last Ithaca, “they collect records.” year. A lot of them are brand new stores.” Angry Mom has been in business These businesses sell both used and new underneath Autumn Leaves for six years vinyl. The balance is generally about 75 now, and Johann has been in the recordselling business much longer than that. He has seen a lot of changes. The allmale record fanatic culture depicted in Nick Hornby’s 1995 novel High Fidelity, for example, is a thing of the past. “Now it’s half men and half women,” he said. “For our bring-your-own-vinyl day, it was one-third female. There are a lot of mother-daughter and father-daughter collectors coming in. Dominic Gagliano, George Johann, & Lee Conlon of Angry Mom Records. It’s great.” “You don’t have (Photo: Bill Chaisson) a vibrant music scene without an percent of the former and 25 percent independent record store,” said Lee of the latter, but the portion that is new Conlon of Angry Mom and the host of record sales is increasing. “The Boing! Show” on WRFI-FM on Part of this, Johann admitted, is not Fridays from 11 p.m. to 1 a.m. “It’s a place due to independent stores. Large chain to meet and learn and not to be judged, so stores as varied as Urban Outfitters, Whole it overlaps into radio and the press and to Foods, Target, and Barnes & Noble are music stores.” now selling vinyl and, Johann said, they “Traveling musicians,” said Johann, weren’t three or four years ago. Records “can go to Rumbleseat and see $20,000 have become mainstream, he said. “Now guitars and then they can come here and see some cool records.” Independent music you see people in movies and on television who have collections and you see them stores form an informal network across playing vinyl.” the entire country. Collectors routinely The Internet is a mixed blessing for stop into well-known storefronts when independent stores. On the one hand, they pass through. Amazon and its ilk take a bite out of “Music is not going away,” said sales. But on the other hand, people are Conlon, who hails from Newcastle, able to find out more about music at sites England. “Wherever you go, you can talk like allmusic.com and a variety of online about two things: football and music. You music magazines like Pop Matters and No find a point of agreement and then you’re Depression. And when they are traveling, off to the races.” they can use their phones to find local The sale of records has been doubling stores and stop in. each year for several years, according to In addition to records sales Angry Johann. “We’ll see where it levels out,” he Moms will host bands all day Saturday. said. “Jack White [formerly of the White Here’s the line-up: Performing will be Stripes] was the best selling record of last Alan Rose & the Restless Elements, Ithaca year, but that was just a run of 75,000. But Bottom Boys, King Sized Pegasus, Dream in the ‘90s 5,000 would have been a huge Team, Eamon & The Fulcrums, Izzy True, run. But, of course, in the ‘70s you would have been talking about a million.” Conlon Why the Wires and The New York Rock. The store will open at 10 a.m. (though predicted that the market would reach people will be waiting in line much earlier some sort of end point when people just than that!) and close at 8 p.m. • became tired of downloads because they are so insubstantial, and then the public

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To Each Their Own A trio of Mini-Reviews By Br yan VanC ampe n It Follows (2014), written and directed by David Robert Mitchell, What We Do in the Shadows (2014), written and directed by Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi, both playing at Cinemapolis; The Wrecking Crew, available online.

avid Robert Mitchell’s It Follows violates its own story logic; it doesn’t actually end, it just sort of stops. It’s clearly a love letter to ‘70s horror flicks like Halloween and Phantasm, so it’s all kinds of politically incorrect. And even so, I don’t care, because It Follows is one of the most effective horror films I’ve seen in years. Mitchell’s story may be as sticky as its internal logic, but he knows how to build real tension and effects with modest means.

to sleep with someone else and “pass it on.” Shot in nearly deserted Detroit neighborhoods without a single adult speaking role, Mitchell creates a very eerie teen ghost world where kids are on their own to determine their own fate. There are other retro touches, like old phones and TVs; one girl is on a device, but she uses it to quote from Dostoyevsky’s The Idiot. It Follows may not ultimately make sense, but at its basest level, boy does it work. *** Sadly, What We Do in the Shadows may have left Cinemapolis by the time you read this; as I write this, it’s

Still from It Follows. (Photo: Wikipedia) Maika Monroe stars as a bored young teen that succumbs to a sexual encounter and is then followed by a series of creepy zombies that no one else can see. The only way to break the curse is

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You might be the biggest music fan around, but you might not have heard of a cadre of L.A. session players known as the Wrecking Crew. If you love music, chances are very good that you’ve heard something the Crew recorded. Danny Tedesco’s documentary The Wrecking Crew hits you with a barrage of melodies: the Beach Boys, Sonny and Cher, The Monkees, all of Phil Spector’s biggest hits. The sheer quality and quantity of all that music is mind-boggling. Tedesco’s father, the late guitar virtuoso Tommy Tedesco, was one of the group’s informal leaders and a great raconteur. Just a few of his credits include the TV themes for “Batman,” “Green Acres,” and “The Twilight Zone,” and he has some hilarious anecdotes to share, along with great players like Hal Blaine and Carol Kaye. These musicians traded album credit for big paychecks, and they all arrived in L.A. at a time when most session players refused to play rock n’ roll. See The Wrecking Crew and you’ll be amazed at how much of the music they played is in your iPod.

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Sarah Gotowka Exhibits I Could Drink a Case of You By Ambe r D onof r io

n art show with a title borrowed from a Joni Mitchell song isn’t the most surprising event that could occur in Ithaca. After all, Ithaca is a city of artists and musicians, and one in which the Community School of Music and Art already hosts an annual Joni Mitchell tribute concert and has done so for the past six years. But from its title alone, Sarah Gotowka’s “I Could Drink a Case of You,” which is on display at Studio West, immediately sparks curiosity for what a show bearing that name could be. Even for viewers unfamiliar with Mitchell’s music, Gotowka’s choice of title indicates an interest in language and in words, something that is not always present in artists’ oeuvres but is enthusiastically integrated and woven through hers. Song lyrics are the basis of Gotowka’s newest body of work: a collection of dried flower collages with lyrics carefully cut into the flowers. “We be up all night,” reads one collage, quoting Beyoncé’s song “Drunk in Love.” The piece is made of cosmos, nasturtium, poppy, and hibiscus petals, each overlapping each other and semi-translucent in an array of purples

and orange. The letters are cleanly cut, revealing white beneath the flowers, and surprisingly grounded within the visual space. The font is playful, evident of someone enjoying her work. “Music is an integral part of my life,” said Gotowka. “Poignant and poetic, from Beyoncé to Joni Mitchell, channeling these lyrics is cathartic.” Standing in front of a framed collage displaying lyrics from one of your favorite songs by Mariah Carey or Drake is bound to ignite feelings of excitement and accomplishment in a viewer who also resonates with the words he or she sees. But when viewed as a whole, rather as individual pieces, the show is just as interesting, as Gotowka aims to document the rise and fall of a relationship, and the series of little moments (“beautiful moments,” as she herself calls them) that occur in-between. “I wanna press rewind ‘n fall in love again wi’ you,” reads one piece, implying a continued infatuation. “See, I know what we’ve to do,” reads another, evidently later in the relationship. “You let go, and I let go too.”

Admittedly, at times the show’s narrative seems simplified or a bit hard to follow. Walking around Studio West and reading each lyric, I mentally grappled for what Gotowka was getting at in her work and where she might be going with it. Why these lyrics? Why these flowers? The work is stylistically original, beautiful to look at, and expertly executed. Gotowka’s use of materials is definitely interesting to look at, which makes sense considering she got her MFA in Fibres and Material Practices from Concordia University in Montreal and dry presses all of the petals herself after gathering them from meadows and local. But, I thought to myself, what does it all mean? The answer is in the flowers. “The ephemerality of flowers,” Gotowka said of her lyric drawings, “the process of trying Example of Sarah Gotowka’s work. (Photo: Provided) to preserve something that cannot last echoes the fleeting nature of very close to accomplishing what it set falling in love.” out to do. Fresh and visually stunning, the Of course, flowers don’t last forever. show is ultimately rewarding because of They rise from the ground, bloom, dry its integral focus on materials and their out or fall apart or fade away. But, like importance within the collection as a memories, they can partially be preserved whole. Sarah Gotowka takes each lyric and reflected upon for what they once and makes it her own, then presents it to were. Like a relationship, flowers may not last forever, but there are always fragments viewers to share as well. • left over from the past, songs that trigger “I Could Drink a Case of You” is on feelings, reflections on the excitement of display at Studio West, 516 W. State/MLK when everything was new. St. until the end of April. “I Could Drink a Case of You” seems like a work still in progress, but one getting

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together to plan this performance. It will be done with only nine singers, “one on a part,” which fits what is known about the tradition of the time, Fox said. They made a list of their top choices, and O’Dette said, “We got a great group.” Sopranos are Ellen Hargis, who has worked with many of the foremost period conductors and ensembles worldwide and teaches voice at Case Western, and Laura Heimes, a favorite with NYS Baroque audiences, as we have been fortunate to see and hear her frequently. Countertenor Reginald Mobley is a member of the Miamibased vocal ensemble Seraphic Fire and performs repertory from the baroque to modern musical theater. Tenors are Aaron Sheehan, known especially for his baroque interpretations, mostly oratorios and cantatas of Bach and Handel, as well as opera and chamber music; Sumner Thompson, who has sung here with NYS Baroque and with the Boston Early Festival and is in demand on the concert and opera stage both here and in Europe; and Steven Caldicott Wilson, graduate of Ithaca College and the Yale Program in early music, who is a member of the a cappella quartet New York Polyphony and the Choir of Trinity Wall Street. And the three lowest voices are bass Kurtowen Richards, accomplished in diverse styles from chant to experimental music-theater, and a founding member of Lionheart, a men’s ensemble dedicated early chant and polyphony; bass-baritones Jonathan Woody, also in the Choir of Trinity Wall Street and solo performer in New York and around the country; and Ulysses Thomas, who appears in opera and as featured artist with Boston-area ensembles. Then Fox and O’Dette sat down and made a list of instrumentalists. O’Dette told me he has been “doing Monteverdi

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since 1974 with my friend Bruce Dickey,” resident of Bologna in Italy and arguably the best cornetto player worldwide, having played the Vespers “hundreds of times.” So the invitation went out, and the answer from Dickey was “Yes.” Kiri Tollaksen, now on the faculty at Indiana University, will play second cornetto. Completing the winds are three sackbut players (a sackbut is an early trombone with less flair in its bell)—Liza Malamut, Japanese native Motoaki Kashino, and Minneapolisbased Garrett Lahr, all studying historical trombone at Boston University under the tutelage of Greg Ingles. Playing the strings are period violinists Daniel S. Lee, co-founder and director of the Sebastian Chamber Players and is on the faculty at Connecticut College; Dongmyung Ahn, co-founder of Guido’s Ear, a Renaissance and early baroque group, and director of Queens College Baroque Ensemble; and Swedish native Boel Gidholm, a member of Pegasus who has often performed here. Christel Thielmann, assistant professor of conducting and ensembles at Eastman, will play viola da gamba, while Rob Nairn, professor of double bass at Penn State and on the faculty at Juilliard, appears frequently with early instrument ensembles in this country and Europe as double bass player. We know about the lutes. Playing the organ is South African native Leon Schelhase, who is based in Philadelphia and is on the faculty of the Curtis Institute, who performs frequently here and with Pegasus. These 24 musicians will have six

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St. Mark’s Basilica, Venice (Photo: Wikipedia) three-hour rehearsals this week. They are also performing in Syracuse at St. Paul’s Cathedral on Friday, April 17, at 7:30 p.m. and at Hochstein Hall in Rochester on Sunday, April 19, at 4 p.m. As O’Dette said, “this is not something you get a chance to hear every day.” When asked about his favorite sections, he answered, “the whole thing is like a 15-course dinner with every course being as life-changing as the one before. It would be unfair to pick a favorite part.” Later he did speak of two special places: the “Audi coelum” motet with solo tenor, continuo, and off-stage choral echo that provides a “serene, celestial ending to the first half,” and the very end of the Magnificat, “starting low in the bass and adding voices as the music moves up to higher registers.” Fox is especially touched by the “Nigra

sum” for solo tenor, with its beautiful text from the Song of Solomon. “It comes after a big, loud chorus, and it is very intimate, just tenor and lute, a perfect place in the whole piece.” So come to hear this splendid music and pick your own perfect place. • Tickets and information at www. nysbaroque.com, or at the door.

4/16 Thursday

CU Music: Midday Music at Lincoln | 12:30 PM- | Lincoln Hall, Cornell | Piano students of Andrew Zhou will perform Scriabin’s 24 Preludes, to mark the centenary of the composer’s death.

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3dCosby and others | 8:00 PM- | Just Be Cause Center, 1013 W State St, Ithaca | With Fake Sick,

Gavin Riley Smoke Machine, OG Deathstar (ex-Kaboosh/Graupel), Moon Factory. Presented by Ithaca Underground. Contra and Square Dances | 8:00 PM- | Great Room at Slow Lane, Comfort & Lieb Rds, Danby | Partner not needed. Dances early in the evening introduce the basic figures. Bring a tasty treat and get in free. For directions/information, call 607-2738678; on Fridays, 607-342-4110. Dan Smalls Presents: Shakey Graves w. David Ramirez | 9:00 PM- | The Haunt, 702 Willow Ave, Ithaca | Doors open at 8. Jen Cork and the Hope CD Release Party | 9:00 PM-11:00 PM | Rongovian Embassy, 1 W Main St, Trumansburg | Souk: Middle Eastern Grooves | 5:30 PM-8:30 PM | Felicia’s Atomic Lounge, 508 W State St, Ithaca | Steve Romer | 10:00 PM- | Agava, 381 Pine Tree Rd, Ithaca | The Delta Mike Shaw Band | 8:00 PM- | Silver Line Tap Room, 19 W Main St, Trumansburg | Tom Bronzetti Quartet | 6:00 PM-8:30 PM | Oasis Dance Club, 1230 Danby Rd, Ithaca |

4/18 Saturday

8th Annual Fiddlehead Frolic | 12:00 PM-11:30 PM | Beverly J. Martin Elementary School, 302 W Buffalo St, Ithaca | The Boston-based Free Raisins will provide music; calling by Bob Isaacs. Contras, couples dancing, music workshops and jam sessions, a song swap, potluck supper, and evening dance party. For complete schedule, visit www.hands4dancers.org or call Katy Heine at 607-273-0249. Bobby Henrie and the Goners | 9:00 PM-11:00 PM | Rongovian Embassy, 1 W Main St, Trumansburg |

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Autumn Leaves Books), 115 The Commons, Ithaca | We’ll take turns going around the circle to lead or request a song. Ken Mansfield, Pianist | 12:00 PM- | Agava, 381 Pine Tree Road, Ithaca | Jazz Fusion.

4/20 Monday

Rockwell Museum: Final Chamber Concert of the Season | 7:30 PM- | Rockwell Museum Of Western Art, 111 Cedar St, Corning | The Edgewood Piano Trio plays music by Martinů, Foote, and Lalo. TIckets bought 24 hrs. CNY’s Finest at the Homer Center | 7:00 PM- | Center For the Arts of Homer, 72 S Main St, Homer | Cortland’s The Brothers MacRae will take the stage beginning at 7 p.m., followed by Ithaca’s Grey Gary about 8:15 p.m.

4/18 Saturday

CU Music: Cornell Jazz Combos | 8:00 PM- | Lincoln Hall Rm B20, Cornell | Features the Appel, Bissett, Gussman, and Trommer Jazz Combos in concert. Ithaca Gay Men’s Chorus: Song and a Haircut | 8:00 PM- | First Baptist Church, 309 N Cayuga St, Ithaca | The Ithaca Gay Men’s Chorus will perform its Spring concert in the 1st Baptist Church, and reprise it for their Elmira debut Sunday April 19, 4pm, Grace Episcopal Church, 375 W Church St. NYS Baroque: Monteverdi Vespers of 1610 | 7:30 PM- | First Presbyterian Church, 315 N Cayuga St, Ithaca | NYS Baroque presents a beloved masterpiece of music as the final concert in their 26th concert season. Pre-concert talks at 6:30. Tickets at 607-301-0604 and the door. 14Strings! Cornell Filipino Rondalla | 6:00 PM- | Barnes Hall, Cornell | 14Strings! plays assorted music on 14-stringed instruments from the Philippines as well as locally crafted ones.

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Concert des Nations | 8:00 PM- | Barnes Hall, Cornell | Jordi Savall brings his Le Concert des Nations Ensemble to close out the CCS season.

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4/21 Tuesday

CU Music/Cinema: Powerdove & Departures | 8:00 PM- | Sage Chapel, Cornell | 3 films by Gunvor Nelson with Powerdove solo (Annie Lewandowski, guitar). Evening of live music and film co-sponsored by Cornell Cinema and the Department of Music.

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Continuing: Schedule starts Friday, April 17. Visit www.cinemapolis.org for showtimes. Faults | Two parents, desperate to be reunited with their daughter under the grip of a mysterious new cult, recruit one of the world’s foremost experts on mind control. | 89 mins | It Follows | After a seemingly innocent sexual encounter, 19-year-old Jay finds herself plagued by strange visions and the inescapable sense that someone, or something, is following her. | 100 mins R | Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter | A jaded Japanese woman discovers a hidden copy of Fargo (1996) on VHS, believing it to be a treasure map indicating the location of a large case of money. | 105 mins | Seymour: An Introduction | Meet Seymour Bernstein: a beloved pianist, teacher and true inspiration who shares eye-opening insights from an amazing life. | 84 mins PG | True Story | The relationship between journalist Michael Finkel and Christian

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Note: Cornell Cinema will have no screenings April 16-18. other venues McGRAW HALL, CU Animating Anthropology: Audiovisual Experiment in Ethnographic Practice | 4/17-4/18, Friday-Saturday | CU’s Dept. of Anthropology is hosting a 2-day film symposium celebrating the late Prof. Robert Ascher’s contributions to visual anthropology, film, and animation. Free and open to the public. ITHACA COLLEGE The Hunting Ground | 7:00 PM-9:00 PM, 4/21 Tuesday | A startling exposé of sexual assault on U.S. campuses, institutional cover-ups, and the social toll on victims and their families. For more details contact Tiffany at the Advocacy Center, 607-277-3203. GREENSTSAR Plant This Movie | Documentary that examines the evolution, success stories, and impact of urban farming around the world, followed by a Q&A session with director Karney Hatch. | 6:30 PM, 4/21, Wednesday |

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Let each One Go Where He May | Ben Russell’s feature debut traces the extensive journey of two unidentified brothers who retrace the voyage of their ancestors to escape slavery at the hands of the Dutch 300 years prior. | 4/15 Wednesday. The Way We Were | Cornell alum Arthur Laurents’‘37 screenplay was based on his college days at Cornell and his experiences with the House Un-American Activities Committee. | 4/19 Sunday. 112 Weddings | After collecting over 20 years’ worth of wedding footage working as a videographer, veteran documentarian Doug Block looks back at the couples. | 4/20 Monday.

Departures | Three dreamlike, abstract films by Swedish film and video pioneer Gunvor Nelson. With live music accompaniment. | 4/21 Tuesday, Sage Chapel.

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Stage Elmira Little Theatre: Curtains | Clemens Performing Arts Ctr, 207 Clemens Ctr Pkwy, Elmira | Kander & Ebbs’ whodunit musical comedy. Egregiously untalented leading lady Jessica Cranshaw is, to everyone’s relief, murdered during her first night curtain call. Can the lieutenant solve the case, save the show, and get the girl before the curtain rises without getting offed himself? Evenings at 7:30, April 17-18, 24-25; matinees at 2, April 19, April 26. Other Desert Cities | Archbold Theatre, 820 E Genesee St, Syracuse | By Jon Robin Baitz, the creator of TV’s hit drama Brothers & Sisters. This seriocomedy depicts a family drama between a liberal middle-aged writer and her conservative parents. At Syracuse Stage April 8–26. Information & prices available at www. SyracuseStage.org. TeatroTaller: Short Plays | 7:00 PM, 4/18, Saturday | GIAC, 301 N Albany St, Ithaca | Cornell’s Latin theatre troupe, TeatroTaller is presenting a series of actos (short plays) to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Teatro Campesino, a theatre company that was created to celebrate the life of farmworkers. The Darfur Compromised | 4/15-16, Wednesday-Thursday | Premiere of a play about the Sudanese govern-

“Hit Me! Personal Stories with a Punch” Storytelling Buffalo Street Books, April 21, 4 – 7 p.m.

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ment’s genocide against the people of Darfur. Talkback w. playwright Trevor Stankiewicz & cast after. Wednesday: 7 PM, Unitarian Church, Buffalo & Aurora Sts; Thursday: 8 PM, Hollis Cornell Auditorium, CU. You Can’t Take It With You | Hoerner Theater, Ithaca College | Kaufman and Hart’s Pulitzer Prize-winning farce has been a favorite of audiences since its premiere. Runs April 16-19, 23-25; evening shows at 8, 2 p.m. matinees April 19 & 25. Go to ithaca.ticketforce. com or call the Dillingham ticket office Monday-Friday, noon-5pm at 607-274-3224 for prices.

Notices Art in the Heart 2015: Call for Artists and Muralists | The Downtown Ithaca Alliance is pleased to invite applications for Art in the Heart

2015, now in its 16th year. Full details at www.downtownithaca.com; must apply by 5 p.m., April 25. Coffee with the Mayor and Chief | 9:00 AM-11:00 AM, Multiple Days/ Locations | Throughout April and May, Ithaca Mayor Svante Myrick and Chief of Police John R. Barber will visit local coffeeshops to provide an opportunity for folk to come talk to them about any police issues/concerns that they may have. No reservation required; free coffee provided by the host shops. April 15: Dunkin’ Donuts 205 S Meadow St; April 22: Dunkin’ Donuts 408 Elmira Rd; May 13, 20, 27: Gimme! Coffee 506 W State St. Downtown Ithaca Living Tour | 1:00 PM-4:00 PM, 4/18 Saturday | A self-guided open house of urban apartments and attractions. For those who have ever wondered what it would be like to live downtown, this event offers a new opportunity to get a sneak peek into a range of housing options in the heart of the city. Finger Lakes ReUse Center Volunteer Orientation | 9:30 AM-, 4/16 Thursday | Triphammer Marketplace, Ithaca | Anyone interested in volunteering at the ReUse Center, eCenter, or Deconstruction Services program should attend this meeting, which will cover details of operations and volunteer tasks. Please RSVP to Anise Hotchkiss, anise@fingerlakesreuse.org, call (607) 257-9699 or fill out our Volunteer Application, http://fingerlakesreuse.org/volunteer. shtml Ithaca Fringe Festival 2015 | all day, 4/16 Thursday | The Commons, Ithaca | Ithaca’s Fringe Festival 2015, the international 4-day, theatricallybased festival that takes place in downtown in and around the Commons, this year features 8 acts over the 4 days. Visit http://ithacafringe. com/ for information Ithaca Sociable Singles | 6:00 PM-, 4/15 Wednesday | Stella’s Barn & Country Restaurant, 1346 Elmira Rd, Newfield | RSVP 607-564-6071 or loisannethomas@hotmail.com Office for the Aging: Senior Living Expo 2015 | 1:00 PM-4:00 PM, 4/18 Saturday | Ithaca High School, 1401 N Cayuga St, Ithaca | Enjoy this free event at the IHS Cafeteria with over 30 exhibitors. Experts from the Tompkins County Office for the Aging will give presentations on “Senior Housing Options” (David Stoyell, 1:15 and 2:15) and “Community Services for Aging in

Place” (Lisa Holmes, 1:30 and 2:30). Questions? Call 607-274-1607 or 607-274-5492. Plan Ithaca! Community Open Houses | all day, 4/16 Thursday | multiple locations/times | Give input on the draft of the City’s new Comprehensive Plan by stopping into one of seven community open houses scheduled throughout the city during April: April 13--St. Luke Lutheran Church (3:30 – 5 pm), Fall Creek Elementary School Gym (7 – 8:30 pm); April 16--Southside Community Center Gym (7 – 8:30 pm); April 22--GIAC Gym (6 – 7:30 pm, childcare provided); April 23--South Hill Elementary School (7 – 8:30 pm); April 25--Tompkins County Public Library, Borg Warner Room (10 – 11:30 am, childcare provided). Rotary Club Luncheon & Talk | 12:15 PM-, 4/15 Wednesday | Coltivare, 235 S Cayuga St, Ithaca | Speaker & Topic: Tom Butler - Updates from Lifelong. The public is welcome to attend and learn more about Rotary, which meets every Wednesday at 12:15 p.m. More information may be found online atwww.ithacarotary.com. Tompkins Learning Partners New Tutor Orientation | Tompkins Learning Partners, 124 W Buffalo St, Ithaca | Orientations for new tutors will be held in March and April. Please contact for dates; pre-registration is required as space is limited. To register, email Shannon Alvord TLPShannonA@ gmail.com, or call 607-277-6442. Trumansburg Library Spring Book Sale | 10:00 AM-, 4/16 Thursday | Ulysses Philomathic Library, 74 E Main St, Trumansburg | The Trumansburg Ulysses Philomathic Library will hold its Spring Book Sale April 16-21. All categories of books, movies, games, music, etc. $1-$3 for the whole family. Prices decrease starting April 19. For more information contact Dolores Higareda, 607-279-9939, or email dh29@cornell.edu. Upcoming Rummage Sale at Titus Tower: Call for Vendors | To be held Saturday, April 25th 9AM-2PM. Outside vendors welcome; tables $10 each. If interested please contact Carol Malaren at 607-273-1091.

Special Events 7th Annual Izzy Awards | 7:30 PM-, 4/15 Wednesday | Emerson Suites, Ithaca College | Author Naomi Klein and investigative reporter David Sirota are

EXPLORING MARS

Lewis Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall, April 15 – 4:30 p.m. Prof. Steven Squyres, Mars Exploration Rovers P.I., will talk about the many discoveries of the 2 Mars Rovers, including a status report on the still-functioning Opportunity, 11+ years into its “3-hour,er,90-day mission.”.

receiving the seventh annual Izzy Award for outstanding achievement in independent media and journalism. Both winners will give talks at the open-to-the-public ceremony. Campaign for 100% Clean Energy in NYS | 7:00 PM-, 4/19 Sunday | Klingenstein Lounge, Campus Center, IC, Ithaca | A discussion about local and state campaigns on climate change. Mark Dunlea, President of the Green Energy Legal Fund, will speak about 100% clean energy as well as the need for a state carbon tax and to have the state pension plan divested from fossil fuels. Chenango River Theatre Regional Auditions: Woody Guthrie’s American Song | 9:00 AM-1:00 PM, 4/19 Sunday | Chenango River Theatre, 991 State Hwy 12 (3 mi S of Greene), Greene | 2 women/3 men needed (20’s – 50’s). For an appointment and details of rehearsals/run, call (607) 656-8778 or email info@chenangorivertheatre. org. Cornell Charter Day Weekend Advanced Registration | All Charter Day Weekend events are open to the public and are listed at the Charter Day Weekend website, http://150. cornell.edu/events/charterday/ Events require advance registration; online registration opens Feb. 24. Live streaming will be available for certain events. Cornell Men’s Lacrosse: Clinic for a Cause Benefit | 10:30 AM-2:30 PM, 4/19 Sunday | Schoellkopf Stadium, Cornell | Members of the Cornell men’s lacrosse team will teach skills, give instruction, and run games. Grades 3-8. Proceeds benefit the Dream Factory of CNY. Reserve your spot now by contacting Brennan Donville at bwd36@cornell.edu, 607-793-7297. Downtown Living Tour | 12:00 PM-3:00 PM, 4/18 Saturday | Downtown Ithaca, Center ithaca, Ithaca | Earth Day: Voices Past, Voices Present | 12:00 PM-8:00 PM, 4/19 Sunday | The Space at GreenStar, 700 W Buffalo St, Ithaca | In honor of the 45th anniversary of Earth Day, Sustainable Tompkins will host the Earth Day Ithaca celebration. Make sure to stop by the City/Town table at the event! Flair on Ice Cancer Benefit | 12:00 PM-2:00 PM, 4/18 Saturday | The Rink, 1767 East Shore Dr, Ithaca | Proceeds will support Cancer Resource Center of the Finger Lakes. For information, contact Jaclyn Saksa, jsasks@ithaca. edu or call CRCFL at 277-0960. To buy

tickets or donate go to http://gvgb.co/ FlairOnIce. Holocaust Memorial Day Lecture | 7:00 PM-9:00 PM, 4/21 Tuesday | Temple Beth-El, 402 N Tioga St, Ithaca | Marion Blumenthal Lazan, a Holocaust survivor and author, will speak about her experiences in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp and the lessons learned from the Holocaust. Free and open to the public. Preceded by a performance of the VOICES Multicultural Chorus. Kickball to Kick Cancer Tournament | 6:30 PM-10:00 PM, 4/21 Tuesday | IC Athletic & Events Center, , Ithaca | All proceeds go to The Cancer Resource Center of the Finger Lakes. To register or donate to the event: http://gvgb.co/ KickinCancer. Poetry and Pastry | 5:00 PM-8:00 PM, 4/16 Thursday | Johnson Museum of Art, Central Avenue, Cornell Univerity, Ithaca | An evening of literature, art, treats, and conviviality. Cosponsored by Cornell’s Department of Near Eastern Studies. Spanish for Families Free Demo Class | 10:30 AM-11:15 AM, 4/16 Thursday | Jillian’s Drawers, The Commons, Ithaca | For families with children 18 months to 3 years of age interested in attending the eight-week Spanish class at Jillian’s Drawers, Thursdays at 9 a.m. from April 23-June 11. Fee: $145 base rate for two family members. RSVP to: community@ jilliansdrawers.com. Limit 10 families. Tough Turtle 5k--Ithaca Children’s Garden Benefit | 9:00 AM-12:00 PM, 4/18 Saturday | Cayuga Waterfront | An obstacle 5k along the south shore of Cayuga Lake, with challenging, homegrown obstacles with Ithaca flair. Individuals or teams; all levels are welcome. All proceeds support the Ithaca Children’s Garden: Healthy kids healthy planet. To register your team or sign up to volunteer go to: http://www.firstgiving.com/19439/ tough-turtle-2015; for additional information: http://www.toughturtleithaca.com. Village at Ithaca 13th Anniversary Event | 6:00 PM-8:00 PM, 4/20 Monday | The Space at GreenStar, 700 W Buffalo St, Ithaca | Join the Village at Ithaca as we celebrate 13 years advocating for excellence and equity in Ithaca’s public schools. Refreshments will be provided. RSVP by April 15: 607-256-0780 or contact@villageatithaca.org. YMCA: Open Doors Annual Double Tournament Benefit | 10:00 AM-6:00

OTHER DESERT CITIES A 2012 Pulitzer Prize finalist, this seriocomedy by Jon Robin Baitz (TV’s “Brothers & Sisters”) depicts a family drama between a liberal middle-aged writer and her conservative parents. Playing at Syracuse Stage, April 8-26. (Photo: Provided).

PM, 4/19 Sunday | YMCA, Graham Rd W, Ithaca | Two campaign fundraisers to help raise money for the Open Doors scholarship program, which provides financial assistance with Y memberships and programming. On Sunday, April 12, Ping Pong. On Sunday, April 19, 3v3 basketball Pre-registration preferred at www.ithacaymca.com, or stop by the Ithaca Y’s Welcome Center front desk, 50 Graham Road W, Ithaca, or phone 607-257-0101.

Health Specific for this week: General Bereavement Support Group | 5:30 PM-7:00 PM, 4/15 Wednesday | Hospicare, 172 E King Rd, Ithaca | For anyone grieving a loss, regardless of when the death occurred. Registration not necessary but prompt arrival is appreciated. For anyone 18+ who has experienced a loss. For more info or to register, 607-272-0212. The Listening Workshop | 9:00 AM-1:00 PM, 4/18 Saturday | Ithaca Community Childcare Center, 579 Warren Rd, Ithaca | Please register by emailing your name and phone number to the listeningworkshop@ gmail.com. You will walk away from Saturday’s workshop with a life altering skill that if practiced and applied, will shorten the time between conflict and resolution, build strong bonds of connection and intimacy and enhance performance and productivity in all areas of your life. Memory Maker Project: Meet Me at the Gallery | 11:00 AM-2:00 PM, 4/15 Wednesday | Anthony Brunelli Fine Arts, 168 State St, Binghamton |

The Memory Maker Project is a cultural access and advocacy project for people living with memory loss and their care partners. Gallery tour of this local gem. RSVP by Apr. 8th; 607-240-6204 or Christina@memorymakerproject.org. Office for the Aging: Powerful Tools for Caregivers Workshop | 5:00 PM-6:30 PM, 4/20 Monday | Office for the Aging, 214 W State St, Ithaca | Powerful Tools for Caregivers is a free, six-week educational program designed to help family caregivers manage the stress and challenges of providing care for an elderly relative. Early registration is required as class size is limited. Thursday Evening Chanting and Meditation | 7:00 PM-8:30 PM, 4/16 Thursday | Foundation of Light, 391 Turkey Hill Rd, Ithaca | With Marsha Eger (chantingmeditation@yahoo. com). Writing Practice as Self-Inquiry | 10:00 AM-11:30 AM, 4/18 Saturday | 108 S Albany St, 108 S Albany St, Ithaca | A new ongoing group to run alternate Saturdays. Members will learn to write poetry and short prose inspired by their own perceptions, to encourage self-discovery first, and good writing second. Friendly group discussions will be facilitated. All are welcome. For more information see http://www.spiritualself-inquiry.com or call 607-754-1303.

Lectures Roving Mars: Spirit, Opportunity, and the Explorations of the Red Planet | 4:30 PM- | Lewis Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall, Cornell | Prof. Steven W. Squyres gives Phi Beta

Kappa’s Spring 2015 Distinguished Faculty Invitational Lecture. Free and open to the public. Department of Modern Languages and Literatures Reception | 5:00 PM- | Handwerker Gallery, Job Hall, IC, Ithaca | Caterpillar Gardening: The Plants that Butterflies & Moths Need to Complete Their Life Cycles | 7:00 PM-8:30 PM | Unitarian Church Annex, 208 E Buffalo St, Ithaca | Learn how you can assist butterflies and moths in all stages of their lifecycle as well as distinguish them from pests. Reppy Institute Seminar: “The Vision and the Steps” | 12:15 PM-1:30 PM | Uris Hall G08, Cornell University, Ithaca | Brown bag luncheon. Speaker: Anne I. Harrington, Researcher, ETH Zürich Center for Security Studies, will speak on “The Vision and the Steps: Iran, Weaponless Nuclear Deterrence, and a World Free of Nuclear Weapons.” What You Should Know About Vertigo | 2:00 PM- | Kendal At Ithaca, 2230 N Triphammer Rd, Ithaca | Silver Service Lecture, held in the DeWitt Auditorium. Ashu Ruparelia, MD, of Cayuga Ear, Nose, Throat Head and Neck Surgery Associates will speak. Free and open to the community; light refreshments, free parking. Cayuga Heights’ Centennial Speaker Series: Roundtable | 4:00 PM- | Kendal At Ithaca, 2230 N Triphammer Rd, Ithaca | Longtime village residents will talk about on the nature of community and change in Cayuga Heights as they grew up in the Village and returned to raise their own families here. Ted Danson: “Fish Tales—How Ocean Conservation Became My Passion” | 5:00 PM- | Call Auditorium, Kennedy Hall, Cornell | The actor and environmental activist delivers the 2015 Iscol Distinguished Environmental Lecture on policy changes to save the oceans and make them more able to sustain the world’s growing population. Open to the public.

Learning Community Science Institute: “Community-Based Monitoring in a Changing Climate” | 6:00 PM-8:00 AM | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | How changes in the climate have the potential to impact local water resources and the

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Beverly J. Martin Elementary School April 11, noon – 11:30 p.m.

The Haunt, April 18 – 9 p.m. As part of an extensive headlining tour, Gregory Alan Isakov will play The Haunt this weekend.

The Boston-based Free Raisins will provide the musical inspiration for a day of contra dancing and workshops, with calling by Bob Isaacs. For the complete schedule, visit the Hands Four website at www. hands4dancers.org.

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way we manage our towns and cities. Free and open to the public. Figure Skating Summer Camp Registration | Three camps, July 13-17, July 20-24, and Aug. 10-14, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., for all ages/skill levels. To be held at The Rink 1767 E. Shore Drive. Visit www.annasmovementarts. weebly.com for info. The Key to Healing from Trauma | 7:00 PM-8:15 PM | GreenStar Cooperative Market, 700 W Buffalo St, Ithaca | Will Fudeman leads simple qigong practices. Registration required - sign up at GreenStar’s Customer Service Desk or call 607-273-9392. Long-Term Flood Resiliency for Communities: A Watershed Management Approach | 8:30 AM-1:00 PM | The Space at GreenStar, 700 W Buffalo St, Ithaca | Participants will learn about planning tools for identifying risks to their community, funding sources and what other communities have done to prioritize risks, take preventive measures, and tap into federal and state funding. Put on by Cornell Cooperative Extension. Tompkins Workforce Workshop: Conquering the Interview | 9:00 AM-11:00 AM | Tompkins Workforce New York Career Center, 171 E State St, Ithaca | How to research and prepare prior to an interview, what to expect during an interview, how to follow up after an interview, and how to avoid common problems. Pre-register at 272-7570. Singing Workshop for LGBTQA People & Allies | 12:00 PM- | Handwerker Gallery, Job Hall, Ithaca College | with singer/songwriter Eli Conley Tompkins Workforce: Meet the Employer Session-Ithaca College | 9:00 AM-10:30 AM | Tompkins Workforce New York Career Center, 171 E State St, Ithaca | An Ithaca College HR Representative will share their application process and the benefits of working at Ithaca College. Writing from the Heart Workshop | 1:30 PM-3:30 PM | Trumansburg Conservatory of Fine Arts, Congress at McLallen St, Trumansburg | At 1:30 Ithaca poet Mary Gilliland will offer “Writing from the Heart: A workshop for all ages and all levels of writing experience.” Space is limited for the workshop, so please call 387-3717 or e-mail corivogel@gmail.com to register. Bike Fit & Why It’s So Important | 6:00 PM- | Just Be Cause Center, 1013 W State St, Ithaca | A free training

seminar to help prepare for the summer’s Aids Ride For Life, facilitated by James P. Cunningham, PT, DPT, CSCS, OCS. Bring your bike! Please RSVP; limited room. Greener Homes for a Clean Lake Workshop Series | 7:00 PM-9:00 PM | CCE Education Center, 615 Willow Ave, Ithaca | Learn how everyday products like food storage containers, light bulbs, and deodorant can affect your health and the environment. 4/21: Safe household products; 4/28: Potential Hidden Dangers of Body Care & Cleaning Products. Human Services Coalition Workshop: Understanding Non-Profit Finances | 9:00 AM-12:00 PM | BorgWarner Room, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | With Duane Shoen, CPA; at TCPL. Walk-ins welcome but for logistical reasons, we ask that you pre-register if possible. Scholarship requests must be made in advance. Think Renewable: Go Solar! | 7:00 PM-8:15 PM | GreenStar Cooperative Market, 700 W Buffalo St, Ithaca | Amanda Postma of Renovus Energy will show why it has never been a better time to go solar. Registration required sign up at GreenStar’s Customer Service Desk or call 607-273-9392. Workshop: Eliminating Racism and Understanding White Privilege | 7:00 PM-9:00 PM | Unitarian Church, 306 N Aurora St, Ithaca | This interactive workshop will include the film “Mirrors of Privilege: Making Whiteness Visible,” and the book “Why are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?” Sessions are independent; all are welcome! To sign up, please e-mail hhhelfer@gmail.com.

Nature & Science Specific for this week:

Modest Mouse’s Success in Failure by luke z. fenchel

ew acts have made depression and frustration sound as relatable as Modest Mouse, who return to the region Sunday, April 19, for a sold-out show at Cornell University’s Barton Hall. Vividly-drawn images about buffalo, automobiles, and strip malls serve as metaphors for the loneliness and isolation of the narrator’s interior—a bleak worldview that would be oppressive if not for instrumentation that evokes openness and possibility. Led by Isaac Brock, whose lyrics are closely observed and well-informed (and occasionally quite hilarious), the band emerged from the Northwest postgrunge music scene in the mid-‘90s and, along with many acts of that era, turned explicitly away from the self-aggrandizing of popular rock and roll of the time. Brock compiled an atlas of depression: “I’m trying to drink away the part of the day

visit www.cayugatrailsclub.org. Science Cabaret: To Bee or Not to Bee? That Is the Question | 7:00 PM| Lot 10 Lounge, 106 S Cayuga St, Ithaca | Join us for an interactive discussion about honey bee declines and the underlying causes of “colony collapse disorder.” Entomologist Bryan Danforth will then talk about his primary research on wild bee diversity and how important wild bees are to agricultural pollination. We will have a sweet treat for you at this event!

Books Author Discussion: Stevie Edwards | 6:00 PM- | Buffalo Street Books, 215 N Cayuga St, Ithaca | Stevie Edwards will be reading from her second collection of poetry, Humanly. Writing Department Reading: Predoctoral Diversity Fellows Christine Kitano & Lillian-Yvonne Bertram | 6:00 PM- | Handwerker Gallery, Gannett Center, Ithaca College A Tool in the Hand Is Alive: Gaspereau Press, Printers & Publishers | 6:00 PM-7:00 PM | Stratton Hall Auditorium, Wells College,

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Cayuga Trails Club: Earth Day Hike | 1:00 PM- | Ithaca, , Ithaca | The Cayuga Trails Club will hold its 26th annual Earth Day Hike on a 5-mile loop of the Cayuga Trail, built in 1964. Meet at Cornell Community Gardens on Freese Rd., Varna. For more information, call 607-257-6906 or visit www.cayugatrailsclub.org. Cayuga Trails Club: Cayuga Trail Hike | 5:00 PM- | Ithaca, , Ithaca | The Cayuga Trails Club will lead a 5-mile hike on the Cayuga Trail. Meet at Cornell Community Garden Plots, Freese Rd., Varna. For more information, call 607-257-6906 or

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released last month. that I cannot sleep away.” Few On Strangers to songwriters outside of the blues Ourselves, Brock strives to genre would offer up lyrics so avoid irrelevance through bummed out. grasping at political themes. Modest Mouse released one “Lampshades on Fire,” the masterpiece in 1997, a sprawling first single, includes elements collection of songs called The immediately familiar such Lonesome Crowded West, but as staccato vocal delivery, rather than burn-out as many danceable rhythm, and cohorts did in the late ‘90s, the the background chorus of band somehow made the jump “bup bup bup bup bup bup to popular acclaim with few budadup dup dup dup dup bumps. Each successive album dup dup dubdup;” but Brock retained core elements of the nods at a middle of the road group’s sound, while inviting in disdain for environmental more listeners. Modest Mouse destruction. “Burn it up and were so well known by 2005 that chop it down … we’re the they were name-checked by human race, we’re going to Supreme Justice David Souter in a party at this place, and then famous court opinion addressing move on.” secondary liability in copyright Depletion of the earth’s infringement. resources form a theme on at While the records were least three other prominent famously well produced, the songs—“mankind’s behaving shows were disasters. “I used to like some serial killers” just play those things blotto,” Modest Mouse lead singer Isaac Brock. (Photo: Provided) (“Coyotes”), “oh reckless, feeling Brock said on the radio recently. great, we’re the sexiest of all “And at some point, I started to the band’s catalog. primates” (“The Best Room”), “the world’s doing the math in my head. It was like the The last decade has seen the band an inventor, we’re the dirtiest thing it’s collected amount of time and energy of move from entertained disdain to thought about” (“The Ground Walks with everyone who showed up [there] tonight numbed-out nihilism. With all the “fire it Time in a Box”)—and though no one to see, you know, see us do our songs up”, and “float on”, and “we’ve yet to crash would confuse Brock with Leonard Cohen, really is not worth me having a good buzz but we still might as well and enjoy it,” it it’s hard not to appreciate the attempt. • or whatever. All these people drove. Some is easy to see Modest Mouse as a feel-bad people got babysitters, got the night off party band. Thankfully, Brock has resisted work.” More recent performances live up that direction on the recent record,

Aurora | For the 39th Susan Garretson Swartzburg lecture, Andrew Steeves will discuss his hands-on approach to making contemporary trade books using tools from all ages. Free and open to the public. Contact bookartscenter@ wells.edu for more information. Author Reading: Lisa Harris | 6:00 PM- | Buffalo Street Books, 215 N Cayuga St, Ithaca | Lisa Harris will be reading from her latest novel, Allegheny Dream. Author Reading: April L. Ford | 1:00 PM- | Buffalo Street Books, 215 N Cayuga St, Ithaca | Join author April L. Ford while she reads from her awardwinning debut short story collection, The Poor Children, and chats about writing and anything else. Body Talkin’ Poetry: A Reading by Mary Gilliland | 4:00 PM- | Trumansburg Conservatory of Fine Arts, Congress at McLallen St, Trumansburg | Part two of a 2-part poetry event by noted Ithaca poet Mary Gilliland. Admission is free—donations gratefully accepted! Hit Me! Personal Stories with a Punch Storytelling | 4:00 PM-7:00 AM | Buffalo Street Books, 215 N

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Earlville Galleries Call for 2016 Season Artists | The Earlville Galleries are now accepting proposals for solo artist exhibitions for the 2016 season. Deadline for submissions is May 1. Detailed guidelines and instructions can be found under the Artists & Musicians tab at earlvilleoperahouse.com (direct link: http://bit. ly/1MkDk4P). For more information, call 315-691-3550. Exhibit Opening: First and Last Light in Freeville | 4:00 PM-6:00 PM | FOUND in Ithaca, 227 Cherry St, Ithaca | “First and Last Light in Freeville: the landscape seen from one place” runs through Sunday, April 26. Opening reception on April 16th. Exhibit Opening: Revolt— Aesthetics of Dissent & Disgust | 6:00 PM-9:00 PM, 4/17 Friday | Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell | Free/

Kids Night at the Museum (of the Earth) | 6:00 PM-, 4/17 Friday | Museum of the Earth, 1259 Trumansburg Rd, Ithaca | Enjoy a real-life “Night at the Museum” filled with games, snacks, and Ice Age animal facts as we go on an arctic blast to the past! Sciencenter Celebrates Week of the Young Child! | 10:30 AM-11:30 AM, 4/15 Wednesday | Sciencenter, 601 1st St, Ithaca | Special Story Time, 10:30-11:30 a.m: Join us for fun stories and special activities for young children all week. Create drawings and handprints that will decorate a banner to be displayed in the Sciencenter’s front entrance. Sciencenter Preschool Story Time & Activity: Barnyard Tracks | 10:30 AM-, 4/17 Friday | Sciencenter, 601 1st St, Ithaca | For toddlers and preschoolers, hear the story “Barnyard Tracks” by Dee Dee Duffy and then make silly pig masks.

Sciencenter Preschool Story Time & Activity: Little Cloud | 10:30 AM-, 4/21 Tuesday | Sciencenter, 601 1st St, Ithaca | For toddlers and preschoolers, hear the story “Little Cloud” by Eric Carle and then make your own creative clouds and create scenery. TCPL: Puppy Tales | 2:00 PM-, 4/18 Saturday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | This fun-filled program will feature visits from reading therapy dogs, courtesy of Cornell Companions, dog-themed crafts and snacks. Children of all ages and their families are welcome. Contact the Library’s Youth Services Department at 272-4557 ext. 275. Trees Awake! | 7:00 PM-9:00 AM, 4/18 Saturday | Museum Of The Earth, 1259 Trumansburg Rd, Ithaca | Participants will become “citizen scientists” while observing the wildflowers blooming, the arrival of the first robin, and trees leafing out after a long winter, and will record observations that will be sent to the USA National Phenology Network!

Online Calendar See it at ithaca.com.

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Annie Lewandowski, guitar (pictured) will provide music for 3 films by Gunvor Nelson, in an evening cosponsored by CU Cinema and the Cornell Dept. of Music.

Cinemapolis’ Family Screen Classics series continues with the greatest anarchic comedy ever made--even the director said the Marx Brothers almost drove him mad during filming. Hail, Hail, Fredonia!

Sage Chapel, April 21, 8 p.m.

Cayuga St, Ithaca | Regi Carpenter and the Ithaca College Storytelling Class will appear. Free and open to the public. For more information, www.soaringstories. com or 607-280-1013.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC BUDGET HEARING, PERSONAL REGISTRATION AND ANNUAL MEETING AND ELECTION OF THE ITHACA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Public Budget Hearing of the Ithaca City School District (the “District”) for the discussion of the expenditures and budgeting of funds for the 2015-2016 school

year will be held at the District Administration Building, 400 Lake Street, Ithaca, New York, in the Board Room on May 5, 2015, commencing at 6:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Savings Time (E.D.S.T.).

NOTICE is also given that voting on: (I) the 2015-2016 annual District budget, which will appear on the ballot as Proposition No. 1; (II) the appropriation and expenditure of funds from the District’s “2013 Capital Reserve Fund” to purchase school buses, as set forth in Proposition No. 2; (III) the election of members of the District’s Board of Education; and (IV) the transaction of such other business as is authorized by law, will take place at the Annual District Meeting and Election on Tuesday, May 19, 2015, at the District’s designated polling places, in Election Districts numbered 1-12, between the hours of 12:00 noon and 9 p.m., E.D.S.T., and that voting shall be conducted by voting machine. NOTICE is also given that a copy of a statement prepared by the Board of Education of the estimated expenses and the amount of money that will be required for school purposes for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2016, together with the appendages required by Education Law §1716, may be obtained at each school in the District; at the District Office, 400 Lake Street, Ithaca, New York, on and after May 5, 2015, during the hours of 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., each weekday except Saturday, Sunday or holiday; at the Tompkins County Public Library; and on the District’s internet website at: http://www.ithacacityschools.org. NOTICE is also given, in accordance with §495 of the N.Y. Real Property Tax Law, that the District shall prepare a Real Property Tax “Exemption Report” which will show how much of the assessed value on the final assessment roll (utilized for the school tax levy) is exempt from taxation by the District. The exemption report will list every type of exemption granted and will show: (1) the cumulative impact of each type of exemption; (2) the cumulative amount expected to be received as payments in lieu of taxes (PILOTS), or other payments, from recipients of each type of exemption; (3) the cumulative impact of all exemptions granted. The Exemption Report will be posted on the District’s website and on District bulletin boards utilized for posting public notices. The Exemption Report will be annexed to any preliminary District budget, and will become part of the final budget. NOTICE is also given, that in addition to the proposed District budget for the 2015-2016 fiscal year and school year, which will appear on the ballot as Proposition No. 1, the following proposition will be submitted to the voters: Proposition No. 2 Shall the Board of Education of the Ithaca City School District (“School District”) be authorized to appropriate funds from the School District’s 2013 Capital Reserve Fund in the maximum amount of $890,000 and to expend these funds for the purchase of five (5) 63-passenger school buses, one (1) 63-passenger school bus with a wheelchair lift, one (1) 30-passenger school bus and one (1) 30-passenger school bus with a wheelchair lift?

NOTICE is also given that four members of the Board of Education will be elected. The three Board candidates receiving the highest number of votes will be elected to three-year terms commencing on July 1, 2015. The fourth highest vote getter will win election to the balance of the unexpired term of office of Seth Peacock, ending June 30, 2017, which became vacant due to his resignation from the Board. Pursuant to the provisions of the Education Law, candidates for the office of Member of the Board of Education shall be nominated by petition. A separate petition shall be required to nominate each candidate. Each petition shall be signed by at least 100 qualified voters of the District, and shall state the name and residence of the candidate and each signer. Each petition shall be filed with the Clerk of the District between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. E.D.S.T., but no later than 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, April 29, 2015. Forms of petition may be obtained from the Clerk of the District. NOTICE is given that the District has established personal registration of voters and has divided the School District into 12 election districts. Accordingly, the only persons entitled to vote on May 19, 2015 are those who are “qualified voters” and who are “registered” to vote as set forth herein. To be a “qualified voter” a person must be a citizen of the United States, at least 18 years of age, and a legal resident of the District for a period of 30 days immediately preceding May 19, 2015. If a “qualified voter” has previously registered with the District or with the County Board of Elections and has voted within the last four (4) calendar years, he or she is eligible to vote at the May 19, 2015 Annual District Meeting and Election without re-registering. All other persons who wish to vote at the Annual District Meeting and Election must either pre-register with the District’s Board of Registration as set forth below, or be registered with the Tompkins County Elections Board to vote in general elections, pursuant to the provisions of Article 5 of the Election Law, on the date of the District’s Annual District Meeting and Election. NOTICE is given that, for those “qualified voters” who are not yet “registered” to vote, the District’s Board of Registration will meet in the Office of the Clerk of the School District, 400 Lake Street, Ithaca, New York, on May 7, 2015, between the hours of 12:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. for the purpose of preparing a Register for each school election district, at which time any qualified voter who appears personally before the Board of Registration will be entitled to have his or her name placed on the District’s Register, provided that at such meeting of the Board of Registration, he or she is known or proven to the satisfaction of said Board of Registration to be then or thereafter entitled to vote at such Annual District Meeting and Election for which the Register is prepared. NOTICE is also given that the election Register prepared pursuant to law shall be on file in the Office of the District Clerk, 400 Lake Street, Ithaca, New York, and shall be open for inspection by any qualified voter of the District from May 14, 2015 through May 19, 2015, between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., on any day that the office is open for business. NOTICE is also given that the place in each election district where the vote and election will occur is as follows: Lehman Alternative Community School. 111 Chestnut Street, Ithaca, New York Beverly J. Martin School. 302 West Buffalo Street, Ithaca, New York, Belle Sherman Annex. 75 Cornell Street, Ithaca, New York Caroline School. 2439 Slaterville Road, Ithaca, New York Cayuga Heights School. 110 East Upland Road, Ithaca, New York Danby Fire Hall. 1780 Danby Road, Ithaca, New York Enfield School. 20 Enfield Main Road, Ithaca, New York Fall Creek School. 202 King Street. Ithaca, New York Franziska Racker Centers, Inc. 3226 Wilkins Road. Ithaca, New York Northeast School. 425 Winthrop Drive, Ithaca, New York SOUTH HILL SCHOOL. 520 Hudson Street, Ithaca, New York Varna Community Center. 943 Dryden Road, Ithaca, New York Information regarding the legal boundaries of each election district and directions to the designated voter registration and polling places may be obtained from the Office of the District Clerk during normal business hours. NOTICE is also given that qualified voters of the District may obtain applications for an absentee ballot at the District Office. Completed applications must be received by the District Clerk no later than 5:00 p.m. on May 12, 2015 if the absentee ballot is to be mailed to the voter. If a completed application is received after 5:00 p.m. on May 12, 2015, the absentee ballot will not be mailed, but instead must be delivered personally to the voter. A listing of all persons to whom an absentee ballot is issued will be available for inspection by any qualified voter in the Office of the District Clerk between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. from May 12 through May 18, 2015, other than on a Saturday, Sunday or holiday. Absentee ballots that do not reach the office of the District Clerk by 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, May 19, 2015 will not be canvassed. Dated:

Tuesday, March 24, 2015 Ithaca, New York

By Order of the Board of Education Ithaca City School District By: Danielle DeSilva, District Clerk

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hen colleges go about the process of building athletic programs, there are several obstacles that might get in the way. An elite Division 1 basketball program, for example, may have to deal with the “one and done” trend, as the best players leave for the NBA after one season, leaving the coach to put together the pieces of a puzzle that has been scattered about. Sometimes, coaches leave the program, and many of his or her recruits decide to transfer rather than start at Square One. Community colleges face a different challenge. Players spend Year 1 learning the ropes and adjusting to collegelevel competition and when Year 2 rolls around, they hope to parlay that familiarity and team chemistry into a winning combination. They don’t have a lot of time to waste, because it will be—no matter what—“two and done.” The Tompkins Cortland Community College softball team has a few second-year players—and a second-year coach—and they are all working together to bring the program back to national prominence. The coach, Paige Freeman, has been a part of the program since playing on the national championship team in 2009. As a freshman that year, Paige hit .384 with seven doubles and 22 RBIs, and she followed that up the next season by hitting .305 with three homers and 21 RBIs, and she was named to the Region III All-Tournament team. She joined the coaching staff as an assistant under Brent Doane, was elevated to associate head coach in 2013, and took over the reins last year. Sophomores Ruthanne Forehand and Kailyn Andrews are the team’s co-captains this year, and I asked Andrews—who was a teammate of my daughter for 5 years in travel ball—if she felt any pressure in that role. She replied, “I do feel some pressure, but I also know that I am only expected to do what I can. The coach knows what it’s like to be a player here—so that helps a lot—and she knows that Ruthanne and I will do our best.” Given we just had a winter that refused to relinquish its grip, by the time the Panthers got out of the gym, they were in a little over their heads playing against teams that had several games under their belts. “When we played our first game of the season, it was against OCC (Onondaga Community College), and they had already played twelve games,” Kailyn said. “It was definitely a struggle.” After dropping that season-opening double header, the Panthers travelled to Mohawk Valley CC, and things started off 32 The I thaca Times / Apr

on a similar rough note. The hosts jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the first inning, but that changed in the third inning when the Panthers’ bats came out of hibernation. Andrews—a right-handed hitter with a smooth as silk swing—stepped up to the plate with the bases loaded. Her parents were there, and, Jim Andrews had this to say: “I tend to get a little disoriented, but we finally found the field. Kailyn got up with the bases loaded, and as soon as she hit it, I said, ‘That’s gone! It was her first collegiate home run, and I’m glad Barb

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and I were there to see it!” The Panthers went on to win 9-6 for their first victory of the season, and while that was Andrews’ first home run, it was really not a surprise. The Ithaca High grad was All-Conference in the MSAC last year, and she paid her dues by playing many years of travel ball. As the Panthers’ catcher, she has every intention of continuing to sharpen her game, as she will carry on her softball career at SUNY Oswego next year. “Being behind the plate and calling the pitches definitely helps me in my leadership role,” Andrews said. “I’m getting used to it.” The Panthers’ pitching staff is gearing up for a challenging workload, as the early inclement weather caused several delays and makeup dates. “Our last rainout got moved to Tuesday,” Andrews said, “and that was our only day off.” Other local players suiting up for TC3 are Ruthanne Forehand (Groton), Kaylehgh Hotchkin and Seychelle DeChellis (Lansing) Rachel Hollander (Newfield) and Victoria Morse (Newark Valley). • i l

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CHURCH CHOIR DIRECTOR FOR CHILDREN--The First Presbyterian Church of Ithaca is seeking a director for its Children’s (K--5th grade) Choirs. He or she will prepare students to sing in worship on a regular basis. Submit a resume of qualifications and experience and a list of three references electronically at office@firstpresithaca.org or by mail to Children’s Choir Director Search, First Presbyterian Church Ithaca, 315 North Cayuga Street, Ithaca, NY 14850

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An Elegant Restoration The Dewitt Park Inn is Right Downtown By C a s san dra Palmy ra At A Glance Price: $995,000 Location: 308 N. Cayuga St., City of Ithaca School District: Ithaca City Schools Beverly J. Martin Elementary MLS#: 300733 Contact: Kristin Ahlness, Licensed Real Estate Broker, RealtyUSA Real Estate Phone: (607) 220-5424 (office) Website: www.homesweetithaca. com

he house at 308 N. Cayuga St. faces Dewitt Park and it is bigger than it looks. The main house was built in 1821 in urban Colonial style with the main gable oriented parallel to the road and Federalist elements like the fan window over the front door. It has been added onto several times since then. An entire apartment was added to the south side of the rear of the house in the late 19th century, after the Civil War, judging by the beautiful wrought railings on its porch. A small two-story addition to the north side of the house was originally a porch on the second floor, but is now an enclosed all-season room. The first floor of this area has become the kitchen. The property has a surprising large back yard, which extends back to a public parking lot. It has been planted with perennial bulbs and ornamental shrubs and trees. When you enter the front door you can see what the early 20th century FourSquares were copying. The stairst to the second floor are on your right and the living room is to your left with the dining room beyond it in the back of the original house. The kitchen is behind the stairs. The woodwork in the house is painted, which was the style of the day. It is likely made of hemlock, pine or another soft wood. It is beautifully routed, however, and has been stripped down to the milk paint and re-painted. All the details are sharp. The floors are wide plank yellow pine and they too have been beautifully restored. The fireplaces are faced with marble of unknown provenance. It was unusual for exotic stone to be brought here before there was a way to transport it by canal boat, which would not have occurred until two years after this house was built. The “apartment” is accessed from the dining room. It includes a sitting room

that looks out into a side garden over the wrought iron railing. There is a kitchenette behind it that has been added by the present owners. It has granite counters and elegantly simple cabinetry (period appropriate) with enamel pulls. You step down into a spacious bedroom that looks out onto the back garden. There is a large walk-in closet and a bathroom with a tub/shower. The tiling in all the bathrooms in this house (and there are many) is selected with care and provides textural interest to the rooms. The main kitchen has copper top counters, but the most eye-catching feature is oddly the ceiling, which is covered with chestnut paneling apparently repurposed from elsewhere. The railing and spindles on the stair are mahogany. Again, as with the marble this unusual for a house of this vintage. The second floor has two large guest rooms. The front room has a marble-faced fireplace like the ones on the first floor. The floors on the second story are of the same quality as the first. Both guest rooms have attached bath rooms. The former second floor porch is now set up as a massage room. The light just pours in. There is a smaller guest room on the third floor and a charming 1970s style bathroom. What was once the servants quarters is now accessible by a short stair from the first floor. Two small rooms have been combined into one and a full bathroom has been imaginatively added to the floor plan. This is about half a floor above the first level and looks out on the back yard. The basement is an unexpected world onto its own. In the days of servants, it must have been a busy place. There are several rooms. The one you alight in as you descend the stairs has been converted to a combined bedroom and studio. The stone foundation has been exposed on the outside walls. Tongue-in-groove siding covers the upper third of the interior walls. The rest of the basement includes a laundry room and plenty of working space. In the hall leading to the outdoors you will find a bread baking oven and a cistern. The building has been used as a bed and breakfast for several years. Before its restoration it was used as an antique store and as the offices of Cornell professor and economist Alfred Kahn. It is right down town with a natural foods store across the square and other amenities within easy walking distance. Upstate New York urban living at its most elegant. •

The front of 308 N. Cayuga St. (above) and one of the guest rooms. (Photos: Cassandra Palmyra)

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The Lansing-Ithaca Rotary Club The Lansing Lions and the Lansing Faculty are holding their annual Chix BQ on Wednesday, April 29, 4pm-7pm at Lansing High School. The prices will be $9 for a half-chicken dinner, $7 for a quarter-chicken dinner, and $7 for a half-chicken only (not a dinner). We welcome take-outs, but would love to have you stay and talk in the cafeteria. The proceeds will go to the Rotary Exchange Program, Lansing Faculty scholarships, and charity programs for the Lions’ choosing

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