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support of the Republican members of the Tompkins County Legislature, “strongly opposes these proposals to weaken the elected office of Sheriff and/or to strip the Sheriff of independence,” according to a press release from the party.

“The office of an independent sheriff is critical, as the sheriff provides elected and independent local voter control over law enforcement,” stated Drader in the release. “The office is deeply rooted in our law dating back many centuries. And, if the public feels a sheriff is not doing a good job, that is why we have elections.”

Sigler agrees. “The sheriff is the second highest law enforcement official in the state,” he said. “For our county, this is

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Unified Logo For Republicans Favor School Sports Teams Elected Sheriff he Ithaca City School District’s new athletic director unveiled a redesigned logo at the board of education (BOE) meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 9, and detailed several new initiatives to unify the community behind its sports teams.

David Hanna, who took over as ICSD’s athletic and wellness officer on June 1 after four years of being an assistant coach for the Cornell football team, has worked aggressively this summer to bring the district’s sports teams together under one logo and one mindset.

Hanna commissioned the new logo, an imposing “I” composed of gold and cardinal red, because he realized that the many teams throughout the district used numerous color and logo combinations.

The logo, which was designed using funding from boosters, represents Hanna’s larger goal of trying to bring disparate teams together under one image and inspire younger players to want to play for the district and interact with the community.

New this year is a requirement by Hanna that all sports teams hold two outreach events in Ithaca, whether by taking part in reading programs at the elementary school, managing a public race for charity or buying Christmas gifts for a family through the Salvation Army’s Adopt-A-Family program.

“Athletics, really, for many, is the hook—the thing that pulls kids into the educational process and keeps them engaged,” Hanna said. “There’s nothing more powerful than a mother of a fifthgrader who can actively say ‘you can’t do that until your grades are such and such.’”

Hanna said in an interview after the BOE meeting that he believes team captains and student athletes with leadership skills can play a bigger role on their teams and in the classroom.

“I don’t want to step on coaches’ toes and be in the huddle, that’s not my job,” Hanna said. Instead, he wants to help athletes be strong leaders on their teams and role models in the classroom and community.

Drawing on his experience in coaching college football, Hanna is creating the Captain’s Council, which will include the captains from every junior varsity and varsity sport. The group will meet once a month during the school day and discuss how to prevent hazing,

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he Tompkins County Republican Party announced last week that it supports an online petition to preserve the elected office of sheriff despite the fact that in Tompkins County voters are unlikely to choose a Republican to fill the role. As of Aug. 15 the change. org petition had 308 signatures; Legislator Michael Sigler (R-Lansing) said that there is no magic number that would make the legislature act on a petition. The best thing people can do to support any cause, he said, is show up at the meetings—“The more people in the room,” he said, “the better.”

The legislature has been debating the merits of several proposals ever since its Charter Review Committee voted July 26 to recommend a change to the sheriff ’s position. The Government Operations County Legislator Mike Sigler (R-Lansing) (File photo) Committee currently favors a local law that would change the entire office (all the duties) of it—it’s the top position, and I just believe it sheriff from an elected to an appointed should be elected.” position while the Charter Review Current Tompkins County Sheriff Committee favors an alternate option that Ken Lansing, who ran as an independent, retains an elected position but splits the is also adamantly opposed to altering the sheriff ’s duties. Under the latter the elected position. sheriff would be in charge of the Tompkins Legislator Daniel Klein (D-Danby), County Jail and other civil functions, chair of the Government Operations but law enforcement authority would Committee, is a proponent of appointing be transferred to an appointed police the sheriff. There are 460 law enforcement commissioner. agencies in New York State with an The Tompkins Republican Party, appointed chief (including villages, cities speaking for 12,529 registered Republicans across Tompkins County through its continued on page 7 chairman, James Drader, and with the

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▶ Making Wetlands, On Thursday, Aug. 18 from 6 to 8:30 p.m. New Roots Charter School students invite the public to a presentation about the natural and historical value of wetlands at the site of their bioremediation project at Stewart Park. Food will be provided by Congo Square Market and there will be live music performances by London McDaniel and Shaka.

New Roots students are planting native wetland species on a 50’x 50’ plot in Ithaca’s Stewart Park in order to demonstrate

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he Ithaca Times followed up on a protest by Walter Hang of Toxic Targeting by contacting representatives from Dominion Transmission and the New York State Department of Conservation (DEC) for responses. Hang opposes the upgrading of a natural gas pipeline that runs through our region.

On July 29 Hang called a press conference on Ellis Hollow Creek Road near the Borger Station of the Dominion natural gas pipeline. The distribution company is in the process of going through the permitting process to build the “New Market expansion,” so-called, Dominion says, because there is increasing demand for natural gas in the Capital Region, which is served by National Grid. The expansion consists of adding a total 33,000 horsepower of compressor power at several locations along the route of the pipeline, although not the Dryden station, where the proposed work does not require permitting from the New York State Department of Conservation (DEC).

Hang used the Freedom of Information Law to get access to complete records of 114 accidents along the pipeline, including the pre-2000 period when it was owned

by Consolidated Natural Gas (CNG).

The data accessible to the public is full of redactions; Hang’s report included the full record kept from the DEC database.

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recognize bullying and work toward team unity.

Hanna will also be meeting regularly with the new Leadership Council, a group of athletes who are not captains but whose coaches identified them as possessing leadership skills. “It doesn’t make much sense to wait until someone’s a 12th grader to start training someone on how to be a leader,” Hanna said.

The district, under Hanna’s direction, is also starting the Triple Threat education campaign, which will encourage students to play a sport during the fall, winter and spring seasons, rather than specializing in one sport at a young age.

“The research shows that kids who play two or more sports do better because they budget their time better, they get less injuries and they’re more likely to get scholarships,” Hanna said. “Maybe a sport is their third-favorite right now, but in 10th grade, their body grows out and that ends up being their favorite sport.”

He said playing a variety of sports allows athletes to avoid using the same

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He made seven accident reports available to the media; two of them described incidents at the Borger Station that occurred in 1991 and 1998.

The 1998 report documented the spilling of 1 gallon of “unknown petroleum” and stated that the cleanup operation did not meet the standards of the Clean Water Act. Hang’s argument is that Section 401 of the act is quite clear that no pipeline may be expanded or upgraded if it has experienced spills that have not been cleaned up to standards stipulated by the Clean Water Act, which means drinking water supplies may not be affected.

The 1991 report states that the cause of the spill was “tank overfill” but lists the

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muscles all year long, decreasing the likelihood of injury.

The campaign will aim to remind both students and parents, Hanna said, that children should experiment with many sports at a younger age and avoid specializing in one set of skills.

Triple Threat will “educate our parents and educate our students in the community to remind them why they’re playing sports,” Hanna said. “They’re meant to be fun, they’re meant to be enjoyed, and many times they’re meant to be played without any end in mind—just for the joy.”

amount spilled as 0 gallons. It also states that it is unknown as to whether the cleanup met standards. In comments at the bottom of the report it is noted that the concern is whether PCBs have gotten into the soil surrounding the buried tank (the report is associated with its removal) and contaminated groundwater. The residents of Ellis Hollow Creek Road draw their drinking water from wells supplied by groundwater.

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Hanna clearly takes his job seriously.

His work begins right when physical education classes end, he said, and he focuses on how to increase movement for students throughout the day.

The athletics director said he is considering the idea of having teachers incorporate minor physical activity during class periods to activate the brain, and he has been working with the food service staff to make sure that student athletes are able to get enough food throughout the day, including meals to take with them to games at other schools.

The district also hopes to unveil a new athletics website, funded by boosters, in September that will include updated game scores and resources for athletes and parents.

Also at Tuesday’s BOE meeting, superintendent Luvelle Brown encouraged local residents to attend the high school’s August graduation in the Blackbox Theatre on Aug. 22, saying that the district may have one of its highest graduation rates ever by the end of the summer. • – Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs

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ate Shanks Booth, the new executive director of the Women’s Opportunity Center, started last week, taking over from the retiring director Dammi Herath. She came to Ithaca as a trailing spouse, the partner now wife of a Cornell graduate student. For the past six years she has been working as the assistant director of the Cayuga Heights after-school program.

Shanks Booth is originally from northwestern Missouri, and went to college at Missouri Western State University in St. Joseph, Missouri, about 45 minutes north of Kansas City. She graduated with a degree in business administration and economics and immediately became the head of childcare services for the St. Josephs school district. This includes 15 centers and 150 employees—the population of St. Joseph is over 76,000—that took care of 1,000 children each year.

A levy that would have supported continuing the child-care program did not pass and Shanks Booth moved on to the Community Action Agency for whom she did strategic planning. When her partner was accepted to Cornell, they moved to Ithaca and Shanks Booth began a master’s in business administration and non-profit management through SUNY Empire State College. She finished that last December.

Ithaca Times: How does being involved with after-school programs set you up to work at the Women’s Opportunity Center?

Kate Shanks Booth: Child-care is a huge barrier for women in the workplace, so understanding that and understanding how we can work to overcome those barriers … knowledge of that is really good. But I think it was my experience with child-care services, running and doing the budgets, doing human resources, payroll, the whole nine yards. And my experience with strategic planning: the Community Action Program was a multi-service agency; they house things like HeadStart, weatherization, community development, and workforce.

So it was a matter of tearing down those silos and getting everyone to work as one agency and one organization, which was a little tricky. Those are the skill sets that brought me into this.

IT: What attracted you to doing this kind of work?

KSB: Well, for most people who do non-profit work, you’re motivated intrinsically by the mission, right? I decided a long time ago that helping people was something that I really wanted to do. I knew I wanted to be the executive director of some sort of organization that

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immediate needs. gave back to the community. In St. Joseph The thing that really impressed me I was involved in the Leadership St. Joseph was the on-the-job training that they do program, which is training for non-profit at the Mary Durham Boutique. I think it’s leaders; it’s done through the United an incredible program and I’d like to see it Way. It was one of the most really expand and grow. amazing experiences that IT: What kind of changes would you I’ve ever had. So, I knew like to make? from that that I wanted KSB: I’d like to grow it. Thinking to become involved in long term, because we’re connected to something that really Syracuse, I’d like to take the model up gave back. there and use it here as well.

When I wrapped up IT: How is it different? my master’s I was looking KSB: They teach a lot of around for someone who computer skills, whereas does really good work here we focus on on-thewith high impact, job training. We do over something that computer classes upstairs, can sustainably do but the populations are really good things. different, so they way we I’m passionate go about serving them is about kids, and different. [About a decade what better way ago Women’s Opportunity to help kids than Center took over the to help their Displaced Homemakers moms? I just of Syracuse and inherited sort of lined their training programs and up. [Women’s model.]

Opportunity IT: Is there anything that Center] you’ve seen at your previous just does jobs that you would like to see incredible here? stuff?

KSB: It would be really IT: So great to see child-care. I don’t how did you necessarily think that opening a find out about center would be something we’d Women’s do, but I think that partnering Opportunity with local child-care from Center? infants all the way up to afterKSB: Honestly, school, and being able to get like a lot of people funding to hold slots, so that I didn’t really know women who start jobs can have a whole lot about it. a place to take their kids that It’s been around for is safe, so that they can focus 30 years and it’s like on other things, depending on a well-kept treasure. what their needs are and what I’d tell people, “I they’re dealing with. In my past going to be the experience I know how trying executive director it can be to find quality childof the Women’s care. It doesn’t matter where you Opportunity Center” are; there aren’t enough space and I’d tell them for the children that need it. what we do, and And it’s getting more and more they’d say, “That’s expensive. I would be good to be awesome! Is that in able to help offset that cost.

Ithaca?” So, that’s one I’d also like to see if we of the things we’re could set up some partnerships going to work on: with local businesses, to see if getting our name out we could do some on the job there, so we can training beyond the [Mary continue to do Durham] Boutique. From what the good work people have said, we do a lot that we’re doing. of work with the ReUse Center. I’d Dammi put like to continue relationship like that her retirement letter on the and work with other people. I think the [human services] listserv ability to get someone and my Kate Shanks Booth (Photo: Casey Martin) on-the-job training when supervisor they come to you with no at the time training is just huge. It saw it and is a great way to disrupt that generational said, “You should really look at this.” So poverty cycle. • I did some research and I was just really impressed with what they do and how – Bill Chaisson long they’ve been around, and how they editor@ithacatimes.com are able to take care immediately of really T

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▶ Willows Wept, In spite of opposition from residents, Parkgrove LLC, the new owners of Chateau Claire Apartments, behind the Small Mall in Lansing, cut down a row of willow trees in order to build parking garages. According to county legislator Dooley Kiefer, the residents had not asked for garages and had tied yellow ribbons around the trees in protest.

Heard&Seen ▶ Teachers Give Apple, State Senate candidate Leslie Danks Burke announced today that she has received the endorsement from New York State United Teachers, New York’s largest union representing over 600,000 teachers and education professionals across the state. ▶ Top Stories on the Ithaca Times website for the week of Aug. 10-16 include: 1) Ithaca City Schools Unveil New Unifying Logo 2) Non-Binary Ithaca: The “T” in LGBT 3) Making Films in Ithaca: IC professor behind the lens 4) Leslie Puryear: Organizer, Mentor 5) Chinese Painter Lights Up Autumn Leaves Used Books For these stories and more, visit our website at www.ithaca.com.

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The Student Housing Ripple F ewer than 30 percent of homes in the city of Ithaca are owneroccupied. This is low even for a college town. A growing number of houses are rented to undergraduates because Cornell has steadily increased its enrollment since 2005, while building no new housing for undergraduates.

If the Town of Ithaca planning board process goes well (for the university), Cornell will soon tear down and rebuild the Maplewood graduate housing so that it can be home to three times as many graduate students. Representatives from the university appeared at early town government meetings that discussed Maplewood, and told town officials that Cornell provides housing for a lower percentage of its graduate students than any of its peer institutions. It felt odd as a local resident to hear a university representative tell a town official that the reason it was going to build more housing for its students was not because there is a housing shortage, but because Cornell must keep up with the Joneses.

Over the last 12 years the number of graduate students has been growing more rapidly than the number of undergraduates, which is important in terms of the housing market, as we shall see. As of last fall there were 14,315 undergrads, 5,265 graduate students and 2,324 professional-program students.

Graduate and professional students add up to only 35 percent of the student population, but only 11 percent of them

have university housing.

A lot people took one look at Collegetown Terrace and assumed that this relatively massive (for Ithaca) student residential project was going to make some sort of dent in the housing crunch caused by the growing number of students. John Novarr of NovarrMackesy, the owner of Collegetown Terrace has stated that if you take into account all the student housing he torn down to build Collegetown Terrace, the net gain of units is only 533. A “gain” of that size doesn’t really change the vacancy rate (which is about 2.5 percent) because we are talking about a very large student renter population.

According to Cornell Student Life, 45 percent of undergraduate students live off campus, or 6,442 people to house.

But since 89 percent of Cornell graduate students live in off-campus housing that means although the population is smaller, the number who live in town is large: 6,754.

Thirty percent of 6,124 Ithaca College undergraduate students live off campus, another 1,837 people to house.

The number of Ithaca College graduate students is pretty negligible (e.g., ~36 in the business school). But when you add up all these students (and don’t worry about Finger Lakes School of Massage students and any TC3 folks who live down here), then you are still talking continued on page 7

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ews item: After listening to concerns from the Ithaca community, both in favor and against, the Ithaca Police Department decided to postpone scheduled extra patrols for pedestrian violations between July 22 and 25. A press release had said that officers working the extra patrols would be patrolling during “various hours of the day and night” and utilizing a zero tolerance approach for all violations observed.

The goal of these designated patrols is to increase pedestrian safety within the streets, sidewalks, and crosswalks in Ithaca.”

In cancelling the patrols, Police Chief John Barber said, “we will gather more data on the issues surrounding pedestrian, bicycle, and motor vehicle crosswalk safety and will develop a comprehensive strategy to address the problem.”

“The IPD prides itself on listening to the voices in our community, and this is a great example of folks expressing their concerns,” stated a later press release issued by the police department.

SCENE: a marked IPD cruiser, on routine street patrol in the City of Ithaca. At the wheel is grizzled no-nonsense veteran OFFICER PULOVSKI, two weeks from retirement. To his considerable irritation, he has been paired for the balance of his career with new academy graduate and first-day rookie OFFICER ACKERMAN. ACKERMAN: Gosh, you must have seen it all in your career, I’ll bet! I have so much to learn. I mean, I went to the academy and all, but there’s no substitute for experience, am I right? Guess you must have a million stories, huh?

PULOVSKI: (staring straight ahead with one ‘I’m too old for this’ eyebrow raised) Hm. (A long moment ensues, but then

ACKERMAN spots two pedestrians starting to cross North Albany Street at West State Street while the ‘Don’t Walk’ sign is flashing.)

ACKERMAN: Stop the car! Stop the car! That’s a violation of Section 112 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law! Plain as day!

PULOVSKI: (calmly) Can’t touch ‘em, kid. The chief says hands off jaywalkers.

ACKERMAN: But … but … (as they approach the Commons, two women can be seen walking and smoking in front of Moonies) Oh my gosh! A violation of City Code section 280-4c, right in front of us!

Let me take this one!

PULOVSKI: Settle down, Champ.

The chief met with members of the Ithaca community. Turns out they like jaywalking and smoking. Nothing we can do.

ACKERMAN: It makes no sense, sir.

These are laws! (A car speeds by, the driver obviously texting. ACKERMAN looks at PULOVSKI) Surely…

PULOVSKI: Look around, Rook. You think people feel entitled to jaywalk? It’s practically a constitutional right to text and drive. And speeding? Forget about it! IPD is going to gather more evidence on texting and driving safety and develop a comprehensive strategy to address the problem. Until then, our hands are tied.

(The radio crackles “citizen complaint about swimming at Six Mile Creek dam”.

PULOVSKI doesn’t appear to take notice.)

ACKERMAN: Sir, isn’t that a 114-7?

Wait! (suddenly beaming) Let me try … people have been swimming there forever and it’s part of Ithaca culture, so we’re not going to enforce it. Am I right?

PULOVSKI: (grudgingly impressed) Know what, Rook? You just might make a cop one day … •

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It’s encouraging to see that the Simeon’s reconstruction is almost complete, but nothing can erase the horror of an out of control truck crashing into the Commons and taking away innocent life. It’s entirely proper that the site should be rebuilt, but what has changed otherwise? Truck traffic still hurtles down Route 79 at high speeds and adding a few signs may assuage the traffic planners implicit guilt, but it doesn’t make the road safer. How about banning trucks from Route 79/ East State Street altogether?

With the recent rush to rapid development, Ithaca is at a crossroads.

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town with small streets and limited traffic, or an extended strip mall composed of fast traffic and fast food, erasing nature and native charm?

New York City wrestled with this conundrum, personified in the clash between Robert Moses and Jane Jacobs. One built the Cross Bronx Expressway, which effectively killed a neighborhood and sent surrounding areas into terminal decline, while the other successfully opposed building a similar speedway through Greenwich Village. If you don’t overbuild, the traffic won’t get out of control.

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about 15,033 students to find homes for.

As is well known, many of these students come from regions where the cost of living is much higher than it is in Tompkins County (even though the cost of living in this county seems high to upstaters). The average rent in Boston is $2,100 per month and climbing. The average rent for a one-bedroom in New York City is $2,852 per month. The average rent for a two-bedroom apartment in suburban New Jersey is $1,300 per month, which the standard formula of spending 30 percent of your yearly salary on rent suggests you should be making $52,347.

According to censusreporter.org, the median annual household income in Ithaca is only $30,318, about half of the amount in New York State, $58,687. The median rent in Ithaca is $995, which means that almost 40 percent of the median family income goes to pay the median annual rent. The high median rent relative to income is caused by parents living in places like Boston, New York City, and northern New Jersey thinking $995 is pretty good deal, which allows local landlords to successfully demand that rate, regardless of local incomes.

This means that owning incomeproducing properties in Ithaca is a pretty smart move, which brings us back to the fact that about 74 percent of housing is renter-occupied. One of the effects of this high number is that almost everyone lives near rental housing, which is often not as well maintained as owner-occupied housing. There are several reasons for this. You can blame the landowners, who skimp on maintenance to make more money from their student renters. But you can also blame the student renters, most of whom have never taken care of property before and all too often trash the place where they live, more often out of heedlessness than out of any malicious intent. Nevertheless, the result is a very beat-up piece of real estate that a landowner may simply despair about making attractive.

Homeowners surrounded by studentoccupied housing have little incentive to keep up appearances and, until recently, many areas of Ithaca were looking very shabby. But in the last five years or so, something has happened. Some very large and visible houses have suddenly been given attractive paint jobs, had their trim work repaired, and even seen their front yards spruced up. Obvious examples are to be seen along North Geneva Street in the 100 and 200 blocks, but you can see examples of this everywhere. For whatever reason, landowners—both landlords and homeowners—are investing in the appearance of their homes and when someone sees their neighbors doing it, they seemed driven to “keep up with the Joneses,” and they call the contractors too.

This is a difficult thing to measure, but to this observer it seems like a bona fide trend. Nothing has really changed in the market to make this happen: the vacancy rate is still really low, the percentage of

renter-occupied homes remains high, rents and property taxes remain high relative to incomes. Real estate prices, however, do continue to climb. How would that affect a landowner’s willingness to improve a property? No idea, really, but it is encouraging to think that Ithacans would more or less en masse decide to make the city more attractive without any real economic reason, but perhaps only because they are tired of the shabbiness.

In the meantime, developers are pecking away at housing those 15,000 (and growing) students. They are slowed in this effort every step of the way by nostalgic residents and fussy (and downright indecisive) city board members, but the housing is being built. Can they get ahead of the growth of student numbers? Maybe.

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cash or community, cars or people?

The killer truck was delivering cars.

The life lost can never be compensated for, but the sacrifice should not be in vain. Let the tragedy galvanize a movement to make Ithaca safer place, where traffic moves at a non-lethal pace, rather than have a return to business as usual, in which speed of traffic flow trumps common decency and safety.

If banning trucks from scenic, hilly Route 79 is too extreme a measure, then, at the very least, a series of traffic lights, stop signs and speed bumps are called for.

If the road is too slow for fast traffic, so be it; people in a rush will find somewhere else to go.

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and towns), and only 54 law enforcement agencies with an elected sheriff, he pointed out. “Electing someone to lead law enforcement is the exception rather than the rule,” he said.

Klein argues that Republicans should support an appointed sheriff. “There will never be a Republican sheriff in Tompkins County because Democrats far outnumber Republicans; however, the County Legislature can and does appoint Republicans to important positions in Tompkins County,” he said.

“One example is Lee Shurtleff, the director of Tompkins County’s Department of Emergency Response (911 plus more),” said Klein. “Lee is not only a Republican activist, he was a delegate to the convention for Donald Trump. Yet we appointed him to his position. Lee could never get elected sheriff in this county, but he could get appointed.”

Sigler acknowledges the dilemma.

“From a Republican standpoint, it transcends politics,” he said. “Maybe people should stop looking at it as a political issue and look at who is the best

for the position.”

In other counties with appointed sheriffs it is an elected official who decides who to appoint, not the legislature, Sigler said. The county executives in Nassau County and Westchester counties appoint their sheriffs, according to Klein, and the mayor of New York City appoints its sheriff. (Joseph Fucito is sheriff of all five boroughs.)

“Tompkins County does not have a county executive nor a mayor,” said Klein, “so the proposal would be to have the sheriff appointed by the highest elected office in our county, which is the county legislature.”

Sigler said this is an important distinction because an elected official responsible for appointing the sheriff can be unseated if the public disapproves of his or her choice, making it easier to hold him or her accountable than an entire majority of a legislature.

In the recent press release, Drader also brings up issues of efficiency and cost.

“Why incur the salaries and benefits of both an elected Sheriff but with reduced duties and at the same time hire an appointed County Police Chief at a high salary?” he asked. “Aren’t taxes already high enough?” • The Tompkins County Legislature is expected to vote at its August 16 meeting on whether to hold a public hearing regarding this issue, but the outcome of that meeting was not available at the time of publication.

their air quality permit from the DEC. (Compressor station motors vent to the atmosphere.) “We applied almost two years ago,” he said of the DEC process.

“We’ve provided them with everything they need.”

The Virginia-based Dominion representative described the demand for gas in Albany and Schenectady as “huge” and that 80 percent of it was needed for the generation of electricity. Further compression of the gas in the pipeline would make possible transmission of greater volumes without adding pipe (there are already two, running parallel).

Kevin Hale, the chief emergency response coordinator for the DEC and a hydrogeologist who has worked for the department for 20 years, admitted that their database was not perfect. When he double-checked on whether or not incidents had met cleanup standards, he was able to find records indicating that they had been, although the public database FOILed by Hang did not indicate it.

The reports themselves appear contradictory on the face of it. The category of the 1998 Borger Station spill was said to be “Possible petroleum release with minimum potential for … drinking water contamination …” Yet the data sheet also indicates the “Resource(s) Affected” to be “groundwater.”

“The initial information rarely proves to be completely accurate,” said Hale. “We get 14,000 phone calls a year, and we do triage to find out what needs a response. Half the time it’s someone complaining about their neighbor.” In the case of the 1998 incident the caller was an employee of the environmental consulting agency who was overseeing the removal of a tank.

As for whether or not cleanups meet standards, when supplied with the DEC spill numbers, Hale said that his records showed that they had met standards.

“Petroleum is biodegradable,” the hydrogeologist said, qualifying this by stipulating that it be in the presence of oxygen. Groundwater is oxygenated. “We essentially ‘lance’ it and Mother Nature takes care of the rest. A year or two after a spill things are back to normal.”

He described products like #2 heating oil and diesel as having little ability to have health and environmental impacts. One of Hang’s reports, however, showed a spill that included benzene. Hale said benzene was more dangerous because it was watersoluble and could therefore cross the cell membrane in organisms.

“Groundwater moves in feet per day,” Hale said. “As long as we’re talking about naturally-occurring hydrocarbons [which includes benzene], by the time they reach 50 feet away from the spill we can’t measure them in groundwater.” •

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PCBs were found upon testing of soil samples from the site.

The reports from other sites along the pipeline described larger spills, but followed the similar pattern of apparently not having met cleanup standards.

“The mandate is that they must absolutely guarantee that there are no problems for groundwater,” said Hang on July 29. His general statement regarding gas pipelines was “anything that can go wrong, does go wrong.”

Dominion Transmission representative Frank Mack said that the gas distribution company’s environmental technicians looked at the DEC database and found that all the spill incident cases were declared to be closed.

“We’ve had some accidents,” Mack said, “some so minor that there’s not even an environmental impact, but if we have a drop spilled, we always call the DEC because the state has more stringent guidelines that the feds do.”

Mack said that from Dominion’s perspective all the incidents that Hang described had been taken care of. “But you should call the DEC to verify this,” he said.

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hen Jon Roman joined the Candor Fire Department in 1990, he was one of about a dozen junior members between 16 and 18 years old. Now, the department has no junior members and hasn’t had a more than one at any time in the last 10 years.

Roman, who became chief of the department in 2007, said the decrease in volunteering worries him constantly.

“Every time, if I’m out of town, wondering who’s there to respond, it’s definitely a concern,” he said. “If there are multiple calls at once, you just have to deal with it how you can.”

Lee Shurtleff, the director and fire coordinator of the Tompkins County Department of Emergency Response and former chief of the Groton Fire Department, said it has become much more difficult to recruit new members.

“When I go to a fire scene today,” Shurtleff said, “I’m seeing the same people I saw 20 years ago—no new faces. We’re all 20 years older, trying to do the same job, and the number of calls we’re responding to are increasing on a yearly basis.”

Shurtleff arrived at the scene of a structure fire on President’s Day in 2015 to find just five other firefighters, only one of whom was under 40. There would have been four times as many people there 20 years ago, he said.

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Local fire chiefs point the large time commitment, strenuous training and a culture shift away from fire stations as community centers as reasons why young people are no longer volunteering as they used to.

Doug Keefe, chief of the Speedsville Fire Company in Caroline and president of the County Fire and EMS Chiefs Association, posed the question to Cornell business students last year. They interviewed 200 volunteers and non-volunteers to determine how local departments could bring in new recruits.

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C ay u g a H e i g h t s F i r e C h i e f G e o r g e Ta m b o r e l l e ( P h o t o : C a s e y M a r t i n) draw from Cornell students who applied to Cornell EMS. The student researchers found that residents want more community involvement from the fire department, in the form of community dinners or other local events.

Another key finding, Keefe said, is that many fire departments need to take what they can get, even if that means people who offer to cut the grass or fill the truck’s tires rather than join the firefighting force itself.

Even with the survey results, Keefe said the volunteerism forecast is not looking good.

There are a lot of volunteer departments in upstate New York, he said, and soon people will “have to look at the cold hard facts of consolidation.”

Increasingly, local chiefs feel that they are competing with students’ busy lives, from school to sports practice to video games, and that many residents just

don’t have the time to volunteer for the department.

“You’re asking college students or people with families to dedicate two nights a week and all day Saturday” just for training, said George Tamborelle, chief of the Cayuga Heights Fire Department since 2003. “It’s 100 percent critical that we have this level of training, but when somebody with a wife comes in or someone with a husband at home, or a college student comes in who’s carrying 21 credits at IC or Cornell, they take a deep breath and ask themselves, ‘Do I have the time do this?’”

“When you’re carrying a heavy course load, trying to have a life, involved with a sports team or you have a family, it really does become time prohibitive to volunteer as a firefighter,” he added.

At the Cayuga Heights department, volunteers need to complete at least 100 hours of training before they can be considered eligible to fight fires inside of a burning building.

Roman said that in addition to the large time commitment of mandated training, many students don’t even think to volunteer at their local fire station.

“There’s so much for kids to do that it’s never seen as an option or an opportunity for them,” Roman said, adding that it’s difficult to inspire students to volunteer for what often is not a glorious job.

“A lot of it is getting up at weird hours of the night to babysit a tree that fell down across the road and waiting for NYSEG for hours,” Roman said. “It’s not always running in to put a fire out quickly” like in movies.

Roman said potential junior members are often forced to choose between competing in a sport or volunteering for the department, as both are large time commitments that require grueling training.

He said he understands why students would rather compete against their friends on the soccer or football fields rather than choose to be the only person in their age range at the fire station. There’s also no financial benefit to volunteering, Roman said, as opposed to the potential to earn a scholarship by playing a sport.

Several local chiefs also pointed to the cultural shift away from fire departments as community centers. Rarely do people choose to meet or hang out at the fire department as in the past, chiefs said.

About 20 or 30 years ago, the fire department “was a social club, and there were waiting lists to get in,” said Lt. Thomas Basher of the Ithaca City Fire Department. Now, firefighters rarely lounge at the fire department, he said. (The city fire department is a paid professional group, but also includes volunteers.)

But the Cayuga Heights Fire Department may be bucking that trend with its state-of-the-art facility and bunking program, which allows seven firefighters, each of whom commit to being on duty three nights a week, to sleep at the fire station.

The wireless internet, giant televisions, and plush couches make the program more compelling, but also allow volunteers who are not in the bunking program to enjoy hanging out around the station, said George Tamborelle, the department’s chief since 2003.

“The fire station design really helps a lot,” he said. Before the station was upgraded, it “didn’t have the space for all the members to hang out. They went to the station for calls and went home.”

Cornell students now regularly choose to study at the station between calls instead of at libraries, Tamborelle said, but he acknowledged that other stations with less funding cannot afford the amenities that Cayuga Heights is able to provide to its volunteers.

“We’re extremely lucky that we have the financial means to make this happen,” he said. “There are many communities out there that just put it together how they can.”

Roman said a bunking program is perfect for higher-density communities with college students, but just isn’t practical for Candor, which is nearly 20 miles from Cornell and Ithaca College.

“In the college community, 18 miles is a long distance, especially when you have places like Danby, Newfield, and Trumansburg, which are eight miles away,” Roman said. “That’s definitely beneficial

for areas that are closer to universities.”

Candor is one of the largest fire districts in the state, Roman said, and his department serves 7,000 people across 95 square miles. To deal with the burden of covering large swaths of land, Candor and other departments are increasingly relying on mutual aid — calling other local departments for assistance with structure fires or other emergencies.

“It can realistically take 10 to 15 minutes to get to a call, and Candor is not flat—it’s very hilly,” Roman said.

In addition to the difficult terrain and spread-out population in Candor, the firefighters often don’t know who, or how many, volunteers are responding to a call until they arrive on the scene or at the station.

“You don’t know until you get here and hear the truck start to respond,” Roman said during an interview inside the station. “You just don’t know who you have coming.”

“If we get a structure fire on a Friday night, you don’t know who’s going to show up,” Basher said. “Every time you go to an emergency, not only do you have to come up with a game plan of what you’re going to do, but then you have to look up at who’s there and see what you can do.”

Calling for mutual aid can be vital, especially during the day, when fewer volunteers are generally available.

Departments are very careful to request only what they need, so as to not leave the other station short-staffed, but also because a station is liable for any equipment it requests.

Candor regularly requests mutual aid from Spencer, and more and more departments are setting up automatic mutual aid, where certain types of emergencies at certain times or in corners of the fire district trigger other departments to respond.

The Cayuga Heights Fire Department, for example, automatically responds to calls of structure fires in the Village of Lansing.

“The departments in this county are very non-parochial, very aware that any time day or night you’re going to need assistance from your neighbor,” Tamborelle said.

Even with reliance on mutual aid, many volunteers fear a scenario where their departments are stretched to the limit to handle multiple emergencies.

“Two trucks up at Ithaca or Cornell for a fire alarm, difficulty breathing at the Commons and then there’s a structure fire—that’s the nightmare,” Basher said.

Many chiefs have a sizable number of members in their department, but know that there is a core group that is regularly available to respond.

Candor, for example, has about 50 total members, but about 30 of them are considered actively involved. But out of that 30, Roman said, there are about 15 or 20 members who he can count on to consistently show up to fires and other emergencies.

C ay u g a H e i g h t s f i r e f i g h t i n g g e a r ( P h o t o : C a s e y M a r t i n) a n d (b e l ow) t h e S p e e dv i l l e F i r e D e pa r t m e n t e n g i n e s ( P r ov i d e d) Roman said the most active member of the Candor department in 2015 responded to 108 of 125 fire calls and just turned 83 years old. Another member, Martin Kopcho, works night shifts as a state police sergeant and makes himself available for emergencies during the day.

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Swimming: All in the Family With Women Swimmin’, it’s always personal

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ike so many others, Sara Jacoba sat on the west shore of Cayuga Lake on Saturday morning, waiting for a loved one to complete the Women Swimmin’ journey. For Sara—who is 93—the event brought a mixture of sadness and pride.

She was sad because she lost her daughter Kate to cancer earlier this year, and she was proud of her other daughters—Nancy, Trish, Sara and Liz—who completed the

swim in their sister’s honor.

When Sara’s last name was Bloxsom, she and her husband had 11 kids, and just about everyone in Ithaca knows at least one of them. My main source for this story was Nancy (Bloxsom) Massicci, and I sat down with all four of the sisters after the event, all still proudly showing off their (temporarily) inked bodies. On their backs, they sported the words “For Sister Kate,” and on their

arms, they showed support to their brother, George, who also passed on this year.

I asked Nancy if any of the foursome had done any distance swimming prior to the event, and she said, “Liz has done an Ironman, but the rest of us were novices. We could swim, but we never did anything like this.” We also spoke prior to the swim, and Nancy had conveyed her fervent desire to avoid as much seaweed as possible. Apparently, the lake currents were favorable, because the weeds were not a factor.

Kate—who was only 62—utilized a hospice facility in Virginia, and Nancy said “the agency was so helpful that we decided to do something for the local Hospicare.”

Kate passed in February, and her sisters began planning how they would make the swim across Cayuga Lake in her honor.

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pool; she got some fins and a board and did all of her training there. She did no open water training.” Liz—who lives in Fayetteville—signed up at her local YMCA for her training, and Nancy and Sara—both Ithacans—trained together. Nancy told me, “Hospicare introduced us to Lorraine Hare, a master swimmer who volunteered to train several swimmers, and that’s how we met Judy Tennant. Judy asked to be a part of our pod, and she was the most successful firsttime fundraiser.”

The women started off together, but Liz, being a more seasoned distance swimmer, went a little faster. Nancy said, “We were all of varying abilities, and Liz left us behind. She’s a fish.”

The fundraising effort was successful— for Team Bloxsom and for Hospicare—and Nancy was moved by how that effort came together. “I’m a professional fundraiser, so I wasn’t worried,” she said, “and we all learned that people cared about Hospicare, and they cared about us.”

I asked Nancy if this collective family effort would become a custom, and she replied, “Well, Trish says she is a ‘oneand-done,’ but we plan to do it again, and we’ll be joined next year by Liz’s daughter, Rachael” (who will be 16). She added, “It was a wonderful family event. One of my brothers signed up to be a volunteer, and my mom was there to greet us when we finished.”

There was another sweet moment in store for Trish, as her son and future daughter-in-law surprised her when she reached the west shore. It was an incredible weekend for the family, as they participated in the swim in Kate’s honor, held a celebration of life ceremony in George’s honor later that day, and gathered for the bridal shower the next day. The circle of life rolls on …

Once again, Women Swimmin’ was a huge success, and has become one of the preeminent fundraising events in our region. Over 300 swimmers made the journey, accompanied by 170 boaters, and to see such a spectacle from Route 89 is a sight to behold. To learn more about the event for future reference, or to make a donation to this year’s event, please visit hospicare.org. •

A career dedicated to the form

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y the time Johnny Russo was 12 years old he knew he was going to be a musician. Although no one in his family played music or was into music, this was going to be his life.

When his junior high music teacher in Geneva offered instrumental music Russo raised his hand and asked to learn trumpet. His music teacher said, “Make it trombone. We need a trombone in the school band.” So Russo became a trombone player.

Although Russo must have been a natural, he wouldn’t say. But by the next summer his music teacher spotted something special about Russo in his hunger to learn everything he could.

The teacher brought Russo along with him from Geneva to see the music class the teacher was taking at Ithaca College. The year was 1957, and IC’s music department was still in the Boardman House in Dewitt Park. Some classes were next door in the brick building (where Ithacans go today register to vote or talk to the county assessment department). Most of the musicians in the class were teachers getting certification or musicians in a concert band. Quite a few were World War II and Korean War veterans Russo recalled.

“Geneva was a good place to grow up then,” he said. “It still had industry then. There were beautiful homes and Hobart and William Smith College, the agricultural experiment station. But Ithaca had everything else. All that music and culture.”

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was no money to send Russo to college. “My parents were Italian immigrant families; I am a firstgeneration American” he said. “I would have been locked out from college.

But I lucked out, and I got a scholarship to one of the best professional music schools in the country. I headed up to the University of Rochester’s Eastman School of Music, only 50 miles away.

By college Russo was a trombone major.

He learned about each instrument in the symphony orchestra, with (Clockwise from top left) Johny Russo in formal gear; Doug Robinson, London McDaniel, and special attention to the Russo as bandmates; Russo jamming outdoors (Photos Provided) structure of music based on J.S. Bach’s harmony rules.

While at the Eastman D.C. Russo was a member of the U.S. Air Force, Russo had the honor of playing “Firebird Suite” which toured every state in country, the capitals under the baton of 20th century icon composer of South and Central America, and major cities Igor Stravinsky there.

Upon graduation Russo was swept into When Russo’s time with Uncle Sam was the military; the Vietnam War was going on. done he began his career an itinerant musician, Even with the grave combat situation, the Army needed musicians, so Russo was dispatched to continued on page 40 Washington, D.C. to play music for holidays, for concerts, for funerals. During his service in T

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Thru-Lines at the State of the Art Gallery

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he State of the Art Gallery is a co-operative gallery run by the artists themselves. They boast an astounding roster of talent.

In the month of August they are featuring the work of three artists, Jane Dennis, Diana Ozolins, and Terry Plater, in an exhibition called Thru-Lines.

(According to Oxford Dictionaries OnLine, a through line is “a connecting theme or plot in a movie, play, book, etc.”)

The work is all uniformly excellent, and the three artists’ work goes well together.

I have written before of Terry Plater.

A superb and versatile artist, she paints portraits, full figure works, landscapes, and what might be termed near-allegorical works. But, here, all her works are landscapes.

The paintings are of the provinces of Normandy and Provence-Alpes-Cote D’Azur in France. All the paintings were created from photos shot out train windows in France and then later painted in the studio in Ithaca.

The paintings are all horizontal works with a vast sense of space. Big panoramic wide shots and long panoramic downshots. The colors are somewhat austere: buff and beige and muted greens.

And all the works are stylized. Plater has simplified the trees and foliage into geometric shapes (making me think of the sublime Disney background artist Eyvind Earle who designed the animated film Sleeping Beauty).

Another thing that strikes me about Plater’s work is it has such a strong sense of identity. It is as clearly identifiable as a signature.

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Jane Dennis’s work includes both paintings and mixed-media sculpture.

I had seen her sculpture before, but her paintings were a revelation. They are dream-like fantasy paintings with a surrealist content.

Solution Scout has a character sitting in a swing hanging from a large sun-head floating like a hot air balloon over a green maze of geometric hedges.

That floating sun-head reappears as a motif in both the sculpture and the paintings. In Floating a Big Idea, several big sun-heads float over a field like hot air balloons carrying aerialists while little cyclists on a road below gaze up at them. And a sun-head sculpture is held up by a group of metal cutout people in the brilliantly named mixed media piece Sheltered by a Shared Delusion.

Another reoccurring dream-like motif is the use of locations flooded with water.

In Climate Controlled, two people and little Scottish terrier paddle on kayaks through a flooded shopping mall Target store.

And in Candidates Debate, a crowd stands waist-deep in floodwater before a house bedecked with red-white-and-blue bunting and two candidates floating in baskets suspended by yet two more of those ubiquitous, floating, sun-head hot air balloons.

I have written of Diana Ozolins’ work before. I am a huge fan of her landscapes. But, for the last year, she “left representational content behind” and embarked on a series of abstractexpressionist paintings.

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one’s feelings. It affects the viewer like music. And there’s a very nice grouping of Ozolins’ paintings in the back salon of the gallery where, looking at them, I can hear a kind of atonal, progressive jazz music in my head.

Another thing about abstract expressionism is it can evoke other worlds.

Here, painting #3 evokes, to me, a city on another world with high roadways and walkways running in the sky between the buildings. Painting #22 conjures up a Jules Verne Journey to the Center of the Earth world with arching red-and-yellow rock formations opening onto the crashing waves of an inner sea. And, in #9, we seem to be looking out the mouth of a geometric cave onto an alien sky … with beams of energy zapping through the scene and alien soil exploding in the air.

There is much more to see, but we are out of room, so I would encourage the Ever-Enlightened Reader to drop by the gallery before the end of the month and take in this marvelous exhibition…

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Local Benefits

Network of small businesses keeps $$$ here

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Ithacans, to find out what goods “There’s a place for everyone in and services are offered by locally Local First Ithaca,” Norman said, “from owned businesses: Pick up The Guide the small, single proprietor, running a to Being Local, produced by Local First microbusiness, to larger businesses like Ithaca, and find in that $15 booklet lots Ithaca Bakery or GreenStar that employ of stories about local ventures, and lots of hundreds of people.” savings.

The Guide has in its 200-plus pages a Local First Ithaca began in 2008 and significant amount of educational material has grown into a network of independent about the benefits of local buying, the kind businesses, farmers, non-profits, and of information that first inspired Norman individuals who promote and encourage and others to start Local First Ithaca. The spending dollars with independent businesses and service providers in Ithaca. starkest example is shown on two facing pages with pie The annual charts describing Guide to Being where dollars go Local the group when they’re spent produces is, yes, a at a locally-owned coupon book—one establishment, that can earn its and when they’re cover price back in not. Spend $100 savings even for the at a local business, tourist here on a and $68 stays in weekend jaunt. But circulation here; the Guide is also spend $100 with about educating an entity owned by people on why out-of-towners, and keeping dollars in only $43 is left in the local economy, town. circulating through “It’s not only independentlyabout buying local,” owned businesses, Norman said, “it’s is so important. about public policy “Initially, that supports local there wasn’t really ownership, keeping much consumer more money in awareness of Jan Norman of IthacaMade (Photo: Diane Duthie) the community. the difference It’s about leveling between what’s the playing field. local and what’s A lot of the economy is geared to bigger independent,” said Jan Norman, businesses and larger scales. Then you add proprietor of Ithacamade, in the DeWitt the proliferation of online shopping, and Mall. “Locally owned means all the you have what they call the ‘leaky bucket decisions rest here. It’s not dictated by a syndrome.’ Money comes in, but it leaks corporation somewhere else that might out quickly.” not be interested in the health of this Studies have shown that keeping community.” money in circulation locally has a Norman has run businesses in Ithaca multiplier effect in stimulating local for nearly 40 years. In her time, she’s seen economies; sales from independent “the landscape of what local business is businesses have two to four times the really change.” effect than sales to corporately owned “I started to notice downtowns changing a lot in New York State,” Norman businesses.

Inside the Guide are nearly 100 pages said. “Towns that were thriving in the ‘70s, of short stories, not only about local a lot of them are shuttered. We started to look at what towns that were thriving, businesses, but schools, theaters, farms, what they were doing differently.” non-profit service providers, and art That curiosity led Norman and some galleries. other folks to find BALLE, the Business For the new Ithacan, the Guide is a Alliance for Local Living Economies, of resource to see what this place is all about. which Local First Ithaca is now a member “This shows what makes this town network. With ideas from that group and tick,” Norman said of the Guide to Being other organizations and towns, Local Local. “Here is what people who love being First was launched. Its first project was here do and support.” § a holiday “buy local” campaign; since, Local First has grown to print the Guide Visit localfirstithaca.org for more info.

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by the 843,000

30,014 The number of people in Ithaca in 2016

The number of annual Visitors to Tompkins County

30,000

Number of people at Applefest over 3 days

32 DEGREES F

Average January temperature

78 DEGREES F

Average July temperature

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35.4 INCHES

Number of restaurants on the Commons

Average yearly rainfall

3

Number of bars on the Commoms

$41,776

Tuition at Ithaca College

$50,953

Tuition at Cornell University

(Tuition at Cornell’s contract colleges is $34,209 for NYS residents, $50,953 for non-NYS residents)

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Number of Republican delegates from Tompkins County to national convention

$4,500

Tuition at Tompkins Cortland Community College for NYS residents

The number of concerts produced by Downtown Ithaca Alliance

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100

The number of waterfalls

within 10 miles of downtown Ithaca TWENTY ONE

Number of libraries at Cornell University

102,544

Percentage of students in the TC3 Class of 2011 who accepted full-time work after graduation (based on those who responded to the survey)

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Number of state parks within 5 miles of downtown Ithaca

2 The number Cornell grads who have become President of Taiwan

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Number of undergraduate classes offered at IC

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Number of classes offered at Tompkins Cortland Community College

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Number of riders who took trips on TCAT in 2014

Town/Gown Meet Both cornell and Ithaca college reach out

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business owner in touch with individuals own/gown relations in college and departments on campus that might towns are often discussed in be able to create a mutually beneficial terms of what kind of a voluntary relationship. Additionally, she can help contribution the institutions of higher business owners connect with our leaders learning give to the municipality to offset in community service and engagement, as the effect of their property tax-exempt well as our offices of human resources and status. Cornell is on record as making career services which can assist with job the point that in addition to its annual monetary contribution to the city’s coffers, and internship postings.

“Ithaca College is always seeking it also has many, many programs that connections with local companies and benefit the city residents by providing business people,” said Lippincott, “to create them with educational and training and support internships, job shadowing, opportunities. and information Cornell has an interview opportunities Office of Engagement for students. We also Initiatives that “oversee[s] welcome business funding and development leaders into the opportunities for classroom to share students, faculty, staff, industry trends, life and their community experience, and career partners.” Cornell is advice.” always clear that they According to are interested in any Lippincott, all the project that helps them programs at IC to advance their mission. emphasize experiential In his 2009 “State of learning and therefore the University” address working with businesses former president David and community Skorton included “public organizations. engagement” as one of “We offer courses the four pillars of the throughout the schools university’s mission. that incorporate Associate Vice community-based Present of Community project work into the Relations Gary J. Stewart course curriculum,” suggested that new Amanda Lippincott and Dave Maley of Ithaca said Lippincott. “Those Ithacans should contact College (Photo: Diane Duthie) courses put our students Cornell Cooperative in direct contact Extension. Extension with local business services are by definition owners and community members to a bridge between the university and the provide assistance in a variety of ways, community, and not just the farming including marketing, fundraising & community. Cooperative Extension works capital allocation, finance & accounting, on issues related to the environment organizational strategy, and operational (e.g. invasive species), energy issues (e.g. management.” green building practices), family (e.g.

How do these experiences build town/ child rearing practices), and food (e.g. gown relations? “Students tend to enjoy development of local production and working with businesses they frequent manufacturing). or that have a mission they can relate to/ “The Office of Community care about,” Lippincott said. “Our local Relations,” said Stewart, “helps make business community’s willingness to town-gown connections when and where work with our students and enthusiasm possible, including providing applicable for the co-curricular projects, as well information on University programs we the quality of work our students and opportunities. Topics and potential have delivered, is a win-win. Students resources run the gamut, over many units who engage in the community beyond and platforms.” the campus are likely to feel part of the At Ithaca College many of the larger Ithaca area community and view faculty and staff have established themselves as invested stakeholders within relationships with local business owners it. This can lead to better relations between and community members that help off-campus students and their neighbors, facilitate our students’ involvement. For a newcomer starting a business and wanting increased volunteer activity through things like Service Saturdays, and a greater to involve students, it would be best to likelihood of students patronizing local contact Amanda L. Lippincott, assistant businesses.” § to the president. Lippincott can put the

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Discover Others

Field trips help students meet diverse community

By Erica Dischino

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iddle school is a big feat for many for many pre-teens.

It calls for braces, awkward growth spurts and the hardest feat of all: making new friends.

The Discovery Trail, in collaboration with the Ithaca City School District (ICSD) and the Ithaca Public Education Initiative (IPEI), offers the program Kids Discover the Trail! (KDT), which aims to makes this transitional phase easier for ICSD students.

Children from the eight different elementary schools interact with each other through cross-school buddy programs and curriculum-based field trips on the Discovery Trail from prekindergarten to sixth grade.

For each Discovery Trail visit, an elementary school class is paired with another class from a different ICSD school. The students from different classes are then paired up individually. “[ICSD] is very diverse. There was a lack of understanding between suburban, rural and urban kids. There’s more understanding now because of their

shared experiences,” said Mary Maxon Grainger, a member of the IPEI and the KDT advisory committee.

A KDT trip varies depending on the grade of the students. The trail includes eight different locations: the Cayuga Nature Center, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Cornell Plantations, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Museum of the Earth at the Paleontological Research Institute, Sciencenter, The History Center of Tompkins County, and Tompkins County Public Library.

The Discovery Trail was created in an effort to promote awareness of the programs held at the different sites to foster an understanding of the connections among science, nature, and culture. It intends to encourage visitors of all ages to pursue self-directed learning outside the classroom.

Grainger believes that it is necessary for students across the district to meet each other through the Discovery Trail before they go secondary school. This will help the students to create relationships that will ultimately make them more

Migration Celebration at the Lab of Ornithology. (Photo: discoverytrail.net)

comfortable as they move through the ICSD education system.

“I brought my kids up in Ithaca because of its diversity. This program prepares them for middle school, but also most likely for the real world. It exposes them to people that they might not have interacted with previously, which provides them with more compassion for those different than them,” Grainger said.

Teachers and administrators in the district noticed a lack of consistency during a roundtable discussion regarding

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“critical issues in education.” In an effort to mend that problem, KDT was created and piloted at the ICSD elementary schools.

The program is voluntary and has had 100 percent participation from the classrooms since it began.

Randi Beckmann, the teacher liaison for KDT, was one of the first ICSD teachers to partake in the program.

She said that having these trips are fundamental to students at a young age.

“The earlier the students have experiences with fellow classmates

different from themselves, the sooner they learn to values those experiences, friendships and differences. With that, they can use those things to develop and grow as they age,” Beckmann said.

Beckmann initiated the Buddy Up program that works with the KDT initiative to further the relationship between the students from different elementary schools.

The children participate in activities before the trip, such as writing letters to each other or partaking in social activities like bowling. Over 25,000 students have participated in KDT since it began, and over 100 classrooms utilize the Buddy Up program in addition to the trail.

The ICSD conducted a survey in 2011 asking sixth graders to reflect on their experiences with the KDT program.

Beckmann said the responses were overwhelmingly positive, not only about the trail, but about what Ithaca has to offer in general.

“Any experience we can give children that brings them out of themselves to a greater sense of understanding of the world around them, their geography, people, and other places is a profoundly important skill that will certainly impact them later in life,” the Belle Sherman teacher said.

It is continuing to expand to other school districts across Tompkins County and is currently in place at the Groton, Lansing, Newfield, and Trumansburg central school districts. Foundation, business, and IPEI and Discovery Trail donations provide funding for the program.

“Many children have never been able to go to these places before and otherwise would not have gone without the program.

We’re now speaking to an equity issue,” Beckmann said. “Our goal is that we are preparing them to be citizens of this world who are open and understanding and respectful.” §

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Cornell Fact Sheet

Things you don’t really have to know, but now you do

By Charley Githler

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rguably Ithaca’s most famous institution, Cornell University is 151 years old this year. With more than 260 major buildings on 2,300 acres housing over 100 academic departments, Cornell’s campus is loaded with traditions and personality. As the pace of Ithaca life quickens with the start of a new school year, it’s a good time to look at some of the more interesting aspects of life on East Hill.

40 feet above Cornell’s own particle accelerator. The 768-meter Cornell Electron Storage Ring (CESR), built as an electron-positron collider, is now used as an x-ray source for a stateof-the-art x-ray facility, known as the Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source (CHESS) and is also used as a test-bed accelerator to explore the latest accelerator physics technologies and to produce X-ray light for experiments in biology, materials science, and physics. Affectionately known as the “world’s coolest microscope,” the synchrotron attracts some 1,000 scientists from around the world every year, with a staff of 150 Cornell scientists and engineers providing support.

General Facts 1. There is no experience more emblematic of Cornell life than hearing the chimes. Housed near the top of the iconic McGraw Tower, the 21 bells are probably the most frequently played set of 3. Though no chimes on stranger to racial any American identity politics college campus. through the First rung in years, Cornell’s October 1868, early history they have been was notable for used to mark its support of the hours racial and ethnic and for daily diversity. In concerts ever his address at since. Student the university’s “chimes masters” inauguration, perform a Andrew Dickson regular program White said, “I of three concerts believe myself daily while justified in classes are in stating that the session, and authorities of a modified the university … schedule during have no right to exams and reject any man breaks. The E.B. White, Class of ‘21 on account of concerts are open race.” Students to the public, of color from the or at least those Caribbean came as early as 1869, and willing to climb the 161 stairs to the the first African-American students to top of the tower, and could include graduate enrolled in 1886. Currently, selections as wide-ranging as the 38 percent of undergraduates selftheme of a Schubert string quartet to identify as being African American, “Let It Go” from the movie Frozen.

Asian American, Hispanic American, Every morning concert since 1869 or Native American. Alpha Pi Alpha, has begun with the “Cornell Changes” the first intercollegiate African (also known as the “Jennie McGraw American fraternity in the United Rag”). The chimes masters’ goal is States, was founded at Cornell in 1906. to play its 549 notes as quickly as possible. The Cornell “Alma Mater” is 4. Cornell can justly claim the classic played at the midday concert, and the book The Elements of Style, the writer’s “Cornell Evening Song” at the end of staple that urges the excision of the evening concert. needless words, explains subject-verb agreement and savors the active voice.

2. It’s not all bells and ivy, though. Since First published in 1918 by Cornell 1979, students have played soccer, English professor William Strunk, Jr. football and lacrosse on Alumni Fields (Class of 1896), it was expanded and

updated by his former student E.B. White (Class of 1921) in 1959, and has sold more than 10 million copies over the years.

Alumni Facts 1. There are somewhere around 245,000 living Cornell alumni, none more distinguished than Associate Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg (Class of 1954). Having studied a wide range of liberal arts undergraduate courses, she recalls Cornell as “a school blessed with a fabulous faculty.”

2. Among Ginsburg’s professors was her European literature professor, Vladimir Nabokov, who lived in something like 11 different houses in Ithaca between 1948 and 1959 (mostly other professors’ homes). He is said to have written most of Lolita at 802 East Seneca Street, having listened on Ithaca city buses for ‘schoolgirl dialogue’ to use in the book. The story is that during a moment of creative frustration while living at that address, his wife dissuaded him from incinerating the Lolita manuscript.

3. Cornell has a history of being in the forefront on both sides of political issues. In the 1960s, Cornell had the third largest SDS chapter in the country. At the same time, Paul Wolfowitz (Class of 1965), the campus Doug Niedermeyer, organized the Committee for Critical Support of the U.S. in Vietnam.

coach Glenn “Pop” Warner coached the team during two stints in the 1890s and 1900s, and by 1915, playing on brandnew Schoellkopf Field for the first time, the team earned the first of their five (yes, five) national championships, winning all nine games that season.

3. The high-water mark for Cornell football was probably in 1940, when the program was ranked #1 in the country, games could command

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4. This election cycle, many people’s favorite iconoclastic pundit is Bill Maher (Class of 1978).

Of course, there are those who adhere more to the worldview of Donald Trump-champion Ann Coulter (Class of 1984).

Sports Facts 1. In recent years Cornell athletics has been known for its hockey, basketball, Kyle Dake, Class of ‘13 (Photo: Jason Koski, Cornell Photographic) lacrosse and wrestling programs. During his career, Cornell wrestler Kyle Dake (Class of 2013) was the first 150 All-American players, and eleven athlete in history to win NCAA titles in players and seven coaches elected to four different weight classes. the National Football Hall of Fame over the course of 125 seasons.

2. Few but the old-timers know that during the first half of Cornell’s And so, as Cornellians new and history, football was the undisputed returning come back to Ithaca, it’s king. Football has deep roots on the appropriate to reflect on some of the hill, the school having played its first noteworthy and interesting aspects of the intercollegiate game in 1887. (They lost university’s culture. We can all bask a little to Union College 24-10, playing where bit in the reflected glory. § Day Hall stands today.) Legendary

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s the other, smaller school in Ithaca, Ithaca College has the tendency to get overlooked. That school on East Hill is quite good at tooting its own horn, while Ithaca College toils quietly along, doing what it is good at and not saying a lot about it.

General 1. Ithaca College has no official mascot, but is nicknamed “the Bombers.” The college held a mascot search during the 2010-2011 academic year to personify the “Bombers” nickname. The top three choices were a lake monster, a flying squirrel, and a phoenix. The college discontinued the search when campus became divided on the issue of what the mascot should be.

2. The college began as a music conservatory located in four rented rooms in a house on East Seneca Street.

3. Ithaca’s School of Business was the first college or university building in the world to achieve Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Platinum Certification.

4. Peggy Ryan Williams, who led from 1997-2008, was Ithaca College’s first and (so far) only female president.

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5. In 2015 Princeton Review rated Ithaca College as the number one school in the country for “Reefer Madness,” or the highest usage of marijuana.

6. The college administration banned social or service Greek life on campus after a series of highly publicized hazing incidents in the 1980s, including one responsible for the death of a student. The only Greek

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Alumni 1. Jessica Savitch ‘68 was one of the first female anchors to host a network evening news broadcast alone for NBC Nightly News.

2. Bob Iger ‘73 is the current chairman and chief executive officer of The Walt Disney Company and was formerly the president of ABC Television.

3. J. Christopher Burch ‘76, chief executive officer of Burch Creative Capital and co-founder of the Tory Burch women’s fashion label, was invited back to the college to speak at a new initiative kick-off in 2015 and received negative attention after repeatedly calling another panelist a racially insensitive nickname.

4. Dennis Hurley, BFA in Acting ‘01, was featured in Justin Timberlake’s music video “Can’t Stop this Feeling.”

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created a Pan-African clothing line she developed while still at the college to empower people of color and bridge the gap between Africans and those in the diaspora.

6. Singer Gavin DeGraw, famous for “I Don’t Want to Be” from his debut album Chariot, attended Ithaca College for one semester and then dropped out.

a co-captain on the college’s women’s crew team, will be the first person to represent the Bahamas in the sport of rowing at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

3. A total of 24 Bomber athletes have won 34 individual national championships.

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What We Drink City Water Quality has come a long way

By Charley Githler

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ometime in December of this year, the City of Ithaca will complete the largest public-works undertaking in its history: major renovations to the city’s water supply infrastructure. The $37.5 million water supply project is the result of a years-long debate about whether to rebuild the existing, century-old water plant to meet modern water quality standards, or join the inter-municipal water consortium Bolton Point, which draws its water from Cayuga Lake. In October 2009 the Common Council voted to rebuild and retain control of its water supply from a reservoir on Six Mile Creek, and the wheels of municipal government began to turn and the water supply project was underway.

Even in a drought year like 2016, all of our clouds and normally frequent precipitation mean that Ithaca has an embarrassment of fresh water riches of which other, drier cities can only dream.

Still, safely delivering over 3 million gallons of water a day to 30,000 customers is no mean feat, and in light of recent local controversies regarding lead and discolored municipal water, we could learn from a look back at the history of our water supply. It’s a story charged with the often-competing interests of money, politics, science and public health.

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Water has never been scarce in Ithaca.

Fall, Cascadilla, Six Mile, Buttermilk creeks and the Cayuga Inlet all come together here. When Europeans first settled the floor of the valley in the very early 1800s, it was mottled with swamps and prone to at least annual flooding.

Filling in ‘low’ areas, even downtown, continued well into the 20th century, and the water table is still normally relatively high, even in a dry year like 2016.

As the population grew in those first decades of the 19th century, individual wells were the water source for all homes and businesses. While easy access to a high water table was a boon to residents, contamination was often a problem. This was a time before sewers, when homes and businesses used outhouses and cesspools in various states of repair and saturation.

Human residents also shared their property with hundreds of horses and, often, livestock animals such as chickens, goats and pigs. During rainy periods, bacterial diseases, especially cholera and typhoid, were common.

By 1849 the population had reached 4,900. Village trustees, at the urging of the village board of health, gave Henry W. Sage, lumber tycoon and local benefactor, permission to install a water system as a private enterprise. In 1853 Sage and other prominent local investors formed the Ithaca Light and Water Company and u g u s t

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went into the business of selling water.

The company tapped into springs on East Buffalo Street and created a 30-foot deep pond there as a reservoir from which the water was piped down to the flats.

This arrangement served well enough for the next twenty years, but as the population increased during that period to over 8,400 and in the wake of the Fire of 1871, it was found to be inadequate.

In 1875 the company built a dam in Buttermilk Gorge. Water was carried by means of a flume from the gorge along the current Route 96B to a milliongallon reservoir located on South Hill about where the Morse Chain/Emerson buildings are now.

In addition, the village built a sort of rickety and unreliable system of gravityfed cisterns and hydrants, drawing water from Cascadilla and Six Mile Creeks, that were set up throughout downtown to address the constant threat of fire, as almost all of Ithaca’s buildings were made of wood.

The water system was becoming more elaborate. Sanitation practices did not improve much as the population grew, though, and regular bouts of typhoid and cholera remained a nagging problem.

In fact, it was not until the latter half of the 19th century that a direct connection between polluted water and recurring outbreaks of disease was made. This marks

the shift in scientific thinking from the ‘miasma’, or environmental, theory of disease, in which diseases were supposed to have been caused by concentrations of poisonous air, to the ‘germ’ theory, which proposed that many diseases were caused by microorganisms. There began to be pressure in Ithaca for some kind of water treatment as germ theory gained favor. As early as the 1870s, there were arguments for cleaning or filtering the water, backed by Cornell scientists, but a vocal minority of citizens consistently stalled such improvements on the basis of cost. Even as the supply infrastructure became more complex and extensive, water being delivered to Ithaca residents was completely untreated throughout the 1800s.

In 1888 Ithaca became a city, and with the population passing 10,000, it was enjoying rapid civic improvement. Though still mostly confined to the area between Six Mile Creek, Farm Street, the Inlet and East Hill/Cornell, the 1890s saw a city with streetlights, telephones and streetcars.

Downtown streets were being paved. There were daily trains to New York City. Ice cream sundaes were being invented. In 1892 the water company acquired the Van Natta Dam near Water and Giles streets on Six Mile Creek and created a larger reservoir to meet increasing demand. A year later, a pump station was built at the

dam.

However, as modern as Ithaca was becoming, development was uneven. The improvements, including the water supply system, were focused on the wealthier and middle-class sections on the city, leaving the poorer neighborhoods, particularly the lowlying area near the Inlet known

continued to be delivered, without treatment, directly from the reservoir.

To compound the public health problems, Ithaca had no sewer system until the turn of the 20th century. The first 217 houses were hooked up in September 1896, but the system spread slowly and unevenly in the years that followed. Raw sewage was pumped directly into Cascadilla Creek and Cayuga Lake until 1908, when sewage treatment was started.

Even then, sewage treatment as we think of it was not put in place until decades later.

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(Above) The old cast iron pipe that once carried drinking water down Six Mile Creek to the city treatment plant (Photo: Diane Duthie)

as ‘the Rhine.’ behind.

And the water was still untreated.

Typhoid, along with malaria, sometimes referred to as “Ithaca fever,” was a perennial problem. Civic boosters and city officials routinely downplayed the threat in an effort to encourage development.

Yet, every rain flushed refuse from farms and outhouses into the Six Mile Creek reservoir. Following particularly bad typhoid episodes in 1892 and 1894, there was a great deal of finger-pointing in the newspapers. The germ theory, introduced to American public policy by Trumansburg native, Cornell graduate, and eventual state commissioner of public health Hermann Biggs, had by then gained wide acceptance in the scientific community. Still, cost was always cited as an issue, and nothing was done. The water

Typhoid Epidemic of 1903 The turning point came after what was arguably the greatest public health disaster in Ithaca’s history. Starting in January 1903, a rapidly-spreading typhoid epidemic moved through the city. At first the city health officer denied the existence of the epidemic, but within weeks hundreds of people had become infected, and it had become too large to ignore. By March over 750 cases had been reported, and there were probably many people who

simply went about their business without being officially deemed sick.

Public arguments ensued about the source of the disease, reaching even the august pages of the New York Times. The water company and municipal authorities were excoriated for ignoring scientific opinion and past indices of danger.

Immigrant “Italian workers” constructing dam improvements on the water system were blamed. The Ithaca Water Company was denounced as a “corrupt big business” and a citizens committee was formed.

After a plea for help to the state department of health, Dr. George Soper was called to Ithaca from New York City.

An engineer with a doctorate in sanitary science and public health from Columbia University, Dr. Soper would later become famous for identifying Typhoid Mary as a symptom-free carrier of typhoid. Under his supervision, 400 of the city’s 1,300 private wells were condemned, and 1,300 privies were cleaned out (with the contents spread over open land outside city limits).

522 homes were quarantined and longneglected sanitary laws were enforced.

Most households were still not connected to the sewer system, but the epidemic abated and, generally, Ithaca became a cleaner city.

Ultimately, over 1,400 cases of typhoid were confirmed, with at least 82 deaths, in a population of 13,000. In June 1903, reportedly distraught over his daughter’s death in the epidemic, renowned saloonkeeper Theodore Zinck drowned himself in Cayuga Lake. The poorer district near the Inlet, containing 36 percent of the city’s wells and 46 percent of the city’s privies, contracted 41 percent of the typhoid cases. Even with Dr. Soper’s reforms, typhoid lingered for years before disappearing, as the sewer system slowly improved and swamps near the city were eliminated. The water company’s role was never conclusively established, but in

Keeping Up With the Science After the city bought the private facility, the Buttermilk Creek supply was shut down and Six Mile Creek become the sole source of the city’s water. Treatment improvements were quick in coming. At first, the focus was on removing bacterial, rather than industrial contamination. A sand filtration system and sedimentation basins were built at the reservoir site in less than six months. Originally designed to reduce turbidity (cloudiness) and odor, sand filtration was also found to reduce microbial quality. In 1905, water metering was put in place. By 1907, chlorination started.

What followed through the twentieth century was a series of technological improvements as the science of water treatment progressed. Major upgrades occurred in the 1930s, funded in part by WPA money, and in 1951, when the plant was enlarged and updated to increase capacity.

Though there are no hard statistics for Ithaca proper, a well-known 2005 study by David Cutler and Grant Miller concluded that clean water technologies, filtration and chlorination, were responsible for close to half of the total mortality reduction in American cities between 1900 and 1936, and the near-eradication of typhoid fever.

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the shadow of the epidemic, the pressure for the city to take over the private water system became insurmountable. It took a year of haggling and litigation, but the City of Ithaca purchased the waterworks for $658,000 in 1904. It was now a public utility.

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hange: It’s an unavoidable and constant part of the human condition, and that applies to parking in Ithaca.

Of course, if you are a member the target demographic for this special section, a newcomer to this fair vale, you wouldn’t know how things used to be when it came to parking a car. So feel free to use this handy guide to figure out how to most effectively complain about or praise how parking is in Ithaca right now.

In 2015 the city started installing digital meters for on-street parking, replacing the old “lollipop” ticky-tock meters that only take change. The disadvantage of the new system, as many people quickly made clear, was that one has to walk to the meter machines. For people who don’t like that walk, scratch-off cards are available for sale, now wherever trash tags are sold [Yes, if you are a city resident, you must put tags on your trash; they’re available at city hall at 108 E. Green Street and grocery stores.]

For those brave enough to use the meters, they accept cash (including paper money) or credit. Paid parking hours are from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through

Friday, holidays excepted.

Remember that you might need to do a bit of walking to get to the pay meter once you’ve parked. It may be necessary to cross a street, a particularly important concern for disabled or elderly drivers, or when winter cold overtakes Ithaca. (It will get cold. Sorry. You’re on the Allegheny Plateau). Look for the blue-lettered signs that say “Pay Station On (This or Other) Side of Street.”

This year, several downtown blocks now have meters on both sides of the street. To find them look around for the little “P” signs.

Before leaving your vehicle: know your license plate number!

If you plan on doing a lot of downtown parking, memorize your license plate number—or save it in your thinkingfor-you phone, if you must. There will also be keyfobs available at parking meters on which you can write your plate number.

After you arrive at a station, hit any button to make the screen light up—the screens are well backlit and should be visible even in direct sunlight—and select your language (English, Spanish, Mandarin, or French) then you will be

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ParkMobile app (us. parkmobile.com) on your phone, which also allows you to extend your parking session remotely when it’s running out, and the app will notify you via text when time is almost up.

In the neighborhoods, East Hill is the only area where residential permits are required. To get a sticker visit the city clerk’s office in city hall with proof of residency and $45.

Using a kiosk on East Seneca Street (Photo: Josh Brokaw) And then there’s winter parking. From asked to put in your license plate number.

Nov. 1 to April 1 “odd/even” parking Once your license plate number is applies. You will forget how it works, but inserted into the system, parking officers the program exists to clear streets of snow. can now check to see if you’re paid up.

It is prohibited to park your car on the The benefit of this is you can take extra odd side of the street (look at the house time with you when you move your car to numbers) on an odd day of the month. another metered spot.

Because this applies between 2 a.m. and Now that your plate number is 6 a.m. it will likely be the day before entered, pay the meter. Change is still when you actually park. The easiest way sufficient, but not necessary. The meters to remember, unless you’re parking after also take bills and credit cards (Visa, midnight, is to put the car on the even side MasterCard, Discover). Add time at $1.50 if it’s the evening of an even day, and on an an hour up to the two-hour limit. Take odd side on the evening of an odd day. Got your receipt, which you do not need to put it? Good luck. on the dashboard. You’re all paid up and There’s also four parking garages. done! Remember when your time runs Check out the city’s website (cityofithaca. out, and come back beforehand to avoid a org) for information about parking passes, ticket. if you must commute downtown by car. § There’s also an option to install the

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or those of you who are newlyarrived, it’s probably best that you know right up front that we’re really still figuring out what Ithaca is all about. In Hegelian terms, there’s still a lot of the thesis and antithesis and not a so much of the synthesis going on. Here are some of the more important struggles…

The Commons. The Commons, Ithaca’s signature venue and the heart of our fair city, is riddled with paradoxes.

One the one hand you have wellpreserved 19th-century buildings. There’s a steadily-shifting kaleidoscope of quirky shops and restaurants, but no anchor store. It’s both a tourist attraction and a magnet for the loud and foul-mouthed.

Is Ithaca Rural or Urban? Yes. Yes, it is. Connecting to other population centers requires a firm commitment and a stout heart. Road connections are generally clear, except from October to May, but overland travel requires a minimum caravan of twenty wagons and an experienced guide. There’s always our regional airport, serviced by three airlines, at least two of which are flirting

with bankruptcy at any given time. And five minutes from downtown puts you in open fields.

On the other hand … there’s great coffee, a lot of stores, superior restaurants, art house movies, a very decent music scene, a little blight, racial tension, and a respectable homeless population.

You decide.

Locavore Lovefest or Big Box Bonanza? Our Farmers’ Market is a destination, yet people flock from surrounding counties to cruise the big stores on Route 13. There are many who won’t eat food produced farther away than you can throw a softball, and others who will purchase nothing that hasn’t traveled in a cargo container across at least one ocean. People walk out of Northside Liquor store with garboons of California wine, even though Ithaca is less than half an hour from a dozen excellent wineries.

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Research as America’s No. 1 college town … even though bars close at 1 a.m.!

Aurora Street is known for its al fresco dining in a climate where a parka is recommended eight months of the year!

Ithaca prides itself on being the first home to the film industry, yet no A-list movie star has spent more than 12 hours in town since Lionel Barrymore stayed overnight in the drunk tank in 1920!

We pride ourselves on being all about the environment, but the city is riddled with superfund sites.

It’s an architecturally diverse city for its size, with a lot of public spaces, but by far the coolest places within city limits are breathtakingly primeval and natural — the gorges.

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up at the Hess station. We’re known as America’s Most enlightened City (Utne Reader), one of the ten Lesbian friendliest cities in the USA (Girlfriends Magazine), the ‘greenest city’ in the country (Country Home Magazine) and one America’s five best mountain biking towns (Bike Magazine), but if it weren’t for the colleges, we’d be less famous than Watkins Glen.

There’s More… Ithaca’s located on the south end of Cayuga Lake, yet there’s no real waterfront!

Ithaca was recently selected by the American Institute for Economic

It’s a lot to take in, right after arriving. Probably an early priority should be selecting not a favorite coffee shop or the best restaurant, but a favorite creek. Buttermilk’s a good choice, especially if you like Enfield Shale.

Cascadilla’s got that late Devonian cachet, Six Mile Creek has a kind of dangerous edge to it and Fall Creek’s got great rapids, if you’re not afraid of lead. Your choice will say a lot about you to other Ithacans.

Anyway, welcome. And feel free to weigh in with your two cents on any issue as soon as you feel settled. We don’t stand on ceremony here. Paradoxically, we’re an old community with a constant stream of new arrivals! §

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(causing impurities to form heavier particles), sedimentation (causing those particles to settle out of the water) and filtration. The water still comes from a reservoir in Six Mile Creek, supplied by a 46 square-mile forested watershed, but the current water supply project is designed to overhaul a system that was very tired.

The city reservoir behind Third Dam (also called “the 60-Foot Dam) is just north of Burns Road in the town of Ithaca between Coddington Road and Route 79.

It has lost approximately 60 percent of its capacity due to a buildup of silt since the dam’s completion in 1911. Most of the drain valves had rusted shut, making silt removal difficult. Much of the treatment facilities dated back to the 1951 upgrades and some of the sedimentation basins had been in use since 1904.

Over the years, as the legal standards have been raised for clean water, the water treatment plant has had to continually improve its technology. Now an entirely new treatment plant is nearly finished.

The water supply project aims to comprehensively modernize the water supply infrastructure so that it can address the city’s needs in decades to come. A task of this scale is not cheap, of course. The project is funded mainly through issuing municipal bonds. The effect on water bills will be phased in over the next couple of years, and it’s likely that water bills

Brendan Kearns in the brand new water treatment plant.

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in Ithaca will eventually be double their current rate.

The cost of infrastructure improvements, control over the municipal water supply and meeting statutory requirements are not new issues. We’re certainly looking at more expensive water in the future, but it bears remembering that until recently most of us rarely gave a thought to the safety or reliability of the water when we turned on the tap. It’s a luxury we in 21st-century Ithaca have been able to take for granted. § 28

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Community Listings Visitor Information Ithaca/Tompkins County Convention and Visitor’s Bureau 904 East Shore Drive, Ithaca, NY 14850 (607) 272-1313; (800) 284-8422 (toll-free) www.visitithaca.com Downtown Ithaca Alliance 171 E.State St. Center Ithaca Ithaca, NY 14850 (607) 277-8679 downtownithaca.com The Downtown Ithaca Business Improvement District is a New York state-chartered not-for-profit organization charged with the revitalization, development, promotion and management of downtown Ithaca.

The Ithaca Times 109 N. Cayuga St., Ithaca, NY 14850 (607) 277-7000 ithaca.com Shopping DeWitt Mall 215 N. Cayuga St. Ithaca, NY 607-273-6464 In this smoothly converted brick school building, you’ll find the world-famous Moosewood Restaurant, the comfortable (and delicious) DeWitt Café, GreenStar Oasis natural foods market, Cat’s Pajamas, Ithaca GuitarWorks and other retail stores.

Ithaca Commons Ithaca, NY The epicenter of Ithaca — located between N. Aurora and S. Cayuga Streets, and East and West State Streets — includes restaurants, clothing stores, art galleries, book stores, record stores, and much, much more.

Ithaca Farmers’ Market Steamboat Landing off Third Street Ithaca, NY 14851 (607) 273-7109 In 2017, beginning April 8 through October 28, the Saturday market hours are 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The Sunday market runs from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. May 7 through Oct. 29. Deep into the fall, from Nov. 4 through December 16, the market reduces its Saturday hours to 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Plus, be sure to check out the Tuesday markets in Dewitt Park, located in downtown Ithaca, and the Wednesday market in East Hill Plaza and Thursday night 5 to 8 p.m. marketst at Steamboat landing There is an indoor winter market at the Space at Greenstar, 700 W. Buffalo St., from Jan. 7 to March 25. See ithacamarket.com for hours and vendor information.

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The Triphammer Marketplace 2255 North Triphammer Road Ithaca, NY 607-273-6851 www.triphammermarketplace.com The variety of retail, dining and service offerings at the Triphammer Marketplace include Ithaca Bakery, Ithaca Coffee Company, Gene’s Barbershop, Finger Lakes ReUse, Triphammer Laundromat and much more.

Supermarkets Greenstar Cooperative Market 701 W. Buffalo St. Ithaca, NY (607) 273-9392 This market features organic produce and homeopathic products and a cheap yearly membership.

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Wegmans 500 S. Meadow St. Ithaca, NY (607) 277-5800 Keep your head on a swivel because this place is packed with shoppers, and for good reason: there’s a staggering array of baked goods, fresh produce, deli items, meats and seafood in Ithaca’s largest market. And if you need a break from the aisles, there’s also a café, sushi bar and several buffet tables offering a variety of choices. Open 24 hours.

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Porch Fest September 18, noon to 6 p.m.

Music is played on porches throughout the Fall Creek neighborhood. The festival is free and includes a wide variety of music. See porchfest.org for more info.

The Commons, Ithaca, NY 14850 Area artists break out their chainsaws and irons – seriously – and carve ice sculptures all around the Commons for the annual ice-carving competition.

This wintery festival also includes the annual Chowder Cook-off, which is held on Saturday and features area restaurants. Dress warm.

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Ithaca Scottish Games & Celtic Festival October 8 Stewart Park, Ithaca, NY 14850 The Scottish Games brings together bagpipe bands, Scottish heavy athletes and Highland dancers to compete for standings in the United States and in the world. The festival seeks to continue uniting the seemingly endless pool of local Celtic talent, by providing them a venue to showcase their passions.

Ithaca Apple Harvest Festival September 30-October 2 Downtown Ithaca Commons Vendors, musicians and performers take to the Commons – or on the eastern and western end of The Commons, if construction isn’t finished by then – for this festival celebrating all things apples.

Ithaca Oktoberfest Late October The Commons, Ithaca, NY 14850 The Fourth Annual Oktoberfest comes to downtown Ithaca with numerous local microbreweries competing for the Oktobercup for best beer. The autumn festival features local aficionados of suds like Ithaca Beer Company, Bandwagon, Empire Brewing and Bacchus Brewing of Dryden. Celebration includes live music, food vendors and samplings from area wineries as well.

First Peoples Festival October 1 Dewitt Park, Ithaca, NY 14850 The Multicultural Resource Center’s First Peoples’ Festival will take place in partnership with Ithaca’s Apple Harvest Festival which occurs in October throughout the Commons area. The First Peoples’ Festival is a celebration of indigenous peoples of New York State featuring traditional music, crafts, displays and foods. FestivalIthaca Ice Festival goers will have an opportunity to learn more about the December traditions of First Peoples’ and to unlearn the stereotypes 83488 Kendal Garden Ad for8-10 Ithaca Times

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Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Celebration January 2017 In partnership with the Greater Ithaca Activities Center (GIAC) and many other community organizations, The MLK Day of Celebration takes place at GIAC on Martin Luther King Day every January. Workshops, children’s activities, music and a free community luncheon all staffed by volunteers makes this a day on, not a day off.

Winter Recess February 2017 During Winter Recess, Ithaca opens its doors to the preK-12 community, offering you a chance to relax, refresh and renew among friends in a city built on education.

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Great Downtown Ithaca Chili Cook-off February 2017 The Commons, Ithaca, NY 14850 Don’t get this event confused with the Chowder Cookoff in December (what can we say – we like our hearty soups). Local restaurants vie for Best Chili and other items in the People’s Choice, Vegetarian & Meat, and the Official Judging competition. Events include Chili Tasting, Mechanical Bull Riding, Chili Idol Karaoke, Iron Chef, Farmers Market, Wine & Beer Tasting, Music, Contests and Prizes.

Book/ Record Stores Alphabet Soup, 171 The Commons, Ithaca, NY 14850 (607) 272- 6885 Angry Mom Records, 115 E State St, Ithaca, NY 14850 (607) 319-4953 Autumn Leaves Bookstore, 115 The Commons, Ithaca, NY 14850, (607) 273-8239 Barnes and Noble, 614 S Meadow St, Ithaca, NY 14850 (607) 273-6784 The Bookery, 215 N. Cayuga St. (Dewitt Mall), Ithaca, NY 14850 (607) 273-5055 Buffalo Street Books, 215 N. Cayuga Street (Dewitt Mall), Ithaca, NY 14850, (607) 273-8246. www. buffalostreetbooks.com Colophon Books, 205 N. Aurora St., Ithaca, NY 14850, (607) 277-5608 wwww.colophonbooks.us Comics For Collectors, 207 N. Aurora St., Ithaca, NY 14850, (607) 272-3007 Kraftees, 313 College Ave, Ithaca, NY 14850, (607) 2690510

SPORTS & RECREATION Golf Courses Country Club of Ithaca 189 Pleasant Grove Rd Ithaca, NY 14850-2601 (607) 257-1808 www.countryclubofithaca.com The 18-hole, par-72 course at the Country Club of Ithaca facility features 6,595 yards of golf from the longest tees.

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Newman Golf Course 10 Pier Rd Ithaca, NY 14850 (607) 273-6262 The 9-hole “Newman” course at the Newman Municipal Golf Course features 3,055 yards of golf from the longest tees for a par of 36 . The course rating is 35.2 and it has a slope rating of 113. Newman golf course opened in 1935. There are men’s and women’s tees, and it has an 18-hole rating of 70.3. Reservations are required on weekends and holidays.

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Other sports areas: Alex Haley Pool (GIAC) 408 N. Albany St., Ithaca, NY 14850 (607) 272-3622 or 607-277-6169 Bowl O Drome 401 Third St. , Ithaca, NY 14850 (607) 256-2695 Cass Park Pool 701 Taughannock Blvd., Ithaca, NY 14850 (607) 273-1090 Helen Newman Bowling Lanes Cradit Farm Dr, Ithaca, NY 14850 (607) 255-4200 Ithaca Skate Park Meadow Street and Wood Street, Ithaca, NY 14850 Ithaca Swimming Club Inc. 124 Uptown Road, Ithaca, NY 14850-1631 (607) 266-9574 Parks Allen H. Treman State Marine Park Just norh of Cass Park, off Route 89 Ithaca, NY 14850 (607) 273-3440, (607) 272-1460 (marina office, summer) Allan H. Treman State Park is one of the largest inland marinas in New York State. It boasts 370 seasonal, 30 transient and 30 dry boat slips. The park has picnic areas and playing fields and provides access to the Barge Canal and Seneca Lake. It is a marina only, there is no camping available and it is not the same as Robert H. Treman State Park. Allen Treman Park is located on Route 89, north of Ithaca, on the western shore and southern end of Cayuga Lake.

Auburn Park The park is activily used all year by residents of the neighborhood. Supervision is recommended as this park is surrounded by streets and cars using Dey Street to reach NYS Route 13 often exceed the 30 mph speed limit.

Baker Park This park is a neighborhood passive park located in the triangle formed where Elmira Road, South Plain Street and Park Street meet. Baker Park has several large shade trees, an open lawn area, and benches.

Brindley Park Brindley Park is the only remaining piece of the former Inlet Neighborhood Community Center which was built in the 1930’s in response to the social and recreational needs of Inlet neighborhood residents at the junction of Buffalo and Brindley Streets for use as a park.

Bryant Park Development of East Hill began in earnest in 1908.

The land was developed by the Bryant Land company in collaboration with attorney / developer Jared T. Newman, who was then Mayor of Ithaca. 45 Acres of the old Bryant Farm were subdivided into 161 building lots. Three open spaces were incorporated into the subdivision: Bryant Park, Maplewood Park and Campbell Park, of which only Bryant park and Maplewood Park survived. Today Bryant Park is located in the triangle formed by Bryant Avenue, Irving Place and Ithaca Road.

Buttermilk Falls State Park 112 Buttermilk Falls Road Ithaca, New York 14850 (607) 273-3440, (607) 273-5761 (summer), (800) 4562267 (reservations) Buttermilk Falls State Park takes its name from the foaming cascade formed by Buttermilk Creek as it flows down the steep valley side toward Cayuga Lake.

The upper park has a small lake, hiking trails through woodlands and along the gorge and rim, picnic areas and playing fields. The lower park has a campground, pool and playing fields, beyond which is Larch Meadows.

Larch Meadows is a moist, shady glen and wetland area through which a nature trail winds. Park activities, including tours through Buttermilk gorge, are offered weekly from July 4th through Labor Day. Park open all year. Camping season from mid-May to mid-October.

Swimming area opens on June 20th All trails close November 10. Deer hunting, bow only, is permitted in season. Located on Route 13, south of Ithaca.

Cass Park 701 Taughannock Blvd Ithaca, NY 14850 (607) 273-1090

Cass Park is a regionally active park used heavily by residents from all parts of Tompkins County. In addition to the ice rink, and swimming pool, there are four tennis courts, 20 athletic fields, four of them lighted, playground equipment, an exercise trail, and a large picnic pavilion.

Columbia Street Park Columbia Street Park is located between Columbia Street and Hillview Place, across the street from Hillview Park. This park is heavily vegetated and contains a stairway which connects to Hillview Park.

Conway Park Conway Park shows up as public land as early as 1835.

The park was known for decades as Lafayette Park, being renamed Conway Park in 1920 to honor of former City of Ithaca Alderman Michael Conway, who died in action in France with the American Expeditionary Forces. Today Conway Park is an active neighborhood park located at the triangle of Cascadilla Street, Madison Street and Third Street. It has a half basketball court with three hoops, a play structure, and a large lawn area used for informal play. The play structure was built, using Community Development Block Grant moneys, by residents of the surrounding neighborhood in the spring of 1997.

Cornell Plantations 1 Plantations Road Ithaca, NY 14850 (607) 255-2400 As the arboretum, botanical garden, and natural areas of Cornell University, Cornell Plantations has a lot to offer – 40 natural areas spanning nearly 4300 acres of rich and diverse habitats. Collections include maples, oaks, crabapples, conifers, dogwoods, urban trees, and other species in a 150-acre pastoral setting. Specialty gardens in the arboretum include the Zucker Flowering Shrub Collection and the Treman Woodland walk. The 25-acre botanical garden features 14 specialty gardens.

DeWitt Park De Witt Park, the oldest park in the City of Ithaca, is at the corner of Buffalo and Cayuga streets. Before it became known as De Witt Park, it was called Public Square Park.

The park contains several war monuments, including monuments honoring local residents who served in The Civil War, WWI, WWII, The Korean War and the Vietnam War. Each year on Veteran’s Day, De Witt park is home to ceremonies honoring these local heroes.

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Hillview Park Hillview Park is located on the corner of Turner Place, Columbia Street, South Aurora Street and Hillview Place.

This park is heavily vegetated, with many large trees, and contains two small play fields with a backstop.

Ithaca Falls Natural Area Ithaca has many beautiful gorges and waterfalls. One of the most famous is Ithaca Falls, which is 150 feet high and 175 feet wide. These stunning falls are visible from Lake Street, a short walk from downtown or Cornell.

MacDaniels Park MacDaniels Park was donated to the City of Ithaca by Cornell University Professor Laurence MacDaniels. He lived next to the land that is known today as MacDaniels Park. He donated a portion of his land to the City for use as a park a few years before his death. This Park is a neighborhood passive park. The entrance is located at the intersection of Hook Place and Warren Road.

The park is heavily vegetated with trees and shrubs. It contains benches, a picnic table and a grill.

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Maplewood Park Maplewood Park, located on East Hill, was created in the same manner as Bryant Park. The park was formed in 1908, when the Bryant Farm was subdivided for housing development. (For more information on the history of Maplewood Park, see Bryant Park.) Maplewood Park is located at the end of Maple Grove Place.

Robert H Treman State Park 105 Enfield Falls Road Ithaca, NY 14850 (607) 273-3440, (800) 456-2267 (reservations) Robert H. Treman State Park is an area of wild beauty, with the rugged gorge called Enfield Glen as its scenic highlight. Winding trails follow the gorge past 12 waterfalls, including the 115-foot Lucifer Falls, to where visitors can see a mile-and-a-half down the wooded gorge as it winds its way to the lower park. Campers can choose from tent or RV sites or cabins. Enjoy nine miles of hiking trails, or swim in a stream-fed pool beneath a waterfall. Swimming is allowed in lifeguarded area only.

Open year round. Camping season runs from mid-May to November 30. All gorge trails close November 10.

Bow hunting for deer is permitted in season. Located on Route 13, 5 miles south of Ithaca, on Route 327. South end of Cayuga Lake.

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build effort, funded by a Community Development Block Grant in 1994. Ithaca Skate Park is the first public concrete skatepark in CNY.

Stewart Park Stewart Park Road Ithaca, NY 14850 Stewart Park is a regionally active park with several facilities including tennis courts, a playground with several play structures including a carousel, athletic fields, a duck pond, a spray pool, a municipal golf course, and a bird sanctuary. Swimming is no longer allowed due to pollution and turbidity.

Titus Triangle Titus Triangle is a small neighborhood passive park located in the triangle formed by Fair Street, South Street and Six Mile Creek.

Washington Park The City blocks surrounding the park was laid out in 1832 by Simeon De Witt and his son Varick De Witt.

By the end of the century homes were built on all the streets around the park. (For more information see De Witt Park) The park has been under municipal authority since 1847. It is located in a square created by Washington Street, Court Street, Park Street and Buffalo Street.

Strawberry Fields The history of Strawberry Fields is connected to the Belle Sherman Elementary school off Mitchell Street in Ithaca. Previously, the land was owned by the City of Ithaca School District. In 1940 and in 1960, apartment complexes had been proposed for this land. On July 21, 1970, a 9.9 acre parcel was sold to the City for park use.

Taughannock Falls State Park 2221 Taughannock Road Trumansburg, NY 14886 (607) 387-6739, (800) 456-2267 (reservations) Taughannock Falls State Park’s namesake waterfall is one of the outstanding natural attractions of the Northeast.

Taughannock Falls plunges 215 feet past rocky cliffs that tower nearly 400 feet above the gorge. Gorge and rim trails offer spectacular views from above the falls and from below at the end of the gorge trail. Campsites and cabins overlook Cayuga Lake, with marina, boat launch and beach nearby. Boat Launch Site not suitable for any type of sailboat. The park also offers organized activities including tours through the Taughannock Gorge and summer concerts along the lakefront. Open year round.

Camping season runs from April 24th to mid-October.

The rim trail closes in winter; the gorge trail remains open.

GOVERNMENT & LOCAL INSTITUTIONS Municipal Government

Town of Ithaca 215 N. Tioga Street Ithaca · NY · 14850 (607) 273-1721 (Town Hall); (607) 273-1656 (Public Works Facility) www.town.ithaca.ny.us/ Located on beautiful Cayuga Lake, the Town of Ithaca is home to about 20,000 residents and is home to Cornell University and Ithaca College.

Titus Flats/Ithaca Skate Park Titus Flats is located on South Meadow Street and Wood Street. It is a neighborhood active park with a full basketball court, a handball court, four softball fields, and a playground that was the result of a community

Tompkins County County Clerk 320 N. Tioga Street, Main Courthouse (607) 274-5431 Hours: Monday-Friday 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. www.tompkinscounty.gov Higher Education Cornell University General Information: (607) 254-4636 www.cornell.edu Ithaca College General Information: (607) 274-3011 www.ithaca.edu Tompkins-Cortland Community College (TC3) 170 North St. Dryden, NY (607) 844-8211 www.tc3.edu Empire State College (Ithaca office) 118 N. Tioga Street - Suite 502 Ithaca, NY 14850 (607) 273-4536 or 4537

City of Ithaca 108 Green Street Ithaca, NY (607) 274-6570 www.ci.ithaca.ny.us/

Thompson Park Thompson Park is a small, triangular-shaped neighborhood park on North Cayuga Street. It is primarily used for passive park uses, although it has been known as an outdoor volleyball site.

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Education Ithaca City School District 400 Lake Street Ithaca, NY 14850 (607) 274-2501 www.icsd.k12.ny.us Grades K-12 are served in 12 school buildings, and the district has a total enrollment of approximately 5,500 students. The schools include: Ithaca High School (grades 9-12); Lehman Alternative Community School (grades 6-12); Boynton Middle School and DeWitt Middle School (grades 6-8); Belle Sherman Elementary School, Beverly J. Martin Elementary School, Caroline Elementary School, Cayuga Heights Elementary School, Enfield Elementary School, Fall Creek Elementary School, Northeast Elementary School and South Hill Elementary School (grades K-5, some with pre-K programs).

New Roots Charter School 116 North Cayuga Street P.O. Box 936 Ithaca, NY 14851 607-882-9220 www.newrootsschool.org A high school (grades 9-12) charter school, tied to the

Ithaca City School District, New Roots is open to all students in Tompkins County. Curriculum is focused on sustainability and entrepreneurship. Students will earn a Regents diploma.

Cascadilla School 116 Summit Ave Ithaca, NY 14850-4734 (607) 272-3110 www.cascadillaschool.org Cascadilla School is a preparatory school in Ithaca. It was founded in 1876 as a boys’ preparatory school for Cornell University. Serves as a high school, grades 9 through post graduate.

Immaculate Conception School 320 West Buffalo Street Ithaca, NY 14850-4193 607-273-2707 www.icsithaca.org Immaculate Conception School is a private, coeducational Catholic school for children in prekindergarten through 5th grade and is conveniently located in downtown Ithaca. It enrolls students from eight area school districts.

Parking There is paid parking on the street (kiosks) or in garages.

Street parking is free on evenings after 6 p.m., and on weekends, and special holidays on the street. Garage parking is free on weekends.

On-Street Parking The City of Ithaca has installed pay stations downtown in order to provide multiple payment options. These have replaced traditional coin meters. Parking pay stations accept cash, coin and debit/ATM or credit cards.

How Parking Kiosks Work: These pay stations use license plate recognition technology to track your parking, so you will need to know your license plate when you go to pay at the machine. Pay stations are currenly located 1 station per every street block, but will soon increase to 2 per street block (one on each side of the street). For your rconvenience, you can also receive notification by text or phone call when your time is running out. Follow the prompts on the screen to enter your phone number. You can also pay for parking on your smartphone by setting up a Park Mobile* account either on your phone through the app store (Apple and Android) or online at a computer.

Street Parking Rates: At metered spaces, the hourly rate is $1.50/hr with a minimum 1 hour purchase when paying with ATM/credit card. You can purchase smaller time increments using cash or coin only. *Park Mobile parking trasactions are subject to a convenience fee ($0.30-0.35 per transaction depending on Park Mobile subscription rate)

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Parking in Garages The parking garages charge $1.00 an hour to park between the hours of 3:00am and 8:00pm. The parking attendant is on duty at the garages until 11:30pm to collect any parking fees that may have accrued between these hours. You can pre-purchase hourly tokens/ tickets for garage parking at $0.65/hr through the City Chamberlain’s office inside City Hall.

Cayuga Street Parking Garage 235 S Cayuga St Ithaca, NY 14850-5509 (607) 273-0205 Long-term parking is offered bythe Cayuga Street Garage located between Green and Clinton streets in downtown Ithaca. It’s $63 per month.

Dryden Road Parking Garage Dryden Road Ithaca, NY 14850 Seneca Street Garage East Seneca Street Ithaca, NY 14850 Green Street Garage Green Street Ithaca, NY 14850 Waste Removal Services The City of Ithaca provides a trash collection service for residents within the City limits, and trash is collected once a week. To determine the day of collection for your address, please call the Streets and Facilities Division office at 272-1718. Office hours are Monday-Friday from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Residents need to place trash at the curb the night before the scheduled collection day as the crews start their day at 4 a.m. Criteria for placement of trash is as follows: Trash cans or plastic bags may be used. There are no specific rules governing the type of can or bag that may used.

Trash Tags Trash collection is paid for through the purchase of trash tags. Residents can purchase tags at City Hall or at any of the local grocery stores. Full Tags are for up to 35 pounds of trash. One tag is $3.75 while a sheet of six is $22.50.

Whole tag strips are to be used; tags torn in half will not be accepted. One tag is needed for each can or each bag of trash that is placed at the curb. If more than one bag of trash is put in a can, be sure that the total weight of all the bags does not exceed the weight on the tag. The tag must be placed around the neck of the bag or on the bag itself. If trash cans are used, be sure to place the tag on the handle of the can so that it can be readily seen by the collectors. The weight of a can containing multiple bags/tags cannot exceed 50 pounds.

Recycling Recycling is collected in the City of Ithaca every other week on the same day as trash collection. More information about recycling can be obtained by calling the Tompkins County Solid Waste Division at (607) 2736632. There is no fee or tag needed for this service, and Recycling bins may be obtained at 122 Commercial Avenue, Ithaca, NY. The Solid Waste Division Web site is www.tompkins-co.org/solidwaste/main.html.

Yard Waste Note: Leaves and grass clippings are not to be raked into the street.

Yard waste is collected in the City of Ithaca on a regular basis from April 1 through late fall. Once snow falls, crews work on snow removal and yard waste collection is

suspended. There is $1.50 fee per can or bundle for yard waste collection. Tags can be purchased from the City Chamberlain office at City Hall across Green Street from the public library.

Yard waste is collected every other week on the weeks opposite recycling weeks.

Yard waste may also be taken to the Tompkins County Solid Waste Management Division at 122 Commercial Ave., Ithaca, NY 14850.

Criteria for placement of yard waste is: Only natural materials are considered yard waste (grass, leaves, branches, brush and the like). Yard waste must be placed in garbage cans (with the lids off) or in untied plastic bags. All brush must be tied in bundles. No brush or branches can be longer than four feet in length, and no branch can be larger than two inches in diameter. No bundle or container should exceed 50 pounds.

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Voting in the City of Ithaca takes place in five different wards, with several polling places in each ward. Polling places are based on Election Districts. The election district is not the same as your County Legislative District number, but is printed on the voter registration acknowledgement card. Call the Board of Elections office for more information.

City of Ithaca polling places: FIRST WARD District 1 & 2 — Lehman Alternative School, 111 Chestnut St. District 3 — Titus Towers II, 798 S. Plain Street District 4 & 5 — South Hill School, 520 Hudson Street SECOND WARD District 1 & 3 — GIAC, 301 W. Court Street District 2 — Titus Towers II, 798 S. Plain St. District 4 — Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E. Green St. THIRD WARD District 1, 2 and 3 — Belle Sherman Annex, Cornell Street.

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Library. Fees are payable by cash, check or credit card.

Hours: see www.library.cornell.edu for individual library hours.

Libraries

Ithaca College Library 1201 Gannett Center Ithaca, NY 14850 (607) 274-3182 Hours vary by season, people should check the library’s Web site — www.ithaca.edu/library — for hours. The library is open to the public for browsing, but only students and college staff may check out materials or access the databases.

Cornell University Libraries Ithaca NY 14853 (607) 255-4144 libpublicservices@cornell.edu www.library.cornell.edu The libraries offers guest borrowing privileges to qualifying individuals (see below). Users should apply at the Library Public Services Office, 116 Olin Library, and provide the appropriate documentation. Users applying for contract college Privilege Cards should apply at Mann

Houses of Worship First Baptist Church of Ithaca

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You are welcome to join us any Sunday When we celebrate God’s love and peace and while upholding the historic and relevant Baptist Principles of Liberty of Conscience and Spirit, Separation of Church and State and the Sacredness of all Beings.

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Tompkins County Public Library 101 E Green St Ithaca, NY 14850-5613 (607) 272-4557 Hours: Monday-Thursday 10 a.m. to 8:15 p.m., FridaySaturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sundays: 1-5 p.m January 19 through April 13 and Septemer 28 through November 23 Otherwise closed on Sundays.)

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Post Offices U.S. Post Office, 757 Warren Rd, Ithaca, NY 14850-9998 607-266-0566 U.S. Post Office, 213 N Tioga St , Ithaca, NY 14850 (607) 266-0566 U.S. Post Office (Cornell University),135 Ho Plaza, Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3907 U.S. Post Office (Ithaca College), 953 Danby Rd, Ithaca, NY 14850 (607) 274-3367 Transportation Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport 72 Brown Road Ithaca, NY 14850-1248 (607) 257-0456 www.flyithaca.com Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport is owned and operated

by Tompkins County. Airline services available at the airport: Delta Air Lines is the world’s largest airline and offers direct service from Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport to Detroit. Delta Reservations: (800) 221-1212 Northwest Reservations: (800) 225-2525 Local Customer Service: (607) 257-2555 American Airlines offers non-stop service from Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport to its hub in Philadelphia.

American Airlines Reservations: 1-800-433-7300 Local Customer Service: (607) 257-0808 United Airlines offers connections from Ithaca to destinations around the world through their Star Alliance membership, the world’s largest global airline alliance.

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Hot Dogs and Hot Buns

This summer’s funniest flick finally arives

By Br yan VanC ampe n Sausage Party, directed by Greg Tiernan & Conrad Vernon, playing at Regal Stadium 14.

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suppose you could say I grew up on a ‘70s-‘80s genre: the adult animated feature. Back then, Disney would just re-release their family classics and hope that no one noticed that their new ‘toon features like Robin Hood and The Aristocats weren’t that choice. It was a perfect time for renegade animators like Ralph Bakshi to put out flicks like Fritz the Cat, Heavy Traffic, Coonskin and American Pop. Bakshi wasn’t alone in that vanguard; there was Rene Leloux’s Fantastic Planet and Ivan Reitman’s Heavy Metal, based on the French anthology comic Metal Hurlant.

The thing is, with the exception of Fritz and its awful sequel most of those movies were trying to push the boundaries in other areas besides humor.

Whatever else you can say about Sausage Party, it’s always going for the funny. Seth Rogen’s first animated joint—let’s hope it’s not his last, he seems to have a talent for ‘toon structure and gags—is first and foremost not for kids. Things get so crazy that I wouldn’t be able to tell you how old your kids should be to see it, anyway.

Who knew that we needed an extraordinarily raunchy animated comedy about the secret life of food to cap off the summer silly season? Who could have foreseen that a coarse comedy about horny hot dogs and bodacious hot dog buns would result in the summer’s most twisted love story, Swiss Army Man aside?

The surprisingly smart story has been cooked up by Rogen, Evan Goldberg and Jonah Hill: Much like Al’s Toy Barn in Toy Story 2—and this is not an excuse to bring kids—the action of Sausage Party takes place during one long day and night in the lives of foodstuff in one of those enormo-dome mega-stores. The movie gets off to a nice fake-out with a DisneyPixar style opening musical number co-written by Alan Menken (Tangled).

In this world of groceries, food wants to be chosen by humans, put in carts and wheeled out of the store to “The Great Beyond”.

But a hot dog named Frank (Seth Rogen) and a bun named Brenda (Kristin Wiig) get put in the cart, separated from the rest of the pack in a crazy chaotic scene that’s a great spoof of Saving Private Ryan, and then from each other. Brenda meets a bagel voiced by Edward Norton and David Krumholtz as Vash, a lavash, and a taco played by Salma Hayek. Frank

finds his way to the liquor section, where a bottle of booze with an Indian label (Bill Hader), gets Frank high—that’s a first— and tells him that the foodie mythology is a lie. (Danny McBride plays a jar of honey mustard who has been out in the world and has similar stories.

Like Blazing Saddles and the South Park movie, Sausage Party will be

remembered fondly and with some concern as another movie in the chain of breaking down niceties and the social order. In other words, thanks a lot, Seth Rogen and all your comedy pals. Your vision of hot dogs and buns will haunt my A scene from the animated film “Sausage Party” starring Seth Rogen, Kristen Wiig, Bill dreams forever.

Hader, Jonah Hill, Edward Norton, Danny McBride, and Salma Hayek. (Photo Provided) I will never be able to think But in a season where intentional laughs about picnics and Fourth of July food sales in the same way. are scarce, Sausage Party gets the job done. •

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Charm City Crushers

Baltimore noise punks visit the Chanticleer

By C hr i s tophe r J. Har r ing ton Multicult, Twin Lords, Talk Hard, Monolith, Monday, August 22, 7 p.m., The Chanticleer Loft

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ositioning themselves somewhere in between the abstract condensation of ‘80s new wave and punk, and the abrasive noise rock of the early ‘90s, Baltimore’s Multicult, grind, veer, and percolate their way to a unique singularity.

Forging a darkening menace that recalls Unsane, Killing Joke, and Helmet, with an open and expressive configuration that evokes Gang of Four and the Talking Heads, this killer trio is an intriguing and explosive bunch. Their newest album, Position Remote—a widening slab of intensity and fun—drops August 19 on Reptilian Records. I caught up recently with guitarist and singer Nick Skrobisz and bassist Rebecca Burchette: here’s the lowdown.

Ithaca Times: Would you consider your sound to be minimalistic?

Nick Skrobisz: It often doesn’t come off that way to a lot of folks, but I feel the arrangements and individual instruments’ parts are rather minimal; when some parts have difficulty going together, there definitely can be some bursts of complex mesentery that fill the gaps. I guess ‘minimal’ is a subjective term [laughs].

Rebecca Burchette: I would agree that the term ‘minimal’ is rather subjective and matter of personal opinion. I just write and play what sounds and feels good to

me. Sometimes it’s pretty simple and other times more complex depending on the song, the mode, or the mood I’m in. I have found that trying to categorize music or trying to slap a label on what I’m doing only limits the process and creativity so I tend not to look at it in those terms.

IT: I hear a ‘80s new-wave-postpunk kind of vibe in some of your compositions: a little Talking Heads, Public Image Ltd. Do bands from that era influence or interest you guys?

NS: Absolutely. Rebecca is big into Talking Heads, and who doesn’t love at least a little PiL? I think when the band first got started it may have been more of an influence, incorporating dryness and minimalist melody to our songs. Around that time I was listening to a lot of early Nick Cave, Gang of Four, Big Black, etc.

These days it seems to be leaning much more toward the unnatural, and forced repeated error, if that makes any sense.

RB: I grew up in the ‘80s listening to that kind of music, and it always pumps me up. My father was always very into the Talking Heads and Devo when I was a kid, so I was exposed to it very early, and it just stuck with me. In fact that’s mostly what I end up listening to now. There are songs that we have written where my bass lines were definitely being influenced by listening to too much Michael Jackson, although it’s not like I’m telling my bandmates this. It’s just the energy I felt at that particular time and space.

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IT: As a philosophical approach, how does punk shape your actions, if at all?

NS: The spirit of circumventing officialdom and conventions is the main tenet from punk in its current state, so far removed (40+ years) from where it started. As far as the “sassy college kid living a lo-fi art pauper fantasy” thing goes, no thanks. I think the socialization of art speaks for itself in making what was a sort of gated community, the underground, into something new.

RB: When I initially entered this subculture known as punk rock at a very young age, I was excited to find something that was about expressing yourself without limitations and a venue for changing the status quo; a place to channel my young anger and confusion about the adult world that I was being forced into and wanted no part of. But unfortunately I quickly realized that “punk rock” also had self-imposed

limitations and unspoken rules of what it was supposed to be too, which initially frustrated me. Now that I’m a lot older and a lot less angry, I continue to view it pretty much the same way as I did when I was young with a much better attitude, using it as a venue to promote my creativity, in my own way and try to encourage other people to do the same.

IT: I know you guys have a summer tour coming up, but overall, how much do you tour, do you like it, and what’s the best thing about heading out on the road?

NS: We tour pretty regularly, usually about twice a year. Being nested in Baltimore, we are fortunate to be able to play a lot of bigger cities on shorter trips between tours as well. I love touring, and I’d say it’s about the happiest I ever am while we are doing it.

To read the entire interview, go to ithaca.com •

books

NY Birding Go-To

ABA’s field guide to the birds of New York State

By Bil l C h ai s son Field Guide to the Birds of New York Corey Finger (Scott &Nix; 2016)

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he American Birding Association has come out with a field guide that is designed to spare the beginner from being overwhelmed by having to wonder if the bird she is looking at is one of thousands of possible species that live in the eastern United States. Finger’s book includes 285 of the 485 species that have ever been recorded as being seen in New York State. Most of the other 200 species have been seen only a handful of times, so the odds that you will run across them are low.

Furthermore, Finger provides the beginner with a list of great birding spots scattered all around the state and tells what you are likely to see there and what time of year you should visit in order to experience a maximum number of taxa. This list is arranged as a monthby-month “New York Birding Year” in the introduction, starting in January at Montauk Point State Park for the winter waterfowl, gulls, and alcids. He ends up at Fort Edward “Important Bird Area” (near Glens Falls) to see open-country birds like rough-legged hawks, short-eared owls, horned larks, and Lapland longspurs.

The introduction also includes illustrations that teach the beginning birders the names for the parts of birds.

Four separate photographs of a duck, a gull, a falcon, and a sparrow are provided to include terms that are not common to all types of bird.

Most taxa get one page, although a few get two. If a species is sexually dimorphic, then there will be photos of both the male and female, and if the juveniles are distinctive or there is a seasonal plumage, there will be a photo of that too.

The photographs by Brian E. Small are extraordinary. The colors are accurate and even subtle hues are well captured.

For example, the greater scaup as a greentinted head, while the lesser scaup’s is purplish. This is routinely over-stated in illustrations and invisible in most photographs. Small has managed to get photos that show the true nature of the colors as they are in decent light. The easier way to tell these to ducks apart is the shape of their heads, which Small shows very well too.

Each taxon gets a short write-up that follows the same formula, beginning with what kind of habitat the species prefers, what time of the year it will be there, how abundant or rare it is and whether its declining. Finger then lists several specific locations where you are likely to find this

bird and ends with some characters that will distinguish it in the field, whether visual and/or its song or call. Much of the detailed description of field marks is put in the captions of the photos, so that it can refer directly to the male, female, juvenile or seasonal variant.

Finger’s approach emphasizes economic use of space and tries not to present an avalanche of information.

(David Sibley’s Guide to Birds is wonderful, but the amount of information on a page may be overwhelming to some beginners.) Finger makes some shrewd decisions when it comes to including extra photos or leaving them out. For example, he includes a photo of a raven in flight that shows its wedge-shaped tail, but does not show a crow in flight because there is nothing distinctive to see. Birds that are often seen in flight are depicted as such.

Warblers are hardly ever identified in flight, but they quite small, so Finger and Small show them in typical postures and make the image as large as they can so you can see the details of their sometimes

(Above) A Baltimore oriole (Photo: Brian E. Small) (RIght) Cover of “Field Guide to the Birds of New York

complex plumages.

When the beginner wants to add more information to her knowledge of New York State birds, this guide would be well complemented by the purchase of The Second Atlas of Breeding Birds of New York State (2008) edited by Kevin MacGowan and Kimberley Corwin. The atlas provides more detailed information about where species are found in the state and the history of their distributions.

The American Birding Association has completed six other state guides, including ones for Pennsylvania and New Jersey. •

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playing with new colleagues in symphony orchestras at Durham, North Carolina; Estes Park, Colorado—“This was known as the ‘Blue Jean Philharmonic,’ said Russo.

“Supported by Levi Strauss, we went through a lot of music with two concerts a week, with some of the finest musicians in the country playing—and Rochester at the Eastman Theatre, playing Stravinsky with Stravinsky conducting.

After traveling and performing Russo sensed his leaning toward jazz. Coming back to upstate New York he did some time in Romulus and Odessa, met good folks and taught music in high school. But by 1977 the gravitational pull of Ithaca and its music scene was powerful. Twenty years after he had first come to Ithaca, he felt the same excitement upon return.

“I had a lucky couple of years playing with Peggy Haines’s Lowdown Alligator Jass Band,” he said. “First it was Peggy plus Dane Marion, then Brian Earle and me.

“Ned Macksoud, who was wonderful, hired me next to play piano at Rulloff ’s,” he continued. “The drinking age was 18, and that’s where people went. It was an important music venue. People went there looking to hire musicians, and we all had a good time.” Russo’s music kept the crowd coming in, even when the drinking age was raised.

During the time the Rulloff ’s gig was going strong, celebrity lawyer, author, and playwright Wally Wiggins hired Russo to play the Ramada Hotel (now Hotel Ithaca). It was a good place to come with family and friends, work colleagues for lunch or Sunday brunch. Fellow attorney and commercial property wizard Richard Thaler hired Russo after that to bring his band for Friday Night Happy Hour and for Sunday brunch each week.

An itinerant musician has to be figuring how to secure the next job. Russo and his assembled musicians played the fraternity circuit. “One social chairman would hire us,” the horn player said. “When he would graduate, he would pass along our name to his successor. Over the years the quality of the fraternity house pianos got better and better. We played at 15 to 20 fraternities, and Charlie Mazer did all the piano tunings.”

When heavy metal crashed onto the scene, the older folks kept hiring Russo.

“We played dress up events, reunions, special events,” recalled. “Tailgate parties, alumni events; fortunately we still continued to appeal to the teens, the college kids, the older folks.

“I still play for Memorial Day and Veterans’ Day; sometimes other seniors join me,” Russo said. “We keep on playing; as long as we are breathing we will keep playing. I’ve had the luck to be hired by honorable, fair employers and to gather together wonderful musicians. I’ve been able to bring together men and women, young people and older musicians: Bernie Milton, Wally Thierll, Harold Cook have all passed on; I played at their funerals.

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he always comes back for our concert at and other venues,” said Taughannock.” the native son. “But “Sally Ramirez will be our vocalist,” playing a free concert at said Russo. “People remember her ‘I Hear a Taughannock on August New Samba.’

20 at 7 p.m. will be When Russo starts talking about his our summer highlight. fellow musicians, he doesn’t rein it in.

So many of my band “Speaking about female singers, I’ve heard members that evening Felicity Jones is in New Zealand now,” he have played with me for said. “While she lived in Ithaca, she asked 20 or 40 years. me to teach her how to play bass. Not one “Doug Robinson of my specialties, but I knew enough from (originally with the my time in Eastman—where we briefly Desperados) will play bass,” Russo said. “He has studied every instrument—that I could also made his name with show her the ropes. I wrote special musical guitar. He is probably the notations for her to follow, and she did number one piano player fine. She worked at Cornell where her in demand in Ithaca, introduction opened many doors.” playing sometimes 30 times a month. He Russo knew from an early age what he accompanies many singers throughout the wanted to do, and he did it. “As a young kid month. We’ve been together for 30 years.”

I knew I was not going to go into business “Brian Earle will be there at Taughannock with his clarinet,” said the band leader. “We’ve played together for 35 years.

“Steve Brown, popular and soughtafter professor of music at Ithaca College, created the jazz degree curriculum at IC,” Russo noted. “He has been one of my advisors about all things music. Sure, he’s a professor! He has always been supportive and is a good musical influence Russo (Top Left and Above) playing and living (Photos Provided) to have. He may play guitar, bass and drum at Taughannock, where we has played with or going to play football or baseball. I knew me since 1980.” that ‘music is it!’ I never even thought I “Drew Frech is our banjo virtuoso,” had a choice,” he said. “My parents went Russo continued. “I knew him at Eastman along with this decision made so long ago in 1962; but he played classical there. by such a young kid. They managed to buy During the year he sails at Sodus Bay me a trombone. They brought me to hear and does a lot playing in Florida. But concerts at Taughannock when I was a young kid. In high school it was a big deal to come down to Taughannock.

“It’s exciting for us to play at Taughannock,” said Russo, who has played the park setting many times before. “If the weather is good there may be a couple thousand people. I’ll be playing with many old friends for many old friends. We’ll play some classics and we’ll play a lot of the music I’ve composed over the years on my old and new CDs. Russo said that when he walks into Thanks to our Season the county library he listens to audio Corporate Benefactors: books and reads histories and biographies.

“In Bartok’s biography I read that he was listening to bird songs from his bed in the Adirondacks at the end of his life,” Russo said. “I composed my song ‘Blue Bird’ from OF CORTLAND that image. First a short part of the melody came into my head. Then the lyrics.

“Music is a shaky, competitive field,” the horn player admitted. “To be a musician almost everyone has another job.

But the only thing that worked for me was writing and recording songs and playing music. I love what I do, even though it has not been easy. I’ve tried to always be 100 percent at whatever I do. I’ve lived a good life with no regrets.” •

concerts

Classic Jazz Band : Taughannock Falls Summer Concert Series | 7:00 PM, 8/20 Saturday | Taughannock Falls State Park, Bath House Stage, Trumansburg | Jazz.

8/17 Wednesday Dryden Music Series: Fall Creek Brass Band | 6:00 PM | VFW, 2272 Dryden Rd, Dryden | Brass, Funk, Jazz, Riot Jazz, Reggae, Hip-Hop.

8/22 Monday Darol Anger, Emy Phelps & Mila Phelps-Fried | 7:30 PM | La Tourelle Resort and August Moon Spa, 1150 Danby Rd, Ithaca | Swing, Jazz, Blues, World.

8/18 Thursday Music

Trumansburg | Blues, Country, Swing.

Travis Durfee | 6:00 PM-9:00 PM | Two Goats Brewing, 5027 State Rte 414, Burdett | Singer-Songwriter.

Myers Park Summer Concert: The Jeff Love Band | 6:30 PM | Myers Park, 1 Lansing Park Road, Lansing | Funk, Soul, R&B. WonderMonday | 8:00 PM | Casita Del Polaris, 1201 N. Tioga St, Ithaca | Indie Rock, Pop Rock, lo-fi.

World Beat Thursday: Fabi World Experience | 8:00 PM | Rongovian Embassy, 1 W. Main St., Trumansburg | Salsa Fusion, World Beat, R&B, Funk.

Southpaw | 10:00 PM | The Nines, 311 College Ave, Ithaca |

bars/clubs/cafés

8/17 Wednesday Richie Stearns & Friends | 6:00 PM-8:00 PM | Rongovian Embassy, 1 W. Main St., Trumansburg | Old-Time, Americana, Bluegrass.

Sonic Rust | 6:00 PM-8:00 PM | Kelly’s Dock-Side Cafe, 319 Taughannock Blvd, Ithaca | Neil Young Tribute Band. Rock, Grunge, Psychedelic, Blues.

Sacred Chanting with Damodar Das and Friends | 7:00 PM-9:00 PM | Ahimsa Yoga Studio, 215 N Cayuga St., Ithaca | An easy, fun, uplifting spiritual practice open to all faiths. No prior experience necessary. More at www.

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Scott Adams | 7:00 PM-10:00 PM | StoneCat Cafe, 5315 Rt 414, Hector | Singer Songwriter

8/19 Friday

8/18 Thursday Sunset Music Series | 6:00 PM | Six Mile Creek Vineyard, 1551 Slaterville Rd, Ithaca | Every Thursday Night.

Acoustic music. Listings and info at sixmilecreek.com CTB Jazz Thursdays with Who Let the Cats Out | 6:00 PM-7:30 PM | Collegetown Bagels, East Hill Plaza, Ithaca | Jazz.

Neo Project | 6:00 PM-8:30 PM | The Dock, 415 Taughannock Blvd, Ithaca | Funk, Soul, Rock, R&B. Jim Hull | 6:00 PM-9:00 PM | Silver Line Tap Room, 19 W Main St, Trumansburg | Acoustic, Singer Songwriter, Folk.

Cayuga Blue Notes | 6:00 PM-8:00 PM | Rongovian Embassy, 1 W. Main St.,

Bad Alibi | 6:00 PM-8:00 PM | The Dock, 415 Taughannock Blvd, Ithaca | Classic Rock, Covers, Hard Rock.

Bob & Dee | 6:00 PM-8:00 PM | Americana Vineyards, 4367 E Covert Rd, Interlaken | Americana, Folk.

Zingology Band | 6:00 PM-8:00 PM | Rongovian Embassy, 1 W. Main St., Trumansburg | Swing, Jazz, Savoy Ballroom Dance Scene.

The Jeff Love Band | 6:00 PM | Boathouse Beer Garden, , Romulus | Funk, Soul, R&B. Brett Beardsley and Scott Adams | 7:00 PM-10:00 PM | Heavily Brewing Co., 2471 Hayes Rd, Montour Falls | Acoustic, Classic Rock, Blues, Singer Songwriter.

Nick LeDuc | 8:00 PM-11:00 PM | Two Goats Brewing, 5027 State Rte 414, Burdett | Refined Groove Rock, Electric Acoustic.

Common Railers | 9:00 PM | Silver Line Tap Room, 19 W Main St, Trumansburg | Alt-Country, Rockabilly, Americana, Surf, Rock.

Michael Charles | 9:00 PM-11:30 PM | Rongovian Embassy, 1 W. Main St., Trumansburg | Chicago Blues.

Junkie Twins | 10:00 PM | The Nines, 311 College Ave, Ithaca | Alternative Rock.

8/20 Saturday Phil Dumond | 1:30 PM-4:30 PM | Buttonwood Grove Winery, 5986 State Route 89, Romulus | Littletree Orchard Benefit for Ithaca Underground | 6:00 PM | Littletree Orchard, 345 Shaffer Rd, Newfield | Featuring Misses Bitches, Sammus, Water Bears, Kristina Camille, Spazzare, and ANANSI. NEO Project | 7:00 PM-10:00 PM | Heavily Brewing Co., 2471 Hayes Rd, Montour Falls | Funk, Soul, R&B, Rock.

Gratefully Yours | 9:00 PM-11:30 PM | Rongovian Embassy, 1 W. Main St., Trumansburg | Grateful Dead Tribute Band. Rock, Blues, Psychedelic, Folk, Progressive Rock, Experimental.

Amongst the Monks | 9:00 PM | Two Goats Brewing, 5027 State Rte 414, Burdett | Rock, Blues, Funk, Jazz, Progressive Rock, Jam. Under Construction | 9:00 PM | Landon’s Pub & Pizza, 110 W. 4th St., Watkins Glen | Rock, Blues, Funk, Soul, Country.

Mama Rabwa | 9:00 PM | Sacred Root Kava Lounge & Tea Bar, 139 W State St, Ithaca | Funk, Rock, Blues, World.

Road Man, Grey Gary | 10:00 PM | The Dock, 415 Taughannock Blvd, Ithaca | Reggae, Funk, Rock.

8/21 Sunday Maplewood Jazz Team | 11:00 AM-2:00 PM | StoneCat Cafe, 5315 Rt 414, Hector | Jazz.

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Richie & Rosie: CFCU Summer Concert Series | 6:00 PM-8:00 PM | Downtown Ithaca, Center ithaca, Ithaca | Old-Tie, Americana.

Marie Burns and Friends | 8:00 PM-11:00 PM | New Park Event Centre, 1500 Taughannock Blvd, Trumansburg | Food and beverages provided by Agava.

Revival Duo: Marc & Tom | 12:00 PM-3:00 PM | Hosmer Winery, 6999 State Route 89, Ovid | Roots, Soul, Acoustic The Tarps | 4:00 PM-6:00 PM | Americana Vineyards, 4367 E Covert Rd, Interlaken | Classic Rock, Covers.

Sound Over Seneca | 4:00 PM-7:00 PM | Two Goats Brewing, 5027 State Rte 414, Burdett | Smooth Soulful Country.

Al Hartland Trio | 6:00 PM-10:00 PM | Maxie’s Supper Club & Oyster Bar, 635 W State St, Ithaca | Jazz.

Danny Schmidt, Chris Merkley | 7:00 PM | The Dock, 415 Taughannock Blvd, Ithaca | Americana, Folk.

8/23 Tuesday Blink-182 | 7:00 PM | Lakeview Amphitheater, 490 Restoration Way, Syracuse | Punk, Pop Punk, Metalcore.

8/22 Monday Multicult, Twin Lords, Talk Hard, Monolith | 7:00 PM-10:30 PM | Chanticleer Loft, 101 W State St, Ithaca | Hardcore Punk, Noise Rock, Doom, Sludge, Heavy Metal, Progressive, Experimental.

8/23 Tuesday The Mighty Jet Group | 6:00 PM-10:00 PM | Maxie’s Supper Club & Oyster Bar, 635 W State St, Ithaca | Blues, Folk, Rock.

Lora Pendleton & Pat Burke | 6:00 PM-8:00 PM | Rongovian Embassy, 1 W. Main St., Trumansburg | Americana, Folk, Bluegrass, Old-Time. .

Tuesday Bluesday with Dan Paolangeli & Friends | 8:00 PM | The Dock, 415 Taughannock Blvd, Ithaca | Blues, Rock, Every Tuesday.

Professor Tuesday’s Jazz Quartet | 8:00 PM-10:00 PM | Madeline’s Restaurant, 215 E State St, Ithaca | Jazz. .

Irish Music Session | 8:00 PM-11:00 PM | Rulloff’s, 411 College Ave, Ithaca | Hosted by members of Traonach.

Named to the Chicago Tribune’s 50 Most Significant Songwriters in the Last 50 Years, Austin, TX-based singer/songwriter Danny Schmidt has amassed a cult following for his stunningly poetic, poignant imagery. With lyrical depth drawing comparisons to Leonard Cohen, Townes Van Zandt, and Dave Carter, Danny is considered a preeminent writer, an artist whose earthy poetry manages to somehow conjure magic from the mundane. Schmidt plays The Dock on Sunday, 8/21 at 7:00 p.m. (Photo: Facebook)

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Contact Cinemapolis for Showtimes Florence Foster Jenkins | The story of Florence Foster Jenkins, a New York heiress who dreamed of becoming an opera singer, despite having a terrible singing voice. | 110 mins PG-13 | Indignation | In 1951, Marcus, a working-class Jewish student from New Jersey, attends a small Ohio college, where he struggles with sexual repression and cultural disaffection, amid the ongoing Korean War. | 110 mins R |

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Cafe Society | Set in the 1930s, a young Bronx native moves to Hollywood where he falls in love with the secretary of his powerful uncle, an agent to the stars. After returning to New York he is swept up in the vibrant world of high society nightclub life. | 96 mins PG-13 | Captain Fantastic | In the forests of the Pacific Northwest, a father devoted to raising his six kids with a rigorous physical and intellectual education is forced to leave his paradise and enter

The Hidden Fortress | Lured by gold, two greedy peasants escort a man and woman across enemy lines.

However, they do not realize that their companions are actually a princess and her general. | NR 123 mins | Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind | Warrior/pacifist Princess Nausicaä desperately struggles to prevent two warring nations from destroying

themselves and their dying planet. | 117 Mins PG | Beauty and the Beast | A beautiful young woman takes her father’s place as the prisoner of a mysterious beast, who wishes to marry her. | 93 Mins NR | Zootopia | In a city of anthropomorphic animals, a rookie bunny cop and a cynical con artist fox must work together to uncover a conspiracy. | 108 Mins PG |

Stage My Son The Waitor | August 17-20 | Thursdays at 2pm & 7:30pm, Fridays at 8pm, and Saturdays at 2pm & 8pm | Auburn Public Theater, 8 Exchange Street, Auburn, NY 13021 | A Jewish Tragedy – 90 minutes of nonstop laughter starring Brad Zimmerman.

The Kitchen Witches | August 17 - 27 | Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30pm, Fridays and Sundays at 2:00 pm | Cortland Repertory Theatre, Dwyer Memorial Park Pavilion, Preble | Imagine Martha Stewart and Rachel Ray in a knockdown, drag-outBattle of the Cooking Stars! Isobel Lomax and Dolly Biddle are two low-budget cable-access cooking show hostesses who have hated each other for years, ever since Larry Biddle dated one and married the other. When circumstances

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Notices Newfield Community Yard Sale | On Saturday, 8/20 at 9:00 p.m. Yard Sales, Chicken BBQ, and more. All over the town of Newfield. Maps available at 363 Main St. morning of sale.

Dorothy Cotton Jubilee Singers Auditions | 6:00 PM-7:00 PM, 8/17 Wednesday | First Baptist Church, 309 N Cayuga St, Ithaca | The group is dedicated to the preservation of the Negro Spiritual and Racial Healing through music. A very exciting season beginning with a performance of George Gershwin’s opera Porgy and Bess on October 9th, 2016. Audition will consist of voice placement, pitch matching and singing a simple song. For more information please contact Baruch Whitehead at: baruchwhitehead777@gmail.com Ithaca Sociable Singles Dinner | 6:00 PM, 8/17 Wednesday | The Rose, Triphammer Mall, Ithaca | rsvp pjsmall1@yahoo.com.

American Red Cross Blood Drives | 8/17 Southside Community Center 2pm to 7pm; 8/19 Ramada Inn of Ithaca 11am to 5pm; 8/19 Shops at Ithaca Mall (by Kay Jewelers) 1pm to 6pm; 8/20 Arthur E. Bouton Post 770 Trumansburg 7:30am to 11:30am; 8/23 Dryden Veterans Memorial Home.

Ithaca High School Class of 1946 Luncheon Reunion | Ramada Inn, N Triphammer Rd, Ithaca | 70th Anniversary Luncheon Reunion on August 27 from 1 to 5 p.m. For more information call Gloria Howell at 607-272-8683 or Bob Bartholf at 607-592-9608 Open Mike Night | 7:00 PM-9:00 PM, 8/19 Friday | Dryden Community Center Cafe, 1 W Main St, Dryden | Come share your songs, stories, poems and enjoy your favorite coffee or tea and delicious homemade baked goods. Contact Arron Bound by telephone at (607) 844-1500 or by email at manager@1westmain@ gmail.com.

Beginner Bird Walks | Cornell Lab of Ornithology, 159 Sapsucker Woods Rd, Ithaca | Guided bird walks every Saturday and Sunday morning,

sponsored by the Cayuga Bird Club.

Targeted toward beginners, but appropriate for all. Binoculars available for loan. Meet at the Cornell Lab of Ornitholgy on Sapsucker Woods Rd. by the front of the building. For the meeting time and more information, go to the club’s website, www.cayugabirdclub.org/calendar Trails work project with the Cayuga Trails Club | 9:00 AM, 8/20 Saturday | Finger Lakes Trail, East of Bock-Harvey Preserve, Newfield | For further information about this event, visit cayugatrailsclub.org 14th Annual Newfield Town Wide Yard Sale | 9:00 AM, 8/20 Saturday | Newfield Fire Hall, 77 Main St. , Newfield | Includes Newfield Booster Club Chicken BBQ and Class of 2017 can & bottle drive. Maps & list available 363 Main St. morning of sale.

Ithaca Folk Song Swap | 2:00 PM-5:00 PM, 8/21 Sunday | Crow’’s Nest Cafe, 115 The Commons, Ithaca | We’ll be up in the mezzanine, probably behind the doors to the Worker’s Center Office. The Crow’s Nest is trying for a pirate ambiance. Got any pirate songs?

The Ithaca League of Women Rollers Open House | 5:00 PM-7:00 PM, 8/21 Sunday | ILWR’s Training Space, 2073 E Shore Dr., Lansing | Join ILWR for an open house, then jump right in to learning the skills you’ll need to be a roller derby athlete.

The Cayuga Trails Club Tuesday Hikes | The Cayuga Trails Club will lead 4-5 mile hikes every Tuesday evening.

Hike locations vary every week. For current information, call 607-339-5131 or visit www.cayugatrailsclub.org Coping With the Loss of Your Pet Group | 7:00 PM-8:30 PM, 8/23 Tuesday | 316 E. Court Street, 316 E. Court Street, Ithaca | The monthly Coping With the Loss of Your Pet Group, a self-help, professionally facilitated gathering, provides education about coping with loss and emotional support. Facilitated by Jane Baker Segelken, MA, LMSW, and Cathie Simpson, PhD. For additional information, or for answers to questions about the group, please call Cathie Simpson at 607-273-3063 or email petlossgroup@gmail.com.

Learning Community Solar is Power for Everyone: No Roof Required | 7:00 PM-8:15 PM, 8/17 Wednesday | GreenStar Cooperative Market, 700 W

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Rongovian Embassy, Friday, August 19, 9:00 p.m.

The third of three films in this year’s Temple Beth-El Jewish Film Festival will be screened this Thursday. “In Search of Israeli Cuisine” (USA 2016, 97 minutes) is a documentary portrait of the Israeli people through their varied cuisine. Developed in the last 30 years, from the contributions of over 100 cultures, Israel’s sophisticated and innovative cuisine reflects the country’s advancement on many levels. Doors open at 6:30 PM for free Israeli refreshments.

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Michael Charles’ musical pilgrimage started over five decades ago in his birthplace of Melbourne, Australia. After years of playing, Michael received an invitation from Buddy Guy’s management to appear at the infamous Legends in Chicago. Graciously accepting the honor, Michael Charles traveled over to the states and took the stage with Mr. Buddy Guy, eventually moving to the windy city. Charles has worked the whole Chicago blues circuit performing with Buddy Guy, Phil Guy, James Cotton, and more.

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Gilbert & Sullivan’s The Gondoliers | 8/18 Thursday through 8/21 Sunday, 8:00 pm and 3:00 pm Sunday. | Earlville Opera House, 22 E Main St, Earlville | Two Venetian gondoliers are informed that one of them has just become king. Unfortunately, only one person knows which is the rightful heir to the throne! This witty, romantic and tuneful satire of class and politics is widely considered one of Gilbert & Sullivan’s finest comic operas. For more information, call 315-691- 3550 or visit www.earlvilleoperahouse.com.

The Smell of the Kill | August 19 Septmeber 11 | Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays 7:30 pm, Sundays 2:00 pm. | Chenango River Theatre, 991 State Hwy 12 (3 mi S of Greene), Greene | The Smell of the Kill is the story of 3 upscale suburban wives (and their unseen husbands). Tickets can be purchased online at www.chenangorivertheatre. org, or by emailing tickets@chenangorivertheatre.org. You can also make reservations 24 hours a day by voice mail at 607-656-8499.

Have Gun - Will Murder She Wrote | Frridays and Saturdays 7:00

pm, Sundays 2:00 pm. | Old Havana Courthouse Theatre, 408 W. Main St., Montour Falls | For those of you that remember Jessica Fletcher and all the cowboy heroes of the old TV shows, you will have a chance to recreate the thrills of the Ponderosa, Gunsmoke and others. www. oldhavanatheatre.com

Buffalo St, Ithaca | Join Amanda Postma of Renovus Solar for a talk about how community solar farms work. It has never been a better time to go solar: prices are at an all-time low and incentives are some of the highest they may ever be. Registration is required - sign up online at greenstar.coop, at GreenStar’s Customer Service Desk, or call 273-9392.

Girls Mean Business Offers Finance Workshop | 6:00 PM-8:00 PM, 8/17 Wednesday | Kennedy Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca | Girls Mean Business is an organization devoted to encouraging and developing the next generation of female entrepreneurs and business leaders. The workshop will offer girls activities to learn about how to finance business ventures. Girls or their parents can sign up at www. girlsmeanbiz.com New Roots Charter School: Natural and Historical Value of Wetlands | 6:00 PM-8:30 PM, 8/18 Thursday | Stewart Park, 1 James L. Gibbs Dr., Ithaca | New Roots Charter School students invite the public to a presentation about the natural and historical value of wetlands at the site of their bioremediation project at Stewart Park.

Food will be provided by Congo Square Market and there will be live music performances by London McDaniel and Shaka. To learn more about this event, please contact Jhakeem Haltom, Dean of Student Life at 607-279-3229.

Kids Dance Party Storytime | 11:00 AM-, 8/18 Thursday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | Children of all ages and their families are invited to wiggle, hop and shake. This free program is open to children of all ages and abilities and will include stories, songs and lots of movement. Refreshments will be served. No registration is required. For more information, visit tcpl.org/kids/ programs.php or contact the Youth Services Department at (607) 272-4557 extension 275.

Laura Doherty | 11:30 AM-, 8/19 Friday | BorgWarner Room, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | Award-winning children’s recording artist Laura Doherty has

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NYS, Celtic food and gift vendors, Celtic Musicians, Pub Tent, Medieval SCA re-enactors, Fingerlakes Pipe and Drum Band, Kids Games and, of course, Class A Heavy Athletics of the Scottish Highland Games on both days.

PM, 8/19 Friday | Triphammer Marketplace, , Ithaca | Try out delicious gluten free and vegan baked goods.

Info: (240) 538-3917.

Baby Storytime | 10:30 AM-, 8/19 Friday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | Caregivers and newborns under 18-months-old are invited to join Library staff Fridays for music, rhymes, movement and books.

Archaeology Field School | 9:00 AM-4:00 PM, 8/20 Saturday | The History Center’s Eight Square Schoolhouse, 1748 Hanshaw Road, Dryden | A public Archaeology Field School. Contact Carole for fees & info at eightsquare@thehistorycenter.net Howl Night | 7:00 PM-, 8/20 Saturday | The Wolf Mountain Nature Center, 562 Hopkins Crandall Road, Smyrna | Come and see Gray wolves, Eastern coyotes, and Arctic foxes - learn about their communication skills, their habitat, and place in the ecosystem.

Taking Care Of Business: Exhibit Opening | 10:00 AM-, 8/20 Saturday | Tioga County Historical Museum, 110 Front Street, Owego | A history of business, industry, and commerce in Tioga County, featuring all of the methods of advertising used over the last 150 years.

Dryden Farmers Market | 9:00 AM-1:00 PM, 8/20 Saturday | Dryden Agway, 59 W Main, Dryden | Enjoy local fruits & veggies, honey, eggs, cut flowers, canned salsas & sauces, artisan crafts and so much more.

Game on Summer: Larger than Life | 3:00 PM-5:00 PM, 8/22 Monday | BorgWarner Room, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | An opportunity for gamers to try out giant versions of some of their favorite games, including Hungry, Hungry Hippos, Jenga, Angry Birds, live-action Wizards Chess and more.

The Ultimate Purpose Rap Session: A Free Speech - Open Forum Discussion | 7:00 PM-9:00 PM, 8/23 Tuesday | Room #3, 2nd Floor, Above The Mate Factor Cafe, 143 Center of the Commons, Ithaca | We have tea, cookies, and a lively open discussion on the deep issues concerning humanity and our future. Please join us!

Ongoing Wednesday Night Ithaca Women’s Basketball Association: Open to girls & women ages 16 & up | 7:00 PM-9:00 PM, 8/17 Wednesday | Lehman Alternative Community School, 111 Chestnut St, Ithaca | The league is non-competitive and fun and involves pick-up style playing. Check out the league’s website for more information: https://ithacawomensbasketball. wordpress.com/ Yoga Mind and Body Meditation Series | 5:00 PM-6:00 PM, 8/17 Wednesday | WSH Art Gallery, 136 Ho Plaza, Ithaca | In this class we will explore yoga through movement, breath work, and meditation.

Summer Exhibition: Motion Mania | Sciencenter, 601 1st St., Ithaca | Design a roller coaster while making discoveries about force, energy, friction, and stability. Explore the science behind what it takes to build an amusement park and then create, test, and re-test as you build your own twisting, spinning, zooming coaster. www.sciencenter.org or 607-2720600.

Sciencenter Mini-Golf | Sciencenter, 601 1st St., Ithaca | Enjoy 18 holes of science fun! www.sciencenter.org or 607-272- 0600.

East Hill Ithaca Farmers’ Market | 4:00 PM-7:00 PM, 8/17 Wednesday | Located next to Rite Aid, Pine Tree Rd., Ithaca | The Market features local produce, local organic and pasture raised meats, baked goods, plants and more! For more information on area markets, visit www.ithacamarket.com.

Meditation Sessions | 12:35 PM-, 8/17 Wednesday | BorgWarner Room, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | Facilitated by psychotherapist and Certified Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Teacher Anna Salamone, RN, LCSW, these sessions will encourage participants to shift out of automatic pilot mode and observe the workings of the mind, body, and emotions. For more information, visit www.annasalamone. com or contact Carrie WheelerCarmenatty at cwheeler@tcpl.org or (607) 272-4557 extension 248.

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Ithaca funk masters Neo Project forge Funked Up Jazzy Soul, R&B, Funk, Jazz, Rock, Afro-Caribbean, and World Groove into a wicked daneable mix. They bring the house down this Thursday 8/18 at The Dock at 6:00 p.m. and again on Saturday 8/20 at Heavily Brewing Co. at 7:00 p.m. Catch them twice this week! (Photo Facebook) performed at festivals, including Lollapalooza, and at premier venues across the country and has recorded educational songs for Disney Sound with indie rocker Ralph Covert of Ralph’s World. lauradohertymusic.com.

Creek Walk for Kids and Families | 10:00 AM-, 8/20 Saturday | Ellis Hollow Nature Preserve, 183 - 313 Ellis Hollow Creek Rd, Ithaca | Hosted by the Finger Lakes Land Trust. Join the Land Trust for an exploration of what lives under the rocks and in the streambed of the Ellis Hollow Preserve. Be sure to wear shoes you don’t mind getting wet. Children must be accompanied by a responsible adult. More info and directions at www.fllt.org/events or call (607) 275-9487.

Special Events 10th Anniversary of the Ithaca Health Alliance’s Free Clinic | 5:30 PM-7:30 PM, 8/17 Wednesday | Ithaca Free Clinic, 521 W Seneca St, Ithaca | Live Music, Food, Fun, and Good Company.

Skaneateles Festival: The Good Song | 8:00 PM-, 8/18 Thursday | First Presbyterian Church, 97 E. Genesee St., Skaneateles | For more information: 315-685-7418 or www.skanfest.or Hammondsport Festival of Crafts | 12:00 AM-11:59 PM, 8/19 Friday | Village Square, , Hammondsport

| Annual festival which has over 125 crafters for a weekend of demonstrations and sales, plus a variety of store specials and specialty food items provided by our local merchants. Hassle free parking and continuous shuttle bus service from the Glenn H. Curtiss Museum and Pleasant Valley Wine Company.

Back to the Classics | 4:00 PM-9:00 PM, 8/19 Friday | Finger Lakes Distilling, 4676 NY-414, Burdett | Featuring a classic car show, classic rock band Still Kickin, and classic cocktails along with food and beverages from Silo food truck and Rooster Fish Brewing.

Dancing on the Water with Watermusic | 5:00 PM-7:00 PM, 8/19 Friday | Cayuga Waterfront Trail, , Ithaca | This special Watermusic done in collaboration with Dancing on the Water will feature dancers dancing, musicians making music, paddlers paddling & peddlers peddling and , walkers walking & watching all along the waterfront trail. Dancers will be dancing on the Trail at the Crew Cove Overlook south of the Farmers Market.

Grand Recycle Sale | 9:00 AM, 8/20 Saturday | First Unitarian Church Ithaca, 306 N Aurora St, Ithaca | You’ll find rooms full of sporting goods, clothes, housewares, linens, crafts, books, electronics, furniture and lots more.

All the items are neatly arranged in separate, well-marked rooms or “shops”—sort of like a mall. The

Unitarian Grand Recycle Sale opens its doors at 9am on Saturday August 20 and runs until 4pm. On Sunday August 21, hours are 10am to 4pm with everything being half-price. On Monday, everything that remains is free by donation.

Ithaca Roller Derby: Ithaca BlueStockings vs. Port City Roller Derby | 6:00 AM-, 8/20 Saturday | Cass Park Rink & Pool, 701 Taughannock Blvd, Ithaca | Enjoy halftime with a performance by the Fall Creek Brass Band. A portion of bout proceeds will go to FoodNet Meals on Wheels. Buy a duck to chuck and try your luck at winning great prizes. www.ithacarollerderby.com Owego Elks Antiques And Collectibles Market | 8:00 AM-, 8/21 Sunday | 223 Front Street, 223 Front Street, Owego | Shop over 40 dealers from across Central NY and PA. 10,000 sq. ft. of quality merchandise and fabulous food, oldies music and more!

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Steuben County Fair | Steuben County Fairgrounds, 15 E. Washington St., Bath | In its 197th year, the Steuben County Fair is the oldest continuouslyrunning fair in the United States. First held in 1819, it has been held every year since without interruption. Info at steubencountyfair.org Cortland Celtic Festival | 10:00 AM-5:00 PM, 8/22 Monday | Dwyer Memorial Park, 6799 Little York Road, Preble | Irish Dance groups from across

Common Railers,

Books Walter Franklin | 6:00 PM-, 8/22 Monday | Montour House Cafe & Tapas Bar, 401 W. Main St., Montour Falls | Walter Frankin is a German-born American poet, educator and naturalist who lives near Greenwood, New York.

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Silver Line Tap Room, Friday, August 19, 9:00 p.m.

First Unitarian Church Ithaca, Saturday, August 19, 9:00 a.m.

Common Railers are a mostly-acoustic four-piece band from Ithaca NY. Their sound ranges from more traditional folk and bluegrass, to singer-songwriter and pop. Songwriting is shared by guitarist Peter Glanville and mandolin, accordion, and sax player Gordon Rowland, who often collaborate on the band’s original material.

Acoustic upright bassist Mike Costello and drummer Shane Hartman create the foundation, while adding intricate grooves to the band’s ever-evolving sound.

Are you looking for quality items at bargain prices? One place to find such deals in Ithaca is at the First Unitarian Society of Ithaca’s annual Grand Recycle Sale, starting on Saturday morning. This sale was started back in the mid-fifties and the church has held this event for the public annually since. You’ll find rooms full of sporting goods, clothes, housewares, linens, crafts, books, electronics, furniture and lots more. All the items are neatly arranged into a sort of mini-mall.

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An active blogger since 2011, Franklin’s Rivertop Rambles can be read at rivertoprambles.wordpress.com.

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It’s a place to roam, to pick, to wonder, and to dream.

Littletree Orchards, a U-pick apple, mixed fruit and vegetable orchard located in Newfield, is a place of such destiny. But destiny can be a wicked road. This year’s drought has seriously affected local farms, and Littletree will feel the consequences for a few seasons. The orchard is still bountiful though, and they’re having their eighth annual benefit—a shindig that directly helps out local non-profits—this Saturday, Aug. 20. This year’s beneficiary is Ithaca Underground. I caught up with Amara Steinkraus recently, who’s part of the family that owns and operates Littletree Orchards, and also a member of Misses Bitches—an old-time punk band that is appearing as part of the benefit’s loaded musical lineup.

IthacaTimes: What made you initially want to start doing this benefit eight years ago, and is there a connection with the orchards and the non-profits you choose?

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ArtsPartner.org | www.artspartner.org Cellar d’Or | 136 E. State/MLK Street, on the Commons, Ithaca | Ivy Stevens-Gupta: Micro Expressions in Abstract Art: Communicating with Color. Award-winning Ithaca artist and color theory instructor Ivy StevensGupta’s newest exhibit employs color and design as powerful communicators. | www.thecellardor.com Community School of Music and Arts | 330 E.State / MLK Street, Ithaca, NY 14850 | Photographing the Natural World: The Cayuga Nature Photographers (CNP) present works reflecting a diverse approach to the natural world, from insects, to birds, to flowers, to waterfalls and beyond. | www.csma-ithaca.org Crow’s Nest Café | 115 The Commons,

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Amara Steinkraus: I started doing the benefits as a way to bring the community together, a way to connect musicians and artists. I was 20 years old when I organized the first one, and I worked with an organization called the Veterans Sanctuary. I guess a big part of me really feels that bringing people together and creating more bonds across differences is the way that we can start to change the system that we live in that is not working—and is blatantly harmful to the Earth and most of its residents.

Over the years we have worked with many different local non-profits. There is sometimes a direct connection with them and sometimes I might know of them as an organization and feel like they are something that I would like to get more connected with personal, and connect more people in the community with.

IT: Can you talk about Littletree Orchards a little bit?

AS: My mom, Anna Steinkraus, started the orchard in the mid 1970s. My dad, Dennis Hartley, started working at the farm in the late ‘70s. I have one older sister, Athena Steinkraus; she has a part-time job off the farm and manages the sales barn during the U-pick season. My dad and I work full-time on the farm. When my mom started the farm there were no fruit trees, now there are around 10,000. We are U-pick orchard, so from August through November we are open for people to come out to the farm. We also sell at the Ithaca Farmers Market and to Greenstar.

Being a farmer forces you to live a seasonal lifestyle. I feel so blessed to be able to work out doors and with the cycles of the earth.

IT: Has this year’s drought affecting the orchard, and is your place organic and sustainable?

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AS: This year has been a difficult fruit year. Due to the cold winter and spring temperatures we did not have a sweet or tart cherry crop, or a peach crop or blueberry crop. And due to the drought we lost our raspberry crop. The ponds are so low at this point we can no longer irrigate from them. Luckily, overall the apple crop looks good, even though due to the drought they are quite small. But the intense drought this year will most likely affect next years crop as well. Being sustainable is a top focus for us. We are in the process of transitioning to organic.

Currently we are a very low spray orchard and use a system called IPM- Integrated Pest Management. Our spray program is tailored to fit our orchard being a U-pick.

Since we grow so many varieties that most

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people are not familiar with, we encourage people to taste while they are out in the orchard and we make sure everything is safe for them to taste.

IT: What’s new with Misses Bitches, and do you guys have anything special planned for the benefit?

AS: Well, the benefit is going to be Misses Bitches last show for a while and we are working on some new songs to debut for the benefit, which will be fun and in a way playing at the orchard is like our home turf. We practiced for the first two years of our existence at the orchard, and we recorded our EP there. So it’s kind of fitting that our last show before a break will be here.

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There are two more bedrooms on the he house at 290 Steven Road looks second floor. The larger one has a balcony like a farm house from the outside, that looks out over the pool. The smaller but it is more of a luxury home on the inside. The home is on 15 acres of land room has a walk-in closet. Both are floored with oak. that includes a dairy barn, a horse stable The second floor bathroom has a and a large equipment shed, not to leave shower stall and a vanity. The largest bathout spectacular views of the Dryden hills room is off the dining room on the first to the south. floor and includes a jetted tub, a shower You will tend to enter through the stall and a stone counter around the sink. back door, which involves traversing a large deck that wraps from the side to the back of the house and leads to the inground pool.

You step onto a tile floor and see a very practically located full bathroom to your right. There is a shower stall and a sink surrounded by black stone. The tiles on the floor and in the shower are deep green.

A spiral staircase disappears to a lower level on your left. More on that later.

Beyond the bathroom is a laundry room with a 290 Steven Road, Freeville two-basin sink, a folding area and a utility closet. So The basement is finished and has far you still feel like you’re on a farm albeit that man-cave feel to it with tongue-anda fancy one. groove siding on the walls.

But when you enter the kitchen you The barns have to be seen to be beencounter a dark ceramic floor and find lieved. This could easily be a working farm all the counters made of dark larvikite or you could start an artisan manufacturstone and you know you’re not in Kansas ing operation. There is plenty of room for anymore. There is a central island, a comall of that and more. • mercial grade gas stove, and the custom cabinetry is made of cherry.

The dining ceiling has been lifted up At AinGlance Before you set foot that first open to the rafters to create a tented effect. The Price: $297,500 for a mortgage house, get prequalified floor is a dark-stained oak and there two built-in china closets on either side of the and know Location: 290 Stevens Road, exactly what you can afford. arch that connects the kitchen and dining

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