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Lead

Historic

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Katz

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Romeo

city schools try to determine extent of problem

status

state puts first black frat house on ‘Save List’

ACe Hardware

(not a Void)

Cayuga Wellness Communiqué NY House Quest

former Ithacan issues CD ‘Altitude Adjustment’

Steve Forbert looks backwards and forwards

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BOCES shut off the valves to the fixtures they tested, Cameron wrote; according to EPA guidance, that could cause “minute amounts of scrapings from the valves” to get into the test samples and show higher levels of lead than are in the water. At Caroline and Enfield, W20 shut off the water supply into the buildings, which might have caused more turbulence in the pipes when they drew their samples than would be normal; in addition, a leak at Caroline depressurized the system and could also have skewed results. In response, Superintendent Luvelle Brown wrote the school community that more tests will be happening this week at Caroline and Enfield, with a testing plan being drawn up in conjunction with the TCHD.

Council Wishes for Lead Sampling Non-Military Fed Aid Protocols Debated t its March 2 meeting Common Council approved the acceptance of a $100,000 grant for SWAT team equipment. The grant was from the state’s division of homeland security, which is passing on federal monies. The Ithaca Police Department request included a “night vision helmet unit” at $13,000; a “selfcontained breathing apparatus,” or SCUBA, for $13,500; a $14,000 portable “mass notification system;” a $22,600 “throw phone” for hostage negotiations; along with allocations for ballistic hand-held shield, body armor, and spotting scopes. According to SWAT team commander Lt. Jake Young of IPD, the SCUBA equipment is useful in situations where “the air quality is not safe to breathe,” for example, in environments like a methamphetamine lab or during the “removal of a prisoner from a cell when they are throwing feces and urine at police officers.” “Often times we are asked why we would not use this money for something else,” Young wrote in the memo. “The simple answer is that we do not have the option to use this money for something else.” Young correctly anticipated the misgivings of several council members about the money. “It would be really wonderful if federal money was available for other purposes as well,” Alderperson Donna Fleming (D-3rd) said. “It shows the increasing militarization of the police force … At a national level, as citizens of the United States, we should advocate for more money to be spent on community policing, on housing, on education.” In other council notes, controller Steve Thayer reported that sales tax collections are down 4.2 percent from the same period in 2015, with the largest culprit likely lower gas prices. On the upside, the consumer price index is up 0.1 percent this year, Thayer said, which means that Cornell’s voluntary contribution to city coffers will be up that much as well, all of $1,292. Finally, council unanimously approved the appointment of Leslyn McBeanClairborne as permanent director of the Greater Ithaca Activities Center (GIAC), removing her interim status. A number of GIAC program students and friends attended the meeting to show their support for McBean-Clairborne, who

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ore testing for drinking water contamination at Ithaca City schools are underway, as school and health officials continue to refine their procedures to meet federal guidelines. The most recent testing results were made public on March 3, from all Ithaca City schools on municipal water systems – that is, all schools but Caroline and Enfield, which have their own water sources. The tests, conducted by TST-BOCES, took five samples from each building, and found at least one water source in each building that exceeded the lead level of 20 parts per billion (ppb) at which the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recommends a school take a fountain out of The water fountains are covered in the city schools because of high lead levels service. Those results found in the drinking water. (Photo: Josh Brokaw) were released the same day as For those looking to understand a letter dated Feb. 22 to the school district lead contamination, it’s important to from Elizabeth Cameron, Tompkins understand the difference between the County director of environmental health, testing requirements at Caroline and which questioned the testing procedures Enfield, which have their own water from both BOCES and W20 Operators, supplies, and the rest of the district, which which performed the tests at Caroline and are on municipal systems. Enfield which found lead levels of up to “The sampling strategies are 5,000 ppb (see “Lead Solder Likely Source of Ithaca’s Water Problem” at ithaca.com or divided into two categories,” said Steve Penningroth, executive director of the in the March 2 Times for more on those tests). continued on page 4

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Your Thoughts on Lead in the school drinking water?

“My daughter’s at DeWitt and they’ve got a pretty good handle on it. They’re not letting children drink out of the faucets.” —Christina Luoma

“At Cornell, we haven’t heard much about it. My roommate told me.” —Jasmine Jay

“At least we know what we did with the lead pencils.” —Jack Tabor

“Lead is just horrible. I don’t how they’re going to handle that.” —Ralph Lawrence

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Site of First Black Frat Catches State’s Eye

T “Is my water contaminated? That’s what I want to know.” —Alex Remizowski

he Preservation League of New York State announced on March 2 that one of its “Seven to Save” buildings for 2016-17 is 421 N. Albany St., the house where Alpha Phi Alpha [APA], America’s first black fraternity, held its first social study groups in 1905. Historical preservationists call it the “Dennis-Newton House,” after Norman Dennis, who built it around 1868, and Edward and Lula Newton, who were the property’s owners when Charles Cardoza Poindexter began inviting friends there in 421 N. Albany St., the site of the establishment of Alpha Phi Alpha. The white X on the red sign indicates that the house December 1905 for meetings of a club that has been declared unfit for habitation. (Photo: Josh Brokaw) evolved into APA. APA’s “Jewels Heritage Project” would still be happy to take ownership of 421 N. Albany, according to E. Eric Elmore, according to Elmore. Without “something tangible in hand,” chairman of the nonprofit set up by APA “We’re really excited, because there’s fundraising for the Jewels Heritage Project to preserve and been more movement in is difficult, Elmore said, because “people commemorate its the last couple of months don’t have much of an assurance” their “ We’re really excited, Ithaca history. than we’ve had in the donations will have immediate impact. “The owner because there’s been last couple of decades,” The APA nonprofit said it has a goal of thinks he can fix Elmore said. “But we are $5 million to restore 421 N. Albany and more movement in the it himself, and he racing against the clock to build a monument at 411 E. State hired an architect,” last couple of months with the condition of the St., where the fraternity was officially Elmore said. house. We’re concerned incorporated in 1906. that we’ve had in the “He’s interested in it’s on its last leg and “We’re hopeful we can make major improving it, but last couple decades. But might not make it movements on both of these fronts this I think the cost through another season.” year,” Elmore said. “We’ve got a couple component is more we’re racing against the Elmore said that people we can go to if we need to buy significant than clock with the condition APA would still be the property quickly, and until that time he’s suggesting.” happy to use the house we’re building grassroots support for the of the house. ” The city as “a kind of annex” projects we have planned.” condemned the —E. Eric Elmore, Alpha Phi Alpha for the Greater Ithaca house as unfit for Activities Center just – Josh Brokaw human habitation down the street, where reporter@ithacatimes.com in November 2012. A complaint lodged fraternity members and alumni might run by codes inspector Mike Niechwiadowicz programs to mentor youth. in city court against the property owner charges him with 11,042 counts under schoollead that the district is working with EPA state property maintenance codes. The contin u ed from page 3 Region 2 administrator Judith Enck on large number comes from multiplying 11 any potential remediation plans. Anyone code violations by 1,194 days, between the Community Science Institute. “The looking for an understanding of the first inspection on record of Nov. 2, 2012 schools that supply their own water have complexity of potential solutions can and Feb. 10, 2016. sampling requirements that conform read the EPA school guidelines, called In court documents, it was noted that to those of any water supplier, like the “Reducing Lead in Drinking Water in a building permit issued in 2003 to repair city of Ithaca, Bolton Point, or Cornell.” Schools: Revised Technical Guidance,” roof joists was not completed, and that Water suppliers have to test according to a 104-page document available on the neighbors to the north side of the house the Lead & Copper Rule of 1991, which county health department website. had complained about water pouring specifies a 15 ppb action level and one-liter Contained within are several flowcharts onto their property from the roof. Further “first draw” samples. showing how testing procedures should inspections in May and August of 2015 On the other hand, under the EPA move forward to isolate the source(s) of found that significant issues had not yet recommendations for testing at schools on contamination. been cured. A building permit was issued municipal water, 250 milliliter samples are From there, treatment might be on Dec. 22, 2015 to the owner, who has recommended, because the smaller sample necessary – corrosion control treatment held the property since 1982. Calls and an is coming from a more precise section of is generally the first option, which can email to the owner were not returned. plumbing and is “more representative of include making water more alkaline and Since the city granted a historical water per serving consumed by a child.” less acidic and/or adding calcium, which designation to the Dennis-Newton In either case, testing is supposed to adds a barrier on the pipes, according to House last year (see “First Black Frat Gets be done after water has sat unused for at the American Water Works Association. Historical Status,” April 8, 2015), there are least six hours, preferably eight, and no tax incentives available for improvements longer than 18 hours. – Josh Brokaw to the property. The Preservation League Brown noted in his letter of March reporter@ithacatimes.com status comes with no funding attached, 3 that water is a “complex issue” and said a r c h

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lack of places to go for people to get off addictive substances is a common complaint around Ithaca. Tompkins County has neither an inpatient detox facility nor a crisis walk-in detox. The perception, at least, is that one must be court-mandated or fail out of an outpatient program like those at the Alcohol & Drug Council (ADC) or Cayuga Addiction Recovery Services (CARS) to get a spot in an inpatient detox, the closest of which are in Syracuse, Binghamton, Elmira, and the state-run Dick Van Dyke facility in Seneca County. Take this quote from someone in the “business” focus group convened to give input to the new Ithaca drug policy for an example of this frustration: “Most people addicted to heroin are going to be on Medicaid. In order to get into in-patient, you have to fail out of outpatient … They need to have three or four dirty drugs screens before they can qualify to get into inpatient, which is where they needed to be initially, which can take three to four months.” Or read our June 2014 feature on the heroin epidemic “No Question, It’s Gotten Worse” on ithaca.com, which features the frustrations of several people in recovery. “Insurance is probably our biggest struggle with the inpatient [facility],” said Monika Taylor, director of chemical dependency services at Crouse Hospital, Syracuse, which hosts a 40-bed unit. “There’s supposed to be parity with behavioral health and primary health, but I don’t know if that’s fully happening quite yet.” Once a patient does get into treatment, sometimes the insurance company might only end up covering a few days of treatment, Taylor said. “You hardly ever see 28 days [of treatment] anymore,” said Rich Bennett, director of the Ithaca Rescue Mission. “You have to ask if it’s worth it to go into treatment for a week, and then whatever jobs and relationships are there might go away.” Nevertheless, when someone walks into the Rescue Mission and says, “I can’t take it anymore, get me into treatment,” Bennett said they do their best to get someone help because their attitude might “drastically change in three days.” ADC has been in talks “for a while” with New York’s Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services (OASAS) to bring an inpatient detox to Ithaca, according to executive director Angela Sullivan. For now, ADC offers what they call “intensive outpatient” programming, which includes three three-hour meetings a week along with medically-assisted

treatment for most of its clients trying to get off opiates, a number which has increased from about 5 percent of people calling them their primary drug in 2011 to about a third of the approximately 500 people ADC served last year. As a state-certified provider of addiction services, ADC does have to reveal a positive drug test to probation or social services, whoever the referring partner might be. “We do not automatically discharge someone for a positive test,” Sullivan said. “That is an oldschool myth that I don’t even think was true 10 years ago. When someone tests positive there’s always a conversation.” Bill Rusen, CEO of CARS, found the lack of detox options in the Ithaca Plan to be its most objectionable omission. “Imagine [Cayuga Medical Center] without an ER,” Rusen said. “When CMC was being built, they might have said we’re going to have shamans in there, it’s going to be fantastic. We’re going to have aromatherapy, an ICU, cancer care, cardiac care, but we’re not putting an emergency room in. If you’re having a heart attack you’re really not too interested if the shaman shows up. In this unfair, fallen universe we live in where there’s not enough time, energy, or resources for everything, I think the first choice has to be a detox.” CMC did host a detox until 2009, but “it’s a loser” financially, Rusen said. “You have to have a nurse and a medical person on duty all the time, even if they never saw a patient that day. Even insurance that pays better than Medicaid doesn’t pay enough to cover the costs.” Rusen said he’s had a proposal “sitting around for about two years” to cover a walk-in outpatient detox, which would cost about $150,000 a year to cover staffing. Though there’s no inpatient detox for Ithaca in the new plan, one of the recommendations is a 24-hour crisis center, which would serve as a place for law enforcement to bring intoxicated people without going to the CMC ER, a place with short-term temporary beds for people waiting an inpatient bed, and a safe “chill out” spot for people to go rather than being inebriated in public.

Ups&Downs

At the moment of crisis, the idea for the 24-hour center is to replace trips to the CMC ER, which cost the hospital, Bangs Ambulance, and Ithaca police $413,526.91 in 2015, according to the plan, one of the very few hard numbers included in the report, and one that CMC has made clear is not sustainable. There is money available for this kind

▶ Bad chicken nuggest, The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is issuing a public health alert to notify the public of a recall conducted by Maxi Canada, Inc., a Québec, Canada, establishment, involving approximately 103,752 pounds of chicken product that may be contaminated with metal pieces. Look out for 38-oz (2.975-lb) boxes of Yummy brand fully cooked “CHICKEN BREAST NUGGETS | 100% All Natural* | NuggetShaped Chicken Breast Patty Fritters with rib meat PRODUCT OF CANADA” with a BEST IF USED BY date of 07/17/17. If you care to respond to something in this column, or publish your own grievances or plaudits, e-mail editor@ithacatimes.com, with a subject head “Ups & Downs.”

Heard&Seen ▶ IC Solar, The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) and Ithaca College have announced that construction is underway on a 2.9 megawatt (MW) solar electric project that will provide enough electricity to meet approximately 10 percent of the college’s energy needs. The project will produce clean, renewable and sustainable energy for the college, lower its energy costs and reduce its greenhouse gas emissions.

Bill Rusen (File photo)

of diversion right now, according to Rusen and Russell, in the form of the Delivery System Reform Incentive Payment (DSRIP). The idea of DSRIP is to reduce avoidable hospital trips by people on Medicaid 25 percent in the next five years, with up to $6.42 billion available statewide. “I assume this center is going to piggyback on (DSRIP) a little bit,” Rusen said.

▶ Top Stories on the Ithaca Times website for the week of March 2-8 include: 1) Dryden Music Teacher Placed on Leave 2) Peace on Drugs: An addict’s perspective on the drug plan 3) Creating Jobs with Maguire CarDealership 4) Spencer Gas Pump Dispute Goes On 5) Two Drugs Raids Yield Meth and Heroin For these stories and more, visit our website at www.ithaca.com.

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is also a county legislator and was named interim director by Mayor Svante Myrick on June 1, 2015 upon the retirement of Marcia Fort. “Miss Leslyn” was granted support from students for several reasons, including her help in sending them on a trip to Boston. McBean-Clairborne became deputy director of GIAC in 2004, and she’s been involved with the center in one capacity or another since 1990.

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No Leadership on Lead T here is lead, among other toxins, in the water supply of Flint, Michigan. In 2014 the city switched its water source from Lake Huron to the Flint River in order to save money—they had a shortfall in their water fund—while a new pipeline to Lake Huron was built. The Flint River water was polluted and 19 times as corrosive as the Lake Huron water, so it began to strip out the pipes of the city water system. By the winter of 2015 the lead levels in the water supply were as high as 104 parts per billion (ppb), seven times higher than the legal standard of 15 ppb. The high lead levels found in the Caroline and Enfield elementary schools do not seem to have the same cause. The schools are the only two in the district that are on well water. All the rest receive water from the city’s municipal sytem, except Cayuga Heights Elementary School, which receives its water from the Southern Cayuga Lake Intermunicipal Water Commission, better known as “Bolton Point.” Now testing has suggested that there are lead levels at some locations in all the schools. They are getting their water from four different sources: two wells, Six Mile Creek, and Cayuga Lake. It seems unlikely that all of these are corrosive. The high lead levels are coming from older portions of the schools. Lead solder on copper pipes was only outlawed in 1988. There are a lot of additions on these building that were built before 1988. There are probably lead pipes in some of these really old buildings (including the

Springishness

Dewitt Mall, which is the former high school and was built a century ago). There are many troubling aspects to this problem, but the one that really wrankles is that no public official has come forward and tried to explain how this is happening or what can be done about it. Anyone who goes on the Internet can find information about getting lead out of drinking water. In a chapter on toxins in the environment in his 1995 book A Moment on the Earth, Gregg Easterbrook notes that adding calcium orthophosphate to a water supply can stop it from incorporating lead as it passes through lead pipes and joints with lead solder. This book is over 20 years old. It seems possible that other remediation methods have been developed in intervening decades. Very little in the way of concrete information is coming from the city school administration, from the city government, or from any non-profits that might be expected to know something about pollution. Instead we get is basically the equivalent of “top men are working on this” and that the powers-that-be will take of this after the extent of the problem is understood. It would be more helpful if these powers-that-be could issue some press releases with some concrete information included. That way the public would have some indication that the school district at least knows where the handle is when it comes to dealing with this problem. •

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inter in central New York is probably the favorite season of ski lodge operators only, so I say something communal rather than provocative in wishing winter 2016 a fond farewell. It was a mercifully mild winter in both precipitation and temperature. I didn’t have to dig my car out once. It was sixty degrees in December. Nor was it a tough flu season. Flu seems to be going around Ithaca a bit at the moment, but for months it was mainly dormant. Don’t write it off yet. Get plenty of rest. I saw a report in the New York Times that said people who sleep less than seven hours a night are three times more likely to get sick than those who sleep eight or more. The theory is that the body produces more disease-fighting white blood cells in sleep. Of course, it might also be that it’s extra hours inside, away from public germs. Spring means burgeoning life and activity. One thing it means for me is committing to my bike again instead of car. I generally to prefer biking to driving. But the car is kind of a trap. I park on the street and, in fall and winter, have to move it every day for our seasonal odd-even parking law. Since I have to move it anyway, I might as well use it to go to work. Part of the trap is financial. I drive fewer than 4,000 miles a year, but car ownership costs a couple of thousand dollars a year (insurance, maintenance) no matter what. So one is damn sure going to drive the thing once in a while. I admit, of course, that in harsh weather, the four wheels and six sides of a car beat hell out of the two skinny tires and negligible dimensions of a bike. Bikes don’t have an inside. Hey, I’m not completely ascetic. Be careful out there when biking, though. An acquaintance of mine was hit by a car last week while biking, at the intersection of State and Fulton Streets. I

almost bought it there once myself. This intersection is probably the number one spot in town for drivers running red lights: specifically, east-bound drivers on State St./Route 79 crossing Fulton/Route 13. I will give bets that, during daylight hours, a driver - at least one; often multiple - will run this light at least 50 percent of the time. In fact, I will lay odds on 90 percent. The green light is too short for the volume of traffic coming into town on Rt. 79. This is by no means an excuse to run the light, but it’s reality. Something should be done before the reality kills someone. A carrot approach would be to lengthen the green light for State Street. A stick approach would be to place police there and ticket everyone who runs the light. This would no doubt ease the problem, plus raise revenue, so I don’t know why we don’t start tomorrow. (Mr. Mayor?) As winter wanes, there’s one more celebration is in store: St. Patrick’s Day. “Patrick” is practically my middle name, so I am avid, and it is a great day for the Irish, which means everyone, as everyone is Irish on St. Patrick’s Day, if they wish. In preparation, I am reading Maeve Binchy, who was the best-known Irish writer of her time. She died at age 72 in 2012. I don’t know, but I don’t think Ms. Binchy was much noted by the academy. She is maybe more the Oprah’s Book Club type (in fact, once selected). When I told my Irish friend M. (from County Longford, where my people are from, too) that I’m reading her, he said, “Oh, my mum’s read all her books.” I relate this as praise, and not faint. Binchy’s usual subject is small-town Ireland, but really it’s the human heart, especially as expressed by speech, and she writes with great feeling and wisdom. May your own heart open anew as the flowers do. All go bragh, and happy spring. •

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Dear friends, puzzlers, and READERS, Since you are reading this letter in the Ithaca Times, you obviously have the privilege and pleasure of being literate. That is not necessarily the case for many people in our community. These include adult immigrants, incarcerated youth, and, most significantly, our fellow citizens who have spent a lifetime slipping through the educational cracks. 32 million adults in the United States can’t read. That’s 14 percent of the 6

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population. 21 percent of adults in the U.S. read below a fifth grade level, and 19 percent of high school graduates can’t read. Nearly 85 percent of the juveniles who face trial in the juvenile court system are functionally illiterate, proving that there is a close relationship between illiteracy and crime. More than 60 percent of all inmates are functionally illiterate. Since 1976, Tompkins Learning Partners (TLP) has been providing tutoring services, free of charge, to local residents continued on page 12

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Radical Downtown By Ga ry Fe rgu s on

ayor Svante Myrick’s new comprehensive Municipal Drug Policy has been referred to as bold and radical. Indeed, it is an inspired and novel approach to solving one of America’s and Ithaca’s most vexing problems: drugs and their impact on people and the community. But as I reflected on this policy, it also occurred to me that here in Ithaca we have also been actively engaged in another very radical policy: a genuine urban development policy. Why is our approach to urban development radical? When we compare what we are doing to other small cities around the country and account for the degree of difficulty that meaningful urban development entails, this can be considered radical. In most small and mid-sized communities across America the development pendulum has shifted markedly to the periphery: to the arterial strips, to the cornfields, to the suburbs. When one calculates the total development occurring in a community, inevitably the vast majority of it occurs outside of downtowns. This was true here in Ithaca and the rest of Tompkins County when, back in 2000, the Tompkins County Chamber of Commerce estimated around 95 percent of all new development investment was occurring outside of downtown. This was and continues to be the case in countless communities in New York State and throughout the United States. There are many downtowns that have invested in marketing initiatives, in festivals, in façade improvements to help their downtown cores but have made no real changes in the way regional growth and development get parceled out. When suburbs and city peripheries grow at double-digit rates while urban centers lose population, the future becomes all too clear. Here in Ithaca, we asked a very basic question of our community: Could our urban core receive a higher proportion of our regional growth? In most small and mid-sized cities, the answer is no. It is too complicated, too litigious, too political, and too expensive to shift development from the easy-to-build edges of a community to its core. When people and businesses leave for the suburbs, the momentum to develop downtown disappears. Political jurisdictions fight over where the new development should occur. It is costly to build in the center of the city, and incentive programs can be costly and contentious. Here in Ithaca, led by Mayor Myrick

and his predecessors, we have opted to buck this trend. We wanted a sustainable downtown, one that would survive and thrive for the ages. That required more people to live in downtown. It required more offices and businesses, more retail and restaurants. It required creating a place where people wanted to be. That required us to make a profound shift in where regional development occurred. If all growth and new investment happened outside of the urban core, the prospects for a sustainable future of our urban core looked dim. Most small and mid-sized communities are unable to shift any meaningful proportion of investment from their edges to their centers. Yet, here in Ithaca, that is what we are doing. Urban growth is smart growth. It utilizes our precious and expensive infrastructure resources wisely and efficiently. It promotes walkable cities. It creates synergistic development, so that projects both benefit and feed off of their surrounding neighborhoods. Rebalancing small city development is radical because it is such a struggle. When development decisions get made, they inevitably seek the paths of least resistance. Truly changing the regional landscape requires multiple political jurisdictions and interest groups to cooperate and agree on the priority of shifting growth. This is seldom easy to accomplish. So, when a medical facility needs to be built, it inevitably goes to the edges of town. When a new hotel gets built, it typically happens at the interstate exit ramp, not downtown. Housing gets built in subdivisions and tract development. Retail and jobs follow the shifting population. Ultimately amenities and culture follow, and the results can be calamitous to downtowns. Here in Ithaca we acknowledged the need to change our growth paradigm. At the Downtown Ithaca Alliance we argued for more downtown housing, more offices, more retails and restaurants, and more traffic-generating projects such as hotels and entertainment venues. Our 2020 Strategic Plan suggested revising downtown zoning to allow for taller projects. We advocated for incentives to encourage urban development. Where we have excelled has been in our ability to change how people think about downtown as a place to develop. Since 2000, we have added over one million square feet of new development to downtown. We have certainly not steered all of the new regional growth to downtown; that is also not feasible or practical. But we have significantly increased the proportion going to the downtown urban core. This is radical.

Cornell President Elizabeth Garrett (Photo Tim Gera)

In Memoriam

She was the first woman president of an Ivy League institution. Cornell announced on Feb. 8 that Garrett was taking a leave of absence to undergo treatment for colon cancer, with provost Michael Kolotnikoff taking over acting president duties. Board of Trustees chairman Robert Harrison announced Garrett’s death in a communique sent out on the morning of March 7. “From the moment I met her during the presidential search, it was clear to me that she had the intellect, energy and vision not only to lead Cornell, but to be one of the greatest presidents in our 150year history,” Harrison wrote. Hundreds of Cornellians gathered on the Arts Quad on the afternoon for a moment of silence in Garrett’s honor and a short concert of chimes. Garrett’s survivors include her parents, Robert and Jane Garrett, her husband, Andrei Marmor, a professor of law and philosophy, and her sister Laura Gruntmeir. •

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lizabeth Garrett, who became the 13th president of Cornell on July 1, 2015, died at her home in Manhattan on Sunday, March 6. Garrett, 52, was an Oklahoma native who took a law degree at the University of Virginia in 1988 before clerking with Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall and then working at The Hague between 1991 and 1994 as a staffer for her home state Senator, David Boren. Garrett became an assistant professor at the University of Chicago and then went to the University of Southern California in 2003, where she rose to the position of provost before Cornell’s board of trustees named her president on Sept. 30, 2014. This is fundamental. This is sustaining. And yes, it is and continues to be difficult. It is so easy to fall back to our old ways and the ways of most communities, letting growth happen where it may. Let the hotels build on the edges of town. Let the new housing get built in surrounding towns. Let the new offices and new jobs build up around the regional mall or the airport. As a community, while we debate these issues intently, we have opted more often than not to support urban core growth through our zoning, our incentives, and our enthusiasm for a strong sustainable downtown. To many around the country, this is radical. To Ithacans, this is our effort to build a stronger community. Thanks to the many who have helped and will continue to help to make our urban core strong for the future. •

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ithaca com Our article on Sweet Land Farm was the most viewed article on the site for about 10 days. Owner Evangeline Sarat decided to pay her employees a living wage. She had to raise her CSA share cost and immediately lost a third of her members, but she has managed to stay in business. This reader is not sanguine about the general applicability of the idea: Let's see, so when I was farming instead of paying my employee $20,000 and me $30,000 I had to pay him $30,000 and I get $20,000. Then I also had to pay my seasonal employees $20,000 more so I work for free. As long as someone is paying Social Security taxes I don't care anymore. -Daddio7 /

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Newfield Marine’s son battles with VA for five years By G ly n is H a rt

here was just blood running down people’s arms.” Drafted in 1970 during his senior year at Auburn High School, Larry Brown finished school in the Army. He was on his way to Vietnam, where he served in the Marines as a maintenance control commanding officer for a 16-plane fighter. He did not see combat, but the war killed him just the same, 30 years later. His son Shaun, his widow Anna, and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) agree that Brown, who died at the age of 56 in Tompkins County’s Cayuga Medical Center, contracted fatal hepatitis C from his service vaccinations. “He didn’t want to blame the government. That wasn’t his character,” said Anna. Still, both she and Shaun remember Brown telling them that at his 1970 vaccination in Parris Island, the recruits’ arms were bleeding from the shots as they went down the line. “When you go into the military,” said Harvey Baker, who served two tours in Vietnam, “they’ve got all these shots they want to give you. You have no clue what they are. You might get four in one arm, four in the other, then you go in the next line and you get one in each cheek of your butt. In my platoon there was 110 guys, and we all got shots at the same time; they never changed that gun at all, for 110 guys. If a guy 30 shots ahead of you was a heroin user and had hepatitis, those 30 guys could get it.” “If you flinched at all, the [injector] would cut you,” 8

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talk much about the war. It was painful for him.” The past, however, was not going to leave Brown alone. In 1989, Brown was diagnosed with diabetes, and the Veterans Health Administration (VHA; a division of the VA) doctor who made the diagnosis recommended he get tested for HCV as well; the virus had been newly identified, although a reliable blood test would not appear until 1992. The tests found liver damage consistent with the diagnosis. Chronic HCV, untreated, slowly destroys the liver, and while treatments exist, none of them are 100 percent effective. “It’s hard to cure it; all you can do is treat it,” said Baker. “By the time you know you have it, it’s too late.” There were two main vectors ( P h o t o : H C Ve t s) for HVC in vets, said Baker: inoculations and transfusions. “Men and women both got HCV from inoculations,” he said. “In the military, you have to give blood. It’s mandatory. Let’s say there was a big fight, lots of guys getting killed or hurt, so now you’ve all

got to donate blood. It makes sense. But hepatitis C was one of those aftereffects. I doubt they knew the dangers of what they were doing. But you get sick, and it’s from something the government did to you in 1966, and you get angry.” “A big part of the problem,” Baker continued, “is that we probably have about 5,000 Vietnam vets between Cortland and Tompkins counties. But we don’t know for sure.” If you go to the VA clinic on Dryden Road, they will test you for HCV, said Baker, but “I know lots of guys that you just can’t drag them in there. ‘I’m never going to trust the government again,’ is how they feel. But if you don’t know you have HCV and you go to a regular doctor, they might not test you.” If a veteran does test positive for HCV, he or she can get treatment. Interferon, which interferes with viral reproduction, was the standard of care for years, but it only seems to have been effective in 51 percent or less of cases of HCV genotype 1—the kind that Brown had. Larry Brown’s Illness Brown was open to treatment and working with the VHA. Although the Interferon treatment did not work for him, his diabetes seemed to be a more pressing problem. Brown was not a drinker and not overweight, but as time went on his diabetes worsened, and the HCV infection was gradually destroying his liver. By 2007 he was feeling pretty sick, but he concealed it as well as he could from his wife. “He’d sleep all weekend,” Anna remembered. “He’d force himself to get up and work.” Finally, the VHA doctors said he needed to be on dialysis. And he needed effective treatment for HCV; there was a new drug, Pegasys, but his body didn’t respond to it. Looking back through the pictures of family gatherings during the last year of his life, Anna could see how thin he had gotten. “My brother-in-law said he looked like he had cancer,” she said. “But seeing him every day, I didn’t see it, how much weight he had lost.” On Jan. 21, 2009, Brown took his wife to the doctor for an appointment, but then the two of them went to the emergency room: Brown was coughing up blood. Again. An effect of late stage HCV is open lesions, called varices, in the esophagus and stomach. “He would have had to have the varices in his esophagus tied off, and then they would have waited two weeks and tied them off again,” said Anna. “Meantime we

drug use, or use of needles for tattooing or drug use. Officially, VA policy is that infection via vaccination is only “biologically plausible.” But Shaun believes his father was not the only one to get HCV through vaccinations, and he has amassed hundreds of documents to prove it. Shaun is part of an online community, hcvets.com, that offers help and advice to veterans infected with HCV. A Puff Into the Skin Ped-O-Jet, the largest manufacturer of air guns used by the U.S. armed services for vaccinations, claimed “ejecting the liquid at high pressure and velocity though a jet tip makes its own opening into the skin and penetrates to a suitable depth for immunization.” The Ped-O-Jet used a foot pump to create compression in an air chamber, connected to the gun with a hose. Soldiers moved along the line as the doctors plied the foot pedal, swabbed each new recruit’s arm with an alcohol pad (theoretically), and pressed the gun nozzle to their arms. Ped-O-Jet’s operating manual recommended sterilizing the injector with saline water during “rest periods,” but lacked advice for sterilizing the injector between patients. Eli Lilly, in its 1962 product insert for the air gun, recommended the nozzle be sterilized “if it becomes contaminated with blood or serum” to prevent the transmission of hepatitis or other infectious diseases. Diagrams of the air guns made by Ped-O-Jet, which withdrew the device in 1997, show how they work. The practitioner inserts a container loaded with the vaccines into the gun, which dispenses each shot from a reservoir with a pump action. However, at variance with the manufacturers’ expectations that the skin forms an adequate barrier, splashback from the injection site can send particles from the patient’s blood stream into the vaccine reservoir. Nanophotographs taken in 2006 by Samir Mitragotri show highspeed splashback into the nozzle. However, long before that, medical experts had documented blood-borne contamination from air guns; by 1996, the World Health Organization recommended against the use of airguns for mass immunizations because of the danger of infection. Changing VA Policy “The VA has changed the recognition of HCV to include some presumptive diseases [related to HCV] to be militarily related,” said Baker. According to the VA website: “The Department of Veterans Affairs leads the country

L a r ry a n d A n n a B r ow n (c o u r t e s y o f t h e b r ow n fa m i ly) still had to get him to dialysis.” Instead, Brown died in Cayuga Medical Center, vomiting, coughing, and spitting blood: “It looked like a war zone, in the room where he died,” she said. “There was blood on everything.” Brown received two meritorious promotions during his Marine Corps service, but more than that, he was loved. “My dad was a great man. He didn’t deserve to die this way,” said Shaun. “His customers came to his funeral. How often can you say that of a car salesman? He was that

kind of guy; he’d loan them his own car, if they had to take theirs in to the dealer and there wasn’t a [dealer’s] car for them.” Anna’s appeal for survivor’s benefits had been initially denied by the VA, but fiver years after his death, in 2014, the Board of Veterans Appeals (BVA) ruled that the jet injector, or air gun used to vaccinate Brown for his service in Vietnam, was the probable cause of his hepatitis: “The medical evidence reflects that the Veteran did not have any known risk factors for hepatitis C, other than injection by air gun during service.” That is, Brown had no transfusions, no tattoos, no history of intravenous drug use, and no combat exposure that would put him at risk for hepatitis. Although the VA acknowledges an epidemic of hepatitis C among Vietnam-era veterans, with infection rates of 11 percent—as opposed to 1.6 percent in the general population—official VA policy is that the likely source of transmission for most of the 125,000 to 200,000 cases of chronic HCV among Vietnam vets is either transfusions, exposure to blood during their term of service, intravenous

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in hepatitis screening, testing, treatment, research, and prevention.” However, Shaun has had an extensive email correspondence with Dr. David Ross of the VHA. After months of having his questions answered with questions, Brown gave up in frustration and took his story to the press. This reporter found that Dr. Ross (M.D., Ph.D., Director of HIV, Hepatitis, and Public Health Pathogens Programs at VHA) deflected all questions about the VA policy to the Media Relations Office. According to the BVA, 15 jet-injector cases were granted in 2014, only nine in

three elements: Medical evidence of a current physical or mental disability; and Evidence of an injury, disease, or event in active service; and Evidence establishing that the current disability was caused or aggravated by the injury, disease, or event in military service. This is generally established through service and postservice records and medical opinions provided or obtained in connection with the claim. For Hepatitis C (HCV) claimed as due to air gun injections, the missing element is typically the third element, as known modes of transmission are most often present.

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found a service connection for a veteran suffering from HCV: “The Board finds that the veteran’s hepatitis C was contracted in service as a result of his receiving shots via a multi-use jet gun injector.” In another case before the BVA, the veteran’s claim was denied because he admitted cocaine use and was unreliable in his description of his sexual history. Each positive ruling entitles the survivor or the veteran to benefits for service-related disability. Meanwhile, Shaun wants more than a handful of individual rulings. “For a lot of people, it’s not about the money,” said Shaun. “The money helps my mom, because my Dad died prematurely, but that’s not the whole thing. To me, justice for my dad includes winning the

My Wellness Tobacco-Free Success Story I was tired of being sick and I knew I could do something about it. My musician friend Stephanie Agurkis recommended that I go to Cayuga Center for Healthy Living (CCHL). They were good at listening and collectively we came up with a plan. I stopped smoking the day before my hip surgery. I received great care at Physical Therapy afterwards. I haven’t looked back and I am feeling a lot better. Franklin Henry, Jr. Musician and Former Marine Ithaca, New York

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BVA appeal, promoting awareness of HCV and jet injectors through publications in the media, and filing a complaint with the FDA to make it more difficult for air gun manufacturers to obtain FDA approval.” Shaun would like to make sure that recognition goes to the right people. He said that without HCVets.com he would not have won the appeal for his father. “Even though I have worked hard on this and found much evidence,” he said, “the success has come from working with HCVets.” The BVA works more like an insurance company than a court of law; winning an appeal does not set precedent. BVA policy is to review each case for particulars and rule out other possible methods of transmission. Per media relations officer Mojay:

Because VA policy on service connection is largely a function of statutory and regulatory requirements, changing the policy generally means changing the law. We would consider changing the way we process HCV air gun claims if available science indicated that there was some likelihood that contaminated air guns actually transmitted HCV, but the VA has already determined that the large majority of HCV infections can be accounted for by known modes of transmission, primarily transfusion of blood products before 1992 and injection drug use.

The problem is, the slow pace of change at the VA means that more old soldiers will die waiting for treatment. Time is running out for them and their families. Said Baker: “We’ve got a lot of guys who are getting older, and their systems are failing. All of a sudden, you’re dying and you don’t know why.” •

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Ithaca team at the state championship By Ste ve L aw re nc e

hen Mike Blakely-Armitage, the head coach of the Ithaca High School boys’ swimming team, loaded up the van to head west for the state championship meet at Erie Community College in Williamsville, New York, he knew the expectations set at the beginning of the season were on track to be met. “We knew we’d be able to send a strong group, and the number of swimmers was actually a little larger than usual,” he said of the eight swimmers representing the Little Red. “That was our pre-season goal.” The state meet is divided into two groups: the Public Schools and the Federation (private schools). In the former category, Ithaca finished in second place among New York State public high schools, and several swimmers gave the kind of big performances they hope for while spending many hours training, staring at the bottom of a pool for months in preparation. Senior Kevin Miller was among the favorites to win the 200 Freestyle, and he stepped up to the challenge, taking the state title. Miller took second in the 500 Free—first among public school athletes—and when I stated that being a state champ was a great way to wrap up a career, Blakely-Armitage replied, “Yes, Kevin’s on to bigger and better things. He has yet to commit to a college, but I think he’s a Division 1 talent.” Miller’s training partner Jamie Lovette made sure all the hours and the miles paid off as well, as the junior took seventh in the 200 Free and 11th in the 500 Free.

Miller and Lovette also represented half of the Little Red’s 400 Freestyle Relay team, which set a new Section IV record and missed the state record by 0.04 seconds. That effort was rounded out by Robert Mangan and Francis Schickel. The meet wrapped up another strong season for a perennially tough program, and I thanked Coach Mike for taking the time to talk to me on Sunday. I asked him what’s next—whether he starts setting up off-season training, or planning for next year—and he said, “Right now, it’s time for me to rest, reflect, and spend time with my family.” • • • Congrats to the Cornell men’s hockey team for stepping up at the right time. I saw the Big Red play a few weeks ago in the midst of an abysmal stretch during which they managed but a few ties and zero wins over several games, and I listened to the customary assertions that they would right the ship and elevate their game when it counted. I wanted to believe them, but more importantly, I wanted them to believe it themselves. The ship was righted, and after a thrilling 1-0 win on Friday night, Cornell got an overtime goal from junior forward Matt Buckles to send the Big Red into the next round of the ECAC Hockey Championships. The sweep of Union College was especially sweet for the Red, given the Dutchmen had come into Lynah Rink a week earlier and put a 5-1 pounding

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• • • I have been around long enough to know that Old Man Winter might still have a few tricks up his sleeve, but I will say that I am really looking forward to this spring’s baseball and softball seasons. In years past, teams have come back north after their spring trip to warmer locales, only to be relegated to the gym for a few weeks until the snow melted and the mud dried up. So far, it looks like teams can get on the fields sooner than usual, and that’s a good thing. Too often, teams are forced to play

four, five or more games per week at the end of the season, putting a lot of strain on pitchers. I’m also pulling for Julie Farlow, the new head coach of the Cornell women’s softball team. Julie was a two-time All Ivy player at Cornell in the late ‘90s—the first to bat over .400—and since 2002, she was an assistant under head coach Dick Blood, who retired last spring. Farlow was instrumental in building the Big Red into one of the Ancient Eight’s elite programs, and Coach Blood left the program in very capable hands. •

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who need help reading, writing, or speaking English. Some students also work toward citizenship and math or computer literacy. Each year over 100 students and tutors work together under our auspices to make students’ educational goals happen. In 2015, 122 volunteer tutors donated 6,926 hours of their time to their students. So, what does this have to do with The Fourth Annual Finger Lakes Crossword Competition? I’m so glad you asked. Tompkins Learning Partners invites

you to join your friends and neighbors and compete right here in your own backyard in the Finger Lakes’ only regional crossword event. All proceeds from the tournament will support adult literacy here in Tompkins County. You could play as an individual or be part of a team. This fundraiser for TLP is a unique event scheduled for 2 to 4:15 p.m. on Saturday, March 19 at the Boynton Middle School Cafeteria, 1601 N. Cayuga St. There will be three levels of competition: Easier, Trickier, and Toughest. These three levels of custommade puzzles will be created by our very own “Puzzle Master,” Adam Perl, creator

of numerous crosswords published in the New York Times, and owner of Pastimes Antiques in the Dewitt Mall. Prizes will be awarded to the individuals and teams who complete a perfect puzzle in the shortest amount of time. Whether you are a casual, serious, or advanced puzzler, you are invited to be part of the fun! For more information and to register, go to TLPartners.org. Just click on the “Crossword Tournament” button for information, rules, and online registration forms. Have fun while helping our neighbors gain the priceless gift of literacy. With sincere appreciation, – Gary Weissbrot, Ithaca

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Ace Hardware Launches Kitchen/Bath Showroom Owner Joe Nosewicz enters the market promising custom designs built by local craftsmen By Michael Nocella

thaca Ace Hardware, located at the Triphammer Marketplace in the village of Lansing, recently added a whole new dimension to its business model: a full customized kitchen and bath design showroom. Owner/manager John Nosewicz toyed with the idea of bringing this element to his store for the better part of the last year. However, to make his vision come to life, he needed to find the right person to head up the showroom. After a bit of searching, he met Chris Setlock. “I know a lot of the designers in town,” Nosewicz said, “having been a cabinet designer myself, and I asked a couple of other people I know and asked, ‘Are there other people I don’t know?’ And without hesitation all three of them said, ‘Chris Setlock. You have to hire him.’ The interview, I thought, would be 45 minutes. We talked from eight in the morning until noon. “Chris likes to do things the same way I like to do them, in terms of project management,” he added. “Someone is not going to simply get their cabinets from their contractor and be on their own. Chris, at every phase of the job, is going to be there to visit and see how things are going.” Setlock, who officially came on board in September, has made himself at home by crafting the showroom. His space is nearly completed, and his services are already open to the public. “We’re open right now,” he said. “I have vendors in place, the displays in place, and I can start a project at any time. In fact, I’ve already worked on a

Ace Hardware owner/manager Joe Nosewicz and new showroom manager Chris Setlock. (Photo: Diane Duthie)

few projects since I’ve been here. It’s my hope that this is going to be the premier kitchen and bath design center in Ithaca. We have some wonderful vendors in the area. Everything is Americanmade. My favorite is Smith Valley Woodworks. They’re a local firm based in Mecklenburg. The nice thing about a true custom cabinet worker—and someone local—is that we’ve got a wonderful, close relationship where if I can draw it, he can make it. So we can really do things that

are truly one of a kind. “When I send a design to [Smith Valley Woodworks],” Setlock said, “he’s not just making a bunch of boxes. He’s producing the entire kitchen. When he’s laying out the wood, he’s actually keeping track of the grain pattern, and things of that nature, with the foresight to think about how the whole piece will come together. That’s a level of customization that you won’t get from a manufacturing cabinet line.”

In speaking with Nosewicz and Setlock, both agreed that a state-of-theart kitchen and bath design showroom was a need in Tompkins County. While local big box stores offer kitchen and bath design, Ithaca Ace Hardware hopes to set itself apart by using one-of-a-kind materials and customization. “There’s kitchen and bath options in the big-box stores,” Setlock said, “and continued on page 18

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Cayuga Wellness Center combines complementary operations By Bill Chaisson

he Cayuga Center for Healthy often come from feedback provided by the Living, an annex of the Cayuga center’s users. Medical Center, is housed in the Sometimes ideas for new services same building with Rasa Spa, the Island come from the staff. The Cayuga Coaching Health and Fitness Center, and Andrew program was a staff suggestion that was Getzin’s sports medicine clinic. The medi“kicked up to management,” Verrill said. cal center owns 75 percent of the fitness The center had only been helping injured center, which in turn owns 50 percent of athletes recover, but the coaching program Rasa Spa. This arrangement has been in is proactive; it helps athletes with strength place for a decade, but in October of last building and conditioning. year the medical center and its partners In addition, staff were seeing patients decided to brand everything under one who were working toward recovery and name: the Cayuga Wellness Center. realized that these people needed some“Up until last fall we had all done our thing to aim for. “They need goals,” said own advertising,” said John Turner, the Verrill, “like a 5K run.” vice president of public relations for the Ideas for innovations come from both medical center. “We just directions—from the “If we hear about saw a lot of opportunities. top down and from the For example, a member of bottom up. As groups a service that is Island Health may need matured, said Verrill, not aligned with physical therapy or an they began to take a our mission, we athlete in training may wider view of what they can consider it and were doing. “A physineed a visit to the sports medicine clinic. We used perhaps realign our cal therapist would ask be like a mall, a lot of sepaa patient, ‘Now what?’ strategic goals.” rate stores under one roof. and introduce them to a —Kristin Verrill Now we are all one team.” trainer.” With creation of Kristin Verrill is the the Wellness Center and Director of Health and its integrated planning, Human Performance at the answer to questions the Center for Healthy Living. She said like that will become less informal. that the collaborations had begun to align Patients can now be presented with well before the actual renaming. But goseveral options at once, said Verrill, while ing forward collaborations will be more before they were presented one at a time. formally planned. “John Turner noticed that our “Every year in October we will get operational collaborations were coming together our group leaders and list each together,” said Verrill, “and he decided that department’s goals,” said Verrill. “Then we the public needed to understand what was will craft the [wellness] center goals, and going on here. then we’ll go back and forth.” This kind of The Cayuga Wellness Center name integrated planning is a new development. was introduced in January and new servic“If we hear about a service that is not es will continue to roll out going forward. aligned to our mission,” said Verrill, “we The name signifies the medical center’s can consider it, and then perhaps realign growing emphasis on prevention. § our strategic goals.” Ideas for new services

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Communiqué: doing much more than advertising for 25 years By Jaime Cone

alk through downtown Ithaca and you’re sure to see the work of Ithaca’s own marketing firm Communiqué, whose clients include Coltivare, Tompkins Cortland Community College, Cornell University, and the Ithaca/Tompkins County Regional Airport. This year Communiqué is celebrating its silver anniversary, and owner Laurie Linn said she never tires of inventing new strategies and keeping alive the entrepreneurial spirit that saw her through a challenging start 25 years ago. “We have a very diverse and talented team, and it really helps to differentiate Communiqué in this market, because there are very few full-service integrated marketing firms in this area,” Linn said. Communiqué is not just an advertising firm. It does everything from brand management to public relations, social media, search engine optimization, graphic design, and videography. “Anything a client would want communications-wise, we have a person who can offer it because of our talented staff and team,” said Linn. Linn said that when she first started out at Tom Yaegel Associates in Philadelphia, where she worked her way up from key researcher to vice president of the company, the focus at most advertising firms was mainly on the big three mediums: print, radio, and television. Linn’s clients were located all over the world; for a while she loved traveling, but after six years she wanted to put down roots. “I traveled 80 percent of the time, and I decided I wanted to do something a little

bit different,” she said. When her travels brought her to Ithaca, she thought it would be the perfect place to start her own business. She made the decision to restrict her clients to only those within a 150-mile radius. “I absolutely love working in Ithaca,” she said. “It’s a tight-knit business community and a vibrant community to live in and work in, with the academic market.” She started Communiqué with a focus on integrated marketing when not many firms were taking that approach. “Twenty-five years ago, a lot of people didn’t really understand what integrated marketing means,” she said. “What it means is that you look at your primary target audience and figure out their hobbies and likes and dislikes and create a strategy that includes things like events and public speaking and focus groups.” The approach varies depending on the client’s target sector. Being ahead of the curve put Communiqué on the right track toward success. “In today’s world,” Linn said, “the only way you can market effectively is to make sure you’re marketing in several different mediums as opposed to just the media.” She added that she enjoys working with all of the various social media platforms. “I find it extremely exciting,” she said. “One of the reasons I’m in marketing is because it’s always changing. I like figuring out the different best practices around something new and determining whether they have sustainability.” Linn hired a social media director early on, well

The Communiqué staff; Laurie Linn at the center. (Photo provided)

before many firms realized the potential of Facebook as a marketing tool. “We kept telling people, ‘You should be on Facebook; you should be on Facebook!’” she said, but it was not always easy convincing them. “I had one client,” Linn continued, “who said Facebook is only for people looking for a date with Hannah Montana.” But social media

has been built into the company’s best practices for eight years now, and “a lot of others don’t have that history,” Linn pointed out. There is now a very different climate in the industry—looking back 25 years— for a multitude of reasons. 1990 was not an ideal time to start a small business. “[In 1990] we were in a recession, and the economy wasn’t doing so well,” Linn said. “It was tough. They were very lean years, but I’m really glad that we went through it, because it’s made us stronger and smarter.” She said that it was extra satisfying to see her clients succeed because it was a difficult time. “In a small way we turned some businesses around,” said Linn. “We may have made more of a difference for them because we were trying to maneuver through a recession. It really made us good at what we do.” Linn once had a larger staff but changed her business model when she realized managing so many people was taking her away from doing the actual hands-on work she loved. She now has a vast list of local partners, which she amassed when she cut her team down from 18 to four. “At Communiqué we like to have a lot of fun,” she said. “I like the ideation of the creative process and the fun of working with our partners and developing programs. We take our work very seriously, but we want to make sure that anything we do is done in a way that elevates the spirit.” §

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Selling Big Parcels NY House Quest specializes in land and farms By Michael Nocella

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full-time business in 2009. “Prior to starting this business,” Snyder said, “I worked for a few different companies that did land acquisitions and development. The idea eventually came to me that there was enough of a market where I could start my own company that

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specialized in those types of deals.” Several years later, New York Land Quest employs ten realtors and treats a map of New York State as one might play the board game Risk. The business operates out of two offices: one in Clinton, New York, and another at 82 North St. in Dryden. “New York Land Quest,” explained Snyder, “is a real-estate brokerage that specializes in land, farms, and country properties. We basically have taken the approach of dividing and conquering; we’ve split the state up into several regions, and we have agents in most of those regions at this point. “Most real estate agencies in most markets,” he continued, “are going to concentrate on residential properties, whereas we go after the land and the country properties. That’s what we enjoy doing. We’ll drive an hour and a half to sell 100 acres or a farm, versus going next door to sell a house.” Now, however, New York Land Quest will also sell the house next door. In fact, the company and its staff always had that capability; it simply did not advertise that service. Within the last year, that has changed. “[Because we are able to sell residential homes,] we just launched another company called New York Home Quest, where we’ll concentrate on the residential market, which is a very competitive market.” The parent company—New York Land Quest—however, is still the heart and soul of Snyder’s operation—and his passion. Since there are fewer realtors who offer the knowledge and expertise needed to sell big land acquisitions, it is a business model where he has found success. “We’re dealing with people that own five acres, 10 acres, 1,000 acres,” he noted. “Typically the larger the parcel, the more likely they are to look for someone who specializes in land. Any agent would be interested in selling a building lot or five acres or less. But when they get bigger than that, we find people want someone who specializes and understands land, and the amenities that land offers. “Selling land, we find it more profitable,” Snyder added. “We can find opportunities to generate more revenue on continued on page 17

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Business Briefs Computing Center Has New Owners

In operation since 1978, The Computing Center, located in the Cornell Business and Technology Park, near the Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport, enters the New Year with significant news regarding its ownership and senior leadership. Effective Jan. 1 of this year Mary Stazi began as the new chief executive officer (CEO) and the company's majority shareholder. Stazi has been President since January 2004 and has worked for the company for almost 30 years. The new ownership will allow the company to Mary Stazi qualify as a New York State Woman Owned Business (WBE). Rose Christofferson, long-time service manager, with the company since 1991, was named vice president on January 1. Federal and State certifications as a WBE will be forthcoming, now that the change is official. The Computing Center Founder, Larry Baum will maintain a minority ownership and remain with the company. “It is with great pride Rose Christofferson that we are able to take these next steps with our company. We have a long history in Ithaca and central New York, and have been able to grow and shape our own future over the years. I would like to thank to Larry for his mentorship, as he has been a key component to our business’ success. I am looking forward to leading the company’s next chapter with our dynamic team of professionals, in this ever-changing IT industry,” said Stazi. The Computing Center is a full service computer sales and services company. The company provides products from major computer and software manufacturers, and delivers services ranging from equipment repairs to full systems consulting and management using state-of-the-art tools. Its staff of 19 includes system architects,

network engineers, developers and repair technicians. Clients include Central New York’s premier educational, financial, and healthcare institutions as well as many small and medium businesses and organizations. More information on The Computing Center can be found on the company website at www.compcenter.com, including a comprehensive timeline of the company’s history in Tompkins County over the 38 years in operation.

Businessowners of Color Meetup

If you are a business owner/manager, non-profit leader/director, or aspiring entrepreneur of color please join your colleagues for this special event at the CommonSpot. The purpose of this event is to foster greater connectedness among local business leaders of color so that we can discover opportunities and strengthen our support networks. This event is free, but please RSVP. Please contact Gladys Brangman at ithacapeacemaker@gmail.com Enjoy food for purchase served by Bici-Cocina and drink for purchase served by Bandwagon Brewpub. Bring business cards to share and expect a casual gathering with natural networking and opportunities to win prizes that support your work. If you have a product or service that you would like to offer as a prize, please contact the CommonSpot soon so we can market your business and share your offering. The event is March 10 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at 1263/4 The Commons (above Petrune). RSVP via Facebook or to Brangman at ithacapeacemaker@gmail.com.

Yaman and Cinquanti Real Estate Merge

Yaman Real Estate, www.yaman. com, Cortland, New York and Cinquanti Real Estate, Homer, New York, have announced a merger to form a strategic partnership effective March 20, 2016. 76749 Kendal Skiing Ad for Ithaca Times T: 10 x 5.5

The new company will operate under the current name Yaman Real Estate with corporate offices located at 185 Clinton Ave, Cortland, New York. The firm has two divisions; Yaman Real Estate & Yaman Commercial Industrial. Jim Yaman, founder and principal broker of Yaman Real Estate and Yaman Commercial Industrial, cited the two firms’ long-standing relationship going back over 40 years where he and Bill Cinquanti developed a close professional and personal friendship. He noted that elements of this relationship including working together on the Cortland County Board of Realtors and many other community initiatives were instrumental in the decision to form the partnership. “It is as much cultural as it is business. We have always had the same business philosophy towards customer service, business integrity, and commitment to the community. It’s a seamless effort in many ways,” he noted. Steve Cinquanti, will assume the role of Associate Broker and Managing Director for Yaman Commercial Industrial. He will also be working closely with David Yaman who recently merged the sales division of David Yaman Realty Services with Yaman Commercial Industrial. Cinquanti commented that the merger “will allow us to expand opportunities for staff and associates and provide greater resources and capabilities for all of our customers.” David Yaman noted that; “our combined resources will allow us to expand our marketing efforts for commercial and industrial properties to better match buyers and sellers locally, regionally, and nationally.” “Our goal is to offer our customers greater resources to help them achieve their goals faster and more effectively,” commented Jamie Yaman, managing director and associate broker at Yaman Real Estate. “To help achieve this we will focus on providing expanded tools and opportunities for staff and associates to better

serve our diverse customer base.” The new firm will have 16 associate brokers and sales agents and serve the Central New York residential and commercial real estate market. The two firm’s combined have over 100 years of residential and commercial real estate experience with a history of extensive community service. A few noteworthy residential housing development achievements include Morningside Drive, Crestwood Court, Bowling Green, Burgett Drive, Phelps Drive, River Street, Peaceful Drive, Circle Drive, Westfield Park, Hickory Park, Yong Street, Cherry Lane, Kennedy and Yaman Park. Community service commitments include the United Way, American Red Cross, Rotary, Zonta, Loaves and Fishes and activities and funding for the annual Mitten Drive, Schoolto-Work programs, sports and recreational youth programs, and participation on community boards and committees. Homequest contin u ed from page 16

larger parcels than in the very competitive residential market.” He is building a real estate umbrella that will offer expertise in the acquisition of all different types of parcels, including farms. “We still have the type of agents who can do other kinds of transactions,” he explained. “That’s why we started New York Home Quest. We’re also starting another division called New York Farm Quest, and we will capitalize on that opportunity also. “New York Farm Quest,” he continued, “will do the same thing New York Land Quest and Home Quest do, but for farms. We’ll let property owners— farmers—know we’re available to them to help them sell their farm or buy another farm. It won’t be just farms; it could also be farmland. That will launch in the first or second quarter of 2016.” §

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range, and level of work that we’re going to have here.” Walking around Setlock’s showroom, it’s easy to see why anyone would want his or her kitchen or bathroom to look like what’s on display. The real question is how much does something like this cost, and is it a good investment? Setlock said he directs his clients to an online tool that estimates “not what your design will cost, but what it should cost based on the value of the home.” “My normal question,” he added, “to the question ‘How much should someone’s kitchen cost?’ is ‘Well, how much is a cart full of groceries?’ How big is the cart, and what are you putting in it? A kitchen remodel can be anywhere from $3,000 to $4,000, to $60,000.”

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there’s a few independent contractors. When John and I started talking about this, we really wanted to put together something special, something that I’m not aware of being offered at any of the other locations. I have the ability to turn out an art piece: not just an out-of-thebox vanity, but something that will be an heirloom quality piece of furniture.” Added Nosewicz: “We plan on having the premier showroom and premier service in the area. You have the big box stores. You have a couple of independent dealers. But no one is going to have this amount of variety, price

Putting money into kitchens and bathrooms are sound homeowner investments, Setlock and Nosewicz said. “If we’re talking purely on financial grounds,” Setlock said, “any realtor will tell you [the kitchen] is the smart place to put your money. When you’re investing in home renovations, once you cover the basics—the roof, the walls, et cetera— when you want to dress something up for resale, put the money into the kitchen; put the money into a bath. That’s where you’re going to recoup the most money. It’s also going to help your house turn over faster. “From a homeowner’s perspective,” he continued, “you’re going to live in the place: the kitchen is the center of your home. That’s where people tend to

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Former Ithacan’s newest musical endeavor

any Ithacans will recognize the name Gene Ira Katz. They will remember it as a byline in this paper or they will remember Katz himself. Few, aside from some members of the old-time community, will remember him as a musician. Ten years ago he moved to Boulder, got his master’s degree and now has a psychotherapy practice and is professor at Colorado Tech. Late last year he released Altitude Adjustment, a CD of original and cover songs that moved to the top of the Reverbnation local charts and has stayed there. A native New Yorker, Katz came of age during the Brill Building era of songcraft that extended from the late 1950s through the 1960s. The songs associated with the Brill Building had strong roots in Latin, gospel, and rhythm and blues music and were descending from the Great American Songbook standards of the early 20th century. As such, they are not really rock and roll, but very much pop music. Katz cites Todd Rundgren’s 1978 album Hermit of Mink Hollow as a “primary inspiration” for Altitude Adjustment. Rundgren is also an admirer of the Brill Building style, particularly Laura Nyro’s, but Katz was particularly fascinated that Rundgren played, sang, and engineered Mink Hollow entirely on his own. Aside from one lead vocal, everything on Altitude Adjustment is all Katz. Mentored by songwriter Lou Stallman, Katz worked in the New York City music business for 20 years as a songwriter and musician. He has over 400 songs published, a few of which became singles for either

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Making His Own Way by Bill Chaisson

(Top Left) Gene Ira Katz in the studio - back himself or in the day (Top Right) Katz’s new album others, but he never Attitude Adjustment (Right) Katz jamming managed a out last year (Photos Provided) big hit record. “When I had a child, I had to shift gears,” he said. “I started writing about music and found more success in that.” In 1979 he and Stallman launched Songwriters Classified in New York, and when it folded a couple years later, Katz moved to Ithaca to write for The Grapevine and the Ithaca Times. He studied broadcasting at TC3 and ran Pegasys, the public access television studio and worked as a newscaster and producer elsewhere. Around 2000 he began to make both very different arrangements from the the transformation away from working originals. Katz, a “huge fan” of the Burns as a journalist and radio and television personality. “I was always involved in human Sisters, was delighted when Marie was enthusiastic about his “Forever.” services,” he said, “and I decided I wanted His last fling at the music business was to devote more energy to directly helping an attempt at producing an album in the ‘80s people.” for Luther “Guitar Junior” Johnson, after Human services paid better than seeing him at the Haunt and finding out journalism, and in Boulder Katz began he had no in-print releases. The recording acquiring recording equipment. He decided project fell afoul “business people in Boston” that the only way he could get his music out and was never released. That was when Katz there in a form he could live with was to decided to turn toward away from business do it on his own. “I had to figure out how and toward music. “I did a lot of [old-time] to record arrangements,” he said, “how you jamming up in the hills,” he said. “That’s all record 25 layers without it sounding like that I did for years. It’s so different [the pop mush. It took me five or six years to get it music] that what I came up with. Playing two down by trial and error, as opposed to going chords for an hour turned my head around.” to school to learn to do it.” He listened to But in the “you can take the boy out of records and asked himself, “How did they the music business, but you can’t take the do that?” When he thought he was ready, it music business out of the boy” category, took him about 18 months to pull together Katz is preparing to market his covers of Altitude Adjustment. the Corrs “Runaway” in Ireland and Dougie The CD leads off with a version of MacLean’s “Caledonia” in Scotland. • Cream’s 1966 single “I Feel Free” and then moves into a cover of Marie Burns’ “Forever,” T

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The World of Animals and War Two new films on oppostite ends of the spectrum By Br yan VanC ampe n Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, directed by Glenn Ficarra & John Requa; Zootopia, directed by Byron Howard & Rich Moore, both playing at Ithaca Stadium 14.

hiskey Tango Foxtrot, based on Kim Barker’s book The Taliban Shuffle: Strange Days in Afghanistan and Pakistan, is shot in such a raggedy, handheld documentary style that it’s hard not to be reminded of Robert Altman’s seminal war comedy M*A*S*H. Barker loses a letter in her name and becomes Kim Baker, played by Tina Fey as a mousy, Liz Lemon-type journalist who ships off to war because she needs a change of pace and a surge of adrenaline. As with all war movies, she gets more than she bargains for. Based on a screenplay by Robert Carlock (30 Rock) and directed by Glenn Ficarra and John Requa (I Love You Phillip Morris; Crazy, Stupid, Love), Whiskey Tango Foxtrot is the best film Lorne Michaels has produced since Wayne’s World and is ample proof that Tina Fey is capable of carrying more than just a sketch

show or sitcom. The film gets that weird balance of intense combat fatigue and exhilaration as the war correspondents try to get airtime during the day and party hard all night. Margot Robbie, Martin Freeman, and Alfred Molina are all fine as journalists and politicians that Baker meets along the way, but the film’s conflicted soul lies in Christopher Abbott’s fine, nuanced performance as Baker’s translator/fixer, and Billy Bob Thornton just about walks away with the film as a salty superior officer. Alongside Deadpool, this feels like the first American film of 2016 that really matters. • • • I know, I know. It’s Zootopia. We’re just talking about funny animals that wear clothes. Maybe it’s all just genial satire and I’m reading too much into it. Maybe I’m over-thinking something that isn’t there. But every once in a while, Disney makes an animated feature that lets us see ourselves the way they see us, and in Zootopia, the vision is chilling. Zootopia takes place in an idealized

world of animals where predator and prey get along. A young lady rabbit named Judy Hopps (voiced by Ginnifer Goodwin) moves to the big city to become the first bunny police officer, and when several predators lose their minds and revert to their primitive, animalistic selves, she reluctantly teams up with a sly fox of a con artist (voiced by Jason Bateman) to solve the case. Nicholas P. “Nick” WIlde (Jason Bateman) and Judy Hopps (Ginnifer Goodwin) star in Like all Disney Disney’s animated film Zootopia (Photo Provided) cartoons, this one has a message: universe, and there’s something unsettling that we can be anything we want. An and cynical going on here, including admirable thought, but from the looks of some really inappropriate Breaking Bad the citizenry, all the critters have settled gags, ‘cause nothing makes the kids laugh for a lot less. This animal farm looks like a like Breaking Bad references. I shudder ‘toon blueprint for yet another theme park to think about this being some young populated by overweight, low-grade, low person’s first movie. Zootopia is truly forehead morons glued to their devices, contemptuous. waddling around buying things they don’t Tommy Chong has a nice bit as a need and Instagramming their uneventful zoned-out gnu, and there is one great days away. They may wear pants, but they sequence set in a DMV entirely staffed by probably don’t believe in climate change. sloths. But if this is the result of animals Is this what would become of our society if wearing pants, I’ll be backstage with Bugs Trump gets elected? and Daffy putting on my tuxedo for the The Nerdist’s Chris Hardwicke has big closing musical number. Hell, I’d even a theory that the Flintstones cartoon is settle for Henery Hawk at this point. • the result of the collapse of the Jetsons

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All in the Family

Local artist showcases a growth in style By Ar thur W hit m an

hree or four years can be a long time for a young painter. Such appears to be the case for Audrey Bialke, a Trumansburg native and a 2013 SUNY Fredonia B.A. “A Compilation: Work from 2013-2016” is on display at the Ulysses Philomathic Library in Trumansburg through March and April. In nearly 20 oil on panel paintings, the show traces something of the artist’s growth through a range of styles and subjects. Bialke comes from a family of talented Trumansburg oil painters. Her mother, Anne Bialke, is known for her landscapes and floral scenes and has been associated with the West End Gallery in Corning for two decades. Triplets Audrey, Julia, and Madeleine are accomplished artists as well. Julia is an interior designer and, I’m told, skilled in detailed realist painting. Madeleine’s work was a highlight of the exhibit “Four in Hand” held last fall at the Trumansburg Conservatory of Fine Arts and featuring four artists with local connections. A graduate of SUNY Plattsburgh, she is currently completing her MFA at Boston University. Her plein air landscape meets Abstract Expressionist style (and here I speak from personal experience) is unusually sophisticated. All four artists showed together at the Trumansburg library in 2010 as “Bialke Women x4.” The Bialke sisters are the subject of three tall paintings from 2013, arranged here as a triptych. Like the artist’s other portraits here, the technique is more traditional, reflecting her educational background. As befits the subject, the series forms a study in similarities and differences. The backgrounds are shadowy, murky—brown and black with tinges of red, green, and blue—the sisters’ clothes darker still. Their hair is ochre-y blonde, curly and long but with different hairstyles. The poses seem staged for contrast. Audrey (with bangs) holds one arm with the other. Julia crosses hers, while Madeleine has her hands in her pockets. Portraits of two young men, Colin I and Ben Miller, likewise seem to go together. Against patchy, light brown backdrops, the figures stand off-center, facing us straight on. Colin has long, dark brown hair and a dark gray collared shirt. Pensive of expression, Ben has shorter, curly hair of the same color and a pale gray shirt—collar popped open to reveal an undershirt. Bialke’s forest and cityscapes have a muted color and deliberately rough, abrasive surfaces. (It’s difficult to resist comparison in this regard with the oils of her sister Madeleine, whose colors tend

toward the vivid and the bright and her paint texture towards the creamy. Her forests appear nearly monochrome. In pieces such as Woods 1 and Woods 2, charred looking trunks— in some places resembling tar—are silhouetted against white skies, luminous but dirty. Dark Woods is a particularly evocative piece with its inverted tonescheme and ghostly, mythic ambience. Pale, brown-stained trunks poke up through a dense nocturnal blackness. There is a cluster of skinnier trees towards the left and a cluster of thicker ones to the right—a bit closer to us. Diagonal branches bridge these two areas. The foreground is murky, melding obscurely into the night, layered green and brown over a pale underlayer. The grittiness is even more pronounced in Bialke’s city scenes, which incorporate sketchy charcoal linework in tension with the grimy oil colors. In Leaving New York City and New Jersey Turnpike, a solitary white car passes

“Ben Miller” 2013 by Audrey Bialke (Photo Provided)

across the highway, adding an element of narrative. A palpable veil of pollution hangs over the street, with its signs, walls, bridges, and telephone poles. Three paintings, taking their subjects from a recent year in Philadelphia, feature

Indian yellow skies and coppery city buildings—a rare foray into bright color. The surface texture appears scarred or congealed. The color, paint texture, and drawing each seem to have a life of their own. •

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Through Space and Time

Two new records by local artists take flight By C hr i s tophe r J. Har r ing ton Kurt Riley, Kismet, Electric Buffalo Records / Powder the Moon, Sisu Powder The Moon, Self Published

admirable. Kismet aims high—at times sidetracked, but always centered upon its mission. With an obvious affinity for ‘70s glam, ‘80s synth-pop, and arty progressive rock, Riley’s concept package is chockfull of tightly wound nostalgic anthems: equal parts Bowie, Queen, Lennon, and Roxy Music. The record is a bit like traveling through an incandescent tunnel.

urt Riley, the glam-rock chameleon from Cornell University, released his debut album Kismet on Feb. 28, and it’s a pretty solid effort. Though the album’s bravado at times falls short of its lofty intentions, the whole of it is certainly

In this case, we follow an alien named King Bandele and his ascent to find his departed queen, Heaven Snow. The trip ultimately depends on the flexibility of the listener, as conceptual albums need adequate imagination poured into them, being ubiquitously visual and unwittingly cerebral. Perhaps Kismet is metaphorical, but it really succeeds as progressive fantasy. It’s a big old quivering slab of inference: epic in nature, resolving itself comfortably within your grasp. Though at times the album leans heavily on popular themes and reoccurring modes, mostly it shines spectacularly with its intricate immediacy. “Eye of Ra” feels fresh, taking cues from ‘70s arena rock bombast and stripping that influence down towards its core. “Engines Are Go!” is a particularly bold number, similar to Ziggy Stardust’s manic propulsions—the song works because it

feels real, and the saxophone solo by John Mason is straight-up epic. “As We Know It” is a heavy rocker, with glimpses of the flashiness of glam metal—e.g. Poison, Ratt—but unfortunately it loses its way because of its bulky arrangement. Nevertheless, it’s a rager. As mentioned previously, conceptual and progressive rock albums ultimately need to set their proper context, and through this familiarity they can succeed. Kismet admirably makes these general admissions— shining as it creates a habitat for its story and sets its pace. “God’s Back In Action” is the song that most prominently meets these criteria; the music is dependent on the overall story to reach its lofty heights, and it does, climaxing to show the height of Riley’s ambitions. Kismet is often times bold, with a flair for the cinematic. There are some flaws: clunky keyboards, unremarkable metaphors, and self-indulgent instrumentals, but the record for the most part is quite good. It’s definitely worth the trip. • • • Local musical duo Powder the Moon, comprised of Gabriel Tavares and Lora Pendleton, released their quasi-religious folk-nugget Sisu Powder The Moon on Oct. 29, 2015. Weaving in and out of hypnotic séances, experimental exaggerations, and Leonard Cohen-inspired hymns, the album forges earthly compositions with mystical aspirations, delivering an interesting pilgrimage. The repetitious formula Ravi Shankar once used to transcend classical limitations is roughly the same system Powder the Moon uses to navigate through their new album. Lamenting the universe and its natural entropy, Tavares and Pendleton forge a combination of folk simplicity and psychedelic aspirations to find that eclectic grassy patch of green out there in the fields of Woodstock: always present, and ever so longed for. The album is surprisingly dense, but its sparse arrangements would suggest otherwise. Instead, this is the type of record to roll a joint to and take a trip through the woods. Better yet, drink some mushroom tea, lie down, and ponder the evaporations of your vital chi, as your earthly body leaves the third dimension. Most of the songs are short, making for quick excursions through a myriad of blissful meditations, with modern touches to boot: “Red Valentine” sounds like Tricky walking through a cobweb of Warhol tapestries, and “Blue Lisboa Dance” veers towards the electronic. The album stays vibrant and just varied enough to hold the attention of even the most ardent of critics. Sure, there are some stinkers—“Custom of Trial,” “Make the Sound”—but the sonic extension of distances the album revels in leaves one in a dreamy and effervescent trance. “In Search of the Song of Solomon” is the most epic tune on the album, brilliantly balancing religious elation, the psychedelic experience, and the best side of sleepy folk. Sisu Powder The Moon is another album definitely worth the trip. •

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Bringing Back the Pain

hardcore punk band headlines stacked show By C hr i s tophe r J. Har r ing ton Mill Bastards, Zex, Rotten UK, King Sized Pegasus, on Saturday, March 12 at Chanticleer Loft

world message like sustainability, and things we find humorous, like bestiality. Both serve as a form of commentary on the microcosm of Absolute silence leads to sadness. It is the the human condition.” image of death. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Working together is an integral aspect of punk-rock music. The best haping punk-rock vigor like their of these formulaic bands—e.g. The namesake whets industrial saws, Minutemen, Black Flag, Fugazi, Ithaca’s old-school punk band Mill Dead Kennedys, The Exploited, and Bastards has been dicing, slicing, and Circle Jerks—explored, unwittingly busting up music clubs with its gritty ‘80s or not, the dynamic philosophies So-Cal hardcore-like dimes since 2009. of Alexis de Tocqueville, JeanMill Bastards bringing the pain (Photo: Maciej Wojtkowiak) In a city like Ithaca, where reasonable Jacques Rousseau, and Karl Marx, BEVERLY GAGE rent and livable employment reside putting them on stage in the spirit to present somewhere near Fantasyland, the band’s of Henry David Thoreau’s actions in CARL BECKER LECTURE SERIESapproach. collaborative and form a society more suited to their ideologies, context, and class-warfare Walden and Civil Disobedience. 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never liked the term “one-hit wonder.” the HBO series Vinyl, about the music It’s hard enough to get one hit, much business in the early ‘70s? less be slagged off like that. Besides, SF: Well, I saw the first episode. I some one-hit wonders end up sticking thought it was a little over the top. around longer than bands and artists IT: I did too. It was like Martin with more hits to their name. Case in Scorsese decided to make a parody of all point: Steve Forbert, who will play at the his other films. Dock on March 12 with opener Christian SF: Is it getting better? Lopez. Forbert signed his first record deal IT: It seems to be finding its groove in 1978 and had his hit, “Romeo’s Tune,” now that other directors have come on in 1980. The Dylan-esque song reached No. 11 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1980, and is ranked as the 60th biggest American hit of 1980. And as I found out when I spoke to Forbert by phone from the Jersey shore, “Romeo’s Tune” is about to have another resurgence. It just goes to show that it ain’t over till it’s over. Ithaca Times: “Romeo’s Tune” got a lot of airplay when I was in high school, and now I work in a place that has piped-in music, and I hear it just about every shift that I work. I’m still enjoying it. Steve Forbert: Excellent! IT: I always liked that piano lick on the song; who played that? SF: [Former Elvis Presley pianist] Bobby Ogdin, a wellknown Nashville session piano player. That song is gonna be in a movie soon. It’s going to be in Richard Linklater’s The musician Steve Forbert (Photo Provided) follow-up to Dazed and Confused [Everybody Wants Some] that’s coming out in April. board. IT: Wow! Your career spans vinyl, cassettes, SF: Yeah, “Romeo’s Tune” is gonna be CDs, and now digital downloads. Have in that movie; it’s a period piece that takes you noticed any significant changes in the place in 1980. music industry in that time? IT: He’s got great taste. That’s gotta SF: Well, yes, of course. But you always feel good. have to split the difference. There are very SF: Well, it will be good. Like I say, few people, like Tony Bennett, who’ve it’s kind of a kid’s movie. It’s gonna be had the decades-spanning career that he’s about kids doing crazy things, getting had. There are very few people like Paul high. Simon who’ve remained as popular as he IT: Have you been to Ithaca before? has. Yeah, a lot has changed, and a lot of SF: Well, if I have, it hasn’t been for a the music is cut from a different kind of long time. cloth now. But you have to remember, as IT: Are you a solo act these days, or you get older, things are different. Our will you bring a band with you? grandparents found our music and our SF: No, I’m usually solo. I’ve done changes not to their liking. There’s always a couple of tours in the last few years, going to be change. I don’t relate to much where I put a group together and we did of it. I’m always looking for something all of Live on Arrival and then we did all that appeals to me musically or lyrically. of Jackrabbit [Slim]. We also recorded an They’re fewer and farther between. Yes, album that came out in November. it’s changed a lot, but change happens to IT: You came up in the music every generation. I mean, things couldn’t business in the mid-‘70s. Have you seen stay the same, could they? •

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Happenings in the Old City Cornell professor’s new novel By Bil l C h ai s son

rban Flight is a thriller, albeit a fairly light-hearted one, that follows the fortunes of Jason Sims, a New York City traffic-helicopter pilot who puts himself in the middle of a scheme that is illegally circulating money among city officials and businessmen. The year is 1975, and the city was in full economic meltdown, and the idealism of the 1960s is a memory that leaves a bitter taste in Sims’ mouth. Jonathan Kirshner is a Cornell professor in the government department specializing in analysis of the international political economy. He has written for a general audience before, releasing Hollywood’s Last Golden Age in 2012, a critical survey of American cinema between 1967 and 1976. The tone of Urban Flight is oddly elegiac. Most of the contemporary pop culture references are to musicians with careers rooted in the 1960s, including older blues musicians whose fortunes were resuscitated by their rediscovery in that era. In addition to earning a living as a pilot, Sims also moonlights as a rhythm guitarist in a blues revival band. At age 30 the native New Yorker is living alone in a disheveled Queens apartment where only his record collection retains any order. Kirshner metes out pieces of his protagonist’s biography right into the last quarter of the book. Sims’ personal malaise turns out to have been caused by his being a little too close to the tragic events on the national stage in the late 1960s. Readers of Urban Flight with a fondness for post-‘60s pop culture might be puzzled by the almost complete lack of any reference—in a book laden with pop cultural references—to any New York bands that were new in this period and hugely influential later, like the Ramones, Television, Patti Smith Group, Blondie, or the New York Dolls. With the exception of a rave about the future of Bruce Springsteen, who released Born to Run in August 1975, the characters in Urban Flight are still looking backward, slightly dazed at the fact that the Age of Aquarius is so clearly over. This is an eminently readable book. True to Kirshner’s interest in cinema, it has all the elements of a certain kind of Hollywood movie: a romantic subplot, a buddy friendship marked by alternating antagonism and affection, a wise old black man, a femme fatale, chase scenes, bad guys whose sin is self-serving pragmatism, and a hero who initially has feet of clay, but who, as the final curtain comes down, can be seen stumbling toward redemption. When we first meet Sims his lack of

respect for establishment values and for authority has caused him to settle into a rut. Over-educated for his station, he is appalled by the venality of most of the people he works for at a local television

(everyone in this book is looking backward), newly out of grad school and freshly hired by NYU. He is at his weekly gig at the Irish Cottage and hanging around with Adam Shaker, his old friend from his Columbia undergraduate days and present colleague at the television station. Alison has emerged from the 1960s with her

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station. When Jeb Morgan, the owner of the station, offers Sims the chance to make some extra money by doing some errands in the station helicopter, the pilot accepts. While he immediately suspects something illegal will be involved, his nihilism prevents him from caring. Almost immediately after Sims meets Alison Monroe, a medieval historian

not “Sid Maynes,” and unlike Kirshner’s Maynes, Leone is still very much alive and living in Brooklyn. This necessity does nothing to detract from Kirshner’s loving recreation of New York in the mid-‘70s. For another elegiac look at this period see Luc Sante’s “My Lost City” in the New York Review of Books (Nov. 3, 2003). The place was becoming a ruin of itself and yet its residents still loved it. •

soul intact and a sense of purpose: she pursuing her career and that also means fighting hidebound sexism in academia. While the Irish Cottage actually exists, Kirshner has changed the names of many historical personalities. Abe Beame, the mayor in 1975, becomes “Alfred Cohen.” The Brooklyn borough president in 1975 was Sebastian Leone,

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Mr607ENTERTAINMENT Revue Tour Feat Dice Dollaz, Dow Jones, MoeBetta_ThaGod, (2@m), YSE, Mario Williams, Gnetics & more | 9:00 PM- | The Vault, S Warren St & International Barbershop 517 N Salina & Ladi D., Syracuse | Rap, Hip Hop. Rickie Lee Jones | 8:00 PM | Hangar Theatre, 801 Taughannock Blvd, Ithaca | Rock, Jazz, R&B, Pop. Spanish Harlem Orchestra | 8:00 PM | Bailey Hall, Cornell, Ithaca | There is no easing you in, they come at you full force from start to finish with their energy, rich sound and musical precision, and an unwavering respect for the music’s history – bandleader Oscar Hernández is all about tradition, and his Grammy-winning ensemble sets the standard for authentic, New York style, hard core salsa. Live or recorded, it doesn’t get any better.

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3/13 Sunday Ryan MacEvoy McCullough | 7:00 PM | Barnes Hall, Cornell, Ithaca | Stockhausen in Japan - features Karlheinz Stockhausen’s Pole fur 2 on ‘housemade’ instruments and his tour-de-force Mantra for two pianos, antique cymbals, woodblocks, and ring modulation, with sound projection by Charles Peck. Ryan MacEvoy McCullough and Andrew Zhou, piano. TOiVO | 4:30 PM-7:00 PM | Trumansburg Conservatory of Fine Arts, Congress at McLallen St, Trumansburg | Spring Ahead Dance Sunday. Dance instruction starts at 3:30pm and TOiVO will play 4:30-7pm. All skill levels are welcome. The Small Kings Akwesasne Freedom School Benefit Concert | 9:00 PM | Agava, 381 Pine Tree Rd, Ithaca | Benefit Concert. Rock, Folk, Funk, Soul.

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Park Doing & Eric Laine, The Ithaca Bottom Boys, folk/punk troubadours, | 8:00 PM | Sacred Root Kava Lounge & Tea Bar, 139 W State St, Ithaca | Welcome Back, Sun! Celebrating the reliance of daylight saving time with a performance of Woody Guthrie Meets The Sun, a space folk opera by Park Doing (The Atomic Forces) & Eric Laine (Luddite Machine). Steve Forbert with Christian Lopez | 6:00 PM | The Dock, 415 Taughannock Blvd, Ithaca | Folk Rock. The Grady Girls | 7:00 PM | Casita Del Polaris, 1201 N Tioga St, # 2, Ithaca | Traditional Irish, Folk. The Small Kings | 6:00 PM-9:00 PM | Grist Iron Brewing, 4880 NYS Route 414, Burdett | Rock, Funk, Folk, Soul. Watkins and the Rapiers, Dan Eaton Band | 8:00 PM | Rongovian Embassy, 1 W. Main St., Trumansburg | Folk, Rock, Polka, Americana.

3:00 PM | Bailey Hall, Cornell, Ithaca | Features Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite and Cornell Concerto Competition winner Stacy Joo playing Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 3. Kisun Sung, guest conductor. Yujin (Stacy) Joo, piano

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The Wave (Bolgen) | Even though awaited, no-one is really ready when the mountain pass of Åkneset above the scenic narrow Norwegian fjord Geiranger falls out and creates a 85-meter-high violent tsunami. A geologist is one of those caught in the middle of it. | 104 mins R | The Lady In The Van | A man forms an unexpected bond with a transient woman living in her car that’s parked in his driveway. | 104 mins PG-13 | Spotlight | The true story of how the Boston Globe uncovered the massive scandal of child molestation and cover-up within the local Catholic Archdiocese, shaking the entire Catholic Church to its core. | 128 min R| Cornell Cinema

Wednesday 3/09 to Tuesday 3/15 | Contact Cornell Cinema for Showtimes Christopher Nolan presents the Brothers Quay | Three Quay masterworks, selected by director Christopher Nolan, plus Nolan’s new short film revealing the inner workings of the Brothers’ studio. All four films screened in 35mm. | 67 mins NR | Mustang | When five orphan girls are

seen innocently playing with boys on a beach, their scandalized conservative guardians confine them while forced marriages are arranged. | 97 mins PG-13 | The Big Short | Four denizens in the world of high-finance predict the credit and housing bubble collapse of the mid-2000s, and decide to take on the big banks for their greed and lack of foresight. | 130 mins R | Invaders From Mars | A young boy learns that space aliens are taking over the minds of earthlings.| 78 mins NR | Only Yesterday | A 27-year-old office worker travels to the countryside while reminiscing about her childhood in Tôkyô. | 118 mins PG | We Came As Friends | Director Hubert Sauper (Darwin’s Nightmare) travels to the villages of South Sudan, the world’s newest nation, a land rich in natural resources, and plagued with civil war. | 110 mins NR |

would see him condemned, but attorney Atticus Finch defends Tom and demands justice. Through the trial, Atticus’ children Scout and Jem and their friend Dill come face to face with realty of racism in their small town. Runs February 24 through March 26. For info and showtimes visit syracusestage.org Secret in the Wings | Thurdsay, March 10, Friday, March 11, Saturday, March 12, all at 7:30 p.m. | Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts, Cornell University, Ithaca | An ensemble play written by Mary Zimmerman, a revolutionary playwright and theatre scholar. In a mysterious yet whimsical way, the play explores storytelling as an art form in a world where nothing is as it seems. The cast features 11 undergraduate students, and undergraduate composer, and an undergraduate design team.

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IU Logistics Committee Volunteer Meeting | 7:00 PM-9:00 PM, 3/09 Wednesday | Tompkins County Workers’ Center, 115 The Commons, Ithaca | All active and curious volunteers interested in day-of-show activities sound, photo, video, door, transport, stage manager, etc -- let’s meet, discuss needs, improve process, and get you signed up to volunteer at IU upcoming shows! Ithaca Sociable Singles | 6:00 PM,

To Kill a Mockingbird | Syracuse Stage, 820 East Genesee Street, Syracuse | 7:00 PM, 2/24 Wednesday Harper Lee’s classic American story of courage and justice. In a small Alabama town, a black man, Tom Robinson, stands falsely accused of raping a white woman. Many townspeople

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3/09 Wednesday | Coltivare, 235 S Cayuga St, Ithaca | RSVP kphildreth@ yahoo.com Library Seeks Poetry Submissions | In anticipation of Poem in Your Pocket Day, Tompkins County Public Library is seeking original works from local poets of all ages. Poem in Your Pocket Day, held in recognition of National Poetry Month, is an initiative designed to spark interest and excitement in poetry by sharing free poems with the community. TCPL librarians will distribute free cards, featuring submitted poems, in the Library, on the Downtown Ithaca Commons and in additional locations throughout Ithaca on April 28. Individuals, creative writing groups and classes are encouraged to submit up to two poems of no more than 15 lines on or before March 18. All poems meeting these requirements will be included in the celebration. Submissions can be submitted at http://tcpl.org/ events-exhibits/poetry-submission. php or delivered to the Information and Learning Services Reference Desk. For more information, contact Teresa Vadakin at (607) 272-4557 extension 272 or poetry@tcpl.org. The New Visions programs at TST BOCES: Open Houses | Two open houses for interested students and parents; the Health and Medical Careers open house will be held on Thursday,

Learning Art Classes for Adults | Community School Of Music And Arts, 330 E State St, Ithaca | Adult classes and private instruction in dance, music, visual arts, language arts, and performance downtown at the Community School of Music and Arts. For more information, call (607) 272-1474 or email info@

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Semi Chellas, writer and co-executive producer of the acclaimed television series Mad Men, will speak on “Telling Secrets: Notes from the Writers’ Room.” Chellas ran the writers’ room for Mad Men’s final two seasons. In her talk, she’ll reflect on the unique nature of television writing; such as how a group works on behalf of an auteur. She’ll explore how facts and research shape a story, as well as the place of the personal in writing characters created by someone else. Don’t miss out.

The new Corners Gallery exhibit “ You Are Here : Contemporary Mapping” features artists Diane Netwon, Barbara Page, Jon Reis, Masha Ryskin, Laurie Snyder, and Werner Sun. An eclectic smorgasbord of abstraction and contemporary art, the exhibit hints at masters like de Kooning, Diebenkorn, and Gabriel Orozco, with its grandiose imagining and colorful form. The exhibit runs through May 7; plenty of time to visit and experience the collection.

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Multiple Sclerosis Support Group | 6:30 PM, 3/14 Monday | Lifelong, 119 W Court St, Ithaca | Amnesty International Ithaca monthly meeting | 7:30 PM, 3/15 Tuesday | Cornell University Kahin Center, 640 Stewart Ave, Ithaca | Info: 273-3009, ewb2@cornell.edu. Always the third Tuesday. Come sign a letter, defend prisoners, stand up for human rights around the world. All welcome. angela.crowley@cortland.edu, crowley558@gmail.com Community Foundation Women’s Fund Luncheon | 11:45 AM-1:30 PM, 3/15 Tuesday | Emerson Suites, Ithaca College, Ithaca | Join the most amazing gathering of passionate philanthropists dedicated to making a difference in the lives of women in Tompkins County. 12th Annual Awards Luncheon. Keynote Address: Bridges: A Journey Reflections on My Life’s Work in Senior Care by Elizabeth Classen Ambrose. Celebrating the 2016 Laura Holmberg awardee Phoebe Brown long-time community leader. Registration deadline: March 10th. www.cftompkins.org/news-andevents/events/2016/01/save-the-date2016-womens-fund-luncheon-andgrants-award-ceremony/ Pickleball at the Ithaca YMCA | 9:30 AM-2:00 PM, 3/15 Tuesday | Ymca, Graham Rd W, Ithaca | Pickleball at the Ithaca YMCA, Tuesdays & Thursdays from 9:30 am – 2:00 pm SVE Key Club presents: The Empty Bowls Project | 11:00 AM-1:00 PM, 3/15 Tuesday | SVE High School Auditorium Lobby, 16 Dartts Cross Rd, Spencer | Proceeds to benefit the Spencer Van Etten Food Cupboard. For more information or to make a reservation, please call the high school main office at 589-7140. The Ultimate Purpose: Free Speech Open Forum Discussion | 7:00 PM, 3/15 Tuesday | The Mate Factor Cafe, 143 The Commons, Ithaca | Please join us for tea, cookies, and a lively open discussion on the deep issues concerning humanity and our future. Every Tuesday Night at 7 O’Clock.

March 10 at the Howell Education Center at Cayuga Medical Center and the Life Sciences open house will be held on Wednesday, March 9 at Cornell University, Guterman Lab Room 110, both from 6-8 p.m. www.tstboces.org/ newvisions. Meetup for Business Leaders of Color | 5:30 PM-7:30 PM, 3/10 Thursday | The CommonSpot, 126¾ The Commons, Ithaca | If you are a business owner/manager, non-profit leader/ director, or aspiring entrepreneur of color please join us for this special event at the CommonSpot. The purpose of this event is to foster greater connectedness among local business leaders of color so that we can discover opportunities and strengthen our support networks. This event is free, but please RSVP. Please contact Gladys Brangman at ithacapeacemaker@ gmail.com. McLean Community Church: Country Style BBQ and Pork Rib Dinner | 4:30 PM, 3/11 Friday | McLean Community Church, 50 Church St, McLean | Country Style Pork Ribs, Mashed Potatoes, Vegetable Medley, Roll, Beverage, and Homemade Pie. Newfield Lioness St. Patrick’s Dinner | 5:00 PM-7:00 PM, 3/12 Saturday | Newfield Fire Hall, 77 Main St. , Newfield | Serving: Corned Beef, Ham, Cabbage, Potatoes, Carrots, Rolls, Beverages & Assorted Desserts. Enfield Volunteer Fire Company: Chicken Barbecue | 11:00 AM, 3/13 Sunday | Enfield Fire Hall, 172 Enfield Main Rd, Ithaca | The Ladies Auxiliary holds a Bake Sale at each BBQ. Lansing Lions Club Spring Pancake Breakfast | 7:30 AM-11:30 AM, 3/13 Sunday | Lansing Community Center, 29 Auburn Road, Lansing | Sunday Square Dancing | 7:00 PM, 3/13 Sunday | Temple Beth-El, 402 N Tioga St, Ithaca | Square Dancing is a low-impact aerobic activity that stimulates both mind and body. Easy and fun for people of any age. Sunday Squares is free and open to all. We dance to a wide variety of popular music, and learn dance steps used all over the world. Come alone or with a partner. No special dancing skills required. Varna Pancake Breakfast | 8:00 AM-12:00 PM, 3/13 Sunday | Varna Community Center, 943 Dryden Road (Rt. 366), Dryden | Includes Pancakes, French Toast, Ham, Bacon, Sausage. Scrambled Eggs, Hash Brown Potatoes, Fresh Fruit, Breakfast Breads & Beverages.

AM-11:59 PM, 3/11 Friday | Unitarian Church Of Ithaca, 306 N Aurora St, Ithaca | Educator, innovative and licensed psychotherapist, and meditation teacher will be giving a workshop this March 11 and 12. Check out his website at www.lochkelly.org. Fri., March 11: 7-9pm. $15 at the door. Sat., March 12: 10am – 4:30pm. $70 in advance, $80 at the door. Preregister at https://lochkelly.org/awakeningevents-meditation-talks-retreats/ Kol Haverim Community Dinner and Program | 5:30 PM, 3/12 Saturday | Lifelong, 119 W Court St, Ithaca | Kol Haverim will provide the dinner and we’re asking that everyone who joins us be ready to share a brief story of an important book, film, or event that impacted their life or helped shape their trajectory. Kol Haverim is a growing community of Secular Humanistic Jews in Ithaca, New York. Together we are exploring the niche of Humanistic Judaism and discovering what resonates for us within this unique philosophical and cultural framework. The Frankfurt School on Israel: With Professor Jack Jacobs | 4:45 PM-, 3/14 Monday | Goldwin Smith Hall 181, Cornell University, Ithaca | Sponsored by the Jewish Studies Program and Institute for German Cultural Studies. Community Solar Meeting for Non-Profits & Municipalities | 6:00 PM, 3/15 Tuesday | The Space at GreenStar, 700 W Buffalo St, Ithaca | We invite you to our upcoming community solar event, to learn about how recent laws in New York State have expanded the opportunity for all non-profits and municipalities to switch to solar and save money. Join us to learn more. RenovusSolar.com Hard Conversations: Interrupting Biased, Bigoted Remarks, Stereotypes, and Negative Assumptions at Work with Kirby Edmonds and Laura Branca | 8:45 AM-12:45 PM, 3/15 Tuesday | BorgWarner Room, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | A workshop for everyone. Visit www.hsctc.org/workshops for details. The Creepy Crawlies of Hollywood | 7:00 PM, 3/15 Tuesday | Coltivare, 235 S Cayuga St, Ithaca | Science Cabaret will be hosting a program about bugs in Hollywood and popculture.The March Science Cabaret will feature Dr. Susan Villarreal, The Bug Doctor, and a cast of your favorite insects, spiders, and other creepy crawlies. Insects mesmerize, mystify and horrify us. All are welcome

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csma-ithaca.org. www.csma-ithaca. org. More Than Words Can Say: The Montessori Language Arts Curriculum | 6:00 PM-7:30 PM, 3/09 Wednesday | Namaste Montessori School - Elementary Campus, 1872 Trumansburg Rd, Ithaca | Join us as we discuss practical tips for supporting your child’s language development— Toddler through 6th grade. From those first words, to learning how to read, then reading to learn and writing all along the way. We will offer lots of practical examples and ideas to use at home. Everyone is welcome! E-mail info@namastemontessorischool.com or call (607) 272-0515 for childcare. An Anti-Cancer Lifestyle | 7:00 PM-8:30 PM, 3/10 Thursday | GreenStar Cooperative Market, 700 W Buffalo St, Ithaca | Find out how you can significantly reduce your cancer risk with things like vitamin D, green tea, exercise and eating right. Sample some delightful teas. Registration is required - sign up at GreenStar’s Customer Service Desk or call 273-9392. Benjamin Banta: The Challenge of Emergent Military Technologies to the Just War Tradition | 12:15 PM-1:30 PM, 3/10 Thursday | Uris Hall G08, Cornell, Ithaca | Assistant Professor of International Ethics, Department of Political Science, Rochester Institute of Technology. For more international activities please visit: pacs.einaudi. cornell.edu/calendar Easy, Light and Fun Yoga | 4:15 PM, 3/10 Thursday | Yoga Farm, 404 Conlon Rd, Lansing | Each class combines gentle yoga: beneficial breathing, easy stretching and deep rest. We minimize transitions from standing to the floor, and stay clear of poses and exercises that could inflame injuries or trouble sore joints. Class designed to create a safe and supportive environment to meet the needs of those who don’t wish to practice more strenuous styles of yoga. More info at www.YogaFarm. us Semi Chellas: Telling Secrets: Notes from the Writers Room | 4:30 P-, 3/10 Thursday | Klarman Hall Auditorium, Cornell University, Ithaca | In this lecture, Semi Chellas will reflect on the singular nature of television writing. How does a group work on behalf of an auteur? How do facts shape a story, and what use is research in creating fiction? What’s the place of the personal in writing characters created by someone else? Loch Kelly: Workshops | 12:00

at this free event (first come, first serve) to come learn why insect behavior and biology makes them great inspiration for cinematic heroes and, more often, monstrous villains.

Special Events Tibetan National Uprising Day | 11:30 AM, 3/10 Thursday | Bernie Milton Pavilion, The Commons, Ithaca | Observation event by Ithaca Tibetan Association. Chili & Chocolate at the Paterson Inn | 4:30 PM-7:00 PM, 3/11 Friday | The Paterson Inn, 59 W. Pulteney Street, Corning | Dine Inn or take out! Dinner includes: Chili (several varieties to choose from), tossed salad, bread, beverage, chocolate dessert(s) www. hertagevillagesfl.org Community Movie Night: Lost Boys of Sudan | 6:00 PM, 3/11 Friday | Southern Cayuga Jr/Sr High School, 2384 State Route 34B, Aurora | The will be free pizza in the cafeteria at 6 pm and then a movie in the auditorium at 6:30 pm. Lost Boys of Sudan is a feature-length documentary that follows two Sudanese refugees on an extraordinary journey from Africa to America. Varick Winery’s St. Patrick’s Irish Weekend | Varick Winery, 5102 State Rte 89, Romulus | Enjoy fine wines paired with complimentary Irish fare such as Irish stew, potato leek soup, and scones. Saturday and Sunday, March 12 and 13, 2016. 9:30am6:00pm. www.varickwinery.com Night on the Town | 6:00 PM-8:00 PM, 3/14 Monday | State Theater Of Ithaca, 107 W State St, Ithaca | Downtown Ithaca to host an evening of celebration, reflection, and recognition. The evening’s keynote speaker will be Hilary Greenberg. Food from Coltivare, F. Oliver’s, The Ithaca Ale House Grill and Taproom, Luna’s Inspired Street Food, and Life’s So Sweet Chocolates, and live music will be provided throughout the evening.

Books Coloring: Stress Relief | 5:00 PM-6:00 PM, 3/09 Wednesday | Buffalo Street Books, 215 N Cayuga St, Ithaca | GM Asha introduces you to the stress relief that is coloring. Yes, coloring. All the rage these days, but many have known for years how taking a colored pencil to a page can ease the mind. We

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will have colored pencils and pages to color, or you can bring your own book. Free and open to the public Christine Gelineau | 2:00 PM, 3/12 Saturday | Buffalo Street Books, 215 N Cayuga St, Ithaca | Author Christine reads from her collections Crave and Appetite for the Divine.

the Community School of Music and Arts. For more information, call (607) 272-1474 or email info@csma-ithaca. org. www.csma-ithaca.org. Future Science Leaders: CIT + Summer Program | 12:00 AM-11:59 PM, 3/09 Wednesday | Sciencenter, 601 1st St, Ithaca | Calling all soon-to-be

Electronic dance-punkers Crunk Witch are set to bring the funk, junk, and kinetic energy to The Nines this Friday, 3/11 at 10:00 p.m. (Photo Provided)

Michael Greger, MD: How to Not Die book tour | 10:00 AM-12:00 PM, 3/12 Saturday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | Author will be giving a talk followed by a book signing and smoothie tasting at the library. Dr. Greger he is the creator of www.nutritionfacts.org, a site that offers daily (5 days/week) short videos. Each of his videos is 3-5 minutes long and reviews one or more nutrition journal articles. While not required, an RSVP to clubveg@gmail.com would be helpful. Robert Jensen | 2:00 PM , 3/13 Sunday | Buffalo Street Books, 215 N Cayuga St, Ithaca | Author discusses his new book Plain Radical: Living, Loving, and Learning to Leave the Planet Gracefully.

Kids Art Classes for Kids | Community School Of Music And Arts, 330 E State St, Ithaca | Classes and private instruction for children and teens in dance, music, visual arts, language arts, and performance downtown at

7th and 8th graders! Are you looking for an exciting way to spend the summer while also gaining valuable leadership experience? We are currently accepting applications for our 2016 Future Science Leaders Counselor-inTraining+ program. Please contact Lauren Van Derzee at lvanderzee@ sciencenter.org for more details or download the application: www. sciencenter.org/perch/resources/ fsl-application-form-2016-summer-. pdf Intergalactic Fun and Games | 3:00 PM-5:00 PM, 3/09 Wednesday | Ulysses Philomathic Library, 74 E Main St, Trumansburg | The library hosts a time for playing board games. This is for youth, tween, and teens and includes Magic, Dungeons & Dragons, board games, and snacks. Sciencenter: Science Together | 10:30 AM-11:00 AM, 3/09 Wednesday | Sciencenter, 601 1st St, Ithaca | Parents with their little ones (4 years old & under) explore science through hands-on activities, stories, and songs. Every Wednesday and Saturday. Sciencenter educators will also share research-based parenting tips in an

interactive, fun environment. www. sciencenter.org or 607-272-0600. Plus, on April 15 enjoy special Week of the Young Child hands-on activities. Flamenco Dance Classes | 4:00 PM-5:00 PM, 3/10 Thursday | Southside Community Center, 305 S Plain St, Ithaca | For girls ages 11-17 with Laurel Stone. Come experience the dance, music, beauty and culture that is Flamenco! http://laurelsdance.com/ Contact ctaylor@ithaca.edu for more information. Storytime and Art Project | 10:00 AM, 3/10 Thursday | Ulysses Philomathic Library, 74 E Main St, Trumansburg | Every Thursday morning the Ulysses Philomathic Library will hold a storytime with an art project. Ksana will read delightful children’s books and Barbara will lead art projects that are relevant to the theme of the week. Join us in the children’s area at 10:30 am every Thursday from January 7th to May 26th for themes such as Robots, Dance, Opposites, Trains, Outer Space, Dinosaurs, Kites, and more! Chromatography | 1:00 PM-2:00 PM, 3/12 Saturday | BorgWarner Room, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | Families will explore chromatography--the technique used to separate combinations of colors and use this newly-learned technique to unveil the different colors found in a marker. Participants will also create their own chromatography butterflies. To register, email ccmr_outreach@ cornell.edu. Please include the name and age of all children in the email. Make a Leprechaun Trap | 10:00 AM-11:00 AM, 3/12 Saturday | Groton Public Library, 112 E Cortland St, Groton | For kids ages 3 and up. Space is limited so pre-register now for this event. Call 898-5055 or email director@ grotonpubliclibrary.org Sciencenter Moto-Inventions | 1:00 PM-2:00 PM, 3/13 Sunday | Sciencenter, 601 1st St, Ithaca | Invent contraptions that can move. Tinker with recycled materials and electricity to make whirling, moving machines. www.sciencenter.org or 607-272-0600. Sciencenter: Lightapalooza! | 2:00 PM-, 3/13 Sunday | Sciencenter, 601 1st St, Ithaca | Watch local high school students demonstrate optical illusions, bending light, and making sound waves visible.

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Casita Del Polaris, Saturday, March 12, 7:00 p.m. Toe tapping, heart lifting, subtle and smiling, The Grady Girls breathe new life into timeless Irish dance tunes. Family ties are important to these women who have traveled the globe far and wide to study and perform the traditional music of Ireland. Oona (fiddle), Nora (fiddle), Marie (flute), and Leah (bodhrán) are based in Ithaca, NY, their hometown, and currently draw musical inspiration from the heavy stream of Irish musicians passing through town; as well as all their old time music loving neighbors scattered throughout the city.

Comic Book Release, Workshop | 4:00 PM-6:00 PM, 3/15 Tuesday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | Graphic novel and comic enthusiasts in grades 6 through 12 are invited to join Tompkins County Public Library and artist Steve Ellis for a free workshop on comic book art and creation, in the Library’s Thaler/ Howell Programming Room. Being held in celebration of the March 8 release of The Only Living Boy, a young adult graphic novel created by Ellis and David Gallaher, this program will include ideas, inspiration and practical advice for budding comic book creators. For more information, contact Teen Services Librarian Regina DeMauro at (607) 272-4557 extension 274 or rdemauro@tcpl.org.

Nature & Science Stargazing at Fuertes Observatory | 8:00 PM-12:00 AM, 3/11 Friday | Fuertes Observatory, Cornell, 219 Cradit Farm Dr, Ithaca | Free and open to the public; parking across the street. Call 607-255-3557 after 6 p.m. to see if we are open that night. Cayuga Bird Cub Monthly Meeting | 7:30 PM, 3/14 Monday | Cornell Lab of Ornithology, 159 Sapsucker Woods Rd, Ithaca | Free and open to the public; anyone interested in birds is invited to attend. Bird walks arranged at multiple times of the month, usually meeting at the Lab parking lot; to confirm walks, go to http://www.cayugabirdclub.org/ calendar. Cayuga Trails Club Tuesday Evening Hike Series | 5:00 PM, 3/15 Tuesday The Cayuga Trails Club will lead a 4-5 mile hike every Tuesday evening. Hike locations vary each week. For current information, call 607-339-5131 or visit www.cayugatrailsclub.org.

Art Our Feathered Neighbors: Birds of Salt Point & Lansing - Gala opening reception | 6:00 PM-8:00 PM, 3/09 Wednesday | Lansing Community Library, 27 Auburn Rd (Rts 34/34B), Lansing | Photography exhibition celebrating the colorful songbirds, owls, hawks, and waterbirds that call Lansing and Cayuga Lake home, by renowned wildlife photographer Marie Read. Exhibition runs March-April 2016. Conserving the WPA Murals | 5:15 PM, 3/10 Thursday | Johnson Museum

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hristine Gelineau is an English professor at Binghamton University. She will be reading from her new collection of poetry, Crave, at Buffalo Street Books on Saturday, March 12 at 2 p.m. The cover illustration is of a white horse and it is facing mostly away from you, the person about to read this book. Horses are prey animals albeit fleet and powerful ones, and their eyes are mounted on the sides of their heads, so they can see backwards and forwards. This works well to describe the tone of a lot of Gelineau’s work. Many of these poems are about things going wrong and how we deal with the consequences of things gone wrong. Gelineau masterfully evokes an ominous world, where even inanimate objects are brooding over the inevitable failure of luck to hold. Here are a few lines from “Accident”: Why should you acknowledge the innocence of trees, the patience that looks now to your family like waiting, menace even, but is only these trees’ unthought unfolding? Here between the sinuous

of Art, Cornell, Ithaca | Helen Im of Fine Art Conservation Group will discuss the conservation of the Ilya Bolotowsky mural from Roosevelt Island, on view in the exhibition Revealed. The Museum is open tonight until 8PM. Free. 607-2556464. museum.cornell.edu Studio Thursday: Linoleum Prints | 5:00 PM, 3/10 Thursday | Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell, Ithaca | Make a linoleum print at this hands-on, drop-in workshop. Space is limited but open to everyone. The Museum is open tonight until 8:00 PM. You Are Here: Contemporary Mapping | 5:30 PM-7:30 PM, 3/11 Friday | Corners Gallery, 903 Hanshaw Rd Ste 3, Ithaca | This show is comprised of six exceptional artists - Diane Newton, Barbara Page, Jon Reis, Masha Ryskin, Laurie Snyder, and Werner Sun - and features a visual exploration of modern cartography. Contemporary Mapping will be on view March 8 - May 7.

bellow of the river bend and the road that loops beside it, has looped beside it all the years of your life … It is only in the final stanza of “Accident” that the eponymous incident occurs. The rest of the poem is devoted to making the trees along the river, along with an unfortunate driver, into innocent victims. Crave is divided into two sections: “Hard Evidence” and “Crave.” The first is the more downbeat group, often (Top) The cover of Crave (Right) The poet Chrisaddressing the difficulties of tine Gelineau (Photo: Stephen Herz) being a woman in a man’s world. Some of them have a and trusting era, when two ripped-from-the-headlines women traveling could feel to them, like “Story” or “Pap Smear.” befriend a male hitchhiker and The latter focuses on the nervousness have absolutely nothing go of a young woman getting her first wrong. “… how impossible / it is now to examination in order to get birth explain the generational trust we felt control, but in the end we learn that her then, / what we read in one another’s pap smear with be used as evidence clothes and hair.” “Love Among the Longin a criminal case. “Phone call” is more married” is a beautiful meditation on personal and is the story of a woman a happy relationship, describing both dealing with a stalker and eventually deeds and thoughts cleave two people how she will deal with him. The idea of a together and why it does not go asunder. debt and the cost—figurative more than As the cover illustration promises, several literal— of repaying it is a recurring motif of these poems are about either actual in this section. horses or figurative ones (“Time is a The second section lives up to Horse”). its title. Many of the poems deal with Gelineau constructs her poems longing and melancholy reflection on the in several different ways. Some are past. “Distance” imagines the thoughts almost like lyrical prose that has been of Vermeer and one of his models, her systematically enjambed to create thoughts earthy and direct, while his are pauses at intervals that heighten tension airy and abstract, the space between and keep the reader a little off balance. them apparently insurmountable. Others are composed in regular three“Seawall” looks back on a more innocent

Cornell Fashion Collective 32nd Annual Runway Show | 7:00 PM, 3/12 Saturday | Barton Hall, Cornell Univ., Ithaca | Professional runway show featuring the talent of students who both design apparel and manage the operations of the show. Naturally Dye a Silk Scarf | 11:00 AM-2:00 PM, 3/13 Sunday | Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell, Ithaca | Learn how to naturally dye a silk scarf using local plants with artist Sarah Gotowka. All materials, silk, and dyes included. ongoing Creative Space Gallery| 215 The Commons/ E State St, Ithaca | Nick Ruth’s new work focuses on modern mechanisms that aid in communication, and how these metaphorically portray our values and desires. He contrasts these cold synthetic tools, such as billboards, utility lines, and cellphone towers, with bright patterns

and colors to create his visual message. CAP Art Space | 171 The Commons, Ithaca | March 2 to 27, 2016. Leo Kang. The project ‘Another Day’ is a series of multimedia project where painting, essay, installation, technology are intermixed to describe a fluxing story. State of the Art Gallery | 120 W State St Ste 2, Ithaca | 27th Annual Juried Photography Show | Runs March 2 through the 27, 2016. www.soag.org EYE | 126 E. State/MLK St., 2nd, Ithaca | The Otherworld of Jim Garmhausen. Jim is no stranger to Ithaca, as his murals adorn the walls of many eateries and public buildings. His is a world unto itself with colossal-headed men and a fiery sense of fun. He has done some cracking new work for the show and it’s sure to excite. Call 342.4414 or visit eyeithaca.com Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University | Central Ave., Ithaca | Tuesday-Sunday, 10:00 AM-5:00 PM , to 8:00pm Thursday |

OPENING EXHIBIT - Revealed: WPA Murals from Roosevelt Island January 30-May 29 | The first public display of three conserved abstract murals from the future Cornell Tech campus in New York City. ONGOING EXHIBITS: The fire is gone but we have the light: Rirkrit Tiravanija and Korakrit Arunanondchai January 23-May 29 | Video and new work by Arunanondchai alongside a monumental print by his mentor, Tiravanija, showcase two generations of Thai artists. Tradition, Transmission, and Transformation in East Asian Art - January 23-June 12 | Works from the Johnson’s collection explore how Chinese cultural images and artistic styles were adopted and adapted in Korea and Japan. | www. museu cornell.edu Tompkins County Public Library | East Green Street, Ithaca |Project for a Re-volution in New York features installations by 22 local, national and

international artists. Call: 272 4557 or E-mail sgrubb@tcpl.org or visit http:// tcpl.org | www.tcpl.org Titus Gallery Art & Antiques | 222 E State St, Ithaca | LOST TREASURES FROM THE TITUS GALLERY COLLECTION. Original art and limited edition silkscreens by well known artists including Leonard Baskin, Mercada and Daphne Sola, to name a few. Call 277-2649 or visit http://www. titusgallery.com Ulysses Philomathic Library | 74 East Main Street, Trumansburg, NY| Audrey Bialke. “A Compilation” is a selection of works painted from 2013-2016.

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return to their permanent residence at the end of the work day. Transportation reimbursement and subsistence is provided upon completion of 15 days or 50% of the work contract. Work is guaranteed for 3/4 of the workdays during the contract period. $11.74 per hr. Applicants apply at Employment and Training Resources, 201 Boston Post Road West, Suite 200, Marlborough, MA 01752, 617-626-6800 or apply for the job a the nearest local office of the SWA. Job order #6726511. Work may include but not limited to: tasks related to the general care on Nursery Plant material. Including but not limited to loading and unloading of plant material, plant care, watering, pruning, weeding, spraying, driving, operating farm machines, and reburlaping. 1 month experience required

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