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Stepping Up A new leader takes charge at Racker this week PAGE 8

HUGE SOLAR FARM PLANNED

CAN SHE RUN 100 MILES?

OVER THE RIVER TO CORTLAND

SONGS OF EMANCIPATION & SLAVERY

SMALL BUT MIGHTY MERCATO

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Vital for Life

Why

We Fly

by Betsy Schermerhorn

ITH

Director, Marketing and Admissions

ADVERSE FOODS FOR THE ELDERLY Food is a source of enjoyment for people of all ages, and the idea of giving up any favorite or healthy food may seem confusing. The elderly are particularly susceptible to having reactions to certain foods that, at one time, they were able to eat without any issues. As people age, it gets harder for their bodies to fight off certain food-borne infections. Uncooked or lightly cooked foods such as sushi, ceviche, and steak tartare may increase a senior’s risk of contracting food poisoning. Soft cheeses including Brie, Camembert, and Blue may also cause adverse effects. It’s also important to avoid raw eggs, such as in Hollandaise sauce.

The convenience factor is amazing! —Alexa Varricchio

Additionally, any foods that contain undercooked eggs should be avoided.

From preparing nutritious meals to making healthy lifestyle choices, seniors may need assistance with an array of tasks. Some seniors only require help with a few daily tasks so they can maintain their independence. However, those living with serious illnesses may need more extensive assistance. Call the marketing team at (607) 2665300 to schedule a tour to see our facilities and learn more about lifecare at Kendal at Ithaca. Find us on the web at http://kai.kendal.org/ P.S. Bananas are good food choices for seniors since they have been known to relieve symptoms of anxiety and depression.

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VOL. XLII / NO. 45 / June 29, 2022 Serving 47,125 readers week ly

ON THE COVER:

1,000 acres of solar

New solar farm set for Lansing, Groton

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huge solar energy project taking up about 1,000 acres in Lansing and Groton and supplying power for up to 32,000 homes has been announced for construction in 2025-6. Once operating, the 160-megawatt solar project, developed by CS Energy, will supply electricity to 32,000 homes according to an announcement by Gov Kathy Hochul. The project, known as Yellow Dog Solar, is planned across several parcels in an eastern section of Lansing, north of Route 34B, and the southwest corner of Groton. Seventy-five percent of the acreage would be in Groton with the remaining twentyfive percent in the town of Lansing. “The New York Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA)

contract announcement is a big first step in the project,” said Mitch Quine, Director, Project Development for CS Energy. “We’re very excited.” Prior to the governor’s announcement, all conversations about the project have been preliminary. CS Energy hopes to submit the 94-C application to NY’s Office of Renewable Energy Siting by the end of this year, with construction on the $200 million project beginning in 2024. Operations will begin in 2026. Quine provided an update and responded to questions at town boards in Groton on June 14 and Lansing on June 15. Lansing Town Board member Joe Wetmore expressed two concerns. “They are running cables through the Bear Swamp Unique Natural Area in Groton,” said Wetmore. “Their public participation plan

T A K E  July 4 Weekend - If you’re looking for something to do before or after your barbecue there are some unique events taking place in and around Ithaca on Independence Day Weekend CannaMarket - The inaugural CannaMarket will take place from noon to 8 p.m. at The Ithaca Farmers Market. Exhibitors representing the New York State cannabis,

is woefully out of date and doesn’t include talking to neighborhood property owners at all,” he said. Lansing resident Karen Edelstein has prepared a map highlighting DEC wetlands and Tompkins County Unique Natural Areas within the solar project’s boundaries. The project will plug into NYSEG’s 115 Kilovolt transmission line, which runs from the former power plant in Lansing. “The fact that these lines are here is a major draw for us,” said Quine. Quine noted that the project will employ “well over one hundred construction personnel at peak.” The solar farm will sit on privately owned land. According to Quine, contracting with various landowners is now complete. He said that CS Energy will soon be reaching out to neighbors of the project to discuss their priorities and concerns, including any landscaping. Based in Edison, New Jersey, CS Energy is both a developer and contractor of sustainable energy projects. According to Quine, the long-term owner of Yellow Barn Solar will be another entity, typically a large investor. The project lifespan is thirty years, after which the system would be decommissioned, and the land returned to its original state. Yellow Barn Solar is one of twenty-two projects awarded by NYSERDA. The latest round of projects represents the largest land-based renewable energy procurement to date in New York. According to Doreen M. Harris, the agency’s President and CEO, “ New York is strengthening an already massive renewable energy pipeline that is positioned to deliver increasing amounts of clean and affordable electricity to thousands of families across the state for years to come.” As called for under NY’s Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act, the Clean Energy Standard requires seventy percent of the State’s electricity come from renewable energy sources by 2030.

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CBD, and hemp industry will be on hand to celebrate legal cannabis culture and connect with visitors. The event is free and open to the general public. Ithaca PRIDE - Ithaca PRIDE Week concludes with events Saturday and Sunday on The Commons and other venues. Among them are an LGBTQ+ Vendor Fair on The Commons from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday and a Family

Picnic in Dewitt Park from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday, featuring performances by the Ithaca Gay Men’s Chorus, AFAB4, and Jonah Hirst. Fireworks - While the traditional City fireworks event has been cancelled this year, those interested in pyrotechnics can drive up the lake to Taughannock Falls State Park on Sunday night for a show beginning at 9 p.m. Parking is available in the park.

Christine Donovan at Racker’s main office (Cover photo Ash Bailot)

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A new leader takes charge at Racker this week.

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INQUIRING PHOTOGRAPHER Via’s Cookies Cafe Opens Up At Autumn Leaves N E W S L I N E

Cafe and Cookies on the Commons

WELL, IT’S OFFICIALLY SUMMER IN ITHACA WHAT’S YOUR CHOICE HEAT WAVE OR ARCTIC BLAST?

“Heat Wave! We’d rather be warm…. and we love the beach!” – Don & Lisa S.

By L au r a I l ioa e i

utumn Leaves Used Books is a used bookstore on The Commons (115 E. State St.) containing over 60,000 books and 10,000 records. It also houses a cafe upstairs. This cafe space was formerly Ten Forward Cafe, but it closed down when the pandemic hit. This temporarily left shoppers and bookworms without their fair trade organic coffee and other beverage fixes and vegan treats between bookshelf browses. But Saturday, June 18, the cafe space reopened as Via’s Cookies Cafe. The cafe launch ran 12-6 p.m. People could try cookie samples and learn about upcoming events that would take place in the cafe, as it plans to start holding events on weekends to entice

customers and encourage creative initiatives, particularly by Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) and LGBTQ+ artists. People could also sign up for a cookie CSA, a biweekly box of a dozen assorted cookies, with one of the flavors being a seasonal cookie whose flavor changes monthly. The cafe is run by Olivia “Via” Carpenter, who had approached Autumn Leaves bookstore owner Joe Wetmore back in November of 2021 to rent the space. Carpenter is the founder and owner of Via’s Cookies, a cookie company that seeks to provide delicious cookies to people with and without food restrictions, while also helping struggling BIPOC and LGBTQ+ students. Carpenter has been baking and selling the cookies themselves since she was in

“Heat Wave. I spent too many winters in Syracuse…” – Joy R.

“Depends on the duration of each… but probably arctic blast! Layer UP!” – Annika R.

“Heat Wave. …I grew up in Rochester” – Amy F.

“Arctic Blast. Why would anyone be in Ithaca if they didn’t enjoy the cold?”

Olivia “Via” Carpenter

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high school but officially licensed her business as an LLC during the pandemic. A recent Ithaca College graduate, Carpenter quickly realized after back-toback jobs that she had a strong entrepreneurial spirit. “The tipping point that made [Via’s Cookies] all started was when I was living above Nothing Nowhere on The Commons — that little coffee shop that Caleb [Harrington] runs — and I was like, ‘I wonder what would happen if I sold a few cookies there? Just a few.’ And so I made some cookies, brought them to him, and he said ‘Whoa, these taste amazing. We’ll put them in here.’ And so, because I did that, I had to make a logo, the packaging,” Carpenter said. Simultaneously, Carpenter signed up for the Ithaca College Startup Business Pitch Demo Day, where student entrepreneurs from all majors and class years present their most brilliant business concepts to seasoned entrepreneurs and compete for a portion of startup funding. Carpenter was awarded $5,800, giving her the money needed to become an official LLC. There was no turning back. The cafe is also a “safe space” for art from marginalized artists. The walls feature art from local BIPOC and LGBTQ+ artists, including Black artist Lauren Reid. Reid’s artwork ranges from charcoal drawings to pastel drawings, but she’s primarily a painter, her medium of choice being oil paintings. The paintings are primarily of human faces and figures, often abstractly painted on vibrant backgrounds. These paintings are intended to be emotionally expressive, while also being vehicles of social change. Social justice, particularly pertaining to that of economic equality for BIPOC and LGBTQ+ students, is also a major part of Carpenter’s business, as she was a Black student from a lower-income background. “I want to give other students, people like me, the opportunity to have fun with their college experience, and even high school and middle school [experiences] because it goes all the way back. The education system is the same all the way through,” Carpenter said. At least 5% of her cookie sales go toward these students. Carpenter has a link on her website that enables donors to contribute directly to specific students. Cafe pickup options, online purchases, and donation opportunities can be found at Carpenter’s website, https:// www.viascookies.com/.

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N E W S L I N E

Sports

Ups

What did you do last weekend?

Don’t you love it when a holiday like Independence Day makes a 3-day weekend?

Downs

Do we miss the old community fireworks at Schoellkopf Field?

HEARD&SEEN

She ran 100 miles in 21 hours

Heard

The Commons Concert got great weather and a large crowd for an outdoor concert the way it is supposed to be. After COVID and many weather uncertainties, it was a nice new normal.

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have been to a number of “watch parties” for various sporting events over the years. I recall a large gathering of friends pooled money in the 1970s for a pay-per-view event to watch a highly anticipated boxing match, and 1 minute and 38 seconds into the bout, one guy knocked out the other and we were tasked with figuring out what to do with 2 hours worth of food and beer while listening to the announcers rehash the fight two dozen times. Saturday's watch party at the Finger Lakes Running Company would not face such a challenge, as the event was the Western States 100 ultra-marathon, and the fastest runner would finish in 15 hours, 13 minutes and 48 seconds. The winner – Adam Peterman – has now won all five of the ultras he has entered (though this was his first 100-miler) but those gathered at the Ithaca store were not there to watch Mr. Peterman. They were there to watch one of their own – Ithaca's Ellie Pell – who drew a big burst of cheers when she reached the top of the escarpment at the 3.5 mile mark in second place, hot on the heels of world record holder Camille Herron. By Mile 10, Ellie ( I love the fact that her Twitter handle is @gazellie) had slipped to seventh place, and she would ultimately finish in 14th place among women (39th overall), finishing with an impressive time of 21 hours, 37 minutes and 12 seconds. She started the race around 5 am on Saturday and finished at 2:37 am on Sunday. It was an incredible effort on a day the race's website called “a scorcher.” According to the race's website, “The Western States ® 100-Mile Endurance Run is the world’s oldest 100 mile trail race. The Run starts in Olympic Valley, California, near the site of the 1960 Winter Olympics, and ends 100.2 miles later in Auburn, California. In the decades since its inception in 1974, Western States has come to represent one of the ultimate endurance

Seen

Police are seeking a man who damaged several vehicles last Friday from the Commons to the 300 block of South Cayuga. He is described as a Hispanic Male in his 30s in blue genes and a grey t-shirt with “salt and pepper” hair.

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QUESTION OF THE WEEK Ithaca’s Ellie Pell braved the elements racing up and down California mountains for 100 miles to compete in the Western States 100+ Ultra-marathon

tests in the world.” The race was canceled in 2020, and travel restrictions limited the turnout last year, but this year, 380 competitors from 32 countries showed up to celebrate its return. If Pell's name is a familiar one, it might be because we have been covering the 30 year-old's various running endeavors for several years. My former colleague ,Cassandra Negley, wrote about Ellie's performance at the Buffalo Marathon in 2016, and I have covered her numerous times, from a story about runners training during the pandemic to her participation in the Olympic Trials. To see a local runner climb the ranks to become an elite ultra runner and enter – and finish – her first Western States 100 is indeed a real treat. Knowing that this was her first 100-miler, I asked Ellie what distance had been her previous longest, and she said, “I had run a 100-K (62 miles), and my goal here was to finish and not walk it in, to keep running throughout.” Asked to share to most unexpected development in the 21-plus hour endeavor, she said,

“Starting around Mile 60, I was in so much pain I didn't think I could keep going. My left calf hurt so much – especially on the downhills – I thought it would snap in half.” Ian Golden (who is the owner of the Finger Lakes Running Company and has arguably done more for the local distance running community than anyone) was one of Ellie's support crew members, and he said, “The runners descend into a valley, and then ran along a spine. The terrain was such that two of the areas we wanted to get to were 25 miles apart, but took 3 hours to drive to.” He added, “The Western States is the oldest 100-mile race, and it really is a well-oiled machine, so some runners don't really need a crew, but others (like Ellie's team) utilize four crew members and two vehicles.” It was a great learning experience for Team Pell, and Golden said, “One of the veterans said, 'You really need to first run 100 miles to be able to race 100 miles,' and for Ellie's first 100-mile race, she really did an incredible job.”

Do you miss the Lime Bikes? 28.0%

Yeah, they were a good option to get around town.

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No, I’m glad I don’t have to trip over them on the sidewalks anymore.

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The what bikes? Didn’t even notice.

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The Board knows facts they can’t discuss. So, it comes down to trust and accepting that Boards will seldom act from malice or retaliation but will try to give due process while conforming to law. The sad thing is that because of the law Board members cannot explain the situation and people protest without facts. Henry Kramer

The Talk at

YOUR LETTERS Re: Dozens protest ICSD School Board

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he criticized the superintendent and he retaliated. not only does HE need to go, it should have happened years

Tom Mot

hen accusations are made against a Superintendent, they should be supported by facts but I don’t see any being offered. Luvelle Brown has done an excellent job as a Superintendent and is entitled to due process, to be treated as innocent of charges unless you have hard evidence to the contrary. Henry Kramer

oard members are bound by law not to discuss personnel matters in public session. So there is always a problem when the public rallies around a popular district employee. The employee can be a wonderful teacher, coach, or administrator and still do something wrong.

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Re: Trouble Brewing: Baristas fight back after Starbucks closes College Ave. location

tarbucks charges 75 cents extra for plant milk!! What a stupid company? Progressive? What a joke! I’d rather buy a gas station cup of coffee. Nevin Sabet

hen you operate a business, you have to consider liability risks since they greatly impact the bottom line. Defending your business against lawsuits is so costly and stressful, as is dealing with unions. Radical leftist priviledged college kids are probably the riskiest type of people to hire. They think they’re so smart. I bet in order to fix that grease trap, the new tenants at the former Collegetown location will hire a down to earth dude who grew up on a farm, is comfortable dealing with nasty smelly stuff, and who has more common sense and practical skills than your typical blue haired college aged liberal Contin u ed on Page 10

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SURROUNDED BY REALITY

Summer Reading By C h a r l ey G i t h l e r

’ve been fielding inquiries about the Surrounded By Reality Book Club, and it’s my great pleasure to share the committee’s choices for the summer and early fall months. The club is open to all aficionados of books and alcohol, and meets monthly (second Thursday) at the southwest corner of the bar at Maxie’s Supper Club and Oyster Bar. Not having read the selected book is no bar to participation, but I think we’ve come up with some pretty good choices. July’s book, Odyssey, by Dwide Shrude, is an apocalyptic debut novel with a local setting that traces the moving journey of a father and his young son as they traverse Ithaca’s West End on foot during the first quarter of the 21st century. The entire story takes place during a single hot summer day, their desperate plan being to walk from the Dandy Mart, known in an earlier time as “Pete’s”, on State/MLK Street to the Ithaca Commons, where the man hopes there will be a more hospitable environment. Shrude is particularly masterful in evoking the desolate landscape between Albany and Plain Streets, where the father and son escape crack zombies while gunshots echo off abandoned houses. Not going to lie, it’s a little grim, but it unflinchingly imagines a world in which hope is a scarce commodity, where the father and his son are sustained only by their love for one another. July’s theme drink is Skol Vodka in a paper bag. We go a little lighter in August with a classic: Plucky Elon. Half rags-to-riches story, half quirky bildungsroman, this picaresque novel by Horatio Alger traces the fortunes of the fast-talking, quickwitted son of an emerald mine owner who has no one to depend on but himself. Determined to make a name for himself and become “respectable”, his political transformation into a supporter of a demented Florida demagogue is gripping reading. Though inspirational by design, the book is not without episodes of humor as the protagonist manipulates cryptocurrency markets for fun while criticizing the practice of short-selling stocks. We’ll be sipping Louis XIII Remy Martin Cognac from crystal goblets with our pinkies extended, so budget accordingly. September’s choice, On Lake Powell, is a sentimental favorite. The plot focuses on aging couple Ethel and Norman Cornstarch, who spend each summer at their home on Lake Powell in Arizona. Norman is a crotchety, grouchy retired professor

who’s kind of a pain in the hind quarters, but Ethel is a decent sort. She, of course, knows Norman better than he knows her, or himself, for that matter. During the summer the story takes place, they are visited by daughter Chelsea with her fiancé Billy Ray and his son Billy Ray Jr. Also, the lake dries up. The book explores the often turbulent relationship the young woman shared with her father growing up, and the difficulties faced by a couple in the twilight years of a long marriage. Chelsea feels that her father has never really given her a chance. Then, she tells her parents that she’s spending a month in Europe with Billy Ray, and asks if they could leave the kid with them. Ethel talks Norman into it. He gets lost looking for the lake shore, which moves every day. In the central passages of the movie, Norman and the kid grudgingly move toward some kind of communication and trust. There is a crisis involving Norman and the boy on a boat that is stranded on the dried, cracked former lake bed while scorpions close in, and a resolution that brings everybody a lot closer to the realization that life is a precious and fragile thing. Through learning to relate to the young boy, Norman learns how to love. September’s drink is dry martinis, just because I like them. In October our book is more of a pamphlet (72 pages), very recently published by the National Rifle Association - Combat Readiness: A Concealed Weapon Primer. It’s short, but likely to generate lively discussion! In the wake of our scripture-guided Supreme Court’s decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen, this work is just brimming with tips: how to tastefully carry a weapon while shopping for groceries, when to display a weapon while confronting the driver who cut you off on Meadow Street, deciding on the appropriate caliber pistol to bring to a co-worker’s wedding. We’ll be discussing the paragraph on where Jesus might conceal a pistol in his raiment were he alive today. Opinions differ widely, apparently. Maxie’s Engagement Consultant Michael Belmont has agreed to allow us to redecorate the bar area like the OK Corral for the evening, and the bartenders will be serving up a special drink called ‘collateral damage’, made from a secret recipe of moonshine, bitters and a dash of Hoppes Elite Gun Oil. Looking forward to seeing you there!

COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS

GUEST OPINION

Jorge Cuevas and The American Dream The Spirit of ’76: Protecting us against the Putin Playbook By M a rjor i e O l d s

rowing up in Puerto Rico and Astoria Queens, whenever Jorge Cuevas and his family gathered, there was always delicious Puerto Rican food and pulsating, salsa music. “Every Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years, birthday celebration our family danced to Salsa, Merengue, Cha cha music. These were the rhythms I grew up with.” It was in high school that Jorge, started learning bass and percussion on his own. Jorge came to Ithaca to study Physical Education at Ithaca College, but he eventually switched his major to Sociology. He found his niche working with outstanding faculty and role models like local hero Jules Burgevin. When not studying, Jorge worked at a liquor & wine store, which he managed full-time for 3 years. That’s where he learned a lot about fine wines, the NYS wine industry, and wine pairing with gourmet foods. Jorge then worked at Somadhara Natural Foods Bakery for 3 years, where he learned about healthy foods and the local farmers and producers. He also spent 3 years teaching video production to community members at Cable 13’s Community Access Studio. At that point Jorge was ready to share his social work skills, becoming an integral part of the civic community. Jorge devoted twelve years working with teens at the Learning Web “Learning by Doing” as they grew into adulthood. He arranged apprenticeships and career exploration tours for teens, which provided hands-on experiences. At the Community Dispute Resolution Center Jorge was a mediator and mediation trainer with students in middle school and high school. One by one, as a student learns how to mediate disputes and resolve problems peacefully, the community fabric was strengthened. Three years ago, Jorge came with his many community connections to the Finger Lakes Independence Center on Fift h Street in Ithaca. Anyone who has been searching for a shower chair, wheelchair, gait belt for a disabled loved one or client, knows FLIC’s Loan Closet. A call to Jorge, and he can tell you where one can locate just the right walker, scooter, wheelchair or rollator. If your family member no longer needs an electric hospital bed, FLIC may know who does need it. Jorge: “I love working at FLIC. Over and over, I meet people who are relieved, happy, grateful to find the equipment, tool, advice they need

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A at FLIC. It’s great to work with people who leave happier than when they arrived.” Space available, FLIC hosts a range of items they also loan out through the 30 day “Try It Room”, like specialized pill holders, transfer boards, magnifiers, phone accessories for the blind or for the hard of hearing, sit to stand cushion assists, to name a few of the exotic sounding, essential equipment about which Jorge and colleagues can advise. But the main focus of Jorge’s work at FLIC is his service as an Employment Advocate for the Social Security’s Ticket to Work Program, administered by the American Dream Employment Network (ADEN). “People between the ages of 16-64 who receive Social Security’s SSDI (Disability Income) or SSI (Supplemental Security Income) due to a disability, can work with me to explore opportunities for employment. Together we can achieve employment that will provide more income than received from a monthly disability benefit…We can together consider the world of work, create a current resume and cover letter for jobs we find through our job search.” Currently, many employers are seeking applicants eager to work. “With the ADEN incentives, disabled workers can enhance their income and statistically, disabled workers have the highest job retention rates, attributable to their earning incentives and eagerness to play an important role in their community. Across the country people attend an ADEN workshop via zoom and then begin working with an ADEN Employment Advocate, like Jorge. Jorge also gets Ticket To Work referrals from Social Security, DSS, the Mental Health Association and many other agencies. Jorge invites community members to contact him and learn about Social Security’s Ticket to Work Program. Jorge Cuevas jorge@fliconline.org.

s we gather to celebrate Independence Day, it’s a good time to reflect on how our most fundamental freedoms have served this nation well. It’s an even better time to think about what would happen if those liberties were taken away. Sadly, the latter doesn’t take much imagination in 2022. Your closest video screen will show you scenes of Russian troops pummeling Ukraine with the support of a majority of the Russian people. The Russian public has been told that their country is doing noble work ferreting out “Nazis” and that the West is engaged in its usual persecution of Russia and its people. Surveys say most Russians believe it. In times of war, people always want to see their government as the good guys, but it’s still a little hard to grasp how that many people can be so thoroughly misled. That’s the power of the Vladimir Putin playbook. The Russian president quickly and with little opposition eliminated the freedoms of speech and press. First, Putin bandied around allegations of “fake news,” undermining domestic news media that had far more latitude than their Soviet Union counterparts. Then he coordinated a plan with the national legislature to pass a law imprisoning those who “lied” about the war, including even calling it a war. Russian media of integrity had to close up shop, and international journalists in Russia had to temper their reporting. That left the internet as the one avenue for Russians to learn the truth about their country’s misdeeds. Putin then banned social media outlets and sharply limited access to international news sites. In short order, the Russian people were isolated, left to believe the lies of their government. It took just weeks for Putin to wipe out freedoms of press, speech and dissent. Could anything like that ever happen in the United States? As unlikely as it may seem, there are some areas of concern. After all, over the past 60 years, certain presidents from both parties have been known to mislead the public about the purpose and progress of wars. And the use of “fake news” claims to evade responsibility began with politicians in this country, only

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to be adopted by totalitarian leaders around the globe. Today there are active efforts to overturn New York Times v. Sullivan, the 1964 Supreme Court decision that made investigative reporting viable in the United States. And there are many politicians, again of both parties, who want to control how private social media companies are run. Do I believe that America could fall victim to something resembling the Putin playbook? No. But it’s also no longer unthinkable. It’s not a coincidence that the first step would-be dictators take is to shut down the press. That eliminates questions and accountability, both of which are anathema to those who abuse power. There are some today who choose not to be informed, saying the media are biased. Well, there are tens of thousands of media outlets in this country, including manipulative cable channels, partisan sites that masquerade as news providers and those sites that would entice us with clickbait. But there are also many core news organizations of integrity, including The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, PBS and the very newspaper you’re reading right now. They’re the ones we need to support with readership and subscriptions. From the very beginning of this nation, Americans understood the importance of a free press aggressively reporting on people in power. In an era when newspapers were fiercely partisan and unfair, that first gener-

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A new leader takes charge at Racker this week By Ju li a Nagel

his week – for the first time in more than a decade – Racker will have a new executive director: Ithaca resident Cristine Donovan. On July 1, Donovan will take over the job from predecessor Dan Brown, who served in the role since 2009 and is transitioning into retirement. Donovan has worked for Racker in many different capacities since 1998, starting out as a team director at one of Racker’s group homes, holding a couple of different positions within the residential program, serving as the Director of Early Childhood and Community Supports and most recently working as associate executive director. “I’ve grown up [at Racker] and had opportunities to see all the different program areas that we provide here,” Donovan said. Reflecting on her time at Racker so far, Donovan explained that she is grateful for the multitude of opportunities and positions available. “When I think about 24 years, and then think about all the different jobs that I’ve had here in 24 years, it’s been a variety. And because of that, I was able to go back to school. I was able to make sure that I had flexibility at different times in my career when I needed it,” Donovan said. Donovan also explained that she’s enjoyed working for Racker for almost a quarter of a century and counting because of the organization’s one-of-a-kind culture. “I think what makes Racker special is the culture and the values that come along with the agency,” Donovan said. “That culture of valuing each individual person, whether they’re coming to us for services or our staff, and supporting and considering the uniqueness of everyone in all of our work.” The nonprofit organization, dedicated to supporting people with disabilities and their families, is the eighth largest employer in Tompkins County. Racker also has a substantial presence in the nearby Cortland and Tioga Counties, with nearly 800 total employees. Racker currently has six different program areas providing a broad range of ser-

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it currently serves and supports over 3,500 individuals and their families, according to its website. Originally founded as The Cerebral Palsy Association of the Ithaca Area, Racker now bears the name of Dr. Franziska Racker. Franziska Racker served as medical director for more than 28 years, and the organization was renamed in her honor following her death in 1999. But in more

than just its name, Racker has shifted and grown as an organization in response to community needs over the decades. “Racker started as an opportunity for families who did not want their children to go to institutional settings to get supports that they needed in their home community. And that’s been something that’s been a constant thread for us. So as we’ve seen different needs in the community evolve

and develop, that’s when we’ve shifted and changed,” Donovan explained. According to Donovan, some of the current needs include mental health services, independent living options for adults with disabilities, and a rise in the prevalence of autism and related disabilities within the early childhood world. Racker is responding to these needs by growing its care management program for children who have a mental health diagnosis or social-emotional disabilities and partnering with Ithaca Neighborhood Housing Services to designate nine units as supported housing options for adults with disabilities within the Founders Way project. The organization is also starting to develop a preschool program for children with more intensive needs or who may need a more structured program. Like many other organizations, one of the major challenges that Racker has faced recently is the COVID-19 pandemic. “One of the things I think that is fairly ubiquitous but is definitely true here at Racker, is we are all really tired. You know, these last few years have stretched us and fatigued us in ways that we could never have imagined,” Donovan said. Though some COVID safety measures still remain in place at Racker, including mask-wearing guidelines. Donovan said the organization is currently working through the recovery process from the pandemic. This includes pivoting from the day-today survival mindset into reestablishing connections and bringing people back together within Racker and the community at large. “How can we better meet the mental health needs of youth? How can we better

meet the housing needs of people with disabilities? How can we better meet the needs of the youngest kids that we serve? Those are all such exciting things for us to start thinking about other than, ‘What’s the new COVID rule to follow?’” Donovan said. Looking into the future as director, Donovan hopes to spearhead more innovative programs, engage more with partners within the community and focus on building a strong workforce. “My hope and goal for the next, I’ll say five years, is really that we have a stable and engaged workforce. We are part of everything that’s going on with workforce challenges,” Donovan said. She also plans to continue the “living wage” initiative that Brown started. “We recently were able to utilize increases in the state budget that were given for our services in order to get all of our staff to a living wage. And we can’t be done with that. It has to be ongoing to ensure that staff are getting paid what they need and deserve,” she explained. As director, Donovan is looking forward to celebrating the things that are going well. “One of the things I’m most excited about is really being able to share with people the good things that are happening. And it’s really easy sometimes to see what’s not going well,” Donovan said. Donovan also mentioned that she will bring a different type of leadership to the table as executive eirector. “I am really far on that introvert scale and Dan is not. So my leadership style is going to be different from his,” she said. Donovan plans on reaching out to people individually, talking to them and listen-

Da n B r ow n s t e p s d ow n t h i s w e e k a f t e r m o r e t h a n a d e c a d e a s R ac k e r E x e c u t i v e D i r e c t o r

Th e R ac k e r R i va l s h o c k e y m at c h i s o n e o f t h e a r e a’s m o s t u n i q u e a n d p o p u l a r f u n d r a i s e r s ing to them as one of her first priorities in office. Reflecting on his retirement, Brown explained that he knew, even nine years ago when he first assumed the executive director position, that Donovan would make a great executive director in the future. “I’m super excited about passing the baton to Cris. She fully gets, understands, owns Racker’s vision and values. And to me, that’s the most important thing in the leader of this organization,” Brown said. The upcoming Racker Rivals Big Red hockey game, scheduled for July 16, will be Donovan’s first big fundraising event as executive director. Racker Rivals Big Red is an exhibition-style hockey game that pairs NHL stars, Cornell hockey alumni and local celebrities in support of programs for children with disabilities in the community. There will be a Friends and Family

Open Skate 2:30-3:30 p.m., included in the cost of game admission. Racker Rivals Big Red is now in its eighth year, with a roster of current and former NHL players and hockey legends. Already on the roster are Cornell hockey alumni and current American Hockey League player Anthony Angello, and three-time Stanley Cup winner, two-time Olympian and fan-favorite Joe Nieuwendyk. Racker Rivals Big Red will match up two talented hockey teams led by Cornell’s Big Red hockey coach Mike Schafer and Greg Hartz, president and CEO of Tompkins Community Bank. Tickets are currently available at www.racker.org/hockey. Julia Nagel is a reporter from The Cornell Daily Sun working on The Sun’s summer fellowship at the Ithaca Times.

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ation of citizens still insisted on journalists being protected by the First Amendment. That shouldn’t surprise us. After all, the model was right there in 1776 in the document we celebrate this week. The Declaration of Independence called out King George III, reporting a list of injustices perpetrated by the mother country against its colonies. We had “unalienable rights,” it said, and they were being violated. Americans were no longer going to put up with this “long train of abuses and usurpations.” That is the same spirit with which America’s free press has exercised its duties since 1791. Abolitionist newspapers took on slavery, suffragist papers focused on injustices against women and news YOUR LETTERS contin u ed from page 6

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organizations spanning centuries have reported on scandals, corruption and racial injustice. We live in a highly polarized time, when it’s easy to dismiss the views of those with whom we disagree and deride those who publish the facts we don’t want to acknowledge. We have to take care, though, that our internal political wars don’t turn us away from the core principles contained in the Declaration of Independence. We remain a free people and need to be vigilant in protecting our rights and documenting the abuses in people in power, not just when the other guy’s party is in office. That’s the real spirit of ’76. Ken Paulson is the director of the Free Speech Center, a non-partisan and nonprofit center based at Middle Tennessee State University. www.freespeech.center hassle to employ, will be replaced by robots and kiosks. Richard Ballantyne

he person who fixes that greasetrap (in the unlikely event Starbux ever reopens there) will be a well-trained, well-paid plumber...who belongs to a union. Reeves Hughes

Over the River and back to Cortland B y B r y a n Va n C a m p e n Over the river, and through the wood, To Grandfather’s house we go; The horse know the way to carry the sleigh Through the white and drifted snow Thanksgiving poem by Lydia Marie Child

ne thing I learned a long time ago: the more specific something is, the more it rings as universally true. At the Gianelli home in Hoboken, New Jersey, nobody stands on ceremony. In fact, they just barge right in without knocking, but as this is family custom, no one finds this incongruous. That’s the setting for Cortland Repertory Theater’s production of Joe DiPietro’s wistful

yet hilarious family comedy “Over the River and Through the Woods”. The play was produced by CRT in 2005, and proved so popular with audiences that they’ve brought it back as part of their 50th anniversary season. It’s not hard to see why. We’re in the Gianelli home, specifically Aida Gianelli (Catherine Gaffney), her husband Frank (Richard Daniel), and Nunzio Cristano (Bill Coughlin) and his wife Emma (Cara D’Emanuele), the maternal grandparents of our narrator, grandson Nick (John Cavaseno). It’s a modest but cozy home with lots of photos and knick-knacks, and the kinds of signage you’d buy at Target or Hobby Lobby. This is where Nick has had Sunday dinners with both sets of grandparents for his entire life. These folks believe that the right choice of cheese or the right danish can be considered lifestyle choices. As the play opens, Nick is nervously trying to get up the nerve to tell his family some big news; easier said than done, since all four relatives get distracted if a car drives by or the wind blows. Nick’s big news is that he’s been offered a promotion that will require him to

L-R: Cara D’Emanuele as Emma, John Cavaseno as Nick, Catherine Gaffney as Aida, Bill Coughlin as Nunzio and Richard Daniel as Frank in Cortland Repertory Theatre’s production of Joe DiPietro’s “Over the River and Through the Woods”, running June 22 - July 1.

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move to Seattle. The news doesn’t go over well, and the next week, his grandparents invite him to Sunday dinner, having fixed him up on a blind date with Caitlin O’Hare (Alice K. Johnson). An embarrassed Nick makes snide comments throughout the meal, and when he asks Caitlin to go to dinner, she dresses him down for being so rude, and calls him a jerk. (Okay, she calls him a stronger word.) Deena Conley directs this able six-hander with lots of love and subtle human behavior. Every single member of the cast gets a scene to shine within; each character has some quirk that defines them, whether it’s Emma and Nunzio’s endless enthusiasm for any topic, Aida’s need to prepare food and Frank’s mandolin playing. The first act has a set piece dinner scene and the second act stages a Trivial Pursuit game with the whole family that are delights to experience. In many ways, Emma’s emotional risibility becomes the signature for the two sets of grandparents, and Cara D-Emanuele is so good at fighting back powerful emotions that she must see through; in the interest of full disclosure, I worked with her on two plays, but that doesn’t change my mind about how funny and sweet she is here. Bill Coughlin is a great foil here; his boisterous nature is hiding real pain and illness. Catherine Gaffney’s Aida is always sweeping in and out of the kitchen with food as a universal cure-all while Richard Daniel’s Frank strums his mandolin and complains about not being able to drive anymore. When the lights shift and Nick talks to us from a place of memory, John Caveseno has a curious habit of squinting, but he soon settles into a rhythm with the other actors, and he’s a wonderful listener. The play would seem to hinge on Nick getting together with Caitlin and staying in Hoboken. Well, it does and it doesn’t. Without giving too much away, it’s refreshing that Caitlin is seen as something more than a romantic cure for Nick’s lifestyle blues. Even in this breezy comedy, there are no easy answers, just the ongoing flow of family. JUNE 29 – JULY 5, 2022

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hope Tim Allen isn’t too ticked off that Chris Evans, the First Avenger himself, is playing the voice of Buzz Lightyear in “Lightyear” (Disney-Pixar, 2022, 105 min.). The vocal switch makes sense in relation to Pixar’s “Toy Story” spin-off. We learn via an opening crawl that in 1995, a boy named Andy received a Buzz Lightyear toy on his birthday – the inciting incident that kicked off Pixar’s groundbreaking first film – and the “Lightyear” flick we’re about to see was Andy’s favorite movie. This clever prequel picks up with Lightyear and his commander and crew, marooned on a hostile planet, as he tries to plot a course to get home while dealing with the evil Emperor Zurg, a character introduced in “Toy Story 2”. Pixar’s storytelling skills are so clever that I won’t delve into the plot, except to highlight a particularly inspired stretch of the film where

Lightyear fails to achieve time travel, and keeps rejoining the crew farther in the future, watching families form one slice of time at a time. “Lightyear” is Pixar’s first deep dive into space opera; I think of “Wall*E” (2008) more as a silent romantic comedy that just happens to involve robots and outer space. First reaction: It’s obvious that the animators who made this film have a deep love for the analog charms of the first “Star Wars” movies. At one point, Buzz Lightyear lands on a swampy, foggy planet surface that is so Dagobah that it stirs up fond memories of “The Empire Strikes Back”. Lightyear’s ship and orange-and-white uniform also recall Luke Skywalker in those pictures. This movie is a love letter to too many sci-fi cinematic epics to mention. Okay, I’ll

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Songs of Emancipation and Slavery A chat with Matt Callahan By G.M . Bur n s

he past has a voice in the present, and Matt Callahan seemed determined to produce the Songs of Slavery and Emancipation. The new release has 16 songs about the burden of slavery, and there are 15 songs of Emancipation, which give voice to hope and the struggle for freedom. According to the label, Jalopy Records, Callahan shares “recently discovered songs composed by enslaved people explicitly calling for resistance to slavery, some originating as early as 1784 and others as late as the Civil War.” And in the recording of this music, many musicians from New Orleans, New York, to Amherst, Massachusetts and Bern, Switzerland, were involved in the singing on this CD. The music in the collection is moving, such as the lyrics from the track “The Negro’s Complaint,” “When stole and brought from Africa, Transported to America, Like the brute beasts in market sold, To stand the whip and the cold. To stand the lash and feel the pain, Expos’d to stormy snow and rain. To work all day and half the night, And rise before the morning light!...” The booklet also includes historical photos of the music sheets of that era. Callahan tells how he discovered some of the music, and also shares how other people and institutions were instrumental in this historical collection of music,

which reflects on the strength of a people and their will to move forward. Ithaca Times: There was a great deal of work completed to produce this new CD. Talk about how you discovered the slavery and emancipation songs for this historical release? Mat Callahan: I discovered a pamphlet in an antiquarian bookshop that contained the lyrics to a song said to have been composed and sung by slaves preparing an insurrection. This took place in 1813 in South Carolina. The lyrics were unlike any I’d heard associated with Negro Spirituals, work songs or for that matter, any vernacular Black music emerging from the days of slavery. The lyrics were explicitly revolutionary and anthemic in style. This captured my attention as did the pamphlet itself: Negro Slave Revolts in the United States: 1526-1860. The pamphlet was old and battered by much use. It was published in 1939. I found it in 2015. The combination of the pamphlet’s title and the lyrics to this song raised important questions, the first being the subject of slave revolts. Most Americans have heard of Nat Turner and certainly John Brown’s Harpers Ferry raid. Many may recall the film Amistad about that particular revolt. Perhaps more Black Americans know a few other famous names: Gabriel Prosser, Denmark Vesey and some others. But over-

all, the impression most Americans have is that the slaves did not rebel. In fact, recent histories that claim to be telling the true story of slavery reassert that claim. Yet, here was clear, documentary evidence of literally hundreds of revolts, spanning the entire duration of slavery in North America up to the Civil War, and these were continuous, indeed an ever-threatening presence. This then led to the next question: why would there not be songs corresponding to the revolts. Songs commemorating rebel heroes, calling for unity, raising the battlecry of emancipation? For a people so deeply musical as African Americans it seemed strange that there were not more, many more, songs such as the one I found in this pamphlet. At that time, I had recently completed another historicalmusical project about James Connolly, the Irish socialist revolutionary executed by the British for his role in the Easter Rising,

and it is widely known how Irish rebel songs kept the flame burning for hundreds of years of British imperial rule. Where were the equivalent slave songs? This is how the search began and it led to many more discoveries than just the songs I found. IT: What are the ways African American slaves and free people used song and music in their lives? MC: Music has always been a means of community-forming. Music gives expression to the suffering, struggling and rejoicing which are basic to the human condition. People in bondage had all the more reason to use music this way. Considering that slaves were deprived of almost all material possessions, it is not surprising that they would use those Contin u ed on Page 15

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n previous visits to Italy, I looked forward to having Porchetta at some of my favorite restaurants. Porchetta is a roasted pork dish made from the loin of a suckling pig and is usually tender, juicy, and liberally seasoned. I favored the same dish in Spain where it’s called Porcella and where a trio of troubadours would wander the basements of Madrid restaurants singing traditional songs and accompanying themselves on guitars. So you can imagine how happy I was to discover Porchetta on the menu of Mercato. There were no troubadours and I doubt the pork came from a suckling pig however I did receive a generous hunk of beautifully roasted pork loin surrounding a somewhat subtle, slightly spicy sausage stuffing. The Porchetta ($28) at Mercado was tender and delicious and was accompanied by rappini and fingerling potatoes. Another time I ordered Mint Pappardelle with Lamb Ragu ($28). I thought of it as a glorified lamb stew and enjoyed the noodles and appreciated the tender pieces of lamb. After trying a couple of “turf ” meals with the pork and lamb, I thought I’d indulge in some “surf ”-type meals so I had the Clams Casino appetizer ($10) and, if I was disappointed, it was my own fault. I asked the server how many clams there would be before I ordered and was advised there would be five quite small Littlenecks. Littlenecks are inherently tough and these were, indeed, a bit chewy. Another visit, I ordered Fresh Fish in Parchment ($30). I was pleased to receive Arctic Char, a fish I had long ago discovered in Canadian restaurants. Char is a flaky, dense, pink fish that’s like a mild version of salmon and cooking it in parchment paper seals in the juices and aromas

of the fish and the accompanying vegetables. The fish was perfectly cooked as were the fingerling potatoes and carrots. And finally, I selected Pan Seared Bay Boat Scallops ($34). I still have no idea what a Bay Boat Scallop is but having ordered them at Mercato, I do know that I received six large sea scallops (sea scallops are usually about an inch and a half wide and reside in deeper waters and are less tender than the smaller bay scallops). I rarely order sea scallops for that reason however these turned out to be tender and sweet and beautifully seasoned although receiving only six made it seem like an expensive entrée. They were served in a carrot puree reinforced with a bit of mascarpone (a soft cow’s milk cheese), a thinly sliced oyster mushroom, and a lemon beurre blanc with a side dish of thinly sliced shoe-string potatoes. A wonderful dish. The large selections of wines are almost exclusively Italian including seven out of the eight by-the-glass ($11-35) offerings. There are less than a half dozen beers available including three drafts and about a dozen mixed cocktails. Mercato is the epitome of a small restaurant with a limited menu that turns out consistently high-quality food. The purchasers of the food, and those who cook it, can concentrate on a limited (eight) number of entrées so they can get everything just right. And we are the fortunate beneficiaries.

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instruments available to them, namely, their bodies and their voices, for not only giving expression to their feelings, but strengthening the community necessary to survive as human beings. Collective singing is the cornerstone of the Spirituals. Of course, individuals sang alone and to themselves. But by and large singing was done together, for each other and for the group as a whole. This remains the heart and soul of music-making generally. Music in this sense is an activity, not a product, and it is shared by a community and not owned by anyone. In the case of people of African descent in the United Sates, the musical sources were both specific and varied. On the one hand, there were undoubtedly some rhythms, melodies and musical instruments, such as the banjo, brought from Africa. On the other hand, there were other influences coming from, for example, church hymns written in England or ballads sung by European immigrants or music made by Native peoples. In a fundamental sense, the slaves used whatever musical devices they could so it is not surprising that they would adopt and adapt church hymns and popular songs they heard in their environment as well as retaining elements passed down generation to generation. No doubt there were individuals we will never know who composed particular lyrics using well-known melodies, or musicians who invented tunes just because they were inspired or because there was a social need for a song. But overall, the source of the music was the needs and determination of the people themselves. It is interesting to compare the music made in North America with that made in Cuba or Brazil or other countries, which maintained the slave system. The musical differences correspond not only to the ruling power, say Spanish, Portuguese or French, but also to the politics of maintaining the slave system; what was forbidden and what was encouraged. Drumming was forbidden in many colonies but singing Christian hymns was not-at least until Nat Turner’s rebellion (1831) after which even church singing was carefully monitored in the US South. IT: How did the spiritual songs come about to help and heal a group of people and aid them in moving forward? MC: Well the answer is found in the Spirituals and work songs themselves,

and these are songs with which many people are familiar. They were composed and sung in those places where people congregated for work and worship. They were, in the main, sung collectively and formed an integral part of daily life. There are many collections, for example: Thomas Talley’s, Negro Folk Rhymes, Wise an Otherwise (1922), that give a fair representation of how songs were used. Bear in mind, however, that the songs in our collection were both a part of this repertoire and deliberately excluded from it by a number of factors. To begin with, the slaves were punished for singing these songs. I found numerous references to this in testimony given by formerly enslaved people shortly after the Civil War. This testimony was given to abolitionists who the former slaves trusted enough to confide in. So the burial of songs of rebellion and resistance started with the slaveowners banning them in the first place. Following the defeat of Reconstruction, a more systematic erasure began whereby song collectors and the burgeoning music business excluded from consideration any song that did not fit an image of docility, subservience and childish exuberance designed to keep Black people “in their place.” We also have to consider the fact that slavery was more complicated than it is often depicted. Of course, the backbone of the slave system was the field hand: men, women and children, literally slaving in the fields. These were joined by other hands on the docks loading goods for transport, in workshops producing sugar, in swamp-clearing and construction. Basically, back-breaking, physical labor. But by the late 18th Century, there were also highly skilled workers, including poets and musicians, among the slaves. Often, slave-musicians were rented out by their masters to provide entertainment for other plantations or at public events in cities like Richmond. Also, by this time, there were a significant and growing number of free Black people, especially in cities like Philadelphia and Boston where the first Black churches were organized. Among free Black people were those who had never been slaves, those who had bought their freedom or were otherwise manumitted and those who were fugitives. By the time of the Civil War, there were about half-a million free Black people in the US along with four million slaves. Some free Black musicians were famous such as Francis Johnson who was a composer, band leader and renowned Kent Bugle player. More examples are provided in a book published in 1878 called: Music and Some Highly Musical

People. This book offers biographies of many highly skilled African American musicians, some of whom were well known at the time. It was written by James Monroe Trotter. Trotter escaped slavery via the Underground Railway and served in the Union Army, eventually achieving the rank of Second Lieutenant. The point here is that an image of Black music was created after the defeat of Reconstruction that was, at best, incomplete. This image ignores the diversity of conditions the slave system produced as well as the diversity of musical expression developed by African Americans whether slave or free. Furthermore, it completely separates the songs of the abolitionist movement from those of people still in bondage when, in fact, the abolitionist song books included songs composed by fugitive slaves as well as free Black people. And this, of course, is another way songs were used to build community and strengthen the spirit. IT: Do you have a spiritual and an emancipation song that resonates with you as an artist? MC: All these songs are important in both musical and historical senses. Had these songs been included in what might be called “The American Song Book” I might think otherwise and choose a favorite. Think of it from the opposite point of view. “Amazing Grace” is worldrenowned and remains a staple. But it is forgotten that this is an abolitionist song. Of course it resonates with me but that is not only a matter of my personal taste. If all the songs in this collection-and others yet to be discovered-were part of what the world considers American music, “Amazing Grace” would be situated within its true family of songs. But the fact that these songs were systematically excluded from the Canon means that they have to be shared and enjoyed for some time before that can be said. They should be part of our heritage but they are not-or not yet. I hope young people will take these songs to heart, sing them and make them an honored part of the long and ongoing struggle for human emancipation. IT: Would you like to add anything more to what you have already said about this new release? MC: I would only like to add that this project is a result of a collective effort involving many people and institutions. It could not have been brought to fruition any other way. I hope readers will obtain the book and CDs and see for themselves who these contributors are.

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mention one: at one point I was reminded of Disney’s legendary 1979 dud “The Black Hole”, but within all these callbacks and homages, the filmmakers are always able to tap into the actual wonderment promised by dubious movies. In that one glorious moment, I remembered the somnambulant “The Black Hole” as a good movie. Second reaction: within such a well-worn genre, where we’ve seen all manner of planetary atmospheres and kinds of spaceships, “Lightyear” is a pleasure to watch purely on a visual level. It looks as amazing as its story, helping “Lightyear” go to infinity and beyond. As with the best Pixar joints, bringing a kid is optional. Third reaction: let Pixar make a full-on “Star Wars” movie. I’m sure it would be astounding. “Lightyear” is playing at Regal Stadium 14. ●●●

Sometimes you see a movie and it’s a “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” moment as the end credits roll.. You wonder “Who are those guys?” I had that moment at the end of Jim Archer’s “Brian and Charles” (Focus-BFI-Film4 Productions-Mr. Box Productions, 2022, 90 mins.). David Earl and Chris Hayward wrote this sweet, daffy comedy about a lonely Welsh guy (Earl) named Brian who makes inventions from junk that only work sometimes. He salvages a mannequin head and a washing machine and makes a robot dubbed Charles (Hayward). Incredibly, Charles “works”, but like a puppy or a toddler, he wants to go outside, against Brian’s wishes. (He’s understandably nervous about the reactions of the rest of the villagers, particularly an unpleasant local bully that Brian wants to avoid.) By the way, all this told as a rockumentary; somehow a camera crew is being allowed to film Brian’s struggles with Charles, who, when sleeping, drones endlessly, “I am sleeping…I am sleeping…” My pal Jamie tells me that Earl is something of a protégé of Ricky Gervais, and he has been playing versions of Brian for quite a while. Charles’ costume is such a shambles, you’d think anyone could be in there, but Hayward’s inexhaustible logic and knack for pestering Brian needs his comic timing. Earl is very good at running off at the mouth until things get painful and awkward, but as clever as the script is, the real heroine here is production designer Hannah Purdy Foggin, who keeps everything very handmade, shall we say. By the time Brian and Charles are seen walking around the Wales countryside hand in hand to the tune of The Turtles’ “Happy Together”, well, that’s when I started wondering, “Who are those guys?” “Brian and Charles” is playing at Cinemapolis.

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7/1 Friday Friday Night Music - Janet Batch | 6 p.m. | Hopshire Farms and Brewery, 1771 Dryden Rd | Janet Batch is a singer-songwriter who combines the somber recollections of the past with matter of fact story telling. FEED THE FIRE | 6 p.m. | Buttonwood Grove Winery, 5986 State Route 89

7/2 Saturday Jesse Collins Quartet - Outdoor Summer Concert Series at Brooktondale Community Center | 1 p.m. Taughannock Falls Concert Series: Diana Leigh | 7 p.m. | Taughannock Falls State Park, 1740 Taughannock Blvd | Diana Leigh & the Shorty Georges swing out at the Taughannock Falls Concert Series! With Kevin Jones - guitar, Stu Zimny - bass, Ken Zeserson - sax, and Keith Evan Green drums. | Free

7/3 Sunday Sunday Music Series | 1 p.m. | Red Newt Cellars, 3675 Tichenor Road | Free Music and Mimosas | 1 p.m. | Hosmer Estate Winery, 7020 State Route 89 Cider Sunday Concert Series: The Pelotones | 1 p.m. | Finger Lakes Cider House, 4017 Hickok Road The Grady Girls w/s/g Danielle Enblom | 5 p.m. | South Hill Cider, 550 Sandbank Road | Their show will feature old favorites from their earliest shows as well as brand new sets of tunes. Expect duo and trio collaborations featuring their many side projects (Drank The Gold, Good Aine, Steptune, etc.). And enjoy the power of their full band playing in joyful unison! |$5.00 - $20.00

7/4 Monday Mondays with MAQ| 5:30 p.m. | South Hill Cider, 550 Sandbank Road| MAQ is a musical ensemble based in Ithaca, NY comprised of some of the area’s best seasoned jazz and Brazilian-music musicians. Its

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Maddy Walsh | 7 p.m. | Cornell Arts Quad, 144 East Ave | Free

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7/8 Friday Phil Lesh | 6:30 p.m. | Beak & Skiff Apple Orchards, 2708 Lords Hill Road| Phil & Friends featuring Stu Allen, Grahame Lesh, Jason Crosby, Amy Helm, Cody Dickinson.

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Death Cab for Cutie & illuminati hotties | 7 p.m. | Beak & Skiff Apple Orchards, 2708 Lords Hill Road

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6/29 Wednesday Nathaniel Rateliff and The Night Sweats w/ Antibalas | 7 p.m. | Beak & Skiff Apple Orchards, 2708 Lords Hill Road

7/1 Friday The Marshall Tucker Band | 8 p.m. | Tioga Downs, 2384 West River Rd | Rain or Shine\. All ticket sales to benefit the Southern Tier Veterans Support Group.| $20.00

7/3 Sunday Symphoria Summer Concert: Auburn | 8 p.m. | Emerson Park, 6914 East Lake Road, Route 38A | Celebrate the Fourth of July with Symphoria on picturesque Owasco Lake at Emerson Park Pavilion in Auburn. There will be fireworks after the performance! Please note: In the event of rain, this performance will take place on July 10 at 8pm. | Free

CRT Presents: Over the River and Through the Woods | 6/29 Wednesday | Little York Lake Theatre & Pavilion, 6799 Little York Lake Road | A 50th Anniversary revival of CRT’s most beloved play! This hysterical comedy is for, and about, the whole family! Nick is a young Italian American living in New York City who meets both sets of grandparents for dinner every Sunday. That is until he accepts his dream job in Seattle. Cabaret | 7:30 p.m., 6/30 Thursday | Hangar Theatre, 801 Taughannock Blvd. | Open Mic Stand Up Comedy Night @ The Downstairs at Downstairs | 7 p.m., 7/5 Tuesday | First and third Tuesdays of the month! Kenneth McLauren hosts Open Mic Stand Up Comedy Night at The Downstairs. View on site | Email this event CRT Presents: Kiss Me Kate | 7/6 Wednesday | Little York Lake Theatre & Pavilion, 6799 Little York Lake Road | July 6-16.

Art Jari Poulin | Mirage at Ink Shop Studio Gallery | 1 p.m., 6/29 Wednesday | Jari Poulin | Mirage features a series of

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Hangar Theatre, 801 Taughannock Blvd, Ithaca | Hangar’s second summer show is the Tony-award winning 1998 revival of this famous musical. In Berlin in 1931, a love triangle plays out against the rise of the Nazi party and the collapse of the Weimar Republic. (Photo: Rachel Philipson)

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images that combine monoprints and black and white photographic transfers to create dream-like worlds that speak to memory and imagination. Film Screening & Discussion Lavender Hill A Love Story at CAP ArtSpace | 5:15 p.m., 6/29 Wednesday | Join us for a screening of Lavender Hill: A Love Story. Screening will be in the CAP ArtSpace/Gallery located inside the Tompkins Center for History New Members’ Show | 12 p.m., 6/30 Thursday | State of the Art Gallery, 120 W State St #2 | New Members’ Show at State of the art Gallery: Carol Spence and Vincent Joseph July Gallery Night | 4 p.m., 7/1 Friday | Grayhaven Motel, 657 Elmira Rd | Join us for Gallery Night @ Grayhaven! Friday, July 1 from 4 – 7pm in our gallery guest lounge featuring Emily Sanders Hopkins’ new work, Velvet and Other Real People… | Free Sheryl Sinkow and Diane Newton at The Gallery at South Hill | 5 p.m., 7/1 Friday | “Manifestations” is a two-person show of work in the Gallery at South Hill by Sheryl Sinkow and Diane Newton. Common Thread Invitational | 11 a.m., 7/2 Saturday | corners gallery, 903 HANSHAW RD | Common Thread Invitational showcases work by five contemporary artists working in fiber and textiles. First Saturday on the Art Trail | 11 a.m., 7/2 Saturday | Various Locations, in Tompkins County, NY | Visit 9 artists on the Greater Ithaca Art Trail on Saturday, July 2nd, 11 to 4pm. No fee -just take a beautiful drive with artists as your destination. Find the PDF listing who is open at ArtTrail.com Homemade Beach Coasters | 12 p.m., 7/6 Wednesday | Edith B. Ford Memorial Library, 7169 Main St. | For ages 16+: Create your own beachthemed coaster for the warm, summer months! Registration is required. | Free

Film Cinemapolis 120 E. Green St., Ithaca July 1- July7, 2022. Contact Cinemapolis for showtimes. New films listed first. *

Reckoning with The Primal Wound* | ONE NIGHT ONLY - 6/29 at 7PM. | This film is about reckoning with relinquishment trauma and the cultural phenomenon that is author Nancy Verrier’s landmark book The Primal Wound. LIVE Q & A w/ filmmaker Rebecca Autumn Sansom | NR The Human Tornado* | ONE NIGHT ONLY - 6/30 at 8PM. A Finger Lakes Cannamarket & Ithaca Fantastik Screening Event. | Dolemite is back and badder than ever, returning to L.A. to discover Queen Bee’s club has been taken over by mobsters. | 96 mins R Mr. Malcolm’s List* | When she fails to meet an item on his list of requirements for a bride, Julia Thistlewaite is jilted by London’s most eligible bachelor, Mr. Malcolm. Feeling humiliated and determined to exact revenge, she convinces her friend Selina Dalton to play the role of his ideal match. | PG Official Competition* | When a billionaire entrepreneur impulsively decides to create an iconic movie, he demands the best. Renowned filmmaker Lola Cuevas is recruited to mastermind this ambitious endeavor. Completing the all-star team are two actors with enormous talent but even bigger egos. | 114 mins NR Rubikon* | Following a catastrophe on Earth, the planet is covered in a toxic fog. The crew in the space station must decide whether to risk their lives to get home and search for survivors, or stay safe in the station’s “algae symbiosis system”.| NR The Phantom of the Open | the remarkable true story of Maurice Flitcroft, a crane operator and optimistic dreamer from Barrow-inFurness who, with the support of his family and friends, managed to gain entry to the 1976 British Open qualifying, despite never playing a round of golf before. With Mark Rylance, Sally Hawkins, & Rhys Ifans. | 102 mins PG-13 Everything Everywhere All At Once | A hilarious and big-hearted sci-fi action adventure about an exhausted Chinese American woman (Michelle Yeoh) who can’t seem to finish her taxes. | 140 mins R Elvis | From his childhood in Tupelo, Mississippi to his rise to stardom starting in Memphis, Tennessee and his conquering of Las Vegas, Nevada, Elvis Presley becomes the first rock ‘n roll star and changes the world with his music.| 159 mins NR

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Cornell University | July sees the return of another fantastic, outdoor, FREE concert series! The first show on the Cornell Arts Quad will feature local legend, Maddy Walsh. Bring your friends and family to campus for a great evening of music. Free parking on campus after 5 p.m. (Photo: Provided)

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Service Stability Strength GO ITHACA Outdoor Tours at Bernie Milton Pavilion | 11:30 a.m., 7/1 Friday | Bernie Milton Pavilion, Center Commons | GO ITHACA is excited to be a 2022 recipient of the Tompkins County Outdoor Recreation Grant. 4th of July Fireworks Displays Groton Elementary School Field | 7:00PM, 7/1 Friday Candor | Dusk, 7/1 Friday Dwyer Memorial Park (Little Lake/Cortland)| 2:00PM-10:00PM, 7/2 Saturday (rain date 7/3) Seneca Lake Events Center (Watkins Glen) | 9:30PM, 7/3 Sunday Taughannock Falls State Park (The Inn at Taughannock Falls) | 9:00PM, 7/3 Sunday

Books Virtual Nonfiction Book Club | 6 p.m., 6/30 Thursday | Virtual | June’s meeting will focus on the One Mighty and Irresistible Tide: The Epic Struggle Over American Immigration, 1924-

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Kids Ovid Storybook Walk | 12 p.m., 6/29 Wednesday | Edith B. Ford Memorial Library, 7169 Main St. | Heed the call of adventure this summer and explore the town of Ovid while reading a story! Preschool Story Time | 10:30 a.m., 6/30 Thursday | Cortland Free Library, 32 Church St | Stories, songs, and activities with a different theme each week. All ages are welcome but this program is designed for children ages 3-5 yrs. Registration is limited and is required each week. Tyke Tales Story Time | 11 a.m., 6/30 Thursday | Join us for Story Hour! Snacks, crafts, stories...we can’t wait to see you! Newfield Public Library Summer Reading Program Kickoff | 6 p.m., 6/30 Thursday | Newfield High School’s Vincent Aiosa Auditorium, 247 Main Street | Newfield Public Library Summer Reading Program Kickoff at Newfield High School’s Vincent Aiosa Auditorium, 247 Main

Street. Walking on Water Productions performs “Now. Here. This.” at 6:30! Join us for a fun theatre event, with hot dogs and snacks, and sign Up for Two Months of Fun! | Free Storytime with Jae | 10 a.m., 7/1 Friday | Edith B. Ford Memorial Library, 7169 Main St | At 10am every Friday in June and July, join Jae, the Edith B. Ford Memorial Library’s Storytime Facilitator, for several fun activities and a craft! Pay-What-You-Wish Weekends at Museum of the Earth | 10 a.m., 7/2 Saturday | Museum of the Earth, 1259 Trumansburg Road (Route 96) | We will be offering Pay-What-You-Wish admission at the Museum of the Earth on the first Saturday and Sunday of every month in 2022. Baby/Toddler Time | 10:30 a.m., 7/5 Tuesday | Cortland Free Library, 32 Church St | Rhymes, stories, and songs designed for children from birth to age 2 and their caregivers. Registration is limited and is required each week.

Notices Pearls of Wisdom Senior Group | 11 a.m., 6/29 Wednesday | Online,

Center Ithaca | Pearls of Wisdom Online Senior Support Group | Free Loaves & Fishes of Tompkins County -Indoor Meal Service | 12 p.m., 6/29 Wednesday | St. John’s Episcopal Church, 210 N. Cayuga St. | Free hot meals are served every weekday. Lunch: Monday, Wednesday, Friday from 12 noon -1:00 pm. Dinner: Tuesday, Thursday from 5:30-6:30 pm. Interested in volunteering? email info@loaves.org, or go to www.loaves. org. All are Welcome! | Free Trumansburg Farmers Market | 4 p.m., 6/29 Wednesday | Farmers Market, Hector St. | On the corner of Route 227 & 96 … In the heart of Trumansburg Indoor Cornhole at Cortland Beer Co. | 7 p.m., 6/29 Wednesday | Cortland Beer Co., 16 Court Street | Bring your finds, grab a pint, it’s indoor cornhole tournaments every Wednesday at Cortland Beer Co. Marijuana Anonymous Meeting | 7 p.m., 6/29 Wednesday | Ithaca Community Recovery (518 W. Seneca St), 518 West Seneca St | Marijuana Anonymous in-person meeting every Wednesday @ 7pm at Ithaca Community Recovery, 518 West Seneca St, 2nd floor in Room #2. Enter from

back door of building. For more info: maithacany@gmail.com | Free Weekly Nutrition Information Session: Foods to Cool You Down | 3 p.m., 6/30 Thursday | Virtual | A weekly virtual nutrition information session with staff from Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County. The sessions begin Learn more and register at https://www.tcpl.org/event/nutrition-workshop-series-holi | Free Candor Farmers Market | 3:30 p.m., 6/30 Thursday | Candor Town Hall Pavilion, 101 Owego Road | Local vendors with produce, crafts, cheese, meat, maple products, baked goods, food truck | Free Community Quilting Center Organizing Meeting | 5 p.m., 6/30 Thursday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 East Green Street | The Community Quilting Center is set to launch this Fall 2022, at the ReUSE MEGACENTER at Triphammer Marketplace. Email Create@CommunityQuiltingCenter. org, or call Brigid Hubberman at (607) 227-3360 with any questions or to find out more. | Free Chess Club | 6 p.m., 6/30 Thursday | Cortland Free Library, 32 Church St | An all ages chess club for beginners and experts. Meets every Thursday at 6 p.m. Beginners will get a lesson

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Taughannock Falls State Park, 1740 Taughannock Blvd., Trumansburg | A place so nice, we’ve picked it twice! The fireworks display will start at approximately 9PM. Taughannock Falls State Park is offering complimentary parking during the show, happily partnering with the community for this celebration. (Photo: Provided)

Taughannock Falls State Park, 1740 Taughannock Blvd., Trumansburg | The series is back for the first time since 2019! Concerts start at 7 p.m. and usually last about 2 hours. Fee at the gate, starting at 5:15 pm, is $5/vehicle. Empire passes are honored at the gate. Bring a blanket, some chairs, some provisions and a smile. (Photo: Provided)

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on the basics of chess and experts can meet and play. Red Cross Blood Drive | 1 p.m., 7/1 Friday | The Shops at Ithaca Mall, 40 Catherwood Rd. | Be kind and become a blood donor! Donate in July for chance to win a Shark Week merch package thanks to Discovery! Call 1-800-RED-CROSS or visit redcrossblood.org to make your appointment. Ovid Farmers Market | 3 p.m., 7/1 Friday | Three Bears Complex, Main St. | Every Friday from 3-7. Be sure to purchase fresh, local produce and other local products. Support your local farmers and producers and keep your hard-earned dollars in your local community. | Free Shursave Monthly Cruise-in | 5 p.m., 7/1 Friday | T-burg Shur Save, Route 96N | Join Car Pride for our monthly Cruise-in 2022. Held on the first Friday of each month (weather permitting), CAR PRIDE hosts a dish to pass and cruise-in near the back half of the Trumansburg Shursave parking lot. Ithaca Farmers Market at Steamboat Landing | 9 a.m., 7/2 Saturday | Visit the farmers market every Saturday, rain or shine, at the pavilion. Cayuga Trails Club Hike at Various trails in the Ithaca region. | 10 a.m., 7/2 Saturday | Various | Explore local trails on weekly Saturday hikes starting at 10:00am. Hike length varies from 2.5-4 miles. Click here to see the location of the hikes for each week. View on site | Email this event Brooktondale Farmers Market | 10 a.m., 7/2 Saturday | Brooktondale Community Center, 526 Valley Rd | The Brooktondale Farmers Market offers a relaxed combination of live music, food from the grill, and friendly vendors, every Saturday from 10 am to 1 pm. Sunday Morning Meditation | 10 a.m., 7/3 Sunday | Foundation of Light, 391 Turkey Hill Road | Sunday morning meditation, free and open to all. Tree “Buds”: Weekly Tree Phenology | 3 p.m., 7/4 Monday | Cayuga Nature Center, 1420 Taughannock Blvd | Be our tree “buds” and join our weekly citizen science walk to observe and collect data on seasonal changes in trees. | Free Social Knitting | 6 p.m., 7/4 Monday | Cortland Free Library, 32 Church St | Why work alone when you can work with others? Knitting, crocheting, sewing – bring whatever it is you are working on! Open to all skill levels (ages 12 and up).

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Bus Drivers Starting at $21.51/hr ICSD Transportation Services is conducting INTERVIEWS FOR BUS DRIVERS Walk in Thursdays 10-2: 150 Bostwick Rd By Appointment: Call 607 274-2128 Equal opportunity employer, offering competitive wages, great health and pension benefits, paid CDL training, rewarding community work with families and children Diversity Enriches Our Workplace

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Ithaca Times is seeking an experienced journalist with strong organizational, reporting and editing skills. You would oversee both the news and arts &entertainment sections of our community weekly. Duties include copy editing all content, layout coordination, some reporting, and feature and editorial writing. You need to develop stories, plan several weeks ahead, and set the course for the editorial direction of the newspaper. A staff reporter,and several freelancers report directly to you. You must have a strong sense of place to do this job; the Ithaca Times is about Ithaca, and Ithaca is fascinating. Respond with cover letter, writing samples, and resume to jbilinski@ ithacatimes.com and Larry@ithacatimes.com

TEACHER TRAINER – SCHOOL COUNSELOR K-12 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OCM BOCES is looking forTEACHERS a dynamic, experiSUMMER SCHOOL SUMMER SCHOOL TEACHERS AND OCM BOCES has an anticipated need for a Fulltime (10 months + 20 days) Teacher Trainer – Professional Development to support ELA and Social Studies instruction. This position will be located at the OCM BOCES Main Campus, 110 Elwood DavisRoad, Liverpool, NY. Assist component districts to implement ELA Next Generation Learning Standards and the Social Studies Framework and assessments. Implement data driven instruction to improve practice. Provide classroom coaching and support for ELA and Social Studies in classrooms. Support the implementation of the Seal of Civic Readiness and the CRS-E Framework. Represent OCM BOCES statewide at meetings in ELA and Social Studies. Facilitate regional professional learning. Other duties as assigned. Minimum of 5 years teaching experience. Childhood Education (1-6), ELA (7-12), or Social Studies (7-12) certification required. Applications will only be accepted on-line. Register and apply at: www.olasjobs.org/ central. For more information, visit our website at: www.ocmboces.org EOE

enced counselor to support students in the K-12 Virtual Learning Academy at OCM BOCES. This position is primarily remote, but the successful candidate will be expected to work at our main campus location approximately 2-4 days per month. The ideal candidate is positive, professional, flexible, and dedicated to helping all students achieve success in a virtual environment. Candidates must have strong instructional technology skills, be well versed in virtual learning, or have an aptitude for virtual learning and be a quick learner. Experience with the Schooltool platform is required and knowledge with master scheduling is strongly preferred. Candidates should possess excellent communication skills, be focused on supporting students both academically and socially, as well as be able to meet the needs of a variety of stakeholders in order to serve the many districts who will be a part of the Virtual Learning Academy. Applications accepted online only. Register and apply at: www.olasjobs.org/central. For more information, visit our website at: www.ocmboces.org EOE

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SCHOOL COUNSELOR K-12. OCM BOCES is looking for a dynamic, experienced counselor to support students in the K-12 Virtual Learning Academy at OCM BOCES. This position is primarily remote, but the successful candidate will be expected to work at our main campus location approximately 2-4 days per month. The ideal candidate is positive, professional, flexible, and dedicated to helping all students achieve success in a virtual environment. Candidates must have strong instructional technology skills, be well versed in virtual learning, or have an aptitude for virtual learning and be a quick learner. Experience with the Schooltool platform is required and knowledge with master scheduling is strongly preferred. Candidates should possess excellent communication skills, be focused on supporting students both academically and socially, as well as be able to meet the needs of a variety of stakeholders in order to serve the many districts who will be a part of the Virtual Learning Academy. Applications accepted online only. Register and apply at: www.olasjobs.org/ central. For more information, visit our website at: www.ocmboces.org EOE

TEACHER TRAINER – PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OCM BOCES has an anticipated need for a Full-time (10 months + 20 days) Teacher Trainer – Professional Development to support ELA and Social Studies instruction. This position will be located at the OCM BOCES Main Campus, 110 Elwood Davis Road, Liverpool, NY. Assist component districts to implement ELA Next Generation Learning Standards and the Social Studies Framework and assessments. Implement data driven instruction to improve practice. Provide classroom coaching and support for ELA and Social Studies in classrooms. Support the implementation of the Seal of Civic Readiness and the CRS-E Framework. Represent OCM BOCES statewide at meetings in ELA and Social Studies. Facilitate regional professional learning. Other duties as assigned. Minimum of 5 years teaching experience. Childhood Education (1-6), ELA (7-12), or Social Studies (7-12) certification required. Applications will only be accepted on-line. Register and apply at: www.olasjobs.org/central. For more information, visit our website at: www.ocmboces.org EOE

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OCM BOCES Career & Technical Education Department has the need for a School Counselor located at the Thompson Road Campus. Provide ongoing career planning for students in grades 9-12. Maintain open communication with home school district counselors and Special Education staff; oversee enrollments and academic progress; schedule student visitations and tours; provide academic and personal counseling; and assist in facilitating job shadowing and keeping track of work-based hours. New York State School Counselor certification required. Applications accepted online only. Register and apply at: www.olasjobs.org/ central. For more information, visit our website at: www.ocmboces.org EOE

Sustainability Specialists – Multiple Positions (Ithaca, NY). Job Duties: Assist in preparing energy feasibility studies for new construction and retrofits. Create & review energy simulation models, selected activities of design, planning & assessment of sustainable buildings, incl bldgs seeking 3d party certification. Telecommuting permitted, optional remote work-from-home benefit avail (not reqd by employer). Reqirements: Bach Deg or equiv in Building Eng, Built Environment, Architecture, or related. LEED or similar cert such as PHIUS CPHC. Min 2 yrs exp combining energy efficient bldg design with energy modeling. To apply send resume: Jan Schwartzberg, Information Mgr, by mail to 110 S Albany St, Ithaca, NY 14850

The Ithaca Times is seeking a parttime photographer to work on a per assignment basis. Please send letter of interest, and indicate photography experience to: jbilinski@ithacatimes. com

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