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New York State Special Olympics Coming to Ithaca

By Matt Dougherty

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e New York State Special Olympics have provided athletes with special needs with opportunities to compete in the sports they love most since its inception in 1968. Over the years, the games have served more than 51,000 athletes and grew to become the largest program of its kind in the country.

e event will be kicked o on June 8 with the Ithaca Night of Champions at the large pavilion in Stewart Park from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. where guests can enjoy an interactive Uni ed Bocce exhibition, ra es and entertainment.

e games will take place from June 9-10 at Ithaca College and Ithaca High School, where hundreds of athletes from across the Empire State will arrive to compete for the gold in eight sporting events.

e competitions include athletics (track & eld), basketball, bowling, gymnastics, powerli ing, swimming, tennis, and volleyball. Ithaca College will host basketball, swimming, gymnastics, powerli ing and tennis while track and eld events will be held at Ithaca High School. Competition for bowling will take place at Midway Lanes in Vestal, NY.

X SewGreen For Sale

The SewGreen store is for sale. There are a few di erent ways this could go: a turn-key purchase for the whole enchilada; consolidation with a like-minded business; a purchase of contents alone; a return to not-for-pro t status. If you would like to see it continue its mission of reuse, sewing education, jobs for teens, or whatever fresh path and ideas you bring to it, please contact Wendy Skinner ithacasews@gmail.com 607319-4106.

or the second year in a row the New York State Special Olympics are making their way to Ithaca under the banner of the State Summer Games. is year marks year two in a three year partnership with the games that will see the Special Olympics return to Ithaca again in 2024.The Special Olympics will be holding competitions at Ithaca College and Ithaca High School starting on June 9. (Photo: Ithaca College)

e Vice President of External Relations for Special Olympics New York, Casey Vattimo, has said that the Special Olympics represent a life-changing event for participating athletes. “ ese are folks who’ve otherwise never had an opportunity to play a sport; to put on that uniform, they may have never had that opportunity,” Vattimo said.

e 2023 State Summer Games are the largest statewide competition of the year for athletes with special needs, and the team behind the games have been working tirelessly to ensure that there are enough volunteers for the games to run smoothly.

T AKE N OTE

X Phone Bank to Save Ithaca Car-Share

While NYS bill A.5718/S.5959 is making its way through the senate, it's stalled in the assembly. If this bill doesn't pass, Ithaca Carshare will be forced to close due to lack of auto insurance options. We need this bill to pass in order for us to stay open.

The phone relay is to call Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie (518-455-3791), who is holding up the bill. We're urging him to put bill A.5718 to the oor for a vote.

According to Vattimo, “ is is what (the athletes) are looking forward to...we just have to make sure the community is ready for them.” Last year’s games held at Ithaca College were made possible with help from roughly 800 volunteers. With the addition of Ithaca High School as a venue for this year’s games, more students have been encouraged to sign on to volunteer.

Volunteers are needed for set up, competition, Opening and Closing Ceremonies, breakdown, and venue support. If you or someone you know is interested in volunteering, you can email volunteers@ nyso.org for additional registration information.

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X Press Bay Pride Parade & Vendor Fair

Downtown Ithaca’s Pride Celebration kicks o in Press Bay starting Friday June 9 with a Pride Parade. On Saturday, Press Bay Alley hosts a vendor fair, while Press Bay Court will have performances, story hour, music, free rainbow crafts at SewGreen, and more. Don’t miss special treats from our companion stores, including The Gallery’s incredible donuts, beautiful baked goods from Rashida Sawyer Bakery, and smoothies from Empire Raw.

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Environmental Activists Rally Against Artificial Turf

By Vee Cipperman

Local activists gathered on June 1, braving the 90 degree heat to protest the upcoming installation of arti cial turf at Ithaca College’s Buttereld Stadium. e rally, organized by Zero Waste Ithaca, followed several months of discontent from IC students and Ithaca locals.

A er IC’s initial announcement, e Ithacan reported on the adverse impacts of arti cial turf, raising concerns about environmental risks and athlete wellbeing. In collaboration with Zero Waste Ithaca, IC students Abby Aitken ’23 and Adriana Sulca ’24 wrote an online petition to stop the installation which has garnered over 900 signatures. Among them are Judith Enck, president of national nonpro t Beyond Plastics, and Sandra Rivera, a program manager at the Environmental Protection Agency.

ursday’s protestors gathered on a street corner in front of Ithaca College. Many wore green Zero Waste Ithaca shirts, designed by an active member. ey carried reclaimed material signs with phrases including “No Fake Grass” and “Protect Athletes: Say No to Toxic Turf.”

Yayoi Koizumi, who founded Zero Waste Ithaca in 2018, gave a speech on the potential dangers of arti cial turf to ecosystems and athletes. She called for others to sign the petition and join the movement against plastics.

“Together, we have the power to make a di erence,” Koizumi said. “Our presence here today should send a strong message that we refuse to accept the risk associated with arti cial turf for students and our community.”

Zero Waste Ithaca planned the event as a rapid rally in several days. According to Koizumi, it was the organization’s rst protest. Since the turf eld’s announcement in November, they had sent several letters to the IC administration, which did not provide a substantial response. When

e Ithaca Voice reported that the Town of Ithaca Planning Board had approved

the eld’s construction, Zero Waste Ithaca jumped into action. ey painted signs, wrote a press release, and spread the word to community members.

e rally took place a er most IC students had le for the summer. A dozen locals and Zero Waste Ithaca members showed up, and Koizumi expressed satisfaction with the turnout.

“ at’s a pretty good number for something that was put together in a few days,” she said in an interview.

As the petition signatures would suggest, the issue of arti cial turf has garnered local and national attention.

In 2022, the city of Boston banned the installation of new arti cial turf in parks.

An upcoming bill in the New York State Senate would place a moratorium on the installation until the state could conduct a comprehensive environmental and public health assessment of synthetic turf.

e petition lists several points against arti cial turf elds. According to research cited in the letter, they shed microplastics, including per uoroalkyl and poly uoroalkyl substances (PFAs), which do not break down in nature. Recent research has also linked synthetic turf to rare forms of cancer in athletes. Arti cial elds may cause higher

rates of game-related injury than grass elds, leading J.C. Tretter, president of National Football League Players Association J.C. Tretter, to condemn its usage in the NFL.

As Environmental Science majors, Aitken and Sulca participated in a land stewardship program through Syracuse University. is led them to collaborate with Zero Waste Ithaca and ultimately to write the petition. Sulca said it brought the issue of turf elds to Ithaca’s student community.

“I still don’t think that most Ithaca College students care about it as much as they should,” Sulca said. “Ithaca College is promoted as an environmentally friendly school.”

IC administration did not provide any comment on the rally or the petition.

Zero Waste Ithaca member Cheryl Botts expressed the organization’s focus on reducing plastic production, whether in sports or other industries. She noted that the rally and petition complement Zero Waste Ithaca’s other initiatives. eir agship project, BYO — Ithaca Reduces, encourages Ithaca businesses to invite customers with reusable containers and limit single-use plastics.

“ e problem is the plastic itself,” Botts said. “It’s being overproduced. Most of the plastic, 95%, is not being recycled, even though you think it is. And the incineration problem is vast.”

Koizumi recognized that IC will go ahead with eld construction, which is already underway. Nevertheless, Zero Waste Ithaca plans to raise its voice and stop future turf installation projects in the region.

“Great, my daughter had a successful art exhibit; Hannah Law, at the Ink Shop.”

– Adam L.

“Really fun, well attended and not overcrowded. Coincided with First Night.”

– Elysia N.

“Great music loved seeing Maddy Walsh and the Blindspots. Great Wardrobe too!”

– Barbara V.

“Didn’t make it, had to work”!

– Paulus D.

“Had other plans, but wass at the original Festival circa 1982.”

– Barb D.

“Our presence here today should send a strong message that we refuse to accept the risk associated with artificial turf for students and our community.”

— Yayoi Koizumi, who founded Zero Waste Ithaca in 2018

Activists with the local group Zero Waste Ithaca organized a protest at Ithaca College against the universities plan to replace the grass field in Butterfield Stadium with artificial turf. (Photo: Vee Cipperman)

Downtown Ithaca Alliance Announces New CEO & Grant Program

By Matt Dougherty

It has been a busy week at the Downtown Ithaca Alliance as the organization has announced a new Chief Executive O cer along with the launch of a new grant program aimed at helping businesses recover from the pandemic.

New Leadership

e Downtown Ithaca Alliance announced who their next leader will be as Nan Rohrer, a Baltimore-based consultant with years of experience working with organizations focused on downtown revitalization, has been welcomed to the DIA as the group’s new Chief Executive O cer.

Rohrer will o cially start work by early July, taking the place of longtime leader Gary Ferguson, who announced in February that he would be retiring at the end of June.

e announcement came on June 5 and was the result of an extensive nationwide search conducted by the Pittsburgh-based executive search rm HRS. e search process was led by former DIA Board Chair Ashley Cake and a group of six volunteer search committee members.

Following the announcement, the Chair of the DIA’s Board of Directors John Guttridge said, “Nan has experience carrying out the core focus of a business improvement district in diverse neighborhoods. She has built bridges between multicultural communities while carrying out economic development in a way that hears, respects, and preserves the interests of long-standing communities of color rather than displacing them through gentri cation. She has navigated the complex web of di erent interests such that everyone was heard and welcomed in the community while still building economic vitality and carrying out the clean, safe, and green function that any BID must.”

Rhorer will be taking her leadership role at the DIA during a time when the organization is working on attracting new businesses to ll thousands of square feet of empty o ce and retail space in Ithaca’s downtown.

A er accepting the position Rohrer said, “Downtown Ithaca is well known nationally as a unique community gathering place lled with local dining and retail, cultural experiences, concerts, festivals, and much more that make it the center of the city and region. I am excited to bring my expertise to Ithaca and build upon the great success of the DIA and Downtown already

UPS DOWNS& Ups

Tompkins County Public Library is pleased to host a Pride Storytime and Dance Party on Saturday, June 10 from 11:00 am to noon in BorgWarner West. Families and kids of all ages are invited to a Pride Month celebration with fun LGBTQIA+ stories and songs, a pride fairy ower crown craft, and a dance party with DJ Woodrow.

Downs

The weather is warm but the ticks are back out to bite! Remember to check for ticks so you don’t catch Lyme Disease or other tick borne illnesses.

HEARD SEEN& Heard

achieved under Gary’s years of extraordinary vision and leadership. Together with the dedicated sta , board, partners, and community, we will further Downtown Ithaca’s vitality and enjoyment for those who live, work, study, and visit here.”

roughout Fergusons 24 year tenure with the DIA, downtown Ithaca grew to welcome three new hotels, a renovation of the Commons, and the construction of more than 1,000 units of housing. Rohrer will be working to build on the growth that downtown Ithaca has experienced under the leadership of Ferguson.

During her years in Baltimore, Rhorer served as the President of the Midtown Community Bene ts District — similar to a BID in New York State — where she headed a sta of 30 and presided over the interests and needs of four di erent neighborhoods. She also served 11 years as the Vice President for Economic Development & Planning with the Downtown Partnership of Baltimore.

At the DPB, Rohrer worked on large and small projects that touched all sectors of the downtown community. She worked on the Downtown Strategic Plan, the Downtown Retail Plan, and a Downtown Open Space Plan. In recent years, she has served as a consultant specializing in long-term planning and project management and assessment.

Grant Program

e grant program has been named ‘ e Downtown Ithaca COVID Recovery Small Business Grant Program’ and is aimed at helping downtown businesses recover from the pandemic. It will make 10 grants of up to $8,000 each available to businesses that meet the program’s criteria.

e grants can be used for both capital improvements and marketing costs. Among the eligible uses are leasehold improvements, signage, equipment, furniture and xtures, advertising, and e-commerce.

e program was created utilizing funding provided by the Tompkins County Recovery Fund. is fund allocated federal ARPA funds to a variety of community projects, including the Downtown grant program.

To qualify for one of the grants, businesses will need to demonstrate how they were impacted during the pandemic and how they are positioned to recover, grow, and move forward in this post-pandemic marketplace. Women and minority businesses will receive priority scoring for this program. Businesses also must have been in operation before March 2020.

e deadline for application is June 15, 2023. Interested businesses are encouraged to apply and call the DIA o ce at 607-2778679 if they have questions or need further information. Application materials can be found at: https://www.downtownithaca. com/dicrsbg/

DIA Executive Director Gary Ferguson has said that the grant program was created to address several major community and business challenges. According to Ferguson, “It helps to alleviate continuing COVID-19 impacts; it supports small local businesses; it prioritizes diversity, equity, and inclusion in the business community; it helps build business resiliency and sustainability; and it aligns with the County’s Comprehensive Plan.”

Ferguson continued saying, “We are grateful to Tompkins County for providing this funding and look forward to strengthening the ten grant recipients.”

On June 9th at 7 pm, the City of Ithaca Democratic and Local Ward Committees will sponsor a Zoom Forum for voters in the New Third Ward. The event will be hosted by Fred Balfour and see Common Council Candidates Dr. Nathan Sitaraman and David Shapiro answer questions.

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The Traditional Center for Indigenous Knowledge and Healing located in Press Bay Alley celebrated the opening of their new space on Friday June 2.

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QUESTION OF THE WEEK

Do you think that Ithaca should enforce a camping ban in certain areas of the City?

You voted: No. It would criminalize homelessness.

11.2% Yes. Enforcing camping bans protects public safety.

87.5% No. It would criminalize homelessness.

1.3% I don’’t care.

Do you think Ithaca College should install a turf field at Butterfield Stadium?

Visit ithaca.com to submit your response.

Baltimore-based consultant Nan Rohrer will be the next CEO of the Downtown Ithaca Alliance (Photo: Provided)

Longtime Executive Director at the Downtown Ithaca Alliance, Gary Ferguson, will be retiring at the end of June. (Photo: DIA)

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Concerns about Housing and Parking Costs for Cornell Students

As a parent of a Cornell student, I am genuinely disturbed and worried about the high housing and parking expenses imposed on Cornell students. Property owners in Ithaca seem to believe that all Cornell students are wealthy or millionaires, but that is not the sole issue at hand. e major problem lies in the deplorable conditions of these residences – they are old, inadequately maintained, unclean, and lack essential amenities that justify the exorbitant prices they charge.

I strongly believe that the city of Ithaca should address this issue and ensure better living conditions for students. Additionally, the university should have tighter control over the accommodations provided to its students. Creating a conducive environment for rest and study not only enhances the learning experience but also reduces stress levels.

It is disheartening to witness the struggle faced by students who are burdened with astronomical housing costs while dealing with substandard living conditions. As a concerned parent, I implore both the city and the university to take proactive measures in rectifying this situation. A ordable and well-maintained housing options will not only bene t the students but also contribute to the overall academic success and well-being of the Cornell community. —

By Jose Miguel Garcia Loos

Parking Lots

Awhile ago “parking lots” was a hot topic in Ithaca. People complaining about tearing down houses for parking lots. But now I see that the parking ramps on Green Street are being torn down and apartment buildings are being put in their spot. If parking downtown is an issue why are we putting apartment buildings where parking used to be. I see we are more concerned about places to live (which we have too many) instead of the parking so the customers can shop downtown. Maybe if we get more parking spots, parking lots, parking garages, we’ll have more customers for downtown businesses. Ithaca is putting up a lot of apartment buildings that look like more people than parking spots. — By Beau-

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Downtown: 25 Years from Today

By Gary Ferguson

As I start packing my desk and writing memos to help with a smooth transition to our next leader, I wanted to play the role of urban futurist... thinking about the possibilities for our downtown 25 years from now. What do I envision in Downtown Ithaca a quarter century from now?

Twenty- ve years is a long time. During this period, we are likely to experience at least one fundamental change to our daily lives that will impact what we do and how we live. For example, in the last 25 years that fundamental change was the growth of the internet and the explosion of both online data and options for instantaneous communications. What will be the next fundamental change to our lives? Absent that information, future prognostications are incomplete.

Let’s start with transportation and its impact on Downtown. We know that connecting Downtown to the other key community centers is an essential task for our future. How we move people about the City 25 years from now — that will be the question. Today, we are on the cusp of launching an on-demand service for a speci c part of the community — the West Hill, West End and Flats/Downtown areas. On-demand is currently forecasted to be a growing trend in public transportation. Bike share has been re-introduced to the community, this time with electric bikes able to climb hills. If Carshare can solve its insurance procurement dilemma, we are looking at a eet of electric Carshare vehicles.

But all of this is now. How are we likely to move about our community in 25 years from now? Over the years Ithacans have waxed poetically about various exotic ways to move people: trolleys, pod cars, trams, chairli s... all have been mused over. My vision for 25 years from now- autonomous shuttles that routinely connect Downtown with Southworks, the Waterfront, Cornell and Ithaca College. Such a system would eliminate the current driver shortage and provide the needed frequency to make the shuttles attractive to users.

inking about parking infrastructure,

I envision a Downtown where parking will still be with us 25 years from now. at may not be progressive or futuristic, but it may re ect the reality of our community. Today, there are three trends that relate to this topic.

First, Ithaca has one of the highest percentages of people walking to work in the country—over 40%. Hopefully, that will not change. People will continue to nd jobs at Cornell and Downtown, and if you are fortunate enough to live in the City, walking will continue to make sense. But not everyone wants to or can a ord to live in the City. e second trend is that, today, over 15,000 people commute into the City for work each day from outside of Tompkins County. I do not see that changing. In fact, those numbers may increase. ird, hospitality, entertainment, retail, and food and beverage jobs are so important and plentiful to our community and are increasingly being lled by people who have no nancial choice but to live outside of the City. For in-commuters and people who must work in the City, but live outside the City and County limits, parking will remain a necessity. Even folks with autonomous vehicles will need a place for them to wait and park. Our visitors and tourists typically drive as well. Maybe in major cities parking needs will recede; in Ithaca I struggle to see that occurring soon. Hence, I foresee a garage in the West State Street corridor as well as in the West End/Waterfront area.

In 25 years, I envision a growing trail system around our community that will nally include Downtown. ere has been discussion for over a decade on the need for trails along Six Mile Creek. Heading up into the gorge, such trails could link up with the South Hill Rec Way and provide a way for folks living near the waterway to easily access Downtown. Heading down river, trails can connect Downtown with the Route 13 corridor and the Black Diamond Trail. Such a comprehensive trails system could make Ithaca an even more attractive visitor destination. e trail can also serve as recreation for residents and ways to commute into and out of Downtown for walkers and bikers.

Angela Davis in Auburn

By Stephen Burke

Apublic service announcement currently airing on public radio in central New York publicizes an event featuring Angela Davis, the scholar and political activist, in commemoration of the Juneteenth holiday.

A partisan Ithacan might anticipate the event would be here. Ithaca has a prominent Black community in its downtown Southside neighborhood, anchored by the St. James A.M.E. Zion Church on Cleveland Avenue, established almost 200 years ago, the oldest existing church building in Ithaca, a signi cant stop on the Underground Railroad in the nineteenth century for Blacks escaping enslavement.

Cornell University in Ithaca has the Africana Center, a leading study and research center in Black history and culture.

In fact, Ms. Davis has spoken multiple times in Ithaca in college settings, at both Cornell and Ithaca College. But her appearance this June will be 40 miles north, in Auburn.

It is a tting location. Auburn has a deep connection with Black history as the chosen home of Harriet Tubman, the legendary abolitionist and social activist who, having escaped slavery in Maryland at age 27 in 1849, returned south multiple times, facing recapture and death, to lead scores of enslaved people north to freedom.

In 1859 Tubman purchased a home in Auburn from WIlliam Seward, then U.S. senator from New York. Seward was a committed abolitionist who in his own home, near Tubman’s, harbored fugitives from slavery — a felony — despite his position and presidential aspirations. (In 1860 Seward was the leading candidate for the Republican presidential nomination; he lost in a major upset to Abraham Lincoln.) Tubman lived in Auburn until her death in 1913.

As Tubman was enslaved for her race, and faced imprisonment and death for her work of liberation a er her escape, Angela Davis was a target for the power structure of her time for her political beliefs and work as a Black woman.

In 1969, to much publicity, Davis was red from her teaching position at UCLA for her political a liations. Subject to death threats, she purchased guns that she said were used by a number of people for her security.

In August, 1970 a California courthouse was seized and hostages taken by men Davis knew with guns she owned, and deaths occurred in a shootout.

Davis said she had no involvement in nor any prior knowledge of the event. But when a judge ordered her arrest she went into hiding. FBI director J. Edgar Hoover placed her on the agency’s Ten Most Wanted list. She ed California and, in a modernday Underground Railroad escape, changed her appearance, hid in friends’ homes, and traveled by night cross-country to New York, where she had previously lived.

Within two months she was arrested in a Howard Johnson’s in New York City. She was unarmed and o ered no resistance. President Richard Nixon congratulated the FBI on its “capture of the dangerous terrorist Angela Davis.”

Davis was incarcerated for a year and a half pre-trial. At trial she was found innocent of all charges in just 18 hours of deliberation.

Davis says that imprisonment focused her attention on issues of mass incarceration. In her 2003 book “Are Prisons Obsolete?” Davis notes that prison populations increased an astounding ten-fold since the time of her incarceration, and while no prisons were built in California in the 1970s, in the 1980s their number doubled. She speaks of the “racial disproportion” of prison populations and the “criminalization of communities” of people of color and the poor.

Davis adopts the nomenclature of Tubman’s era in speaking of the need for “abolition” of a system she calls a “prison industrial complex” that doesn’t work to stem crime or provide public safety, but acts to “lock away in cages” millions of prisoners, “sources of pro t who consume and produce all kinds of commodities, devouring public funds which might otherwise be available for social programs such as education, housing, childcare, recreation, and drug programs” which might actually reduce crime.

Davis emphasizes that there is “no one single alternative” to prisons, instead this “array of alternatives.” She says her work is to “create new contexts and propose new vocabularies that would encourage broader numbers of people to be more receptive to abolitionist ideas.”

GUEST OPINION

Re-Imagining Community Services

By David Shapiro

My name is David Shapiro, and I am running for the Ithaca City Common Council as a Democratic Candidate in Ward 3.

On April 24th, 2023, the City of Ithaca unanimously passed a report and recommendations on re-imagining public safety (seen here). Among the ve recommendations included one to “develop a public safety co-response team that will co-respond with law enforcements as appropriate and connect individuals and families with appropriate services; and work with the City’s law Enforcements assisted Diversion (LEAD) team.”

e report provides a bulleted list of responsibilities that a newly established team of peer support specialists will have in response to emergency responses with the police force to non-violent calls for assistance; o en calls that relate to behavioral health, domestic violence, substance abuse, or other related community crises.

An alternative model I would like us to pursue, that does NOT include newly funded city positions, reallocated local tax expenses, or new allocations of funds to social service providers, but DOES provide a much-needed mental health emergency response (or co-response) team, is the creation of community based, mobile crisis team within the Tompkins County Whole Health Department.

Prior to working for Second Wind Cottages, I was the Executive Director at Family Services of Chemung County – one of the largest mental health clinics in NYS. In Chemung County, all mental health services are sub-contracted to this local non-pro t, including their countywide 24/7 mobile crisis team. is team has been operational for many years, and they already collaborate and coordinate within the County and Elmira City’s emergency response system. e mobile crisis team is sta ed by social workers and peers, who work collaboratively with the Elmira Police Department, the 911 dispatch team, and the community at large. e team provides a 24/7, community–based, trauma-informed, culturally competent response to non-violent behavioral health emergency calls.

In Chemung County, especially with some of the frequent callers of 911 who are reporting mental health emergen-

cies, dispatchers may choose to contact the crisis team directly instead of the police force. In these instances, the calls are deemed to be not criminal or violent, but rather mental health or behavioral in nature, and the team provides a therapeutic emergency response. In other instances, the community has learned not to contact 911 and contacts the crisis team directly thus reducing the frequency of 911 calls.

When more traumatic community emergencies occur, or as the police department deems helpful, the crisis team arrives in conjunction with the police force, to provide an emotional, therapeutic, culturally competent response to people that have experienced trauma, violent/abusive crimes, or generally to provide emotionally supportive assistance. Lastly, the crisis team is authorized to issue a mental health arrest, which isn’t a great solution, but it mandates the police bring the individual to a psychiatric ward, versus a cot in a jail cell.

What the re-imagining report sets out to do in their second recommendation can be accomplished with this mobile crisis team and WITHOUT adding new expenses to our city budget funded by local tax dollars. In NYS, clinics licensed by the O ce of Mental Health can provide mobile crisis services that are insurance reimbursable through Medicaid and other payors. e Tompkins County Whole Health Department expand this service delivery today, without adding additional tax expenses. e Department already has the foundation of a crisis team. Together with other valuable community providers like Family and Childrens Service, Suicide Prevention, REACH, the Alcohol and Drug Council and the Mental Health Association (to name a few) a high quality, collaborative 24/7 mobile crisis outreach team is not only feasible but achievable.

Recent loosening of NYS OMH regulatory restrictions now even allows for crisis response teams to employ peers. “Peers” are folks that are in recovery from various mental health or substance abuse diagnosis. Certi ed peers can provide insurance reimbursable services to people that are experiencing a mental health crisis or who need other forms of assessment or

League of Women’s Voters to Hold Candidate Forum at GIAC on June 8

By Matt Dougherty

This is an important election season for everyone living in the City of Ithaca as every seat on the Common Council and the o ce of the Mayor are up for grabs for the rst time in ten years on November 7.

To provide voters with more information about the candidates ahead of the June 27 primary, the League of Women Voters of Tompkins County has announced they will be holding a Candidates’ Forum for every candidate who is participating in one of the ve contested Ward Primaries for City of Ithaca Common Council on June 8 at 7:00 p.m. at the Greater Ithaca Activities Center (GIAC). e last date to register to vote in these primary elections or change your party is June 17.

In addition to the League of Women’s Voters, the event is being co-sponsored by Your Voice - Your Vote: e Tompkins Civic Engagement Coalition. With their support, organizers of the forum hope to reach out to and involve groups of people who do not normally vote, or who believe their vote and therefore their voice is of no consequence.

All candidates will give their opening Statements in the Gym and this portion of the evening will be Live Streamed on YouTube. Full details will be posted at https:// lwvtompkins.org/.

Questions to candidates can be submitted both now and during the event at lwvtompkins.info@gmail.com. A er making

their opening statements, candidates for the First, Second, and ird Wards, along with their audiences, will move to di erent rooms in GIAC for a question and answer period followed by nal statements. Fi h Ward candidates and their audience will stay in the Gym. Video recordings are planned for this portion of the Forum and will be posted at https://lwvtompkins.org/.

e rare opportunity to reshape local government in its entirety has seen progressive forces band together to move the City of Ithaca, which has been a longtime liberal democratic stronghold, further to the le .

New York State’s progressive third party, the Working Families Party, has endorsed nine candidates in contested primary races for a spot on the Common Council. ey have also endorsed Robert Cantelmo in his uncontested run for Mayor. e party usually cross-endorses the Democratic candidate to provide whoever wins the primary with an additional line on the November ballot but has also been known to support progressive challengers to more liberal democrats. e third-party has grown in in uence over the years and in 2022 received support from over 13% of voters in Tompkins County, which was the highest percentage of any county in the state.

Additionally, ve of the nine Working Families Party candidates have received endorsements from the Ithaca Solidarity Slate, which is supported by local activist groups

such as the Ithaca Tenants Union and the Democratic Socialists of America. In 2021, the Solidarity Slate managed to get Fourth Ward representative Jorge DeFendini and Second Ward representative Phoebe Brown elected to the Common Council. Both are running for reelection this year, with Brown vying for the two-year term in Ithaca’s First Ward as a result of redistricting.

e two incumbent slate candidates are hoping to welcome three additional slate candidates — Kayla Matos, West Fox, and Dr. Nathan Sitaraman — to the Common Council if they’re able to win upcoming primary elections that are taking place on June 27.

In a city that has taken pride in professing le wing values, the primary races will be a de ning moment that will see Ithaca’s residents decide whether or not they want to see the city move further to the le .

e primary races have seen issues raised regarding renter protections, improving public transportation, taxing Cornell University — which occupies roughly 60% of tax-exempt city property — and cost of living concerns due to skyrocketing housing prices which have made Ithaca the most expensive small city in the country to rent a one-bedroom apartment, according to a recent survey by Dewllsy.

A one-bedroom apartment in Harold’s Square on the Commons has prices ranging from $2,155 to $3,240 per month. e Ithacan has one-bedroom apartments ranging from $2,898 to $3,200 per month. And the City Centre complex has one-bedroom apartments ranging from $2,895 to a whopping $5,735 per month. In Harold’s Square, e Ithacan, and City Centre, even the lowest-priced studio apartment would cost

$1,590, $2,285, and $2,608 per month respectively.

In a city where the renter population is double the national average at 74% with the average individual earning about $41,786 per year, the housing prices mentioned above are a slap in the face to renters. High housing costs have le 56% of renters cost-burdened, meaning that they’re paying more than 30% of their income on housing, and 41% of renters are severely cost-burdened paying more than 50% of their income on housing. Increasing housing costs have also resulted in a growing population of unhoused individuals, which has prompted local o cials to debate whether or not they should enforce a camping ban in certain areas of the city. As a result, housing issues are sure to be a major factor when it comes down to who voters will choose to support.

In response to these housing issues, Solidarity Slate candidates have advocated for policies such as the Home Together Tompkins Plan, the Emergency Tenant Protection Act, and Good Cause Eviction. e latter of which has been held up by the New York State Supreme Court a er it ruled that local Good Cause Eviction laws are preempted by state law, meaning that they can only be passed at the state level.

Almost every candidate has made negotiating a higher contribution from Cornell as part of the universities’ Payment in Lieu

Longtime Common Council member Cynthia Brock is facing a primary challenge from Southside Community Center Deputy Director Kayla Matos. The winner of the primary will be on the November ballot for election to the four-year term to represent the First Ward.

Margaret Fabrizio and Michelle Song are running to represent the four-year term for the Fifth Ward on Common Council while Jason Houghton and Clyde Lederman are running to represent the Fifth Ward’s two-year term.

of Taxes (PILOT) a major part of their platforms. e Solidarity Slate website lists “Tax the Rich — And Cornell” as one of their major priorities. ey say that funds from Cornell should be used to lower the tax burden on renters and homeowners and make public transportation through TCAT free.

Before announcing her run for local o ce, Fabrizio wrote an article in the Ithaca Times explaining that“if all property were taxable in Ithaca, the city tax rate would drop more than 50% and the Ithaca City School District tax rate would decrease 45%.” and that “If all Cornell property was taxable at the same rate as all homeowners pay, Cornell would owe the city $33 million, the county $15 million, and the school district $46 million.”

e power to remove Cornell’s tax-exempt status lies with the state government and is out of local control, but the local government does have the authority to negotiate an increased PILOT from the university. Under Cornell’s current PILOT agreement, they contribute just $1,575,204 to the city, but Fabrizio has said that the city should ask for a minimum contribution of $8.25 million.

An overview of each race and the priorities of the candidates can be found below.

THE FIRST WARD

Ithaca’s First Ward will see a primary race for the 4-year term between Southside Community Center Deputy Director Kayla Matos and longtime Common Council member Cynthia Brock. Matos has received endorsements from the Working Families Party and the Solidarity Slate. During a Solidarity Slate rally in April, Matos said she decided to run to bring “real change and real representation” to the city. She continued by saying that she is a “progressive democratic socialist that wants resources fairly distributed.”

Matos has told the Ithaca Times that the most important issue the city currently faces is a lack of a ordable housing. Her top three priorities if elected would be to create a more a ordable housing market, increase support

for community organizations, and assure that the city continues to “see out the process around reimagining public safety.”

If elected, Matos says that she would work to incentivize more a ordable housing by looking at adjusting tax abatements currently in place in the city. Additionally, Matos said that she is interested in increasing the amount that developers have to pay if they do not include a ordable housing units within their developments.

In response to questions regarding Cornell University’s contributions to the city, Matos said, “Cornell University has to contribute more to the city. Cornell is one of the city’s biggest stakeholders, and with owning about 60% of Tompkins I do believe that the university could do more to support the city that their students and faculty are a part of.”

When asked how she plans on balancing accomplishing the goals of reimagining public safety with addressing what some residents perceive as an increase in crime, Matos explained that she views crime as a direct result of a lack of resources. According to Matos, “addressing such things as an increase in a ordable housing, creating more access to mental health services, and providing our community with more food programs so that we are not food insecure are steps in the right direction that leads to a decrease in crime.”

Despite not receiving endorsements from the progressive groups looking to capitalize on the transitory state of local government, Cynthia Brock has built a reputation as a dedicated city o cial who knows how the gears of local government operate. She is hoping to bring a sense of stability to the Common Council as the city works toward hiring a permanent Chief of Police and its rst City Manager. In February Brock told the Times, “I was thinking about this transition for the city and felt that I had something to o er in terms of both institutional knowledge and attentiveness to the nitty gritty of city operations.”

Brock recently told the Ithaca Times that “ e most tangible measure of our community’s success is how we support our most socially and economically vulnerable.” Brock said that her top priorities include addressing “Housing shortages, ooding, the growing

number of unhoused, development and affordability, [and] disproportionate impacts of climate change on low-income communities.”

Regarding the issue of ooding, Brock said, “ e majority of the new First Ward is in the 100-year ood plain, and our vulnerability to ooding is increasing with climate change and our warming environment. We need both short-term and long-term plans to address and mitigate the impacts of climate change on residents.”

If re-elected, Brock has said that she would incentivize a ordable housing by seeking to eliminate tax abatements for developers, and “urge Tompkins County Industrial Development Agency to stop granting tax abatements to housing development projects that do not demonstrate a signi cant community bene t.” She would also work to increase partnerships with the county to assist the unhoused community, as well as “fund and manage our regional assets such as our waterfront parks, natural areas, and recreational resources.”

Brock has said that “any City policy on homelessness is incomplete without the partnership and commitment from the County… We need a system of wraparound services at approved encampment areas to ensure that residents’ needs are met while they wait for housing to become available.” Brock added, “ e City does not have the resources, jurisdiction, or expertise to address these challenges alone.”

When asked if Cornell should contribute more to the City, Brock said, “Cornell’s contribution to the City does not come close to adequately compensating the City for the services we provide.” She continued saying that the university should contribute more funding towards the re service that the city provides, as well as more funding to maintain city roads and infrastructure that serve Cornell’s campus. According to Brock, “It is absolutely fair and reasonable for Cornell to contribute more than $1.6 million to the City of Ithaca.”

THE SECOND WARD

e Second Ward will see a race for the ward’s two-year term between community organizers Aryeal Jackson and West Fox and current Fi h Ward representative Kris Haines-Sharp. Sharp was appointed to ll the seat previously occupied by Mayor Laura Lewis in the Fi h Ward in February and has said that she would work on behalf of both landlords and tenants to increase the amount of a ordable housing in the city. Jackson has recently received an endorsement from former Ithaca Mayor Svante Myrick who said that she would insist on instituting a living wage for all workers and address housing issues that are displacing communities through gentri cation. Fox has obtained endorsements from the Working Families Party and Solidarity Slate and has prioritized a message of grassroots movement building in their campaign.

Sharp has told the Ithaca Times that the most important issues the city currently faces are housing a ordability, implementing reimagining public safety and the Green New Deal, along with addressing the risk of ooding. If elected, Sharp said that her top priorities would be “supporting city workers, listening to constituents and being responsive to needs, and voting in accordance with my values of integrity, compassion, and honesty.”

In regards to increasing a ordable housing, Sharp said that she would advocate for inclusionary zoning to “require developers to set aside 20% of their units for lower and moderate-income people.” She continued saying that in her position on the Program Oversight Committee for the CHDF, she will “support funding projects that create a ordable housing that will remain so in perpetuity.”

When asked if Cornell should contribute more to the City Sharp said “Yes, Cornell should contribute more…the nancial burdens on the city are disproportionate to the amount Cornell contributes.” In addition,

Kris Haines-Sharp, Aryeal Jackson and West Fox are facing off for the two-year term to represent the Second Ward.

David Shapiro and Dr. Nathan Sitaraman are running for the four-year term to represent the Third Ward.

Tompkins County Opioid Task Force Inviting Applicants For Community Project Grants

By Matt Dougherty

The Tompkins County Opioid Task Force has announced $700,000 in available grant funding for community not-for-pro t organizations seeking to further address the opioid crisis. ese funds are separate from the additional $800,000 that is going through the community service board.

e Task Force is now seeking applicants who will serve Tompkins County residents by strengthening the local overdose prevention network, expanding harm reduction strategies and improving collaboration, and workforce investment. An application overview has been published on the Tompkins County website and applicants are invited to ll out the online application form by 5 p.m. on June 30.

e grant program will support two pools of awardees. Pool A with maximum awards of $165,000 and Pool B with maximum awards of $10,000. Awards may be distributed in one lump sum amount or broken out into year-to-year amounts based on the program budget, though Pool A awardees must commit to continue program activities for at least three years.

e grant program follows a survey recently issued by the Task Force and completed by nearly 600 local individuals. Survey results are being reviewed by the Task Force and will help to inform the grant application process. Applications will be scored based on the quality of program design, demonstrated capability, and cost e ciency.

Funds that will be used for this grant program were received by Tompkins

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County following a billion dollar settlement in 2022 between a group of state attorneys general and several large drug companies such as Purdue Pharma and Johnson & Johnson.

e settlement is related to the role those drug companies played in the opioid crisis by pushing opioids like Oxycontin, Vicodin, morphine and methadone on the public without disclosing their massively addictive side e ects to patients.

According to the CDC, the drug overdose epidemic continues to worsen in the United States. A majority of drug overdose deaths involve opioids. Locally, overdoses and drug-related deaths have been on the rise and Tompkins County Whole Health publishes local data related to overdoses.

e increase has also been driven by increasing supply of more potent synthetic opioids like fentanyl. According to the CommonWealth Fund fentanyl is responsible for nearly 70% of drug overdoses.

Tompkins County Whole Health Commissioner and Task Force Co-Chair Frank Kruppa stated, “Our hope is that this grant program can help strengthen proven harm reduction and overdose prevention strategies while uncovering new ways to address the opioid crisis. We have a robust and innovative community of not-for-pro t agencies who now have access to this funding. Our Task Force will determine which programs can best meet our community’s needs and prevent harm due to opioids.”

Legislator and Task Force Co-Chair Travis Brooks stated, “ is is a great opportunity for exible funding made available through the County to address a serious issue. We have to look at this crisis di erently because it’s getting worse — the opioid crisis is impacting a lot of other important initiatives in our community; housing, emergency medical services, education, and mental health to name a few.” Brooks continued, “Our Task Force is eager to review applications and get money out the door to make an impact on this crisis.”

When you have a concern about skin care, it is important that you can get it addressed quickly before it can get worse.

Tompkins County Whole Health Commissioner Frank Kruppa

Theatres United

Hangar and Kitchen Collaborate to Ratify “Constitution”

By Barbara Adams

If “What the Constitution Means to Me” sounds like a high school debate title, well, that’s exactly what it was for Heidi Schreck. In her teens, she traveled the Midwest speaking on the topic at American Legion halls and earning enough prize money to pay for college. (At a state school, she con des.) Schreck’s personal experiences inspired her 2019 play of that name, nominated for two Tony awards, in which she originally also performed the lead role. Here it opens the summer theatre season for e Kitchen and the Hangar theatres simultaneously. For the rst time ever, the two companies are collaborating on a production: the show continues this week at e Kitchen and then moves for two more weeks to the Hangar.

Under the smooth direction of Shirley Serotsky, the Hangar’s producting artistic director, Heidi’s story comes alive — in all its layers. ere’s Heidi (Erica Steinhagen) telling us she’s going to revert to her 15-year-old self, which she does, then matures to her 40s, until eventually she drops that persona and becomes Erica, all the while raising questions

“What the Constitution Means to Me,”

Kitchen Theatre, 417 W. State St., Ithaca.

Evenings June 7-10, with 2 p.m. matinees June 10-11. For tickets: kitchentheatre.org/tickets or (607) 272-0570.

Hangar Theatre, June 15-18, 20-24, 7:30 p.m., with 2:30 matinees June 16, 17, 24.

Tickets: https://hangartheatre.easy-ware-ticketing.com/ events.

about the limits and relevance of the Constitution. Heidi re ects and reexamines her past beliefs; she lectures and challenges, cites historical interpretations and chilling speci cs, shares her own doubts. Sometimes she even invites participation, such as asking the audience to pretend that they’re all landowning white men — as the framers of the original constitution were.

Young Heidi, eager to disprove her opponent’s notion of the Constitution as a “patchwork quilt” (and admittedly being obsessed with the Salem witch trials) enthusiastically advances her own theory of it as a “crucible” where magic happens. Middleaged Heidi looks back on this naiveté indulgently yet insists on the personal connection implied by the topic’s title. As a woman and feminist, she recognizes her exclusion from the Constitution and explores in detail the compromised and o en endangered lives of her mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. Her personal experience is inevitably political.

Heidi’s internal debate continues: this cherished document intended to guarantee freedom, democracy, and equality disregards or disadvantages not only women but people of color, immigrants, and LGBTQ+ individuals.

Steinhagen’s astonishing delivery of this extended near-monologue is persuasive and nuanced, capturing Heidi’s occasional uncertainty and reservations. Her entire exploration unrolls in a plain American Legion hall (designed by Kent Goetz and lit by Joey Moro), the rear wall of which is covered with dozens of black and white photographs of men in uniform.

At a table to the side sits the veteran chairing the competition and ostensibly timing her speech; that’s Karl Gregory in a legionnaire cap and jacket (Iris Estelle, costumes) appearing di erent than you’ve ever seen him. ( ese two actors have paired splendidly so many times before, and it’s a treat to see them carry this show.)

Gregory gets to assume another role eventually, that of Mark, a gay man who relates some of his own responses to his constitutional rights or lack thereof. e theatrical narrative morphs again when the show culminates in an actual debate: Erica and a local student

(di erent each performance; on opening night, a wonderful Phoebe Schlather) draw lots to see who defends the Constitution and who recommends abolishing it. ough their timed and formal debate is probably scripted, it feels fresh and spontaneous.

Along with the evening’s program, theatregoers receive a pocket-sized copy of the Constitution, and the educational intent, as with the play itself, is clear: We need to review and rethink what we believe and not fail to investigate better ways of arriving at the greater good.

When this play rst emerged, the Brett Kavenaugh Supreme Court controversy was still very much on the public’s mind. Today we’re thinking about the Court’s rollback of abortion and other rights, so the questions that Heidi Schrek’s stimulating work raises are, alas, perennially relevant. Exploring them in this theatrical experience is both communal and constructive.

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Two related talks are free and open to the public:

Friday, June 9, 7 p.m., there’s a pre-show talk, “Whose Constitution is it Anyway?” with Ezra Ishmael Young, visiting professor, Cornell Law School.

Saturday, June 10, 8 p.m., there’s a postshow discussion with Chantal Tomas, Cornell Associate Dean for Academic A airs and Radice Family Professor of Law.

& Entertainment

Barbara Adams, a regional theatre and arts writer, teaches writing at Ithaca College.

Erica Steinhagen as Heidi examines the Constitution at various stages of her life playing at the Kicthen then Hangar Theatres. (Photo by Rachel Philipson)

by Heidi Schreck, directed by Shirley Serotsky. With Erica Steinhagen and Karl Gregory and rotating high school debaters.

SPIN OFF

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Spins Off Spiders Of All Kinds

By Bryan VanCampen

If the underlying message of 2018’s Oscar-winning animated lm “SpiderMan: Into the Spider-Verse” was “Anyone can wear the mask”, in “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse”, Miles Morales (Shameik Moore) and his friend Gwen Stacy (Hailee Steinfeld) nd themselves zapped into an alternate world where everyone wears the mask.

In the rst lm, Miles got to team up with a great crew of alternate Spider-folks. I really fell for John Mulhaney as Peter Porker/Spider-Ham and Nicolas Cage’s Spider-Man Noir (“I like to drink egg creams, and I like to ght Nazis. A lot.”)

In the new lm, Miles and Gwen are on the trail of a bizarre bad guy called e Spot (Jason Schwartzman) whose body is covered with interdimensional portals that allow him to travel into space and other dimensions. is leads Miles and Gwen to a whole new company of alternate spider characters known as the Spider Society, led by Miguel O’Hara/Spider-Man 2099 (Oscar Isaac), and Issa Rae as Jessica Drew/ Spider-Woman, a pregnant badass woman warrior who rides a chopper. You can’t get more inclusive than that.

ere’s a great gag in the Spider-Verse where we see a therapy session in an elegant, wood-paneled o ce. A Spidey patient lying on a couch begins tearfully talking about his uncle, and then the Spidey therapist, sporting glasses over his mask, says, “And let me guess. He died.” And at that moment, a hundred di erent web heads crash into the o ce like the stateroom sequence in e Marx Brothers’ “A Night at the Opera” (1935).

True-blue arachnid fans will want to see this movie multiple times because it’s so dense with characters, details and Easter Eggs. You will see literally hundreds of dif-

ferent Spider-People culled from decades of comic books, movies, TV series and video games. e movie has dozens of actual footnotes splashed across the screen, some so brief that fans will be pausing their Blu-Rays in a few months to gure out all the details.

If anyone thought that the lmmakers would get lazy and rest on some wellearned laurels, think again. As much as a game-changer as the rst lm was, you can see the artists who wrote and drew every frame of “Spider-Man: Across the SpiderVerse” trying to go farther, to be more ambitious and audacious, to push storytelling and the art of animation even farther than they did back in 2018. ere’s a heartfelt scene between Gwen and her policeman father Jim Stacey (Shea Whigham), where the room around the two characters gradually turns pastel and transparent, a lovely e ect. One more thing. “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” ends in a classic cli -

hanger of danger and suspense. Everything picks up again when “Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse” opens on March 29, 2024, and a little web-crawler told me that a female-focused spin-o movie is in development. ‘Nu said, true believers! Excelsior!

RIP Ray Stevenson (HBO’s “Rome”, “Cirque du Freak: e Vampire’s Assistant”, “ e Book of Eli”, “ e Other Guys”, “ or”, “ or: e Dark World”, “ or: Ragnarok”)

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Sharp said that she would “like to see Cornell contribute more to TCAT, matched by city and county funds. Free TCAT rides is a goal worth working towards for the good of those with the least and for addressing climate change.”

Jackson recently told the Ithaca Times that the most important issues facing the city are high costs of living and making bold moves towards achieving the goals of the Green New Deal. If elected, her top priorities would include maintaining stability within City Hall, setting “solid benchmarks” relating to the Green New Deal and reimagining public safety, and nding “creative funding sources” to adequately fund city services.

When asked if she thinks Cornell should contribute more to the city, Jackson said that “Cornell needs to be a better neighbor, they need to contribute more to the city.”

She continued by saying that “it is essential that the team that is working on renegotiating the MOU be strong and creative in their e orts. And as of right now I’m not feeling con dent that that’s the case. We have a golden opportunity to help lower the cost of living in the city and across Tompkins County, we must take the initiative and truly serve our community.”

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If you want more Spiderman, “Into the Spider-Verse” has a lot more of them.

“Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse”

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Pictures-Sony Pictures EntertainmentMarvel Entertainment-Arad Productions-Lord Miller Productions-Pascal Pictures, 2023, 140 min.) playing at Cinemapolis and Regal Stadium 14.

Regarding the need to balance reimagining public safety with the public perception of increasing crime, Jackson said that equating the two issues is a “false equivalency.” She continued saying, “We don’t need to choose between lower crime or our e orts to reimagine public safety. If we are being honest, it is the reimagining itself that will increase safety and wellbeing.”

e Ithaca Times is awaiting a response from West Fox. is story will be updated with their responses as soon as they are received.

THE THIRD WARD

e ird Ward will see a race for a 4-year term between David Shapiro and Dr. Nathan Sitaraman. Shapiro is a longtime Ithaca resident who currently serves as the Executive Director of Second Wind Cottages, a local organization that builds homes for the County’s unhoused community. He has said that his role at Second Wind has made him increasingly aware of housing a ordability issues within the City of Ithaca. Former ird Ward representative Donna Flemming and former Public Works Commissioner Jon Greene have both endorsed Shapiro while Sitaraman has received endorsements from the Working Families Party and the Solidarity Slate. Sitaraman has said that the city needs more a ordable housing with stronger tenant protections, expanded and improved public transit, better maintenance of roads and sidewalks, and more childcare options for Ithaca’s parents.

Sitaraman recently told the Ithaca Times that job and housing instability are among the most important issues that the city is currently facing. Sitaraman said that these issues “create a cascade of further problems by destabilizing communities, making them less safe and increasing the burden on social services.”

If elected, Sitaraman has said that his top priorities will include pressuring Cornell to pay their fair share to the city, improving housing and job security, and ensuring progress on the Green New Deal.

According to Sitaraman, “Bargaining a favorable deal [with Cornell] would greatly improve the city’s ability to address the issues of public safety, sustainability, infrastructure, inequality, and housing. e city can create leverage by threatening Cornell’s reputation, which it relies on for fundraising, through public actions. e city can further create leverage by working with organized labor to threaten Cornell’s construction projects and its general operations. Such an alliance would be tactically bene cial to both the city and to

organized labor, as tapping into Cornell’s endowment would allow the city to create more jobs and pay higher wages in the future.”

Sitaraman also believes that Cornell needs to do more to support the implementation of the Green New Deal. “Ithaca could and should be a leader in the Green New Deal, but this is only possible with a nancial commitment from Cornell,” Sitaraman said.

Regarding housing issues, Sitaraman has advocated for policies such as Good Cause Eviction and the Emergency Tenant Protection Act. According to Sitaraman, “ e city needs to promote e orts to create safe, a ordable housing, not pursue policies like camping bans that further endanger the most vulnerable members of our community.” Additionally, he says that “Construction of new apartments that cost far more than the average Ithacan can a ord has done nothing to stabilize the rental market, where prices have continued to rise in lockstep with rising property values and rising property taxes.”

When asked about how he would improve public transit, Sitaraman said that “the most important step to take is making TCAT fare-free, which would immediately make TCAT a more convenient and a ordable transportation option. But before we do so, we need to increase TCAT sta ng to a level that can accommodate higher demand.” He continued saying that additional funds from Cornell could be directed towards free TCAT service.

e Ithaca Times is awaiting a response from David Shapiro.

THE FIFTH WARD

Finally, the Fi h Ward will see two primary races between Clyde Lederman and Jason Houghton for a 2-year term, and Michelle Song and Margaret Fabrizio for a 4-year term. Lederman is going into his sophomore year at Cornell and has received an endorsement from the Working Families Party. Like many candidates, he has identi ed housing a ordability and transportation issues relating to Cornell’s tax-exempt status as some of the priorities of his campaign. Houghton has also made housing a ordability a concern of his campaign, along with improving public transportation and wages for city workers.

Houghton recently told the Ithaca Times that he believes the most important issues facing the city are a housing a ordability crisis due to high property tax burdens, and low sta ng levels within city departments. If elected, his top priorities would be fully staing city departments and fairly compensating city employees, addressing housing affordability by making tax-exempt entities contribute more to the city, and investing in climate-resilient infrastructure.

A Long Run

While Elsewhere Coaches Come and Go, at IC They Stay

By Steve Lawrence

The landscape of collegiate sports is littered with the stories of so many coaches who have bounced around — some willingly, some not so much — from program to program, town to town, state to state. It can be a tough life.

Let’s look at this common scenario: A college football coach is terminated, and all of a sudden his six assistant coaches are also job-hunting. e head coach might prefer to take care of his sta , but he is o en neckdeep in his own job search, and whatever program he lands with already has its sta in place and he is the nal piece of the puzzle. I have known many coaches who paid a high price for such a vagabond life –their kids grow weary of changing schools, their spouses get sick of house-selling and house-hunting... It can be rough.

To get a glimpse into the other side of that pendulum, one might just want to look at Ithaca College. Let’s take a look at some of the tenures up on South Hill... First, Mike Welch retired a few years ago, and he was the junior member of this club. Welch coached the Bomber football team for 23 seasons, racked up 164 victories in winning eight Empire 8 titles and making eight NCAA appearances, going deep into the tournament several times.

Next up is Deb Palozzi, who retired in 2019 a er winning 858 so ball games over the course of 31 seasons. Palozzi’s team went to ten College World Series, and won the national championship in 2002.

en there is the Wise (Not So) Old Man on the Mountain, George Valesente. Before retiring two years ago, George led the baseball team for 41 seasons, won 1,136 games, made 35 NCAA tournaments and won it all twice.

ose are all very impressive coaching runs, and now another face will be added to that Mount Rushmore, if you will. Je Long, the head coach of men’s lacrosse (for 36 years) and an assistant for the women’s soccer team (31 seasons) has announced his retirement.

Long was himself an elite lacrosse player, as he was a three-time All American at Navy, and continues to hold the

program’s points and assists record. Long’s Bomber lacrosse teams won four Empire 8 titles, made 10 NCAA appearances and Je was the Empire 8 Coach of the Year six times. He was inducted into the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 2009, and the Ithaca College Hall of Fame in 2010. His 362 wins rank him at #11 across all divisions of men’s collegiate lacrosse.

I have had many conversations with Welch, Long and Valesente over the years, and all three men have shared similar values. For many coaches, Division III jobs are seen as a stepping stone to the brighter lights (and higher salaries) that accompany D-1 positions. For Mike, Je and George, the stability that comes with keeping their kids in the same schools, building connections in the community and nurturing long-term relationships align more fully with their personal values, and staying in one place for decades was the right thing to do.

Many members of Bomber Nation are very pleased about that, as all those coaches contributed greatly to the rich tradition of Ithaca College Athletics. Congrats, Coach Long. I hope you get to enjoy your retirement for as long as we enjoyed the product you put on the eld.

With the 2023 season in the rear-view mirror, Cornell’s lacrosse team’s Connor Buszek, C.J. Kirst and Gavin Adler all garnered major awards. Busczek is the 2023 ECAC Coach of the Year, Kirst (who led the nation in scoring0 is the O ensive Player of the Year, and Adler (who was the #1 dra pick) is the Defensive Player of the Year.

Down in the at lands, Ithaca High lacrosse coach Clayton Fickenscher was named Section IV Coach of the Year and eight Little Red Players were earned AllStar recognition.

thaca College lacrosse coach is stepping down after 36 seasons on South Hill.

GUEST OPINION

Ithaca has two groups of patrons that help to ensure that we will continue to have active retail and food establishments… tourists and students. is continuous supply of visitors and participants in higher education will help us maintain retail shops and restaurants, even when other places reel from the impacts of the internet. Our challenge is to be relevant and experiential with our o erings.

Today, Downtown, and really all of Ithaca, is de cient in our inventory of family entertainment options. We have done well with theater, bars and clubs, but have

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follow up. Peers are likely to better serve people who have that shared lived experience, or simply, someone who isn’t engaging from a law enforcement perspective.

To be clear, there are many reasons our community contacts 911 that require trained safety professionals, including a police force. However, just as there is a need to employ a police force, progressive communities like ours are seeking solu-

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In regards to increasing a ordable housing, Houghton says that the city “must continue to promote zoning and development strategies that increase the housing stock across the economic spectrum, but especially for lower and middle-income Ithacans. is includes the promotion of Accessory Dwelling Units.” Additionally, he says that “Our heavy property tax burden also impacts a ordability for homeowners and renters alike. We need to ensure tax-exempt institutions are contributing equitably, reexamine abatement programs, as well as coordinate services with other municipalities to ease the tax burden as much as possible.”

When asked if he thinks that Cornell should contribute more to the city, Houghton said “Yes. We need to reset the nancial relationship with Cornell so Cornell can be a more equitable partner and help make our city departments whole. If Cornell were to contribute to the local government an amount comparable to its peer institutions, I believe it would make a signi cant di erence for Ithaca’s municipal services and the

little else to entice and entertain people, particularly families. e Downtown of 25 years from now will rectify this, providing options for residents and visitors alike for entertainment and recreation year-round. To achieve this broad-based entertainment success will require community prioritization and perhaps some support and incentive. But the return will be worth the e ort. Another outlook revolves around organization and governance. e business improvement district has served Downtown well. It provides an array of services and support that otherwise would not happen. It also serves as a voice and an advocate on behalf of Downtown to local government, ensuring that Downtown has the opportunity to chart and guide its

tions about how best to invest tax dollars to deal with the full range of safety services needed. I want to ensure that before the City of Ithaca reallocates one single city tax dollar to fund a new co-response team, that our County rst develops a mobile crisis team as described above. Certainly, the City of Ithaca should still debate the size and budget of the Ithaca Police Department, but we can do that while also collecting useful data about 911 usage pre- and post- incorporating a NYS and Federally funded co-response team. I’d rather use non-local dollars to start this program in

city’s ability to pay its employees marketrate wages.”

e Ithaca Times is still waiting for a response from Clyde Lederman.

Little is known about the campaign of Michelle Song, who is another Cornell student running for local o ce. However, she currently serves as the Vice President of Diversity and Inclusion for the Cornell Student Assembly and has received an endorsement from the Working Families Party. Her opponent, Margaret Fabrizio has deep roots in the Ithaca community and has started a local movement called the Fair Share Campaign, which is dedicated to making Ithaca more a ordable by seeking equitable compensation through a Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILOT) for essential community services provided to Cornell University.

Fabrizio recently told the Ithaca Times that the most important issues the city currently faces include building a new partnership with Cornell, lling sta ng vacancies within the city, and improving the condition of roads and sidewalks.

If elected, Fabrizio has said that her top priorities would include “Securing an equitable payment in lieu of taxes (PILOT) from Cornell that would make critical services whole

management and its future. Looking at other nearby districts, I see a similar opportunity for the West End/ Waterfront, Collegetown and Southworks. All could bene t measurably from a BID. In my crystal ball, I foresee a confederation of BIDs, joined administratively, but set up to serve each district with appropriate services. As City services become more expensive and less frequent, BIDs can play a major role in helping districts reach and achieve their full potential.

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An irony of Davis’s appearance is that Auburn is home to the oldest existing state prison in New York, one of the oldest in the U.S., a maximum security prison that holds almost 2,000. It is particularly notorious as the site, in 1890, of the rst execution by electric chair.

inking toward the future... as we have learned, we can shape and guide what happens in our community. It takes commitment and resources to be sure. First and foremost, it takes thought and vision. Above was some of mine… what is yours?

ways other communities have already done, before we increase our city budget with new sta ng expenditures.

Before we so quickly add a newly funded co-response team, the Tompkins County Whole Health Department must develop a 24/7 mobile crisis team using State, Federal and private insurance company dollars. I believe we can make meaningful di erences re-imagining public safety by also making meaningful changes in how we re-imagine community services, together, with community providers and our county government as partners.

again and positively impact our high tax rate. Exploring cost sharing with the county and neighboring municipalities for county-wide services now provided at the city’s expense. [And] re-prioritizing funds and attention to focus on core municipal services, especially roads and sidewalks, fully sta ed re, police, building, and public works departments, and fairly paid city employees.”

In regards to creating more a ordable housing, Fabrizio said that she is “adamantly opposed to the county scooping up prime downtown housing real estate and taking it o the tax rolls for parking lots or o ce buildings,” and that “working with local contractors and state and federal funders, we must explore all options and partnerships to help make projects feasible and a ordable.”

When asked if Cornell should contribute more to the city Fabrizio said, “Without a doubt. Ithaca is way behind other Ivy host towns in its expectations from Cornel.” She continued by saying that “Without a true university partnership, we cannot be an a ordable, diverse city, with critical services at the standards required for a city this size.”

According to Fabrizio, “Cornell and city residents all want things like a ordable housing, safe streets, good roads, safe water, ade-

A road sign at the Stewart Park exit o Route 13 north in downtown Ithaca directs tra c to Auburn via Route 34 north. Angela Davis’s appearance is on June 15th at 7 p.m. at the Auburn Junior High School auditorium. e Seward House Museum sponsors the event.

If elected as Alderperson to represent Ward 3, this is just one of the ways I hope my prior experiences in human services and working with di erent funding models can help the city of Ithaca make progress in re-imagining public safety and community services without adding new expenses to our city’s budget.

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quate re protection, and excellent schools… to continue to just raise local property taxes to attempt to ll our enormous gap is not a sustainable option, nor is continuing to raise school taxes…” Fabrizio says that Cornell needs to be a more fair partner in contributing funds to local services and that “Anything less is unconscionable.”

Additionally, Fabrizio has said that transparency in government operations is vitally important. “We need transparency and regular communication from council members to residents as well as a city-wide neighborhood association and regularly scheduled ‘Town Hall meetings. Forming a student advisory board is long overdue as a way to gather student concerns and harness ideas. Let’s ask students what Collegetown needs to thrive,” Fabrizio said.

e Ithaca Times is still awaiting a response from Michelle Song.

ere are no Republican primaries as a local conservative activist and creator of the IthacaCrime blog, Zachary Winn is the only Republican candidate running for o ce in the City of Ithaca. Winn will be running against Phoebe Brown for the two-year term to represent the First Ward in the November election.

Tour, 4224 McIntyre Rd (County Rte 6)

| Sixth Annual FLXPT, Sat. June 10th, 10-5 and Sun June 11th, 11-4, free and self-guided, visit 3 studios, meet 19 distinct potters at locations in Danby, Brooktondale and Mecklenburg, live pottery demonstrations and pottery for sale, for map and tour details visit www. ngerlakespotterytour.com

| Free

In Time | 11 a.m., 6/10 Saturday | Rose Hill Mansion, 3373 State Route 96A | Historic Geneva welcomes Live History to Rose Hill Mansion for an interactive theatrical experience In Time. | $12.00 - $15.00

Music

Bars/Bands/Clubs

6/8 Thursday

Raedwald | 5:30 p.m. | South Hill

Cider, 550 Sandbank Road

Downtown Ithaca Summer

Concert Series: Bead N Bone | 6 p.m. | Bernie Milton Pavilion, Ithaca

Commons

Atwater After Hours: Oliver Burdo

| 6 p.m. | Atwater Vineyards, 5055

State Route 414 | Free

Brewhouse Blues Jam | 6 p.m. | Hopshire Farm & Brewery, 1771

Dryden Road | Free

Live Music at Six Mile: Radio London | | Six Mile Creek Winery, 1551

Slaterville Road | Free

Curley Taylor & Zydeco Trouble

| 6 p.m. | Deep Dive Ithaca, 415 Old Taughannock Blvd

6/9 Friday

Friday Sunset Music Series - ft.

Betty’s Ghost | 5 p.m. | Wagner

Vineyards, 9322 State Route 414

Golden Hour Music Series: Tenzin & Emmet w/ Rye Makepeace | 5:30 p.m. | South Hill Cider, 550 Sandbank Road

Friday Night Music - Motherwort

| 6 p.m. | Hopshire Farm & Brewery, 1771 Dryden Rd | Free

Happy Hour with Hannah Law |

6:30 p.m. | Deep Dive Ithaca, 415 Old

Taughannock Blvd | $0.00 - $5.00

Hank Roberts Trio | | The Downstairs, 121 West M.L.K. Jr. St.

6/10 Saturday

Thomas Chamberlain | 1 p.m. | White Springs Winery, 4200 Route 14, Geneva, 14456

The Watts | 5 p.m. | Trout Ponds Park, 44 Spring Street, Newark Valley | Free

Diamond D’Nali & MONNROE NIGHTS LIKE THIS | 5:30 p.m. | The Downstairs, 121 West M.L.K. Jr. St. | $10.00

Atwater After Hours: DJ Hill | 6 p.m. | Atwater Vineyards, 5055 State Route 414 | Free

Sunset Boogie Dance Party | 7 p.m. | Hopshire Farm & Brewery, 1771 Dryden Rd

6/11 Sunday

Jazz Guitar Brunch with Dennis Winge | 10:30 a.m. | Antlers Restaurant, 1159 Dryden Rd. | Free

MAQ Jazz | 2 p.m. | Finger Lakes

Distilling, 4676 State Rt. 414 | Free

Gabriel Tavares | 8 p.m. | The Downstairs, 121 West M.L.K. Jr. St. | $5.00

6/12 Monday

Jazz Monday with Dave Davies

RhythmMakers | 5:30 p.m. | South Hill Cider, 550 Sandbank Road

Second Spring | 7 p.m. | The Downstairs, 121 West M.L.K. Jr. St. | $5.00

6/13 Tuesday

Ithaca High School Jazz Ensemble | 7 p.m. | Deep Dive Ithaca, 415 Old Taughannock Blvd

6/14 Wednesday

Jazz Happy Hour with Greg Lofaro & The Fire y Trio | 6 p.m. | Deep Dive Ithaca, 415 Old Taughannock Blvd | Free

Concerts/Recitals

6/9 Friday

People People w/s/g Second Spring | 7 p.m. | Rose Hall, 19 Church Street | $10.00 Meshell Ndegeocello | 8 p.m. | Center for the Arts of Homer, 72 S Main St

6/10 Saturday

Rainbow Kitten Surprise & Carol Ades | 7 p.m. | Beak & Ski Apple Orchards, 2708 Lords Hill Road Glengharry Boys | 8 p.m. | Center for the Arts of Homer, 72 S Main St

Stage

Murder on the Orient Express | 6/7 Wednesday | Little York Lake Pavilion, 6288 Little York Lake Rd | CRT is thrilled to o er this exciting production to those who missed it last summer…and to those who want to see it again.

Fertile Grounds | 7 p.m., 6/9 Friday | Ithaca Community School of Music and Arts, 330 East State Street | Civic Ensemble presents the world premiere of Fertile Grounds by Katie Ka Vang, directed by Carley Robinson. | $0.00 - $25.00

ComedyFLOPs Presents All You Can Eat Improv | 7 p.m., 6/14 Wednesday | The Downstairs, 121 W. State St |

DOWNTOWN ITHACA CONCERT

SERIES: BEAD N BONE

THURSDAY, JUNE 8TH AT 6:00PM

ComedyFLOPs presents All You Can Eat Improv, a live, entirely made-up show based on your suggestions. We do our shows in support of local non-pro t organizations so join us for laughs and music as we raise money to support a local organization. $5.00 suggested donation. | $5.00

Art

Visit the Exhibit Hall | 10 a.m., 6/7 Wednesday | The History Center in Tompkins County, 401 East State Street | Walk through local stories and discover the history of Tompkins County Open Hours Our Exhibit Hall is open Wednesday-Saturday 10am-5pm throughout the year.

Hannah Law | Day to Day | 1 p.m., 6/7 Wednesday | The Ink Shop, 330 E. MLK/State St | Hannah Law’s art focuses on scenes from everyday life; countrysides from her hometown in upstate New York, wildlife, and domestic still lives. | Free

34th Annual Juried Photography Show | 12 p.m., 6/8 Thursday | State of the Art Gallery, 120 West State Street | 34th Annual Photography Show features artists from all corners of New York State. | Free

The Gallery at South Hill Exhibition of Molly Lunn and Zachary Scotton | 5 p.m., 6/9 Friday | The Gallery at South Hill, 950 Danby Road | The Gallery at South Hill presents Molly Lunn and Zachary Scotton. Molly Lunn and Zachary Scotton are a married artist duo that use paint and patchwork fabric to create. Inspiration is taken from retro signage in Southern California, as well as gestural quality of spray painted gra ti. | Free

Finger Lakes Pottery Tour | 10 a.m., 6/10 Saturday | Finger Lakes Pottery

Fast X |Dom Toretto and his family are targeted by the vengeful son of drug kingpin Hernan Reyes. | 141 mins PG-13

Little Mermaid (2023)| The liveaction remake of the Disney classic. | 135 mins, PG

You Hurt My Feelings | A novelist’s longstanding marriage is suddenly upended when she overhears her husband giving his honest reaction to her latest book.| 93 mins R

Special Events

Vintage and Classic Euro Car Tour & Show | 12 p.m., 6/10 Saturday | Classic and vintage cars manufactured in England and Europe prior to 1998, will line the beautiful historic Downtown Canandaigua Main Street.

Tuscan Impressions - Amsterdam

Arias | 12 p.m., 6/10 Saturday | North Star Art Gallery, 743 Snyder Hill Road, Ithaca | Opening Receptions: New plein air studies by Brian Keeler of these two locations along with work from Umbria, Rome, Amal , Venice, Lake Como and other Italian locations from previous years.

Film

Awesomely Fab Movie Night at TCPL: No Ordinary Man | 6 p.m., 6/8 Thursday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 East Green Street

| Join us at TCPL in June for a series of lms showcasing the LGBTQIA+ community.

Cinemapolis

120 E. Green St., Ithaca

June 9th-15th. Contact Cinemapolis for showtimes. Film schedule not available as of presstime.

FingerLakes Drive-In

1064 Clark Street Road, Auburn Gate opens one hour before the movies begin. Schedule for Friday, 6/9 through Sunday, 6/11. Fast X (9PM); Little Mermaid (11:15PM) | Friday, 6/9

The Little Mermaid (2023) (9PM); Fast X (11:15PM) | Saturday, 6/10

You Hurt My Feelings (9PM); Little Mermaid (10:30);Sunday, 6/11

Homer Field Days | 6/9 Friday | Historic Downtown Homer | rnMark your calendar for the annual Homer Field Days on June 9 and 10. Live music Friday night!

Cow Chase Parade Mile | 9:25 a.m., 6/10 Saturday | Empire Livestock Marketing, 49 East Main Street | Imagine a standing ovation as you run your mile along the parade route of the annual Dairy Day Parade in heart of Dryden, NY. We are calling this years event the Cow Chase Parade Mile. Dryden Dairy Days| 9:00AM-3:00PM| Main Street and Montgomery Park| The annual tradition returns with the parade and many of the favorite events you’ve come to know and love. Music from Fall Creek Brass Band begins at 12:30PM.

Charity Kids Carnival | 10 a.m., 6/10 Saturday | Apalachin United Methodist Church, 303 Pennsylvania Ave. | Saturday June 10th from 10am till 2pm, Kids Charity Carnival with 25 cent games, music, food at very reasonable prices, silent auction and the best part is that every penny that comes in will be | $0.25 - $5.00

Ithaca Pride Block Party | 12 p.m., 6/10 Saturday | Press Bay Alley, Green St | Join Bu alo Street Books and other local vendors from 12-5 for a full day of pride activities in the Press Bay area. This event is a part of Ithaca Pride Week. For more information visit the Downtown Ithaca Alliance website Trumansburg Porch Fest | 12 p.m., 6/10 Saturday | Village Streets | Come out and stroll the sweet village streets of Trumansburg while listening to over 40 bands play its lovely porches between noon and 5pm. | Free The Saint Anthony’s Festival | 6/10 Saturday | St. Athony’s Church,

AWESOMELY FAB MOVIE NIGHT

AT TCPL: NO ORDINARY MAN

THURSDAY, JUNE 8TH AT 6:00PM

Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E. Green St., Ithaca | Celebrate Pride month with a series of lms showcasing the LGBTQIA+ community. No Ordinary Man (2021) is a documentary about the legacy of Billy Tipton (pictured), a 20th-century American jazz

Bernie Milton Pavilion, Ithaca Commons | What better sign of summer’s imminent arrival in Ithaca than the one-two punch of the IThaca Festival followed by the start of the DIA Summer Concert Series THursdays at the Bernie Milton Pavilion! This week the season kicks o with local favorites, reggae/dub/soul band Bead N Bone. (Photo: Facebook)

musician and trans icon, is brought to life by a diverse group of contemporary trans artists.(Photo: Provided)

50 Pomeroy St , Cortland| The Saint Anthony’s Festival is celebrating the festival of St. Anthony of Padua Parish! Fireworks, parade, games, live music, food & more.

Twilight 5K | 7 p.m., 6/14 Wednesday | Allan H. Treman State Marine Park, 805 Taughannock Blvd | Join the Finger Lakes Runners Club at the Twilight 5K evening race on the scenic Cayuga Inlet on June 14, 2023—whether you run or walk, you’ll enjoy at, smooth paths as you catch a breeze o the lake and look for ospreys overhead. | $25.00

Books

Literary Trivia Night Fundraiser | 7 p.m., 6/8 Thursday | Liquid State Brewing | A fundraiser for the reading room at Bu alo Street Books. Hosted by Bob Proehl. S.D. of $10/person or $50/team. | $10.00 - $50.00

Trampoline | 6/8 Thursday | The Downstairs, 121 E M.L.K. Jr. St. | Show up. Sign up. Tell a 5-minute personal story, without notes, based on this month’s theme! Your 5-minute story can be about any personal moment that relates to the theme.

Poetry Open Mic | 6 p.m., 6/9 Friday | Ithaca Community School of Music and Arts, 330 East State Street | Read your own poetry or a poem from a

favorite artist, or come to listen and stay updated on literary events and happenings at our monthly open mic. We feature poets on occasion. | Free Spring Writes - Disability: It’s Not Just a Buzzword | 2 p.m., 6/10 Saturday | Bu alo Street Books, 215 North Cayuga Street | Mainstream media has often presented inaccurate portrayals of disabilities, leading to further marginalizing certain groups and perpetuating stereotypes among the general population. In this workshop, disabled author Jaclyn Smith (Daley Downing) will address some of the tropes in this niche genre. | Free Armed to the Teeth: Reading with Ellen Hirning Schmidt | 2 p.m., 6/11 Sunday | Bu alo Street Books, 215 North Cayuga Street | In her new poetry collection, Armed to the Teeth, Ellen Hirning Schmidt faces life’s perils courageously, and being armed with the powers of family, the natural world, and a strong heart full of love, emerges victorious. Readers of this book will take heart from its victories | Free

Open Mic Night at Center for the Arts | 7 p.m., 6/13 Tuesday | Center for the Arts of Homer, 72 S Main St |

Want to play music to a live audience?

Have you crafted a poem or short story you’d like to share or want to tell some jokes? Come join us Tuesday nights for a weekly Open Mic!

Tween Book Club | 4:30 p.m., 6/14 Wednesday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 East Green Street | Children ages 9-13 are welcome to join our Tween Book Club! Book Club will meet virtually via Zoom. Participants are welcome to bring suggestions for future books or genres to read together!

LGBTQ+ Fiction Writing Workshop | 5:30 p.m., 6/14 Wednesday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 East Green Street | This practical workshop will help you develop a work-inprogress or begin a new project in a safe, encouraging environment.

Kids

Preschool Story Time | 10:30 a.m., 6/8 Thursday | Cortland Free Library, 32 Church St | Stories, songs, and activities with a di erent theme each week. All ages are welcome but this program is designed for children ages 3-5 yrs. Registration is recommended for each child.

Tyke Tales Story Time | 11 a.m., 6/8 Thursday | Lodi Whittier Library, 8484 S Main St, | Join us for Story Hour! Snacks, crafts, stories...we can’t wait to see you! | Free Somewhere WAY Over the Rainbow | 10 a.m., 6/9 Friday | Sciencecenter, 601 1st Street | An extraordinary

AGATHA CHRISTIE’S MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS

FRIDAY, JUNE 9TH AT 7:30PM (CHECK WEBSITE FOR ADDITIONAL SHOWTIMES)

Spring fundraiser event. They had so much fun, they thought they’d keep it going!

Families Learning Science

Together | 1 p.m., 6/10 Saturday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 East Green Street | Children ages 5 and up and their families are invited to a free science program co-hosted by Cornell Center for Materials Research (CCMR).

LEGO Build Night for Families | 5 p.m., 6/13 Tuesday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 East Green Street

| TCPL is inviting families to a weekly LEGO build night! Buckets of LEGO will be provided for participants to borrow for their builds.

Spanish Storytime | 4 p.m., 6/14

Wednesday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 East Green Street | Children of all ages and their caregivers are welcome to join us for Spanish storytime - songs, rhymes, stories, and crafts - completely in Spanish!

Tompkins County HistoryForge project to discover and understand the role of textile manufacturers, home sewing, and the exclusion of “women’s work” in the census records of Tompkins County. | Free Bridge Club of Ithaca | 10 a.m., 6/8 Thursday | Bridge Club of Ithaca, 16 Cinema Drive | Bridge Club of Ithaca o ers casual play with instruction for players at all levels Fridays 9:30-12pm at the Club, 16 Cinema Drive ($5 fee) | $5.00 - $7.00

American Red Cross Blood Drive | 11 a.m., 6/8 Thursday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 East Green Street | To schedule an appointment to donate call 1-800 RED CROSS. Walk-ins are welcome!

multi-sensory art installation created by Ivy Stevens-Gupta. This unique STEAM project aims to engage and inspire individuals of all abilities, including those with vision or hearing loss, mobility issues, and neurodiversity. Free with admission.

Lego Club | 10 a.m., 6/10 Saturday | Ulysses Philomathic Library, 74 E Main Street | Drop in and show o your building skills at this open Lego build. For children of all ages. | Free Summer Family Storytime | 11 a.m., 6/10 Saturday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 East Green Street | Children of all ages and their caregivers are invited to celebrate reading and build their early literacy skills every week at Family Storytime!

PRIDE Storytime & Dance Party | 11 a.m., 6/10 Saturday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 East Green Street | Join us for a celebration of Pride - family style - with fun LGBTQIA+ stories and sing-a-longs; make a festive pride fairy ower crown, and then join us for a fun dance party with DJ Woodrow!

Kidzbop - Live Modern Pop Classics for Kids! With the Fall Creek Allstars! | 12 p.m., 6/10 Saturday | Deep Dive Ithaca, 415 Old Taughannock Blvd | The Fall Creek Allstars were born when Fall Creek Elementary needed a parent band to play their

Tween Book Club | 4:30 p.m., 6/14 Wednesday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 East Green Street | Children ages 9-13 are welcome to join our Tween Book Club! Book Club will meet virtually via Zoom. Participants are welcome to bring suggestions for future books or genres to read together!

Play & Learn | 11 a.m., 6/7 Wednesday | Montour Falls Library, 406 W Main St | Play improves the cognitive, physical, social, and emotional wellbeing of children and young people. Through play, children learn about the world and themselves. | Free Story Time with Miss Clay | 11:30 a.m., 6/7 Wednesday | Ulysses Philomathic Library, 74 E Main Street | Join Miss Clay the Librarian for stories, songs, and activities! Best for children birth to ve and their caregivers. | Free

Notices

T-burg Farmer’s Market: 6/7Three Stone Fire; 6/14 - Richie Stearns & Rosie Newton | 4 p.m., 6/7 Wednesday | Trumansburg

Farmer’s Market, 69 W. Main St | Live music each Wednesday thru October.

P.L.A.C.E. Textile & Garment

Workers Through HistoryForge | 5:15 p.m., 6/7 Wednesday | CAP ArtSpace | Join Eve Snyder in an exploration for how we can use the wealth of information available on the

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CHICKEN BBQ | 12 p.m., 6/10 Saturday | Varna United Methodist Church, 965 Dryden Rd./Rte. 366. | Sat., June 10: Noonish until gone:  Halves $9.00.  This is a drive-thru, halves only BBQ. Guitar Lessons Ithaca Student Recital | 2 p.m., 6/11 Sunday | Bernie Milton Pavilion, Center Commons | https://www.cityo thaca.org/ calendar.aspx?EID=5060

IPEI Adult Spelling Bee at Bet the Farm Winery | 2 p.m., 6/11 Sunday | Bet the Farm Winery, 4204 Krum’s Corners Road | Wine down with IPEI at Bet the Farm Winery and help fundraise for education grants. Final event in our Adult Spelling Bee series this spring! REGISTER or SPONSOR a team at www.ipei.org/spelling-bee/

Dryden Senior Citizens Lunch | 11:45 a.m., 6/12 Monday | Dryden Veterans Memorial Home, Route 13 | The Dryden Senior Citizens will meet for an INDOOR PICNIC on Monday, June 12, 2023 at the Dryden Veterans Memorial Home, Route 13, Dryden with lunch served at 12:15 p.m.

CAYUGA BIRD CLUB VIRTUAL MEETINGS | 7:30 p.m., 6/12 Monday | Cornell Lab of Ornithology, 156 Sapsucker Woods Rd. | THE CAYUGA BIRD CLUB is now holding their monthly meetings VIRTUALLY, each 2nd Monday of the month. For information, refer to the bird club’s website: http://www. cayugabirdclub.org/ and go to the Webinars link for instructions on how to join.

Taste of the Finger Lakes | 5:30 p.m., 6/13 Tuesday | Ithaca Farmers Market , 543 3rd St | Join us for a delicious and fun celebration towards a great cause! | $109.00

SATURDAY, JUNE 10TH AT 8:00PM (CHECK WEBSITE FOR ADDITIONAL SHOWTIMES)

Merry-Go-Round Playhouse, 6877 E. Lake Road, Auburn| The

Little York Lake Theatre & Pavilion, 6799 Little York Lake Road, Preble| Another sign of summer is the abundance of local summer theater options. Cortland Repertory opens their summer season at their outdoor theatre in Preble with the classic whodunit! (Photo: Provided)

REV Theatre Company opens its 2023 season with Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s famed musical about the life of Argentinian First Lady Eva Peron. (Photo: Facebook)

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Varna United Methodist Church; 965 Dryden Rd./Rte. 366: Sat., June 10: Noonish until gone: Halves $9.00. This is a drive-thru, halves only BBQ.

360/Lost & Found AUCTION

I am not accusing the family that had the sale or the auction company that listed the swords in any way connected to the theft.

However, I am seeking the name of the family who had the sale and the auction company who sold them. I did at the time of listing contact the auction company and they told me to come meet them September y25, 2020. Unfortunately this was a date reserved for a memorial for my son to spread his ashes. He died January 6, 2014 from a heroin overdose.

I am offering $200 for the identity of both the name attached the the estate sale and the name of the auction company.

CULINARY & PASTRY ARTS TEACHERCORTLANDVILLE CTE (ANTICIPATED)

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We buy all cars! Junk, high-end, totaled – it doesn’t matter! Get free towing and same day cash! NEWER MODELS too! Call 866-535-9689 (AAN CAN)

Donate a car today! The benefits of donating your car or boat: Fast Free Pick-up - 24hr Response Tax Deduction - Easy To Do! Call 24/7: 855-905-4755. (NYSCAN)

V70 automatic for sale. Leather heated seats, sunroof, excellent condition. No rust. Well-maintained. Only 3rd owner. 276k miles. 3200 $ cash only. Serious inquiries only. Oboratav@gmail.com

ATTENTION NEWFIELD AND SURROUNDING AREAS. ON OR ABOUT SEPTEMBER 25, 2020. Two swords were sold at an estate sale out of NEWFIELD.

Now that my sons ashes are where he wanted them I feel the need to track down my swords. Thank you in advance for helping me.

Kraig R. Moss Kraigrmoss@yahoo.com

607-429-8347

200/Buy / Sell / Trade

300/Community

The swords were stolen from me by a family living in NEWFIELD who rented my lake house during the summer of 2005 or there abouts. The swords were listed in an estate sale and were pictured side by side. One was curved and from the Cival War Era and the other a straight sword from India.

400/Employment

OCM BOCES Career and Technical program has an anticipated opening for a Culinary and Pastry Arts Instructor at the Cortlandville Campus in Cortland, NY. The Culinary program prepares 11th & 12th grade students in the areas of: safety and sanitation, food prep, cooking, restaurant management, hospitality, customer service, menu planning and marketing in conjunction with professionalism, communication, problem solving and teamwork. NYS teaching certification, or willingness to obtain teaching certification, is required. Experience in a related field is necessary. Register and apply by 06/30/2023 at: www. olasjobs.org/central. For more information, visit our website at www. ocmboces.org. EOE

HELP WANTED

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Culinary & Pastry Arts

SUMMER SCHOOL TEACHERS AND TEACHING ASSISTANTS NEEDED

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Teacher - Cortlandville CTE (Anticipated)

OCM BOCES has a need for a Coordinator of MTSS and Community Schools. Successful candidate will lead the implementation of the Regional MTSS Framework, Regional Community Schools Initiatives, and Regional Suicide Prevention professional development projects. Other duties as assigned by the Assistant Superintendent of ISS.

To apply, send cover letter and resume to: recruitment@ocmboces.org or register and apply at: www.olasjobs.org/central

For more information, visit our website at: www.ocmboces.org. EOE

OCM BOCES Career and Technical program has an anticipated opening for a Culinary and Pastry Arts Instructor at the Cortlandville Campus in Cortland, NY. e Culinary program prepares 11th & 12th grade students in the areas of: safety and sanitation, food prep, cooking, restaurant management, hospitality, customer service, menu planning and marketing in conjunction with professionalism, communication, problem solving and teamwork. NYS teaching certi cation, or willingness to obtain teaching certi cation, is required. Experience in a related eld is necessary. Register and apply by 06/30/2023 at: www.olasjobs.org/central.

BOCES is looking for experienced Teachers and Assistants. Looking for teachers certified in the areas: English 7-12, Math 7 & 8, Science 7 & 8, & II, Geometry, Earth Science, Living Environment, Social Studies 7-11, Participation in Government, Economics, Physical Education, Special Education 7-12, Library Specialist, Spanish, and Health at the following locations: Wellwood Middle School, Jr. Sr. High School, Cicero-North Syracuse High and Camillus Middle School. Register and apply at:

OCM BOCES is looking for experienced Teachers and Teaching Assistants. Looking for teachers certified in the following areas: English 7-12, Math 7 & 8, Science 7 & 8, Algebra I & II, Geometry, Earth Science, Living Environment, Chemistry, Social Studies 7-11, Participation in Government, Economics, Physical Education, Special Education 7-12, Library Media Specialist, Spanish, and Health

For more information, visit our website at: www.ocmboces.org. EOE

Sites are at the following locations: Wellwood Middle School, Cortland Jr. Sr. High School, Cicero-North Syracuse High School, and Camillus Middle School. Register and apply at:

COORDINATOR – MTSS AND COMMUNITY SCHOOLS

OCM BOCES has a need for a Coordinator of MTSS and Community Schools. Successful candidate will lead the implementation of the Regional MTSS Framework, Regional Community Schools Initiatives, and Regional Suicide Prevention professional development projects. Other duties as assigned by the Assistant Superintendent of ISS. To apply, send cover letter and resume to: recruitment@ocmboces.org or register and apply at: www.olasjobs.org/central. Visit our website at: www.ocmboces.org for more information. EOE

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