Drilling Resolution Rejected

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Referendum pays for
school renovations ..page 2
Gas leases add up in the
county ..............................page 3
Significant Elements celebrates ................................page 4
Twirler takes her talents
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Drilling Resolution Rejected
The Caroline Town Board
has voted down the controversial resolution to take a
“neutral” stand on natural
gas hydro-fracking in the
town.
At the July 12 board meeting, Supervisor Don Barber,
board
members
Toby
McDonald,
Dominic
Frongillo and Linda Adams
opposed the resolution and
board member Peter Hoyt,
who co-authored the resolution with Adams, abstained.
The measure, nicknamed
the “ban the ban” resolution, was seen by many as a
reaction to a grassroots
petition in the Town of
Caroline to ban hydrofracking for natural gas in
the township.
The town board’s June
meeting drew a huge crowd
that filled the Brooktondale
Community Center. The
resolution was tabled to
allow more public comment
in July. Last Tuesday, the
meeting was more like a
community meeting without video cameras running,
a smaller but still lively
crowd showing up at the
town hall for part two of the
drama.
Barber said after the
meeting, “Most of our time
we spent with public comment. We had 60 people
there and probably 30 of
them spoke. And 90 percent
of them spoke either in
opposition of hydro-frack-
ing or support of banning
or asking the board not to
support the resolution we
voted on.”
The Resolution Clarifying the Town of Caroline’s
Role Regarding Gas Development Based on Current
Environmental Conservation Law states: “Whereas
ECL 23-0303 section 2 states,
‘The provisions of this article shall supersede all local
laws or ordinances, relating
to the regulation of the oil,
gas and solution mining
industries; but shall not
supersede local govern-
ment jurisdiction over local
roads or the rights of local
governments under the real
property tax law,’ and
“Whereas it is the opinion of our municipal attorney that the State clearly,
with intent and purpose, set
this scope, so be it.
“Resolved that the Town
will not attempt to either
encourage or limit gas
drilling in the town of
Caroline; and further
“Resolved that the town
will exercise its fiduciary
responsibility to protect its
investments in local roads,
Dino Delight
Photo by Kathy Morris
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE…
Volume 5, No. 38 • July 18-24, 2011
Buddy the T-Rex greets the Lloyd family at the “Dinosaur Train" that
stopped at the Museum of the Earth in Ithaca. Several hundred familes
attended the two-hour event Saturday morning, July 9, made possible
by a partnership between the education departments of WSKG and the
museum. Family-friendly activities included natural history and paleontology as well as “The Ray and Kirk Show” by artist Ray Troll and paleontologist Kirk Johnson.
primarily through road use
agreements; and further
“Resolved that the town
through its authority under
the Stormwater Law will
protect local water supplies
from any damaging effect of
surface runoff due to gas
drilling or any other large
scale industrial activity.”
Members of the local
community organization
ROUSE (Residents Opposing Unsafe Shale Extraction) said the resolution was
an attempt to undermine
the democratic process of
the grassroots ban effort.
During the public comment
period at last week’s meeting, Bill Podulka from
ROUSE mentioned that
DEC Commissioner Joseph
Marten stated recently that
municipal regulation or
banning of unconventional
drilling will be certainly
challenged in court in the
future.
James Cornell, a local
resident who lives on Bailor
Road and who supports gas
drilling, told the board that
Caroline is a poor town and
needs money gas drilling
would generate. In opposition to the ban petition, he
said that 900 signatures on
the Caroline ban are not
much in a town of over
3,000 people. Podulka pointed out that probably only
2,400 residents are adults
who are qualified to sign
the petition.
Please turn to page 14
Town Prohibits Gas Drilling
By Nick Babel
A ‘Humble’ premiere at
the Hangar ....................page 8
Gearing up for another
GrassRoots Fest ..........page 9
Shadows of our forgotten
ancestors ........................page 10
Last week the Town of
Ithaca made it clear that
gas drilling and related
activities would not be
allowed within its boundaries. This makes the town
the first local municipality
to pass such an amendment.
At a time when New York
State and the Department of
Environmental Conservation (DEC) are moving forward to regulate gas
drilling and specifically
hydro-fracking,
several
area towns are taking steps
to protect the rights of their
residents. “The action [July
11] was just a clarification
of our zoning law. Our law
says that which is not
specifically permitted is
prohibited, and gas drilling
has never been permitted in
the town’s zoning,” Herb
Engman, Town of Ithaca
Supervisor, explains.
The reasoning behind
towns looking at such legislation and zoning changes
varies, but the common
theme is protecting the
local environment. “The
long-term economic and
environmental future of the
town and its value as a wonderful place to live are
dependent
on
Ithaca
College, Cornell University,
tourism and agriculture,”
Engman says. “Gas drilling
would harm those interests.
Furthermore all three surface water drinking water
sources for nearly 90,000
residents are in the Town of
Ithaca:
Cayuga
Lake
(Bolton Point), Six Mile
Creek (the City of Ithaca)
and Fall Creek (Cornell
University). Just as the
DEC has proposed protecting the drinking water
sources of Syracuse and
New York City, the Town of
Ithaca is obligated to protect our local drinking
water sources.”
One question being asked
is how will municipalities
enforce these zoning laws
and will they hold up in
court? “Gas drilling and
related activities, including
construction of compressor
stations, production waste
treatment and disposal and
storage of natural gas, are
prohibited throughout the
Town of Ithaca. Any police
agency, the town’s director
of public works and the
town code enforcement officer can enforce the law, said
Engman.
He continued, “Yes, it will
hold up in court. The State
of New York, through home
rule, authorizes municipalities to enact zoning.
Furthermore, we are not
regulating the gas industry;
we have merely concluded
that gas drilling can not be
allowed in any of our zones
because of its potential
damage to our other interests. We are obligated to try
to protect the best interests
of town residents.”
Engman also says that
records at the Tompkins
County clerk’s office show
12 percent of the land in
the Town of Ithaca is
leased. This is probably a
low figure, he notes, as
there is sometimes a considerable delay between
leasing and its recording.
The Town of Dryden is
next up for passing similar
zoning restrictions, and
will hold a public hearing
on July 20, at 7 p.m. at the
Dryden Town Hall, when
the town board is expected
to vote on its version of a
gas drilling ban.
“We hope that the board
will vote to approve the
zoning amendment after
the hearing. They need to
seize this opportunity to
support a ban now, before
any permits for hydrofracking can be issued in
New York. The window of
opportunity is snapping
shut,” says Hilary Lambert
of
the group Dryden
Resources
Awareness
Coalition (DRAC).
“We have worked with
the towns of Dryden and
Ulysses to share legal
advice, and with the
Tompkins County Coalition
of
Governments
(TCCOG) on background
information. Each town
will probably enact slightly
different laws since our
individual circumstances
vary. The end effect should
be very similar, however,”
Engman says.
IHS Reaps Benefits from Referendum
This summer, Ithaca High School
(IHS) is undergoing an $11 million
phase two construction project that
will result in new parking lots,
sewer systems, a bus loop, a special
lane for parents to drop off their
children and an addition to the
Bliss Gymnasium—a 22,000-squarefoot Physical Education and
Wellness Center, expected to be
completed by next spring. Phase
one of the project, which began in
2007 and ended in 2010 and cost $12
million, resulted in the Ithaca High
School Performing Arts Center.
The funds for both phases came
from a 2007 facilities bond referendum, which the Ithaca City School
District (ICSD) board of education
brought to voters in 2005. The outcome was the passing of two propositions totaling $98.4 million to provide funding for extensive renovations and expansions to the building
and infrastructure. The improvements have been so extensive that
they could meet the school’s needs
for another 30 years.
David Giovine, of the Clark
Patterson Lee Architect Firm in
Rochester, is the lead architect for
the wellness center at IHS. He says
that the center comprises a new
gymnasium, a strength and conditioning space, an adaptive use gym,
a storage room, office and restrooms. The new gymnasium is 7,400
square feet, 33 feet high, and seats
150 people; the strength and conditioning space is 5,000 square feet
and will contain cardio and
weightlifting equipment; and the
adaptive use gym (for handicapped
children and the general popula-
Photo by Anne Marie Cummings
By Anne Marie Cummings
The new Physical Education and Wellness Center at Ithaca High School should be completed by next spring.
tion) is 3,000 square feet.
Unique to the adaptive gym is the
20-by-18-foot climbing wall, fully
equipped with foot and hand holds,
harnesses, and ropes. “Gym teachers were very excited about this
space,” says Giovine. “Now they’ll
be able to promote programs that
will benefit children who aren’t
physically fit and those with some
kind of disability.” The center will
also have a lobby space that’s 1,000
square feet, and a 100-foot corridor
connecting it to the Bliss
Gymnasium and serving as a
gallery of sports history.
Giovine explained that one of the
goals was to make sure that the
building would be as energy efficient as possible. This is why
they’ve introduced as much natural
light as possible into the building,
with nine skylights (each five-bysix-feet) in the center and other
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rooms. The outside structure of the
gym is a mixture of brick, stone,
and trespa panels. Trespa panels
contain 70 percent recycled, woodbased fibers held together with
resins; this makes the panels
durable and able to withstand harsh
winters. The inside of the gym is
made of concrete block with a patterned surface formed into the block
to cut down on noise reverberation
during practices and games.
Rob Ainslie, President of the
ICSD board of education, says that
having both the wellness center and
the Bliss Gymnasium will allow for
multiple events to occur at the same
time. “And, students will no longer
have to wait until 9 p.m. to practice,”
he notes.
Ainslie says that the public voted
for the referendum and it is, and has
been, the board’s intent to spend
about $90 million. “The bonds that
we’ve been able to issue are in the
3.5 percent range. We’re saving millions by going ahead now, and we’re
also saving 30 percent a year on our
interest payments. Long-term, this
is a tremendous benefit to the community,” he says.
Renovations at all the schools in
the district are the most significant
in 40 years. Ainslie explains that
Boynton Middle School, Dewitt
Middle School and Beverly J. Martin
Elementary School were completely
renovated last summer. The total
cost for all three projects was $31
million, and the cost of renovations
for Fall Creek and Enfield elementary schools was $4.4 million.
Mac Knight just completed his
first year as principal at Dewitt
Middle School. Prior to that he was
a physical education teacher and
assistant tutor principal for minority affairs at Lehman Alternative
Community School (LACS). He says
that prior to the renovations at
Dewitt, dividers were used to separate one classroom from another.
“Now we have permanent walls,” he
says. “This has made it much easier
for teachers to teach and for students to learn as sound doesn’t travel from one classroom to another.”
Twelve million dollars was spent
on LACS. Eighteen months of planning and construction resulted in a
new gymnasium, library, science
rooms, and a black box theater.
Principal Joe Greenberg is ecstatic.
“The physical upgrade is beautiful
and much needed, and we are growing into it quite nicely,” he says.
“Beyond that, we really appreciate
the community’s investment in our
progressive school; it is particularly
touching in such tough economic
times.”
Tracking the Impacts of Hydro-fracking
Oil and gas companies have leased
almost 40 percent of the private
land in Tompkins County, creating
an uncertain future for the area’s
environment and economy, according to a presentation given July 12
by Art Pearce and Darby Kiley, representing the Tompkins County
Council of Governments’ Task
Force on Gas Drilling.
About 80 people attended the talk
at the Veterans of Foreign Wars
Building in Dryden, including a
handful of folks with leases on
their property. It was reported that
only 6 percent of the adult, non-student population in Tompkins
County has leased land to the gas
industry.
The percentage of land with a
gas lease ranges from 0 in the City
of Ithaca and Cayuga Heights to a
high of 69 percent in Groton,
according to data gathered by volunteers from public records in the
Tompkins County Clerk’s office
from 2005-09. In Dryden, 41 percent
of the land has been leased, compared to 55 percent in Caroline, 29
percent in Newfield, 23 percent in
Danby, 44 percent in Enfield and 42
percent in Lansing.
“If you haven’t signed a lease,
you don’t sign a lease without a
really good lawyer. These leases are
incredibly complicated and you
could get fleeced,” Pearce advised.
Pearce and Kiley used overhead
photographs of Bradford County in
Pennsylvania, where natural gas
drilling using the process known as
hydraulic fracturing or “fracking”
is ongoing, to give the audience a
sense of what they might expect in
Tompkins County. A Tompkins
County planner, Kiley showed photos of residential housing developments located about 400-500 feet
from compressor stations. The
Marcellus shale is thicker in
Bradford County than in Tompkins
County, she explained making it
more profitable for companies to
drill there.
Heavy-truck traffic (some trucks
weighing as much as 100,000
pounds) associated with gas
Map provided by Marcellus Accountability Project
By Lori Sonken
The percentage of land area with gas leases, by municipality, in Tompkins County. Data
was gathered from public records in the Tompkins County Clerk's office. Numbers are
from leases recorded from January 2005 through October 2009.
drilling could double on main
roads, such as at the intersection of
Routes 13 and 366. There are currently 600,000 heavy-truck trips in
the county each year. There would
likely be traffic on main roads 24
hours a day, seven days a week,
Pearce said, noting that it can take
30 trucks to build one rig. “This
won’t work well on most bridges,”
he said.
Tompkins County Legislator
Carol Chock echoed concerns about
the wear and tear on county roads.
Speaking from the audience, she
said, “We want to make sure that
your property taxes go to fund the
wear and tear we create” and not
that caused by gas industry traffic.
Each heavy truck causes an impact
equivalent to approximately 5,000
car trips per year, she added.
Concern also was expressed
about the water and chemicals used
in the hydraulic fracturing process.
Each well requires about 5 million
gallons per year and 10.5 billion gallons could be used annually for
drilling. While Cayuga Lake levels
likely will not drop, there are questions about where the 2.1 billion
gallons of flowback water over 10
years, mixed with 167 tons of chemicals per well during the hydraulic
fracturing process, will be disposed.
New York State’s recently
released revised draft supplemen-
tal generic environmental impact
statement on hydraulic fracturing
calls for flowback water to be stored
in containers until final disposal,
Pearce said. Earlier this month, the
town of Auburn voted to ban
accepting wastewater generated
from hydraulic fracturing notwithstanding the revenues that could
have been generated.
And about 26 percent of the
active farmland in the county—
approximately 480 acres—could be
lost to gas drilling, Pearce noted.
While most of the presentation
focused on the environmental
impacts, economic impacts were
also addressed. Each well is expected to employ about 12 people working full time for a year. But many of
the jobs, especially in the early
years, are expected to go to workers
from other states with experience in
hydraulic fracturing, such as Texas,
Oklahoma and Arkansas.
Over 10 years, there would be
some 2,520 jobs generated, equivalent to about 4 percent of the county’s 65,700 employment, Pearce said.
“One of the things we have to think
about is, is this a good number?
How many jobs will be lost?” he
asked, noting that gas drilling will
not be good for the tourism and wine
industries.
While the companies are currently focused on drilling in the
Marcellus shale, from 2,000-7,000 feet
or more below ground, they may be
even more interested in the Utica
shale, located a few thousand feet
below the Marcellus. The Utica
shale formation is thicker than the
Marcellus and expected to be an
even larger natural gas resource,
Pearce said.
In New York State there is a temporary ban on hydraulic fracturing
in the Marcellus shale pending
adoption of regulations. Released
on July 8, the revised draft supplemental generic environmental
impact statement assesses issues
unique to horizontal drilling and
high-volume hydraulic fracturing.
To see slides from the Dryden
presentation visit www.tompkinsco.org/TCCOG/Gas_Drilling/Focus
_Groups/Mapping.html.
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July 18
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Significant Elements Marks Anniversary
Historic Ithaca is holding a birthday party for its architectural salvage store Significant Elements. On
Friday and Saturday, July 22 and 23,
the 20th Anniversary Fair will celebrate reuse and the traditional
building trades with two days of
events at the headquarters, 212
Center St. in Ithaca’s historic
Southside neighborhood.
The festivities kick off with a
“Mega Free Friday” sale on July 22,
with an extra-large offering of
overstocked
materials
from
Significant Elements plus free
items from SewGreen and other
local organizations. This will run
from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Significant
Elements.
There will be a storewide sale
and neighborhood tours (on both
Friday and Saturday), then on
Saturday there will be traditional
building crafts demonstrations, an
“Ask the Old House Experts” panel,
raffle, refreshments and bake sale,
old-time games, kids activities,
table displays from other local
groups, a “Re-Art Challenge” and
the unveiling of a new mural.
In the Re-Art Challenge local
teams will compete to create an art
object from reclaimed and salvaged
materials on Saturday. The creations will be judged by three local
artists.
Thanks to grants from the
Tompkins Charitable Gift Fund
and the Service League, sponsorship by Benjamin Moore and Ithaca
Paint and Decorating, and private
donations, Historic Ithaca is turning an unattractive concrete wall
into a new public artwork.
Local artist Mary Beth Ihnken is
hard at work on a mural that
depicts the varied uses of the warehouse building and the history of
the immediate neighborhood on
Plain Street. The mural will be officially
unveiled
during
the
Significant Elements 20th Anniversary Fair on Saturday.
“I am looking forward to the ReArt Challenge and kids’ activities.
It’s going to be a lot of fun to bring
people together to celebrate
Photo by Historic Ithaca
By Nick Babel
Preparing for the anniverary celebration are, from left, Historic Ithaca staff members
Kristen Olson, Sara Johnson, Lee Ayers and Robert Kauffman.
Significant Elements’ 20 years and
to check out all the great new
things we have going on,” Alphonse
Pieper, executive director of
Historic Ithaca, says.
Significant Elements was not
always the place visitors see today.
It started as a volunteer-run program offering old-house materials
from a tobacco barn just south of
Early Bird Farms. And it was
closed during the winter, Pieper
says.
“Twenty years ago it was an idea
of Charlie Pomada, who was on
staff at the time and is currently
serving on the board of Historic
Ithaca,” he adds. “At that time it
was difficult to find original material to use in restoring older homes.
And of course it was also thought
of as a way help people restore
their homes, introduce them to
Historic Ithaca and historic preservation and hopefully generate some
income.”
Salvage is also a last resort of
historic preservation; if a building
cannot be preserved, for whatever
reason, then the best that can be
done is preserve the artistry and
craftsmanship of the building parts
while keeping them out of the land-
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fill, says Pieper.
In early 2000 the salvage and sale
operation moved to a carriage barn
across from ShortStop Deli on
Seneca Street in Ithaca. With support from Tompkins County Solid
Waste, Historic Ithaca hired a fulltime staff to run the program yearround. In the summer of 2002,
Significant Elements moved to its
current location on Center Street
after Historic Ithaca purchased the
property.
“In its early years Significant
Elements’ focus was on both the
recycling of old house parts and
being a source of expertise for people working on and maintaining
older buildings and structures.
During our partnership with
Tompkins County Solid Waste
(TCSW) there was more emphasis
placed on reducing materials from
the waste stream and the store carried more donated household
items,” Pieper says.
So what does the future hold for
Significant Elements and Historic
Ithaca? “Historic Ithaca sees the
Work Preserve job training program and Significant Elements
becoming more integral to each
other, especially the repair of
donated materials and offering furniture restoration by the Work
Preserve participants as a service
to the community,” Pieper says.
He continues, “Historic Ithaca is
45 years old this year, and the
organization, along with its supporters, rescued from demolition
and neglect such buildings as the
Clinton House, the State Theatre
and the West Dryden Community
Center. These are now important
and iconic community landmarks
and their loss would have had a
serious impact to what makes
Tompkins County a great place to
live.”
Historic Ithaca is now planning
to do the same in restoring the exterior of Significant Elements building.
“It is one of the last early timberframed manufacturing buildings in
the city and we believe its restoration will add much to the Southside
neighborhood. We have a copy of a
wonderful old photo that shows the
building during the First World
War when the Thomas-Morse
Aircraft Company had part of their
operations here, building the
Tommy Plane, which was a training plane for pilots. This is one of
the aspects of the building’s history
depicted in the new mural, and
someday the building will once
again look like it did in that photo,”
says Piper.
Danby Democrats Make Endorsements
The Danby Democratic Committee has endorsed the following candidates
for Danby Town offices: Town Supervisor, Ric Dietrich; Town Board
Members, Leslie Connors and Dan Klein; Town Clerk, Pamela Goddard;
Town Highway Superintendent, Carl Seamon; Town Justices, Garry
Huddle and Theresa Klinger.
The Danby Democratic caucus will be held Aug. 11 at 7 p.m. at the
Danby Fire Station on Route 96B. For more information contact Dan Klein
at danbydan@hotmail.com, or 272-7582.
By Sue Henninger
“The only difference between a
recreational twirler and a world
class champion is the amount of
time they spend in the gym,”
Carrie Natale, director of Pride
Dance-Twirl Corps in Interlaken
explains. Natale knows firsthand
about practice paying off; she’s a
former Advanced Miss Majorette of
New York and New York State
Twirling Hall of Fame inductee.
This year one of her students,
eight-year-old
Deayza-Marie
Peebles of Trumansburg, is heading to the University of Notre
Dame in Indiana from July 19-22 to
participate in the annual America’s
Youth on Parade’s (AYOP) Miss
Majorette of America Pageant.
Since 1945 this event has been one
of the most prestigious of its kind.
“Anyone who’s anyone in the
twirling world comes; there’s a
huge attendance,” says Natale, who
estimates that there will be anywhere from 40 to 60 other twirlers
competing in Peebles’ age division.
“It’s been great to have a student
who can share all those experiences
I went through when I was young,”
she says.
Twirling is a different type of
sport, so having the chance to
spend a whole week with other
young competitors that understand
and value the skills they’ve developed is exciting. Competitions like
this give twirlers a different group
of friends to bond with, both at the
events and through avenues such as
FaceBook groups. A newcomer to
the sport, Peebles’ mother, Allyson
Chase, has been pleasantly surprised to discover the sense of community her family has developed
with the other twirling families.
Despite her young age, Peebles
has worked hard to earn the title of
Miss Majorette of New York that
allows her to advance to the AYOP
competition. “Lots of people don't
understand the time, dedication,
and endurance that this sport
takes,” Natale remarks, noting that
her young student practices her
twirling moves a minimum of two
hours a day, usually in the high
school gym or on the school’s tennis courts in her hometown. On top
of daily practice, twirlers are also
encouraged to take various dance
and ballet classes to help them further develop their balance and
coordination.
Not only is twirling hard work, it
can be dangerous, too, says Peebles,
displaying several bruises on her
arm where she was hit by her
falling baton.
Natale sees the black-and bluemarks as a positive rather than a
negative. Developing twirling skills
is a process, never a final accomplishment, she says, adding, “If
they can do their routine perfectly
and catch the baton every time then
it’s too easy for them.”
According to her teacher,
Peebles is highly competitive, constantly watching the older girls,
determined to be able to master
their more complicated moves.
“There’s no stopping her. It will
drive her crazy and she’ll keep on
practicing until she gets it,” Natale
says. Peebles’ current goal is to be
able to do a back flip under a toss
and to do an aerial cartwheel with
no hands before she catches her
baton.
Losing isn’t easy for her, but
Peebles admits that, though she
may be disappointed, she “sucks it
up,” realizing that sometimes you
win and sometimes you don’t. She
usually enters more than one
event at each competition so that if
she doesn’t do well in one area she
Photo by Sue Henninger
Twirler Tests Her Talents in Competition
Deayza-Marie Peebles of Trumansburg is
heading to the University of Notre Dame in
South Bend, Ind., to participate in the
annual America’s Youth on Parade’s
(AYOP) Miss Majorette of America
Pageant.
always has another chance to succeed before the day is done.
Though she likes competing before
judges, she readily acknowledges
that the best part of the competition for her is “When I get done!”
Behind every good twirler
there’s a team of dedicated adults.
Chase praises Natale as a teacher
saying, “She’s so knowledgeable
about the sport of baton and how
to become a champion.”
Natale has nothing but positive
to say about Chase’s commitment
as well. Once Peebles has had her
lesson, monitoring the daily practice sessions falls on her mother’s
shoulders. Luckily Chase has
found that supervising twirling
sessions is a lot like coaching any
sport. If she pays attention to
Natale during the private lessons,
she’s able to memorize the techniques and take them back to the
gym with her daughters.
Additionally, parents have to
foot the bill for the costumes, gym
time and competition fees as well
as investing a considerable
amount of time driving, encouraging and attending twirling events.
Though many of the competitions
offer cash or savings bond prizes to
their winners, the amount they
receive isn’t enough to compensate
for the other costs. Though Chase
has become quite creative in making ends meet financially, especially by making the girls’ costumes,
she admits that she works a lot of
overtime as well.
For her, the cost of twirling is
outweighed by the benefits her
daughters get from the sport. “It
teaches them so much,” she says.
“They learn discipline and other
skills that will help them with
things like job interviews when
they’re older.”
There are long-term benefits to
twirling as well. Students who
advance far enough can travel to
world competitions, held at various locations around the globe.
Several colleges, including the
University of Iowa, also offer full
scholarships
for
twirling.
However, according to Chase,
advancing that far is a challenge.
“It’s equivalent to someone training to go to the Olympics, she says.
“To be that elite you really have to
practice; it doesn’t come naturally.” Peebles thinks she’s up to it,
though. “I’ll twirl until I’m out of
college,” she says.
IPEI Presents Awards to Students, Teachers
The Ithaca Public Education Initiative (IPEI) is
known for its grants for Ithaca City School
District (ICSD) teachers and for the Kids
Discover the Trail! collaboration with the ICSD
and Discovery Trail. Yet, IPEI also manages
numerous Awards funds including for seven
presented this June at the end of the school
year.
According to the Awards funds’ criteria, two
were presented to graduating students; one
each to an underclass student, a student organization and a new teacher; and two for district
activities.
The Noreen Moore Memorial Award was
awarded for the first time at the Ithaca High
School Senior Awards Convocation on June 9 to
Aishiaa Welch. Yvonne Everhart and her
daughter Angela, the daughter and grand-
daughter of Noreen Moore made the presentation in memory of Noreen Moore, who was an
active member of the ICSD staff and community.
This year’s Carol Jean Buckley Scholarship
for Students in the Arts recipient is Elias
Spector-Zabusky. Robin Booth and Susannah
Berryman made the announcement. The scholarship in memory of this member of the Ithaca
High Class of 1983 provides scholarship assistance for talented students pursuing advanced
study in the arts.
Mary John, president of the Ithaca High
class of 2011, introduced the two IPEI Senior
Class Gift awardees. The seniors voted for
Christopher Carver, social studies teacher, to
receive this year’s New Teacher Award. Two
plaques, listing all the recipients of the Senior
Class Awards since 2004, have now been mounted in the Ithaca High library next the circulation desk.
John also announced that the Student
Organization Award winner is Pennies for
Peace. In the past year Pennies for Peace raised
over $6,000, which will sponsor a school built by
the nonprofit organization, Help the Afghan
Children (HTAC).
Sabrina Lopez received the Raymond C.
Loehr Environmental Science Scholarship
Award. A freshman last year, she received her
award on June 7 at the Awards Ceremony for
Underclass-men from Stephen Yale-Loehr. The
Raymond C. Loehr Innovative Science
Teaching Award will be announced in the fall.
For more information visit www.ipei.org,
ipei@ipei.org, 256-4734.
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July 18
5
Provincial Attitudes Prevail in Ithaca
By M. Tye Wolfe
Arriving in Ithaca more than a
decade ago, I saw the city was still
aflutter with the declaration in 1997
that Ithaca was “America’s Most
Enlightened City.” If some other
city has seized the Sahasrara
Crown from Ithaca, you wouldn’t
know it on the Commons. Watch as
the merchants, sporting the latest
AUM tatoos on their foreheads,
declare, “En-LIGHT-en-ment! Getcher en-LIGHT-en-ment here!”
Seriously, it was bizarre to discover every other week that some
magazine, even a national one like
GQ, was writing that Ithaca is one
of the top 10 places in The World to
raise a kid, heal your inner child,
or, as GQ opined, “drop out”—
though what they meant by that
was ambiguous. Are this year’s
crew of Commons rats acolytes of
GQ’s sassy wags? To make the place
less unfamiliar, GQ readers were
reminded about Cornell being here,
along with the usual quip referencing a certain late astronomer’s
marijuana use.
The Lady knows writing an article about an article about Ithaca is
a “gimme” of a story for full-time
reporters, so I am guilty of unquestioning promotion of other publications’ Ithaca promotion. Understand, news reporters know a onecall wonder when we see it. A polite
call to the magazine would always
County Seat
bring forth a managing editor who
would know the obvious benefit in
cooperating with a story about
their story.
But soon, I thought, “Enough
already.” One locally written guide
claims Ithaca is known downstate
as “the sixth borough.” Do we need
to give Manhattanite elitists a reason to rib us more than those living
on Staten Island, which actually is
part of the Big City? Back to the
ashram, everyone.
Only after years of soaking in
Cayuga Lake, which contains a
strange mutation of phosphorous
that induces spurts of kundalini to
shoot up through samsara-stained
chakras of those in the know, did I
wax enlightened enough to say that
Ithaca is, in truth, provincial and
solipsistic.
Ithacans, having been literally
coronated by a publication whose
original content was famously low,
may question my credentials as a
way to combat a thesis that can
only come from someone who feels
he’s cosmopolitan enough to say
Ithaca isn’t very, well, cosmopolitan. My credibility might also suffer because I, without question,
also passed on the myth that
because our universities draw people from all over the world that we
somehow manage to achieve an
international flavor and worldwide
reputation. That might be true if I
never met graduating seniors who
still don't know how to get down to
the Commons to have dinner with
their relatives.
If you’re agape at the audacity of
this city slander, understand you
may be bewitched by the shadows
on the walls of Plato’s cave; you
don’t enjoy the true sun, like those
of us in the spiritual dynasty you
would kill to join (as long as the
killing could be shown to be
enlightened).
So, you ask, what is the gauge I
use to substantiate this claim?
Informal inquiries among my
friends (12 people) was enough for
me to known beyond any doubt that
a cross-section of the citizenry has
huge blanks in their knowledge of
certain aspects of our national art
and culture. Nowhere is the ignorance, even contempt, so stark as
when I express adoration for
American Western films. That may
sound ironic coming from a person
who spent the 4th of July writing
about the sins made by our
Founding Fathers against “the
Indian.”
“Do you want to watch the
‘Magnificent Seven?’ That’ll turn
you on to Westerns,” I said to my
friend Mark, who is my age. “I don’t
think so. I saw ‘The Seven
Samurai,’ on which it was based,
and then I saw the Western,” he
replied, ending his statement with
a tone suggesting that was all he
needed to say.
I understood:
Americans adapting the Japanese
master, Akira Kurosawa, is just
ridiculous.
These attitudes were common
enough that I believe that, while a
three-day festival on the films of
Jean-Luc Godard could feature
experts on the French New Wave
speaking at a chic post-screening
luncheon, a series on the early
films of John Ford and John Wayne
would be non-starters in a climate
where being a Republican, even one
from Hollywood, is a lot like being a
leper.
Ithaca is not provincial in that
it’s earned the loyalty of Ithaca
native and film critic Bryan “BVC”
VanCampen, who’s been in the
business of newspapers (and cable
TV in the days when Ithaca had
local TV news) for 20 years and
counting. He’s also an award-winning short-film director. BVC does
not necessarily agree with my thesis, pointing out the popularity of
the remake of the western “True
Grit.”
BVC said that comedians and
other artists he knows are rearing
We Have Keys to a Sustainable Economy
By Gay Nicholson
This is the latest installment in our
Signs of Sustainability series,
organized
by
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It was another serene summer
evening as I joined TeeAnn Hunter,
Town of Ithaca board member, for a
tour of the town’s West Hill community garden near the Linderman
Creek Apartments. Hunter was the
driving force behind the garden,
leading the effort to win a Park
Foundation grant for the garden’s
impressive deer fence. The large
garden now serves a diverse mix of
residents working the soil to grow
their own organic fruits and vegetables.
Sustainable Tompkins had supported the garden with $750 in
mini-grants to buy tools, seeds and
fruit trees, and I was pleased to see
the red raspberry bushes donated
from my garden in full bushy splendor, loaded with ripening berries.
All across our community, people
are stepping into their gardens to
weed and water, and to revel in the
joy of harvesting fresh, healthy
food for their tables. During our
visit, two older Ukrainian residents
beamed with pride as we gestured
our praise for their thriving plots of
potatoes, tomatoes, currants and
dozens of other vegetables. I
believe we all shared that curious
mix of feelings that gardening
brings: of soul satisfaction from the
beauty of the textures, scents, and
physicality of being in the garden;
alongside a bit of pride about the
exquisite taste and good health
shared with those who will eat our
harvest. But woven throughout the
gardener’s emotions is the sense of
safety that arises out of the ability
to feed oneself.
There are many reasons for the
rapid increase in popularity of
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community gardens, but fundamental to the trend is the economic
impact it has on households made
vulnerable by the teetering global
economy. For so many modern
Americans, the garden is where
they are rediscovering the oldest
form of household economy—self
provisioning. The more you can
provide for yourself, the less money
you have to spend on hiring others
to do things for you, and the more
autonomy and freedom you experience in your life because you are
less dependent on a paycheck handed to you by somebody else.
When we garden, we reduce our
need for grocery dollars in our
household budget, but we are also
likely to save a bundle of money on
doctor bills down the road because
of the outdoor exercise and healthier diet. Learning to sew and
refashion clothing is another timetested act of self reliance, as is
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Right alongside the trend of “do
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cash flow in a household economy.
Sharing comes naturally within
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their kids on the Marx Brothers. As
his former colleague and musical
collaborator, I should point out that
the peers of BVC, who is also a
singer, guitarist and songwriter, are
not Typical Tompkins; he is a member of the small, self-selected group
of folks generally known as
artists—people who, in this county,
remain committed to trades that
rarely offer a good health insurance plan, doing pieces and gigs;
knowing what it feels like to
squeeze blood from a stone.
BVC is one of those people who
is willing to spend an enormous
amount of time and effort on critiques, even if the readership is
restricted to a county with barely
100,000 people. Like me, he hasn’t
been staining his fingers in ink
because he is waiting for the
chance to move “up” to the twin
peaks of dinosaur journalism,
USA: the New York Times or the
Washington Post.
Then again, not everyone has
been baptised by Cayuga Lake’s
mystical waters. The subsequent
enlightenment came as a shock to
me, as was the strong sense that
said enlightenment was important
to all those needing a person to
emulate. Lastly, the sense of humility I experienced after this baptism
was completely typical and expected. I’ve embodied “humble” my
whole life, hopefully providing an
example to those suffering from
sinful vanity, the kind of vanity
that says, “I hate Westerns.”
M. Tye Wolfe is a columnist for
Tompkins Weekly.
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that doesn’t involve a screen,
like (God forbid) open a book.”
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July 18
7
A ‘Humble’ Premiere on Hangar Stage
By Ross Haarstad
Catching up with the artists in the
midst of rehearsals for the first
ever production of “Ever So
Humble”—the comedy that opened
this past weekend at the Hangar
Theatre—they appear both out of
breath and elated, as if everyone is
walking on clouds.
Playwright Tim Pinckney’s comment is typical: “The Hangar
Theatre could comfortably change
its name to Playwright Heaven.
They have taken such wonderful
care of me and have allowed my
play to grow and come beautifully
to life in a safe, nurturing and wildly creative environment.”
“Ever So Humble” is a hilarious
account of a search for “a place to
call home” in the mad scramble of
New York City. When Nick (Eric T.
Miller) and his best friends Bobby
and Dana (Karl Gregory and Erica
Steinhagen) lose their sublet, they
run into Howard (Philip Hoffman),
a lonely man with a beautiful house
in Brooklyn. But Howard’s heirs
have different ideas about the
house. Conflict! Drama! Hilarity!
Pinckney’s inspiration for the
play is E.M. Forster’s novel
“Howard’s End,” but he is quick to
point out that this is not a modern
version: “As the play I was writing
progressed, the parallels with the
novel became clear and once I
embraced that, everything started
to fall into place. The class differences are apparent in both but it
was Forster’s theme of ‘only con-
Photo by Thomas Hoebbel Photography
“Ever So Humble” by Tim
Pinckney; Hangar Theatre, July
14–23; 273-4497
The cast of “Ever So Humble” includes, from left, Karl Gregory, Erica Steinhagen, Jesse
Bush, Eric T. Miller, Philip Hoffman, Andréa Burns and Greg Bostwick.
nect’ that resonated most with
what I was creating.”
Pinckney’s first play, “Message to
Michael,” was praised for “sharp
eyed charm, and more than a little
wit about gay men’s struggles to get
a hold of a partner,” (Village Voice)
and proved a hit at New York City’s
Rattlestick Theatre, where it premiered in 1996. He is also a member
of The Ensemble Studio Theatre’s
Playwrights unit. Tim originally
hails from Auburn.
Pinckney got together with director Peter Flynn when they were
putting together a benefit concert
of “Funny Girl” on Broadway for
the Actor’s Fund, featuring 16 different Fanny Brices, including
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and Jane Krakowski. Since then
they also collaborated on concert
stagings of “On the Twentieth
Century” and “Chess.”
“We first met when I was a coordinator on the 1991 Aids Walk New
York and Tim was on staff at
GMHC.…We lost each other for a
few years and found each other
again when he was hired to adapt
the script to ‘Funny Girl’,” says
Flynn.
The reading of the first draft of
“Ever So Humble” took place in the
apartment of the late lyricist Fred
Ebb (“Cabaret,” “Chicago”) in 2004,
with
Flynn
in
attendance.
(Pinckney wrote the liner notes for
the CD/DVD soundtrack recording
of the film of “Chicago” at Ebb’s
request.) “Peter has been with me
every step of the journey with
‘Ever So Humble.’ His amazing
skill, his sensitivity, and his passion for the theatre are evident in
every move you see onstage.”
Director and playwright are
quick to praise the acting ensemble
they have gathered for this world
premiere, which also includes
Broadway actress Andrea Burns
and local favorites Jesse Bush and
Greg Bostwick (in addition to
Gregory and Steinhagen.)
Burns, who plays Daisy, was
most recently seen as Daniela, the
saucy hairdresser in “In the
Heights” for which she won a
Drama Desk Award. Musical theater aficionados will note that she
was in the original cast of Jason
Robert Brown’s “Songs for a New
World,” as well as playing the part
of Lucille Frank in the first national tour of Brown’s “Parade.”
Hoffman, playing Howard, has a
similarly vast musical theater
resume, as well as turns as Roy
Cohn in “Angels in America,”
Charlie Fox in “Speed-the-Plow”
and Shakespeare.
“I have never—ever—worked
with such skilled, accomplished
actors; their commitment to the
play takes my breath away,” says
Pinckney.
Local actress Steinhagen comments that “to walk into a rehearsal room every day to work with people with whom you have fallen
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July 18
Getting Ready
for Return of
GrassRoots
By Stephen Kimball
What I really like about music festivals is the variety of music available. Being able to go from listening
to one type of music to another is
not only fun, it keeps you on your
musical toes. Every year at the end
of July, the GrassRoots Festival of
Music and Dance in Trumansburg
does a fantastic job of this.
Attendees can go from listening
to a punk band such as Blackfire to
a string band such as the Carolina
Chocolate Drops. Or a rap group
such as The Gunpoets to a Cuban
band such as Sierra Maestra. This
is, indeed, the good stuff that music
lovers want.
The dates for this year’s
GrassRoots Festival are July 21-24
and as always, the festival is taking
place at the Trumansburg Fairgrounds. There are many options
for those who want to attend, ranging from camping to day passes.
Really, the best course of action is
to go to www.grassrootsfest.org and
get all of the details about parking,
tickets and shuttles. This is a very
well attended festival, but don’t be
intimidated. It is well run. Shuttle
buses make getting to and from the
parking areas and the fairgrounds
simple.
And now on to the really fun
stuff: Who’s playing this year. Two
of the acts I’m most looking forward to are the Carolina Chocolate
Drops and the Court Yard Hounds.
The Carolina Chocolate Drops
formed following meeting at the
Black Banjo Gathering in Boone,
N.C., in 2005. They are likely best
known for their cover of Blu
Cantrell's R&B tune “Hit ’Em Up
Style.” This song is indicative of
what makes this a great band in
that it combines traditional string
band music with beat boxing (vocal
percussion). The band’s album
“Genuine Negro Gig” won the Best
Traditional Folk Grammy in 2010.
The Court Yard Hounds are twothirds of the Dixie Chicks. Sisters
Emily Robison and Martie Maguire
decided to make a record while the
Dixie Chicks were on hiatus. While
their primary band definitely leans
more toward country, the Court
Yard Hounds brings out the inner
folk musicians in the sisters. They
released their eponymous debut
album in 2010.
A full listing of all the acts and a
schedule is available at the
GrassRoots Festival website or in
their brochures, which can be
found all around town.
Tompkins Weekly asked Rosa
Puryear of the GrassRoots Festival
some questions about the event.
Tompkins Weekly: For those
who don’t know, can you provide a
history of the festival?
Rosa Puryear: The festival began
in 1991 after a successful benefit for
AIDS at the State Theater featuring
Donna the Buffalo, the Horse Flies
and Neon Baptist. It was begun by
Donna the Buffalo and friends and
has grown gradually over the years
to what it is today, which is one of
the largest self-sustaining (non
grant-receiving) non-profit organizations in New York State and one
of the largest festivals in the country that does not allow corporate
sponsorship. We have extended our
grant-giving mission from the first
years, which was primarily a benefit for AIDS, to now include a wide
variety of charities that support
arts, education and the global fight
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July 18
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Shadows of Our Forgotten Ancestors
H H H 1 / 2 C ave of Fo rg otte n
D re am s. W r i t t e n a n d d i r e c t e d by
We r n e r H e r z o g . A t C i n e m a p o l i s .
According to many experts, it’s all
been downhill for humanity since
we abandoned our heritage of
hunting and gathering. Huntergatherers, after all, led longer,
healthier lives than the vast majority of their agricultural descendants. Anthropologists can always
tell the difference between the
skeleton of a person who grew his
food and someone who hunted and
gathered it: the ancient farmer
always looks weaker, punier, misshapen from years of repetitive,
soul-destroying drudgery. “Diseases of affluence” like cancer and diabetes were virtually non-existent
among pre-agriculturalists. And
they were probably happier, too,
with more time for leisure activities like sitting around, dancing
around campfires—and making
more hunter-gatherers.
Now the visionary German director Werner Herzog (Aguirre: The
Wrath of God, Fitzcarraldo, Grizzly
Man) wants to convince us that the
art was better in those days, too.
consider this: quite
apart from what it
affords educationally, his film also
offers a nice, cool
subterranean break
from the latest carbon-forced
heat
wave we clever agriculturalists
have
inflicted on ourselves.
You’d think it
would be hard to
make a movie about
what is, in essence,
just a fancy mural.
In an inspired move,
Herzog
presents
Cave in 3-D, giving
viewer a vivid
Werner Herzog goes old school in Cave of Forgotten Dreams. the
sense of the space
His Cave of Forgotten Dreams is a and the undulating surfaces on
look inside one of the true master- which the paintings were made.
pieces of painting made in any age. That, and the way Herzog allows
Chauvet Cave in southern France his lighting to play upon them like
was discovered only in 1994, and ancient torches, makes this not just
has been sealed off from the public an engrossing spectacle, but someever since in an attempt to save it in thing like a spiritual experience.
something like its pristine state.
For these images of lions, horsHerzog is the first filmmaker es, mammoths, etc., executed with a
allowed inside to document the kind of easy, Picasso-esque virtuos30,000-year-old works within. Not ity, were not intended just for somesure it’s worth your time? Then one’s sensual gratification. They
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By Nicholas Nicastro
were also visions of an alternative
reality, considered so precious by
their makers that they were executed in remote places that never saw
the ordinary light of day. Herzog,
whose logorrheic attempts at profundity are legendary and only
occasionally successful, wisely
ceases his narration for long
stretches here, leaving his crew
(and us) the opportunity to absorb
the experience in appropriate
silence. Indeed, his reverence
extends to the point of not even
bothering to explain how the paintings were made, or what they're
made of—things virtually always
addressed in History Channel treatments of prehistoric art. They
aren’t missed.
In addition to the paintings, the
cave is a time capsule of skulls and
bones left over from millennia of
abandonment. These make the
place as much an exhibition of
sculpture as of pictures, including
hanging “ridge-stones” that flow
like frozen drapery and a cave bear
skull encased in a layer of calcite
resembling sparkling caramel.
Here again, the choice to present
this film in 3D—perhaps the best
use of the technique I can think
of—enhances this experience in a
way that, say, watching Captain
America’s mighty shield fly at
your head just doesn’t.
Are the Chauvet paintings really the all-time pinnacle of picturemaking that Herzog suggests they
are? Such things are, of course,
matters of taste, but for my part
the paintings here don’t match the
dynamism or the colors of
Lascaux, let alone (say) the Sistine
Chapel, Manet's Water Lilies, or
Citizen Kane. Such hyperbole actually does its subject a disservice,
for this doesn’t need to be “the
best” to be uniquely worthwhile.
For my part, to spend 90 minutes
in the presence of works so
ancient, so undoubtedly authentic,
is an experience far more profound
than anything encompassed by
what we call “art” today.
Nicholas Nicastro's latest novel,
The Passion of the Ripper, is available in paperback and on Kindle at
Amazon.com.
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One Good Turn Deserves Another
By Larry Klaes
People celebrate all kinds of occasions, from birthdays to historical
events. Recently, Cornell celebrated
a historic anniversary that not
many outside of astronomical circles may have been aware of: the
first time that the planet Neptune
had completed one full orbit of the
Sun since its discovery in 1846.
Calling it “Happy Orbit Day,
Neptune!” the Cornell Astronomical Society (CAS) and the Cornell
Center for Radiophysics and Space
Research Education and Public
Outreach (CRSR EPO) invited the
public to mark this once-in-a-lifetime event at Fuertes Observatory
on the North Campus. More than
100 visitors came to pay tribute to
the most distant of all the main
planets throughout the somewhat
muggy evening. In addition to presentations about the celestial guest
of honor, the human guests were
given a variety of fun ways to learn
about the other worlds in our Solar
System and the rest of the heavens.
To show why it took so long —
164.79 years, to be precise—for that
other blue planet to make one full
circuit of the Sun since it was recognized as a world, CRSR EPO
Coordinator Nancy Schaff produced a collection of colored yarn
on sticks. She had children grab the
long strands of yarn and move outward from a volunteer who played
the Sun across the observatory
yard to the relatively correct distances for each planet.
The child who represented
Neptune ended up halfway down
the hill from Fuertes toward the
Appel Building. The real Neptune
stretches 4.5 billion kilometers
from the Sun in space.
“Kids see linear models of the
Solar system in books,” explained
Schaff. “That is simply not true.
With this yarn, kids can see the
planets in their true three dimensions across the back yard of
Fuertes.”
After playing our yellow dwarf
star in the yarn demonstration,
Erica Seeley, 12, of Horseheads,
exclaimed that she “did not know
that Neptune and Pluto was really
far from the Sun!” Erica’s sister,
Emily, 10, who showed just how distant Saturn loomed across deep
space, said she came to Cornell at
the urging of her grandmother,
who told the girls about the planetary celebration and the reason for
it. The girls were accompanied by
their grandfather, Tom Wakula,
who said he brought Erica and
Emily to the event both to learn
something about this branch of science and “to get them away from
their iPods.”
For those who wanted models of
the Solar System on an even smaller scale, Cornell staff and volunteers used Play-Doh to let children
create models of the planets in
their relative sizes. Other guests
made pocket Solar Systems using
long white strips of paper with
which they drew images of the
planets at the correct distances
from each other.
Celebrants also got a taste of just
how massive each major world is
with the gravity bottle demonstration. Wrapped up in colorful tape,
participants hefted a plastic bottle
swathed in blue tape representing
Earth and holding 20 ounces of
water. Then they lifted other bottles
with various levels of water to get a
literal feel for how much a similar
object would weigh on the other
planets.
No anniversary is complete without a cake, and this one was no
exception. A large cake covered in
chocolate frosting and an image of
Neptune taken by the Voyager 2
space probe in 1989 was quickly
presented and devoured by those in
attendance. Even the Neptune picture was eaten, as it was made of
rice paper.
As the Sun set over the campus,
visitors were invited inside the
observatory to hear a lecture on
Neptune given by CAS member Art
Samplaski. Here they learned that
the gas giant was the first planet to
be discovered not by chance but by
mathematics. This was due to
astronomers noting earlier discrepancies in the orbital data of
Neptune’s neighbor planet, Uranus,
and calculating where the mystery
world that was gravitationally tugging at Uranus should be. On Sept.
23, 1846, German astronomer
Johann Galle claimed the honor of
finding Neptune among the stars.
Later observations have shown that
Neptune possesses a set of thin,
dark rings and at least 13 moons.
Happily, the clouds that had earlier threatened to keep visitors
from viewing the night sky eventually moved away, and celebrants
were able to enjoy seeing the first
quarter phase Moon and several
other celestial objects, including
the guest of honor, which finally
rose above the nearby trees after 1
a.m.
“Not only did some 20 stalwarts
patiently wait in order to see
Neptune, but another 20-plus people came back at 1 a.m. to see it as
well,” said Samplaski, who helped
to show our distant neighbor
through the main 12-inch refractor
telescope, where it appeared as a
small blue disk against the blackness of space.
Among the latter group was a girl
about age 10 or 11, from the Indian
subcontinent, said Samplaski.
“That girl made the entire event for
me. That any child was willing to be
woken in the middle of the night to
come back to the observatory was
great; that it was a girl, and her
mother supportive of her desire,
was absolutely wonderful, and
gives me hope that we yet can
rebuild science education for both
girls and boys.”
Another surprise was a visit by
Cornell Earth Sciences post-doc
Tiezhu Lee and his pregnant wife
Benjie Yue, both from northern
China. Upon learning what the celebration was all about, Benjie
decided to name their unborn son,
who was due to arrive the following
week, Neptune.
The next Cornell space event
takes places on Aug. 5 at the Space
Sciences Building on campus.
Titled “Vesta Fiesta,” the university astronomers will celebrate the
first orbiting of the planetoid Vesta
by the space probe named Dawn.
For event information contact
Nancy
Schaff,
CRSR
EPO
Coordinator, at nancys@astro.cornell.edu.
Committee to Oversee Health Agency Divestment
By Tompkins Weekly Staff
Tompkins County Administrator
Joe Mareane last week updated the
county legislature’s Health and
Human Services Committee concerning next steps toward divestment of the County’s Certified
Home Health Agency (CHHA), following the legislature’s decision
last month to divest.
Mareane has appointed a ninemember working group and selection committee to develop the
Request for Proposals (RFPs) to
acquire and operate the CHHA, to
review responses, and to make a
recommendation to the committee
and the legislature regarding
award of the CHHA’s Certificate of
Need.
The committee is made up of
Health and Human Services
Committee Chair Frank Proto,
Budget Committee Chair Jim
Dennis (also a member of Health
and Human Services), Public
Health Director Frank Kruppa,
two Health Department employees
appointed by Krupa, Health
Planning Council Director Betty
Falcao, County Board of Health
Chair Dr. James MacMillan, and
Mareane and Deputy County
Administrator Paula Younger
from County Administration.
Dennis sid that the committee
should be able to incorporate into
the proposal development and
review process many of the concerns expressed throughout the
painstaking deliberation process
that was used to determine the
future of the CHHA.
Kruppa noted it is important to
proceed deliberately but quickly
with the proposal process, noting
that his department is at a “critical crossroads,” with department
employees affected considering
their future.
He said department leaders have
already prepared a preliminary
working draft, based on review of
proposals issued by other counties
that have divested, but he noted
that most are very short and do not
include the community values
component that was urged as
important by many who weighed
in during discussions on the
CHHA’s future, elements he hoped
would be developed by the new
working group.
Legislator Will Burbank expressed some concern regarding
whether the county would limit
consideration to not-for-profit
operators, as he recalled was the
intent when discussion of the
issue began.
Mareane said that is not necessarily the intent, that quality standards for both profit and non-profits have been shown to be high.
Dennis suggested that restricting
the potential field in such a way
would likely not been in the
County’s best interest. Falcao
advised that decisions related to
the process should be based on the
criteria mentioned in the RFP
itself.
Kruppa said that the process
will be “very deliberate and well
thought out. Quanitifying the values in the RFP will be the challenge,” he said.
Members of the committee and
the working group received the
first draft of the document
Thursday.
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18 Monday
Adult/Child/Infant CPR/AED, 1-4:30pm, American Red
Cross, 201 W. Clinton St., Ithaca. Fee $90, To sign up for
a class, please go to www.redcross.org/takeaclass or for
more information, call 273-1900 x14.
Art in the Garden, 10-11am, Ithaca Children's
Garden, Route 89 at Cass Park, Ithaca, A new project
every week. For ages 4 and up with a caregiver. Cost
is $2 per child. No need to register. Info., 272-2292.
Breastfeeding for the Health of It, 10am-12pm OR
6-8pm, Cooperative Extension Education Center, 615
Willow Avenue, Ithaca , This week's topic:
Breastfeeding: It's the Norm. Call Tina or Stacy at Cornell
Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County (607) 2722292 or email TMF8@cornell.edu to sign up.
Emergency Food Pantry, 1-3:30pm, Tompkins
Community Action, 701 Spencer Rd., Ithaca. Provides
individuals and families with 2-3 days worth of nutritious food and personal care items. Info. 273-8816.
Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous, 7-8:30pm,
Cayuga Medical Center, 301 Dates Dr., Ithaca, Fourth
Floor North Conference Room. Food Addicts in Recovery
Anonymous (FA) is a free Twelve Step recovery program for anyone suffering from food obsession, overeating, under-eating and bulimia. Call FA at 781-321-9118 or
toll free 1-866-931-6932. Visit our website at
www.foodaddicts.org.
Game Time, July and August 2011, Thaler/Howell
Program Room, TC Library, Ithaca, Ages 7-13, Enjoy
and afternoon of board games at the Library.
GIAC Teen Program 4-7pm, 318 N. Albany St., Ithaca,
Game Room, Video Games, Open Gym & Field Trips.
Lifelong Schedule, 8:30 –9:30AM, Enhance
Fitness®, Lifelong, 119 W. Court Street, Ithaca;
9–10AM, Enhance Fitness®, Juniper Manor I, 24 Elm
St., Trumansburg; 10–11:30AM, T’ai Chi Class, Titus
Towers, Apartments 800 S Plain St.; 10–12PM, Clay
Class; 10–12PM, Finding Rest and Renewal: How to
Create a Mini-Retreat; 10:15–11:15AM, Enhance
Fitness®-Enfield Community Building, 168 Enfield Main
Rd.; 12:30–1:30PM, Strength Training ; 2–3PM,
Enhance Fitness®, McGraw House Annex, 211 S.
Geneva St.; 7–9PM, International Folk Dancing; Info.,
273-1511 or www.tclifelong.org.
Loaves & Fishes Community Kitchen, 12 Noon, St.
John's Church, 210 N Cayuga St., Open to all, no limitations or requirements. Info., www.loaves.org.
Overeaters Anonymous, 7:30-8:30pm, Henry St. John
Building, 301 S. Geneva St., #103, corner W. Clinton St.,
Speakers/Literature meeting, Meetings are free, confidential, no weigh-ins or diets, Info., 387-8253.
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Meeting, PTSD
Ithaca is a Post Traumatic Stress Disorder support
group for individuals in and around Ithaca, NY who have
been diagnosed with (or think they may have) Post
Traumatic Stress Disorder. Meetings are every
Monday at 6:30 p.m. Please call 607-279-0772 for
more information.
Pre-School Story Hour and Craft, 10am, The
SPCA Annex at The Shops at Ithaca Mall.
Q&A with the Hangar Theatre’s Ever So Humble
playwright Tim Pinckney and director Peter
Flynn, 6:30pm, Buffalo Street Books, Dewitt Mall,
Ithaca, The play is currently having its world premiere at
the Hangar, running through Saturday, July 23rd, 2011.
Resume Critique Workshop, 1-3pm, Tompkins
Workforce NY Career Center, Center Ithaca Building,
Room 241, Info., 272-7570 x 118.
Shakuhachi Flute w/Senpai Kim, 6:30-7:30pm,
World Seishi Karate, 989 Dryden Rd. (in Varna), Info.,
www.seishihonbu@verizon.net or 277-1047.
Southwind, 7pm, Ulysses Philomathic Library,
Trumansburg, The music of Southwind is folksy,
delightful and comes with a dulcimer. These ladies
breeze through tunes that are nostalgic, beautiful and energetic. Appropriate for older children/teens as well.
Youth Development Survey 2010 Results, 6:30—
7:30PM, GIAC, 301 W. Court St., Ithaca, Presented by
Kris Bennett, Community Coalition for Healthy
Youth/Tompkins County Youth Services Dept., Free
and open to the public, Free child care & refreshments.
Info., 272-3622 or Kris Bennett at CCHY, 274-5310.
19 Tuesday
Al-Anon, 12noon, 518 W. Seneca St., Ithaca, Meeting
open to anyone affected by another person’s drinking.
Info., 387-5701.
Candor Library Story Hour, 10:15am, Candor Free
Library, Bank and Main St., Info. ,659-7258.
Cayuga Club Toastmasters, 6-7pm, meets every
Tuesday, 6th floor of Rhodes Hall, Conference Room
#655, Cornell University, Ithaca.
Info.,
http://cayuga.freetoasthost.us.
Cortland Main Street Farmers Market, Tuesdays
and Saturdays 8 am - 2pm on Main Street, Cortland,
June 1 - October 30. Convenient location, plenty of
free parking, and close to fine restaurants, shops, and
the Main Street merchants. For more information call
(607) 753-8570 or e-mail tsandstrom@ocmboces.org.
Crown City Club Toastmasters International
Meeting, 6:30pm, Caring Hospice Center, Cortland,
11 Kennedy Parkway (Yaman Park Entrance, 5th
Building on the left).
Eating Disorders Family & Friends Support
Network, 6:30-8:30pm, Cooperative Ext., 615 Willow
Ave., Ithaca, every 3rd Tuesday, interactive videoconference with local connections. Info., 272-2292.
Expanded Home Buyer Education Program, 6:308:30pm, Old Jail Conference Room, 125 E. Court
Street, Ithaca, Session 2 of 2, Info., Visit us: www.betterhousingtc.org.
GIAC Teen Program, 7-9pm, BJM, 318 N. Albany St.,
Ithaca, Game Room, Video Games, Open Gym & Field
Trips, 272-3622.
Immaculate Conception Church Food Pantry, 11:45pm, Seneca near Geneva St., Ithaca, Free, fresh
produce, breads, desserts, dairy and deli. For low to
moderate incomes, limit 1 pantry per week.
www.friendshipdonations.org.
Ithaca Farmers Market in Dewitt Park, 9am-2pm,
Market open from 5/4-10/26. More information available
at www.ithacamarket.com.
J-Ville Jazzy Jumble Thrift Shop, 4:30-7:30pm,
Jacksonville Church on Rte. 96, Our prices can’t be
beat. Info. 277-1216.
Jazzercise, 5:45pm, 119 W Court St., Ithaca.
Jazzercise combines dance, resistance training,
pilates, yoga, kickboxing and more to create programs
for people of every age and fitness level. More info.
288-4040.
Joe Crookston, 7:30pm, Schwartz Center, Cornell,
Joe Crookston has won national acclaim for his engag-
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stage presence. His recording Able Baker Charlie and
Dog was named 2009 Album of the Year by the
International Folk Alliance, and in recent years he has
shared festival stages with Arlo Guthrie, John
McCutcheon, John Gorka, Livingston Taylor, and other
folk notables.
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat,
7:30pm, Cortland Repertory Theatre, 6799 Little York
Lake Road, Preble, Information and tickets at
http://www.cortlandrep.org.
Judy Stock, 7pm, Southworth Library, Dryden, Judy
Stock storyteller extraordinaire, Info., 844-www.southworthlibrary.org.
Lifelong Schedule, 9–11AM, Blood Pressure Clinic,
FREE; 9–12PM, Morning Watercolor Studio; 10–12PM,
Open Computer Lab/Discussion; 1–4PM, Confidential
HIV Testing and Counseling by appt, Call 274-6683;
1–4PM, Afternoon Art Studio; 2–4PM, Open Computer
Lab; Info., 273-1511 or www.tclifelong.org.
Loaves & Fishes Community Kitchen, 6pm, St.
Meditation at Rasa Spa. 7:30-8:30pm. Tranquility
Room, Shamatha, or “calm abiding”, meditation. $5
donation. Info., 273-1740, visit www.rasaspa.com.
Music in the Hollow, 6-8pm, Ellis Hollow Community
Center, 111 Genung Rd Ithaca, Entertainment by
Driftwood, Free.
Overeaters Anonymous, 12:15-1:15pm, Henry St.
John Building, 301 S. Geneva St., #103, corner W.
Clinton St., 12 Steps & 12 Traditions meeting; 7-8pm,
Watkins Glen Library; Meetings are free, confidential,
no weigh-ins or diets. Info., 387-8253.
Owego Farmer's Market, 9am-1pm, Every Tuesday and
Friday. Rite-Aid, Main Street, Owego, Info., 687-4020.
Sciencenter Animal Time: “The Snail’s Spell”,
10:30am, Sciencenter, 601 First St, Ithaca, Toddlers
and preschoolers are invited to hear the story “The
Snail’s Spell” by Joanne Ryder and use yarn to make a
snail! Included with admission. Kids under three receive
free admission. Info., www.sciencenter.org or 607272-0600.
Stories in the Park, 11:30am-12noon, through
August 30, Dewitt Park Farmer's Market, Join us for
stories, music and family fun; stay for lunch and shopping at the Farmer’s Market.
Studio Faculty Presentation, 7:30 pm, The Studio
Lecture Room, Corning Museum of Glass, Attend a
free, informal lecture by Studio faculty members Gianni
Toso, and Denise Stillwaggon Leone. Admission is free
and registration is not required. Call (607)438-5100 to
confirm speakers’ dates, which are subject to change.
Summer Crafts, Groton Public Library, Create crafts
with Mrs. Radford, Info., 898-5055.
Toddler Time Storytime, 10am, Groton Public Library,
Enjoy stories with Mrs. Radford, Info., 898-5055.
Tuesday Morning Art Classes for Children, 9:1511:30am, Dryden Community Cafe, Main St., Dryden,
Please come by to sign up, or email Leslie at robertcobb@frontiernet.net, or leave a note at the Cafe.
20 Wednesday
Adult Children of Alcoholics and Dysfunctional
Families Group, ACA Meets every Wednesday 7:30 8:30 pm at The Ithaca Community Recovery Bldg. 2nd
floor of 518 W. Seneca St Ithaca, NY for more info:
www.adultchildren.org
At A Loss, 7:30pm, The Kitchen Theatre, 417 W.
State St., Ithaca, Can love blossom when language
barriers are high, timetables inflexible and a delivery
van with extremely valuable property has been
hijacked? A wonderful new romantic comedy. Info.,
www.kitchentheatre.org.
Avoiding Tenant-Landlord Headaches, 1pm2:30pm, Finger Lakes Independence Center, 215 Fifth
Street, Ithaca; registration is appreciated. The workshop is free and open to the public.
Bread of Life Food Pantry in Candor, Rt 96, across
from Post Office, 3-6pm.
Cornell’s Kleinberg to Talk about Digital Networking,
7:30pm, Kennedy Hall’s Call Auditorium, For more information, call 607.255.4987, e-mail cusce@cornell.edu,
or visit www.summer.cornell.edu/events.
The 1st Congregational Church, 309 Highland Rd.,
Ithaca, Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous (FA) is a
free Twelve Step recovery program for anyone suffering
from food obsession, overeating, under-eating and bulimia. Info., toll free 866-931-6932 or 718-321-9118 or
www. foodaddicts.org.
Green Jobs Workshop, 10-12pm, Tompkins
Workforce NY Career Center, Center Ithaca Building,
Room 241, Info., 272-7570 x 118.
Homer Farmers' Market, Wednesdays 4:30-7pm and
Saturdays 9am - 1pm on the Green in Homer, from May 21
- October 22. Wide variety of produce, arts, baked goods,
and prepared food: Live music on selected dates. For
more information e-mail tammie@coldbrookfarm.com or
visit www.homerfarmersmarket.com.
Ithaca Community Police Board Drop-In Hours, 25pm, GIAC, 301 West Court Street, Ithaca, you can
also make an appointment. To leave a private message or make an appointment, call 275-0799.
Ithaca Singles Group Dinner, 6pm, Waterwheel Cafe,
Freeville, Info., 347-4398, ps@momentummedia.com.
Johnson Museum Workshop, 5:30-7:30pm,
Johnson Museum, Cornell, 3 weeks, July 20,27, Aug.
3, Explore new terrain with Ithaca-based contemporary
artist Ann Reichlin, who will present new approaches to
creating three-dimensional work inspired by architectural form. $15 per session/$12 per session for
Johnson Museum Members, Series of three sessions:
$40/$30 for Johnson Museum Members; $5 per session/$15 for series, Registration and payment are
required by July 18. Please call 607 255-6464.
2pm & 7:30pm, Cortland Repertory Theatre, 6799
Little York Lake Road, Preble, Information and tickets
at http://www.cortlandrep.org.
Lifelong Schedule, 8:30–9:30AM, Enhance Fitness®
, Lifelong, 119 W. Court Street, Ithaca; 9–10AM,
Enhance Fitness®, Juniper Manor I, 24 Elm St.,
Trumansburg; 9–12PM, HIICAP Health Insurance
Counseling, by appointment 273-1511; 10–12noon,
Memoirs and Musings; 10:15–11:15AM, Enhance
Fitness®, Enfield Community Building, 168 Enfield
Main Rd.; 1–3:30PM, Crafting Circle-Needlework and
Quilting; 2–3PM, Enhance Fitness®- McGraw House
Annex, 211 S. Geneva St.; 2–4PM, Using Family Tree
Maker, Legacy and Similar Genealogy Software;
7–8PM, T’ai Chi for Wellness; 7–8:30PM, Caregiver
Conversations, A support group for caregivers of senior citizens; Info., 273-1511 or www.tclifelong.org.
Little Gather: Cathy McGrath, 11am, Corning
Museum of Glass, Corning, Teakettle Music, Introduce
little ones to the Museum at Little Gather events with
free storytelling, magic shows, music and lots of fun.
Adults must pay Museum admission if exploring the galleries after the show ($14.00 adults; kids and teens free).
For program details contact littlegather@cmog.org or
(607)438-5113.
Live Streaming: Gianni Toso Demonstration at
The Studio, 10:30am–12pm, Corning Museum of
Glass, Corning, If you can’t get to Corning this summer,
you can still see some of the action. Watch a live demo
online of Gianni Toso one of the artists teaching at The
Studio this summer. Info., www.cmog.org/live, Free.
M&T Bank Downtown Summer Concert Series, 68pm, Downtown Ithaca Commons, Free Live music by
Keith Frank & the Soileau Zydeco Band.
Mindfulness Practice, 7:30-9pm, Hospicare, 172 E.
King Rd., Ithaca, In times of stress, the present
moment can seem anything but wonderful. The group
meets each Wednesday to practice mindfulness as
taught by Vietnamese Zen monk, Thich Nhat Hanh. This
group is open to everyone, regardless of experience or
spiritual affiliation. For more information, contact
Pamela Goddard at 607-273-8678 or Dr. Nancy
Stewart at 607-277-0260.
Music in the Park, 6:30-8pm, Montgomery Park,
Dryden, Entertainment by Pete Panek and the Blue Cats..
Parkinson’s Support Group, Cornell Cooperative
Extension, 615 Willow Ave., 2-3:30pm. Meets every
3rd Wed. For those with Parkinson’s and/or their caregivers. Info., 274-5492 Office for the Aging.
Stories in the Park, 4pm, Mill Park, Main St.,
Newfield. Part of the Newfield Public Library summer
reading program. Info., 564.3594.
Swallow Wort Eradication Training, 7pm, , Meet at
the north end of the trail at the junction of Helen’s Way,
off Westhaven Road. There will be time to ask questions and try removal techniques. Gardeners from
other areas are also invited to attend the session. For
information, please contact the Town of Ithaca
Planning Department at 273-1747.
Tioga County Fair, 9am-11pm, Tioga County
Fairgrounds, Route 17C, West Main Street, Owego,
General Admission: $7, Weekly Pass: $20 (includes rides.
Info., http://www.tiogacountyfairny.com; 607-687-1111.
Tom Olsen, Trumansburg Farmers Market.
Town of Ithaca Codes and Ordinances Committee
Trumansburg Farmers Market, 4-7pm, the Village
Park located at the intersection of Routes 96 and 227.
Join in a community-side event, enjoy supper and shop for
fresh locally grown produce, naturally raised meats, eggs,
flowers, plants, wine, and local crafts and products. Info.,
www.trumansburg-ny.gov/farmersmarket.htm.
Waffle Wednesdays, 8:30-11am, Dryden Community
Cafe, Main St., Dryden, Serving hot, fresh waffle from
scratch, served with either real New York maple syrup
or fresh strawberries and cream.
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AL-ANON Hope for Today, 7:30pm, 518 West Seneca
St., Ithaca, main floor, Meeting open to anyone affected by
another person’s drinking, Info., 844-4210.
An Evening of Songs, Drumming, and Story
Telling from West Africa, 6:30pm, Newfield Library,
Main St., Aloja Airewele will bring drums and share his
personal experiences of West Africa. Info., 564-3594,
www.newfieldpubliclibrary.org.
Anorexia Nervosa & Associated Disorders, 7pm,
Cooperative Extension, 614 W. State St., for those in
need of help & recovery. Info., 272-2292.
Art Cruise on Cayuga Lake, Landscape illustration
with Paula Bensadoun aboard the M/V Haendel on
Cayuga Lake. Departing from Ithaca Farmers’
Market. 4-6pm, Reservations at www.tioherotours.com
or call (607) 697-0166.
As You Like It, 6pm, Jackson Grove, F.R. Newman
Arboretum, Cornell Plantations, Guests are encouraged to arrive early and bring chairs, blankets, picnics,
etc. Pay what you can ($10 suggested). For information, visit the Ithaca Shakespeare Company’s website
at www.ithacashakespeare.org.
Asperger's Support Group Meeting, 7pm, basement of St. Luke Lutheran Church at 109 Oak Avenue
in Collegetown. If you have questions, please contact
Robin L. Booth at rlmbooth@gmail.com.
At A Loss, 2pm & 7:30pm, The Kitchen Theatre, 417
W. State St., Ithaca, Can love blossom when language
barriers are high, timetables inflexible and a delivery
van with extremely valuable property has been
hijacked? A wonderful new romantic comedy. Info.,
www.kitchentheatre.org.
“Child Custody and Co-Parenting”, 10am-12noon,
Lifelong, 119 West Court Street. Judge John Rowley,
County Judge for Tompkins County and Holly Alzitoon,
The Family Services Coordinator for Tompkins County
Family Court will be our featured speakers. This seminar for women will focus on challenges of child custody issues, family court and long term co-parenting.
The seminar is free and open to all women separating,
divorcing, or contemplating such a life change. Free,
no pre-registration required safe/confidential environment. Coffee and snacks provided. For more information please e-mail info@fingerlakeswit.com or phone
Brief Therapy Associates at (607) 275-3675.
Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type, Hangar
Theatre, 801 Taughannock Blvd., Route 89, Ithaca, A
group of silly farm animals turn Farmer Brown’s life
upside down by typing him hilarious notes to demand
better
working
conditions.
Info.,
www.hangartheatre.org.
Community Police Board Meeting, 4th Thursday of
the month at 3:30pm on the third floor of City Hall.
The public is always welcome to attend.
Creative Movement for ages 2-4yrs, Thursdays at
11:30-12noon, Ithaca YMCA, www.ithacaymca.com.
Depression Support Group, 5:30-7pm, Finger Lakes
Independence Center, 215 Fifth Street, Ithaca. Every
Thurs. The group is free, confidential and organized by
people who have personal experience with depression. Info., 272-2433.
Ever So Humble, Hangar Theatre, 801 Taughannock
Blvd., Route 89, Ithaca, A new comedy in the spirit of
the hit TV show “Will & Grace,” inspired by the classic
E.M. Forster novel Howard’s End; Info.,
Family Entertainment, 7-8pm, Groton Public Library,
112 East Cortland Street, Groton, Merry-Go-Round
Youth Theater Presents ALADDIN; Info., 898-5055,
director@grotonpubliclibrary.org.
GIAC Teen Program, 4-7pm, 318 N. Albany St.,
Ithaca, Game Room, Video Games, Open Gym & Field
Trips, Info., 272-3622.
Girl Scout Sing-a-long, 6:30pm, Clift Park,
Skaneateles, Attendees will learn some new songs and
sing some traditional Girl Scout songs. There is no
cost to attend. For information contact Donna Danylec
at
(315)
539-5085,
ext.
2312
or
ddanylec@gsnypenn.org.
Grassroots Festival, Trumansburg Fairgrounds,
Trumansburg, Over 60 other unique performances will
entertain, a true family affair, Day or Weekend Tickets:
GrassrootsFest.org or 607-387-5144.
Halsey Valley Pantry, 4–4:45pm, GAR building,
Hamilton Rd, Halsey Valley,
Free, fresh produce,
breads, desserts, dairy and deli. For low to moderate
incomes, limit 1 pantry per week, Info., www.friendshipdonations.org.
Hatha Yoga w/Dr. Kasia, 12-1:20pm, World Seishi
Karate, 989 Dryden Rd. (in Varna), Info., www.seishihonbu@verizon.net or 277-1047.
Ithaca Farmers Market in Dewitt Park, 3-7pm,
Market open from 6/3-10/28. More information
available at www.ithacamarket.com.
Karate, 5:30-6:30, Kwon's Champion School, 123
Ithaca Commons, Martial arts classes for all ages, children and adults, Never too old or too young. Info.,
CJichi@Yahoo.com.
Lansing Music in the Park, 6:30pm, Myers Park,
Lansing, Entertainment by 5 Mile Drive.
Lifelong Schedule, 9–11AM, Refresh Your Sock
Knitting Skills, Class Continuation from Spring
Semester, FULL; 11–1:30PM, Northside-Southside’s
Annual Picnic, Titus Towers Pavilion, 800 South Plain
Street, Ithaca, bring dish to pass; 12:30–1:30PM,
Strength Training Class; 2–4PM, Open Computer Lab;
6–7PM, Couples Pattern Dance Lessons; 6–8PM,
Exploring the Open Source Office Suite, FREE;
7–8:30PM, Line Dancing Lessons; 7:15–9PM,
Toastmasters Meeting; Info., 273-1511 or www.tclifelong.org.
Loaves & Fishes Community Kitchen, 6pm, Loaves
& Fishes, 210 N Cayuga St., Open to all, no limitations
or requirements. Info., www.loaves.org.
M&T Bank Downtown Summer Concert Series, 78pm, Downtown Ithaca Commons, Free Live music by
The Ithaca Concert Band.
Music in the Garden, 10-11 am, Ithaca Children's
Garden, Ithaca, Find your rhythm in the Garden this
July with ICG guest Judy Stock, Explore the new Music
and Sound Garden, make music, sing songs, create
musical instruments, and learn about the sounds of
nature. Thursdays in July. For children of all ages
with caregiver. Cost is $1 per child. No need to
register. Information @ ithacachildrensgarden.org
or 607-272-2292.
Newfield Library Summer Reading Program,
6:30pm, Main St. Newfield, travel to West Africa with
Aloja Airewele for an evening of songs, drumming and
storytelling.
Out of Bounds Radio Show, hosted by Tish
Pearlman, will feature writer and novelist JEANNE
MACKIN, Mackin is the author of several historical novels, including The Frenchwoman, Dreams of Empire
and her most recent The Sweet By and By about
Maggie Fox, the founder of the American Spiritualism
movement, 7pm WEOS-FM ( 90.3 & 89.7 Geneva
region), Live Stream: Weos.org.
P.O.D Workshop, 9-11am, Tompkins Workforce NY
Career Center, Center Ithaca Building, Room 241,
Info., 272-7570 x 118.
Sleepy Hollow, 7:30pm, Fetter-Brown Auditorium,
Odessa-Montour High School, Tickets: $6ea, Kids 4 &
under Free, Info., 227-6823.
Summer Concert Series: "The JazzHappensBand",
7pm, Court House Park. All concerts are free and open to
the public. Bring a lawn chair or blanket. Presented by
Cortland Youth Bureau. For more information call (607)
753-3021.
Sunset Music Series, 7:30-9pm, Six Mile Creek
Vineyard, Ithaca, Free entertainment by Gary & Leeann
Reynolds, enjoy snacks and wine, rain or shine.
Thursday Night Spaghetti Special,
Dryden
Community Cafe, 1 West Main St., Dryden, Our
Thursday spaghetti dinner comes with a side salad and
Tuscan bread for $4.95 with meatballs just a little bit
extra. Info., 844-8166.
Toddler & Pre-School Storytime, 10:30-11AM
every Thursday, Cortland Free Library, 32 Church St,
Cortland, Info., 753-1042.
Two Gorges in One, 11am, Robert H. Treman State
Park, Ithaca, Enfield Glen has rocky and wooded sections. Explore both sections on this 1/2 mile walk to
115-foot-high Lucifer Falls. Meet at the Old Mill in the
upper park off NYS Rt. 327.
Vintage Paint by Number Show Benefit for TC
SPCA, 5-7pm, Gallery at FOUND, the SPCA will have
kittens there for adoption during the reception.The
show will be on display in the Gallery through August
14th. We invite you to come see the show and enjoy
tasty treats made from vintage mid-century recipes
and support the efforts of our local SPCA! 20% of the
profits from the sale of paintings in the show will be
given to the Tompkins County SPCA. In addition gift
certificates, FOUND T-shirts and a recently issued
Paint by Number kit will be raffled with all proceeds
going to the SPCA. FOUND is located along the inlet behind
Wegmans at 227 Cherry Street. Open every day except
Tuesday, 10-6. For information call 607-319-5078 or visit
our website at http://foundinithaca.com/events/first-annual-vintage-paint-by-number-show.
Walk Behind the Waterfalls, 2pm, Watkins Glen
State Park, Watkins Glen, Join a park naturalist on a
guided nature walk one mile up the Gorge Trail to
explore the origins and history of the gorge. Meet at
the end of the parking lot in the main entrance of the
park off of Franklin St./NYS Route 14.
22 Friday
A Midsummer Night’s Dream, 6pm, Jackson Grove,
F.R. Newman Arboretum, Cornell Plantations, Guests
are encouraged to arrive early and bring chairs, blankets, picnics, etc. Pay what you can ($10 suggested).
For information, visit the Ithaca Shakespeare
Company’s website at www.ithacashakespeare.org.
Al-Anon, Meeting open to anyone affected by
another person’s drinking. 7pm. Dryden Methodist
Church, Park in Rite-Aid lot. Info., 387-5701.
Aqua Zumba, 4:45-6pm, Cortland YMCA, Tompkins
St., Cortland.
At A Loss, 8pm, The Kitchen Theatre, 417 W. State
St., Ithaca, Can love blossom when language barriers
are high, timetables inflexible and a delivery van with
extremely valuable property has been hijacked? A wonderful new romantic comedy. Info., www.kitchentheatre.org.
Backtalk Band, 7pm, Cornell Arts Quad, (rain location: Uris Hall Auditorium), Cornell, Rock ’n’ roll cover
band, These four accomplished and professional musicians keep the dance floor hopping with rock ’n’ roll
classics of the 1950s to the 1980s, as well as Motown
hits, jazz standards, and swing tunes.
group of silly farm animals turn Farmer Brown’s life upside
down by typing him hilarious notes to demand better
working conditions. Info., www.hangartheatre.org.
Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz, 10am, Cortland
Repertory Theatre, n this participation version of "The
Wizard of Oz", a spunky Dorothy (and a slightly 'stuffed'
Toto) find themselves "over the rainbow" and confronted by Glinda the Good Witch, who worries as much
about her vegetable garden as she does about getting
Dorothy back to Kansas, Children in the audience participate by oiling the Tin Man, stuffing the Scarecrow
and hiding Dorothy from the Wicked Witch in a forest
they create themselves, There's even a surprise twist
with what happens to the Wizard.
Friday Family Night Roller Fever, 7-9pm, Cass Park
Rink, skate to all the top hits, some oldies but goodies
and classics like the Macerena and the Electric Slide.
Cost: $5 per person (includes skate rental, $4 without
skate rental.
GIAC Teen Program After Hours Spot 4-midnight,
318 N. Albany St., Ithaca. Movies, open gym, game
room, video games, snacks, computers, skating &
more, Info., 272-3622.
Guided Sensory Night Hike, at sunset each Friday,
Cayuga Nature Center, 1420 Taughannock Blvd.,
Ithaca, Hike our wooded trails, under the big sky of our
back fields or around our ponds. Find out who is awake
and stirring under the moonlight. No need to bring a
flashlight, you’ll be surprised by how much you see
without one. Info., www.cayuganaturecenter.org.
Kundalini Yoga Classes, All levels welcome,
Ahimsa Yoga Center in the Dewitt Mall, 10:30am-Noon.
Info., 760-5386.
Lifelong Schedule, 8:30–9:30AM, Enhance Fitness®
, Lifelong, 119 W. Court Street, Ithaca; 9–10AM,
Enhance Fitness®, Juniper Manor I, 24 Elm St.,
Trumansburg; 9–10:30AM, Knitting Circle, All Levels
Welcome; 9-12PM, Duplicate Bridge Class, Beginner
and Intermediate Lessons and Practice Play, Seats
Available; 9:30–10:30AM, Strength Training @ St.
Catherine of Siena Parish Hall, Room 3, 302 St.
Catherine Circle, Ithaca; 10–11AM, Chair Yoga;
10:15–11:15AM,
Enhance
Fitness®-Enfield
Community Building, 168 Enfield Main Rd.; 10:3011:30A, Chair Yoga-Cayuga Ridge, 1229 Trumansburg
Road; 11:30–1PM, T’ai Chi Class, All levels welcome;
12:45PM, Lifelong Walk Program, Cornell Plantations,
with Tanya Garger, master gardener, Meet at Lifelong
to carpool; 1–3PM, Mahjong; 2-3PM, Enhance
Fitness®, McGraw House Annex, 211 S Geneva St.;
2–4PM, Square, Round, Line & Polka Dancing; Info.,
273-1511 or www.tclifelong.org.
Loaves & Fishes Community Kitchen, 12 Noon,
Loaves and Fishes, 210 N. Cayuga St., Open to all, no
limitations or requirements. Info., www.loaves.org.
Movie in the Park, 8:45-10:30pm, Montgomery
Park, Dryden, Despicable Me will be shown.
New England Contra and Square Dance, 8-11pm,
Bethel Grove Community Center, NYS Rt. 79, about 4
miles east of Ithaca. For more information: Ted Crane,
607-273-8678 or visit www.tedcrane.com/TCCD.
Night Hikes, 7:30pm, Cayuga Nature Center. Hike
our wooded trails, under the big sky of our back fields
or around our ponds. No need for a flashlight. Donations
appreciated. Info. www.cayuganaturecenter.org.
Owego Farmer's Market, 9am-1pm, Every Tuesday
and Friday. Main Street, Owego, Info., 687-4020.
Pay What You Can Yoga Classes, 5-6pm, Fine Spirit
Studio, Dey, St., above Hickey’s Music, All welcome, Bring
a mat or rent one for $1. Recommended to bring a bottle of water and a small towel. More info about class and
teacher: http://vidayoga.org/schedule.
Preschool Story Time, 10am, Southworth Library,
Dryden, For preschoolers and their caregivers. Come
for stories, crafts and snacks. Info. 844-4782.
Sleepy Hollow, 7:30pm, Fetter-Brown Auditorium,
Summer Reading Program for Pre-Birth-Pre-K,
11am, through August 2011, Thaler/Howell Program
Room, TC Library, This newly developed program recognizes the important role reading plays in early childhood development and encourages parents, parentsto-be and other caregivers to foster a love of reading
at an early age. Registrants who complete a Reading
Bingo Card will receive a raffle ticket for a gift basket
filled with books and other fun, age-appropriate items.
Take a Tour of the Museum, 11:30am, Museum of the
Earth, 1259 Trumansburg Rd., The Museum of the Earth
is pleased to offer exhibit tours included with admission.
The tour is of the Museum’s permanent exhibition hall, A
Journey through Time, share the story of the Earth and its
life. Info., 273-6623.
Tall Tales of Taughannock Falls State Park, 11am
& 2pm, Taughannock Falls State Park, Trumansburg,
Walk with a park naturalist to discover the origins and
nature of one of the highest waterfalls in the Northeast.
Meet at the start of the Gorge Trail by NYS Route 89.
Two Gorges in One, 1pm, Robert H. Treman State
Walk Behind the Waterfalls, 10am & 1pm, Watkins
Glen State Park, Watkins Glen, Join a park naturalist
on a guided nature walk one mile up the Gorge Trail to
23 Saturday
Animal Feeding, Cayuga Nature Center. Noon. Feel
free to visit CNC as our animal volunteers feed our
many animals, then hike one of our trails or visit the
tree house. Free for members, low cost to visitors.
Info www.cayuganaturecenter.org.
As You Like It, 6pm, Jackson Grove, F.R. Newman
Arboretum, Cornell Plantations, Guests are encouraged to arrive early and bring chairs, blankets, picnics,
etc. Pay what you can ($10 suggested). For information, visit the Ithaca Shakespeare Company’s website
at www.ithacashakespeare.org.
Caroline Farmers Market, 10am-2pm, Old Fire Hall,
522 Valley Rd., Brooktondale, May-October,
Cayuga Trails Club for Passport Hike #8, Buck
Settlement Loop, Sugar Hill State Forest. Please, no
dogs.
This 3-mile hike is featured in the
Wegman’s/FLTC Passport; bring yours and get #8 into
your book. Don’t have a Passport? Check out
www.fingerlakestrail.org. Meet at 9am, Ithaca
Shopping Plaza behind Taco Bell. For information, call
539-7096 or visit www.cayugatrailsclub.org.
group of silly farm animals turn Farmer Brown’s life upside
down by typing him hilarious notes to demand better working conditions. Info., www.hangartheatre.org.
Cortland Main Street Farmers Market, Tuesdays
and Saturdays 8 am - 2pm on Main Street, Cortland,
June 1 - October 30. Convenient location, plenty of
free parking, and close to fine restaurants, shops, and
the Main Street merchants. For more information call
(607) 753-8570 or e-mail tsandstrom@ocmboces.org.
Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz, 10am, Cortland
Repertory Theatre, n this participation version of "The
Wizard of Oz", a spunky Dorothy (and a slightly 'stuffed'
Toto) find themselves "over the rainbow" and confronted by Glinda the Good Witch, who worries as much
about her vegetable garden as she does about getting
Dorothy back to Kansas, Children in the audience participate by oiling the Tin Man, stuffing the Scarecrow
and hiding Dorothy from the Wicked Witch in a forest
they create themselves, There's even a surprise twist
with what happens to the Wizard.
GIAC Teen Program After Hours Spot 4-midnight.
318 N. Albany St.. Ithaca, Music, movies, open gym,
game room, video games, computers, skating & more.
Info., 272-3622.
Homer Farmers' Market, Wednesdays 4:30-7pm and
Saturdays 9am - 1pm on the Green in Homer, from May
21 - October 22. Wide variety of produce, arts, baked
goods, and prepared food: Live music on selected dates.
For information e-mail tammie@coldbrookfarm.com or
visit www.homerfarmersmarket.com.
Ithaca Farmers Market at Steamboat Landing,
9am-3pm, Farmers Market is open from 4/3-10/30.
More information available at www.ithacamarket.com.
J-Ville Jazzy Jumble Thrift Shop, Jacksonville
Church on Rte. 96. 10am-1pm Saturdays. Info. call
277-1216.
Jazz Dance Class, 11am, Finger Lakes Fitness
Center, 171 E. State St., Center Ithaca, lower level,
Beginners. Non-members & drop-ins welcome. Info.,
256-3532.
Karate, 5:30-6:30, Kwon's Champion School, 123
Ithaca Commons, Martial arts classes for all ages, children and adults, Never too old or too young. Info.,
CJichi@Yahoo.com.
King Ferry Farmers Market, 10am-1pm, Southern
Cayuga Community Center, King Ferry, Every Saturday,
June-October. Info., kingferry.blogspot.com.
Lifelong Schedule, 9:00 – 12:00PM
Men’s
Group, Newcomers welcome, Info., 273-1511 or
www.tclifelong.org.
One Heart Community Drummers, Open
Community Drum Circle, Saturdays 5pm, Lehman
Alternative Community School, 111 Chestnut Street,
Ithaca, Plenty of Drums to Share, www.oneheartcommunitydrumming.org.
“Our Brothers, Our Sisters’ Table” hot cooked
community meal, 12noon, served at the Salvation
Army, 150 N. Albany St. Ithaca. All welcome, No
income guidelines.
Overeaters Anonymous, 11am-12:15pm, Henry St.
John Building, 301 S. Geneva St., #103, corner W.
Clinton St., 12 Steps & 12 Traditions meeting; 8-9am,
Cortland Memorial Nursing Facility; Meetings are free,
confidential, no weigh-ins or diets. Newcomers always
welcome. Info 387-8253.
Sciencenter Showtime!, 2pm, Sciencenter, 601
First St., Ithaca, See science in action with an interactive presentation, Included with admission. Info.,
www.sciencenter.org or 607-272-0600.
Secular Organizations for Sobriety Meeting, 2pm,
Unitarian Church Offices, Basement at Aurora and
Buffalo Streets, S.O.S offers a secular approach to
recovery based on self-empowerment and individual
responsibility for one's sobriety.
Singing Workshop, 10am-11:30am, Abovoagogo,
Ithaca, Marci Lynne-Solomon will teach the workshop,
To sign up call Marci at 607-564-606, or send her an
e-mail marci@marcilynne.com.
Sleepy Hollow, 2pm, Fetter-Brown Auditorium,
Standard First Aid w/Adult CPR/AED, 9am2:30pm, American Red Cross, 201 W. Clinton St.,
Ithaca. Fee $90, To sign up for a class, please go to
www.redcross.org/takeaclass or for more information,
call 273-1900 x14.
Sterling Renaissance Festival, 10am-7pm, Sterling,
NY, Info., www.sterlingfestival.com.
Summer Reading Program Kickoff, 6:30pm,
Newfield Library, Main St., Around the World with
Dan the Snakeman, Info., 564-3594, www.newfieldpubliclibrary.org.
Tall Tales of Taughannock Falls State Park, 1pm &
4pm, Taughannock Falls State Park, Trumansburg,
Walk with a park naturalist to discover the origins and
nature of one of the highest waterfalls in the Northeast.
Meet at the start of the Gorge Trail by NYS Route 89.
Taughannock Falls Summer Concert Series, 79pm, Taughannock Falls State Park. Entertainment by
Steve Southworth and the Rockabilly Rays. Info., 3876739 or visit http://nysparks.state.ny.us.
Tioga Downs Flea Market, 8am- 4pm, Tioga Downs
Casino, 2384 West River Road, Nichols, Indoor antique
and collectible co-op and Outdoor Flea Market.
Open Saturdays and Sundays through October.
Info., http://www.tiogadowns.com, 607-239-8353
or 427-2573.
Toddlers Yoga, Namasts Montessori School, 11:45pm. Walkers-3. Info 273-1673 or littlebuddhasyoga@gmail.om. 1608 Trumansburg Rd.
Two Gorges in One, 1pm, Robert H. Treman State
Ulysses Historical Society Museum, 2-4pm, 39
South St., Trumansburg, Genealogical research. Info
387-6666.
24 Sunday
A Midsummer Night’s Dream, 6pm, Jackson Grove,
F.R. Newman Arboretum, Cornell Plantations, Guests
are encouraged to arrive early and bring chairs, blankets, picnics, etc. Pay what you can ($10 suggested).
For information, visit the Ithaca Shakespeare
Company’s website at www.ithacashakespeare.org.
Arboretum Highlight Tours, 1pm, Every Sunday
from June 19 through September 4; Cornell
Plantations, Meet near the ponds in the F.R. Newman
Arboretum, Please dress for the weather and wear
comfortable walking shoes. Free, donations welcome.
Ballroom-Swing-Salsa On the Ithaca Commons,
6:30-9pm, Dance Mix Night at Moonshadows Lounge,
next to "Now You're Cooking" on the Commons, No
cover, free pizza, 21+. Presented by www.ithacadance.com and www.zumba-ithaca.com
Bound For Glory Show, 8-11, Anabel Taylor Hall, Cornell,
with live sets at 8:30, 9:30, and 10:30. All three sets are
different. Kids are always welcome. Refreshments are
available. For information, call Phil Shapiro at 844-4535,
or e-mail pds10@cornell.edu or visit www.wvbr.com.
Discovery Sunday, 1pm, Cayuga Nature Center,
1420 Taughannock Blvd., Ithaca, Each sunday we
offer different themed educational programs for the
public. Info., www.cayuganaturecenter.org.
Eco-Cruise Cayuga Lake!, Limnology, the study of
lakes, with Professor Tom Vawter aboard the Floating
Classroom, Ithaca Farmers Market Dock. 4-6pm,
www.floatingclassroom.blogspot.com, or(607) 6970166 for reservations and info.
Finger Lakes Grassroots Festival, Trumansburg
Fairgrounds, Trumansburg, Over 60 other unique performances will entertain, a true family affair, Day or
Weekend Tickets: GrassrootsFest.org or 607-387-5144.
Healing Meditation, 7-8pm, Ahimsa Yoga Center,
Dewitt Mall, Ithaca, $5 suggested donation, Info.,
www.ithacayoga.org.
Ithaca Farmers Market at Steamboat Landing,
10am-3pm, Farmers Market is open from 5/2-10/31.
More information available at www.ithacamarket.com.
Ithaca Singles Group Breakfast Picnic, 10:30am,
Taughannock Falls State Park, Ithaca, A dish to pass
breakfast, walk at the falls, swimming, Info., 272-6013
or Map10@cornell.edu.
2pm, Cortland Repertory Theatre, 6799 Little York
Mineral ID Day, Museum of the Earth, 4th Sundays,
Noon-1:30pm. Info., 273-6623 or www.museumoftheearth.org. Mineral identification is included with
your admission to the Museum.
“Our Brothers, Our Sisters’ Table” hot cooked
community meal, 3pm, served at the Salvation
Army, 150 N. Albany St. Ithaca. All welcome, No
income guidelines.
Out of Bounds Radio Show, hosted by Tish
Pearlman, will feature writer and novelist JEANNE
MACKIN, Mackin is the author of several historical novels, including The Frenchwoman, Dreams of Empire
and her most recent The Sweet By and By about
Maggie Fox, the founder of the American Spiritualism
movement, 11:30am: WSKG-FM (89.3 Binghamton, 90.9
Ithaca 91.7 Cooperstown/Oneonta, 91.1 Corning/Elmira,
88.7 Hornell/Alfred) Live Stream: Wskg.org
Sterling Renaissance Festival, 10am-7pm, Sterling,
NY, Info., www.sterlingfestival.com.
Vacation Bible School, July 25-July 28,
Registration is at 5:45PM, Starts at 6pm till
8:15PM, Harmony Methodist Church726 Rt. 221,
Harford, Crafts, music, lesson, games, prizes and
good food.
25 Monday
Administrative Management Institute for
University Business Professionals, July 25-29,
Cornell, The program fee is $1,795, with an early registration discount of $100 through May 20. AMI offers
2.68 Continuing Education Units. For information and
to register, visit www.sce.cornell.edu/ami or contact
the Administrative Management Institute at 255-7259
or cusp@cornell.edu.
Art in the Garden, 10-11am, Ithaca Children's
Garden, Route 89 at Cass Park, Ithaca, A new project
every week. For ages 4 and up with a caregiver. Cost
is $2 per child. No need to register. Info., 272-2292.
Breastfeeding for the Health of It, 10am-12pm OR
6-8pm, Cooperative Extension Education Center, 615
Willow Avenue, Ithaca, This week's topic: Changes that
occur during pregnancy that get you ready to breastfeed your baby. A FREE 6-class series for new or
expectant moms who are eligible for WIC, Medicaid,
Food Stamps or similar programs. You receive a FREE
nutrient assessment, and will learn about mother's
health, benefits of breastfeeding, how your body
changes when pregnant, positioning your baby for
proper latch, how to pump and store breast milk, and
how to breastfeed in public. Participants receive
FREE useful items. Join any time - classes are ongoing
and topics are repeated in the next set of workshops!
Call Tina or Stacy at Cornell Cooperative Extension of
Tompkins County (607) 272-2292 or email TMF8@cornell.edu to sign up.
Cayuga Medical Center, 301 Dates Dr., Ithaca, Fourth
Floor North Conference Room. Food Addicts in Recovery
Anonymous (FA) is a free Twelve Step recovery program for anyone suffering from food obsession, overeating, under-eating and bulimia. Call FA at 781-321-9118 or
toll free 1-866-931-6932. Visit our website at
www.foodaddicts.org.
Game Time, July and August 2011, Thaler/Howell
Program Room, TC Library, Ithaca, Ages 7-13, Enjoy
and afternoon of board games at the Library.
Grandparent’s Group, 6:30-8:30pm, Family &
Children’s Service, 127 West State Street. Supportive
and educational support group for grandparents who
are raising their preschool & school-aged grandchildren. Free of charge. Meet’s 4th Monday of the month.
Childcare can be provided, register 273-7494.
Harmony Methodist Church, Vacation bible School,
Lets have some fun and, REV IT UP! Full throttle for
GOD,start your engines! VROOM...VROOM...July 25July 28, Registration is at 5:45
Starts at 6pm till 6:15, 726 Rt. 221, Harford.
Overeaters Anonymous, 7:30-8:30pm, Henry St. John
Building, 301 S. Geneva St., #103, corner W. Clinton St.,
Speakers/Literature meeting, Meetings are free, confidential, no weigh-ins or diets, Info., 387-8253.
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Meeting, PTSD
Ithaca is a Post Traumatic Stress Disorder support
group for individuals in and around Ithaca, NY who have
been diagnosed with (or think they may have) Post
Traumatic Stress Disorder. Meetings are every
Monday at 6:30 p.m. Please call 607-279-0772 for
more information.
Shakuhachi Flute w/Senpai Kim, 6:30-7:30pm,
World Seishi Karate, 989 Dryden Rd. (in Varna), Info.,
www.seishihonbu@verizon.net or 277-1047.
Sketching the Streamside Garden, 10am-1pm,
Cornell Plantations, Bring a tablet of drawing paper,
graphite pencils, a color media of your choice (color
pencil, watercolor, pastel, etc.), an eraser, folding
chair/stool, drinking water and a snack or bag lunch, Preregistration is required. Info., www.cornellplantations.org.
Summer Skills Basketball Camp, July 25-28, The
Newark Valley Summer Skills Basketball Camp for
boys and girls going into grades 4-9 starts Monday,
July 25 at Newark Valley High School, and runs through
Thursday, July 28. The camp includes two sessions:
(1) a General Session for all players from 9am-12pm,
and (2) a Second Session for day-long campers dedicated to the sport from 12-2:30 p.m. A brochure and
enrollment form is available at NVBasketball.com.
Swamp College Brass Quintet, 7pm, Ulysses
Philomathic Library, Trumansburg, The SCBQ is a
perennial delight at the library. Comprised of skilled
and talented musicians, this concert will tap into music
from several different periods and will be accompanied
by the witticisms of Tim Cardini.
Ulysses Historical Society Museum, 9-11am, 39
South St., Trumansburg, Genealogical research. Info.,
387-6666.
Everyday
Birkram's Yoga Classes, ;Bikram's Yoga is 26 postures
with two breathing exercises, 90 minutes in a VERY warm
room. Classes every day. Info., (607) 269-9642 or
www.bikramyoga.com.
Cass Park Pool, June 20th-Aug. 21st, Daily, 12noon7pm, M-Th, June 20th-23rd, 3-7pm; Aug. 14th-21st,
hours TBA.
Cruisin' the Fossil Freeway, Museum of the Earth,
Trumansburg Rd., Ithaca, will now be on display from
June 4 through September 5.
Freeskool Summer Classes, Calendars with complete class descriptions are being distributed throughout Ithaca and are available online at http://ithacafreeskool.wordpress.com/class-descriptions.
Galaxy Golf, From May through early November, the
Sciencenter’s 18-hole, science-themed miniature golf is
open during regular museum hours (weather permitting).
Individual game: $4 per person. 10-game Galaxy Golf discount cards are available: $20 for Sciencenter members
(half price!) and $30 for non-members. Sciencenter, 601
First St, Ithaca, www.sciencenter.org or 607-272-0600.
Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell
University, Ithaca, Tuesdays to Sundays, 10am5pm, Always free admission, museum@cornell.edu,
www.museum.cornell.edu.
Jazzercise, Dance exercise program in Lansing and
Cortland. Cardio, strength and stretch choreographed to
a variety of music. 3-5 classes daily a.m. and p.m. Visit
Jazzercise.com for class times or call 288-4040.
Museum of Science and Technology, 500 S.
Franklin St., Syracuse, science and technology center,
inspiring all generations through hands-on education
and entertainment. Info., (315)425-9068 or visit
www.most.org.
Rope Techniques. Survival, Climbing and Safety
Knots, Introduction Through Advance Skills Clinics.
Registration Now Open. www.seishijuku.com, Call
(607) 277-1047. email seishihonbu@verizon.net.
Taiko Drum Lessons, with "SeiDaiko". Introduction
through Advance Traditional Taiko Drumming and More!
Registration now open. www.seishijuku.com, Call
(607) 277-1047, email: seishihonbu@verizon.net.
The State of the Art Gallery, 120 W. State St., Ithaca; it
is open 12noon-6pm, Wednesday-Friday, 12noon-5pm on
Saturday and Sunday.
Vital Self-Defense For Moms and Teen Daughters,
Beginner - Intermediate, Private and Group Lessons.
Seishi Karate Honbu. Registration now open. www.seishijuku.com, 277-1047. email: seishihonbu@verizon.net.
Volunteer Opportunities in Tompkins County, sign-up
for various volunteer opportunities with flexible hours.
Info., Toll-free: 1-877-211-8667, www.211tompkins.org.
Women’s Opportunity Center Retail Training
Program and women’s clothing boutique at 110 West
Court St. Check us out for great prices on new and
used clothing. Shop local, shop green, support your
community and our program! Call 256-9957, www.secondsoncourt.com.
"Writing through the Rough Spots",
Summer
Writing Opportunities at Writing Room with Ellen
Schmidt , www.WritingRoomWorkshops.com or 2734489. Through Aug. 15, 2011.
Submit Your
Calendar Listing:
• visit tompkinsweekly.com
and click on submissions
• Deadline is Wed. at 1pm
for the next Monday's paper
• email: jgraney@twcny.rr.com
• fax 607-347-4302
• write: Tompkins Weekly
PO Box 6404,
Ithaca, NY 14851
Tompkins Weekly
July 18
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Community and town board members worked on process and communication at the meeting. John
Confer, a Brooktondale resident,
says the town board should put off
voting on controversial matters
until the public is informed.
Hoyt asked, who decides what is
controversial? Barber said that the
town board operates in public and
that they listen to the people.
“We’re not trying to hide anything,” agreed McDonald. A town
email listserv was passed around
for more folks to sign on. To keep
current with Caroline town news,
the listserv started with the last
“hot” topic in Caroline, the proposed noise ordinance a few years
ago.
In June, Hoyt, a leased-landowner, and Adams, chair of a local
landowners coalition, received
some sharp accusations of conflicts
of interest in sponsoring a resolution that many saw as “pro-gas.”
Last week, Bert Cooley, who had
called on the board to avoid the
appearance of a conflict of interest
a month ago, suggested that board
members go on record with possible conflicts.
The natural gas “clarifying” resolution tapped the fears of local
people who see the possibility of
big natural gas development coming soon. Karen Confer related the
love her grandfather had for the
land as a farmer. Jonathan
Comstock cited recent scientific
studies with peer-review rigor that
document widespread water contamination in shale-gas extraction
areas. Anna Gibson addressed
many board members as neighbors,
asking for water quality and quality of rural life to guide their decision making.
Keys
ing networks as our community
becomes ever more creative at
using social media for shifting economic value away from cash transactions (for example, Ithaca
Freecycle, Share Tompkins, Ithaca
Freeskool, crop mobs, Swidjit,
Harvestation). The ethic of sharing
is being rediscovered as people discover the good feelings of mutual
aid and a lighter footprint on the
earth.
The stock market is reeling
again, Europe is nervous, U.S.
democracy is on the ropes.
Gardeners carry their harvest
inside as the fireflies begin to
dance, and feel comforted that this,
at least, is within their control.
Gay Nicholson is president of
Sustainable Tompkins and a longtime gardener.
‘Humble’
and to do it in such a warm, hilarious, loving, inspiring atmosphere is...well, I'm certainly hum-
bled by it!”
Bush, who plays Holden, agrees
and also is bowled over by the
script. “It’s a deceptively powerful
play, like so many great plays are.
It's rare to see a modern American
play that deals so deftly with issues
of class and background in such a
specific and dynamic manner,” he
says.
All kinds of relationships get
explored: an older gay couple, two
men falling in love, a bit of “Will
and Grace.” In the end the play is
about family, says Flynn, especially
the families that we end up choosing. “It’s about realizing that sweet,
happy moment when the friends
whom we surround ourselves for
support, comfort, inspiration, and
laughs have become family. I experience this all around me in Ithaca
the longer I’m here.”
GrassRoots
against AIDS.
TW: How do you go about booking bands for the festival each year?
RP: We mostly look for bands that
perform roots music—bands that
represent traditional American
and world roots music. For the most
part when we book bands, we visualize the schedule on that stage on
that particular day and how one
band will follow another and how
the whole day and night will feel on
that stage.
TW: How did you go about choosing to book the Court Yard Hounds
and the Carolina Chocolate Drops?
RP: We are always on the lookout
for a great country band, as we have
usually featured excellent country
music—a very important part of
American music obviously—and
the Dixie Chicks are one of the best
country bands out there these days.
We were excited to discover this
project by Martie Maguire and
Emily Robison and wanted to book
them right away. The Carolina
Chocolate Drops are a band that we
have long wanted to book—
American string band music is
very close to the hearts of all those
involved in the festival's organization.
TW: GrassRoots really highlights
a really wide range of music,
including rap, punk, sacred steel,
folk, etc. At the end of the day, is
this all roots music?
RP: Yes, whether it’s hip-hop,
sacred steel, Navajo punk, bluegrass, gospel, it’s all American
roots music—as American as apple
pie. It represents who we are in this
country and its [varied] cultures.
We also present a wide variety of
world music, which represents
some other cultures and what they
have to say. It’s a beautiful thing to
bring all of these cultures together
through music.
TW: The festival donates its profits to local organizations; can you
please talk about this mission?
RP: The festival has always been
a non-profit charitable organization. It fits in the spirit of what we
are and what we try to bring together in this community to donate the
profits to area charities in need. We
are a community organization,
with many, many, many community
members involved in various
aspects of the festival. It only
makes sense to donate the profits.
TW: Do you have any advice for
those attending GrassRoots?
RP: Have fun. Drink water.
Dance a lot. Enjoy yourself
4-H Youth Fair Announced
Let’s go to the fair! This phrase
means something different to
everyone, but has been exclaimed
for the last 40 years in Tompkins
County. The 4-H Youth Fair celebrates its 40th anniversary July 2730 at 4-H Acres on Lower Creek
Road off Route 13.
This annual celebration of youth
achievement features plant, environmental, arts, communication,
mechanical, animal and consumer
and family science exhibits as well
as animal shows, exceptional food,
and family events.
The fair will open on Wednesday,
July 27, at 7:30 p.m. with a pancake
breakfast,
all
are
welcome.
Saturday is Family Fun Day and
will offer a full schedule of activities for the public, including a
chicken barbecue.
Saturday’s events are especially
geared to the Tompkins County
community, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
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July 18
games will be available and a silent
auction will take place. The public
is welcome anytime and admission
is free.
Bring the children for a day of
interacting with animals and the 4Hers who raise them. Come to the
pole barn at noon to lead animals.
The Fair is also a great place for
communities to relax and enjoy,
while learning about the special
talents and skills of our young people.
In celebration of forty years, the
4-H Fair will also include some special events such as a 4-H Honor
Tree to be lit on Saturday at 10 a.m.
This is an opportunity to recognize
all of the leaders, members, parents, and volunteers who have
helped in making 40 years of the
fair possible.
For more information call the 4H office at 272-2292 or visit www.
ccetompkins.org.
Classifieds
Employment
Yoga
YOUTH PROGRAM MANAGER:
Implement innovative year-round youth
development activities during out-ofschool hours for the Town of Dryden
O.U.R.S. Program. Plan & deliver programs where elementary and middleschool-aged youth develop critical life
skills. BA/BS & experience in youth
development programming. Half-time
(20 hrs./wk), grant funded, with benefits. Details & application: www.ccetompkins.org or 272-2292. Cover letter, resume & application to Cornell
Cooperative Extension Tompkins
County, 615 Willow Ave., Ithaca NY
14850 by 7/27/11 or until suitable candidate found. AA/EOE. CCE Tompkins
is an equal opportunity and affirmative
action educator and employer.
Problems at work? Know Your
Rights!
Contact
607-269-0409
www.TCWorkersCenter.org
The Mary Durham Boutique is a training program through the Women’s
Opportunity Center & a boutique selling
new & used clothing to the public!
Check us out from 10-5 Tues-Sat at 110
West Court St, 256-9957
Saturday Morning Yoga in the Iyengar
tradition, at Fine Spirit Studio, Dey St.
Ithaca. Contact kathy@kathymorris.net
CMAs, LPNs, RNs
Paul and Connie Polce
Full-Time. Benefits include:
Blue Sheild Medical, Dental,
Vision 401K plan, Long Term
Disability and Life Insurance.
Generous vacation and personal
time! Come join our growing team
serving Ithaca and the surrounding area for 35 years. Family
Medicine Associates of Ithaca.
Please fax resume and cover
letter attention: Human
Resources Fax # 607-216-0587.
No phone calls please.
Antiques
The Collection Antiques
One of the largest selections
of quality antiques
in the Finger Lakes
Thurs-Sun 1-5 • 387-6579
9 W. Main St., Rt. 96, Trumansburg
Ithaca Antique
Center
Art Show & Reception
featuring the
Florida Highwaymen Sun July 31
www.ithacaantiquecenter.com
1607 Trumansburg Rd • 607-272-3611
SNOOTY FOX ANTIQUES
Come and Shop with Dick & Jane Classen
PONZI'S
18th & 19th Century
Country & Formal
Furniture & Accessories
RESTORATION
AVAILABLE
• Refinishings
• Repair Work
• New & Old
Open Saturdays 9-7
and by appointment
607-564-3369
21 Taber Rd • Newfield NY
Just off Rt. 13 at the Newfield Exit
Insulation
9838 Congress St., Ext.
Trumansburg, NY 14886
607-387-5248 Open Daily 9-5
www.ponzisantiques.com
Farmers Markets
Education
Resolving Disputes
Legal Services
Wiles Guitar Studio
Suzuki Guitar Lessons
Children thru Adults
Community Corners Ithaca
592-2591
by Negotiation,
Collaborative Law or Lawsuit.
Ward & Murphy
Wildlife Control
Liam G.B. Murphy,
170 Main St., Groton
109 E. Seneca St., Ithaca
898-3190
www.ward-and-murphy.com
Typewriters
Manley Typewriter sales and service. IBM, Panasonic, Cannon, Brother,
Electronic Typewriters Phone 607273-3967.
Real Estate
For Rent
Ithaca Rentals & Renovations, Inc.
Apartments - All Kinds! All Sizes!
Office: 323 N Tioga St., Ithaca 2731654 www.ithaca-rentals.com
Entertainment
One Heart Community Drummers
Drum Circles, workshops, parties, gatherings, festivals, community events.
www.oneheartcommunitydrumming.org
Jack Ryan’s
Wildlife
Removal
Service
We remove wildlife such as Skunks,
Raccoons, Squirrels, Woodchucks, etc.
Live trapped & removed. 20+ yrs exp
Call 607-257-9396
Licensed by NYS Dept of Environmental
Conservation Division of Fish & Wildlife
Lawn Moving
J.&R.'s Lawn Mowing Sevice. Great
Rates! call John @ 607-756-2915
Photography
Book your Family Portrait. Also wedding and Resume Photos. Call Studio 97
Photography by Kathy Morris 277-5656.
Sell It Fast!
We'll run your classified line ad for
only $5! (per 10 words)
Mail to: Tompkins Weekly Classifieds, PO Box 6404 Ithaca NY 14851,
fax this form to: 607-347-4302, (Questions? Call 607-327-1226)
or enter your classified information from our website www.tompkinsweekly.com
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