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Peace Caravan targets
the War on Drugs ....page 2
Addition recovery services agency expands its
outreach efforts ..........page 3
Creating a better habitat
for birds ............................page 4
County offers grants for
wide array of communty
celebrations ....................page 5
Letters, opinion ..........page 6
Sustainable living begins
in the home ................page 8
“Watchful waiting” recognized as acceptable
response to prostate cancer ..........................................page 9
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Cuomo Petitioned on Drilling
Frustrated
in
their
attempts to secure an audience with New York State
Governor Andrew Cuomo
and with members of the
State
Department
of
Environmental Conservation (DEC), 11 local politicians, scientists and businessmen, concerned about
the political process as it
applies to gas drilling and
fracking, and the Environmental Protection Agency’s
methods and motives, have
signed a letter sent to
Cuomo.
Those signing the letter
express their “complete
loss of faith in the Department of Environ-mental
Conservation” and call for
the resignation of Bradley
Field, head of the DEC’s
Division
of
Mineral
Resources. They state, “We
believe that ‘safe’ development of shale gas is not possible at this time using
existing technologies. Were
the DEC objective and
inclusive of eveidence and
facts, it would come to the
same conclusion.” And,
“The process as we know it
is simply too unpredictable
and dangerous to be
allowed to go forward in our
state.”
After receiving the
results of recent Freedom
of Information Law (FOIL)
requests, which revealed
that gas industry representatives have had repeated
meetings with D.E.C. officials, advance looks at the
draft environmental impact
statement related to gas
drilling
and
same-day
response
to
emailed
requests, Caroline Town
Supervisor Don Barber is
among those signing the letter.
“We’ve been trying for
months to set up a meeting
with the governor and/or
his assistants and we’ve gotten nowhere. [Cuomo] says
that he wants the science to
rule, but he refuses to talk
to any scientist who opposes fracking,” Barber says.
PAUSE Party
Photo by Kathy Morris
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE…
Volume 6, No. 41 • August 20-26 2012
Amara Steinkraus led her band Mutsu on the solar-powered stage set
up for the PAUSE (People Advocating the Use of Sustainable Energy)
benefit held at Littletree Orchards in Newfield on Aug. 11. Steinkraus
coordinated eight bands, an art exhibition, and food by Sol Kitchen and
Tellez, and other PAUSE members coordinated a silent auction and
bake sale and info table. The group was founded by Newfield residents
concerned about the impacts of shale gas extraction on the town and
the region.
“Meanwhile the gas industry gets their phone calls
and emails returned the
same day.”
Barber contends that the
environmental review for
gas drilling in New York
State has not been an open
process. He notes that an
advisory committee to discuss the issue formed in
January, but when it
became clear that it was
skeptical of the claims of
the gas industry the committee was shut down.
“There’s no attempt to gather facts, no attempt to learn
about the science involved
and no reaching out to get
any opinion other than that
of the gas industry,” he
says.
Barber continues, “Does
Governor Coumo really
think that the best way to
get information on a subject
is to go to those who stand
to make money off the
process? The governor has
not been true to his word
and he’s lost integrity. He
needs to do what he promised and protect the democratic process. The governor should welcome everyone into the discussion, get
the advisory committee
back up and running and
insist that the DEC have a
full blown public discussion
of these issues.”
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Grant Sought for City Housing
By Matthew Peterson
The goal of building additional housing units in Ithaca's downtown is one
that many city officials share, and a
recent effort to secure nearly $250,000
in state funding could help make that
goal a reality.
Last month the City of Ithaca formally applied for the grant funds
through the New York Main Street
program to help create new housing
on the Ithaca Commons. The application, which was overseen by the
Ithaca Downtown Alliance (IDA), a
not-for-profit group charged with the
revitalization, development, promotion and management of the city's
downtown district, could potentially
impact three prominent downtown
properties.
“It’s not a huge amount of money,
and it can’t be used for a big project,
as that kind of project’s size would be
inappropriate for this amount ... but it
provides a nice incentive to get some
work done,” IDA Executive Director
Gary Ferguson says. “And that’s the
idea; if we are fortunate and can win
this grant, then the city will have
three midsize projects brought to
life.”
Ferguson is optimistic that the city
can obtain the grant money, which is
included as part of the 2012
Consolidated Funding Application
request made by the city to the New
York State Office of Community
Renewal. The New York Main Street
program, according to its mission
statement,
“provides
financial
resources and technical assistance to
communities and not-for-profit organizations to strengthen the economic
vitality of the state’s traditional Main
Streets and neighborhoods.”
“We’ve managed to secure two of
these grants before,” says Ferguson,
referring to money obtained in 2004
and 2008 that was primarily used to
renovate the facades of 27 downtown
buildings. “They have changed the
application process a bit, and this
time the focus is on building renovations. So we have identified key buildings that fit the criteria of the grant.
It’s a competitive grant, and there is
no guarantee we will get it, but we are
hopeful.”
According to Ferguson, the grant
money would be used to build low- and
moderate-income housing in the
upper floors of the Outdoor Store
building at 206 The Commons, the
Homegrown Board Shop building at
104 The Commons and the Ithaca
Journal building at 123 West State
Street. A decision on the application
is expected in the coming months, and
Ferguson is hopeful the city will
receive the full grant, although the
state can grant a portion of the
requested $250,000.
Creating additional housing opportunities on the Ithaca Commons falls
in line with the IDA’s goal to signifi-
cantly increase the number of residents who live in Ithaca's downtown
district.
“We have a goal of creating 1,500
units of new housing in downtown.
That’s a lot, and we are interested in
putting in housing units wherever we
can,” Ferguson says, adding that
bringing more residents downtown
could only be good for that sector’s
vitality and longevity.
This potential Commons development would compliment other housing-related projects being developed
downtown, such as the 50-unit
Breckenridge Place apartment project
on the corner of Cayuga and Seneca
streets and the Seneca Way project, a
five-story mixed-use building proposed for the former Challenge
Industries site on East Seneca Street.
“It is highly desirable to have folks
live in this area. People who live
downtown will eat, shop and entertain
themselves downtown,” Ferguson
says. “If they live downtown, they will
take advantage of it, and they will
also feel motivated to take care of it. It
is really crucial to have people live in
your center city. It is a 'tried and true'
recipe for a city's success.”
Ferguson also believes that an
influx of consumer dollars and activity would help encourage future development downtown and draw businesses to Ithaca from outside the area.
These goals of development have been
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Peace Caravan Calls for End to Drug War
Sunday, Aug. 12, was the kickoff
day in San Diego of the “Caravan
for Peace with Justice and Dignity,”
which is a month-long bus tour
across the U.S. that will end in
Washington, D.C., on Sept. 12. It
calls for an International Day of
Action for Peace in Mexico.
Mexican peace activist Javier
Sicilia, whose son was killed by
drug-gang members last year, leads
the effort.
The Committee on U.S.-Latin
American Relations (CUSLAR),
housed at Cornell, is playing a key
role in the caravan. According to
information from CUSLAR, advisory board member Janice Gallagher
and intern Kayla Kohlenberg will
travel 6,000 miles with the caravan
and visit 25 cities, accompanying
families of victims from Mexico
who will share stories of the
human toll of the war on drugs.
Gallagher, a Ph.D. student at
Cornell, has been instrumental in
the planning and implementation
of the Caravan for Peace.
The Caravan for Peace is calling
for an end to the drug war, a halt to
the illegal smuggling of weapons
across the border to Mexico, the
immediate suspension of U.S. assistance to Mexico’s armed forces, an
end to the militarization of the border and the criminalization of
immigrants and the adoption of
policies that protect the dignity of
every human being.
“Drugs and arms trafficking
have devastated communities and
families on both sides of the U.S.Mexico border, and with the caravan we’re calling for an end to U.S.
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Photo by Eric Banford
By Eric Banford
Tim Shenk is director of CUSLAR, an organization that helped with planning and implementation of the Caravan for Peace.
complicity in the deaths of so many
innocent people,” says CUSLAR
coordinator Tim Shenk. “CUSLAR
is honored to send two of our best
across the country to help raise our
collective voice for policies based
on human dignity.”
Shenk says the Caravan for Peace
is a call for the U.S. to revise its priorities in terms of the drug war
and military aid to Mexico. “Every
stop along the way will be events
with local organizations, with people connecting and hearing each
other’s stories. They’ll then put
pressure on policy when they get to
Washington,” he says.
“Half the caravan is made up of
victims of the drug wars,” says
Kohlenberg, a May 2012 Ithaca
College graduate with a degree in
political science. “People who have
lost family members—they’re really inspiring to be around as they
tell their stories. The other half is
people representing organizations,
nonprofits, artists and people working for the cause. I’m seeing how I
can help with interpretation support.”
The caravan started in Tijuana,
crossed the border to San Diego,
and had festivities in Freedom Park
right on the U.S.-Mexico border,
Kohlenberg says. “We were at the
fence between the two countries;
there were people on both sides.
The fence goes down the beach and
right into the ocean. It was very
powerful and symbolic, with
speeches and music, and everyone
ready to start on this journey,” she
says.
“We then had an event in Chicano Park, where people shared
their testimonies, then mothers
from San Diego who lost children to
drugs told their stories. It was powerful to hear both sides of the drug
war—how it affects families on
both sides,” she adds.
From San Diego, the caravan
will travel to Los Angeles, then to
cities in Arizona, New Mexico and
Texas, including Brownsville on
the U.S.-Mexico border. After traveling east through Louisiana,
Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia,
it heads north through Louisville to
Chicago, then east to Cleveland and
New York. The final leg goes
through Baltimore to Washington.
The caravan’s goal is to engage in
citizen diplomacy to put an end to
the war on drugs and start a healing process from the national emergency that has devastated Mexico.
At each stop from San Diego to New
York, the caravan will be welcomed
by local organizations that have
planned rallies, marches, candlelight vigils, forums and performance art.
Kohlenberg says that Sicilia
inspired a lot of people to come
together and start this movement.
“He has helped a lot of families
access authorities that they couldn’t reach before, or inspired them to
keep searching for their loved
ones,” she says. “I’ve translated a
lot of the victims’ stories, and
many of them said that the movement is now their family. I feel really honored to travel with and support them.”
CUSLAR notes that since 2006,
Mexico has experienced unprece
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By Anne Marie Cummings
While gearing up for its annual
fundraising campaign, First Downs
for Second Chances, Cayuga
Addiction
Recovery
Services
(CARS) is expanding its services in
the community.
The first addition, a wellresearched and proven early-intervention model, is used for identifying and treating a percentage of
those who abuse alcohol and drugs;
it is called Screening Brief
Intervention and Referral to
Treatment (SBIRT). In February,
four individuals on staff at CARS
were trained in SBIRT at the
Boston University School of Public
Health; they were also trained to
train others.
Thanks to a two-year, $10,000
grant from the Triad Foundation,
which was awarded to CARS in
May, CARS staff were able to offer
free SBIRT training to a group of
Finger Lakes area pastors. Soon
they will be training staff at the
Finger Lakes Independence Center,
Kendal, New Roots Charter School
and Ithaca High School. Starting in
September, staff from CARS will
also train Ithaca College resident
assistants in SBIRT.
“Resident assistants are the best
people to train in college settings
because they are most likely going
to see the problem before it
becomes serious,” says Bill Rusen,
who recently celebrated 12 years as
CEO of CARS. Research shows that
in just one 20- to 30-minute SBIRT
intervention, a behavior change
often occurs and sticks. “There are
times in your life when you’re a lot
more ready to listen,” he says, “and
this is one of those moments.”
One moment that Rusen refers to
is when the addicted individual is
at the emergency room because of
binge drinking. Those trained in
SBIRT will have a conversation
with the addicted individual then
and there, asking straightforward
questions and imparting information, such as: a 22-ounce cup at a
fraternity party is not one drink,
but five; and a bottle of beer, usually 12 ounces, has the same amount
of alcohol as five ounces of wine.
The national organization
Substance Abuse and Mental
Health Services Administration
defines a comprehensive SBIRT
model to include the following characteristics: It’s brief but comprehensive, the screening is universal,
one or more specific behaviors are
targeted, the services occur in a
public health setting or other
non–substance abuse treatment setting, and strong research or substantial experiential evidence supports the model.
“First we raise awareness by
explaining what their level of use
means so that the next time the
addicted individual goes to a party,
instead of drinking five drinks in
one hour, he or she might just have
one drink in one hour,” says Rusen.
“Or maybe that person will eat a
meal before going to a party or eat
food in between drinks.” The final
step for the individual trained in
SBIRT is the prescription for
change, which is getting the addicted individual to agree to take
healthy actions the next time
they’re in a setting that involves
alcohol.
Fulfilling a commitment to
Photo by Anne Marie Cummings
Cayuga Addiction Recovery Adds Services
Bill Rusen with a group participating in the outpatient rehabilitation program.
expand services within the community, at the start of 2012 CARS partnered with two local organizations,
Cornell Cooperative Extension
(CCE) and Challenge Industries
(CI), to deliver 20 hours of programming per week for the outpatient
rehabilitation program. CCE staff
help plan the menu while CI staff
offer life- and job-skills training.
“By contracting with these agencies in town, they bring their
expertise and years of experience
to benefit our clients,” Rusen says.
Also starting in September,
CARS will, for a first time, offer
structured family interventions. In
March, an anonymous $2,000 donation supported Rusen in a weeklong training at the Betty Ford
Center in California, in the clinical
intervention model called Love
First. This model was developed in
2002 by Jeff and Debra Jay and has
been named by the Minnesotabased Hazelden Foundation as one
of the best models for family intervention.
Rusen explains that, typically, an
intervention specialist is not called
by accident but, rather, when circumstances are substantially difficult. “I’ve been a psychiatric social
worker for 30-plus years, and I was
also a family therapist, so I’m used
to dealing with large groups of people who have competing agendas
and ideas,” he says. There are wellmeaning people “who hang out
their shingle and say they do interventions, but there is a difference
between that and being a clinician
trained in a research-based model,”
he adds.
According to Rusen, the $800 to
$1,200 intervention is not nearly as
entertaining as the reality show on
cable television. First, it involves a
phone call to Rusen (273-5500, ext.
40), who conducts an assessment of
the situation. Second, Rusen brings
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Tompkins Weekly
August 20
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Managing Bird Habitat, Yard by Yard
You don’t need to be a bird watcher to appreciate
the birds living in your neighborhood. In addition to their trills and warbles, birds provide an
array of ecological services. They eat insects,
prey on rodents and help pollinate plants. In
orchards, birds seek out—and destroy —up to 98
percent of overwintering codling-moth larvae.
They snap up 98 percent of budworms and 40
percent of other leaf-munching insects, an activity with an annual value of up to $5,000 per
square mile of forest.
Flycatchers, purple martins and others eat
mosquitoes and other pests on the wing, while
grouse snack on fleas and ticks. Hummingbirds
pollinate wildflowers which help recolonize
deforested areas and prevent erosion, and orioles pollinate some tree species. Birds also help
disperse seeds; just one bluejay can carry 5,000
acorns, a few at a time, as far as two miles away.
One of the problems facing birds is the continuing loss of habitat. Grasslands are developed and forests are fragmented as once-wild
landscape is converted into homes and lawns.
At the current rate, 21 million acres of land (an
area the size of West Virginia and Maryland
combined) are lost to residential landscape
every decade.
Most yards are small, maybe a third of an
acre or so, but added together they total about
160 million acres of potential habitat across the
continent. Rhiannon Crain, who heads the
YardMap project at the Cornell Lab of
Ornithology, says the problem is that the average American yard is 60 percent lawn and 20
percent house and driveway. That leaves just 20
percent—a fraction of an acre—for bird habitat.
Crain and her assistant Robyn Bailey want
to know how small-scale habitats contribute to
bird survival. That’s where YardMap comes in.
It’s the world’s first interactive “citizen scientist” social network. Yard owners—even apartment dwellers with rooftop and balcony container gardens—can share valuable information about the kinds of plants they have growing around their homes.
YardMap is just what it sounds like: an interactive point-and-click tool to create a digital
map of the landscape. People don’t need to
know a lot about birds or plants, says Crain. By
comparing habitat information with bird sightings, scientists can learn more about the effects
of different gardening practices on birds.
In addition to mapping tools, the website
(YardMap.org) has local resource tools to help
gardeners learn more about the plants that sup-
Photo by Sue Heavenrich
By Sue Smith-Heavenrich
Rhiannon Crain and Robyn Bailey talk about simple things
gardeners can do to make their yards bird friendly.
port birds and insect pollinators in their
region. Native plants, says Bailey, provide the
food that butterfly pollinators rely on—not so
much for nectar but for the leaves that their larvae will eat. Birds depend on insects, particularly caterpillars, to feed their young.
“There’s nothing wrong with lawns,” Crain
explains. “And there’s nothing wrong with flowers and shrubs that aren’t native.” But she
advocates for selecting native species when
adding plants to the landscape. And you don’t
need to transform the entire yard, she says. “A
little bit of wild vegetation can attract more
birds.”
That might mean leaving the back edge to
grow longer over the summer, or planting some
trumpet creeper or elderberry shrubs. They
not only add visual interest, but they also provide some diversity by adding vertical structure. And berries, says Crain, often produce
just when the birds are migrating and need
them as a food source.
Crain’s goal is to encourage people to create
bird habitat one yard at a time. She’s hoping
that as people map their yards, they’ll begin to
think about making their landscape more bird
friendly. Every patch, no matter what size,
helps birds. But imagine what could happen if
people in a neighborhood collaborated, muses
Crain. Most species of backyard birds use an
area much larger than what you observe. For
example, the average territory of a breeding
Baltimore oriole is more than one-and-a-half
acres, or the equivalent of four backyards.
Crain and Bailey are developing ways to
encourage neighbors to create larger patches of
bird-friendly habitat. It could be as simple as
leaving wild areas along a common fencerow,
allowing fruit trees to branch over property
boundaries, or planting native flowers in the
strips between sidewalk and street.
One of the barriers to habitat gardening is
the social norm for what a yard looks like, says
Crain. There are social norms for mowing, and
some homeowner associations or city codes
cite “overgrown yards” as violations. “If you
want to include a wild space in your side or
front yard, you need to mow the edges so it
looks tidy and purposeful,” she says. She also
suggests having a sign with your plantings to
let people know that you are intentionally
growing a native garden, or a “butterfly” garden.
To encourage neighbors to work together,
Crain and Bailey are looking for groups that
are interested in working with landscape architects to design neighborhood habitats. They’ll
collaborate
with
Cornell
Cooperative
Extension to identify interested gardeners.
Before then, people should access the website
and use the tools to map their yards, Crain
says. Residents can also see who else in their
neighborhood is on the map and perhaps
encourage others. By late spring Cooperative
Extension will be sending out information
about the program.
Fall is a great time to begin working on yard
maps, says Crain. Once the leaves fall, it’s easier to take stock of what is in the yard and make
plans for future planting. “You can see the
woody structures, the shrubs and trees that
provide high, middle and low vertical structure,” she says. And all those leaves? Just rake
them up and push them under some of the
shrubs as mulch, or run a mower over them
and leave them on the lawn. That will keep the
nutrients in the yard.
“Leave a few seed heads in the flowers, too,”
says Crain. Coneflowers, thistles, sunflowers
and rosehips all provide food for birds through
the fall migration. A few flowers in one yard,
some water in the next, and yard by yard these
additions create a place for birds.
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Tompkins Weekly
August 20
County Offers Community Events Grants
By Nick Babel
A strong community is often built
on a foundation of its history and
events that bring people together.
Tompkins County has a 30-year history of funding celebrations that do
just that.
Thomas Knipe, senior planner
and tourism coordinator for
Tompkins County, recently discussed the goals of the Community
Celebration Grants program.
Tompkins Weekly (TW): What
kind of events or programs are you
looking for when selecting grant
recipients?
Thomas Knipe (TK): We are looking for events or programs that are
endorsed by a municipality, that are
free and open to all and planned by
community members as a benefit to
the community, especially including observances, commemorations,
jubilations, inaugurations, presentations, or any other “red letter
day” or salute that has meaning for
the community.
Communities that are eligible for
the grants include municipalities
within Tompkins County; traditional, cultural and ethnic organi-
zations; and groups that hope to
build on historical, architectural,
musical, culinary, agricultural
and/or cultural traditions by providing venues for local talent/performers and goods produced within
the county.
We encourage applicants to think
of all the ways life here is made
richer by the area’s history, folk
life, architecture, ethnicity and historic events.
TW: What are some of the past
events/programs that have been
selected, and how many years have
these grants been given?
TK: A variety of types of programs have been funded in the past,
from historical celebrations in our
rural towns, villages and hamlets,
to events celebrating the ethnic
inheritances of many diverse communities in Tompkins County and
celebrations of interest-based communities.
The grants have been distributed
by
the
Tompkins
County
Legislature for at least 30 years. In
the beginning the program was relatively small and was focused on
helping
municipalities
in
Tompkins County celebrate their
founding. In the 1990s, the county's
hotel-room occupancy tax began to
pick up the tab for the Community
Celebrations Grant program. The
program has grown since then, and
nearly $27,000 will be awarded to
approximately 30 diverse celebrations in 2012.
Some of the events funded by the
spring 2012 grant included Groton
Olde Home Days, Newfield Old
Home Days, Lansing Harbor
Festival, Danby Fun Day, Ithaca
Greek Festival, Juneteenth, Streets
Alive! Ithaca, First Peoples'
Festival, Congo Square Market,
Food Justice Summit, Ithaca Silent
Movie Month, Rhiner Festival,
Historic Dedication of the SSCC
Gym, Dryden Lake Festival,
McLean's Happening in the Hamlet
and the East Shore Festival of the
Arts.
TW: Why do you think these community
events/programs
are
important? Do you think these
grants help build stronger communities?
TK: The first question that the
grant-review committee asks is
always, “Is this event a real celebration that builds community?”
Celebrations can help build strong
communities by supporting volunteer efforts to celebrate an aspect of
culture or history. In addition to
bringing people together physically,
community celebrations allow us to
dig into our past, educate people in
our community about our diverse
cultural inheritances, understand
and enjoy local culture, and expand
contemporary local culture in ways
that are informative, educational
and just plain fun.
If you are interested in applying
for this grant, awards are made
twice a year. People applying for
celebrations taking place between
May and December 2013 are encouraged to apply in the spring 2013
round; those applying for celebrations taking place between January
and April 2013 should apply in the
current grant round, with applications due Sept. 6. Guidelines and
current grant applications are
available on the Tompkins County
Tourism
Program’s
website:
www.tompkins-co.org/tourism.
These grants are awarded by the
Tompkins County Legislature and
are funded entirely by county hotel
room occupancy tax dollars.
Hip Hop Pioneer Appointed Visiting Scholar at Cornell
Hip Hop founding father, electro-funk pioneer,
and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominee DJ
Afrika Bambaataa, has been appointed to a threeyear term as a visiting scholar at Cornell
University.
The appointment, made by Cornell University
Library’s Hip Hop Collection in conjunction with
Cornell’s Department of Music, marks the first
such university distinction for a Hip Hop pioneer
of Bambaataa’s stature.
Bambaataa will visit Cornell’s campus several
days each year to talk to classes, meet with student and community groups, and perform the
music he helped create and expand, which grew
from a phenomenon in the South Bronx to a globally celebrated culture. His first visit in this position will take place in November.
“Bambaataa’s place in the history of hip hop is
central and unquestioned,” said Steve Pond,
chair of Cornell’s Department of Music, in a
statement. “Cornell is honored to be his academic home for the next three years.”
Cornell University Library is home to the largest
national archive on Hip Hop culture, documenting its birth and growth by preserving thousands
of recordings, flyers, photographs and other artifacts.
“Our goals are to preserve Hip Hop’s historical
artifacts and to make them available for education and outreach. We are committed to incorporating the voices of those who created and
advanced this culture in all of our efforts,” stated
Ben Ortiz, assistant curator of the collection.
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August 20
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For Journalists, Integrity is Everything
By M. Tye Wolfe
Jimmy’s world, as described in the
eponymous newspaper article that
won the 1981 Pulitzer Prize for feature writing, is a harrowing place.
Readers were brought into dark
corners of drug-ravaged D.C., and
were outraged to learn there was an
eight-year-old on heroin. The
reporter witnessed young Jimmy
being shot up with a needle
described, brilliantl,y as a straw
sinking into a Twinkie. Soon the
cops, led by that model of sobriety
Mayor Marion Barry, were vowing
to find the boy, and were furious
with the Washington Post, which
maintained that confidentiality
agreements exempted the paper
from revealing his whereabouts or
true name.
The reaction seemed like it might
be a cautionary tale for journalists
who might be accused of enabling
dangerous behavior by witnessing
it without intervening. There was a
lesson all right—a much more
painful one, for all involved—
except “Jimmy.”
The writer of that article, Janet
Cooke, a Vassar graduate, was talented, good-looking, young and
ambitious. Except she wasn't a
Vassar grad. So the poor folks at the
Washington Post realized after
journalists reporting on her prize
fact-checked her biographical
information. Vassar had no alumna
named Janet Cooke, despite the
County Seat
resume she submitted when applying for a job at the Post. But the
resume would read like God’s truth
compared to the aforementioned
article, "Jimmy's World,” which features a boy and a place conjured up
in the mind of Janet Cooke. (In his
autobiography Washington Post
editor Ben Bradlee gives one whole
chapter to l’affaire Cooke.)
This is the sine qua non of journalistic scandals.
Cooke was under pressure and
became overwhelmed, she said. But
if so, it wasn’t a pressure that cared
whether she totally sacrificed her
integrity and sullied the paper just
as it was gaining on the New York
Times in prestige. It was the pressure of outsized, impatient ambition—until she realized she was terrified she would win the prize. Be
careful what you wish for.
Cooke is on my mind as we in the
journalism world now contend with
two surprising plagiarism scandals
dogging writers for Time and the
New Yorker. Fareed Zakaria, a
writer held in so much esteem that
he recently spoke at Harvard’s commencement, was caught lifting
quotes unattributed from the New
Yorker. He has been suspended by
Time and by CNN. More troubling,
what will happen to his $75,000
A Hard Lesson in
Seeking Justice
speaking fees?
Meanwhile, the miniature publishing empire of Rhodes Scholar
and wunderkind Jonah Lehrer, is
crumbling. Lehrer was just about
to release a third best seller,
“Imagine: How Creativity Works,”
another example in the horrible
genre of Books By Dilettantes,
where writers use their facile
understandings of neuroscience to
make unscientific conclusions. The
lecture circuit also netted him
thousands of dollars a pop, and
journalists have wondered if the
lecture circuit makes writers negligent. He is accused attributing
quotes to Bob Dylan that he only
heard in his mind.
Bribing a juror gets a lawyer disbarred. Indiscriminate prescriptions of Vicodin to skinny men
with track marks can deprive a doctor of his license to prescribe
drugs. Inappropriate closeness to a
student can cost the ability to teach
(or, if you are Penn State, it can
reward you with a retirement
bonus).
But journalists don’t even have to
be criminals to tatter their reputations. Integrity is so important that
even a genuinely unconscious paraphrasing of another’s ideas, while
not a crime, might lead to a dis-
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Letters
I’m an out-of-townie that recently
received a dosage of Tompkins
County justice. It was an amazing
display of abuse of powers, unfairness, and down-right un-American
justice.
My unfortunate episode began
with a proposed speeding ticket
along highway 79 where a determined State Police claimed to have
clocked me traveling over the speed
limit of 45 mph. As is customary I
requested a deposition and received
one along with a pre-trial date that
led to a trial with a local Town
Judge.
As I gave testimony to the Town
Judge, I realized that the impartiality due from our justice system had
been compromised between the
Officer and Town Judge. At one
point in the trial, both the Officer
and the Town Judge were competing to tell me that I was at fault, no
matter what I said. The two against
one scene prompted an appeal with
Tompkins
County’s
District
Attorney. There, the course of
events became equally as disturbing when I noted that the transcription of my hearings to be used by
the Appeals Judge was potentially
tainted, since it conveniently left
out many of my key points.
The Appeals Judge’s final decision was a contradiction in terms.
It gave the Officer credence for his
ability to visually determine my
speed, while conveniently eliminating the evidence that he had operated his radar gun improperly. Radar
manufacturers confirm that LIDAR
missal or at least strong warning.
One can survive such honest errors
(maybe). But when journalists use
indiscriminate use of the most
dangerous tools at their disposal—
“cut and paste” and their imaginations—they cannot go quietly when
caught. Feeling our own integrity
is besmirched, there is a pile-on by
every journalist with an Internet
connection, as they mine the writers’ whole oeuvre for veins of flagrant abuse. The virtual tarring
and feathering may last months, to
the point that ritual self-disembowelment seems like a good way to go.
And that’s how it should be. I live
in terror of betraying another
writer, but far more I dread betraying myself. Say what you want, people believe what is written. The
maxim that only important, truthful works are given the privilege of
printing and mass distribution
wasn’t even true when the
Gutenberg Bible was printed.
As harrowing as it is to read the
stories of Lehrer and Zakaria, both
Ivy League grads, it reminds me I
have no inherent claim to integrity.
It is given to me. And I believe that
stories such as this, sad as they are,
make me see that the lucrative lecture circuit can never pay enough
to compensate for loss of membership to a club that can never be
reinstated.
M. Tye Wolfe is a Tompkins
Weekly columnist.
radar guns must be stationary to be
accurate, and not used within a
moving vehicle as the Officer had
done. In the end I was both surprised and disappointed.
If America’s judicial system is so
easily rigged, then to what purpose
does a duty to serve our country
truly render? For those of us that
uphold to high standards personally and professionally every day,
these acts of injustice, small and
insignificant as they may sound,
could one day become the 'cancer
cells' that will weaken our nation.
I hope the appropriate authorities (if any are left) take heed of my
hard lesson for seeking justice and
issue a proper wake-up call.
Tom Kadala
Hastings on Hudson
The Trumansburg Rotary Club celebrated another successful July
golf tournament, this year raising
$2,500 for the Tompkins Cortland
Habitat for Humanity program,
currently building a Habitat residence on Trumansburg’s Salo
Drive.
The generosity of our community makes this annual event especially fun and rewarding for our
golfers, who come from all over the
region. Thanks go to our hosts at
the Trumansburg Golf Course, as
well as to our many community
sponsors and gift donors, including
Gimme! Coffee, the Hangar
Theater,
C.S.P.
Management,
Stonecat Café, Red Newt Cellars
Winery & Bistro, Cornell’s Robert
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Thanks go, as well, to the weatherman, who graced us with yet
another spectacular summer day.
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A Model for Creating that ‘Green’ Home
By Shira Evergreen
This is the latest installment in our
Signs of Sustainability series,
organized
by
Sustainable
Tompkins. Visit them online at
www.sustainabletompkins.org.
When my partner and I moved to
Ithaca from New York City in 2008,
it was with a goal to live as sustainably as possible. We went on the
Green Buildings Open House tour
organized by Cornell Cooperative
Extension. Inspired by what we
saw, we started exploring the possibility of building our own ecofriendly home from scratch, using a
combination of salvaged and natural materials such as wood, earth
and straw. After months of investigation, we decided that we didn’t
have the resources to buy both land
and materials, not to mention the
countless hours involved in planning and building.
In our minds, the next best thing
was to buy an existing house and
make it as energy efficient as possible. While this would mean getting
a mortgage, an idea that we resisted, we realized that this was the
best path to homeownership for us.
We found a great little one-story
house on .79 acres and secured a
mortgage
with
Alternatives
Federal Credit Union and an additional smaller, low-interest loan
from Ithaca Neighborhood Housing
Services (INHS) that would be
deferred for three years. We also
took their first-time home buyer
class (invaluable!) and applied for a
forgivable grant that would mean
we would get over $30,000 of work
done to make improvements to the
house. As long as we live in the
house for eight years, we won’t
have to pay a penny back. That’s a
pretty amazing deal.
During our house-buying process, we made the documentary
“Empowered: Power from the
People.” We were very keen to get
into renewables but knew that the
first step was making the house as
energy efficient as possible. To that
end,
we
invited
Tompkins
Community Action to perform a
free energy audit. The full report
they provided helped us understand where our house could use
improvements. We used this information to help inform the work
that INHS funded.
INHS coordinated a group of
amazing contractors, including
Isaac Heating, Sparks Electric,
Parrott Plumbing and others. They
enhanced our humble house over
the course of a year. The most
important tasks, from a sustainability standpoint, included replacing single-paned windows with
double-paned ones, installing
weatherproof doors, adding blown
cellulose insulation to our attic
space, sealing areas of air leakage,
and improving venting in areas
“As summer starts to wind down,
there’s still time to head out to
Taughannock Falls State Park for a great
end summer vacation day of hiking and
a picnic. Before you go, make it a point
to take a quick visit to T-Burg Shur
Save’s deli. You’ll find delicious subs,
pizza and deli favorites to statisfy. So
come visit us today for great tasting picnic favories, all with prices so low you’re
always Shur to save!” ~ Jake Garrison
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where moisture was getting
trapped. They also replaced our old
furnace and water heater with
brand new, much more efficient
models and replaced part of our
roof that was in disrepair.
We learned from our friends at
the Ithaca Biodiesel Cooperative
(featured in “Empowered”) that we
could use biodiesel in our oil furnace. Biodiesel, which is created by
filtering and processing waste vegetable oil with methanol and lye, is
usually associated with use in cars,
but it has the potential to significantly reduce the need for fossil
fuels in home heating. We were able
to get a 20 percent blend delivered
to our house by Ehrhart Propane &
Oil. We learned that any higher
percentage would void the warranty on our new furnace, but we’re
hoping this policy will change in
the future so we can use 100 percent
biodiesel.
After all of these steps, our home
is noticeably more energy efficient.
It is remarkably cool inside during
the hot summer months, running a
fan only occasionally, and the thermostat can be set several degrees
lower in the winter with much cozier results than before the additional insulation was added.
Our goal is to get away entirely
from fossil fuels. Our next step is
having a solar-energy system
installed to provide the electricity
for all of our appliances, including
our new electric hot-water heater
and an electric stove we obtained
through Freecycle so that we can
replace our gas stove.
A few months ago, we contacted
Renovus Energy, the oldest local
installer of renewables (also fea-
tured in “Empowered”), and
explained that we wanted to get
photovoltaics installed but had no
money to put down. Renovus amazingly navigates all the financing
and rebate options on their customers’ behalf. They told us about a
new lease-to-own option offered by
SunPower, a national company
based in Portland, Ore. We learned
that we could pay about $70 per
month for 20 years to have a system
installed that would meet all of our
energy needs.
Alternatively, Renovus explained
that SunPower offers an option to
prepay our lease for about $9,000,
which would save us $9,000 over the
20-year loan term. While we didn’t
have that kind of cash, this seemed
like too good a deal to pass up, so we
applied to Alternatives for a homeimprovement loan for that amount.
We will pay it off over five years for
about $215 a month.
This monthly cost will be significantly decreased by the energy bill
we will no longer have to pay, and
we are likely to overproduce electricity and actually get a credit
from NYSEG at the end of each
year. We have signed the paperwork
and are looking forward to the
installation of our system this fall.
So, if you don’t think you have
the means to lower your home’s
carbon footprint, think again.
There are amazing programs for
low-to-moderate income families in
this community. Going green is
more accessible than ever!
Shira Evergreen is a filmmaker
and designer at Shirari Industries
and a board member of Sustainable
Tompkins. She can be contacted at
www.shirari.com.
Prostate Cancer and ‘Watchful Waiting’
By Jennifer E. Moyer
Prostate cancer has always been
difficult to diagnosis, and there are
few options to fight the disease. The
treatments are risky and the resulting complications can impair a person’s quality of life. Recently, men
were warned that the PSA
(prostate-specific antigen) blood
test should no longer be used to
screen healthy men for prostate
cancer. Now, men with the disease
are being told to try “watchful waiting” or to do nothing instead of opting for medical intervention.
Lately, there’s been a lot of controversy surrounding the diagnosis
and treatment of prostate cancer.
When the United States Preventive
Services Task Force released studies suggesting that the PSA test
caused more problems than promise, the American Urological
Association and other experts
weren’t ready to throw the PSA test
out the window.
Some said it gave insurers a
rationale to deny payment for a test
that still has utility and has been
proven to save lives. Opponents
said the test caused more harm
than good because men were found
to have undergone unnecessary
treatments, such as chemotherapy,
surgery and radiation. Such procedures left some men with impotence, urinary incontinence and
bowel dysfunction. The debilitating
complications threatened a person’s quality of life and could be
considered more trouble than they
were worth.
A recent “New England Journal
of Medicine” study shows that men
with early-stage prostate cancer
who choose “watchful waiting” are
just as likely to survive as men who
undergo surgery. In the largest
study of its kind, about 730 men
with early-stage prostate cancer
agreed to be randomly assigned to a
surgery or a “watchful waiting”
monitoring program. They were
evaluated over a 15-year period.
Surprisingly, the results showed
that there was no statistical difference in the prostate mortality or
overall death rate between the two
groups. Most men survived the disease whether they had surgery or
did nothing.
Family and health-care
providers have been known to
protest the “watchful waiting”
strategy, which involves frequent
surveillance to measure the cancer’s progress. Yet the new study
results may increase the 10 percent
of men who choose to participate
in “watchful waiting.” While doctors sometimes call such monitoring “active surveillance” or “expectant management,” they will provide pain relief for a minor procedure if the cancer has spread.
Sometimes, when taking into
account their patient’s age and the
risks associated with invasive
treatment, doctors do absolutely
nothing. In younger men, healthcare providers will conduct a regular battery of PSA blood tests and
biopsies to monitor the cancer.
Most prostate cancers aren’t life
threatening. And not all cancers
are the same. It can be a particularly difficult cancer to live with—literally. Although being told to wait,
watch, and live with prostate cancer can be psychologically stressful, some prostate cancers are slow
growing. Depending on the man’s
age, some people with the disease
will have a greater chance of dying
from another, unrelated cause and
may want to consider abstaining
from cancer treatment, which has
its own health risks. Most cancer
organizations discourage prostate
screening for men with less than 10
years life expectancy or those who
are 75 years old or older.
Leading cancer organizations
have had different recommendations about who should undergo
prostate cancer screening before
the report released. It is not an easy
cancer to crack.
About 240,000 men are diagnosed
with prostate cancer, and 30,000
men lose their lives each year to the
disease, which is the second-leading cause of cancer-related deaths
for men in the U.S. Prostate cancer
is often silent, with vague symptoms in the early stages of the disease. Signs and symptoms often
appear in the advanced stages of
the disease when treatment options
are limited and the prognosis
appears bleak.
Men should be aware of the
warning signs of prostate disease.
Difficulty with urination, blood in
the urine or semen, leg swelling,
bone pain and uncomfortable pressure in the pelvic area are signs
and symptoms that should be investigated immediately by a doctor.
In the meantime, men should
know that there are more options
for them when it comes to treating
prostate cancer. Different cases
require different strategies. Like
the PSA test, some patients may
still require more invasive intervention than others based on how
aggressive the cancer is and how
much it has spread in the body.
Sometimes no treatment is also a
viable option.
Jennifer E. Moyer, BSN, RN, CBC,
is a frequent contributor to
Tompkins Weekly.
2-1-1 Information
and Referral Adds
Cortland Service
Seven Valleys Health Coalition
executive director Jacqueline M.
Carlton, and Human Services
Coalition of Tompkins County
(HSC) executive director Kathleen
Schlather have announced that
Cortland County residents now join
their neighbors in Tompkins
County with access to 24-hour 2-1-1
Information and Referral telephone
and website services.
After three years of discussion,
including many months of planning by staff at the Human Services
and
Seven
Valleys
Health
Coalitions, the Tompkins Countybased call center is now fielding
calls from both counties.
Live Web chat services are also
available from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Monday through Friday.
Tompkins call center staff coordinated development of the community services database for Cortland.
Development of the Cortland database owes much to AmeriCorps/
VISTA worker Janeille Franzenburg working with Seven Valleys
Health.
2-1-1 is part of the national N-1-1
system which includes 9-1-1, 4-1-1,
and 3-1-1. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) assigns
these numbers to important community purposes approved by the
states.
In New York State, providers of
telephone services route calls to
local or regional call centers where
2-1-1 community services specialists gather information on the
caller's needs. Specialists search a
database of services available in
the service area, match the callers'
needs to helping resources, and link
or refer them directly to an agency
or organization that can help.
Robert Breiman M.D.
Neil Shallish M.D.
Sharon Ziegler M.D.
Alan Midura M.D.
Tina Hisdorf, RN, NP-C
Lloyd Darlow M.D.
Debra LaVigne, RN, NP-C
Wallace Baker M.D.
Judy Scherer, RN, FNP
Tompkins Weekly
August 20
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Briefly...
‘Drawer Boy’ at CRT
The Ithaca Garden Club is marking its 90th anniversary with an exhibit
in the Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E. Green St. in Ithaca. The
exhibit runs through Aug. 30 and highlights the Ithaca Garden Club’s contributions to public gardening and landscaping projects in and around
Ithaca.
The exhibit also includes a display of club members’ favorite gardening tools, conservation tips relevant to the public, and a map displaying
the location of the club’s civic development projects around Ithaca.
Recent projects include Sciencenter’s landscaping, the Ithaca Children’s
Garden, the Museum of the Earth’s Gorge Garden, Hangar Theatre landscaping, the September 11th Memorial Garden at the Cayuga Heights Fire
Station, the Stewart Park Memorial Flagpole Garden, Cayuga Medical
Center landscaping and gardens, hardscaping for the front garden at
Beech Tree Care Center, the Spiral Garden at Hospicare, the Cancer
Resource Center of the Finger Lakes garden and Alex Haley Pool landscaping. In addition, the Club has planted trees over many years throughout Ithaca as part of the annual Arbor Day celebration as well as hundreds of forsythia bushes.
Southworth Library Receives Grant
The Southworth Library Association is a 2011 grant recipient from the
Conservation Treatment Grant Program, administered by the Greater
Hudson Heritage Network (GHHN) in the New York State Council of the
Arts (NYSCA).
This grant program provides support for treatment procedures to aid
in stabilizing and preserving objects in collections of museums, historical, and cultural organizations in New York State. The work must be performed by, or under direct supervision of a professional conservator.
Applications are accepted from non profit museums and historical organizations or other institutions that own and care for and exhibit collections
to the public.
Funding from the grant has enabled the conservation of a photograph
of John Dwight, U. S. Representative and library benefactor. Dwight
worked closely with President Abraham Lincoln’s son, Robert, in procuring Congressional funding for the Lincoln Memorial. In return for his
support, Mr. Dwight was gifted with the original handwritten re-election
night speech given by Abraham Lincoln on election night 1864.
At Dwight’s death, his family generously gave the speech to the
Southworth Library Association. The speech, sold in 2009 on Abraham
Lincoln’s 200th birthday at Christie’s Auction House, along with community donations and other grants, enabled the building of the Lincoln
Center at the Southworth Library, which opened its doors in June, 2011.
Environmental History Cruise Planned
On Thursday, Aug. 23, the Cayuga Lake Floating Classroom will host an
eco-cruise with a special focus on the historical impact of human activity on our lake and landscape.
Ithaca College Professor Michael Smith will explore the environmental impact of human development on Cayuga Lake over the past 200 years,
and participants will be invited to share stories of their own. Hands-on
ecological sampling activities are also planned.
The two-hour cruise will depart from the Ithaca Farmer’s Market dock
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Photo by David Blatchley
Library Hosts Garden Club Exhibit
Greg London, Kyle Kennedy and Dustin Charles are featured in Cortland Repertory
Theatre’s production of “The Drawer Boy.” Performances of the comedic drama will run
through Aug. 25, with evening performances at 7:30 p.m. Tickets may be purchased by
calling (800) 427-6160 or in person at the CRT box office at 24 Port Watson St. in
Cortland. Tickets are also available online at www.cortlandrep.org.
at 4 p.m. and information may be found at floatingclassroom.
blogspot.com. All fees and donations support science and youth education. “Community Access” coupons are available upon request at GIAC,
Southside Community Center and the Ithaca Youth Bureau. Reservations
are suggested. For more information email info@tioherotours.com, or
call 697-0166.
Longview to Hold Career Fair
Longview, an Ithacare Community, will hold a Career Fair on Thursday,
Aug. 23, from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Longview staff will be conducting interviews on-site for Licensed Practical Nurses, resident aides, Certified
Nurse Aides, home health aides, and housekeepers as well as a variety of
dining services positions.
Interested individuals are encouraged to call 375-6300 to reserve an
interview space, but reservations are not required. Job-seekers should
bring copies of their resume and will be required to complete an application.
Longview is located at 1 Bella Vista Drive in Ithaca, near Ithaca College
on Route 96B.
Freeskool Announces Call for Classes
Ithaca Freeskool sannounce its call for class submissions for the fall session. The Freeskool is a grassroots, all-volunteer community-building initiative that empowers people to teach and attend classes without cost.
Primarily geared toward adults, anyone can teach and anyone can
attend. Classes can take place in people’s homes, public spaces and businesses. The fall session runs from Oct. 1 to the end of December. Classes
can be submitted online at http://ithacafreeskool.wordpress.com/getinvolved. The deadline for submissions is Sept. 1.
Contracts Awarded for Airport Projects
The Tompkins County Legislature earlier this
month awarded contracts for two construction
projects at Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport.
Bids were awarded for a $1.6 million rehabilitation of the terminal apron and associated
runway and pavement work. DiFiore
Construction Corporation of Rochester, is the
general contractor. The Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA) will fund 90 percent of
the basic project cost. Also included in the project is pavement overlay of one parking lot,
which is not eligible for outside funding. Full
local cost of this project is about $130,000, supported by the airport budget.
Legislators also awarded contracts for an
operations addition to the airport’s Crash Fire
Rescue Building, LeChase Construction of
Syracuse is the general contractor. The addition will allow operations technicians direct
view of the runway, improving response time
in bad weather conditions or in the event of an
operational incident. The project cost of some
$500,000 will be 90 percent supported by the
Cuomo
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Barber, an engineer by training,
speaks about those who believe in
humankind’s ability to rule over
nature. “They believe that man can
overcome nature, that he can
design safeguards that will take
care of any potential problems, but
look at last years floods and look at
the oil well disaster in the gulf,” he
says. “They teach you in engineering school that if there is a probability of something failing that
sooner or later it will fail, and often
it fails spectacularly. Sooner or
later, with enough truck trips,
materials handling and equipment
used [in gas drilling] there will be
an accident, and we’ll be the ones
who have to deal with it.”
The letter to Cuomo further
states that, “Mr. Fields Is directly
responsible for the scientific
integrity of the document on which
your decision will rest...the science,
facts and information that will ilnform your decision to allow or disallow unconventional shale gas
development in New York State is
being supplied by a climate change
contrarian who works within an
agency whose senior officials openly collude with the gas industry and
ignore the concerns of independent
experts. You are being badly
served.”
Caroline Town Board Assistant
Supervisor Dominic Frongillo also
signed the letter. He says, “This
issue is a rare opportunity to shape
our community’s future for generations to come. We need to honor
everyone's
voice.”
He
adds,
“Conservative values means protecting our water, land, and air. It's
FAA, 5 percent by New York State, and the
remaining 5 percent (about $26,000) local share
through airline charges.
R e c o rd s S t o r a g e A g r e e m e n t
A 10-year lease agreement for underground
records storage space at the Seneca Army
Depot was approved at a cost of $720 per month
($8,640 per year). The sublease with Finger
Lakes Technologies Real Estate Holdings, LLC
takes effect on Oct. 1. The agreement, applying
to storage of certain permanent original
records the county must retain, stems from the
need to relocate the Tompkins County Records
Center to meet a directive to vacate the former
library building in a timely manner. Nearly all
county records have been digitally scanned,
saving the county millions of dollars in anticipated cost that would have been needed to build
a new records storage building.
The legislature was scheduled to vote on
another measure that would have allowed the
former library’s other tenant, the Community
just makes sense to ban this dangerous industry until we know it’s
safe.We are waiting for Governor
Cuomo’s leadership to protect New
York. Until then, we must protect
ourselves from fracking town by
town.
Others who have signed the letter
to Coumo include Lou Allstadt, a
former executive vice president of
Mobile Oil; Robert Howarth, who
has worked in this field for over
three decades and was the chief
consultant to the attorney general
of Alaska follosing the Exxon
Valdez oil spill; Anthony Ingraffea,
a Cornell professor who has performed research on rock fractuire
mechanics since 1975 and has
worked on hydraulic fracturing,
well drilling and gas pipeline safety
for businesses such as Exxon,
Schlumberger
and
the
Gas
Technology Institute and has
briefed both the U.S. House and
Senate staff on these issues.
Dr. Adam Law, a local physician,
signed, as did Deborah Rogers, a
consultant on energy policy and
financial issues regarding shale
gas
and
renewable
energy;
Jannette Barth, an economics
expert hired to assess the impacts
of the 9/11 terrorist attacks; Larry
Bennett, the public relations and
creative services manager at the
Brewery Ommegang in Cooperstown; and Binghamton Mayor
Matthew Ryan.
Grant
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made difficult by the downtrend in
the
national
economy,
and
Ferguson hopes to see that change.
“If we could get these three projects moving forward, it could put
Justice Center, to vacate, however a proposal to
enter into a multi-year lease agreement within
Center Ithaca for space to house the Day
Reporting Program and Drug Treatment, as
recommended by the Capital Plan Review
Committee, was withdrawn.
County Administrator Joe Mareane said he
recently learned that the space in question has
been leased to another tenant and that the
county is resuming the search for an alternative site. Both Capital Program Review chairman Lane and legislator Jim Dennis expressed
disappointment about the decision and how it
was communicated to the County.
I n o t h e r b u s i n e s s , lawmakers authorized
the Sheriff ’s Office to accept $46,000 federal
Homeland Security Grant on behalf of Cornell
University to begin and maintain a regional K9
Explosive Detection Team, at no cost to the
county. Under a mutual aid agreement, the
team will assist Tompkins and neighboring
counties with incidents that require explosive
detection.
some momentum behind development,” Ferguson says. “There
seems to be a thaw happening in the
economy in terms of projects moving forward, and Ithaca is lucky
because a lot of the investment that
was promised years ago is still
there.”
Aside from creating more housing, the Main Street grant could
also fund a few aesthetic changes
downtown. “The Main Street program allows for a limited amount of
funding to be earmarked toward
streetscape
improvements,”
Ferguson says.
“[In our application] we targeted
making some upgrades to Cayuga
Street, a street that has not been
previously targeted. We would
mostly likely use funds for new
trash receptacles, bike racks, art
and other streetscape amenities,”
he says.
border.
As Sicilia says in an open letter
on www.caravanforpeace.org, “We
believe that the solutions must
emerge from within civil society
and from a regional dialogue. For
these reasons, we invite you to be
our counterpart in an exercise of
civilian diplomacy that can return
peace, justice and dignity to the victims of this war. We hope we will be
able to count on your valuable participation as an ally and partner in
this historic event.”
Shenk hopes to join the caravan
in New York City on Sept. 6 and 7;
anyone near Ithaca interested in
going should contact him at (315)
706-6368 or cuslar@cornell.edu.
Caravan
together those who care about the
addicted individual. Third, Rusen
trains and rehearses what the
group will say when they are in
front of the addicted individual.
Following the intervention itself,
the final steps involve helping the
addicted individual into treatment
for 30 to 90 days and establishing
the intervention team as the recovery team once the addicted individual completes recovery.
“What I love about Love First,”
Rusen says, “is that it’s first about
love, meaning we will preserve the
dignity and respect of the addicted
individual at all costs, because if
we don’t treat the addicted individual with respect and dignity, then
they aren’t going to want to get
help, but if we do, then hopefully
shortly after our first attempt they
may be ready for change.”
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dented pain: more than 70,000 people have been killed and more than
10,000 have disappeared in violence
resulting largely from the failure of
drug prohibition. The drug war has
produced painful consequences in
the U.S. as well, especially the mass
incarceration of nonviolent people—overwhelmingly people of
color.
Bringing together victims of the
drug war from both countries, the
caravan aims to expose the root
causes of violence in Mexico, to
raise awareness about the effects of
the drug war on communities in
the U.S., and to inspire U.S. civil
society to demand new policies that
will foster peace, justice and
human dignity on both sides of the
Recovery
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20 Monday
Drawing through Time, 2pm, Museum of the
Earth, Trumansburg Rd., Ithaca. Cool down with
drawing through times ice age series. Info.,
www.museumoftheearth.org.
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.
Environmental Exploration Days, is a five day
program for youth, ages 12-14, to experience the
area's unique natural beauty and get to know how
they take part in its protection. We will spend each
day at a different location taking part in hands-on activities, getting wet, and taking fun hikes (see schedule at:
http://ccetompkins.org/4h/camps/environmentalexploration-days), Aug. 20-24, 2012, For information
about this summer program, call or email Megan Tifft,
4-H Youth Development Team Coordinator at Cornell
Cooperative
Extension,
(607)
272-2292,
megan.tifft@cornell.edu.
First Unitarian Society of Ithaca Recycle Sale,
10am-4pm, Aurora & Buffalo Streets in Downtown
Ithaca. housewares, toys, children’s and adult
clothing, tools, appliances, furniture, bric-a-brac,
bikes & sports equipment, books, records, appliances, and much, much more. Sunday will feature all items half-priced; on Monday, most things
will be 10 cents.
Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous, 78:30pm, Cayuga Medical Center, 101 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. Info., 607-351-9504, Visit our website at
www.foodaddicts.org.
GIAC Teen Program 4-7pm, 318 N. Albany St.,
Ithaca, Game Room, Video Games, Open Gym &
Field Trips.
Harmony Falls Women's A Cappella Chorus,
rehearsals 7- 9pm every Monday at TBurg Seneca
Rd Baptist Church. Women of all ages and singing
ability invited to their special Summer Sing program. www.HarmonyFallsChorus.com.
Hatha Yoga in the Svaroopa® Style, 10:1511:45am, Finger Lakes Fitness Center, taught by
Shelley Clark, Every Monday, Non-members welcome.
Homesteading & The Lost Arts, 9am-4pm, 4-H
Acres, 418 Lower Creek Road, Ithaca, Youth aged
10 to 16 will experience what it takes to develop
a homestead, including building a shelter, gardening, cooking over a fire. Arts include: Primitive
Pottery, Metal Forging/Branding, Weaving, Log
Drum Making, Natural Dying, Gourd Containers and
Walking Sticks. Try a little of everything! See what
life was like many many years ago. Info.,
http://ccetompkins.org.
Jazz Dance Classes with Nancy Gaspar,
7:15pm, Finger Lakes Fitness Center, 171 E. State
St., Center Ithaca, Non-members & drop-ins welcome. Info 256-3532.
Loaves & Fishes Community Kitchen, 12Noon,
St. John's Church, 210 N Cayuga St., Open to all,
no limitations or requirements.
Info.,
www.loaves.org.
Mentor-Student
Program
Informational
Meeting, 3PM-4:30PM at Cooperative Extension,
615 Willow Ave., Ithaca (at Rte 13 & Dey St).
Muffin Mondays, 8am 'til gone!
Dryden
Community Center Cafe, 1 W. Main St. Dryden.
Different homemade, from scratch, muffins every
week. Muffin Monday special $3.25 for a muffin &
a 12oz. coffee. Info., 844-1500.
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.
Personal Defense, 7:30-8:30pm, World Seishi
Karate, Catherwood Road, Ithaca, Info.,
www.seishihonbu@verizon.net or 277-1047.
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 607-2790772 for more information.
Pre-School Story Hour and Craft, 10am, The
SPCA Annex at The Shops at Ithaca Mall.
Tai-Chi, Increase your balance, sense of body
awareness and well-being. Mondays 3:30-4:30pm.
Registration required. www.ithacaymca.com.
Town of Ithaca Zoning Board of Appeals
Meeting, 7pm, 215 N. Tioga St., Ithaca.
Workforce NY Workshop, 10-11am, Tompkins
Workforce NY, 171 E. State Street, Center Ithaca
Building, Room 241, Ithaca, How to Get Your Foot
in the Civil Service Door, Info., (607) 272-7570
ext. 126, Email: Ramona.emery@labor.ny.gov.
Yoga Classes, 5-6:15pm, Mindful Movement in
Community Corners, 903 Hanshaw Rd., Suite 201,
Info., 607-592-5493.
21 Tuesday
Adult Karate, Seishi Honbu, 15 Catherwood Road,
Ithaca. Formal, traditional, japanese discipline,
Progressive noon time classes for men and
women. Info., (607) 277-1047 Email seishihonbu@verizon.net.
Al-Anon, 12noon, 518 W. Seneca St., Ithaca,
Meeting open to anyone affected by another person’s drinking. Info., 387-5701.
Amnesty International, Group 73, will meet at
7:30 pm on Tuesday, August 21, at Cornell's Kahin
Centre, 640 Stewart Avenue. For information
please call 273-8009.
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.
Comic Book Club of Ithaca, 7pm, Tompkins
County Public Library, Club meetings are the 1st
and 3rd Tuesday of the month. Info., www.comicbookclub.org.
Community HU Song, 7-7:30pm, 101 East Green
St., Borg Warner Room, Tompkins Public Library.
Cortland Farmers Market, 8am-2pm, Main St.,
Downtown Cortland. Visit us on Facebook for up to
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date local fruits & vegetables when they are available at our market. Our Farmer's Market is celebrating 40 years on Main Street.
Crown City Toastmasters Club, meets on the
1st and 3rd Tuesdays from 6:30-7:45pm, Caring
Hospice Center of Cortland, 11 Kennedy Parkway.
Info., http://crowncity.toastmastersclubs.org.
Dewitt Park Farmers Market, 9am-2pm, Dewitt
Park, Ithaca. Runs through 10/30/12.
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.
Emergency Food
Pantry,
11:30am-2pm,
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. For a complete listing of
daily pantries, see: www.211tompkins.org.
Finger Lakes Gymnastics Unstructured PlayTime,
10:30-11:30am,
Sept.-June,
215
Commercial Avenue, Ithaca, Ages 6mo-5yrs, Cost:
6 Mths - 1 Year - $3. 1 Year - 5 Years Old - $5 for
current members, $7 for non-members; Info., 2735187, www.flga.net.
GIAC Teen Program, 7-9pm, BJM, 318 N. Albany
St., Ithaca, Game Room, Video Games, Open Gym
& Field Trips, 272-3622.
Grow Your Own Garden Class, 6:30-8pm,
Dryden Community Cafe, Main St.
Immaculate Conception Church Food Pantry,
1-1:45pm, 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.
Insects Around Us, 6:30-8:30 pm, Join Cornell
insect expert Carolyn Klass in this class that will
explore the amazing insects that live around us.
Think all insects are pests? Prepare to be amazed!
Most insects are either beneficial or neutral.
Carolyn will explain the fascinating biology and lives
of our insect neighbors. Insects Around Us will
take place Tues. Aug. 21, 6:30-8:30 pm at the
Tompkins County Cornell Cooperative Extension
Education Center, 615 Willow Avenue, Ithaca.
Fee: $5; pre-registration requested. Please call
272-2292 for more information or registration.
It's Not Easy Being Green: The Intersection of
Sustainability & Spirituality, 12noon, Anabel
Taylor Hall, Cornell.
Ithaca Gay Mens Chorus, 7-9pm, First Baptist
Church, Ithaca, every Tuesday.
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.
Knowledge is Power, 6pm, group for those who have
been in abusive relationships, For info., 277-3203.
Loaves & Fishes Community Kitchen, 5:30pm, St.
John's Church, 210 N Cayuga St., Open to all, no limitations or requirements. Info., www.loaves.org.
Local Foods & Using Your Garden Produce,
6:30-8:30pm, Cornell Cooperative Extension of
Tompkins County, 615 Willow Avenue, Ithaca. This
Gardens4Humanity training class will explore local
foods, nutrition, eating seasonally and cooking
from the garden, assignment of G4H volunteers to
after school programss & Iron Chef. Class is open
to the public at a suggested cost is $10. To sign
up, call G4H at Cornell Cooperative Extension of
Tompkins County, (607) 272-2292.
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, Ithaca. Entertainment by The
Jeff Love Band; Info., http://ellishollowcc.org.
Next To Normal, 7:30pm, Hangar Theatre, 801
Taughannock Blvd Ithaca, The Pulitzer Prize and
Tony Award winning powerhouse musical about one
family's struggle to love one another and themselves.
Info.,
607-273-8588,
http://www.hangartheatre.org.
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.
Project Review Committee Meeting, 8:3010am, City Hall, 108 E. Green St., Ithaca.
Qigong for Breast Wellness, every Tuesday
through August 28th from 4-5pm at Ahimsa Studio,
behind the DeWitt Mall in Ithaca.  Learn 7
simple moves to support breast health & healing.
Get relief from: Anger, Anxiety, Depression, PMS,
and Menopausal Symptoms. Everyone is Welcome,
$10-20 donation,trade or barter appreciated. For
information contact Shawn Tubridy at (607) 2796543 or beewellest@yahoo.com.
Sexual Compulsives Anonymous, 5:30pm, This
is an anonymous 12-Step Group of men and women
whose purpose is to recover from sexual compulsion. Info., scaithaca@gmail.com or www.scarecovery.org.
Sciencenter Animal Time: Sea Horse: The
Shyest Fish in the Sea, 10:30am, Sciencenter,
601 1st St, Ithaca, Toddlers and preschoolers are
invited to hear the story Sea Horse: The Shyest
Fish in the Sea by Chris Butterworth and make
sandpaper seahorses. Included with admission.
Kids under three receive free admission. Info.,
www.sciencenter.org or 607-272-0600.
Stories in the Park, 11:30-12noon, Dewitt Park
Farmer’s Market. Children and their caregivers are
invited to join library staff for stories, music and
family fun, and stay for lunch and shopping at the
Farmer’s Market.
Stress Management Group, 11am, Starlight Center,
301 S. Geneva St., Ithaca, Suite 110, 277-7337.
T'ai Chi Classes at Lansing Library, 11:30AM12:30PM, Lansing Community Library, 27 Auburn
Road, Lansing, John Burger - Instructor. T'ai Chi
promotes balance, flexibility, coordination and can
reduce pain. T'ai Chi is also been shown to lower
the risk of falls, increase energy levels, enhance
sleep, and reduce stress and anxiety. Using precise, fluid movements, T'ai Chi can dissolve tension, increase your strength and cardiovascular fitness, and leave you with a greater awareness,
calmness, and overall sense of wholeness. Please
wear loose, comfortable clothing. $5/class
(Scholarships and reduced monthly payment
options available through Lifelong - 607-273-1511 www.tclifelong.org and the Lansing Library).
The Drawer Boy, 7:30pm, Cortland Repertory
Theatre, Little York Pavillion, Preble, A
comedy/drama by Michael Healy, Info., www.cortlandrep.org.
Toddler Time Storytime, 10am, Groton Public
Library,
Enjoy stories
with Mrs. Radford,
September-May, Info., 898-5055.
Tuesday Morning Art Classes for Children,
9:15-11:30am, 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.
Ulysses Philomathic Library Book Sale, books,
music, movies, CD format audio books, puzzles,
toys and games.
Workforce NY Workshop, 9-11am, Tompkins
Workforce NY, 171 E. State Street, Center Ithaca
Building, Room 241, Ithaca, Employment
Strategies for Jobseekers with Disabilities, Info.,
(607)
272-7570
ext.
126,
Email:
Ramona.emery@labor.ny.gov.
22 Wednesday
Adult Children of Alcoholics and Dysfunctional
Families Group, ACA Meets every Wednesday 7:308:30 pm at The Ithaca Community Recovery Bldg.
2nd floor of 518 W. Seneca St Ithaca, Info:
www.adultchildren.org.
Adult Summer Reading Program Raffle Party,
7-8pm, Newfield Public Library, 198 Main Street,
Enjoy a chocolate tasting and a glass of wine as
we draw names for the reading raffle prizes. Info.,
564-3594.
Auditions for Dorothy Cotton Jubilee Singers a
capella Singing Group, We welcome singers to
come audition for the Dorothy Cotton Jubilee
Singers choir at 6pm, Wednesday, August 22nd at
First Baptist Church, Ithaca, NY at 309 North
Cayuga Street, Ithaca. We are a dedicated ensemble that sings Negro spirituals in 4-part harmony, a
cappella. We welcome people regardless of race,
religion, ethnicity, sexual preference, political or
socio-economic views. Our singers share a common love of this amazing body of music and our fervent belief that this music still carries the power to
bring social justice to our world. We wish to make
positive changes by our community service, in
Ithaca and beyond. We invite you to come audition.
Just bring your voice. Ability to read music is desirable, but not required. For more information about
us,
please
see:
http://dorothycottonjubileesingers.wordpress.com.
Belly Dance Class, 6:30-7:45pm, Finger Lakes
Fitness Center, in the Lower Level of Center Ithaca,
Info., www.tessadances.com.
Books to Movies Family Movie Nights, 6PM,
Thaler/Howell Programming Room, TC Public Library,
Ithaca. Enjoy a family film, free popcorn and air conditioning, Visit: http://www.tcpl.org/kids/programs.php
for a list of movies being shown.
Bread of Life Food Pantry in Candor, Rt 96, across
from Post Office, 3-6pm. For a complete listing of
daily pantries, see: www.211tompkins.org.
Dog Days of Summer, 2—3PM, Thaler/Howell
Programming Room, Tompkins County Public
Library, Ithaca. Children are invited to practice their
reading skills while reading to the most nonjudgmental listener—a DOG! Co-sponsored by Cornell
Companions.
Dragon On, Wednesdays July 11th-August 28th, 12pm, Ahimsa Yoga Studio. Drop-in Class for participants who have completed the Dragon?s Way
Program and want to continue to building their
energy with a group. $10 a class or $60 for 8
classes. For info or to register contact Shawn at
(607) 279-6543 or beewellest@yahoo.com.
Evening Bereavement Support Group, 5:307pm, Nina K. Miller Hospicare Center, 172 East
King Road, Ithaca. 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of
the month, Free and open to adults who have experienced the loss of a loved one. For information,
contact 272-0212 or dgeorge@hospicare.org or
visit www.hospicare.org/grief-support-groups.
Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous, 78:30pm, The First 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., 607-3519504 or www. foodaddicts.org.
Group Hypnosis For Weight Loss, 7pm, August
22 & 29 (NO Session on 8/15), Ithaca Community
Acupuncture, 510 W. State St., Sliding Scale $15$35, Seating is limited. Preregistration is required.
Call (607)483-3575, For information visit
www.CommunityHypnosis.Info.
Homer Farmer's Market, 4:30-7pm, The Green
on Main Street in Homer. Cortland County's 'localonly' market. Dedicated to increased local production, access to healthy nutrition for all, and the promotion of a sustainable local economy through
grassroots organization. Meet your neighbors, who just
happen to be growing the best food you can buy! For
more information e-mail tammie@homerfarmersmarket.com or visit www.homerfarmersmarket.com.
Jazz Dance Classes with Nancy Gaspar, 5:45pm,
Finger Lakes Fitness Center,171 E. State St., Center
Ithaca, lower level, Non-members & drop-ins welcome, Info., 256-3532.
Karate, progressive classes for all experience levels,
teaching Demura-Ha Shito-Ryu Karate-Do. Mondays &
Wednesdays 6:30-7:30pm (10 weeks session).
Registration required. www.ithacaymca.com.
Lansing Writers' Group, 7PM, Lansing
Community Library, 27 Auburn Road, Lansing,
Meetings are open to adults (18 years old and up)
who strive to improve their writing skills and learn
from each other. All genres, skill levels, and writing types are welcome. Additional information
available at www.groups.yahoo.com/group/lansingwritersgroup. Free and open to the public.
“Let’s take a walk” 8-9am, A low key walk for men
and women with any type of cancer; enjoy a weekly
walk and good conversation. Meets inside entrance
to Border’s, The Shops at Ithaca Mall. Info, Cancer
Resource Center of the Finger Lakes. 612 W State
St. 277-0960.
Little Gather: Jim Byrnes, Corning Museum of
Glass, Magic Show, Introduce little ones to the
Museum at Little Gather events. Can you help the
wizard find his rabbit? This comedy magic show for
the whole family will bring lots of laughs. From trick
glasses to iridescent glass to glass that looks like
silver, there’s a lot more “magic” for you to discov-
er in the galleries. 11:00 a.m. Little Gather admission is free for everyone. Adults must pay Museum
admission if exploring the galleries after the show.
For program details contact littlegather@cmog.org
or (607) 438-5113.
Loaves & Fishes Community Kitchen, 12Noon, St.
John's Church, 210 N Cayuga St., Open to all, no limitations or requirements. Info., www.loaves.org.
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 607-2738678 or Dr. Nancy Stewart at 607-277-0260.
Next To Normal, 7:30pm, Hangar Theatre, 801
Taughannock Blvd Ithaca, The Pulitzer Prize and Tony
Award winning powerhouse musical about one family's
struggle to love one another and themselves. Info.,
607-273-8588, http://www.hangartheatre.org.
Play Mah Jongg!, 1PM-4PM, Lansing Community
Library, 27 Auburn Road, Lansing, Play American
Mah Jongg in an informal, relaxed setting. Free
and open to the public.
Qigong for Breast Wellness, Every Wednesday
from 1-2pm at Ahimsa Studio, behind the DeWitt
Mall in Ithaca. No class 11/23. For more information call Shawn at (607) 279-6543.
Seidaiko “Taiko” Japanese Drum Classes, 78:30pm, World Seishi Karate, 15 Catherwood Rd.,
Ithaca, For beginning students. Info www.seishihonbu@verizon.net or 277-1047.
Significant
Elements
WPEP
Program
Reception, 4-6pm, to showcase and sell the work
of its 5 teens. The 6 six week program teaches
teens about carpentry and entrepreneurship. The
works are made from salvaged wood and other
materials, and range from furniture to decorative
art. Info., karen@historicithaca.org.
Story Time, 3pm, Begins July 11th, Newfield
Library, Main St., Newfield. Info., 564-3594,
www.newfieldpubliclibrary.org.
Summer Sprouts, 10-11am, Ithaca Children's
Garden, Cass Park, Ithaca. Experience the wonders of gardening through stories and hands-on
gardening projects, on Wednesdays from June 15
to September 14. Especially for young children
ages 2-5 and their caregivers. Each session
includes a story, hands-on activity, and gardening in
the Growing Gardens. FREE and open to the public;
donations welcome. For more information, contact
Leigh MacDonald-Rizzo 272-2292 x186 or email:
lam26@cornell.edu.
Sundaes on Wednesday,
6:30pm, Danby
Federated Church. 1859 Danby Rd., Ithaca. Music
by Ithaca Pipe Band from 7-8:15pm.
Teen Tech Club, 3:30-5pm, Newfield Public
Library, Main St., Newfield. Teens, drop in after
school to explore our new tablets and e-readers,
and to share your favorite tips and apps.
The Drawer Boy, 2pm & 7:30pm, Cortland Repertory
Theatre, Little York Pavillion, Preble, A comedy/drama
by Michael Healy, Info., www.cortlandrep.org.
The Rotary Club of Ithaca Lunch Program with
Dale Flinn, 12Noon, Holiday Inn in downtown Ithaca,
The public is welcome to attend any or all of these sessions; cost is $12. Additional information about the
Ithaca Rotary Club may be found online at www.clubrunner.ca/CPrg/home/homeC.asp?cid=2079.
Tribal Fusion Belly Dance Classes, Wednesdays
7-8:15 pm, Moonlight Dance Studios 407 taughnnock Blvd., Ithaca, Info., www.tessadances.com.
Trumansburg Farmers Market, 4-7pm, Every
Wednesday, June through October, 4-7pm, corner of
Rte 227 and Rte 96 in Tburg. Fresh, local seasonal
fruits and vegetables, crafts, food vendors, and live
music. More info, including a list of vendors, at
www.trumansburg-ny.gov/farmersmarket.htm .
Ulysses Philomathic Library Book Sale, books,
music, movies, CD format audio books, puzzles,
toys and games.
Waffle Wednesdays, 9-11am, Dryden Community
Center Cafe, 1 W. Main St., Dryden. Serving hot
fresh waffles from scratch, served with either real
New York maple syrup or fresh strawberries and
whipped cream. Info., 844-1500.
Western Square Dance, FREE classes will be
held each Wednesday evening in the month of
August from 7-8:30pm in the Temple Beth-El social
hall (402 North Tioga Street, @ Court Street, in
Ithaca). This activity can be enjoyed by people of all
ages. No special dancing skills are required. We’ll
have fun learning dance steps that are used worldwide. Interested? Please contact Richard Rosenfield
at 607-257-1638 or rerosenfield@gmail.com.
23 Thursday
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.
Anorexia Nervosa & Associated Disorders,
7pm, Cooperative Extension, 614 W. State St., for
those in need of help & recovery. Info., 272-2292.
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.
Career Fair at Longview, 4:30-6:30pm,
Longview, 1 Bella Vista Drive, Ithaca, Route 96B.
Longview staff will be conducting interviews on-site
for Resident Aides, Certified Nurse Aides, Home
Health Aides, and Housekeepers as well as a variety of dining services positions. Tours of the facilities will also be available along with light refreshments. Interested individuals are encouraged to
call (607) 375-6300 to reserve an interview space,
but reservations are not required. Job-seekers
should bring copies of their resume and will be
required to complete an application.
Cornell Cinema, 7:30pm, URIS, Cornell. The
Lorax, Free; The Avengers, URIS, 10pm.
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.
Dewitt Park Farmers Market, 4pm-7pm, Dewitt
Park, Ithaca. Runs through 10/30/12. Info.,
www.ithacamarket.com.
Dooling O'Dey, 7-8:30pm, Six Mile Creek
Vineyard, 1551 Slaterville Rd/79, Ithaca, Info.,
607-272-9463.
Downtown Ithaca Summer Concert Series, 6-8pm,
Downtown Ithaca Commons, Entertainment by The
Destination; Info., www.downtownithaca.com.
Eco-Cruise Cayuga Lake, Environmental history with
Prof. Michael Smith! Departing from Ithaca Farmers’
Market. 4-6pm, Floatingclassroom.blogspot.com.
Call (607) 697-0166 for reservations.
"Eldercare and Minfulness", 6:30pm, Lifelong,
119 W. Court St., Ithaca. The meeting is open to
anyone caring for an elderly spouse, parent, other
relative or friend. The group meets every week. For
more information on the group, please contact
Robert Levine at the Office for the Aging at (607)
274-5482 or at Rlevine1@binghamton.edu or view
a flyer about the group on the Office for the Aging
website: www.tompkins-co.org/cofa.
Free Pasta Dinner, 5PM-6PM, Dryden Community
Cafe, 1 West Main Street, Dryden, The first 30 people through the door will receive a free pasta dinner
courtesy of Frontier. This is one of the many events
Frontier will be hosting during Frontier Community
Appreciation Week from August 20th ? 25th, in the
New York and Pennsylvania communities where our
employees live and work. This is Frontier?s way of
giving back and showing these communities and
the people who live in them how much Frontier
appreciates them. For more information email community@ftr.com or visit frontier.com/community.
Game Time, 3-5pm, Tompkins County Public
Library, Children ages 6-13 are welcome to join in
on Thursday afternoons for family-friendly board
games! And come early or stay after to browse the
shelves for summer reading ideas.
GIAC Teen Program, 4-7pm, 318 N. Albany St.,
Ithaca, Game Room, Video Games, Open Gym & Field
Trips, Info., 272-3622.
Halsey Valley Pantry, 4–4:45pm, GAR building,
Hamilton Rd, Halsey Valley, No pantry on the 3rd
Thursday; Free, fresh produce, breads, desserts,
dairy and deli. For low to moderate incomes, limit
1 pantry per week, Info., www.friendshipdonations.org.
ICG Garden Chefs, Thursday August 23 & 30, 1011am, Ithaca Children's Garden, Rt. 89 at Cass
Park, Ithaca. Gardening, cooking, and culture combine in this series of hands-on lessons. Harvest
from the Garden, learn cooking skills, and prepare
and eat snacks, salads, meals, and more. A new
recipe each week. Ages 4+ with caregiver. $6-10
self-determined sliding scale. No need to register in
advance – just drop in! For more information, contact Leigh MacDonald-Rizzo 272-2292 x186 or
email: lam26@cornell.edu.
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.
L. Ron Lee, 5-7pm, Dryden Community Center
Cafe, One West Main St., Dryden. Info., 844-1500,
www.drydencafe.org.
Loaves & Fishes Community Kitchen, 5:30pm,
Loaves & Fishes, 210 N Cayuga St., Open to all, no
limitations or requirements. Info., www.loaves.org.
Networking
at
Noon,
12noon-1:30pm,
Kilpatrick’s Publick House.
Next To Normal, 7:30pm, Hangar Theatre, 801
Taughannock Blvd Ithaca, The Pulitzer Prize and
Tony Award winning powerhouse musical about one
family's struggle to love one another and themselves.
Info., 607-273-8588, http://www.hangartheatre.org.
Out of Bounds Radio Show, hosted by TISH PEARLMAN will re-air our 2011 interview with Midwife/activist
INA MAY GASKIN. 7pm: WEOS-FM ( 90.3 & 89.7
Geneva region), Live Stream: weos.org.
Overeaters Anonymous, 6:15-7pm, Henry St.
John Building, 301 S. Geneva St., #103, corner W.
Clinton St., Just for Today/open sharing meeting.
Meetings are free, confidential, no weigh-ins or
diets. Info., 387-8253.
Pickin in the Pasture, 2515 Covert Rd., Lodi,
Info., www.pickininthepasture.com.
Prenatal Yoga Classes 5:30-7pm. Diane Fine.
Info., fineyoga@yahoo.com 564-3690 or dianefineyoga.com.
Preschool Story Hour, 10:30AM, Lansing
Community Library, 27 Auburn Road, Lansing, Join
us for stories, songs, and fun! Different theme
each week. Free and open to the public.
Preschool Storytime. Tompkins County Public
Library, 3-3:30pm, Thaler/Howell Programming
Room. Pre-school-aged children (3-5years) are
invited to join us for stories, songs, activities and
fun, Info., 272-4557 ext. 275.
Read Baby Read, 10am, Southworth Library,
Main St., Dryden. Infant and toddler storytime with
rhymes, songs, stories and fingerplays to delight
our youngest library patrons.
Reynoldsville Community Picnic, 1pm,
Reynoldsville Community Club, Rt. 227, Meat, beverage, table service provided. Bring a dish to pass,
and stories to share with friends and neighbors.
Seishi Karate, Seishi Honbu, 15 Catherwood
Road, Ithaca. Formal, traditional, japanese discipline, Progressive noon time classes for men and
women. Info., (607) 277-1047 Email seishihonbu@verizon.net.
Separated and Divorced Men's Group, 7pm,
facilitated by Dr. Jerry Feist, Info., 277-4131.
Seussical Jr., 10am & 12noon, Hangar Theatre,
801 Taughannock Blvd Ithaca, The Broadway musical that brings Dr. Seuss characters to wonderful.
wubbulous life! Performed by the students of the
Hangar's Next Generation Summer Theatre
School.,
Info.,
607-273-8588,
http://www.hangartheatre.org.
Taiiko Drumming, Seishi Honbu, 15 Catherwood
Road, Ithaca. "Seidaiko" Taiko classes for adults
and children. Pre-registration now open. Pleasure
and or performance training. Info., 607-277-1047
Email seishihonbu@verizon.net.
The Drawer Boy, 7:30pm, Cortland Repertory
Theatre, Little York Pavillion, Preble, A
comedy/drama by Michael Healy, Info., www.cortlandrep.org.
The New York State Fair, Syracuse, Info.,
www.nysfair.org.
Thursday Night Spaghetti Special, 5-7pm,
Dryden Community Center Cafe, 1 W. Main St.
Dryden. Our all -you-can-eat spaghetti dinner comes
with a side salad & Italian bread for just $5.55, with
meatballs just a little bit extra. Call for info., 844-1500.
Toddler & Pre-School Storytime, 10:30-11AM
every Thursday, Cortland Free Library, 32 Church
St, Cortland, Info., 753-1042.
Ulysses Philomathic Library Book Sale, books,
music, movies, CD format audio books, puzzles,
toys and games.
Writing Classes, 6:30pm, Brooktondale Community
Center's South Room, 522 Valley Rd., Thursdays,
Come learn to express yourself and tell us about your
life in the town of Caroline and it's hamlets, including
Brooktondale. Call Prof. Berry at 200-4122 or Pat at
539-9928 for information or to register for the class.
24 Friday
Al-Anon, Meeting open to anyone affected by
another person’s drinking. 7pm. Dryden
Methodist Church, Park in Rite-Aid lot. Info.,
387-5701.
Baby and Toddler Playtime, Fridays June 8 –
August 31, 11AM, Thaler/Howell Programming
Room, Tompkins County Public Library, Ithaca.
Playtime is an hour-long unstructured play and
social time for children and adults. It offers a
warm, child-friendly play space with books, music
and a variety of age-appropriate toys for learning
and discovery.
Bird Walk, 7:30am, Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca.
Come for a leaisurely walk through the Sanctuary to
look for birds. These 90 minute walks are aimed at
beginner bird watchers.
Birthday Parties, Seishi Honbu, 15 Catherwood
Road, Ithaca. Karate, Taiko Drums or your own Theme.
Info., 607-277-1047 Email seishihonbu@verizon.net.
"Brown Bag Lunch" 12noon-1pm, Cancer Resource
Center, 612 W. State St.; open to women with any
type/stage of cancer, Info., 277-0960.
Communities that Care Blood Drive, 12noon6pm, Ithaca Ramada, 2310 North Triphammer
Road, Ithaca. Please make appointments at
www.redcrossblood.org or 1-800-REDCROSS.
Congo Square Market, 4-8pm, Southside
Community Center, 305 Plain Street, Ithaca, The
Market features a weekly fruit and vegetable stall
with seasonal local produce and other produce that
is in high demand in the community. Other local
vendors offer prepared foods and handmade
crafts, and a variety of musicians provide entertainment.
Info.,
http://ccetompkins.org/community/whole-community-project/congo-square-market.
Fall Creek Brass Band, 8-10pm, Dryden Community
Center Cafe, drydencommunitycafe@yahoo.com,
http://www.drydencafe.org.
Finger Lakes Gymnastics Unstructured PlayTime,
10:30-11:30am,
Sept.-June,
215
Commercial Avenue, Ithaca, Ages 6mo-5yrs, Cost:
6 Mths - 1 Year - $3. 1 Year - 5 Years Old - $5 for
current members, $7 for non-members; Info., 2735187, www.flga.net.
Frugal Friday, The Gemm Shop, Main St.,
Trumansburg. Every Friday all items with a yellow price tag are 1/2 price, Call 387-5678 for
more information.
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.
Groundhog Comedy Presents Stand-Up OpenMic, 9pm, Pixel Lounge, Collegetown.
Interlaken Reformed Church Pantry, 3–6pm,
8315 Main Street, Interlaken, Free, fresh produce,
breads, desserts, dairy and deli. For low to moderate incomes, www.friendshipdonations.org. For a
complete listing of daily pantries, see:
www.211tompkins.org.
James Potorti Interpretive Gorge Walks, 1011:30am, Taughannock Falls State Park, Learn
about geology in our local state parks throughout
August with special interpretive gorge walks led by
Museum educators. You can journey into the rock
at a different state park each Friday in August from
10-11:30am. No registration is required! Free for
everyone! Meet at the parking lot near Lower Falls
and start of the Gorge Trail.
Loaves & Fishes Community Kitchen, 12Noon,
Loaves and Fishes, 210 N. Cayuga St., Open to all,
no limitations or requirements.
Info.,
www.loaves.org.
New England Contra and Square Dance, 811pm, 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.
Next To Normal, 8pm, Hangar Theatre, 801
Taughannock Blvd Ithaca, The Pulitzer Prize and
Tony Award winning powerhouse musical about one
family's struggle to love one another and themselves.
Info.,
607-273-8588,
http://www.hangartheatre.org.
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.
Pickin in the Pasture, 2515 Covert Rd., Lodi,
Info., www.pickininthepasture.com.
Preschool Story Time,
10am, Southworth
Library, Dryden, For preschoolers and their caregivers. Come for stories, crafts and snacks. Info.
844-4782.
Seishi Karate Classes, All-Belts 4PM, 5PM and
6pm, Green, Brown and Black Belts 6PM. and
7PM, Info., www.seishijuku.com.
Seussical Jr., 10am & 12noon, Hangar Theatre,
801 Taughannock Blvd Ithaca, The Broadway musical that brings Dr. Seuss characters to wonderful.
wubbulous life! Performed by the students of the
Hangar's Next Generation Summer Theatre
School.,
Info.,
607-273-8588,
http://www.hangartheatre.org.
Southern Tier Antique Gas & Steam Engine
Association Annual Show, 9am-6pm, Town Park,
Rt 26, Maine, Shingle Mill, sawmill, drag saw,
antique tractor parades, flea market, food, cake
walks, kiddie peddle pull, chinese auction. Info.,
www.southern-tier-antique-engine.webnode.com.
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.
"Ten Thousand Villages Annual Rug Sale",
August 24th - Sunday, August 26th
Special
Preview Night, Thursday, August 23rd from 6-8pm,
St. Catherine of Siena Church, 302 St Catherine
Circle (off Hanshaw Road) in Ithaca.
Cornell Cinema, Cornell. The Avengers, URIS, 8pm.
The Drawer Boy, 7:30pm, Cortland Repertory
Theatre, Little York Pavillion, Preble, A
comedy/drama by Michael Healy, Info., www.cortlandrep.org.
The New York State Fair, Syracuse, Info.,
www.nysfair.org.
The Works, 8-11pm, Wagner Vineyards, 9322
State Rt 414, Lodi, Info., 607-582-6450.
Ulysses Philomathic Library Book Sale, books,
music, movies, CD format audio books, puzzles,
toys and games.
Workforce NY Workshop, 10-11:30pm,
Tompkins Workforce NY, 171 E. State Street,
Center Ithaca Building, Room 241, Ithaca, Matrix
and Prove It!, Info., (607) 272-7570 ext. 126,
Email: Ramona.emery@labor.ny.gov.
25 Saturday
A’maze’ing Acres, June-October, ($7.50 p/person, children 2 and under free, a fun outdoor adventure featuring a 7000 square foot arborvitae hedge
maze w/ center tower, a classical stone labyrinth,
pond w/ paddle boat/kyayk, Native American medicine
wheel, trails to the Finger Lakes National Forrest.
Wilderness camping and Hostel lodging available too.
Call 607.592.5493 to inquire further.
Animal Feeding, Cayuga Nature Center, 12Noon,
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.
Botanical Garden Highlight Tour, 1pm, Brian C.
Nevin Welcome Center at the botanical garden,
Cornell Plantations. Actual tour content will vary
from week to week, depending on the plants, season, interests of the group, and whim of the
docent. Please dress for the weather and wear
comfortable walking shoes.
Caroline Farmers Market, Saturdays 10-2,
May-Oct, Old Fire Hall, 522 Valley Road,
Brooktondale. Produce, Meat, Cheese, Baked
Goods, Food, Art & Crafts.
Compost with Confidence: Is It Done? &
Compost Uses, 10-11am, at the NEW Compost
Demonstration site, Ithaca Farmers' Market, 545
Third Street, Ithaca. Master Composter volunteers
from Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins
County provide information & hands-on demonstrations on how to set-up and manage a successful
composting system. Each class covers composting basics in addition to rotating topics. This session also addresses how to know when your compost is ready to use, and some of the ways that we
suggest using it. Questions? Contact Mila Fournier
at Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins
County (607) 272-2292 or ymf5@cornell.edu.
Cortland Farmers Market, 8am-2pm, Main St.,
Downtown Cortland. Visit us on Facebook for up to
date local fruits & vegetables when they are available at our market. Our Farmer's Market is celebrating 40 years on Main Street.
Farmer's Market, 9am-12:30pm, 27-29 Auburn
Rd., Lansing, between the Lansing Town Hall and
the Lansing Community Library. Farm fresh, locally grown, organic vegetables, fruit, eggs, flowers,
honey and homespun crafts. Info., www.lansingfarmersmarket.com.
Finger Lakes Cheese Trail Open House, 10am5pm, Various locations in the Finger Lakes. Learn
about the wonderful variety of cheeses produced
here in the Finger Lakes by visiting local cheese
producers and sampling their products. The Finger
Lakes Cheese Trail is an organization of cheese
producers from throughout the Finger Lakes who
make artisan cheeses from milk produced at their
family farms. Great cheeses are being made,
ranging from English style raw milk cheddars,
cheese curd, gouda and swiss types from dairy
cow milk, to blue cheeses, chevre and feta from
goats and sheep milk. Free! Find more information
at
ccetompkins.org/cheesetrail
or
visit
http://flcheesetrail.com/ . For more information,
call Monika Roth at Cornell Cooperative Extension
of Tompkins County (607) 272-2292 or email
mr55@cornell.edu.
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.
Guided Bird Walk, 7:30am, Cornell Lab of
Ornithology, 159 Sapsucker Woods Road, Ithaca,
April-September, Meet in front of the Visitor Center,
Info., (800) 843-BIRD, www.birds.cornell.edu.
Hand Drumming for Humans Classes, 3-4pm,
Soma Yoga & Living Arts, 409 West State St., Ithaca,
Info., www.somayogaithaca.com.
Homer Farmer's Market, 9am-1pm, The Green
on Main Street in Homer. Cortland County's 'localonly' market. Dedicated to increased local production, access to healthy nutrition for all, and the promotion of a sustainable local economy through
grassroots organization. Meet your neighbors, who
just happen to be growing the best food you can
buy! For more information e-mail tammie@homerfarmersmarket.com or visit www.homerfarmersmarket.com.
Ithaca Farmers Market, 9am-3pm, Steamboat
Landing, Ithaca. Runs through 10/27/12. Info.,
www.ithacamarket.com.
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.
J-Ville Jazzy Jumble Thrift Shop, Jacksonville
Community United Methodist Church starting
Saturday June 30th till end of Nov. Our Hours:
Tuesdays: 4:30 PM to 7:30 PM , Saturdays:10AM1PM. Good quality used clean clothes, Good used
clean gift items.
Karate, 9-10am & 10-11am, 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.
Merrifield Cobblestone House Concert Series
Presents Julie Austin, 7pm, 2345 Center Rd.,
Scipio, $10adults, $5 for kids.
Morning Story Time 10am. Caroline Community
Library 2670 Slaterville Rd. Slaterville Springs.
www.tcpl.org.
Next To Normal, 3pm & 8pm, Hangar Theatre, 801
Taughannock Blvd Ithaca, The Pulitzer Prize and Tony
Award winning powerhouse musical about one family's
struggle to love one another and themselves. Info.,
607-273-8588, http://www.hangartheatre.org.
One Heart Community Drumming Circle,
3:30pm till done, Stewart Park, Ithaca. Info.,
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. Info., 387-8253.
Pickin in the Pasture, 2515 Covert Rd., Lodi,
Info., www.pickininthepasture.com.
"Pockets", 8pm, Greenstar's "The Space", Ithaca.
“Pockets” is an original physical theater piece, created collaboratively by the ensemble. What happens to a wish after you make it? This new, experimental play incorporates dance, original music and
text from James Joyce's Ulysses. Student produced, directed and designed, the play is about the
power of a wish, and what happens when you are
trapped in the process of making other people’s
wishes come true. Tickets are $5 with all profits
going to support Running to Places student financial aid. The Space at Greenstar is located at 700
W Buffalo St, entrance at intersection of Court St
and North Fulton St. To reserve tickets or for more
information please email pocketsinfo@gmail.com.
Qigong for Health, 10am, Ithaca Karate Harmony
with Nature School, 120 E. King Rd., ancient energy practices, 273-8980.
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.
Seidaiko “Taiko” Japanese Drum Classes, 4pm,
World Seishi Karate, 15 Catherwood Rd., Ithaca, Info.,
www.seishihonbu@verizon.net or 277-1047.
Seussical Jr., 10am & 12noon, Hangar Theatre,
801 Taughannock Blvd Ithaca, The Broadway musical that brings Dr. Seuss characters to wonderful.
wubbulous life! Performed by the students of the
Hangar's Next Generation Summer Theatre
School.,Info.,
607-273-8588,
http://www.hangartheatre.org.
Southern Tier Antique Gas & Steam Engine
Association Annual Show, 9am-6pm, Town Park,
Rt 26, Maine, Shingle Mill, sawmill, drag saw,
antique tractor parades, flea market, food, cake
walks, kiddie peddle pull, chinese auction. Chicken
BBQ 12noon-2pm, Nightime entertainment by
Cowanesque Boys & Kelly; Info., www.southern-tierantique-engine.webnode.com.
Showtime! The Power of DNA, 2pm,
Sciencenter, 601 First St., Ithaca. Join the Cornell
Genetically Engineered Machines Team to learn about
DNA and genes. Visitors will have the opportunity to
make DNA necklaces and to use gene models to build
craft bugs. Info., www.sciencenter.org.
Taiiko Drumming, Seishi Honbu, 15 Catherwood
Road, Ithaca. "Seidaiko" Taiko classes for adults
and children. Pre-registration now open. Pleasure
and or performance training. Info., 607-277-1047
Email seishihonbu@verizon.net.
Take a Tour of the Museum, Museum of the
Earth, 11am. 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. 1259 Trumansburg Rd.
The Drawer Boy, 7:30pm, Cortland Repertory
Theatre, Little York Pavillion, Preble, A comedy/drama
by Michael Healy, Info., www.cortlandrep.org.
The New York State Fair, Syracuse, Info.,
www.nysfair.org.
Toddlers Yoga, Namaste Montessori School, 11:45pm. Walkers-3. Info 273-1673 or littlebuddhasyoga@gmail.om. 1608 Trumansburg Rd.
Trumansburg Rotary Club Chicken BBQ, Old
Save-a-lot parking lot, near the Trumansburg post
office. Starting at 11am we will have; dinners (a
chicken half, coleslaw, salt potatoes, french bread)
for $9, and chicken halves for $6 each.
Ulysses Philomathic Library Book Sale, books,
music, movies, CD format audio books, puzzles,
toys and games.
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A’maze’ing Acres, June-October, ($7.50 p/person, children 2 and under free, a fun outdoor adventure featuring a 7000 square foot arborvitae hedge
maze w/ center tower, a classical stone labyrinth,
pond w/ paddle boat/kyayk, Native American medicine wheel, trails to the Finger Lakes National Forrest.
Wilderness camping and Hostel lodging available too.
Call 607.592.5493 to inquire further.
Arboretum Highlight Tours, Every Sunday from
June 17 through September 30; 1pm, Enjoy a guided tour through the F.R. Newman Arboretum while
visiting some of our stunning tree and shrub collections, and diverse ornamental garden plantings.
Actual tour content will vary from week to week,
depending on the plants, season, interests of the
group, and whim of the docent. Please dress for
the weather and wear comfortable walking shoes.
Free; donations welcome. Meet at the Sculpture
Garden in the F.R. Newman Arboretum.
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.
Chicken Barbecue, 12Noon-until gone, Ithaca
Elks Club #636, Coddington Road; Ithaca Elks Club
#636 is holding a chicken barbecue. The barbecue
will include chicken breast, baked beans, salt potatoes, roll and butter. The cost is $7.00 per person,
carry out or eat at the Lodge. For more information, call 273-5891.
Family Day on the Floating Classroom, All-Ages
Lake Exploration Day aboard the M/V Haendel.
Departing from Ithaca Farmers’ Market. 4-6pm,
www.floatingclassroom.net. Call (607) 697-0166
for reservations.
Food Addicts in Recovery, 4-5:30 pm, The 1st
Congregational Church, 309 Highland Rd., Ithaca.
Are you having trouble controlling the way you eat?
Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous (FA) is a free
Twelve Step recovery program for anyone suffering
from food obsession, overeating, under-eating and
bulimia. For info. 607-351-9504 Visit our website at
www.foodaddicts.org.
GIAC Teen Program 4-7pm, 318 N. Albany St.,
Ithaca, Game Room, Video Games, Open Gym &
Field Trips.
Harvest Dinner at Stick and Stone Farm, 59pm, Stick and Stone Farm, 1605 Trumansburg
Road, Ithaca. Menu and wines from Red Newt
Cellars Winery & Bistro. Visit Healthy Food for All
for most recent updates. Proceeds benefit "Healthy
Food for All", a collaboration between CCETompkins and local farms to provide CSA scholarship shares for 125 families with limited incomes in
our community. Tickets are $75-$150/person all
inclusive, and may be purchased online or by
check. Visit: http://www.healthyfoodforall.org/ for
more information or call Liz Karabinakis at Cornell
Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County (607)
272-2292.
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Healing Meditation, 7-8pm, Ahimsa Yoga Center,
Dewitt Mall, Ithaca, $5 suggested donation, Info.,
www.ithacayoga.org.
Ithaca Farmers Market, 10am-3pm, Steamboat
Landing, Ithaca. Runs through 10/27/12. Info.,
www.ithacamarket.com.
Next To Normal, 7:30pm, Hangar Theatre, 801
Taughannock Blvd Ithaca, The Pulitzer Prize and Tony
Award winning powerhouse musical about one family's
struggle to love one another and themselves. Info.,
607-273-8588, http://www.hangartheatre.org.
“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 re-air our 2011 interview with
Midwife/activist INA MAY GASKIN. 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.
Pickin in the Pasture, 2515 Covert Rd., Lodi,
Info., www.pickininthepasture.com.
"Pockets", 2pm & 8pm, Greenstar's "The Space",
Ithaca. “Pockets” is an original physical theater
piece, created collaboratively by the ensemble.
What happens to a wish after you make it? This
new, experimental play incorporates dance, original
music and text from James Joyce's Ulysses.
Student produced, directed and designed, the play
is about the power of a wish, and what happens
when you are trapped in the process of making
other people’s wishes come true. Tickets are $5
with all profits going to support Running to Places
student financial aid. The Space at Greenstar is
located at 700 W Buffalo St, entrance at intersection of Court St and North Fulton St. To reserve
tickets or for more information please email pocketsinfo@gmail.com.
Reach Out to Christ Pantry and Outreach,
Johnson Rd, Freeville. 12 to 2pm, alternating
Sundays. For a complete listing of daily pantries,
see: www.211tompkins.org.
Recovering Couples Anonymous, 8pm,
Downstairs @ 518 W. Seneca St., Ithaca, RCA is a
12-step group for couples wanting to restore commitment, communication & caring in their relationships. Open to all.
Southern Tier Antique Gas & Steam Engine
Association Annual Show, 9am-2pm, Town Park,
Rt 26, Maine, Shingle Mill, sawmill, drag saw,
antique tractor parades, flea market, food, cake
walks, kiddie peddle pull, chinese auction. Info.,
www.southern-tier-antique-engine.webnode.com.
The New York State Fair, Syracuse, Info.,
www.nysfair.org.
The Tioga Region of the Antique Automobile
Club of America Antique Car Show & Flea
Market, 100 Elm St. (former OFA site), Owego,
9am-4pm, Donation at the gate $2pp, $5 carload.
Registration forms can be found at www.tiogaregion.com or call 607-754-7400.
West Village Apartments Food Pantry, alternating weeks, 150 West Village Place, Ithaca, 12:301:30pm. For a complete listing of daily pantries,
see: www.211tompkins.org.
Zumba Class, 6-7pm, Newfield Fire Station, First
class is free, $8 drop in or $55 for 9 classes good
for 3 months from date of sale.
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Board of Public Works, 4:45-6:45pm, City Hall,
108 E. Green St., Ithaca.
Drawing through Time, 2pm, Museum of the
Earth, Trumansburg Rd., Ithaca. Cool down with
drawing through times ice age series. Info.,
www.museumoftheearth.org.
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, 78:30pm, Cayuga Medical Center, 101 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. Info., 607-351-9504, Visit our website at
www.foodaddicts.org.
Loaves & Fishes Community Kitchen, 12Noon, St.
John's Church, 210 N Cayuga St., Open to all, no limitations or requirements. Info., www.loaves.org.
Mentor-Student
Program
Informational
Meeting, 3PM-4:30PM at Cooperative Extension,
615 Willow Ave., Ithaca (at Rte 13 & Dey St).
Dryden
Muffin Mondays, 8am 'til gone!
Community Center Cafe, 1 W. Main St. Dryden.
Different homemade, from scratch, muffins every
week. Muffin Monday special $3.25 for a muffin &
a 12oz. coffee. Info., 844-1500.
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.
Personal Defense, 7:30-8:30pm, World Seishi
Karate, Catherwood Road, Ithaca, Info.,
www.seishihonbu@verizon.net or 277-1047.
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 607-2790772 for more information.
Pre-School Story Hour and Craft, 10am, The
SPCA Annex at The Shops at Ithaca Mall.
Tai-Chi, Increase your balance, sense of body
awareness and well-being. Mondays 3:30-4:30pm.
Registration required. www.ithacaymca.com.
The New York State Fair, Syracuse, Info.,
www.nysfair.org.
Yoga Classes, 5-6:15pm, Mindful Movement in
Community Corners, 903 Hanshaw Rd., Suite 201,
Info., 607-592-5493.
Everyday
After School Care and Enrichment, MondayFriday, 3PM, Seishi Juku Karate, 15 Catherwood
Rd., Ithaca, Youth programs, ages 4 thru teens,
register for recreation and/or instruction daily ,
guitar, vocals, drumming, karate/judo, dendo,
tumbling. Tuition rates for members and nonmembers. For information contact: 277-1047
www.seishijuku.com.
Moving Sale-Sacrifice
All Must GO!
MANY ITEMS STILL NEW AND IN THE BOX.
New Items - Make an Offer! 3/4 Size Hide-A-Bed
Rotisserie Oven
Antique Ceramic Table
New Wave Oven
Maple Butcher’s Table
Clothing New Jack LaLanne Juicer
New Wool Jackets
Kitchen ware
Leather Coats
Cookware
New - Never Used...
Knives
Tools & Equipment
Stereo Equipment
Handsaws, Chisels,
Electric Yamaha Piano
Drill Bits
Rowing Exercise Machine
Power Drills
Brass Lamps
New- Watches
Ceiling and Closet Lights
Marlin 22 Rifle
Solar Lawn Lights
Dehumidifiers
Lots, Lot’s more!
Vacuum Cleaners
Buy Now
So We Don’t Have To Move It!
Call 379-6012, or Stop by Sat or Sun
628 Coddington Rd., Ithaca
1/2 mile past the back entrance
to Ithaca College
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Arboretum Highlight Tour, 1pm, Cornell
Plantations, 1 Plantations Rd., Ithaca. Daily tours
Jun 17th, 2012 - Sep 30th, 2012. Enjoy a guided
tour through the F.R. Newman Arboretum while visiting some of our stunning tree and shrub collections, and diverse ornamental garden plantings,
free. Info., www.plantations.cornell.edu.
Art Exhibit, The Ink Shop Gallery, September 7 October 26, Event Description: The 17th Mini Print
International is a juried exhibition of prints no larger than
4?x4.? The Exhibition has been held bi-annually since
1985 to challenge artists and provide an affordable
form in which international art can be brought together.
The exhibitions have toured throughout the US and
abroad. The Ink Shop was a host of the 16th exhibit
and is now organizing the 17th and following exhibits.
Bright Red Bookshelf Book Drive, The Family
Reading Partnership, located in Ithaca, New York, is a
coalition of organizations, individuals, schools,
libraries and businesses that is working to create a
"culture of literacy" by promoting family reading practices in the community and beyond. If you have gently used books to donate please contact: 607-2778602, Email: office@familyreading.org.
Fitness Classes, Cycling, Y Dance, Simply
Stretch, Step Intervals, Cardio Combo, Building
Strength, Power Pump, Abs & Back, Zumba,
Zumba Toning, Pilates & Yoga. Registration
required. www.ithacaymca.com.
Freeskool 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 nonmembers. Sciencenter, 601 First St, Ithaca, www.sciencenter.org or 607-272-0600.
Group and individual Swim lessons, Swim
Lessons are designed for all ages and ability levels.
Whether you're 3 years old or 99, the Y offers a lesson to suit your needs. Registration required.
www.ithacaymca.com.
Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell
University, Ithaca, Tuesdays to Sundays, 10am5pm, free admission, museum@cornell.edu,
www.museum.cornell.edu.
J.M. McDonald Sports Complex Ice Skating,
4292 Fairgrounds Dr, Cortland, come for Open
skating, Skate n Shoot, Freestyle skating, Adult
and youth hockey, Lunch skate and Rock n
Skate sessions. Visit www.jmmcomplex.com
for full list of times.
Lansing Jazzercise Center, 3100 N.
Triphammer Road, Lansing, for class times visit
jazzercise.com or call 218-4221.
Museum of the Earth, Trumansburg Rd., Ithaca,
Hours: Monday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday
10am-5pm, Sunday 11am-5pm, Closed Tuesday
and Wednesday from Labor Day to Memorial Day,
Closed Thanksgiving Day. Visit us on the web at
www.museumoftheearth.org.
Swim Team, The premier non-competitive swim
team in Ithaca, The Barracudas Youth Swim Team
is a developmental swim team designed to introduce kids 7-15 to life on a swim team. Kids are
introduced to more advanced workouts with stroke
enhancement and racing in mind. Registration
required. www.ithacaymca.com.
Tai Chi Classes, Monday-Saturday, Taoist Tai Chi
Society 1201 N. Tioga St. (old Fall Creek Cinema
building). For health, healing and fullness of life try
Taoist Tai Chi. For listing of class times visit us at
www.ithaca.newyork.usa.taoist.org,
e-mail
ithaca.ny@taoist.org or call 277-5491.
Taiko Drum Lessons, Seishi Karate, 15
Catherwood Rd., Ithaca, 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, Seishi Karate, 15 Catherwood Rd.,
Ithaca, Beginner - Intermediate, Private and Group
Lessons. Seishi Karate Honbu. Registration now open.
www.seishijuku.com, Call: (607) 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 Room Classes - Writing Through the
Rough Spots”, with Ellen Schmidt. August through
September 17, Writing can help to create clarity about
challenging situations. Information & registration:
www.WritingRoomWorkshops.com or 273-4489.
YMCA After-school programs, One at the Y
facility and two at offsite locations: Cassavant
School in the Dryden district and Groton
Elementary. Cassavant and Groton also offer a
before school program. Registration required.
www.ithacaymca.com.
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ReUse
For Rent
ReUse Center: Affordable furniture,
housewares, building materials,
computers, electronics, more. Open
daily Triphammer Marketplace.
www.fingerlakesreuse.org
(607)257-9699. Donations welcome.
Nonprofit organization .
Travis Hyde Properties Apartments - All Kinds! All Sizes! Office:
323 N Tioga St., Ithaca 273-1654
www.travishyde.com
Automotive
Merchandise
For Sale
Lawn Mowing
Antiques
J&R’s Lawn Mowing Service.
Affordable rates. Don’t wait until it’s
too late. Spots are being filled. Call
John @(607)756-2915.
SNOOTY FOX ANTIQUES
Come and Shop with Dick & Jane Classen
Photography
Open Saturdays 9-7
and by appointment
Wildlife Services
Jack Ryan’s
Wildlife
Removal
Service
607-564-3369
21 Taber Rd • Newfield NY
Just off Rt. 13 at the Newfield Exit
Employment
Expanding Practice Needs
Nurse Practitioner or
Physician Assistant
PONZI'S
18th & 19th Century
Country & Formal
Furniture & Accessories
RESTORATION
AVAILABLE
• Refinishings
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• New & Old
Paul and Connie Polce
9838 Congress St., Ext.
Trumansburg, NY 14886
607-387-5248 Open Daily 9-5
www.ponzisantiques.com
Now
Open
Student
Prices
Boris
607-227-0612 or 210 Elmira Rd.,
Ithaca, NY 14850
227-2806
Our dynamic, busy internal medical
practice seeks experienced Nurse
Practitioner or Physician Assistant
for part-time work, 1-2 days per
week. Evening and/or Sat. hours
may be discussed. Successful candidate will work with minimal to
moderate supervision and have
knowledge of GYN exams and
screening tests. Compensation
commensurate with experience.
Foreign language skills are a plus.
Candidates should fax your
resume to 607-266-9200
or mail to::
Radomir D. Stevanovic, MD, PC
2343 N. Triphammer Rd.
Ithaca, NY 14850
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
Education
Saturday Morning Yoga in the
Iyengar tradition, at Fine Spirit Studio,
Dey St. Ithaca. For information contact
kathy@kathymorris.net
Wiles Guitar Studio
Suzuki Guitar Lessons
Children thru Adults
Community Corners Ithaca
592-2591
Gifts
CNY Photo Gifts, Give the Gift that
says you care. www.cnyphotogifts.com
Book your Family Portrait. Also wedding and Resume Photos. Call
Studio 97 Photography by Kathy
Morris 277-5656.
Food & Drink
Lunch Delivery - Free Lunch Delivery
from the Ithaca Bakery M-F 11am2pm. Call 27-BAGEL.
Shortstop Deli Open 24/7 at 204 W.
Seneca
St.,
Ithaca
273-1030
www.shortstopdeli.com.
Two Locations to Serve You Best
GreenStar 701 W. Buffalo St. 2739392 & 215 N. Cayuga St 273-8210
Martial Arts
Beginner’s Special 3 months $99
Discipline,
Concentration,
SelfDefense. Kwon's Champion School,
Ithaca 607-227-6932
Typewriters
Manley Typewriter sales and service. IBM, Panasonic, Cannon, Brother,
Electronic Typewriters 607-273-3967.
Calendar Submissions:
Event Listings: Email details to
jgraney@twcny.rr.com. The deadline
to submit items is each Wednesday at
1pm for the next Monday’s paper.
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looking to expand our group of writers.
If you think you have the skills and
interest, please contact Jay Wrolstad,
Editor, at 607-539-7100 or email editorial@tompkinsweekly.com
LPNs, Nurse
Practitioners,
Front Office
Receptionist
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.
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letter attention: Human
Resources Fax # 607-216-0587.
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