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Stein Makes a Tough Choice By Sue Henninger

Danby park project moves ahead ................page 2

Law designed to protect area watershed............page 3

Zoning issue reflects lifestyle changes ........page 4

Business is bullish on downtown Ithaca .... page 5

Opinion and letters page 6

“I feel great relief. Once I came to a decision in my own mind, I felt very uncomfortable not airing it,” says superdelegate Irene Stein when asked about her decision regarding which Democratic candidate to endorse. “I had been thinking about it and was planning to wait until the primaries were over, but then I thought, ‘There are only two primaries left. Why am I waiting?’” In the end, Stein decided to support Hillary Clinton over Barack Obama. The path to this point was not an easy one for Stein, for whom politics is a way of life. As the Tompkins County Chair of the Democratic Party for the last 21 years, Stein has spent much time encouraging good candidates to run for office and she has found it both “interesting and satisfying” to obtain victories for the Democratic party over the years. Characterizing herself as a behind-the-scenes player, Stein adds that she has never considered running for office. So it was somewhat ironic when she found herself on the brink of being thrust into the limelight as an uncommitted

superdelegate who might be called upon to cast an important vote. What is difficult for many citizens to understand about superdelegates is that they are appointed, not elected, adding an element of political experience and reasoning to the general election process. This means they are free to vote for whomever they choose, with no obligation to their c o n s t i t u e n t s . Superdelegates are meant to provide a form of checkand-balance” between political perception, often influenced by the media, and political reality, as understood by those involved with politics on a regular basis. This misunderstanding has resulted in a number of dilemmas for superdelegates, including wondering if they should vote for the candidate who is ahead in June, no matter how small the lead, if their vote should be based on who their constituents chose in the primary (which is what many voters believe), or if they should they vote for who they personally believe is the best candidate, the option that Stein chose. Taking her responsibility seriously, she has paid particular attention to the

Irene Stein, Tompkins County Democratic Party chairwoman and superdelegate, has weighed in on the campaign for President. polling data, monitoring the polls on the Internet at www.electoral-vote.com every day, as she believes that the popular vote isn’t always indicative of what is best for the country. Stein says she also read the e-mails and letters that she has been deluged with since her superdelegate status became common knowledge. She tries to answer all of the “thoughtfully worded” correspondence when she feels the writer spent time defining the issues, although she notes that most of them did not present new arguments.

Hangar kicks off season with a thriller ..............page 9

Rep. Maurice Hinchey (D22) offered his solutions to the problem of soaring gas prices, which have pushed beyond $4 per gallon at gas stations around the county, during a visit to Ithaca last week, Hinchey’s proposals include a cap on the retail price of gas at $2.49 per gallon, along with tax incentives for fuel-efficient vehicles, more investment in alternative energy sources and measures to encourage competition among oil companies. With a Citgo gas station on State Street as his backdrop, Hinchey explained what he feels are the most significant causes behind the recent rise in gas prices, specifically addressing the weak U.S. dollar and the military occupation of Iraq. According to Hinchey, 40 percent of the increase in gas prices is attributed to the weak dollar, as oilexporting countries have had to collect more dollars per barrel of oil to pay expenses in euros and other currencies. From 2000 to

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Sex in the city and on the steppes ......................page 9

Stein also says that both Obama and Clinton called her, along with other elected officials. But none of the phone calls had an impact on the choice she made, nor did the weekend events regarding the Michigan and Florida primary delegates or Clinton’s win in Puerto Rico. Is this superdelegate system itself a fair one? Stein isn’t sure, but says, “Those are the rules we have to go by.” She believes that once the 2008 election is over it will be interesting to look back and review all that has Please turn to page 16

Hinchey Targets Rising Fuel Costs By Beth Skwarecki

George Jr. experiences growth spurt ..................page 8

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With gas prices above $4 per gallon in Ithaca and elsewhere in the U.S., Rep. Maurice Hinchey says it is time for Congress to act. 2004, he says, the price of oil increased by 28 percent as measured in dollars, while it actually fell slightly as measured in euros. Hinchey blames the Bush administration’s economic policies for this portion of the increase in gas prices. “Energy companies are directly benefiting from the weak dollar,” the congressman said, as the value of their untapped oil reserves

rises. Oil companies are purposely not drilling those reserves out of a desire to keep supply low and prices high, he added. Making more land available for drilling, such as in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, would not increase the supply of oil so long as oil companies find it profitable to leave their leased oil fields, collectively numbering in the tens of mil-

lions of acres, undrilled, said Hinchey. To address this issue, the congressman proposes a measure called the Production Incentive Fee that would collect $5 per year per acre of leased publicly owned land that is not producing oil. The incentive aims to motivate companies to increase domestic production of oil, while the revenue, potentially as much as $150 million, could be invested in renewable energy projects. Hinchey also attributes part of the price hikes to the war in Iraq. Referencing a report from economist Dean Baker, he said, “Exxon-Mobil’s war profit is 20 to 30 percent of its total profit,” adding that oil companies benefit greatly from the occupation. Hinchey contends that the U.S. military is the world's largest consumer of oil, and that renewable energy is especially needed in the military to prevents soldiers from being targeted in fuel convoys. Targeting oil companies Please turn to page 16

Support Builds for Danby Park Project

Ken Horst (left), Vally Kovary (center) and Deb Adams described progress on the Danby Community Park during a fundraiser at the Common Ground on June 1. Horst says. He was impressed with the level of understanding and concern held by the youth group. “We asked them for suggestions and they were really good.” Horst outlined four phases of the park and community center development. In the first phase, the DCPA acquired a large parcel of property on Danby Rd. opposite the Danby Town Hall. The second phase, almost completed, includes the construction of an entrance and access road, signs and basic utilities. The DCPA board has met with many community organizations and leaders since November to gather thoughts and concerns

about the project. Those discussions produced thoughts and concerns on the use of the property and design of the facilities. The concerns ranged from environmental impact to cost and timeliness. One elderly resident wanted to know, “Will this happen in our lifetime?” In mid-May the DCPA sent out a report with a summary of these suggestions. Proposed usage includes everything from an emergency shelter to wedding facilities. There are certain to be sports and recreational facilities, meeting rooms, and a setup where, “People can bump into each other and hang out,” says Horst.

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On a breezy Sunday afternoon more than 50 people came out to support the Danby Park and chow down on barbecue at the Common Ground. Doug Miller hosted the June 1 benefit on his patio as part of a series of summertime community-related, family-friendly picnics. The event was a time to relax in the sun, enjoy tunes from the turntable of DJ Dave Veiser, and learn about ongoing progress by the Danby Community Park Association (DCPA). “The whole idea began in the early 1990s with the Community Council, which was running an after-school program but experiencing difficulty in continuing the program,” says Ken Horst, president of the DCPA. Before- and afterschool programs, child care, summer day camp and other youth programs are prominent on the list of community needs. The DCPA intends to involve youth in many aspects of the community center's development from the start. Horst recalls meeting with youth from the Danby Community Council Primitive Pursuits program. “We need some place to hang out,” the kids told him. They were clear and direct about their interest and concerns. The young people want a place to study and to protect nature. They voiced a clear concern for wetlands and, in fact, wetland protection is already part of the DCPA plans. A boardwalk trail may provide access while maintaining the wetland preserve. “They’re willing to help do that,”

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Architect Deb Adams adds, “We’ve greatly appreciated the feedback we’ve gotten from the community on programming and how you would like to see the park and center used. We’ve talked with consultants about the placement of the building on the site and how big it can be. As a board, we’ve made the commitment to be as ‘green’ as we possibly can, using sustainable technologies and materials.” In fact, geothermal energy, solar panels and a passive solar design are all being considered in the design. The DCPA made an early commitment to avoid using tax dollars. The board has funded its actions through community donations as well as grants from the New York State Parks and legislative member grants (tax money by another name). More than $300,000 in grants and donations have been received to date. Approximately one-third of this total paid for construction of the park entrance and road, and the remainder is allocated for the design of the community center facilities. The DCPA is working on further grants. The third phase includes constructing ball fields and picnic pavilions and clearing land for the building. A series of Cal Ripkin/Babe Ruth youth baseball fields will be the first aspects of the Park developed. With support from the Cal Ripkin League, construction of the fields begins this summer. The fourth phase will be the completion of the community center building and land use trails. Please turn to page 16

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Caroline Mulls Watershed Regulations By Patricia Brhel One person attending the local Watershed Committee’s June 3 public information meeting was worried that Caroline’s proposed stormwater management law would affect his children’s ability to build a home on family land. Another hoped that the new law would protect his property from the water runoff damage others had experienced. Former town board member Barry Goodrich explained that, as a member of the original group charged with creating the language of the ordinance, he was careful to take into consideration the different soil conditions, resident activities and the makeup of building sites in Caroline. With this in mind, and after many committee meetings and public information sessions, he helped craft a law that met U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and State of New York Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) requirements without unreasonably encumbering the average Caroline property owner. Tompkins County Soil and Water Conservation District Resource Construction Specialist Jessica Verrigni explained the need for such a law and how it would affect the average landowner. This law is designed to protect the local watershed, the ponds and small lakes in the area and the streams that feed into Cayuga Lake from excess construction site soil runoff and contaminants like oil, she said. This

will keep the water safe for humans and the many varieties of wildlife in the area, plant and animal. It will also hopefully eliminate the danger of mud slides onto roads or other property, Verrigni noted. The law, in 29 pages, states that anyone disturbing property within 50 feet of a stream or wetland, or anyone planning to disturb more than one-half acre of ground, must file a Notification of Land Disturbance form with Caroline Town Code Enforcer John Daniels. This form asks where the property is located, how much property will be developed and what use will be made of it. There are questions about the land’s slope, the distance to the nearest stream or wetland and the amount of the area to be disturbed. The law has exemptions for agricultural activities, such as plowing, planting or brush-hogging a pasture. Cutting trees doesn’t count, as long as the property owner is not tearing up the understory (bushes and grass) that help hold the soil in place. A person wishing to build a single-family house on a property will probably not need to fill out this form. One-half acre amounts to 21,780 square feet, while the footprint of an average single family home is 1,000 to 2,000 square feet. Add space for a well, septic system and driveway and it’s likely that a property owner is still well under the limit. Those planning to develop onehalf to one acre of ground must file a notification with Daniels. He will certify it as acceptable, suggest

changes that will make the plan workable or advise that an Erosion and Sediment Control Plan be filed with the state. Before work begins there will be an inspection of the property, followed by return visits every two weeks to verify that the plan is being followed. A disturbance of more than one acre but less than five acres of land must be reported to the state, and a Pollution Discharge Elimination System “Notice of Intent” form and a Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan certified by a licensed professional engineer or architect will be required. A Stormwater Management Permit, similar to a building permit, will be issued. Depending on site conditions, extra work on the property might be needed. This could include preserving trees, using mulch to stabilize soil, fencing or constructing a small check dam to keep mud from spilling down hill and into a stream. Only commercial buildings with large parking lots, or subdivisions, would be likely to disturb this much soil. Soil disturbances of more than five acres, or disturbances of more than one acre for a single family home, will require a permit from the EPA, along with a Pollution Prevention Plan and a Notice of Intent. The plan must be certified by a licensed professional who can certify that the design meets the requirements of the local law(s). Any existing runoff must be measured and the construction cannot result in an increase in the runoff rate when it is finished. For more information contact John Daniels at 539-6700, visit the

Town of Caroline website at http://townofcaroline.org or check out New York’s regulations at www.dec.ny.gov. The Caroline Watershed Committee is looking for more input. They are conducting a survey of property owners who live along a creek, seeking information about trees overhanging or resting in the creek, gravel bars, bank stabilization needs and if land owners have done any creek-related projects. They are also looking for new members. A ro u n d Tow n : The Sounds of Spring, an evening of chamber music, will be performed by six Cayuga Chamber Orchestra members at Caroline’s St. Thomas Episcopal Church in honor of the Rev. Cullie Mowers’ 40 years in the ministry. Proceeds from the concert will benefit the Caroline Food Pantry. It begins at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, June 14, at the Gothic Revival church on Route 79 in Slaterville Springs. Brooktondale’s Brookton Market is throwing a grand opening celebration from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday, June 14. They will have local musicians throughout the day, food tastings, free ice cream and children’s activities such as face painting, giant bubble making and, at 1 p.m., Regi Carpenter’s storytelling. While the store has been open for a while, they get better all the time, and that’s something to celebrate. They have one of the most complete bulletin boards in town, local artwork and offer copies of the free Caroline Business Directory and the local newsletter.

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Lifestyle on the Table in Zoning Case With historic renovation currently on hold, the building at 1024 N. Tioga St., on the corner of N. Tioga and Lincoln streets in Fall Creek, is unmistakable. This building, which was a stagecoach station in the mid 1800s, currently consists of two apartments plus a vacant retail space, previously owned by Tom Farrell and his father before him who sold home appliances at this location. This building is a fine example of several in Ithaca that are required to apply for special permits before the Board of Zoning Appeals to convert what were commercial spaces to yet another commercial use. The snafu here is that even though two generations of Farrells had successfully established that space as commercial, under what are called grandfather rights, the new landlord, Ron Ronsvalle, owner of Perfect Painters and Heritage Builders, must go back to the drawing board by approaching the Board of Zoning Appeals to rezone the property. The R-2B zoning in the area designates this building as a Neighborhood Commercial Facility, and any type of Neighborhood Commercial Facility use requires a special permit. To help him in negotiating the necessary rezoning, Ronsvalle contacted George Frantz, a city planning specialist for George R. Frantz and Associates and a visiting lecturer on city and regional planning at Cornell. Last November potential new uses for the commercial space at 1024 Tioga St. were considered at a meeting of the Ithaca Board of Zoning Appeals. Frantz notified all property owners within 200 feet of the site about the meeting and about 10 people from the neighborhood appeared before the board. The neighbors were explicit in expressing their uncompromising concerns about the impact any new commercial venture would have on Fall Creek. Mary Arlin, who lives

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George Frantz (left) and Ron Ronsvalle at the building Ronsvale owns on North Tioga Street in Ithaca. directly behind the property, said, “One of the issues, outside of noise, is the traffic that it will generate where you have people walking back and forth to the high school area and other areas in town. Lincoln Street is a very heavilytraveled street. And I think the other issue is parking. Where are those people going to park? Frantz talked about parking in the back yard, but that’s my back yard. Not only is that unappealing aesthetically, I would be dealing with the dust that would create.” While nothing definitive was decided at the first meeting, Frantz used the information he gathered to adjust future proposals. Five months later, in April, potential new commercial uses for 1024 Tioga St. were again considered by the Board of Zoning Appeals. Among those potential uses was a coffee, tea, or pasta shop.

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While these potential uses were uniformly rejected by neighboring property owners, and thus the Board of Zoning appeals, others were more seriously considered. “We discussed using the space as professional offices, such as a law, accountant or architect’s office,” Frantz says. “While some of the neighbors liked this idea more than the others, the overall consensus was to reject the appeal because of the still overriding parking concerns. However, some of the neighbors suggested turning the [commercial] space into a third apartment, which meant that the owner would have to apply a third time for a use variance, a permit to vary the use for that parcel of land since the R-2B zoning district only allows for two apartments per building.” For Ronsvalle this means waiting until July before he can go for a third time before the Board of

Zoning Appeals. JoAnn Cornish, interim director of City Planning in Ithaca, explains, “There are very strict criteria for a use variance; it’s the most difficult to get. Once you vacate a building, as Tom Farrell did, and it’s vacant for more than one year, the use variance is lost and the new owner must reapply. If Ron Ronsvalle had someone interested in doing the same thing as Tom Farrell, a use variance would not be required, if he didn’t exceed 12 months of not operating the business. But Ronsvalle’s request is to change the use, which is an entirely different scenario.” Phyllis Radke, Building Commissioner for the city, notes, “Basically the law, established by the court, is that in order to have a use variance you have to provide facts that the hardship is unique to your property. Hardship means you have to give confident financial evidence that you can’t realize a reasonable return.” “But we do want to allow a use if it goes along with a relatively quiet neighborhood,” says Cornish. “If it’s a computer business where no one comes and visits, that’s very different from a coffee or tea shop that will invariably create more traffic. This is how it is across the board for use variances.” Still, Frantz thinks Ithaca needs a major overhaul of its zoning ordinance. He believes that not permitting mixed uses of commercial and residential spaces, or more than two dwellings per building, is outdated thinking. “I’m certainly not suggesting that Ithaca look like Manhattan, because that will never happen,” he says. “ I’m thinking in about 10 more years Ithaca could look like the older areas of Boston or Georgetown. If Ithaca were built along those lines it would only cover about three square miles. More compact development equals a very walkable community,”. Radke adds that, “Zoning was enacted in the City of Ithaca in 1926, so Ithaca was obviously Please turn to page 16

By Nate Dougherty Mary Kane, co-owner of Concept Systems, has worked in downtown Ithaca for nearly all of the last 28 years. So when her consulting firm outgrew its original downtown offices, it was no surprise where the company would move. Kane chose to purchase a 100year-old building on the Commons, moving the company and its 15 employees there. She said the unique atmosphere and energy downtown made it an easy decision. “We feel very committed to downtown, and this is also in the interest in the convenience for our staff as well,” Kane says. “When we looked at the numbers involved in moving, we realized that with the right people and a creative team it could be a wonderful place for us to work.” Concept Systems was founded in 1993 with its offices in the former Babcock Hall on Aurora Street. The company uses a proprietary Internet-based software tool that builds and supports an organization’s efforts to develop responsive, meaningful plans and systems. For the young team, the Commons is a great location. “In a lot of ways the atmosphere fits who we are perfectly,” Kane says. “It has a real sense of variety between the different types of stores and people who are here. Our team really thrives on being in the midst of all of that.” The company will occupy the second and third floors at 136 The Commons. Renovations took 12 months and cost $330,000. The work included replacing and upgrading all of the mechanicals, removal of all walls except those supporting the building and replacing many of them, and repairing and restoring the original common stairway. For Kane, the project harkens back to a downtown goal she helped establish nearly 20 years ago. As a member of a downtown revitalization committee put

together by Mayor Ben Nichols, she helped identify development of second and third floors of buildings as an important objective. “We talked about ways to make vital use of the upper stories, and I realize now that’s exactly what we’re doing,” Kane says. “That’s exciting, and it’s nice to have a front row seat to the Commons.” She believes her company meshes with downtown revitalization efforts, too. With new residential space coming downtown, as well as parking on Green Street, she hopes to be part of a growing downtown. “I know there are some vacant storefronts at the moment, but by and large the Commons itself ebbs and flows, and right now it is certainly on the upswing,” Kane says. “If we can help establish an expectation of new and different kinds of businesses taking up shop, it will be much more varied and continue to be a very interesting place.” She’s especially excited about what the company can do for downtown based on the revenue it represents. Instead of recycling local money, CSI’s revenue comes from across the country and stays in

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Concept Systems CEO Mary Kane works at her antique desk in the third floor office facing the Ithaca Commons. Many of the original features of the building, including lighting fixtures (like the one shown) and the wood floors, brick walls and tin ceilings were incorporated into the renovation plans. Ithaca. “We’re a federal contractor and do a lot of work with folks in Washington, D.C., on public planning,” Kane says. “We’re on the

road a lot and could have located the company anywhere, but we’re committed to Ithaca as a small business that brings outside money into the community.”

Cargill Supports Nutrition Program Cargill has announced that it is donating $24,000 to Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County’s Nutrition Education Program. It is one of 56 Cornell Extensions offices that work to meet the needs of New Yorkers through partnerships between communities and the university. Cargill will help fund the position of the coordinator of the Operation Frontline program, with classes for low-income families paired local chefs and nutrition educators to promote low-cost nutritious foods including locally grown produce. Cargill‘s donation also will fund after-school workshops on nutrition and fitness for at-risk youth at three area middle schools; provide family meals and childcare for lowincome parents while they attend nutrition education classes; and promote consumption of locallygrown foods by low-income families by providing them with subsidized community supported agriculture (CSA) shares. In addition, the funds will support training and nutrition education of youth who will work at summer farmers’ markets in Groton, Danby and Trumansburg. Tompkins Weekly June 9

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Lecturer Had Important Message for Parents I would like to express my deepest appreciation for the TCSD Foundation and Gothic Eves Bed & Breakfast for their time, energy and resources to bring guest speaker, Dan Davis, into the Trumans-burg community on May 28. During the day Mr. Davis spoke to our high school students about his personal experience with alcohol and drugs and the devastating impact they had on his life and in the lives of others. In the evening he presented to parents, which was open for all the public to attend. When I walked into the auditorium, it saddened me to see that out of our entire community, approximately 20 parents attended to hear him speak. Why is it that when our children are threatened with a bomb scare we pack our auditorium to find out what the school is doing to keep our kids safe, but when we have the

opportunity to find out what we can do to keep our children safe from the ever-present influences they are faced with nobody shows up? This man is an internationally known speaker that came to our small town to help our kids, and our kids made quite an impression on him. Dan agreed that if Trumansburg calls him again he will come. If the TCSD Foundation and Gothic Eves choose to take the chance and bring him back, I would hope that there wouldn’t be an empty seat in our auditorium. Dan presented the most passionate and powerful message to parents that I’ve ever heard. I only wish more parents could have shared in his remarkable story. It truly does take a community to make a difference and I believe Dan Davis’ story is one that is well worth listening to. Thank you again to the TCSD Foundation and Gothic Eves! Rachel Fabi Trumansburg

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Cascadilla Gorge Trail Closed Cornell has closed until further notice the Cascadilla gorge trail from the intersection of Court Street and University Avenue upstream to the College Avenue bridge due to unsafe conditions. A section of the gorge trail has been undercut by Cascadilla Creek, causing the trail to partially collapse. Cornell officials say this situation creates unsafe conditions for pedestrians. Providing a safe trail and reopening the Cascadilla Creek gorge for public use is a priority for Cornell. All efforts will be made to complete the repairs promptly. The university will notify the public when the trail is reopened.

GIAC Festival Returns on Saturday The Greater Ithaca Activities Center will hold its annual GIAC Festival on Saturday, June 14, from noon to 6 p.m. This year’s theme is “GIAC, it is a State of Mind.” There will be free music featuring local talent starting at 2 p.m. Free games and a bounce house for the kids will be available all day. There will also be family races and games. The GIAC adult program is doing their delectable cake wheel. Vendors are needed for this year’s festival. For details contact Michael Thomas at 272-3622.

County Democrats Make Endorsements At a meeting at Ithaca Town Hall last week the Tompkins County Democratic Committee made the following endorsements: for U. S. Congress in the 22nd District, Maurice Hinchey; for U. S. Congress in the 24th District, Michael Arcuri; for State Assembly in the 125th District: Barbara Lifton; for State Committeepersons, Peter Stein and Lori Gardner; for City Chair, John Hunt. The committee had already endorsed State Senate candidates Don Barber and Paloma Capanna in the 51st and 54th districts.

Area Gardens to Welcome Visitors On Saturday, June 14, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. the Garden Conservancy will offer a tour of four private gardens in Tompkins County. The gardens chosen range from a never-seen-before walled rose garden in Ithaca to expansive country gardens. Admission to each garden is $5 and tickets may be purchased at each site. For photos and directions visit www.ccetompkins.org and click on the link to Community Beautification. Proceeds will benefit the Tompkins County Community Beautification Program and the Garden Conservancy.

Computer Lab Unveils Upgrades The Alice G. Miller computer lab invites the community to its grand reopening on Saturday, June 14, from 1-2 p.m in the basement of GIAC at 318 N. Albany St. in Ithaca. Thanks to a generous grant from the Ithaca Urban Renewal Agency the lab is equipped with new workstations and equipment to provide training for a variety of computer skills. The Alice G. Miller computer lab is a program of the Greater Ithaca Activities Center. The lab seeks to provide training for computer users as well as computer technicians. Topics include using Microsoft Office, photo editing, Web development, English language training, business and e-commerce, and computer hardware and networking for the A+ certification exam. If you need or want computer training for your school or job, or are interested in exploring what computers can do, come to the lab for help. If you have a computer skill to teach, come to the lab and we’ll find someone to learn it.

Children’s Choir to Hold Audtions The Ithaca Children's Choir of the Community School of Music and Arts (CSMA) will hold auditions on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, June 9Please turn to page 7

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Briefly... 11, from 3-5:30 p.m. Auditions are open to young people between the ages of seven and 20; no previous singing experience is necessary. Auditions will take place at CSMA, 330 E. State St. in downtown Ithaca. Call 2721474 to schedule a 10-minute audition. There are five choruses within ICC, including a young men’s chorus for boys whose voices are no longer in the treble range. The Ithaca Children’s Choir has been a pioneer in the performance of a wide-ranging repertoire that includes music from many world cultures as well as the classics of western European music.

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Internships Offered by United Way United Way of Tompkins County announces the Stephen E. Garner Summers of Service Scholarships. This initiative, funded by donors’ gifts, including Cornell University student, Jonathan Feldman’s lifetime commitment to fund one scholarship per year, will provide three paid summer internships. Priority will be given to local high school students entering their senior year. Garner was president and CEO of Tompkins Trust Company and served as United Way of Tompkins County Campaign Chair in 2004 and Board Chair in 2006 before his death in May 2006. For more information call United Way of Tompkins County at 2726286. Applications are due by Monday, June 16.

“Being a student — that’s fairly important. And personality — being a happy, friendly person.”

- Alex Carson (left) and Karl Whitlock, England

Viticulture Exhibit Opens at Cornell An exhibition devoted to the history of wine and viticulture in the eastern U.S. opened June 5 at in the the Hirshland Gallery in the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Carl A. Kroch Library at Cornell University. Celebrating the 10th anniversary of Cornell Library’s Eastern Wine and Grape Archive, “Song of the Vine: A History of Wine,” will kick off at 4:30 p.m. with a lecture given by wine expert and author Thomas Pinney entitled “A Very Short History of Wine in America,” in the Hollis E. Cornell Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall. A viewing of the exhibition along with a wine-tasting reception featuring wines from several Finger Lakes wineries will follow Pinney’s lecture in the Hirshland Gallery. Related exhibitions are also on view at Mann Library, the Entomology Library, the Hotel Administration and Geneva Agricultural Experiment Statino libraries, and Bailey Hortorium. “Song of the Vine” remains on display until Jan. 16, 2009. The exhibition is free and open to the public. For more information visit http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/ewga/.

“We’re important for the people who like us, and who we like.”

- Gabriele and Dieter Kuester, Germany

“My parents instilled in me a strong sense of giving back to the community.”

- Renuka George, Ithaca

Concert Benefits Local Iraqi Families “Ithaca: Songs Across the World”, a benefit concert for two Iraqi families who have recently moved to Ithaca, will be held Sunday, June 15, at 7:30 p.m. at the Unitarian Church in downtown Ithaca. The concert will feature local artists performing music from around the world, including Nuages, Juliana Rangel from Los Soneros, Hedgehog Irish Trio with Laurie Hart, Pamela Goddard, the Cornell Middle Eastern and Mediterranean Music Ensemble and students from the Dervish Retreat Center who will present a demonstration of the ancient Sema ceremony of the whirling dervishes. Admission is $10 per person or $20 for families with children.

“I do gymnastics, I love dance and I have a really fun family”.

- Ava Jordan-Holmes, Ithaca

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George Jr. Experiences a Growth Spurt Established in 1895 by philanthropist William Reuben George, the William George Agency for Children Services was one of the first residential treatment programs of its kind in the U.S. A community that was self-governed and had its own economic system and work program, George Jr. Republic, located in Freeville, was an innovative and distinctive institution, whose model was imitated by junior republics in Connecticut, Pennsylvania and California. The institution has undergone many changes since its establishment. The school was remodeled and enlarged both in 1991 and in 2001. Past remodeling and enlargements of the school included the additions of fitness and technology training centers, a medical center and a restaurant run by the students. A structured activities program and an adventure-based counseling center have been added to the recreation program, and new stables have been constructed. The William George Agency’s current expansion has included remodeling a portion of the administration building and a new facility for children. “About a year ago, we started running out of conference rooms and office space,” says executive director Brad Harmon. “We moved shipping and receiving, which used to be located in the administration building, to the other side of [Route] 38, and built new offices downstairs in the former shipping and receiving area in the adminis-

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The William George Agency’s current expansion has included remodeling a portion of the administration building and a new facility for children. tration building.” Remodeling of this section of the building has also included landscaping in the parking area. “We have also constructed a new building at the site where the lodge used to be. We tore down the lodge about 13 years ago, because it wasn’t functional for children,” Harmon explains. “In constructing the new building we employed the same architectural qualities and materials that the lodge had. The new building is fully functional for children; we began utilizing it in April.” The expansion of George Jr. Republic goes beyond the physical. Changes in the administration of residential treatment in New York State and the nation have resulted in a restructuring of the treatment program itself during the past two decades. Formerly a co-educational institution, George Jr. has enrolled only boys since 1991. Professional staff is employed to supply treat-

ment and the facilities were enlarged to serve children with special needs. Licensed by the New York State Office of Children and Family Services to provide therapeutic and rehabilitative services to emotionally disturbed adolescents, the campus-style school has also been chartered as a Special Act school by the New York State Education Department. The resident students of George Jr. Republic are referred by probation or social services departments, school districts and the office of Children and Family Services. They come from nearly every community in New York State, and from out of state as well. “The state requested that we develop resources to treat children from out of state who were believed to be in substandard programs,” Harmon explains. “We were also asked to develop resources to treat children with emotional problems and intellectual deficits. We expand-

ed our services for children with special needs, adding an additional cottage. The program proved to be a success. Eight months later, we expanded our services and facilities further.” The agency’s program goals include helping each child to learn to modify dysfunctional patterns of behavior and replace them with prosocial behaviors, and to learn effective self-control and self-management skills; “to identify and resolve emotional or psychiatric disturbances;” to “identify and remediate family issues, dynamics or dysfunctions” which cause distress or contribute to emotional problems; to help the child develop necessary social skills “for successful functioning in the home, school and community environments and to prepare him for reintegration into those environments;” and to also provide the children with educational, vocational and recreational learning experiences appropriate to each child’s individual needs. George Jr. strives to work with a child’s family throughout that child’s stay, and its essential objective is to prepare for successful reunification of the child with family and community. The William George Agency is also investigating additional day school and classes, such as B.O.C.E.S., and is currently involved in negotiations with state and local governments. Announce-ments are expected this summer with respect to this area of expansion. The William George agency welcomes inquiries, and additional information can be found at www.wgaforchildren .org.

By Nicholas Nicastro H H H T uya ’s M a rr i age. Wri t t e n b y We i L u an d Qua nan Wa n g. D i r e c t e d by Q u a n a n W a n g . I n C h i n e s e w i t h E n gl i s h s u b t i t l e s . A t C i n e m ap o l i s . H H 1 / 2 Se x and the City. Wri t t e n a nd d i re ct e d by Mich a e l Patrick K i n g. A t Re g al C in em as. Tuya (Yu Nan) is a shepherd’s wife with few choices in life. Her husband Bater (Bater) was paralyzed from the waist down in a well-digging accident. With a spouse and two small children depending on her, Tuya must run their household and do all the heavy work usually handled by Mongolian males — including a daily 20-mile trek to fetch water. Her cares are beginning to show on her face, which is no longer young. More ominous, her back is wearing out from all the hard labor. Though she still loves Bater, she must divorce him and find an able-bodied husband before she ends up a cripple, and her family starves. In short, the stakes in Quanan Wang’s Tuya’s Marriage could not be higher. Rustic but not impoverished, Tuya’s homestead lies on a scrubby, windswept plain bound by nothing but treeless mountains. Among her neighbors, owning a truck is the pinnacle of prestige. Given such details, director Wang could have depended on the purely ethnographic interest of his story. Whether viewers around the world would be able to connect with Tuya as a character, though — including her romantic travails — could not have been so easy to count on.

The film (which won the top rize at the Berlin Film Festival last year) succeeds at the larger challenge. As a visual stylist, Wang does much with a limited canvas, posing his figures poignantly but not heroically against a minimal landscape. In this, he represents the antithesis of the dominant, John Ford-style of presenting such vistas, where the oppressive emptiness is highlighted by great, vertical monuments (whether geological or John Wayne). Perhaps the only quibble to make here is why Wang made such an authentic-seeming Mongolian drama in Chinese, instead of the Mongolian language. It appears his leading lady Yu Nan, who is cosmopolitan enough to be fluent at English and French, could easily have handled Mongolian. Everything else about her performance as the luckless Tuya is absolutely convincing. More tenacious than a tap root, so unglamorous that she seems to merge with the back of her double-humped camel, her character seems neither to yield nor expect anything from the audience. Her beauty is manifested only with time, in those unguarded moments when her headscarf briefly falls away. Unfortunately for Tuya, a good man is as hard to find in Inner Mongolia as in midtown Manhattan. Speaking of Manhattan, the women of Sex in the City have real problems. Carrie (Sarah Jessica Parker) has reached a crossroads in her relationship with her on-again, off-again boyfriend, Mr. Big (Chris North); Miranda (Cynthia Nixon) is having trouble in the sack with her hopelessly provincial (that is,

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T he Ov e r wh e l m i n g , b y J. T. R o g e r s , H a n g a r T h e at r e , Ju n e 4 14. Ferocious, stunning and ultimately haunting, The Overwhelming jolts open the Hangar’s season in a mustsee production. Under the astute direction of interim artistic director Robert Moss, J.T. Rogers’ play, set on the brink of the 1994 Rwandan genocide, relentlessly probes questions of responsibility, truth and group hatred as well as assumptions of American superiority in the guise of a thriller with an American family plopped down in the wrong place at the worst time. Jack Exley (James Lloyd Reynolds) has traveled to Rwanda to meet old friend Joseph Gasana (Chris Chalk), a doctor treating HIV in children, hoping to make him the subject of that is Jack’s last-ditch attempt to secure tenure. In tow are his sullen teenage son Geoffrey (David Kenner) and his wife Linda (Rachel Leslie), Geoffrey’s stepmom. Rachel, a writer of personal essays, has her own agenda: as an African-American woman who traces her heritage to this region, she wishes find a connection here that appears missing in her marriage to a white man. Yet Gasana is nowhere to be found. His hospital denies that he ever worked there. Soon Jack and his family are enmeshed in an intrigue of secrets, evasions, clashing versions of events and competing allegiances. Playwright Rogers

has taken a page from Graham Greene’s thrillers set amongst the collapse of European colonialism and surrounds these earnest “truth-seekers” with cynical, jaded foreigners (a arrogant French diplomat, a golf-playing U.S. embassy official, a Dutch human rights investigator) and Rwandans impassioned, desperate, or both, and most importantly, marked as Hutus or Tutsis. An ensemble cast (most playing multiple characters) paints a picture of a land on the brink of disaster with breathtaking aplomb, while Moss stages with spareness and speed. As the U.S. official, Will Cooke makes a welcome return to the stage, playing with wry wit and a deadly nonchalance. (Cooke turns on a dime to play an overworked, passionate Brit doctor.) Jesse Bush also turns out two polished performances as the oily yet charismatic French diplomat and as a drunk, devil-may-care deliverer of questionable information. Lindsey McWhorter turns in a heart-wrenching, carefully observed performance as Gasana’s wife. Chris Chalk brings to Gasana (played mostly in flashback) gravitas and warmth, shaded with suggestions of something unsaid, which leads to an explosive last-act confrontation about Gasana’s own possible lack of “clean hands.” Patrick Prudent has a sharp turn as a U.N. major angry at the expectation of being the world’s peacekeeper. Alone in a strange land, Jack’s Please turn to page 14

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Town Takes Initiative in Effecting Change By Stephen Nicholson This is the latest installment in our Signs of Sustainability series, organized by Sustainable Tompkins. Visit them online at www.sustainabletompkins.org. The rapidly increasing cost of energy is much on our minds these days. However, there is fundamental misunderstanding that technology can somehow replace energy. They are not the same thing — technology requires energy, and we will have to use less. The U.S. uses 25 percent of the energy consumed on our planet, and is responsible for 25 percent of the world’s greenhouse gas release, yet represents only 5 percent of the global population. The average American uses 40 times as much energy as the average person in a developing country. Did you ever wonder what it would take to get Americans to drive less and buy fuel-efficient cars? This was answered in mid-April, when the price of gasoline reached $3.80 per gallon. Sustainability is not about maintaining our energy intensive lifestyle; it involves reaching a balance between global resources, environmental quality and social equality. On Saturday, April 19, an extraordinary event occurred in the Town of Caroline. More than

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90 volunteers went door-to-door, handing out homemade cloth bags containing an energy-efficient compact fluorescent light bulb (CFL) and an energy survey to each of the 1,200 residences in the town. This effort was conceived and organized by Energy Independent Caroline, a local committee that has been educating residents on the importance of energy efficiency and the use of renewable energy since 2005. Each CFL uses 15 watts to deliver the same illumination as a 60watt incandescent bulb. It will last about a dozen times as long and will save well over $70 in electric costs; enough electricity to displace 662 pounds of coal, or 62 gallons of oil. Roughly 1,600 pounds of carbon dioxide and 18 pounds of sulfur dioxide won’t get released into the atmosphere. Just by installing these free bulbs, Caroline residents will save a total of $70,000 on their electricity bills. Money for this distribution was raised through several local grants and an anonymous donor. The unique cloth bags were provided by Sew Green, an Ithaca-based sustainable sewing group. Volunteers were recruited from Caroline, Cornell and Ithaca College. More than 15 percent of households returned the energy survey. Results show that 75 percent

reported turning off unnecessary lights, turning down their thermostats and using fans instead of airconditioning. Half of the survey respondents use storm windows, have added insulation and/or

this project is that our community can unite behind a good idea. Volunteers reported that meeting neighbors and working with community members were their favorite memories of this event.

The necessary positive, and sustainable, changes in our lifestyle will occur at the local level. weather stripping, replaced windows and bought energy-efficient appliances. Only 22 percent have installed a hot water heater jacket, and 11 percent have had a professional energy audit. As you can see, there is room for improvement, and new projects. Several questions were asked about attitudes toward renewable energy. Eighty percent favor the Town of Caroline developing community-owned resources, and 90 percent think the town should explore the possibility of installing two or three large wind turbines that would generate enough power to supply electricity to all 1,200 households. While the local wind resource is not commercially attractive in quality or quantity, the profit margin for a community-owned wind farm needs only to be higher than the financing charges to make it feasible. It is obvious that one light bulb per household will not change the world, nor will one town that achieves energy independence. The powerful message provided by

The effort reached throughout Tompkins County. Sew Green provided material and patterns, held many hours of sew-ins, and set up drop stations for completed bags. It is unknown how many individuals contributed to the making of 1,000 bags. Volunteers then spent hours filling these bags and distributing them. The necessary positive, and sustainable, changes in our lifestyles will occur at the local level. New technology will never be as important as developing a sense of community, as knowing our neighbors. As energy prices irreversibly climb and it’s availability declines, we will become ever more dependent on our neighborhoods to provide us with transportation, food, employment and entertainment. Thank you to all of the wonderful volunteers who worked on this project, who helped to build our community. Stephen Nicholson lives in Caroline. He is a member of Energy Independent Caroline and is president of Sustainable Tompkins.

The Explosive Cosmos Reveals Secrets By Larry Klaes When we look up at the night sky with our eyes alone, everything about it seems calm and even peaceful. Aside from a passing airplane or satellite, only the occasional meteor or twinkling star indicates any natural activities up there. Otherwise, the Universe seems almost immobile and permanent, even when we watch the stars for a long while. Recent news by the astronomy community shows just how much of an illusion this perception actually is for us. On May 14, NASA announced the discovery of the youngest local supernova remnant yet known, an object unpoetically known as G1.9+0.3 located near the center of our Milky Way galaxy about 26,000 light years from Earth. Though most stars exist for ages far larger than human minds can conceive, they are not immortal. Some last for billions of years and eventually more-or-less quietly fade away; this will be the fate of our Sun. More massive suns do not exist for quite so long, nor do they leave the Universe peacefully. These natural fusion reactors often end up in a titanic explosion called a supernova. Some lose their nuclear fuel, causing their cores to collapse and release huge amounts of energy in the process, leaving a neutron star or black hole in their wakes. Other large suns that are part of a binary system where one star is a white dwarf create their death act when too much material from the giant star is pulled onto the white dwarf companion and causes its core to

heat enough to create runaway nuclear fusion and tear itself apart. While these explosions mean certain destruction and death for these suns and anything near them in space, the event also means life for any new systems that form in their wake. The debris expelled from the destroyed star contains many heavy elements that become part of other nebulae of gas and dust that collapse into new solar systems triggered by the shockwave of the supernova. This is recycling on a cosmic scale. Such an important process for the creation of stars, worlds, and life has naturally led scientists to want to know more about the complete cycle of supernovae. Finding that G1.9+0.3 is only about 140 years old, several centuries younger than the previously youngest known supernova, is a major boon to this field. Astronomers did not know about this particular supernova before the 1980s because of the heavy amounts of dark interstellar dust and gas that lie between Earth and that stellar remnant. The gas and dust being spewed into space from the stellar explosion did heat up the surrounding environment, which allowed the supernova to be detected by the Chandra X-Ray satellite and the Very Large Array (VLA) group of radio telescopes in the desert of New Mexico. The scientists were able to witness the rapid expansion of the supernova debris cloud moving at 5 percent of light speed (186,000 miles per second) over the last two decades, enabling them to determine the relatively young age of this celestial phenom-

enon. Meanwhile, a supernova in the spiral galaxy NGC 2770 labeled SN2008D was recently caught by the X-ray telescope of NASA’s Swift Observatory satellite while the space sentinel was gathering data on a different supernova in that same galaxy. This fortuitous situation allowed astronomers to witness a supernova in the act of first forming, though that galaxy and SN2008D are over 90 million light years from our Milky Way. Regarding one of the results of a major stellar explosion, in particular a pulsar (a rapidly rotating neutron star), a sky survey named PALFA (for Pulsar Arecibo L-band Feed Array) conducted with the Arecibo Radio Observatory in Puerto Rico managed by Cornell University came across an unusual type of pulsar named PSR J1903+0327 situated 21,000 light years from Earth. This particular pulsar has a companion star, which in itself is not terribly unusual: The first binary pulsar was discovered in 1974 using the giant Arecibo radio telescope. Even though PSR J1903+0327 spins on its axis 465 times each second (2.15 milliseconds), which makes it among the fastest known of such rapidly rotating neutron stars, this feature also does not make that pulsar so terribly strange among its kind. What does set PSR J1903+0327 apart from its fellow supernova remnants is the fact that it has a very elongated 95-day orbit around its companion sun, which happens to be a fairly “normal” star similar to our Sun. All other known mil-

lisecond binary pulsars orbit in nearly perfect circles around other neutron stars. Astronomers have several theories as to why this pulsar system is so different from the rest. One idea involves the binary pulsar having formed in a globular star cluster and becoming disrupted and ejected from that large collection of suns by a close encounter with another star in that cluster. The other theory postulates a third companion to that system, perhaps another neutron star or even a white dwarf. If the latter idea turns out to be true, then PSR J1903+0327 would become the first known triple pulsar system. The details on this strange pulsar were published in the May 15 issue of Science Express, the online version of Science magazine. The article is also found online at http://arxiv.org/abs/0805.2396. As if to bring home the fact that our Universe is anything but a quiet, unchanging realm, astronomers reported late last month that the Swift satellite which observed the supernova “birth” in galaxy NGC 2770 also detected a massive flare from EV Lacertae, a faint red dwarf star just 16 light years from our planet. The huge amount of gas and other particles that erupted from this young star were so bright it caused Swift to automatically shut down its observing telescope for safety reasons. Astronomers noted that had the EV Lacertae flare occurred on our Sun, it would have stripped away Earth’s atmosphere and sterilized our planet’s surface.

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Tompkins County Community Calendar... June 2008 9 Monday Cancer Support Group, Cancer Resource Center, Noon. Every Monday except holidays. Drop in support for people who have been diagnosed with cancer. No registration necessary. Info Shawn at 277-0960. 612 West State St. Contra, Square, and Circle Dances, the Ithaca Commons Main Pavilion, 7:30-10pm. Every Monday, June thru mid-September. Music by your friends and neighbors. Beginners welcome, all dances are taught. Musicians encouraged to bring their instruments and play. Info 273-8678 Create a Dynamic Resume, Tompkins Workforce New York, 10am-Noon. Learn how to get that interview with a fantastic resume. Free. Pre-registration required. Info & registration 272-7570 x118. Center Ithaca Building, Suite 241 Dad’s Ugliest Tie Contest, The Shops at Ithaca Mall. Regitster now thru June12. Bring Dad’s tie to the Mall Customer Service Booth to win great prizes such as a Camcorder and accessories from Best Buy andtickets to the Hangar Theatre. The judging of the event is Saturday,June 14 from Noon-2pm. Other activities incllude meeting the character judges and a book reading by the Family Reading Partnership. Fee. Proceeds benefit the Family Reading Partnership. Info [email protected] Dryden Senior Citizens, the Dryden Fire Hall, 11:45am. Please bring your own table service. The menu will be oven baked chicken, baked beans, macaroni salad, cole slaw, fresh fruit bowl, rolls, and ice cream sundaes. The program will be presented by Phil Klein on the keyboard. Anyone who is 55 yrs or older is eligible to join Dryden Senior Citizens. If Dryden Schools are closed due to weather there will be no meeting. Info [email protected] Free Daily Meals, Loaves and Fishes, St. John’s Church, 210 N. Cayuga St., Noon. Suggested monthly income: 1person up to $1500; 2 people to $1800; 3 people up to $2300. Limit 1 pantry per week. Info Friendship Donations Network 272-6758 or [email protected] or www.friendshipdonation.org GED Classes, GIAC 9am-Noon; TC3 11am-2pm; Groton Elementary 6:30-8:30pm; Friendship Center 5:30-8pm. Free. Info BOCES 273-8804 Hatha Yoga w/Dr. Kasia, World Seishi Karate, 67:20pm. Info [email protected] or 2771047. 989 Dryden Rd. “Healthy Kids, Healthy World” Work by children, ABC Cafe, 308 Stewart Ave. This is a silent auction to benefit Ithaca Free Clinic. Now thru June 29th. Info 277-4770 Infant Care Class, Cayuga Medical Center. The basics on the care and feeding of your little one in the first few weeks. Fee. Info 274-4408 or www.cayugamed.org Ithaca Children’s Choir to hold auditions for young singers, the Community School of Music and Arts, 3-5:30pm. Auditions are open to young people between the ages of seven to twenty; no previous singing experience necessary. Info & to schedule an audion 272-1474. 330 E. State St. Ithaca Town Board Meeting, 215 North Tioga St., 5:30pm. Jali from Senegal Drum and Dance Class, Moonlight Dancer Studio, 5:30pm. 406 Taughannock Blvd. Jazz Dance Classes with Nancy Gaspar, Finger Lakes Fitness Center, 7:15pm. Nonmembers & drop-ins welcome. Info 256-3532. 171 E. State St., Center Ithaca, lower level Jazzercise, 3100 N. Triphammer Rd., 5:45am and 4:45pm and 5:45pm and 6:45pm. Get fit to Top 40, Jazz, Blues, Country and R&B. Ages 16+. Info 288-4040 or www.jazzercise.com Lifelong, Enahnce Fitness-Lifelong 8:30-9:30am; Enhance Fitness-Ellis Hollow Road Apartments 910am; Clay Class 10am-Noon; Enhance FitnessMecklenburg Fire Hall 10:15-11:15am; Enhance Fitness-Titus Towers 10:30-11:30aqm; Strength Training 12:30-1:30pm; Enhance Fitness-McGraw House Annex 2-3pm; International Folk Dancing 79pm. Info 273-1511. 119 W. Court St Personal Defense, World Seishi Karate, 7:308:30pm. Info [email protected] or 2771047. 989 Dryden Rd. Shakuhachi Flute w/Senpai Kim, World Seishi Karate, 6:30-7:30pm. Info [email protected] or 277-1047. 989 Dryden Rd. Summer Sing, St. Paul’s Church, 7-9pm. Make some music this summer with Ithaca Community Choruses Summer Sing. Summer Sing meets Monday nights. Everyone is welome and no auditons required. Info [email protected] or 266-7964 Take a Tour of the Museum, Museum of the Earth, Mon & Wed 11:30am, Sat 11am. The Museum of the Earth is pleased to offer exhibit tours included with admission. The tour is of the Muesuem’s permanent exhibition hall, A Journey through Time, share the story of the Earth and its life. Info 273-6623. 1259 Trumansburg Rd. Thriving with your Spirited Child, Cornell Cooperative Extension, 6-8pm. This workshop is designed to help parents learn about their child’s temperament (and their own) and to develop effective strategies for dealing with temper tantrums, power struggles and other challenging behaviors. Free. Info & reg www.counties.ccc.cornell.edu or 272-2292 x234. Ulysses Historical Society Museum, 39 South St., Trumansburg, Monday 9-11am, Fri & Sat 2-4pm. Genealogical research. Info 387-6666 Yoga for Women in Midlife, Soma Living Arts, 78:30pm. Explore the possiblities for renewed strength and aliveness, calm and alert mind, with acceptance and compassionate awareness. Info 319-4138 or [email protected] 409 W. State St., Groundfloor (back of bldg) Young Salad Farmers, Ithaca Children’s Garden, 4-5pm. For children 6yrs and up. Every Monday. A chance for children to design, plant, care for, and harvest salad plants in the Garden-from beets to basil & calendula to carrots. Suggested donation. Space limited. Info [email protected] or 272-2292. South end of Cass Park near Rt 89

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273-1673 or [email protected]. 101 E. Linn St 8-Track: The Sounds of the 70’s, Cortland Repertory Theatre, 7:30pm. Flashback to the greatest hits of the 70’s as this musical celebrates the music of The Carpenters, Barry Manilow, The Bee Gees, James Taylor and more. Tix & info 756-2627 or 800-427-6160 or www.cortlandrep.org Al-Anon, Meeting open to anyone affected by another person’s drinking. Noon every tuesday. Info 387-5701. 518 W. Seneca St Cover Letter Magic, TompkinsWorkforce New York, 1:30-3pm. What you need to know in order to create an effective cover letter. Traditional and emailed cover letters. How to catch the attention of the hiring manager. Free. Pre-registration required. Info & registration 272-7570 x118. Center Ithaca Building, Suite 241 Dryden MS/HS Choral Review, MS/HS Auditorium, 4pm. Info 844-8694 Free Fresh Food Pantry, Immaculate Conception Church Food Pantry, Seneca near Geneva St., 1-1:45pm. Produce, breads, desserts, dairy, dele, groceries (ifavailable). Suggested monthly income: 1person up to $1500; 2 people to $1800; 3 people up to $2300. Limit 1 pantry per week. Info Friendship Donations Network 272-6758 or [email protected] or www.friendshipdonation.org Free Daily Meals, Loaves and Fishes, St. John’s Church, 210 N. Cayuga St., 6pm. Suggested monthly income: 1person up to $1500; 2 people to $1800; 3 people up to $2300. Limit 1 pantry per week. Info Friendship Donations Network 272-6758 or [email protected] or www.friendshipdonation.org GED Classes, Challenge Industries 12:30-3:30pm; Newfield Elementary 9:30am-12:30pm; South Seneca Elementary 9am-Noon; TC3 Campus 11am2pm; TST Community School 5:30-8:30pm..Free. Info BOCES 273-8804 Guided Meditation at Rasa Spa, Rasa Spa, 7:30pm. Every Tuesday Anne Marie Cummings will guide you through Shamatha, or “calm abiding”, meditation. All welcome. Reservations preferred but not required. $10 suggested donation. Info & res 2731740. 310Taughannock Blvd Hands On Permaculture, Finger Lakes Permaculture Institute, 10am-3pm. Join Steve Gabriel and others for a varitey of hands on activites such as sheet mulch a garden, transplant seeds, plant a food forest, harvest mushrooms, map a site, or take a field trip to work and learn at a local farm. Info 303-815-3535 or www.fingerlakespermaculture.org Hatha Yoga w/Dr. Kasia, World Seishi Karate, 121:20pm. Info [email protected] or 2771047. 989 Dryden Rd. Ithaca Children’s Choir to hold auditions for young singers, the Community School of Music and Arts, 3-5:30pm. Auditions are open to young people between the ages of seven to twenty; no previous singing experience necessary. Info & to schedule an audion 272-1474. 330 E. State St. ICSD Meeting, 7pm. Meetings of the Ithaca City School District are on the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month. They will be rebroadcast Thursdays and Saturdays of meeting weeks at 7am, 1pm, and 7pm. Info 274-2102 Jazzercise, 3100 N. Triphammer Rd., 4:45pm and 5:45pm. Get fit to Top 40, Jazz, Blues, Country and R&B. Ages 16+. Info www.jazzercise.com or 288-4040 Jazzercise Lite Class, Upstate NY Jazzercise Center, 10:45am. Low-impact aerobic strength and stretching movements set to a variety of music. Fun for seniors, moms-to-be, or newcomers. Offered Tues and Thurs. Fee. Info 288-4040 or www.jazzercise.com Lifelong, Morning Watercolor Class 9am-Noon; Open Computer Lab/Discussion 10am-Noon; Bridge Group 10am-Noon; Confidential HIV Testing and Counseling (appopintment call 274-6683) 14pm; Afternoon Watercolor Class 10am-4pm. Info 273-1511. 119 W. Court St Lifelong Educates Tompkins County About the Benefits of the Digital TV Transition, Lifelong, 9am-Noon. Lifelong offers one-on-one assistance to educate and assist community members about the digital TV transition set to take effect 2/17/09 and to apply for a TV Converter Box Coupon. Info www.tclifelong.org or 273-1511. 119 W. Court St. Retail Training Center, 110 W. Court St., 11am5pm. Help us to help others, come support our shop and give our students the opportunity to practice their customer service skills. New extended hours. Info 2569957 or 272-1520 x108 Salsa, Merengue, Bachata Dance Classes Begin, 8:10-9:20pm, call for location. This is a 6 week class for beginners and brushup. Singles and couples welcome. Info www.ithacadance.com Sciencenter Storytime: “Bugs for Lunch”, Sciencenter, 10:30am. Toddlers and preschoolers are invited to examine live bugs and receive a bug collecting container to take home. Included with admission. Admission free to children under 3. Info www.sciencenter.org or 272-0600. 601 First St. Seven Valley Chorus, First United Methodist Church, Cortland, 7pm. Those who love to sing are invited to visit this Chorus who meet every Tuesday. Info 844-4155 or 844-9528. 734 Rt 222, Cortland Sexual Compulsives Anonymous, 5:30pm every Tuesday. This is an anonymous 12-Step Group of men and women whose purpose is to recover from sexual compulsion. Email [email protected] for meeting info. Info www.sca-recovery.org Story Time, The Lansing Community Library Center, 10am. Story Time for children ages 2 & up. Free & open to all. Adult must accompany children. 27 Auburn Rd. Storytime Yoga, yogAhanata, 1:30-2pm. Birth to about 4-5. Info [email protected] or 2731673. 101 E. Linn St The Overwhelming, Hangar Theatre, 7:30pm. Set in Rwanda in 1994 this is a chilling tale of an American professor who unwittingly takes his family on a trip to Rwanda in the weeks leading up to the genocide. Tix & info www.hangartheatre.org or 273-8588 x401 Toddler Time Storytime, Groton Public Library, 10am. Enjoy stroies every Tuesday with Mrs. Radford. Info 898-5055 Toddlers Yoga, yogAhanata, 2:15-3pm. Walkers-3. Info [email protected] or 273-1673 . 101 E. Linn St Tuesday Lunch Club, the Royal Court Restaurant, Noon. An informal lunch get-together on the second Tuesday of the month for bereaved adults. Particiapants pay for their own food and beverage. Info email [email protected] or 2720212. 529 S. Meadow St

11 Wednesday 8-Track: The Sounds of the 70’s, Cortland Repertory Theatre, 2 & 7:30pm. Flashback to the greatest hits of the 70’s as this musical celebrates the music of The Carpenters, Barry Manilow, The Bee Gees, James Taylor and more. Tix & info 7562627 or 800-427-6160 or www.cortlandrep.org Cancer Education and Support Group, Bonnie Howell Education Center, Cayuga Medical Center, 4:306:30pm. Second Wednesdays. An education and support program for men and women with any type of cancer. Programs include educational presentations and an opportunity to meet with others. Family and friends are welcome. Info Bob Riter 277-0960 Finger Lakes Fencing Society, Varna Community Center, 5-7:30pm. Meets every Wed. Beginners and Fencers of all levels and skills are welcome. First practice is free. Info 518-231-1091. 943 Dryden Rd. Fitness After Cancer Informational Meeting, Cancer Resource Center of the Finger Lakes, 7pm. Weekly program to be held at Island Health and Fitness for people who have had cancer. Info Sharon at 2770960. 612 West State St. Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous, Cayuga Addiction Recovery Services Building. 78:30pm. There are no dues, fees, or weigh-ins. Info 387-8329 or www. foodaddicts.org. Crn. State & Plain Sts., Ithaca. Free Fresh Food Pantry, Candor Food Pantry, Rt 96, across from Post Office, 2:30-4:30pm. Produce, breads, desserts, dairy, dele, groceries (if available). Suggested monthly income: 1person up to $1500; 2 people to $1800; 3 people up to $2300. Limit 1 pantry per week. Info Friendship Donations Network 272-6758 or [email protected] or www.friendshipdonation.org Free Daily Meals, Loaves and Fishes, St. John’s Church, 210 N. Cayuga St., Noon. Suggested monthly income: 1person up to $1500; 2 people to $1800; 3 people up to $2300. Limit 1 pantry per week. Info Friendship Donations Network 272-6758 or [email protected] or www.friendshipdonation.org Free Summer Family Concerts, Montgomery Park, Dryden, 6-8pm. Every Wednesday evening June 25 thru August 13. Bring a lawn chair or blanket to relax and enjoy the music. Concessions available. Presented by the Dryden Recreation Department.Info www.dryden.ny.us/recreation.html or 844-3303 GED Classes, GIAC 9am-Noon; Challenge Industries 12:30-3:30pm; South Seneca Elementary 9am-Noon; TC3 11am-2pm; TST Community School 5:30-8:30pm; Candor High School 5:30-8:30pm. Free. Info BOCES 273-8804 Greg Grodem & Pat Barrie, The Pourhouse,Trumansburg, 7pm. Info www.tburgpourhouse.com/mc. 19 West Main St. “How You Can Help Make Your Neighborhood Safe From Drug Acrivity”, East End Community Center, 46 Elm St., Cortland, 7pm. Cortland Police Departmetn Sergeant Fred L. Whitsett returns with this follow up presentation which will include statistical information on drug activity in the City of Cortland, and strategies for residents to take to protect themselves and their neighborhoods. Info & reservation 753-3021 or email [email protected] Ithaca Children’s Choir to hold auditions for young singers, the Community School of Music and Arts, 3-5:30pm. Auditions are open to young people between the ages of seven to twenty; no previous singing experience necessary. Info & to schedule an audion 272-1474. 330 E. State St. Inventory Reduction Event, The Significant Elements Salvage Warehouse. All inventory is on sale at 50% off, with selected items being 75%off. Proceeds go to Historic Ithaca. Open to all. Info 2773450 or email Mitch or [email protected]. 212 Center St. “Ithaca’s Splendid Spring Birds”, Borg Warner Community Meeting Room, Tompkins County Public Library, 6pm. Bird lovers and watchers are invited to a talk by Cornell Lab of Ornithology Science Editor Laura Erickson. Free and open to all. Info lauraerickson.com or 272-4557 or www.tcpl.org Jazz Dance Classes with Nancy Gaspar, Finger Lakes Fitness Center, 5:45pm. Nonmembers & drop-ins welcome. Info 256-3532. 171 E. State St., Center Ithaca, lower level. Jazzercise, 3100 N. Triphammer Rd., 5:45am and 4:45pm and 5:45pm and 6:45pm. Get fit to Top 40, Jazz, Blues, Country and R&B. Ages 16+. Info 288-4040 or www.jazzercise.com Latin Dance Class Adult Beginner I, EAC Montessori School Annex, 6:30-7:30pm. Taught by Anna Goehner & Brian Sforzo. This class will introduce adult students to many popular styles of Latin Dance, including Salsa, Maringue and Bachata. Fee. Info & registration [email protected] Latin Dance Class Adult Beginner II, EAC Montessori School Annex, 7:30-8:30pm. A four session class taught by Anna Goehner & Brian Sforzo. This class will focus on more advanced partner techniques, footwork and turn patterns. Fee. Info & reg [email protected] Lifelong, Enhance Fitness-Lifelong 8:30-9:30am; Enhance Fitness-Ellis Hollow Road Apartments 910am; HICAP health insurance counseling (appointment call 273-1511) 9am-Noon; Writing a Life 10amNoon; Enhance Fitness-Mecklenburg Fire Hall 10:1511:15am; Chair Yoga-St. Catherine 10:30-11:30am; Enhance Fitness-Titus Towers 10:30-11:30am; Hard-ofHearing Networking Meeting 11am-12:30pm; Intermediate German Class 1-2:30pm; Crafting CircleNeedlework and Quilting 1-3:30pm; Summer Movie Matinee Series 1-4pm; Enhance Fitness-McGraw House Annex 2-3pm; Beginning German 2:30-3:30pm; Long Term Care Insurance Counseling (appointment call 273-1511) 3:30-5pm; Computers 1 for Absolute Beginners 7-9pm. Info 273-1511. 119 W. Court St Little Explorers Storytime 11am. Borders Books in Pyramid Mall, 257-0444 Moms at the Cafe, Dryden Community Cafe, 2pm. Babies and young children welcome. Monthly presentations from area businesses and organizations. Info [email protected]. 1 West Main St., Mrs. McPuppet, Cayuga Heights Elementary School, Ithaca. Info [email protected] OAR of Tompkins County Annual Meeting, 518 W. Seneca St. (first floor), 4:30-6pm. Guest speakers are Ray Barnes and Patricia Warth of the Center for Community Alternatives on the subject of Reintegration Services. Refreshments and conversation will follow the program. Open to all. OAR:

Opportunities, Alternatives, and Resources to rebuild lives through social justice. Info 272-7885. Retail Training Center, 110 W. Court St., 11am5pm. Help us to help others, come support our shop and give our students the opportunity to practice their customer service skills. New extended hours. Info 2569957 or 272-1520 x108 Seidaiko “Taiko” Japanese Drum Classes, World Seishi Karate, 7-8:30pm. For beginning students.Info [email protected] or 277-1047. 989 Dryden Rd. SewGreen Volunteer Open House, SewGreen classroom, Women’s Community Building, 11am-4pm. Learn about SewGreen; share your skills and interests. Refreshments, informaiton, hands-on projects. Info 2777611 or www.sewgreen.org. 100 W. Seneca St. Souvenir, Kitchen Theatre, 7:30pm. Socialite singer Florence Foster Jenkins and her accompanist friend retell the story of their unlikely rise to Carnegie Hall in this delightful play with music. Tix & info 273-4497 or www.kitchenthaetre.org Summer Movie Matinees, Lifelong, 1:15pm. Every Wednesday, June 4 thru July 16. Refreshments provided by Loaves & Fishes. Info 273-1511. 119 W. Court St. Summertime Math Activities: Help Your Child Love Math, GreenStar Cooperative Market, 7-8:15pm. A presentation by educational consultant and teacher Suzanne Kuntz about how to make learning math fun for your child. Free. Info & registration 273-9392 Swing Dance, City Health Club, 8-11pm. Every Wed night the Ithaca Swing Dance Network hosts an evening of swing dance. Fee. Info www.ithacaswing.org The Kid Who Talked To Penguins, Hangar Theatre KiddSuff, 10am & Noon. Live performances tailored to young audiences. Tix & info www.hangartheatre.org or 273-8588 x401 The Overwhelming, Hangar Theatre, 7:30pm. Set in Rwanda in 1994 this is a chilling tale of an American professor who unwittingly takes his family on a trip to Rwanda in the weeks leading up to the genocide. Tix & info www.hangartheatre.org or 273-8588 x401 Using the Internet for Job Search, Tompkins Workforce New York, 10-11am. How to find jobs on line. Free. Pre-registration required. Info & registration 272-7570 x118. Center Ithaca Building, Suite 241 Wednesday Breakfast Club, Friendly’s Restaurant, 323 Elmira Rd., 8am. An informal breakfast get-together for bereaved adults. Participants pay for their own breakfast. Info Hospicare and Palliative Care Services email [email protected] or 272-0212 Wednesday Night Drumming and Dancing, Moonlight Dancer Studio,6:30-8:30pm. Exploring rythms and expressive dance, come with your drums and desire to move, bring your friends and families. Info email [email protected]. 407 Taughannock Blvd “Will Meir’s Obtuse Movie Night on the Commons”, Bernie Milton Pavilion (upstairs Autumn Leaves in case of rain), 6:30pm. Showing quick in your face videos from now, interactive, intradependant and passionate. Free. Info 330-4724

12 Thursday 8-Track: The Sounds of the 70’s, Cortland Repertory Theatre, 7:30pm. Flashback to the greatest hits of the 70’s as this musical celebrates the music of The Carpenters, Barry Manilow, The Bee Gees, James Taylor and more. Tix & info 756-2627 or 800-427-6160 or www.cortlandrep.org AL-ANON Hope for Today, Meeting open to anyone affected by another person’s drinking. 7:30pm 844-4210. 518 West Seneca St., Ithaca, main floor. Back to Democracy, Trumansburg Fire Hall, 7pm. The 2007 documentary film “King Corn” will be shown. The film is about two friends, one acre of corn, and the subsidized crop that drives our fast food nation. Info www.backtodemocracy.org or 3875080. Main St., Trumansburg “Beyond Botox” Book Signing Event, Creekside Books & Coffee, 35 Fennell St., Skaneateles, 4-7pm. Mirbeau Inn & Spa announces a special appearance by Howard Kaminsky CoAuthor of “Beyod Botox: 7 Strategies for Sexy, Ageless Skin Without Needles or Surgery”. There will be a book signing; author interview, Q&A; complimentary chair message; special offers from Spa Mirbeau; special offers from B. Kamins and a wine and cheese reception. Info www.mirbeau.com or 315-685-1927 Depression Support Group, the Finger Lakes Independence Center, 5:30-7pm. Every Thurs. The group is free, confidential and organized by people who have personal experience with depreseeion. Info 272-2433. 215 Fifth Street, Ithaca Free Fresh Food Pantry, Danby food pantry, 46pm, for residents only. 3rd Thurs before 3rd Fri. Produce, breads, desserts, dairy, dele, groceries (if available). Suggested monthly income: 1person up to $1500; 2 people to $1800; 3 people up to $2300. Limit 1 pantry per week. Info Friendship Donations Network 272-6758 or [email protected] or www.friendshipdonation.org Free Fresh Food Pantry, Halsey Valley Pantry, GAR building, Hamilton Rd, Halsey Valley, 44:45pm. Produce, breads, desserts, dairy, dele, groceries (if available). Suggested monthly income: 1person up to $1500; 2 people to $1800; 3 people up to $2300. Limit 1 pantry per week. Info Friendship Donations Network 272-6758 or [email protected] or www.friendshipdonation.org Free Daily Meals, Loaves and Fishes, St. John’s Church, 210 N. Cayuga St., 6pm. Suggested monthly income: 1person up to $1500; 2 people to $1800; 3 people up to $2300. Limit 1 pantry per week. Info Friendship Donations Network 272-6758 or [email protected] or www.friendshipdonation.org Foster Care/Adoption Informational Meeting, Human Services Building, Rm 142, Noon1pm. The Tompkins County Department of Social Services will be holding a meeting open to anyone who may be considering becoming a foster parent and/or adoptive parent and wants more info. Tompkins County has a special need for foster families in the Ithaca City School District and for families who will foster teenagers. 320 W. State St GED Classes, Challenge Industries 12:30-3:30pm; Groton Elementary 9am-Noon; TC3 Campus 11am2pm; Newfield Elementary 9:30am-12:30pm; Candor Elementary 9:30am-12:30pm. Free. BOCES 273-8804 Hatha Yoga w/Dr. Kasia, World Seishi Karate, 121:20pm. Info [email protected] or 2771047. 989 Dryden Rd. Inventory Reduction Event, The Significant

Elements Salvage Warehouse. All inventory is on sale at 50% off, with selected items being 75%off. Proceeds go to Historic Ithaca. Open to all. Info 2773450 or email Mitch or [email protected]. 212 Center St. Jazzercise, 3100 N. Triphammer Rd., 4:45pm and 5:45pm and 6:45pm. Get fit to Top 40, Jazz, Blues, Country and R&B. Ages 16+. Info 288-4040 or www.jazzercise.com Jazzercise Lite Class, Upstate NY Jazzercise Center, 10:45am. Low-impact aerobic strength and stretching movements set to a variety of music. Fun for seniors, moms-to-be, or newcomers. Offered Tues and Thurs. Fee. Info 288-4040 or www.jazzercise.com “Know Your Numbers”, Bonnie Howard Howell Education Center “C”, Cayuga Medical Center, 7:30-8:30pm. Learn your heart health numbers (blood pressure, cholesterol numbers, and ejection fraction) and what they mean. Free & open to all. Info call the Cayuga Center for Healthy Living at Island Health Center 252-3590. 101 Dates Dr. Kripalu DansKinetics, Tiamat Studio 139, The Commons, 7:25-8:30pm. Every Thursday. Info Sigrid Kulkowitz 272-0407 or www.flyingleaps.com Kundalini Yoga Class, YogAnahata, 10:30am. Every Thursday. Info [email protected]. 101 Linn St Lifelong, Community Senior Group Officers Meeting 9-11am; Poetry Writing Class 10-11:30am; Northside-Southside Book Club Noon-1:30pm; Strengtth Training Class 12:30-1:30pm; Senior Theatre Troupe 2-3pm; Brain Aerobics Group Meeting 2-3:30pm; Couples Pattern Dance Lessons 6-7:30pm; Line Dancing Lessons 7:30-9pm. Info 273-1511. 119 W. Court St Long John & The Tights, The Pourhouse, Trumansburg, 7pm. Info www.tburgpourhouse.com/mc. 19 West Main St. Lynn Wiles , Watercress Bistro, Noon-2pm. Performing solo guitar every Thurs. Info www.watercressithaca.com or 257-0823. 2 Hickory Hollow Lane, “Movie Night on the Commons”, Bernie Milton Pavillion, 7:30pm. Every Thursday night. Mrs. McPuppet, South Hill School, Ithaca. Info [email protected] Music, The Watercress Restaurant, 8pm. Every Thurs evening great music of all styles will be showcased with two 40 minute performances. Info 257-0823 Music for Life, Dewitt Office Building, 2nd Floor, 5:30-8pm. Join the Center For Health at a cocktail party fundraiser for the American Cancer Society Relay for Life. Live performances by Mary Lorson, Steve Gollnick, Dave Yantorno & Mike Costello. Massages available on site. Raffle tickets available for a variety of items. Info [email protected] NYSPHSAA Girls Lacrossse Championships, SUNY Cortland. Cortland Regional Sports Council. Info [email protected] Out of Bounds, WEOS-FM 88.1, 7pm. This weekly interview program will feature host Tish Pearlman in conversation with Ron Kristy who has had a successful career as both a musician and composer of film and video. Info www.outofboundsradioshow.com or 2774128 Out Loud Chorus, Risely Hall Practice Room, Cornell University, 7-8:30pm. A non-auditioned community chorus, rehearses every Thursday. Looking for new members. Info 280-0374 or www.outloudchorus.org. Thurston Ave. Parenting: The Hardest Job in the World, TST BOCES Smith School, 6-8pm. Learn how to talk with your children using Encouragement, Can Do, Choices, Self Control, and Respecting Feeilings. All parents/caregivers welcom. Free. Info & registration Cornell Cooperative Extension 272-2292. 555 Warren Rd. P.O.D. Professiona Opportunity Developers, Tompkins Workforce New York, 9-11am. Network with people who previoulsy held executive level or highly technical positions. Free. Pre-registration required. Info & registration 272-7570 x118. Center Ithaca Building, Suite 241 Prenatal Yoga Classes 5:30-7pm. Diane Fine. Info [email protected] 564-3690 or dianefineyoga.com Retail Training Center, 110 W. Court St., 11am5pm. Help us to help others, come support our shop and give our students the opportunity to practice their customer service skills. New extended hours. Info 2569957 or 272-1520 x108 Souvenir, Kitchen Theatre, 7:30pm. Socialite singer Florence Foster Jenkins and her accompanist friend retell the story of their unlikely rise to Carnegie Hall in this delightful play with music. Tix & info 273-4497 or www.kitchenthaetre.org The Kid Who Talked To Penguins, Hangar Theatre KiddSuff, 10am & Noon. Live performances tailored to young audiences. Tix & info www.hangartheatre.org or 273-8588 x401 The M&T Downtown Ithaca Summer Concert Series Begins, the Ithaca Commons. Now thru August 28th. Every Thursday (with a Wed and a Fri show thrown in). Info 277-8679 The Overwhelming, Hangar Theatre, 7:30pm. Set in Rwanda in 1994 this is a chilling tale of an American professor who unwittingly takes his family on a trip to Rwanda in the weeks leading up to the genocide. Tix & info www.hangartheatre.org or 273-8588 x401 The Powerful Caregivers Marching Band Book Club Meeting, Beechtree Care Center, 2nd floor conference room, 6:30-7:30pm. Second Thurs of each month. Join a book club dedicated to uncovering areas of caregiving where you can make a difference. Info 266-0708. 318 S. Albany St. Thursday Game Night, Dryden Communuty Cafe. Learn how to play bridge or enjoy the evening playing other games. Info 844-8166. 1 West Main St., Dryden “Will Meir’s Obtuse Movie Night on the Commons”, The Ampitheater Pavilion (upstairs Autumn Leaves in case of rain), 6:30pm. Showing quick in your face videos from now, interactive, intradependant and passionate. Bring your laptop. Free. Info 330-4724

13 Friday 2008 Waterfront Festival and Cardboard Boat Regatta, Seneca Harbor Park, Watkins Glen. Enjoy live entertianment and vendors. This is the last day to tegister your boat. Info www.watkinsglen.com/festival/ or 535-3003. 8-Track: The Sounds of the 70’s, Cortland Repertory Theatre, 7:30pm. Flashback to the greatest hits of the 70’s as this musical celebrates the music of The Carpenters, Barry Manilow, The Bee Gees, James Taylor and more. Tix & info 756-2627 or 800-427-6160 or www.cortlandrep.org African Drum and Dance Class, City Health Club, Downtown Ithaca, Dance 6-7:30pm Drum 7:45-9pm. Master Instructor Maurice Halton. Al-Anon, Meeting open to anyone affected by another person’s drinking. 7pm. Dryden Methodist Church. Park in Rite-Aid lot. Info 844-4210 Basic Computer Skills, Kopernik Observatory, 6:30-8pm. Learn basic skills of running Windows, general computer maintenance & other skills. Fee.

Info & reg www.kopernik.org or 748-3685. 698 Underwood Rd., Vestal Benefit Concert, Cayuga Nature Center, 6pm. We are hosting a musical fundraiser in order to refurbish our ropes course equipment that was stolen. Several local musicians will be performing at this event. Info www.cayuganaturecenter.org or 273-6260. 1420 Taughannock Blvd. “Beyond Botox” Book Signing Event, Mirbeau Inn & Spa, 10am-2pm. Mirbeau Inn & Spa announces a special appearance by Howard Kaminsky Co-Author of “Beyod Botox: 7 Strategies for Sexy, Ageless Skin Without Needles or Surgery”. There will be a book signing; free skin prescriptions; special offers from Creekside Books & Coffee; and special offers from B. Kaminsky. Info www.mirbeau.com or 315-685-1927. 851 W. Genesee St., Skaneateles Free Fresh Food Pantry, Danby Food Pantry, 4-6pm. 3rd Friday. Limited to Danby residents. Produce, breads, desserts, dairy, dele, groceries (if available). Suggested monthly income: 1person up to $1500; 2 people to $1800; 3 people up to $2300. Limit 1 pantry per week. Info Friendship Donations Network 272-6758 or [email protected] or www.friendshipdonation.org Free Fresh Food Pantry, Interlaken Reformed Church Pantry, 3-6pm. Produce, breads, desserts, dairy, dele, groceries (ifavailable). Suggested monthly income: 1person up to $1500; 2 people to $1800; 3 people up to $2300. Limit 1 pantry per week. Info Friendship Donations Network 272-6758 or [email protected] or www.friendshipdonation.org Free Daily Meals, Loaves and Fishes, St. John’s Church, 210 N. Cayuga St., Noon. Suggested monthly income: 1person up to $1500; 2 people to $1800; 3 people up to $2300. Limit 1 pantry per week. Info Friendship Donations Network 272-6758 or [email protected] or www.friendshipdonation.org Hands On Permaculture, Finger Lakes Permaculture Institute, 10am-3pm. Join Steve Gabriel and others for a varitey of hands on activites such as sheet mulch a garden, transplant seeds, plant a food forest, harvest mushrooms, map a site, or take a field trip to work and learn at a local farm. Info 303-815-3535 or www.fingerlakespermaculture.org Inventory Reduction Event, The Significant Elements Salvage Warehouse. All inventory is on sale at 50% off, with selected items being 75%off. Proceeds go to Historic Ithaca. Open to all. Info 2773450 or email Mitch or [email protected]. 212 Center St. Leslie Sanazaro, The Pourhouse,Trumansburg, 7pm. Info www.tburgpourhouse.com/mc. 19 West Main St. Lifelong, Enhance Fitness-Lifelong 8:30-9:30am; Enhance Fitness-Ellis Hollow Road Apartments 910am; Strength Training-St. Catherine 9:3010:30am; Chair Yoga-Lifelong 10-11am; Enhance Fitness-Mecklenburg Fire Hall 10:15-11:15am; Enhance Fitness-Titus Towers 10:30-11:30am; Tai Chi Class 11:30am-12:30pm; Line Dancing 1-2pm; Open Computer Lab 1-3pm; Mahjong Group 1-3pm; Enhance Fitness-McGraw House Annex 2-3pm; Square, Round, Line & Polka Dancing 2-4pm; Intergenerational Game Time 3-4:30pm. Info 2731511. 119 W. Court St Lifelong Educates Tompkins County About the Benefits of the Digital TV Transition, Lifelong, 1-3pm. Lifelong offers one-on-one assistance to educate and assist community members about the digital TV transition set to take effect 2/17/09 and to apply for a TV Converter Box Coupon. Info www.tclifelong.org or 273-1511. 119 W. Court St. Movie Night, Borders Books in Pyramid Mall, 6:308pm. We’ll show movies that appeal to kids age 5-10. 257-0444 Mrs. McPuppet, Dryden. Reading is Fundamental Celebration. Info [email protected] New England Contra and Square Dancing, Bethel Grove Community Center, 8-11pm. Every Friday, year-round. All dances taught. Beginners welcome. No partner necessary; wear soft soled shoes and comfortable clothing. This week Caller: Nancy Spero, Band: Eileen Nicholson and John Wobus. Info 273-8678 or tedcrane.com/TCCD/. 1825 Slaterville Rd. (NYS Rt. 79). NYSPHSAA Girls Lacrossse Championships, SUNY Cortland. Cortland Regional Sports Council. Info [email protected] Pajamarama Storytime, Barnes & Noble, 7pm. Join us for stories for preschool & elementary age children. Juice & snacks provided, pj’s welcome. Info 273-6784 or www.BN.com Preschool Story Hour at Southworth Library, Dryden, 10am. No sign-up required - just come and enjoy stories, activities and refreshments. We are also looking for volunteer readers for this program. 844-4782 Retail Training Center, 110 W. Court St., 11am5pm. Help us to help others, come support our shop and give our students the opportunity to practice their customer service skills. New extended hours. Info 256-9957 or 272-1520 x108 Rookie Reader Storytime, Barnes & Noble, 10:30am. Join us for stories perfect for infants & toddlers. Activities will follow. Info 273-6784 or www.BN.com Souvenir, Kitchen Theatre, 8pm. Socialite singer Florence Foster Jenkins and her accompanist friend retell the story of their unlikely rise to Carnegie Hall in this delightful play with music. Tix & info 273-4497 or www.kitchenthaetre.org Spyro Gyra, Center for the Arts of Homer, 8pm. With over 25 albums released and 10 million copies sold, they are among the most prolific as well as commercially successful groups on the scene. Tix & info 7494900. 72 South Main St., Homer The Enchanted World Opening Exhibit, Belle Melange Gallery, 5-8pm. Juene 13-July 26. New work by Fernando Lloso and Kim Schrag. Info [email protected] The Kid Who Talked To Penguins, Hangar Theatre KiddSuff, 10am & Noon. Live performances tailored to young audiences. Tix & info www.hangartheatre.org or 273-8588 x401 The Overwhelming, Hangar Theatre, 8pm. Set in Rwanda in 1994 this is a chilling tale of an American professor who unwittingly takes his family on a trip to Rwanda in the weeks leading up to the genocide. Tix & info www.hangartheatre.org or 273-8588 x401 The Silver Service Lecture Series, DeWitt Clinton Auditorium, Kendal at Ithaca, 2-3pm. Guest Lecturer: Christina Morse, NP Sleep Clinic at Cayuga Mediacl Center at Ithaca. “Normal Aging and Sleep: Life after 60”. Free and open to all. Info 274-4498 Waltz Jam, Bethel Grove Community Center, 78pm. Open band plays waltzes. 1 hour prior to Friday Contra Dance. Bring your instrument. Info tedcrane.com/TCCD/ or 273-8678 Winter Soldier: Iraq & Afghanistan, 1st Unitarian Church, Ithaca, 7pm. Every Fri April 4-June 20. Social Justice Council presents screening of soldiers’ testimonies with discussion. Info tompkinsagainstwar.org

2008 Waterfront Festival and Cardboard Boat Regatta, parade leaves LaFayette Park, Watkins Glen. The streeet line up begins at 11am so be sure to catch the “Moving Display of Cardboard Boats”. The parade begins at Noon followed by the traditional boat regatta. The Finger Lakes Scenic Railway will be offering rides. Info www.watkinsglen.com/festival/ or 5353003.

14 Saturday Flag Day 8-Track: The Sounds of the 70’s, Cortland Repertory Theatre, 7:30pm. Flashback to the greatest hits of the 70’s as this musical celebrates the music of The Carpenters, Barry Manilow, The Bee Gees, James Taylor and more. Tix & info 756-2627 or 800-427-6160 or www.cortlandrep.org 3-6 Year Old Yoga, Namaste Montessori School, 22:45pm. Info [email protected] or 2731673. 1608 Trumansburg Rd 6-9 Year Old Yoga, Namaste Montessori School, 33:45pm. Info [email protected] or 2731673. l 1608 Trumansburg Rd “Art With A View” Opening Reception, City Lights Inn & Antique Shop, 4-8pm. Featuring Rob Light, Ellie Jones and William Benson. An indoor/ourdoor art exhibition featuring large and small scale metal sculpture by Rob Licht. Now thru July 14. Info www.citylightsbb.com or 272-3667. 1319 Meckelenburg Rd., Ithaca Beginners Boat Safety Course 2, York Lecture room, Ithaca High School, 8am-Noon This is the second part of the beginners course. The Ithaca Sail and Power Squadron offers several courses for children and adults both beginning and experienced. Fee. Info 277-5247 or 277-1782. Blue Grass on the Green, Homer Village Green. Enjoy an array of Bluegrass bands. Free. Info 749-3322 Books thru Bars Annual Benefit Garage Sale, 1105 Highland Rd., Ithaca, 8am-1pm. We have books, kitchen stuff, interesting old things, sewing material, clothes, office items, tools, craft bits & peices, electronic this & thats, and lots more. Proceeds support our work to mail books to people in prison. If you have items for sale [email protected] or 257-3156. Info 645-0252 Boots n’Shorts, The Pourhouse, Trumansburg, 7pm. Info www.tburgpourhouse.com/mc. 19 West Main St. Butterfly/Dragonfly Walk, meet at Cornell Cooperative Extension, 615 Willow Ave., to carpool, 8:30am. This all day excursion will be led by Meena Haribel in the beautiful Queen Catherine’s Marsh. Bring any butterfly and dragonfly books and binoculars if you have them. Rain date June 15. Hosted by the Finger Lakes Native Plant Society. Butterfly House Opening, Cayuga Nature Center. Help us celebrate these beautiful creatures and join us not only for tours of our gardens and Butterfly House but for crafts, food, music, and more. Info www.cayuganaturecenter.org or 2736260. 1420 Taughannock Blvd. Cancer Resource Center Exercise Program, Island Health & Fitness, 2:30-4pm every Sat. Year-round. Members can join anytime. There will be guidance from a professional trainer, with scheduled group exercise of strength training, aerobics, yoga and other fitness classes. Info 2770960 or [email protected] Chicken Barbecue, Varna United Methodist Church, 4p until sold out. Menu-chicken half, potato salad, baked beans, carrot salad, roll, & cake. Fee. Rt 366, Varna Coppice Workshop, Finger Lakes Permcaulture Institute, 9am-4pm. Through lecture and hands-on woodland work, this two day course will focus on the history andpractice of coopice woodland management in the UK, the potential for its development in the US, wood science and species selection, and the conversion of coppiced poles into useful products. Fee. Info & registration www.FingerLakesPermaculture.org Crossing Borders , the Lost Dog Lounge, 810pm. NYC based Cafe Antarsia Ensemble. Aired on WVBR 93.5 FM. Tix at the door. Info 275-0021 or crossingborderslive.org. 106 S. Cayuga St. Dances of Universal Peace, Foundation of Light, 391 Turkey Hill Rd., 7:15pm. Every first Saturday. Celebrating the world’s spiritual traditions through music, song and dance. Live music. No experience required. $5 donation requested. Info 272-7582 Dryden Dairy Day, Parade starts at 9:30am, Activities 10am-3pm. This years theme “Wave Your Flags for Dairy”. Enjoy a day filled with activities beginning with a parade. After the parade take part in activities in the park, enjoy great food and music, and donate any band instruments (table near the gazebo) you may have to the Dryden Central School. Info on instrument donation call Adam Phillips- Burge at 844-8694 x497 General info www.drydendairyday.org Explorers Storytime 11am at Borders Books in Pyramid Mall, 257-0444. Films on the Facade, The Herbert F. Johnson Museum, 9pm. See the family favorite Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit. Enjoy free popcorn. Info 255-6464 or www.muesum.cornell.edu Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous (FA), 1st Congregational Church, 8-9:30am. Are you having trouble controlling the way you eat? This Twelve Step recovery program is for anyone suffering from food obsession, overeating, under-eating and bulimis. Free. Info 387-8329 or www.foodaddicts.org. 309 Highland Rd Fossil ID Day, Museum of the Earth, 10am - Noon. Second Saturdays. Info 273-6623 or www.museumoftheearth.org 1259 Trumansburg Rd, Route 96 Fossil Field Trip, Museum of the Earth, 11am2pm. Site to be determined. Fee. Info www.museumoftheearth.org or 273-6623. 1259 Trumansburg Rd. Free Fresh Food Pantry, McLean Community Church, 1:30-2:15pm. 4th Sat. Produce, breads, desserts, dairy, dele, groceries (if available). Suggested monthly income: 1person up to $1500; 2 people to $1800; 3 people up to $2300. Limit 1 pantry per week. Info Friendship Donations Network 272-6758 or [email protected] or www.friendshipdonation.org Free Fresh Food Pantry, Worker’s Center, Linderman Creek, Comm. Rm #. 1, 12:30pm. 2nd Sat. Produce, breads, desserts, dairy, dele, groceries (if available). Suggested monthly income: 1person up to $1500; 2 people to $1800; 3 people up to $2300. Limit 1 pantry per week. Info Friendship Donations Network 272-6758 or [email protected] or www.friendshipdonation.org Garden Conservancy’s Open Days Garden Tour, 10am-4pm. The four private gardens in Tompkins County that have been chosen range from a never-seen-before walled rose garden downtown to expansive country gardens. Admission to each garden is $5, tickets can be purchased at each garden. Proceeds benefit the Tompkins County

Community Beautification Program and the Garden Conservancy. Info & directions www.ccetompkins.org or www.gardenconservancy.org. Go Green Installation + “Strange Worlds” Opening Reception, The Main Street Gallery, 58pm. The Main Street Gallery will host the “Go Green Intillation” plus continuation of the “Strange Worlds” photographic exhibition by Harry Littell, Kent Loeffler and Dede Hatch from June 12-July 20. Free & open to all. Info 898-9010 or www.mainstreetgal.com. 105 Main St., Groton Grass and Sedges Outing near Syracuse, meet at Cornell Cooperative Extension, 615 Willow Ave. to car pool, 8:30am.Jointly sponsored by the Finger Lakes Native Plant Society and the Syracuse Botany Club, this walk led by naturalist Bernie Carr will teach participants about some of our interesting grasses and sedges. Info & registration 379-0924 or [email protected] Guided Bird Walks, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, 7:30 & 9am. Every Sat May to June. There will be a 1-1.5 hour guided bird walks around Sapsucker Woods. Meet at the front doors of the Visitors’ Center. Info 800-843BIRD or www.birds.cornell.edu/birdday. 159 Sapsucker Woods Rd. Inventory Reduction Event, The Significant Elements Salvage Warehouse. All inventory is on sale at 50% off, with selected items being 75%off. Proceeds go to Historic Ithaca. Open to all. Info 277-3450 or email Mitch or [email protected]. 212 Center St. Jami Sieber and Steve Gorn, Unitarian Church, 7:30pm. Join the Padma Center, these talented musicians and Ithaca’s own Jayne Demakos for what is sure to be a magical evening of improvisational and indian music featuring voice, the electric cello and the bansuri flute. Tix & info 273-4497 Jazz Dance Classes with Nancy Gaspar, Finger Lakes Fitness Center, 11am. Beginners. Nonmembers & drop-ins welcome. Info 256-3532. 171 E. State St., Center Ithaca, lower level Jazzercise, 3100 N. Triphammer Rd., 8:30&9:30am. Get fit to Top 40, Jazz, Blues, Country and R&B. Ages 16+. Info 288-4040 or www.jazzercise.com Lacrosee Festival Tournament, Cortland Regional Sports Council. Info [email protected] Library to Host SPCA Off-Site Cat Adoption, Borg Warner Community Meeting Room, Tompkins County Public Library, Noon-3pm. Volunteers from the Tompkins County SPCA will be on-hand with an assortment of cats and kittens looking for forever homes. Normal SPCA adoption policies will be followed during this off-site adoption event. Info 272-4557 x248 or www.tcpl.org Lifelong, AARP Safe Driving Course (pre-registration required) 9am-1pm; Men’s Group 9amNoon; Saturday Writing Group 1:30-3:30pm. Info 273-1511. 119 W. Court St Local Foods Potluck, large pavilion at Stewart Park, 4-7pm. Tompkins Area Community Supported Agriculture Coalition will host this event. Join in a community celebration of the abundance of our local bounty and eat food grown where you live. Bring a dish-to-pass. Enjoy a variety of activities and music. Info 342-7632 or [email protected] Morning Story Time 10am. Caroline Community Library 2670 Slaterville Rd. Slaterville Springs. www.tcpl.org. Near Earth Objects (NEO), Kopernik Observatory, doors open 8pm, program 8:30pm. Learn about objects that endanger the Earth with collision. Fee. Info & reg www.kopernik.org or 748-3685. 698 Underwood Rd., Vestal NYSPHSAA Girls Lacrossse Championships, SUNY Cortland. Cortland Regional Sports Council. Info [email protected] One Heart Community Open Drum Circle at Dryden Dairy Day Parade, line up starts at 8:30am, parade begins at 9:30am. The parade lasts about 45 minutes ending in the public park, you’re welcome to stay and play for the first 15-30 minutes of the festival. Info [email protected] or 330-4724 Open Family Swim Tompkins Cortland Community College, Dryden. 11am-1pm. Fee. 844-8222. Public Skating, Community Recreation Center, Ithaca, 8:30-10pm. 277-7465 Sciencenter Showtime! “Elephants in the Forest”, Sciencenter, 2pm. Katy Payne of Cornell will share true stories about elephants and how they communicate. Visitors can watch and listen to videos of elephants communicating. Included with admission. Info 272-0600 or www.sciencenter.org. 601 First St. Seidaiko “Taiko” Japanese Drum Classes, World Seishi Karate, 4pm. For ongoing students. Info [email protected] or 277-1047. 989 Dryden Rd. Sewing Class, SewGreen classroom, Women’s Community Building, 1-3:15pm. Beginning machine sewing for teens and adults. Fee; scholarships available. Pre-registraion required. Info & registration 2777611 or www.sewgreen.org. 100 W. Seneca St. Siblings are Special, Cayuga Medical Center. This class is for children ages 3-8 years who are about to become big brothers and sisters. Fee. Info 274-4408 or www.cayugamed.org Souvenir, Kitchen Theatre, 8pm. Socialite singer Florence Foster Jenkins and her accompanist friend retell the story of their unlikely rise to Carnegie Hall in this delightful play with music. Tix & info 273-4497 or www.kitchenthaetre.org The Garden Conservancy’s Open Days Garden Tour, Cornell Cooperative Extension, 10am4pm. Four inspiring private gardens will be open for a drop-in and self-guided tour. Fee. Info 272-2292 x123 or [email protected] or www.ccetompkins.org The Ithaca Radio Control Society Open House, Ithaca Radio Control Society fiel, Rt 79 west of Ithaca, opposite Sunset Townhouses, 10am-4pm. Flying demonstrations, open flying, static display, food concession, airplane events, something for the whole family to enjoy. Info www.ircsama.com or 387-5497 The Kid Who Talked To Penguins, Hangar Theatre KiddSuff, 10am & Noon. Live performances tailored to young audiences. Tix & info www.hangartheatre.org or 273-8588 x401 The Overwhelming, Hangar Theatre, 3 & 8pm. Set in Rwanda in 1994 this is a chilling tale of an American professor who unwittingly takes his family on a trip to Rwanda in the weeks leading up to the genocide. Tix & info www.hangartheatre.org or 273-8588 x401 Tioga Journeys, Tioga County Historical Museum, 110 Front St., Owego, 10am. Every Sat June thru Oct. Take a themed bus or walking tour and experience Tioga County. Learn some intriguing, interesting &maybe unusual information. Fee. Res & info www.visittioga.com or 687-7440 Toddlers Yoga, Namasts Montessori School, 11:45pm. Walkers-3. Info 273-1673 or [email protected]. 1608 Trumansburg Rd

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22 at the Stonehedge Golf Course in Groton. The format is Captian and Mate teams. Fee includes 18 holes of golf, cart, Chicken BBQ, and prizes. Proceeds benefit the Kiwanins Club of Dryden and the Caring Community Hospicare of Cortland. Send check for $60 payable to Kiwanis Club of Dryden with your name and phone number to PO Box 282, Dryden, NY 13053. Info 844-4429 Bound For Glory: Albums form the Studio, 8-11pm. Info 273-2121 or email [email protected]. Listen to the broadcast on WVBR 93.5 Brunch & Fishing on Fathers Day, Cayuga Nature Center, 10am This particular monthly brunch will be held in honor of dads. Bring your poles and fish our ponds-no permit required. There will be other activities as well. Info www.cayuganaturecenter.org or 273-6260. 1420 Taughannock Blvd. Community Accessibility Program Story Contest Deadline, Museum of the Earth. This season, imagine that you have discovered a new fossil. Tell us in pictures or words about your discovery. Info www.museumoftheearth.org or 273-6623. 1259 Trumansburg Rd., Rt 96 Coppice Workshop, Finger Lakes Permcaulture Institute, 9am-4pm. Through lecture and hands-on woodland work, this two day course will focus on the history andpractice of coopice woodland management in the UK, the potential for its development in the US, wood science and species selection, and the conversion of coppiced poles into useful products. Fee. Info & registration www.FingerLakesPermaculture.org Cornell Cinema, Loves of a Blonde, 8pm. This is a commentary on the perils of totalitarianism, following the everyday life and sexual fumbles of a naive teenage girl in s dreary town. Tix & info www.cinema.cornell.edu or 255-3522. ECK Worship Service, Best Western University Inn, 11am. Topic: Living Life to Its Fullest. Reading from spiritual text, Singing HU, Discussion of topic, Opportuinity for all to share love of God. Public invited, families welcome. Info 800-749-7791 or www.eckankar.org. East Hill Plaza, Ithaca Father’s Day Breakfast on Hiawaath Island, Waterman Conservation Education Center, 9-11am. Climb aboard the Waterman Center pontoon boat for a ride to Hiawatha Island. Once there, explore this unique historical site and wildlife refuge. Enjoy a big, farm-style breakfast. Reservations required by June 12. Fee. Info & reservations [email protected] or 625-2221. Waterman Center Boat Dock, Marshland Rd, Apalachin Father’s Day Pancake Breakfast Fly-In/DriveIn, Ithaca-Tompkins Regional Airport, Rt. 13 & Warren Rd., 7am-1pm. New Hope Mills Pancakes, Pure NY Maple Syrup, Fresh Eggs, Sausage, Hot Chocolate, Coffee, Tea, & Orange Juice. Scenic plane rides, discovery flights. Fee. Info East Hill Flying Club 257-1313 or www.EHFC.net. 62 Brown Rd. Father’s Day Run, Lime Hollow Nature Center, McLean Rd., Cortland, 9am. The Cortland YMCA hosts the Fidelis -pack which is a series of 5K races in the Cortland area. 1-mile fun runs and walks also take place so everyone can participate. All proceeds benefit the Cortland YMCA and Lime Hollow. Info www.cortlandymca.org or 756-2893 Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous, Cayuga Addiction Recovery Services Building. 9am. There are no dues, fees, or weigh-ins. Everyone is welcome including those who think they may have a prob-

lem with overeating, bulimia, or anorexia, or are concerned about someone else. Info 387-8329 or www. foodaddicts.org. Crn. State & Plain Sts., Ithaca Free Fresh Food Pantry, Odessa Community Center/Fire Hall-Food Pantry, Main St., Odessa, 44:30pm. Alternating weeks 6/8, 6/22, 7/6, 7/20 and so on. Produce, breads, desserts, dairy, dele, groceries (if available). Suggested monthly income: 1person up to $1500; 2 people to $1800; 3 people up to $2300. Limit 1 pantry per week. Info Friendship Donations Network 272-6758 or [email protected] or www.friendshipdonation.org Free Fresh Food Pantry, Overlook Apartments, community room, 1:30-2:30pm. Alternating weeks 6/15, 6/29, 7/13, 7/27 and so on. Produce, breads, desserts, dairy, dele, groceries (if available). Suggested monthly income: 1person up to $1500; 2 people to $1800; 3 people up to $2300. Limit 1 pantry per week. Info Friendship Donations Network 272-6758 or [email protected] or www.friendshipdonation.org Ithaca Communinity Drummers & Dancers, NW Corner Stewart Park, 2pm. Come share and help create an International Rythm Experience. Open to all who want to drum and dance as one Jazzercise, 3100 N. Triphammer Rd., 9&10am. Get fit to Top 40, Jazz, Blues, Country and R&B. Ages 16+. Info 288-4040 or www.jazzercise.com Lacrosee Festival Tournament, Cortland Regional Sports Council. Info [email protected] Little Minnows Toddler Time, Museum of the Earth, 2pm. Info 273-6623 or www.museumoftheearth.org 1259 Trumansburg Rd, Route 96 Ithaca Malawi, Africa Fundraiser, the Commons, Downtown Ithaca, 3-8pm. The event features music, circus, speakers and more and will benefit two organizations located in Malawi, Africa. The event will close with an open community drum circle at 7pm. Organized by Ithaca College Student Shane Hardy. Info& donations [email protected] or MalawiJournal.blogspot.com Music In The Hollow, Ellis Hollow Community Center, Genung Rd., Ithaca, 6-8pm. Tonight: Mark Rust. Info www.elcc.clarityconnect.com. Play Video Games for Charity, The Shops at Ithaca, 6:15-8pm. Get infinite continues at Cyberstation for only five dollars. All proceeds benefit the Stars of Hope. Info 266-7964. Songs Across the World, Unitarian Chuch (corner of Buffalo & Aurora Sts.), 7:30pm. This is a benefit concert for two Iraqi families who have moved to Ithaca in the past year. The concert will feature Nuages, Juliana Rangel from Los Soneros, Hedgehog Irish Trio with Laurie Hart, Pamela Goddard, the Cornell Middle Eastern and Mediterranean Music Ensemble, and students from the Dervish Retreat Center. Fee. Info 279-6165. St. Anthony’s Festival, St. Anthony’s Church, Pomaroy St., Cortland. Food, entertainment and a parade. Info 756-7533 Souvenir, Kitchen Theatre, 4pm. Socialite singer Florence Foster Jenkins and her accompanist friend retell the story of their unlikely rise to Carnegie Hall in this delightful play with music. Tix & info 273-4497 or www.kitchenthaetre.org Taoist Tai Chi, 1201 N. Tioga St., 9-10:30am. All welcome. Info www.ithaca.newyork.usa.taoist.org.

ServSafe Food Safety Manager Certification Class, Cornell Cooperative Extension, 8:30am5:30pm. This 15-hour course provides nationally-recognized certification in food safety and fulfills the NYS mandatory food handler certification requirement. 2nd class June 20. Fee. Info & registration [email protected] or 272-2292. 615 Willow Ave. Shakuhachi Flute w/Senpai Kim, World Seishi Karate, 6:30-7:30pm. Info [email protected] or 277-1047. 989 Dryden Rd. Summer Sing, St. Paul’s Church, 7-9pm. Make some music this summer with Ithaca Community Choruses Summer Sing. Summer Sing meets Monday nights. Everyone is welome and no auditons required. Info [email protected] or 266-7964. Take a Tour of the Museum, Museum of the Earth, Mon & Wed 11:30am, Sat 11am. The Museum of the Earth is pleased to offer exhibit tours included with admission. The tour is of the Muesuem’s permanent exhibition hall, A Journey through Time, share the story of the Earth and its life. Info 273-6623. 1259 Trumansburg Rd. Thriving with your Spirited Child, Cornell Cooperative Extension, 6-8pm. This workshop is designed to help parents learn about their child’s temperament (and their own) and to develop effective strategies for dealing with temper tantrums, power struggles and other challenging behaviors. Free. Info & reg www.counties.ccc.cornell.edu or 272-2292 x234. Ulysses Historical Society Museum, 39 South St., Trumansburg, Monday 9-11am, Fri & Sat 2-4pm. Genealogical research. Info 387-6666 Yoga for Women in Midlife, Soma Living Arts, 78:30pm. Explore the possiblities for renewed strength and aliveness, calm and alert mind, with acceptance and compassionate awareness. Info 319-4138 or [email protected] 409 W. State St., Groundfloor (back of bldg) Young Salad Farmers, Ithaca Children’s Garden, 4-5pm. For children 6yrs and up. Every Monday. A chance for children to design, plant, care for, and harvest salad plants in the Garden-from beets to basil & calendula to carrots. Suggested donation. Space limited. Info [email protected] or 272-2292. South end of Cass Park near Rt 89

Trail Rides, Patchwork. Trail rides daily by reservation, summer camps, lessons, birthday parties. Call for times, quiet lesson horses. Family encouraged. Fee. Info 898-3808 or www.patchworkridingcenter.org Toddler Time, Museum of the Earth, 2pm. Every first and third Sunday of the month, join us under the whale for stories, fun, and games relating to our temporary and permanent exhibits. Info www.museumoftheearth.org or 273-6623. 1259 Trumansburg Rd., Rt 96

16 Monday Cancer Support Group, Cancer Resource Center, Noon. Every Monday except holidays. Drop in support for people who have been diagnosed with cancer. No registration necessary. Info Shawn at 277-0960. 612 West State St. Contra, Square, and Circle Dances, the Ithaca Commons Main Pavilion, 7:30-10pm. Every Monday, June thru mid-September. Music by your friends and neighbors. Beginners welcome, all dances are taught. Musicians encouraged to bring their instruments and play. Info 273-8678 Cornell Cinema, The Band’s Visit Directed by Eran Kolirin, 8pm. Tix & info 255-3522 or www.cinema.cornell.edu. Free Daily Meals, Loaves and Fishes, St. John’s Church, 210 N. Cayuga St., Noon. Suggested monthly income: 1person up to $1500; 2 people to $1800; 3 people up to $2300. Limit 1 pantry per week. Info Friendship Donations Network 272-6758 or [email protected] or www.friendshipdonation.org GED Classes, GIAC 9am-Noon; TC3 11am-2pm; Groton Elementary 6:30-8:30pm; Friendship Center 5:30-8pm. Free. Info BOCES 273-8804 Hatha Yoga w/Dr. Kasia, World Seishi Karate, 67:20pm. Info [email protected] or 2771047. 989 Dryden Rd. Ithaca High PTSA “IHS College Netwoking Night”, Ithaca High School Activities Room, 7pm. IHS alumni attending a variety of colleges will talk about why they chose the colleges they did and what they like and dislike about their college experiences. Time to talk one-on-one with alumni. Refer IHS alumni guests to Donna Fleming [email protected] or 277-0019 or 255-0239 Jali from Senegal Drum and Dance Class, Moonlight Dancer Studio, 5:30pm. 406 Taughannock Blvd. Jazz Dance Classes with Nancy Gaspar, Finger Lakes Fitness Center, 7:15pm. Nonmembers & drop-ins welcome. Info 256-3532. 171 E. State St., Center Ithaca, lower level Jazzercise, 3100 N. Triphammer Rd., 5:45am and 4:45pm and 5:45pm and 6:45pm. Get fit to Top 40, Jazz, Blues, Country and R&B. Ages 16+. Info 288-4040 or www.jazzercise.com Loaves & Fishes Food Preparation, 210 N. Cayuga St. Volunteers are needed for food preparation from June 16 thru June 18 and/or serving on Thursday June 19th after the Ithaca Festival Parade. Info 2725457 or www.loaves.org or email [email protected]. Personal Defense, World Seishi Karate, 7:308:30pm. Info [email protected] or 2771047. 989 Dryden Rd.

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Rachlie Leslie (Linda) and James Lloyd Reynolds (Jack) in The Overwhelming. those Graham Greene-ish fans. Rogers’ novelistic reach makes for some awkward back stories and he takes a chance by making his Americans so naïve. Yet in a production this committed and forceful, these choices work. Above all, he manages to question the everpresent assumptions we Americans carry about safety and the ease of changing decades of violence. Who can and will you protect — and how — become the ultimate questions of this play. The Overwhelming ends just as the genocidal program erupts, in which 500,000 to 1 million Tutsis and thousands of moderate Hutus will lose their lives. (“There are lists,” says Dr. Gasana.) The Hangar’s audiences will find they have they have been holding their breaths by the shattering conclusion. See it.

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happened. According to Stein, this historical election, with a female and an African-American candidate running for the highest office in America, shows just how far our country has come. Likening the campaign to “breaking a sound barrier,” she feels that sex and race will no longer be an issue for political candidates. Many people have claimed that there has not been this much excitement during an election season since the Kennedys and their version of Camelot. Stein says that the exhilaration and enthusiasm of this election has brought throngs of people into the democratic process and will have a long-term impact on politics and the level of voter participation in the U.S.. Regardless of who wins the Democratic nomination, Stein stresses that both Clinton and Obama are excellent politicians who care about the issues that she feels are important, such as universal health care, jobs, the environment and an agenda that “promotes equitable taxation and directs tax dollars to the right priorities”. Kathy Zahler, a spokesperson for the county Democrats, will accompany Stein to the Democratic Convention in August. Zahler is excited about the opportunity, saying that, for her first convention, “this seems like a good one.” Zahler says she was not surprised by Stein’s endorsement. As for Stein’s decision to back Clinton, Zahler says that Stein had done her job and “followed her heart and her head” to make the choice that she believed was best for the party.

Some constituents are happy with the endorsement, while others are upset. Zahler believes that no matter who wins the nomination at the Denver convention, “We will all work our tails off for them as there is too much at stake this time.” Stein reinforces this, declaring, “Barack Obama will be our nominee in Denver. I will work very hard and with enthusiasm to unite our local Democrats for him.” Could Tompkins County be the only county in New York that gets to have its cake and eat it, too, with an Obama/Clinton ticket? When initially interviewed, Stein felt that a joint ticket was highly unlikely. However as this paper goes to press she acknowledges that it could be possible and that it would unite the party. One thing is for sure, this election season has been unpredictable enough to keep both seasoned political insiders like Stein and Zahler, as well as the rest of us, engaged right up until November..

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specifically, Hinchey intends to introduce legislation that would give the President the authority to cap the retail price of gas at $2.49 per gallon. The congressman admits that the bill is unlikely to pass, but its main purpose is to send a message to oil companies. Hinchey also hopes to introduce more legislation aimed at oil companies, including a windfall profits tax, revenue from which would be used to create a tax credit up to $6,000 for individuals who buy cars with a fuel efficiency in the top 10 percent. Another bill would outlaw

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zone pricing of oil, which currently hampers competition by allowing retailers to buy oil only from suppliers in designated zones. As for long-term strategies, Hinchey proposes raising fuel economy standards, and investing “more than seed money” into alternative energy sources such as solar and wind power. “The ultimate solution to the oil crisis is to rid ourselves of the need for oil overall,"” he said.

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Horst says, with fingers crossed, that the target date for completion is the summer of 2010. “It’s coming closer and closer and we need your help,” Horst told those enjoying their chicken and pork at the June 1 gathering at Common Ground. Planning consultant Vally Kovary encouraged participation in these next phases. Facilities, programming, development and marketing committees are formed and seeking volunteers. The DCPA also acknowledged the support of Doug Miller and the Common Ground. “Doug has been a tremendous supporter of this from the beginning,” Kovary says. “We’re grateful for his coming forward and lending his beautiful patio and facilities.” Dave Veiser of WHCU served as DJ for the event and was moved to share his perspective. “What you’re doing here in Danby, both the way and the speed this is happening, is truly unique,” Veiser said. ’You’re getting the grants and funding and pushing through with a major community project. I hope you know how special this is for Danby.”

Veiser was impressed by the project when he met Horst a year ago, and he immediately agreed to help promote the park. “We need [this] in Danby. Hopefully we can make more people aware.” A silent auction and quilt raffle by the Danby Quilters were two additional features of the community event. There are three quilts to win, including a stunning log cabin design, with the drawing to be held October. “We dedicate all this to the Danby Community Center,” says quilter Mary Oltz. “We hope to have a home there someday.”

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around before zoning. Some homes in Ithaca were built in the 1800s and before, they didn’t have to go to a map that stated you can only have a house here or there. We do try to help people achieve their goals, but those goals have to meet the requirements for the use variance.” To anyone unfamiliar with the systematic zoning laws in America, this situation could be easily viewed as a complex and frustrat ing phenomenon. Frantz contends that our nation must rethink how we live in cities. Maybe this hasn’t happened as much as some would like in Ithaca because we’re only at the beginning of global warming and approaching the peak of the global oil crisis, he suggests. Or maybe the explanation lies in what James Howard Kunstler stated in The Washington Post: “Years ago, U.S. negotiators at a U.N. environmental conference told their interlocutors that the American lifestyle is ‘not up for negotiation.’”