April 25, 2016 - Tompkins Weekly

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Keeping You Connected
April 25-May 1, 2016
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Vol. 11, No. 9
Feds gather input on Danby incident
Conservation Partnership
funds Land Trust page 3
Golfer finds his comfort zone
on the course page 5
Building boom underway in
Collegetown page 6
Spring home improvement
tips pages 8, 9
Test results issued for Caroline school’s water page 10
Celebrate Bike Month with
two-wheel travel page 12
The home on Hornbrook Road in Danby as it looked shortly after a standoff
between police and the man who lived there ended in tragedy.
resentatives of the County Sheriff’s
Office, the Ithaca Police Department
and the SWAT team. They also held
discussions with the county administrator and legislators, as well as with
Town of Danby officials and residents.
The DOJ individuals involved in
those talks were Tawana Elliott, a
COPS senior program specialist, Capt.
Charles Huth of the Kansas City, Mo.,
Police Department, Jeff Steger, a project coordinator for the Virginia Center for Policing Innovation, and Cedric Alexander, public safety director
for DeKalb County, Ga.
County Undersheriff Brian Robison says that the formal request for a
review of the Hornbrook Road incident was made by the Sheriff’s Department and Ithaca Police Depart-
ment, as it was a joint city/county
operation involving the IPD’s SWAT
team. “There were still some unresolved questions following our afteraction report and a desire to examine
the scope of the operation,” he says.
“The county legislature and members of the community wanted a review by an outside party.”
The DOJ recommended the COPS
program as the best agency to conduct this review, Robison says, and
the information they collected during their meetings here will be used
for a study of the response by law
enforcement to that incident. “From
the beginning, the Sheriff’s Department wanted to be transparent about
the follow-up, and we did provide a
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Day of giving is a benefit for many
By Eric Banford
From midnight to midnight on
Wednesday, May 4, Tompkins County
will hold its second annual “Giving
Is Gorges” event, a countywide day
of philanthropy. The 24-hour online
challenge celebrates local nonprofits
and affirms our community’s culture
of giving. More than 80 area nonprofits have signed up for the event, with
time for more to join.
“This year we have some new
not-for-profits participating, as well
as different partners putting it together,” says George Ferrari, a Giving Is Gorges committee member and
CEO of the Community Foundation
of Tompkins County. “Organizations
can sign up until the day before the
event,” he says.
Any local nonprofits that wish
to participate can visit the GiveGab
website (givegab.com) to register.
Community partners organizing
and promoting the event include the
Community Foundation of Tompkins County (CFTC), the Finger
Lakes Chapter of the Association of
Fundraising Professionals, the Tompkins County Chamber of Commerce,
Well Said Media, Tompkins County
Photo by Eric Banford
Local talent on display at
literary festival page 2
Representatives of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) visited
Tompkins County earlier this month
on a fact-finding mission related to
a three-day standoff in the Town of
Danby in late 2014 between area law
enforcement and an armed Danby
man who killed himself during the
incident.
The confrontation occurred when
Tompkins County Sheriff’s deputies
attempted to serve a bench warrant
to David Cady at his Hornbrook Road
home and Cady refused to comply.
When negotiations and other attempts to draw Cady out of the house
failed, a SWAT team used an armored
vehicle to open up parts of the home
and found that he had died of a selfinflicted gunshot wound.
The incident prompted an outcry
among Danby residents and others in
the community who saw it as a disturbing overreaction by the police. A
lengthy after-action report delivered
by the Sheriff’s Department, which
described how the events unfolded
and the response by law enforcement,
also identified measures intended to
minimize the risk of a similar tragedy
in the future. The report concluded
that police acted properly given the
potential dangers of the situation.
Still, there were calls by county
and Danby officials, among others,
for an independent review of actions
taken by law enforcement and of the
county’s critical incident response
plan. As a result, a request for technical assistance was sent to, and accepted by, the DOJ.
On April 7, members of the DOJ’s
Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) met with rep-
Photos provided
By Jay Wrolstad
George Ferrari, a Giving Is Gorges committee member, looks forward to the
second annual event.
Area Development (TCAD) and the
Society for Human Resource Management of Tompkins County.
“This event really does reflect how
organizations work together in our
community in a collaborative way,”
Ferrari says. “It’s a way for people in
our community who are charitably
oriented to learn more about the variety of organizations. Participants
might want to make a gift to an or-
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Literary festival features local authors
The seventh annual Spring Writes
Literary Festival returns to downtown Ithaca this week with 30 workshops, panels and readings featuring
local authors and performers over
four days. The Trampoline Storytelling Competition, a monthly happening and one of the best-attended
events last year, opens the festival on
Thursday, April 28, from 7 to 9 p.m. at
Lot 10, continuing their seven deadly
sins theme with stories about pride.
Spring Writes is a program of the
Community Arts Partnership (CAP)
featuring events such as Writing
Stand-Up Comedy, Exploring Graphic Novels, Writing Speculative Fiction
and Developing Characters in Fiction.
As part of the festival, Cinemapolis is screening films by local filmmakers on Saturday, starting with
Becky Lane’s discussion of representation in film and the “Bechdel Test.”
Christopher Holmes will then present
his film “Yahweh’s Sea Glass,” with a
question and answer session to follow.
The Wolf’s Mouth Theatre Company and the Senior Theatre Troupe
of Lifelong will perform original
work, and two open-mic events—one
poetry, the other comedy—offer the
opportunity for community members to share their work onstage. All
events are open to the public and free,
with the exception of the Trampoline
Storytelling Competition’s $5 cover
charge.
According to CAP Program Director Robin Schwartz, “Ithaca has long
been flush with writers of all sorts,
not just the ones that are occasionally reviewed in the New York Times.
There are hundreds and hundreds
of writers of all stripes—poets, musicians, novelists, playwrights, journalists and more. A regional literary
festival is an important way to get attention on the abundance of literary
Photo provided
By E.C. Barrett
The Wolf’s Mouth Theatre Company will once again do play readings, at 1:30 p.m.
on Saturday, as part of the Spring Writes Festival in Ithaca.
artists in a consolidated way. Writing
can be a solitary pursuit and it’s great
to give local writers a chance to get
out and show off what they’ve been
up to.”
Local author Eric Griffith has participated in the festival since 2011,
following the release of his book “Beta
Test.” For Griffith, knowing that this
literary-minded town has a festival
to celebrate writing, literacy and stories is one of the reasons he loves living here.
“These shows are a must for authors and readers,” Griffith says. “In
this day and age of false closeness we
get from social media—because even
if you follow an author you don’t really know them—this is a great way to
connect to readers, or for readers to
get to know the minds behind what
they read. Or meeting new authors
they like even more.”
Griffith, a tech/editor for PCMag.
com, is part of the Publishing Genre
Fiction panel taking place Sunday at
the History Center starting at 11 a.m.,
also featuring romance writers Doreen Alsen and Jen Bokal, and crime
fiction writer Gigi Vernon. Panelists
will discuss their experiences and
the professional expectations of the
multi-billion dollar genre fiction industry.
In her first year as artistic director for the festival, Jennifer Savran
Kelly notes that Spring Writes offers
accessibility to writers who might
not be able to attend similar events
elsewhere.
“Writers often have to travel and
spend money to attend conferences
in order to participate in and experience the types of craft workshops
and panels that we offer for free as
part of Spring Writes,” she says. “It’s
a wonderful and rare opportunity for
writers to learn from one another and
network in this way.”
Kelly was drawn to the festival because it provides writers at all stages
of their careers with opportunities
to put their work in front of an audience. Ninety writers participated last
year with some 900 people in attendance.
In addition to leading an Intro
to Bookbinding Workshop, which
requires
pre-registration,
Kelly
brought new ideas to the festival including Friday’s kick-off event, Literary Jeopardy, and the closing reading,
Story Time for Grown-ups. This last
event of the festival features Ithaca
writers reading short stories written
by other Ithaca writers, while Bar Argos serves up a variety of hot toddies.
Kelly’s idea for this event was twofold: “to allow both the readers and
audience to focus on the simple pleasures of telling and listening to a good
story and to provide an opportunity
for Ithaca writers to honor one another.”
Spring Writes is funded through
the New York State Council on the
Arts, the Tompkins County Tourism
Program, and Wegmans.
The Community Arts Partnership
of Tompkins County was founded in
1990 to serve as the arts council of
Tompkins County, providing technical assistance, grant opportunities,
and professional services and information to artists and arts organizations, as well as public programs that
celebrate and support the arts community in the county. CAP has helped
to distribute more than $3 million to
artists and arts organizations in the
community.
For more information on CAP, visit
www.artspartner.org or e-mail Robin
Schwartz at programs@artspartner.
org. For more information on the festival, and to download a schedule of
events, go to www.springwrites.org.
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Land Trust gets Conservation Partnership funds
By Tompkins Weekly Staff
The Finger Lakes Land Trust has
announced that it has been awarded
a total of $60,000 for two projects in
Seneca and Onondaga counties. A
total of $1.8 million in Conservation
Partnership Program grants have
been awarded to 55 nonprofit land
trusts across the State of New York.
The program is funded through
the State’s Environmental Protection
Fund and administered by the Land
Trust Alliance, in coordination with
the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation.
The Land Trust’s Otisco Lake
Shoreline Protection Project was
awarded $30,000 to assist with the
purchase of 38 acres with 1,300 feet of
undeveloped shoreline on Otisco Lake
in Onondaga County. The forested
property features prime habitat for
Bald Eagles, Osprey, and a variety of
waterfowl. The site also features mature forests, several tributaries to the
lake and a deep ravine with a scenic
40’ waterfall. The Land Trust intends
to turn the property into a new publicly accessible conservation area for
low impact uses such as hiking, bird
watching, and fishing.
Conservation of the site will help
protect the lake’s water quality and
preserve the scenic character of the
surrounding landscape. Public access
to the rugged portion of the property
that has been utilized by Bald Eagles
in the past will be discouraged.
The Land Trust’s Creating Connections project was also awarded
$30,000 to convert 1,225 feet of
mowed path through its 30-acre
Bishop Nature Preserve in Seneca
County to a crushed stone surface
that will be suitable for bicycles, fam-
ilies and visitors with limited mobility. The stone path will also thwart
encroaching poison ivy on the trail,
creating family-friendly access to the
Cayuga-Seneca Canal Trail, a multipurpose recreational trail that extends 5 miles from the preserve to the
city of Geneva.
The grant will also assist the Land
Trust with parking and site interpretation improvements to foster greater public access to both the preserve
and the rail trail.
“We’re grateful for the support
of the New York State Conservation
Partnership Program,” said Land
Trust Executive Director Andrew
Zepp. “These two grants will help us
enhance public access to our region’s
scenic natural areas.”
The Finger Lakes Land Trust has
protected more than 18,000 acres of
our region’s undeveloped lakeshore,
Celebrate
rugged gorges, majestic forest, and
scenic farmland. The Land Trust today owns and manages a network of
nature preserves that are open to the
public and holds conservation easements on more than 120 properties
that remain in private ownership.
The Land Trust focuses on protecting critical habitat and land that
is important for water quality, connecting conserved lands, and keeping prime farmland in agriculture.
The organization also provides programs to educate local governments,
landowners, and local residents about
conservation tools and the region’s
unique natural resources. The service area includes 12 counties that
encompass the Finger Lakes and a
significant portion of the Southern
Tier.
For more information, go to www..
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Sanders, Trump are county’s primary winners
By Michael Smith/Ithaca Voice
over Trump.
Throughout the rest of the county, Trump edged out the other two
candidates in most districts by small
margins. In Newfield and Enfield,
however, Trump cleaned up, getting
roughly as many votes as his opponents combined.
While Tompkins stands out in
how little it supports Trump, it also
stands out in how relatively lukewarm its support for Sanders was.
Ithaca developed a reputation of being a Bernie Sanders stronghold, and
not just because of the large student
population.
Sanders did quite well in the City
of Ithaca, winning 65 percent of the
vote. He was less successful in the
Town of Ithaca, garnering 57 percent
of the vote. The countywide vote also
went went in Sanders’ favor, with the
Vermont senator taking 63 percent of
the vote.
While those are undeniably strong
numbers by any reckoning, some
might find it surprising that Sanders
didn’t do better here.
In fact, there were several counties with similar levels of support for
Bring a paintbrush, grab a shovel,
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is hosting Community Work Days on
Saturday and Sunday, May 14 and 15,
to enhance the museum’s outdoor
learning spaces.
“Years ago, 3,800 volunteers
teamed up to build the Sciencenter,
just like a New England barn raising. We are very excited to once again
invite our community to help us expand and beautify our facilities,” said
Charlie Trautmann, Sciencenter Executive Director. “This event will provide safe and much-needed outdoor
play space for our youngest guests
and bring our grounds and main
playground to like-new condition.”
To make this project a success,
the Sciencenter needs 200 volunteers
of varying skill levels to help with
landscaping, painting, and carpentry tasks – or sign up to be part of the
planning committee. Volunteers will
help paint and refurbish elements of
the Science Playground, install fencing in the new toddler Curiosity Playground, and bring new life to the Sciencenter gardens.
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With bombastic populist candidates like Bernie Sanders and Donald
Trump, the 2016 presidential primary is the most contested in years. How
did this contentious race play out in
Tompkins on April 19?
The Tompkins Board of Elections
have released their unofficial voting
results, which breaks down the votes
district by district. It’s considered unofficial because it does not include
absentee or affidavit ballots which
are counted later.
Here are a few of the most interesting Tompkins-specific statistics:
Trump barely edged out John Kasich in Tompkins county, securing
37.7 percent of the vote to Kasich’s 35
percent. Trump, in fact, won in every
single upstate county in New York.
Those who aren’t fans of Trump
can take solace in one fact: Tompkins
had by far the smallest percentage of
Trump supporters. With a few exceptions, Trump won most counties by
upwards of 50 or 60 percent of the
vote. Tompkins was the only upstate
county where he won less than 40
percent.
Republicans in the City and Town
of Ithaca in particular voted heavily
in favor of Kasich, with Kasich coming out ahead in all but one district.
Even Ted Cruz won some districts
Turnout in Tompkins County for the April 19 primary election was up for Republicans and down for Democrats, compared to the last contested primary in 2008.
Bernie, including Franklin, Essex, and
Clinton counties, where Sanders took
home more than 70 percent of the
vote.
Turnouts were up for Republicans
but down for Democrats, compared
to the last major contested primary
in 2008. In 2012, Obama ran unopposed and only around 1,200 Tompkins republicans came to vote for his
would-be opponent.
In 2008, the Democratic turnout
was around 60 percent, while the Republican turnout was a only 33 percent.
In 2016, the Democratic side
slipped a bit, with turnout dropping
to 58 percent, with 14901 out of 25772
registered Democrats voting.
Meanwhile, Republican voter participation surged up to 40 percent,
with 4704 out of 11679 registered Republicans voting.
Much has been made of the mobilizing power of Sanders’ “political
revolution” among young Democrats
and Independents, but the turnout
numbers seem to tell a different story.
Some might suggest this is evidence of a disenfranchisement tactic, with many people reporting that
their registration status was dropped
or their party affiliation changed -these claims continue to be investigated.
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SPORTS
By Keith Raad
Trevor Gardner has been a model of consistency this year while playing varsity golf
for Dryden High School.
and would take Gardner out to the
course. Prior to that experience, he
had no ties to the game. His father
hadn’t played golf, either, until Gardner picked it up three years ago.
Golf provides quiet, subtle succor
from the wild time-controlled games
like basketball and football. Along
with Large North Most Valuable Ali
Abel-Ferretti, Gardner was named
First-Team All-Star after a tremendous boys basketball season. In the
fall, Gardner led the Purple Lions
football team to a 5-3 regular season
record.
Under a hat pulled tightly over his
eyes, Gardner takes his stance on the
fragile practice green at the Dryden
Lake Golf Course. Shifting his shoulders slightly, he rocks back, then for-
ward, and propels the white ball toward the hole.
“Coach Hicks is always pushing
me to believe in myself and shoot
low,” Gardner says. “He tells me not to
be afraid to aim for a low score even
though I have never been there before.”
Once he breaks the streak of 39s
he’s been on, maybe driving the ball
300 yards is the next goal he’d like
to reach. “I’d like to figure out how to
hit it 300 yards,” Gardner says with a
smile. “Hopefully I can figure that out
sometime.”
Knowing Gardner, that should not
be a problem. The places he’s never
been seem to be the places where he
thrives.
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The spring sport Trevor Gardner
finds solace in doesn’t include illuminated scoreboards, roaring crowds, or
hyped-up pregame introductions.
In late March and early April,
Gardner sidelines his football helmet
and basketball sneakers, and grabs
his 9 iron for the spring varsity golf
season. Despite a loud, packed and
intense atmosphere externally the
fall and winter, the clutter packs into
Gardner’s head internally. After all,
that’s the challenge.
“Golf is different,” Gardner says.
“It’s not like on TV when Tiger Woods
makes the putt and everyone’s cheering. You cheer for your guys, the other
players you’re competing with, and
even the person you’re competing
against.”
The Dryden High School junior
didn’t quite pan out on the baseball
diamond, so his spring schedule had
availability. Hungry for the tallest
challenges, the quiet, lead-by-example quarterback and point guard had
a talk with family friend David Hicks,
the varsity golf coach at Dryden.
“It started when he couldn’t play
baseball in the eighth or ninth grade,”
Hicks says. “When he gave it up I
started encouraging him, thinking
he might be interested [in golf]. If you
play golf you know about the ‘bug,’
and I think he’s got the bug.”
That bug caused an itch to develop
and improve his game, while also venture out to a landscape void of all the
lines and fixed dimensions of a basketball court or football field. Since
his exponential increase in skills with
a plethora of club-mastery, Gardner’s
journey from a scrappy, young mistake-prone freshman to a polished,
sturdy leader has come as a natural
progression.
Since the start of the 2016 season,
his performances have been consistently four-over-par at the Dryden
Lake Golf Course, but it’s a bench-
mark that a younger Gardner would
have killed for. During his freshman
season, the Purple Lions were in the
midst of a reconstructive period involving filling the holes left by graduation. At that time, Hicks figured
Gardner would be a bit behind the
8-ball, without much responsibility
on his shoulders.
“I thought he’d be our fifth- or
sixth-best guy,” Hicks says. “But it’s
that bug that drove him to get better.”
A quick transformation with his
technical skills was one thing, but
Hicks’ message to every young golfer
is to fight the urge to throw a club
or lose mental focus. When competing in team golf, as is the norm at the
high school level, there are moments
when your shot matters, despite that
urge to throw in the towel.
“When you’re playing team golf
one of the things that’s really good is
that you’re hopefully trying to make
your best personal score,” Hicks says.
“But if you have a round that’s not
very good, you don’t know if that next
stroke is the most important one of
the match.”
Gardner shot a 39 against Trumansburg, a 39 against Whitney
Point, a 39 against Southern Cayuga, and another 39 against Union
Springs. That is the definition of consistency.
But more than that, Gardner has
come a long way and fondly remembers Hicks’ message when he was
younger. It’s a message that continues
to resonate, but it’s also a memory
that fuels his competitive engine.
“Coach has told me that as you get
better and better it gets harder and
harder to improve,” Gardner says. “So
I know that’s going to be a challenge
facing me pretty soon.”
Accepting challenges has always
been on Gardner’s resume. He began
playing golf “a couple of times” before his freshman season. His grandfather, Steve Whelan, loved to play
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Golf puts spring in this athlete’s step
Kevin Miller, center, and several of his Ithaca High School classmates recently
announced their college choices.
IHS seniors hold decision day
By Keith Raad
Kevin Miller and several of his senior classmates at Ithaca High School
celebrated a unique announcement
last week. Ithaca High School and its
interim athletic director, Jeff Manwaring, announced that 16 studentathletes will continue their academic
and athletic careers at NCAA Division I, II, and III universities and colleges throughout the country.
Among the many smiling faces
was Miller, a member of the boys
swim team and the fastest man in the
pool. Miller announced his decision
to attend the University of Georgia
about three weeks prior to the event.
The South did not even enter the picture until a recent deferment.
“I actually applied early to Cornell
and was deferred,” Miller says. “So as
one door closed, another opened,
which was a rollercoaster of emotions.”
On Dec. 12 at junior nationals,
Miller swam the mile and then struck
up a conversation with Georgia head
coach Jack Bauerle. Ironically, on
that same date, Cornell turned the
swimmer away.
Despite the deferment, Miller
found a home with a well-regarded
program. In February, Georgia swimming team finished third in the nation in the CSCAA Coaches Poll.
Miller won a New York State Public
and Federation Title in the 200-yard
freestyle with a time of 1:38:87. He
also won a State Public Title in the
500-yard freestyle and was a mem-
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Collegetown building boom well underway
Word to the wise: Avoid driving in
Collegetown if you can help it.
Traffic in much of the neighborhood’s core is being diverted or slowed
up as a series of construction projects
march onward towards completion.
With construction cranes looming
and workers buzzing like bees around
each site, there’s a lot to keep in track
of. Which is why the Voice is happy to
give you a rundown of what’s underway, and when it will be done.
327 Eddy Street (Dryden Eddy
Apartments)
We’ll start this off in Lower Collegetown. Local developer Steve
Fontana (same family that owns
Fontana’s Shoes) is in the midst of
bringing his addition to the market,
a 22-unit, 53-bedroom apartment
building, with 1,800 squar -feet (SF)
of retail space on the first floor.
The new building fills out the
street wall on the eastern side of the
Eddy Street’s 300 block, with work
starting on the fourth floor of the fivestory building. The building steps up
the hill to a five-story wing accessed
off Dryden Road where Pixel Lounge
used to be, but work on the rear wing
appears to be a little further behind,
with construction crews working on
the first floor. Plans call for 327 Eddy
to be ready for occupancy by August.
307 College Avenue (Collegetown
Crossing)
For those waiting for a real grocery store in Collegetown and not
just 7-Eleven, this is the project that
plans to meet your needs. Grocery coop Greenstar will occupy a 3,200 SF
space on the first floor, which will also
host two smaller retail spaces, and 44
apartments with 98 bedrooms on the
upper five floors. A pocket park and
pedestrian walkway connecting College to Linden is being built as part of
the project.
According to a construction
Photo provided
By Bryan Crandall/Ithaca Voice
Collegetown Crossing, on College Avenue, will include a Greenstar Natural Foods
Market store. It is scheduled to open this summer.
worker on-site, work inside is focused
on interior wall framing, sheet-rock
hanging, and electrical work. Meanwhile on the outside, windows are
starting to be installed in the back
and sides, and bricks are being laid
as part of the exterior facade. The
mostly-glass front facade will go in a
little later this spring, as Josh Lower’s
project moves toward a summer 2016
completion.
205 Dryden Road (Dryden South)
The last in the trio of mid-rise
mixed-use buildings underway is
Pat Kraft’s project at 205 Dryden.
Originally, Kraftee’s bookstore was
supposed to move into the first floor,
but according to the Cornell Daily
Sun, Kraft has decided to close the
bookstore and fill out the space with
something that complements the
Cornell Johnson School building going up next door. The upper five floors
will have 10 apartments and 40 bed-
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The first three floors have been
built, and interior wall framing and
utilities rough-ins are underway. The
east wall looks incredibly plain because it’s going to face another sixstory building. Like 307 College and
327 Eddy, 205 Dryden is aiming for an
August opening. Also like the other
two, it was designed by local architecture firm Jagat Sharma.
209-215 Dryden Road (Cornell Executive Education Center)
This is the odd one out. For one,
it’s not retail and apartments, it’s office and academic space, six floors
and about 73,000 SF. For two, it’s not
designed by a local company; ikon.5
Architects of Princeton penned this
project.
Although Cornell will occupy all
of the space, the building is owned by
local businessman John Novarr, and
will pay taxes (though it did get a tax
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deal with the county). The building
will host 420 students and staff at the
outset, increasing to 600 when fully
occupied. The students are enrolled
in Cornell’s weekend MBA program
in New York City, and only come up
to Ithaca for specialized classes a few
times a year, usually when the main
body of Cornell students are on vacation.
Currently, the site’s foundation is
being excavated. Steel H-beams with
wood lagging will shore up Dryden
Road while the foundation is excavated, poured and brought to street
level. Expect this building to be under construction for a while, with
completion anticipated in May 2017.
409 College Avenue (Student
Agencies eHub)
Lastly, a renovation. Student
Agencies and Cornell are engaged in
a $4.5 million collaboration to provide space and support to budding
businesses created by Cornell students, faculty and staff. One of those
components is 10,000 SF of incubator
space at Student Agencies’ HQ at 409
College Avenue (along with about
5,000 SF in Cornell’s Kennedy Hall).
Gone with the brick, in comes the
steel and glass. The scaffolding will
be up while workers redo the facade
to provide a more modern look for
the 1980s building. Interior renovations will provide an open spaces, and
hopefully a collaborative environment for nascent entrepreneurs.
Ithaca-based STREAM Collaborative designed the renovation, which
should be completed by the end of
June. The shops on the first floor are
open while renovations are underway.
Now, some of you might be wondering about the Chapter House—unfortunately, work on the rebuild has
not yet commenced, it’s still just a
fenced off lot. But we’ll keep you posted when shovels break the dirt.
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With ‘office hours’, Cornell
connects with local schools
By Gary Stewart
On a regular basis, Cornell’s Office of Community Relations (OCR)
holds “office hours” at Cooperative
Extension, 615 Willow Ave. in Ithaca.
These sessions are designed for anyone to come by and ask questions of
general interest about Cornell and its
programs, or on a specific topic.
OCR’s next office hours are Tuesday, April 26, from noon to 1 p.m. At
that session, campus liaisons who
work with local schools will be in attendance, with information on Cornell’s K-12 programs.
Cornell’s dozens of initiatives on
the K-12 front are diverse, and continually evolving. Her is a representative snapshot:
Science education modules are
designed to stimulate hands-on, inquiry-based learning of fundamental biological concepts. Check out
https://tetrahymenaasset.vet.cornell.edu/modules/science-modules/.
The Cornell Naturalist Outreach
Program sends Cornell students to
classrooms and community groups
to talk about animals and plants. A
typical topic is “Social Insects & Why
They’re Amazing.” Go to http://blogs.
cornell.edu/naturalistoutreach/ for
more information.
The Graduate Student School
Outreach Program pairs Cornell
graduate students with teachers in
Tompkins County to teach minicourses on the student’s field or interests. Go to https://sites.google.com/
site/grasshopratcornell/ for more
information.
Encouraging Young Engineers and
Scientists enriches students’ learning
with fun, educational science activities. Check out https://sites.google.
com/site/cornelleyes/lessons,
or
for more information, https://sites.
google.com/site/cornelleyes/.
Staff from the Cornell Center
for Materials Research Educational
Program visits classrooms to present hands-on modules and/or give
science talks. Lesson plans at www.
ccmr.cornell.edu/education/educational-resources/lending-library-ofexperiments/.
The Cornell Lab of Ornithology
has online curriculum to support
K-12 physics of animal behavior. Representative lessons at www.birds.cornell.edu/physics/lessons/elementary.
The Cornell Public Service Center’s PreK-12 outreach programs
enhance the intellectual and social
well-being of area youth. For more
information go to https://psc.cornell.
edu/students/student-programs/
prek-12-outreach-programs.
OCR’s office hours are only one
way to connect with our team. In addition to general interest questions,
we often field requests for an office
representative or other campus staff/
faculty to present at community organizations, and are glad to make
connections. Office staff is available
weekdays at 110 Day Hall, available
by phone at 255-4347, or e-mail [email protected]. OCR
also serves on dozens of on-and-offcampus boards and committees.
In short, we are here to serve, and
if we don’t know the answer, we’ll get
it for you.
Gary Stewart is Director of Community Relations. at Cornell University. For topics you’d like to see
addressed in future columns, e-mail
[email protected]. Follow Cornell
Community Relations @CornellTownGown.
STREET BEAT
The word on the street from around Tompkins County.
By Kathy Morris
Question: Where do you like to go to look at spring flowers?
“Wherever I can garden. I
love ALL the spring flowers.”
- Marie Hall, Newfield
“Sonnenberg Gardens in
Canandaigua.”
- Anthony Pecoraro, Odessa
“Down at the Ithaca
Farmers Market. Also, Stone
Quarry Road.”
‘A Taste of Greece’ returns to Ithaca Church
The gods will be visiting Central
New York again this spring at the
fourth annual “A Taste of Greece in
Ithaca” Greek festival at St. Catherine Greek Orthodox Church, 120
West Seneca Street in downtown
Ithaca.
The festival begins Friday, May 6,
from 3 to 8 p.m. and continues Saturday, May 7, from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Authentic Greek cuisine including chicken gyro, pastitsio, spanakopita, dolmathes, and more will be
available for purchase. A variety of
homemade Greek pastries will also
be available, like baklava and loukoumathes, or honey puffs. There will
also be Greek items for sale in the gift
shop and church tours on Saturday.
Father Tom Parthenakis, presid-
ing priest at St. Catherine’s since
2010, hails from a large community
near Erie where he chaired an annual
Greek festival for over twenty years.
“Our “Taste of Greece in Ithaca”
festival has been hugely successful
for our church,” he said. “We’re very
excited to share our Greek culture
and hospitality with the local community again this year.”
St. Catherine’s has a newly renovated kitchen that is used to prepare
foods for the “A Taste of Greece in
Ithaca” festival. The church’s community kitchen and social hall is available for rent for receptions, classes,
and other events.
For more information, call 607273-2767 or email stcatherinegoc@
gmail.com.
- Emelia Breen, Ithaca
“The Cornell Plantations.
We moved here recently
and I’m looking forward to
identifying the plants in my
garden.”
- Lynn Thommen, Ithaca
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Spring cleaning: 6 areas to repair, replace, refresh
Spring is one of the most popular
times of year to clean up your home
inside and out, make renovations and
take steps to ensure it operates efficiently for the rest of the year. But
after the long winter months, the list
of projects can pile up. This year, focus
on six key areas to repair, replace and
refresh around your house now—to
avoid spending more time and money
later.
1. Repair your roof and gutters.
Inspect the roof to check for loose or
cracked shingles. Also, be sure to look
at indoor ceilings for any signs of water leakage and get started on repairs
before more damage occurs. Take a
look at the gutters to see if there are
areas in need of repair as well, and
tackle them now before there’s too
much rain.
2. Repair and reseal your deck.
Remove debris and sweep the deck
clean. Fix broken or bent boards and
pushed up nails. Choose a cleanser
formulated for your deck surface,
whether for wood or composite, and
apply a new coat of sealer and stain. A
local home improvement center can
advise you on formulations for your
particular needs.
3. Replace your furnace. As you
make home upgrades, this is also a
good time to upgrade your furnace
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4. Replace windows and doors.
Older windows can let unwanted air
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not only save money on cooling in
summer and heating in winter, but
they can bring the look of your home
up to date. Replacing your front door
in a great color and style can also add
to your home’s efficiency and instantly add curb appeal.
5. Refresh with paint. There’s
nothing like a new coat of paint to
transform and update the look of a
home. It’s also one of the easiest and
most economical home improvement
projects you can undertake. Check
out your local paint store for ideas
and suggestions to help you visualize
your home in fresh new colors.
6. Refresh your indoor air. The
spring and fall months can trigger
allergies, so consider adding an indoor air cleaner. An American Standard AccuClean whole-home system,
for instance, can remove up to 99.98
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mildew, pet hair and dander and fungus and bacteria, so everyone in your
home can breathe easier.
Lastly, renew your commitment
to home maintenance by creating
a yearly schedule of home projects.
Mark your calendar with target dates
to remind yourself to complete key
tasks—including what to focus on
for the next season, before the colder
months arrive.
Summer lawn prep can take minimal effort
If you’re a part of the nearly 90
percent of Americans who believe it’s
important to have a well-maintained
yard, you and your backyard will appreciate these simple steps for tending to your natural turf lawn with
minimal effort.
According to Grass Seed USA,
a coalition of American grass seed
farmers and academics, investing a
little repair time in early spring and a
small amount of maintenance time in
summer will pay off with a lush lawn
ready for all your summer activities.
Test your soil. Good soil is one of
the essentials of a healthy lawn. A
soil test is simple, inexpensive and
provides valuable information about
current pH levels. Simple amendments like lime or sulfur can be added to neutralize overly acidic or alkaline soil and help grass thrive. Find
a soil test kit at a local garden store
or make your own using common
household items.
Aerate. Older or heavily trafficked lawns can suffer from soil compaction. A core aerator with hollow
tines will pull small plugs of soil out of
the ground, allowing increased movement of water, nutrients and oxygen.
Aeration can also increase the soil
contact with new seeds and promote
new growth. You can rent an aerator
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Ongoing lawn maintenance creates a beautiful setting for outdoor activities.
or hire a professional to do the work
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Seed. According to Grass Seed
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October, depending on where you
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Control weeds. Healthy lawns essentially control weeds by squeezing them out. However, if crabgrass
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spring before weed grass emerges
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If you’ve applied seed, keep in mind
herbicides can kill it, so use a product
that will not affect new growth. For
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Water as needed. On average, a
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By Michael Smith/Ithaca Voice
The Ithaca City School District
(ICSD) and Tompkins County Health
Department (TCHD) released the latest results from their lead testing efforts on April 14. Here is a summary
of the key takeaways from the Caroline report.
When the issue of lead in school
water first came to light early in February following tests in January, the
problem in Caroline seemed less severe than it was in Enfield.
Then the next set of test results
from tests, performed in early in February and revealed later that month,
indicated that over half of the school’s
fixtures were over the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) action
level of 15 parts per billion (ppb) of
lead, including one that tested at the
“toxic waste level” of 5,000 ppb.
The Tompkins Health Department, however, had concerns about
the testing procedure. They explained that the water system had
become depressurized the night before the tests, which they believed
might have caused inflated lead test
results by creating “disruptive, turbulent or scouring conditions in the
water pipes, potentially releasing
lead containing particles into the distribution system.”
The newest tests, performed by
the TCHD on Mar. 4 and ICSD on Mar.
11 seem to partially bear out that
theory. Some of the most serious exceedances, such as a classroom sink
that tested at 2200 ppb, a music room
sink that tested at 940 ppb and several others that tested above 100 ppb
are all showing much lower results.
Photo provided
Test results issued on Caroline school’s water
The Tompkins County Health Departmet has questioned the testing procedure
that indicated high levels of lead in the water at Caroline Elementary School.
While the highest test result from
the newest tests is 30.6 pbb—an order
of magnitude lower than some of the
February tests—that number is still
double the action level. For first draw
samples, Caroline is still not in compliance with EPA guidelines.
TCHD’s and ICSD’s March tests
both included “first draw” and
“flushed” samples. First draw samples
are taken after the fixture has been
sitting for several hours, while the
flushed sample is drawn after the water has been run for a time, which can
flush out some of the lead concentrate.
TCHD sampled 12 locations on
Mar. 4. Seven of them tested above the
action level on the first draw, while all
12 flushed samples were below the action level. Some of the fixtures were
observed leaking prior to or during
the sampling, so those results may
not accurately represent a true first
draw sample.
ICSD sampled 10 locations on Mar.
11. All of the fixtures tested had been
tested by TCHD the week prior. Four
first draw samples were above the action level, while one flushed sample
was above the action level.
According to the report, there was
debris noted either on the coffee filter during the pre-sampling flushing,
in the sample itself or on the aerator for all locations sampled on Mar.
4 with the exception of the Room
49 drinking fountain and the Boiler
Room sink. Debris was noted on all
aerators at sink faucets.
The report concluded that due
to the vastly lower results in both
March tests, the February test results
did not accurately represent standard conditions in Caroline Elementary School. The tests were purposed
performed on some of the highesttesting fixtures in order to establish
this difference.
While the newest tests did focus
on the worst offenders, it’s worth not-
ing that only 12 out of the over 50
fixtures in Caroline that had tested
above the action level were retested.
Here is a summary of the reports
other conclusions:
The TCHD believes that flushing is generally effective in reducing
lead concentrations below the action
level, as such they are recommending
that fixtures be used under supervision for non-consumptive purposes
such as hand-washing, to prevent additional buildup
Changing out aerators, which was
done between the TCHD and ICSD
tests, seems to have no substantial effect.
Changing out two fixtures, a sink
in Room 27 and a drinking fountain
in Room 53, did not improve test results.
The sample from room 27 had a
higher flushed result than first draw
result, which may indicate a plumbing problem.
Samples taken from the oldest
part of the school, built in 1958, have
all been consistently below action
level in tests since 2006, implying that
the issue might not be as straightforward as simple age of plumbing.
The TCHD concludes that the well
that sources Caroline’s water is likely
not contributing to the problem.
Moving forward, the district and
TCHD will continue to examine the
lead issue. Earlier in the week, ICSD
approved a contract with LaBella
Associates for additional testing and
possible remediation solutions. LaBella will be working with the district
to examine the plumbing in more detail and pinpoint any trouble areas
before additional tests or changes can
be implemented.
Meanwhile, the ICSD will continue to provide certified bottled
water while the investigation continues. TCHD will be coordinating with
ICSD, NYSDOH and EPA on the investigation at all schools in the district.
Habitat to hold Women Build Weekend
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Women in Tompkins County are invited to volunteer during
Habitat for Humanity
of Tompkins and Cortland Counties’ sixth
annual Women Build
Weekend, as part of
National Women Build
Week.
On Friday and
Saturday, May 6 and
7, hundreds of local
women will work together to build a set
of wall panels for a
Habitat house. As part
of the construction
process, skilled female
volunteers will offer power tool trainings and teach construction and carpentry skills.
To register or donate, call (607) 844-3529, email [email protected], or
visit www.givegab.com/nonprofits/tompkins-county-habitat-for-humanity/campaigns/women-build-weekend-2016.
Despite a setback, Hancock St. project proceeds
When it first came out that INHS
was dropping its contractor, HaynerHoyt of Syracuse, due to HaynerHoyt’s settlement in a government
fraud of disabled veterans’ funds, my
assumption was that alternatives
had already been arranged.
Then came the interview with
INHS’ Paul Mazzarella. And the words
“in limbo”. That set a grim mood for
the rest of our conversation.
INHS didn’t know what was going
on, since the investigation and negotiation were under seal. A check with
the North New York District Court
verified it. A bad situation that was
in many ways beyond INHS’s control.
Dropping Hayner-Hoyt saved face,
but also put the non-profit developer
in a bind, since they were not just
the general contractor, they were
the construction manager, meaning
that this was a design-build and everything had been priced out with
Hayner-Hoyt’s help. Another contractor could have different, higher
prices, which would put the project
in jeopardy.
On the bright side, it looks like
the project will move forward. Speaking face-to-face with Scott Reynolds
last week, he described it as “more of
a hiccup” at this point. Hayner Hoyt
helped them locate new potential
contractors, and there is likely a new
firm who will take on construction
manager duties.
Turning to the project itself, the
ca. 1957 grocery store, and one-story
1970s office building, are gone. Demolition is complete, and there’s a pause
in work “while the contractors get organized”.
Further site work is expected to
commence no later than late May,
with pile installation occurring over
a one-month period at a rate of about
six per day, between the hours of 8
a.m. and 4 p.m.
The store was previously a P&C
Foods, before P&C went bankrupt
and the Ithaca stores were bought
by Tops in 2010. The original builder
of the grocery store, Tony Petito,
launched a new independent grocery
store called “Neighborhood Pride” in
February 2013, which came with a
$100,000 loan from the IURA.
However, the store was unable to
compete with other nearby grocers
(Aldi’s, Wegman’s), and shut down at
the end of the year. INHS acquired
the property for $1.7 million in June
Photo provided
By Brian CrandallIthaca Voice
INHS is now set to work with new contractors to develop the lot that is the former
site of the P&C grocery store in Ithaca’s Northside neighborhood.
2014. Community meetings to develop a housing plan were held during
the fall and winter of 2014/15, and
the 210 Hancock proposal received
planning board approval last year, after an unexpectedly heated debate.
Originally, build-out was expected to start in September of this year,
but the project was one of the very
rare few that managed to get affordable housing funding from the state
on the very first funding try (meaning that Ithaca has a well-document-
ed need, and that it was a very good
application).
If built on schedule, 210 Hancock
will bring 54 apartments and 12 moderate-income townhouses to market
in July 2017. 7 of the townhouses will
be for-sale units. Total construction
cost is anticipated to be about $13.8
million.
The 54 apartment units (42 1-bedroom, 12 2-bedroom) are targeted towards renters making 48-80% of annual median income (AMI), defined
by the HUD as $54,000 for a one-bedroom and $61,750 for a two-bedroom.
The one-bedroom units will rent for
$700-1,000/month to those making $25,950-$43,250, and the twobedroom units will rent for $835$1300/month to individuals making
$29,640-$49,400. Three of the units
will be fully handicap adapted. The
project also includes two commercial
spaces, one of which will host a daycare program run by TCAction for
lower income families. The building
would seek LEED Certification.
The two-story wood frame townhouses would also be LEED Certified. Of the seven for-sale units, five
two bedroom units (1,147 SF) would
be sold for about $114,000, and the
two three-bedroom units (1,364 SF)
for $136,000, available to those making 60-80% of local AMI, or $37,050$49,400/year per the March 2016
IURA document.
The townhouses would be a part
of the Community Housing Trust
(CHT), keeping them affordable even
as they are sold to others in later
years. The anticipated construction
period is November 2016 – June 2017.
The five rental units (4 2-bedroom,
1 3-bedroom) would be built at the
same time as the apartment building.
To get on the waitlist for the affordable units, contact INHS here.
Cayuga Vocal
Ensemble
presents concert
Cayuga Vocal Ensemble presents its fourth installment of “Spring
Writes: Poetry and Song” on Saturday,
May 7, at 7:30 p.m. in Ithaca’s First
Presbyterian Church.
This concert will also continue
CVE’s year-long celebration of its
40th Anniversary, with a theme
centering on songs about music and
singing. The highlight of the concert
will be the premiere of a new choral
work commissioned for the occasion
from composer David Sisco. CVE will
also present an award to the winning
composer of its call for compositions,
Ithaca College composition student
Jacob Kerzner.
For tickets or more information,
visit www.cayuga-vocal.org. Tickets
are also available at the door.
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By Jonathan Maddison
This is the latest installment in
our Signs of Sustainability series, organized by Sustainable Tompkins.
Visit them online at www.sustainabletompkins.org.
May is National Bike Month, and
residents of Tompkins County are
invited to celebrate biking as an economical, healthy, convenient, and
environmentally sound way to get
around and an excellent tool for recreation and enjoyment of our region’s
scenic beauty. People of all ages can
get involved in Tompkins County’s
growing bike movement.
Streets Alive!, on Sunday, May 1, in
downtown Ithaca, will open 1.5 miles
of streets for people walking, biking
and rolling. The street is closed to cars
and open to people. Streets Alive! sets
the foundation for building a movement for better biking and walking
every day.
The event route runs along Cayuga Street from Boynton Middle
School all the way to Court Street
and down to GIAC.
At GIAC you’ll have a chance to
see programs like the GIAC Navigators, GIAC Jumpers and Beats Alive.
CULTURA will be hosting Cinco de
Mayo performances and food from
diverse Latin American cultures.
Other highlights that you can find
along the route are Dancing in the
Streets, Ryan Zawel & Haiti Horns (a
brass marching band), and a youth
Bike Rodeo and Helmet Giveaway
hosted by Ithaca Youth Bureau. Margot Brinn, who’s come out to almost
every Streets Alive! since the first one
in 2012, says, “It is such a relief to have
my grandchildren on the street and
not feel afraid for them.”
National Bike to Work & School
Day is on Friday, May 20. Join hundreds of others commuting to work
by bike for a free breakfast at any of
several Breakfast Stations from 7 to
10 a.m. in downtown Ithaca, Cornell
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University and around the county.
“Ithaca-Tompkins County Transportation Council believes bicycling
is an important mode of transportation that is under served and underutilized in Tompkins County. Bike to
Work Day offers a great opportunity
to encourage people to try bicycling
and discover a fun and healthy option to get to work and other destinations,” stated Fernando de Aragon,
Staff Director for Ithaca-Tompkins
County Transportation Council.
For the entire month of May, you
can keep track of your bike commute
using zimride.com/tompkins and
compete against other community
members as part of the Tompkins
County Commuter Challenge, powered by Cornell Transportation and
Way2Go.
In May and throughout the warmer seasons, the Finger Lakes Cycling
Club (FLCC) provides a variety of
ways for people that bike to connect
to each other, get exercise and have
fun while exploring the Finger Lakes
region by bike. FLCC hosts regular
group bike rides. On Wednesday evenings, they host women’s rides that
invite women of all biking abilities to
ride along routes around back country roads in Ithaca.
Michelle Cillia, who organizes the
rides, says, “In a word, these rides are
awesome. To me, these rides are about
building skills and confidence, pushing yourself on the bike in a supportive environment, making friends, relaxing after work, and accomplishing
something meaningful.” FLCC also
hosts a “slow” ride every Thursday for
new cyclists or casual bicyclists.
If you need a bike, have a flat or
rusty chain, or want to learn some
bike repair skills there are a variety
of local options. The FLCC’s website
provides a directory of bike shops in
the region.
Ithaca has two community bike
repair programs that offer access to
tools and skilled advice. Recycle Itha-
Photo by Dave Davies
Celebrate Bike Month with two-wheel travel
During the Streets Alive! event in downtown Ithaca on Sunday, May 1, a long
stretch of North Cayuga Street will be closed to vehicles. It is one of many activities planned in May to encourage biking.
ca’s Bicycles (RIBS) is a community
bike program of the Southside Community Center. Currently, a RIBS advisory group is identifying and planning for future RIBS programming
and potential expansion.
The Friends Bike Clinic is a community bike gathering in Ithaca
which shares tools, skills and advice about bike repair. This year the
Friends Bike Clinic will have a presence at various community events
including Streets Alive by providing
a quick fix bike station with tools and
advice.
As the number of people who bike
in Tompkins County increases in
May, it is important for motorists and
people that bike to prioritize safety.
Cyclists should wear a helmet, follow
the rules of the road, be predictable,
and be visible.
Motorists should stay alert, be respectful and give cyclist at least three
feet of space when passing. For more
safety tips check out the League of
American Bicyclists. Stay safe and
have fun this May.
For more information:
Bike to Work Day: ccetompkins.
org/BTWD2016
Bike Walk Tompkins: bikewalktompkins.org
Friends Bike Clinic: friendsbikeclinic.org
Finger Lakes Cycling Club: flcycling.org
The League of American Bicyclists: www.bikeleague.org
RIBS: recyclebicycles.webs.com
Streets Alive (organized by Bike
Walk Tompkins): streetsaliveithaca.
com
Tompkins County Commuter
Challenge, Way2Go: way2go.org
Jonathan Maddison is the Program Manager of Way2Go, a program
of Cornell Cooperative Extension of
Tompkins County. For more information contact Way2Go at Cornell
Cooperative Extension of Tompkins
County at (607)-272-2292, or email
[email protected].
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continued from page 1
report describing what was done and
what could have been done differently in this situation,” he says.
Town of Danby Supervisor Ric
Dietrich, who participated in the
April 7 talks, said the COPS team’s
objective was to gather information
from the community, not to critique
the tactics used by law enforcement.
“They were attentive, empathetic. I
was pleased that they would spend
time with us, and listen to us,” he says.
Dietrich says he looks forward to
seeing the COPS’ evaluation of how
the incident was handled by law enforcement and what the town can
do to improve communications with
police, and with residents, during incidents like the standoff that disrupt
Giving
ganization they know, and then look
at that long list and pick an organization for which they are making a first
time gift.”
During the day of giving, the
Giving Is Gorges website can be
monitored to see how the donation
amounts rise and the number of donors contributing, according to Ferrari. “There’ll be prizes along the way,
some of them will be surprises as well,
that support the organizations,” he
says.
The event will again be hosted by
GiveGab, a local organization that
does volunteering and donation management for not-for-profits. “We’re
really fortunate to have a local provider of the donation platform, all of
the software, all of the logistics,” says
Ferrari.
GiveGab’s founder Charlie Mulligan has been working with CFTC
since his company started in 2013.
“Last year went great, people had fun
and non-profits were really excited,”
he says. “We actually had people from
local non-profits coming in and hugging us and crying because they had
never raised money online before.
“There’s so many great things
about Ithaca that I don’t think people
realize, and one is that there is a disproportionate amount of non-profits
that do great work and are really
well run,” Mulligan adds. “We’ve been
around the country and it’s unusual
to have so many in one place.”
The more nonprofits that get involved, the better each one does, since
it creates a sense of excitement for everyone, continues Mulligan. “I would
challenge local organizations to go
to givingisgorges.org and sign up to
take part in the day. This gets all of
the nonprofits to work together on
one day, which is a pretty neat thing.
It’s a helpful thing even past the Day
the community.
“Most residents want to feel that
there concerns are being taken seriously, and this will help,” he says. “It
is apparent that communication is
key, especially in police-community
relations. We want to know how can
we do a better job in coordinating the
efforts of police and public officials
and get everyone on the same page
regarding proper procedures in situations like this.”
Peter Stein, chair of the legislature’s Public Safety Committee, offers
a similar take. “It was a good conversation; no statements or judgments
were made, there was no indication
of wrongdoing in this incident or
recommendations to do things differently,” he says of the meeting involving the COPS team and county
officials. “My feeling is that, given the
circumstances, I’m not sure there was
a better path to take, even though
this did not turn out well for the person involved.”
As for how the review will proceed,
information from the DOJ states that
the COPS Office provides technical
assistance to law enforcement agencies looking for ways to better implement the principles of community
policing.
That guidance is offered in three
areas: collaborative reform, creating a long-term, holistic strategy to
improve trust between police agencies and the communities they serve
through organizational changes; critical response, targeting on-site assistance for agencies dealing with incidents, events or sensitive issues; and
research and best practices, providing resources for those police agencies looking to implement change
independently.
In the Hornbrook Road case, the
focus will most likely be on critical
response. The COPS team is expected
to submit a response, based on the
April 7 visit, with local officials in the
near future. A follow-up visit will be
made with an assessment team to
determine the level of technical assistance required.
Deputy County Administrator
Younger says, “Our technical assistance request still stands, and we
are waiting to hear how the COPS
representatives will respond to that.
Federal officials can look at the technical assistance and determine what
we can do regarding critical response.
The request was for an independent
review board on the federal level, and
we also want to make sure we know
how to respond to the community.”
of Giving where hopefully synergies
can be formed and people can find
ways to work together,” he says.
GiveGab is upping the ante this
year by donating an extra $100 to
each organization that raises over
$1000. “Not everyone can win the
leader boards, and anyone who’s going to put that kind of effort in should
win something, so that’s one way that
we’re trying to give back,” says Mulligan.
“Last year we were very excited to
see how engaged the community got,
the number of organizations involved
and the diversity of causes that were
able to use the Giving Is Gorges Day
as a platform to seek more support
and community involvement in their
cause,” says Jennifer Tavares, President and CEO of Tompkins County
Chamber of Commerce. “We wanted
to step up this year to be a supporting
partner in the event.”
Tavares watched the leader board
last year as she directed donations
to various organizations, and was
impressed to see so many groups
meeting or exceeding their goals.
“It was fantastic seeing that level of
participation, and it was really fun.
People are asked for money and for
support all year long, the interesting
thing about a day like this is getting
everyone’s attention all at once and
for them to be able to look through
the menu of options that are important to them and spread their donations around to causes that speak to
them,” she says.
For organizations that would like
to sign up, there is a workshop on
Thursday, April 28, from 9 to 10:30
a.m. at CFTC, 200 E. Buffalo St. Suite
202. You can also register on the website.
Visit www.givingisgorges.org for
more information, or visit facebook.
com/GivingIsGorges. You can also
follow the event on Twitter at @
GivingIsGorges.
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ber of the State Public Title-winning
4x100-yard freestyle relay team.
Stepping foot onto Georgia’s
campus, Miller enjoyed the stories of
Bauerle and his associate head coach
Harvey Humphries, who began the
program from scratch more than 30
years ago.
In the celebrated crowd at Ithaca
High School, other NCAA Division I
commitments, such as Andrew Araneo, Rosie Torcivia and Sylvie Studier, also donned their new gear. Araneo, a member of this year’s New York
State Final Four boys soccer team,
heads to the University of Vermont.
Torcivia and Studier, members of the
rowing team, will attend Washington
State University and George Washington University, respectively.
NCAA Division II athletes include
girls basketball standout and Nyack
College commit Jocelin Wright and
Zoe Zervos, who will continue her lacrosse career at Liberty University.
Other announcements for NCAA
Division III schools included Ithaca
College, Wells College, Amherst College and Chatham University.
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From the Finger Lakes: A Prose Anthology by
Cayuga Lake Books
April 26
WHERE: Lifelong 119 West Court Street, Ithaca
DATE: Thursday, April 28
TIME: 5:30-7 p.m.
MORE INFO: Edward Hower [email protected]
April 29
All God’s Chillun Got Wings
WHERE: Schwartz Performing Arts Center
DATE: Friday, April 29-Saturday, April 30
TIME: 7:30 p.m.
MORE INFO: schwartztickets.com
Ithaca College Theatre presents “Arcadia”
WHERE: Hoemer Theather in Dillingham Center,
Ithaca College
DATE: April 26-May 1
TIME: April 26-30 at 8 p.m., 2 p.m. on April 30 & May 1
April 27
Intergalactic Fun and Games
WHERE: Melvin Community Room, Trumansburg Library
DATE: Wednesday, April 27
TIME: 3-5 p.m.
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TIME: 9 p.m.
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April 30
Cornell Women’s Lacrosse hosts Penn
WHERE: Schoellkopf Field, Cornell University
DATE: Saturday, April 30
TIME: 1 p.m.
MORE INFO: cornellbigred.com
Ithaca Baseball hosts Brockport
Ithaca Women’s Lacrosse hosts
St. John Fisher College
WHERE: Freeman Field, Ithaca College
TIME: 4 p.m.
MORE INFO: athletics.ithaca.edu
WHERE: Ithaca College
TIME: 1 p.m.
MORE INFO: athletics.ithaca.edu
Lansing Writers’ Group
WHERE: Lansing Community Library
TIME: 7-8 p.m.
MORE INFO: lansinglibrary.org
Miri Yampolsky, piano
WHERE: Barnes Hall,
Cornell University
TIME: 3 p.m.
MORE INFO: Loralyn
Light [email protected]
April 28
May 1
Victoria Hesson Memorial 2K Walk, David
LaChance Memorial 5K
WHERE: Cass Park, Ithaca
DATE: Sunday, May 1
TIME: 9 a.m.
MORE INFO: (518) 533-7880
Rhett Miller - The Traveler in Ten Parts
WHERE: The Dock, Ithaca
DATE: Thursday, April 28
TIME: 8 p.m.
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