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March 12, 2010 Issue  
Lansing, New York  
Volume 6, Issue 10
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In This Issue

Fall Creek School Safe
Friday, 12 March 2010
Fall Creek School is safe—for now.  But the Ithaca City School Board still doesn’t know how to manage a to million shortfall...
Lansing School Budget: The Calm Before the Storm
Friday, 12 March 2010
The Lansing Board of Education (BOE) starts each year with a 'rollover budget' figure, the amount it will cost next year to do everything the...
Save Our Schools Forum Addresses M Cuts
Friday, 12 March 2010
Nearly 200 people gathered at Trumansburg High School Saturday for a forum on how state and federal school aid cuts will impact local schools. ...
Financial Impact Threatens Regional Broadband
Friday, 12 March 2010
County Administrator Joe Mareane told the Legislature’s budget committee today that the County must quickly assess the local cost involved...
.6 Lansing School Capital Project Passes
Friday, 12 March 2010
The Lansing Central School District’s ,612,048 2010 Health, Learning and Safety Capital Project passed Tuesday night (March 9th)...
County Launches 2010 Census Campaign
Friday, 12 March 2010
With a week to go before Census forms begin to arrive in mailboxes throughout Tompkins County, County officials and community partners gathered this...
Preliminary Assessment Change Notices Mailed Today
Friday, 12 March 2010
As part of the Annual Reassessment Program, all parcels were reviewed for the 2010 roll year and Preliminary Assessment Change Notices will be mailed...
Editorial: Budget Deficits - Throw the Bums Out!
Friday, 12 March 2010
Lansing schools are facing an approximately two million dollar budget gap due to circumstances beyond the district's control.  State and...
Are You a Sports Reporter?
Friday, 03 July 2009
By the numbers we know our readers love to read about Lansing sports.  During the Varsity season the Sports page is as popular as our News and...
Wells College Receives ,000 Gift
Friday, 12 March 2010
The Hagedorn Fund recently awarded ,000 to Wells College. Of this gift, ,000 was designated to support the purchase of equipment for the...
.7 Million Awarded for Homeless Housing
Friday, 12 March 2010
Ithaca, NY—Tompkins Community Action has received .7 million in funding to construct 14 new units of homeless housing in Ithaca, NY. The...
Lansing Schools Seek Board Candidates
Friday, 12 March 2010
When Lansing votes on the school budget this May two school board seats will also be on the ballot.  Board of Education (BOE) members David...
'Cats' in Pictures
Friday, 12 March 2010
The Lansing High School production of 'Cats' opened Wednesday and has two performances to go tonight (Friday) and tomorrow (Saturday) night...
Business Profile: Blue Spruce Painting and Decorating
Friday, 12 March 2010
When you need your house painted you want conscientious people who can just take care of the job, replacing rotted boards, glass, tile, or wallpaper...
Landlords Launch Online Database
Friday, 12 March 2010
The search for Ithaca and Tompkins County rental properties just got a whole lot easier, thanks to a new website recently launched by The Landlord...
Pirates Sighted At CRS Barn Studio
Friday, 07 August 2009
"The pirates, the pirates - oh, despair!" The CRS Barn Studio proudly presents W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan's The Pirates of...
Musical Day in the Park Premiers
Friday, 11 September 2009
PARK PLAY is the first production of the Kitchen’s 2009-10 Family Fare season. It runs for two weekends, six performances only: September 19,...
Paddington Bear at the Hangar
Friday, 31 July 2009
The enchanting children’s story of a mischievous bear named Paddington comes to the Hangar stage as part of the Kiddstuff series Wednesday,...
World Premiere at Kitchen Theatre
Friday, 25 September 2009
Do you remember your first day of a brand new job? There were likely millions of thoughts that ran through your head just in the first minute of not...
'Honk!' Comes to Dryden
Friday, 05 June 2009
Running to Places, the non-profit theatre company for youth across Tompkins County, presents the family-friendly musical comedy: “Honk!”...
'The Little Prince' Opera Premiers at Ithaca College
Friday, 19 February 2010
Ithaca College Theatre and the Ithaca College School of Music will stage a regional premiere of the opera “The Little Prince.” The music...
'Secret Order' Opens Kitchen Season
Friday, 14 August 2009
In the high stakes world of medical research there are many players and many agendas. When early career cancer researcher William Shumway’s...
Dauchan returns to the Kitchen
Friday, 16 October 2009
The Kitchen Theatre Company’s KITCHEN COUNTER CULTURE series, featuring extraordinary solo performances by guest artists from around the...
Alice Eve Cohen Returns to the Kitchen
Friday, 30 October 2009
Alice Eve Cohen, the NYC playwright, actor, and puppeteer whose plays for young audiences HANNAH & THE HOLLOW CHALLAH, THE BALINESE FROG...
'Rum and Vodka' Comes to the Kitchen
Friday, 12 February 2010
Next on the Kitchen Theatre’s Main Stage: sex, secrets and video blogs with a Casio keyboard beat. This isn’t your typical high school...
Howard, Zwat and Friends
Friday, 12 March 2010
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Smart Talk: Doomed to Failure
Friday, 12 March 2010
SMART TALK by Dr. Viva Palaver DOOMED TO FAILURE:  Media monitors at the Institute for the Linguistically Impaired have noticed this...
Funnies
Friday, 20 June 2008
 
Ithaca Wines and Dines
Friday, 12 March 2010
Ithaca and Tompkins County is the center of a diverse, delicious collection of restaurants and eateries, and is in the center of the Finger Lakes...
Homework and Attitude
Friday, 18 September 2009
I have this nightmare – I’m in college, it’s finals week, and I haven’t felt it necessary to go to classes all semester...
The Engagement Session
Friday, 12 February 2010
This is the eighth in a series of articles by Monroe Payne about weddings, photography, vendors and what you should look for - and avoid - in...
The Three Costs Involved
Friday, 28 August 2009
It’s going to cost WHAT?!? Photographers are an interesting animal. They are perhaps the most passionate artists you will ever meet. The...
Passion
Friday, 21 August 2009
Passion. Does the photographer you are interviewing have passion for his craft? Does it matter to him what your images look like? One of the key...
Stress
Friday, 04 September 2009
I have never met a Bridezilla. You see, I absolutely adore photographing weddings. By the time the wedding day arrives, we have spent enough time...
A Fairy Tale Wedding
Friday, 09 October 2009
What little girl hasn’t looked at Cinderella’s Castle at Disney World, and thought how extraordinarily wonderfully awesome it would be to...
Relationships
Friday, 14 August 2009
I’ll be honest. I’m not coming at this from an entirely unbiased perspective. I am a portrait and wedding photographer, and I think, a...
An Image That Tells a Story
Friday, 29 January 2010
I know I've mentioned this before, but when you are talking with a wedding photographer and viewing his or her images, listen for the stories. I...
Coconut Haupia
Friday, 04 September 2009
I have adapted this recipe from the original recipe I used while On American Hawaii Cruise Line, by adding crispy toasted coconut topping and vanilla...
No-fail Pie Crust
Friday, 13 November 2009
Ingredients 2 cups flour 1 shy cup of Crisco 1 egg 3 Tablespoons cold water 1 teaspoon vinegar Pinch of salt  Directions Cut together flour,...
Eggplant Recipes
Friday, 09 October 2009
   Babaganouj (as explained to me by an Egyptian student I met inFlorence) A large eggplantJuice from 1/2 lemon3 garlic cloves1...
Simple Baked Lasagne
Friday, 30 October 2009
Ingredients • 4 rashers pancetta or smoked bacon, finely sliced • a pinch of cinnamon • 1 onion, finely chopped • 1 carrot,...
Lilikoi Sauce
Friday, 04 September 2009
1 ¼ cups passion fruit puree- this is in the frozen Latin section of Tops grocery store-it comes in a plastic bag 1/3 c granulated sugar 1...
The Queen’s Apple Pie
Friday, 11 December 2009
The Queen’s Apple Pie Crust One 9 inch double crust pie-serves 6-8 Pie crust 3 cups all purpose, unbleached flour 10 Tbls ( *frozen ) Crisco...
Old-timey Cornmeal Pancakes
Friday, 14 August 2009
Recipe of the week: For breakfast at home -- inexpensive, delicious and healthy! 1 c. cornmeal 1t. salt 1T. sugar 1 c. boiling water- pour over above...
Biscuits and Popovers
Friday, 04 December 2009
Basic Rolled Biscuits (Joy of Cooking) Preheat oven to 450 F 2 cups all-purpose flour 2 ½ teaspoons baking powder ½-1/3 teaspoon salt 6...
Castilian Garlic Soup by Bob T.
Friday, 08 January 2010
The three essential ingredients in this soup--garlic, bread, and water--all need to be of good quality. Do not be tempted into thinking that stock is...
Mom’s Outrageous Fudge Sauce
Friday, 04 September 2009
This is the best for draping on vanilla icecream! 2 squares of semi-sweet chocolate 1 cup sugar 1 beaten egg ½ cup milk 2 Tablespoons butter...

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Mar 12 2010
$3.6 Lansing School Capital Project Passes
by Dan Veaner   
Friday, 12 March 2010
ImageThe Lansing Central School District’s $3,612,048 2010 Health, Learning and Safety Capital Project passed Tuesday night (March 9th) 386-116.  The district asked taxpayers to approve the project, with no additional tax impact.  The project addresses problems identified in a 2005 inspection of school buildings, and will focus mainly on the high school.

Superintendent Stephen Grimm, Business Administrator Mary June King, School Board President Anne Drake, and school board member Glenn Swanson waited Tuesday night as the votes were counted.  489 voters showed up at the polls Tuesday, and 13 write-in votes were counted.  The write-ins tallied 7-6 for the project, but the final count shooed it in with more than 3-1 voting yes.

 

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Mar 12 2010
Fall Creek School Safe
by Judith Pratt   
Friday, 12 March 2010
ImageFall Creek School is safe—for now.  But the Ithaca City School Board still doesn’t know how to manage a $5 to $8 million shortfall without severe cuts to programs and raising school taxes.

One month ago, Superintendent Judith Pastel suggested closing part of the Ithaca City School District (ICSD) budget gap by closing the smallest school in the district, Fall Creek.   Parents and students from that school organized an ongoing protest.

 
Mar 12 2010
Lansing School Budget: The Calm Before the Storm
by Dan Veaner   
Friday, 12 March 2010
ImageThe Lansing Board of Education (BOE) starts each year with a 'rollover budget' figure, the amount it will cost next year to do everything the district did this year.  Then it adds or subtracts based on program needs, physical plant, growth, and tax impact to come up with a budget for next year.  That's how it works in times of prosperity.  But with severe state aid reductions this year and looking ahead several years, and reduced federal money, the Lansing BOE is looking at an approximately $2 million gap.

"This is the calm before the storm," Supernintendent Stephen Grimm said at Monday's BOE meeting.  "In the next budget presentation on March 22, we will unveil where we are going to close our revenue gap.  More specifically, what many people are concerned with are cuts.  What we're finding is that the revenue gap is increasing.  There is no way you can cut that much money without cutting people."

 
Mar 12 2010
Save Our Schools Forum Addresses $10M Cuts
by Dan Veaner   
Friday, 12 March 2010
ImageNearly 200 people gathered at Trumansburg High School Saturday for a forum on how state and federal school aid cuts will impact local schools.  With $1.4 billion being cut state-wide, the impact to schools in the TST BOCES system will be 10 million in cuts in the coming year.  The purpose of the forum was to join local school districts to form a louder voice than individual districts have in order to attract press and legislative attention.  The message was to slow down the onslaught of cuts and get rid of nonproductive unfunded state and federal mandates.

"We are in survival mode," said Groton Superintendent Brenda Myers.  "Groton lost 15 ½ positions last year alone."

 
Mar 12 2010
'Cats' in Pictures
by Karen Veaner   
Friday, 12 March 2010
ImageThe Lansing High School production of 'Cats' opened Wednesday and has two performances to go tonight (Friday) and tomorrow (Saturday) night at 7:30pm in the Lansing Middle School Auditorium.

Based on T.S. Elliot's 'Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats,' the show is an Andrew Lloyd Webber classic.

 
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Mar 12 2010
Business Profile: Blue Spruce Painting and Decorating
by Dan Veaner   
Friday, 12 March 2010
Blue Spruce PaintingWhen you need your house painted you want conscientious people who can just take care of the job, replacing rotted boards, glass, tile, or wallpaper as they go along.  Blue Spruce Painting & Decorating Inc. is a local painting firm that does that and just about any kind of finishing work.  The firm focuses on traditional painting trades, and other finishing work such as tiling on floors or walls.

"We've found success in being able to do a lot of different trades," says Supervisor Tom Joyce.  "That's a great service to help homeowners so they don't have to hire two or three contractors to do a job."

 
Mar 05 2010
Lansing Wrestlers Finish at State Championship
by Doug Dake   
Friday, 05 March 2010
ImageThe Lansing Wrestling team just completed it's 2009-2010 season on a great note. A 6th place team finish in the Division 2, NYSPHSAA State Wrestling Tournament.

But first let's jump back to the Section IV wrestling tournament. Our team finished 4th in the Division 2 tournament paced by outstanding performances by all the wrestlers that qualified.

 
Mar 05 2010
Shooting Stars Win Central Section Tournament
by Mary Grainger   
Friday, 05 March 2010
ImageThe Ithaca 14U Shooting Stars girls hockey team won the 14U Tier 2 Central Section Tournament and will advance to the New York State Amateur Hockey Association (NYSAHA) tournament, March 12-14, as the Central Section Champions. Eight teams will be vying to represent NYSAHA in the inaugural 14U Tier 2 national tournament in Michigan this April.
 
The Ithaca girls defeated the Rome Grizzlies, 4-1.  Aiya Taylor scored twice, one with assisted by Anna Kirkwood and Clara Karastury and the other by Rachel Brock and Karastury.  Zoe Seznec Sweetland scored one goal assisted by Marlena Doerr and Camille Rogers.  Karastury also scored assisted by Taylor and Brock.  Alex Stagliano and Caitlyn Whittaker shared time in goal each making five saves.

 

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