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July 29, 2010 Issue  
Lansing, New York  
Volume 6, Issue 29
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In This Issue

Robertson Voices Drilling Moratorium Support
Friday, 23 July 2010
Albany, NY -- Tompkins County Legislature Chair Martha Robertson was one of the speakers at a news conference yesterday outside Senate Chambers in...
Sewer Project Will Bring Jobs to Lansing
Friday, 23 July 2010
Monday morning was a milestone for the Town of Lansing, local business, and Tompkins County Area Development (TCAD) when officials gathered for the...
TCAT Commended for High Inspection-Pass Rate
Friday, 23 July 2010
Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit Inc.’s aggressive plan it launched four years ago to improve its fleet preventive maintenance program has...
County Legislature Highlights
Friday, 23 July 2010
Legislature Awards Contracts for Public Safety Dispatch/Data System The Legislature awarded contracts to implement a new integrated public safety...
Lifton Announces Re-Election Campaign
Friday, 23 July 2010
Assemblywoman Barbara Lifton announced her bid for re-election last Friday to the 125th Assembly District seat.  This week she filed petitions...
Town Audit Finds Procedural Conflicts
Friday, 23 July 2010
When the New York State Comptroller's audit of the Town of Lansing's financial operations was publicly released on July 12, one of the...
Editorial - Truth, Lies, and Facial Tissue
Friday, 23 July 2010
I am brand loyal.  My wife likes to try new things.  I think that if something works really well for me there is no reason to change. ...
Letters: School Survey Is Biased
Friday, 23 July 2010
Dear Editor, I read Community Survey Will Determine School Goals with great interest. I even filled out the survey. I'm writing because I'm...
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...
Significant Changes to Lansing Athletic Code of Conduct
Friday, 23 July 2010
Starting in the coming school year Lansing schools will institute a new code of conduct.  At the July 12 Board of Education meeting Lansing High...
Spotlight On... Lucas Zelehowsky
Friday, 23 July 2010
The Lansing Community Aquatic Swim Team (LCATS) is a relatively small club. Rides are shared, overnights happen, parents know parents, parents know...
Lansing Star 5th Anniversary Issue
Friday, 23 July 2010
It's hard to believe but this issue marks the Lansing Star Online's fifth anniversary.  Karen and I  published our first issue on...
Over 360 Riders in Veterans Ride
Friday, 23 July 2010
The "2nd Annual Vietnam Veterans Memorial Highway of Valor Tribute Ride", formed up in Marvin Park in Owego beginning at 7am on Saturday,...
Tompkins Community Action Celebrates 44 Years
Friday, 11 June 2010
Tompkins Community Action celebrated 44 years of partnering with low-income households and individuals as they develop to their full potential...
National Book Auctions Hosts July Auction
Friday, 23 July 2010
Ithaca, NY -- National Book Auctions hosted an active auction on July 18, 2010 at their Finger Lakes Region gallery. The 400+-lot auction featured...
Business Notes: Steer Your Business With A Sound Rudder
Friday, 23 July 2010
Last weekend our friends joined us for some fun on the lake.  Mom and Dad took off on the paddle boat, to be joined en route by a couple of the...
Smart Talk: Farther, Further
Friday, 23 July 2010
SMART TALK by Dr. Thorn Schwa FARTHER/FURTHER:  Field therapists Tom and Ray Magliozzi host NPR's Car Talk as a front for the Institute for...
Funnies
Friday, 20 June 2008
 
Hangar Premiers 'Penelope'
Friday, 23 July 2010
World Premiere of Ithaca-inspired Penelope, of Ithaca Comes to the Hangar! July 14, 2010 (ITHACA, NY) The world premiere of Penelope, of Ithaca by...
Howard, Zwat and Friends
Friday, 23 July 2010
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Ithaca Wines and Dines
Friday, 16 April 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...
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
Inexpensive Alternatives
Friday, 19 March 2010
Ain’t love grand? Don’t you wish love came with money? Many of the loveliest couples I’ve been involved with have a great quantity...
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...
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...
The Queen’s Apple Pie
Thursday, 10 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...
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,...
Sheer Heaven Strawberry Rhubarb Crisp
Friday, 07 May 2010
FILLING    1. 1 3/4 pounds rhubarb stalks, sliced 1/2 inch thick    2. 1 1/4 cups sugar    3. 11/4 pounds strawberries,...
Biscuits and Popovers
Thursday, 03 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...
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,...
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...
Tuscan White Bean and Garlic Soup by KSEE News
Friday, 08 January 2010
Ingredients: 2 T butter 2 T olive oil 4 ounces pancetta, diced 2 shallots, minced 2 sage leaves, or 1 tsp dried sage 2 15 oz cans cannellini beans,...

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Town Audit Finds Procedural Conflicts
by Dan Veaner   
Friday, 23 July 2010
ImageWhen the New York State Comptroller's audit of the Town of Lansing's financial operations was publicly released on July 12, one of the findings it showed was that Town purchases from two companies constituted a conflict of interest for Supervisor Scott Pinney.  The Town Highway Department rented equipment from Eagle Rental and purchased gravel from Genoa Sand and Gravel, both owned by Pinney's wife Tracy.  While the audit found that the Town board had instituted a Code of Ethics in 2006, it also found that Pinney had a 'prohibited interest.'

Pinney's position is that it didn't represent a conflict of interest in part because he has no operational authority in his wife's companies, and in part because Highway Superintendent Jack French is himself an elected official who acts independently from the Supervisor.  Additionally French purchases through the County Bid process --  which gets the best prices for participating municipalities from qualified suppliers -- not directly with the companies.  Pinney outlined these positions in a 2008 Lansing Star article

 

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Jul 23 2010
Sewer Project Will Bring Jobs to Lansing
by Dan Veaner   
Friday, 23 July 2010
ImageMonday morning was a milestone for the Town of Lansing, local business, and Tompkins County Area Development (TCAD) when officials gathered for the ground breaking for the Warren Road Sewer Project.  Somewhat like the Phoenix, the project rose from the ashes of the town's larger sewer project that failed three years ago because of its cost.  When that project failed Transonic Systems Chief Operating Officer Bruce Kilmartin and TCAD's Heather Filiberto approached to town to see if a smaller project could bring municipal sewer up from the Village of Lansing's sewer to the Warren Road Business Park, where Transonic is located.

"We kept meeting and meeting and meeting until we found a way to get a sewer line to this business park," Filiberto said.  "And here three years later we're going to break ground.  We're going to grow a little bit."

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Jul 23 2010
Lansing Star 5th Anniversary Issue
by Dan Veaner   
Friday, 23 July 2010
ImageIt's hard to believe but this issue marks the Lansing Star Online's fifth anniversary.  Karen and I  published our first issue on July 22, 2005.  The top story was about the Town Board considering a domestic partner policy for employees who are part of same-sex couples. 

Also in that issue were articles about the Triphammer Road reconstruction project being held up, the Town approving the Searles/Conlon Road cell tower, part one of a three part interview with the Lansing High School Athletic Director, girls softball, a school board report, and an article on a $70 million capital project (that eventually died), the library's summer reading program, a review of a new Harry Potter book, and a series of articles on the Rogue's Harbor Inn.

In honor of our anniversary I interviewed myself.  In the interview I reflect on the past and talk about what it has been like to produce a local newspaper every week.

 
Jul 23 2010
Significant Changes to Lansing Athletic Code of Conduct
by Dan Veaner   
Friday, 23 July 2010
ImageStarting in the coming school year Lansing schools will institute a new code of conduct.  At the July 12 Board of Education meeting Lansing High School Principal Eric Hartz presented the new code, explaining some of the reasons for significant changes.

"In the Spring of 2009 we started considering an athletic code of conduct that included academic eligibility and have a little higher set of expectations for our athletes," says Superintendent Stephen Grimm.  "An athlete could be failing four or five subjects and still be participating fully, off the radar of getting the intensive service that you really need."

 
Jul 23 2010
Spotlight On... Lucas Zelehowsky
by Melanie Towner   
Friday, 23 July 2010
ImageThe Lansing Community Aquatic Swim Team (LCATS) is a relatively small club. Rides are shared, overnights happen, parents know parents, parents know kids, and the kids know parents.  My first introduction to Lucas Zelehowsky and his mom, Barb, came when my son commented on how 'cool' Mrs. Z was as he walked me over to her car where a group of teen agers were gathered.  I investigated and found Mrs. Z with an open cooler filled with bread, meats and cheeses, milk, water, Gatorade… I found that interesting and then I found out why.

 
Jul 23 2010
Over 360 Riders in Veterans Ride
by Harvey Baker   
Friday, 23 July 2010
ImageThe "2nd Annual Vietnam Veterans Memorial Highway of Valor Tribute Ride", formed up in Marvin Park in Owego beginning at 7am on Saturday, July 17th. Three hundred and sixty motorcycles of every color and every make, plus cars, trucks and military vehicles left the park at 10am bound for Groton on Route 38. They arrived in Groton around 11am where they stopped for gas, food and to pay tribute to 2nd Lieutenant Terrance Graves, USMC, a posthumously awarded recipient of the Metal Of Honor for his action in the Vietnam War.

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