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by Dan Veaner
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Friday, 16 May 2008 |
About a dozen people came to meet the Lansing Board Of Education candidates at an event sponsored by the Lansing PTSO Monday night. Glenn Swanson is running for a second term, while Bonita Lindberg and Tom Keane are vacating their school board seats. Richard Thayler and Glenn Cobb are running for those positions. Thayler was unable to attend because of a prior commitment, but he sent Richard Prybyl to stand in for him, reading prepared statements and attempting to answer questions as best he could.
(Left to right) Glenn Swanson, (sitting in for Richard Thaler) Richard Prybyl, Glenn Cobb
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PTSO President Kay Thomas moderated the event, giving each candidate three minutes for statements and answers to questions from the public. While not many district residents attended the event, attendance was actually good, especially considering that the election is uncontested. That raises a red flag for Superintendent Stephen Grimm, who worries that an uncontested school board race will mean lower attendance at the polls next Tuesday, which could make passing the proposed budget difficult. He stressed the importance of voting even when school board seats are uncontested.
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May
16
2008
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by Tompkins County Sheriff's Department
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Friday, 16 May 2008 |
 After careful consideration Sheriff Peter Meskill announced Monday that he has promoted Tompkins County Sheriff's Office Investigator Richard "Rick" Tubbs to the position of Undersheriff of Tompkins County.
Undersheriff Tubbs has been in law enforcement since 1990 starting with the Tioga County Sheriff's Office. In 1998 Sheriff Emery Guest promoted Tubbs to the position of Sergeant. In 1999 Tubbs was promoted to the position of Criminal Investigator.
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May
16
2008
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by Stacie Kropp
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Friday, 16 May 2008 |
 The Lansing Central school district has been through some rough times as of late. Presently we are dealing with a very difficult budget season where it has become necessary for us to not replace some teaching positions through attrition (retirement). In addition to the loss of people, we are also facing the loss of programs in some cases. Despite this, the Lansing Faculty Association is in support of the current budget being put forth to voters on May 20, 2008.
How could we be supportive of a budget that cuts our teachers and programs? Simply put, the manner in which the development of this budget was conducted gave us faith that we will be able to overcome these hard times. The administration team, with Dr. Stephen Grimm at the helm, has led a very inclusive and transparent budget creation process with weekly meetings being conducted in order to gather input from us; the teachers, teaching assistants and nurses. They listened and made changes based on what we suggested and walked a very tight line of deciphering the needs and wants of the entire district.
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May
16
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by Kelly Tehan
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Friday, 16 May 2008 |
 Aurora, New York – In keeping with its commitment to the liberal arts and in recognition of the need for leaders in scientific and environmental studies initiatives, Wells College and the Cayuga Lake Watershed Network are collaborating in new ways. Wells President Lisa Marsh Ryerson recently announced that the Watershed Network will move its offices into Zabriskie Hall this summer. The three-story building on the College’s campus will provide the Network and its staff with office space and a central location with ready access to Cayuga Lake.
“This is an exciting time in the history of our relationship with the Cayuga Lake Watershed Network,” said President Ryerson. “Wells has been actively involved with the Network for a number of years, and we are delighted that they will bring their headquarters to Aurora. I look forward to welcoming my Network friends and colleagues to the Wells campus, and am excited about continuing our collaboration as we seek ways to protect one of our most valuable regional assets – Cayuga Lake.”
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May
16
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by Marcia E. Lynch
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Friday, 16 May 2008 |
 The Budget and Capital Committee of the Tompkins County Legislature, by a split 3-2, vote today recommended that the County Health Department discontinue sponsorship of the federal Women/Infants/Children (WIC) Nutrition Program. The measure, proposed by the Health Department and endorsed by the County’s Board of Health, would authorize the department not to seek renewal of the WIC program, by not responding to the Request for Applications (RFA), to be issued by the State. Department officials maintain that increased workload and limited reimbursement for overhead costs make continued program administration difficult.
The vote came only days after the Legislature’s Health and Human Services Committee failed to advance the recommendation for legislative consideration. While some members of that committee had expressed concern about how program service and clients would be affected by transition to another sponsoring agency, Health Department Patient Services Director Sigrid Connors today stressed that the State Health Department would be fully responsible for the transition and would the program at both sites until a transition was complete.
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