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16
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by Dan Veaner
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Friday, 16 December 2005 |
 How does a child of the sixties cope with the modern world? What does a generation that famously didn't trust anyone over 30 do in their forties or fifties? Lansing Author Marc Catone tackles this in his novel, "The Giant's Chair." Protagonist Adam chance is a child of the sixties who saw the Beatles at Shea stadium, was an anti-war activist, went to Woodstock, became a writer and wrote a book about the counter-culture. Thirty-some years later he is middle-aged, divorced and suffering from writer's block.
His therapist suggests keeping a free-form journal, and without the restraints of editors and writing styles he is freed as a writer. He recalls adventures with his childhood friend, Midnight Duke, meeting John Lennon in Central Park and having a pizza with Jim Morrison. He even writes the (fictional) final episode of Star Trek, which he includes in the journal. |
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Dec
16
2005
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by Dan Veaner
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Friday, 16 December 2005 |
Almost two years ago, while attending New York's Association of Towns training sessions, Lansing Councilman Bud Shattuck learned that grants are available for towns to install solar panels on municipal buildings. He spoke to a representative from the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA), who encouraged him to explore the possibility of getting a grant for Lansing. Wednesday (12/15) the switch was turned on at Lansing's Highway Department on Town Barn Road.
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Dec
15
2005
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by Dan Veaner
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Thursday, 15 December 2005 |
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In another mammoth meeting the Lansing Board of Education (BOE) voted on the first cuts in an attempt to begin to define the scope of the Phase II Capital Improvement project. The multi-million dollar project includes new classrooms, improvements to the campus traffic patterns and parking and renovations to the facilities. With many of the elements affecting the others, the Board struggled to whittle down the project so it will produce the most State aid while reducing the taxpayers' share as much as possible. The idea was to make the red parts of the project green. This meant juggling the pieces to maximize State aid. Even so the project could add over 10% to the current school tax, depending on what ends up in the project. Soon-to-be Superintendent Mark Lewis proposed that an ad-hoc citizen's committee be formed to review the district's need and to respond to the project as it stands so far. Such a committee would give the BOE an advanced idea of what part of the project would appeal to taxpayers and what they would not accept. The BOE would use this feedback to adjust the final scope of the project, hoping for an increased chance that it will be accepted in a referendum that is tentatively scheduled for April of 2006.
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Dec
12
2005
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by Jillian Timm
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Monday, 12 December 2005 |
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Ithaca, N.Y. - The Paleontological Research Institution (PRI) and Museum of the Earth have recently been presented a $200,000 challenge match from a group of anonymous donors. From now until December 31, 2005, PRI and the Museum will receive one dollar for every dollar it raises up to $100,000 for its Annual Fund program. If PRI and the Museum of the Earth succeed at matching this gift, they will be presented with an additional $100,000 challenge match, for which they will need to equal, dollar for dollar, by March 31, 2006. The funds will be unrestricted, to be used for operating expenses of the Institution.
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Dec
09
2005
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by Dan Veaner
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Friday, 09 December 2005 |
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A Homewood Suites hotel is going to be constructed on the site of the long closed movie theater on Cinema Drive behind the Triphammer Mall. "They'll be tearing down the cinema theater, probably next year, and they'll build there," says Village of Lansing Planning Board Chairman, Ned Hickey. Homewood Suites is owned by Hilton Hotels. They offer one and two bedroom suites with kitchens, complimentary high speed Internet access, dining room table, and telephones with voice mail, among other items. They have business centers in their hotels so a traveler can live and work in the hotel while visiting the Ithaca area.
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