Archive: Around Town

The Book Arts Center at Wells College has announced that publisher David Godine will present the 30th Susan Garretson Swartzburg Book Arts Lecture on Thursday, October 21 at 5:15 PM in Stratton Auditorium on the Wells campus in Aurora, NY.

Godine is the proprietor of David R. Godine, Inc., a small Boston publishing house that produces between twenty and thirty eclectic titles per year. The company's goal, “to identify the best work and to produce it in the best way possible,” means that they feature works that many other publishers can't or won't support, books that won't necessarily become bestsellers but that still deserve publication. Godine's list stands apart by offering original fiction and non-fiction of the highest rank, rediscovered masterworks, translations of outstanding world literature, poetry, art, photography, and beautifully designed books for children.

Hey there my name is Lulu; I am a seven-year-old domestic shorthair/mix. I'm a beautiful girl who is looking for a loving home, so please come and visit me at the SPCA to see if I'm the right cat for you!

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Tompkins County Youth Services stands to lose most of its county support if the proposed 2011 budget is passed.  Youth services advocates have been lobbying legislators to put some or all of the money back, as well as going to the individual municipalities to ask that local contributions be maintained.  Last Monday Program Management Specialist Karen Coleman asked Village of Lansing Trustees to continue funding the Joint Youth Commission, which provides programs for the Villages of Lansing and Cayuga Heights and the Town of Ithaca.

"If the County budget passes the way it is now all youth programs through the County go away," Coleman told Trustees.  "That is pretty devastating since we serve over 2,300 kids every year in different capacities.  We're advocating now, and hoping municipalities will leave their allocations in.  We're talking to (County) legislators."

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Ever since the Egans' Lansing Shurfine closed in 1995 people who live in the Town of Lansing have missed having their own grocery store.  Most remember it fondly as a neighborhood supermarket that was convenient, especially if you were in the middle of cooking something and realized you were out of sugar, or flour, or some vital ingredient.  With all the recent talk about a Lansing Town Center, some have dared to hope the Town will have its own market again.  Thanks to a group of local investors, it will come sooner than the town center itself, possibly as soon as next May.

"Since we've let it out that we're doing this we've had a number of people come to us and say they are very enthusiastic about it," says Andy Sciarabba, who's group will build and operate a supermarket on North Triphammer Road near the Crossroads Restaurant and the Lansing Xtramart.  "If you look at where we are compared to other grocery opportunities, we're about five miles away from Tops.  People from the north have to travel farther."

The Ithaca Garden Club's annual Downtown Beautification Award was recently presented to Marjorie Hoffman who maintains the Temple Beth El garden at the northwest corner of Court and Tioga Streets.

Hoffman had the previous landscaping at temple removed and she helped Elegant Estates design the garden in memory of her mother, Bebe Hoffman in 2008. She is currently responsible for maintaining the garden; her nurturing and tender care is evident in the way the garden has flourished.

The Tompkins County Youth Services Department recognized the municipal and community leaders who have organized local youth development programs over the last 20 years at a celebration held on Wednesday, September 29, 2010.  The theme was 'celebrating partnerships that offer diverse and cost-effective programs that strengthen and support youth and their communities'.

Groton School District Superintendent Dr. Brenda Myers gave the note address focused on the importance of Unlocking the Promise of youth by working together. County legislators joined in presenting certificates of recognition to the communities they represent and Denise Dyer, from the New York State Office of Children and Family Services presented an award to Tompkins County for the creation and success of its innovative system of engaging municipal partners and local volunteers in planning groups that serve over 2,000 youth each year.  Dyer, who works with many counties throughout the State over her career said she has "long considered Tompkins County a model in New York State in providing youth services and in creating collaborations and partnerships like those being celebrated today."

Hey there my name is Jaguar. I'm a two-year-old domestic medium hair/mix. I'm a handsome fellow who's looking for a loving home, so come and visit me at the SPCA to see if I'm the right cat for you!

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Bus operators and mechanics from public transit agencies across the state will descend upon Ithaca Saturday, Sept., 25, to compete in the New York Public Transit Association's 23rd Annual Bus & Maintenance Roadeo.

The bus roadeo will start at noon at Cornell University's B Lot, at the corner of Tower and Campus roads, and the maintenance portion will take place 12:30 p.m. at TCAT's garage, 737 Willow Ave.

Hey there my name is Panther; I am a five-year-old domestic longhaired mix. I'm a handsome fellow who's looking for a loving home, so please come and visit me at the SPCA to see if I'm the right cat for you.

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When Larry Fresinski left the Village of Lansing earlier this year to move to Las Vegas, it left an opening on the Village Board of Trustees that was only filled a few weeks ago.  Pat O'Rourke has been appointed to fill out his term until next April's election, at which time she will decide whether or not she will run for a full term of her own.  O'Rourke was born and raised in London, England, and came to Ithaca with her husband in 1978 when he got a job teaching Civil and Environmental Engineering at Cornell.  They moved to the Village in 1986, and their daughter is currently a junior at Ithaca High School.

Lansing Star: Have you been involved in the Village government before?  

Pat O'Rourke: I was initially involved with the Sundowns development, which didn't happen, years ago.  I would have joined one of the boards sooner -- the Planning Board or Trustees -- but I only became a citizen of the U.S. about four years ago, so now I'm eligible to be in office.