Ithaca ...  Can't come to the shelter?  Let the shelter come to you!! Dogs and cats from the Tompkins County SPCA will be at the Ithaca Farmers' Market on Sunday, August 21st from 11am to 3pm, looking to find their forever home. 
 
All animals will be spayed/neutered before adoption, are current on their vaccinations and have received a general health and behavior screening.

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Place Names of Tompkins CountyThe historians of Tompkins County, including Lansing's own official historian Louise Bement, are the recipients of an American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) Certificate of Commendation for the publication of "Place Name of Tompkins County." The AASLH was founded in 1940 to promote the "effort and activity in the fields of state, provincial, and local history in the United States and Canada." Members include the Smithsonian Institution and Colonial Williamsburg.

By Dr. Verbos Metikulos

ADVANCE PLANNING:  The Institute for the Linguistically Impaired is asking for donations for our proposed Edwin Newman Clinic for Temporal Retentives.  Temporal retentives are the pitiful host, many of whom hold public office, with a compulsion to be redundant about time.  They blather about what happened in the past, when they first started.  They still remember their advance planning.  Just recently, they referred back to past history.  Please help.

The 4th grade Student Council members from Lansing Elementary School collected can tabs for a donation to the Ronal McDonald House in Syracuse, NY.  They did a great job and are a continuing testament to overwhelming volunteer spirit, which Lansing is known for.  We live in a great and caring community

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Dear IMO,

A good friend of mine is married to a real loser.  He treats her terribly and often ignores her needs.  There entire married life, almost ten years, has been centered on him and his needs.  She often confides in me and asks my opinion on the various escapades in her life. Most recently, she asked him if they could discuss the possibility of starting a family.  He ignored her.  He told her he was busy watching his show, and they could discuss the matter later.  I was so irate that I told her to leave him.  As usual, she defended his selfish and self-centered ways saying he would come around one day. 

What prompts an 80 year old man to embark on a long, hot,  clear-across-the-country journey to look at one particular gun among 6,500  others?

According to the former owner of that particular gun, retired film maker Grey T. Larison of Auburn Road in North Lansing,  "That gun was a very special one, made just for me by Ithaca Gun in 1964.  I donated it to the Cody Firearms Museum in the Buffalo Bill Historical Center in Cody, Wyoming, because they didn't have much in the way of Ithaca Guns when we last visited in 1994.  I figured mine would be the best example of an Ithaca Gun they'd ever get and I wanted the best to be with the best!"

Myers Park has been busy all summer. Pavilions are rented months in advance, as are camp sites. The concessions stand has been well run this year with the contract holder providing good food and service and keeping the area clean.

The concert series went well, but the program is requesting to move back to Thursday nights next year. Audiences were low on Sundays as park-goers came at that time for different activities. Park Superintendent Steve Colt felt that people listened from the different areas in the park, but did not congregate around the performers. He noted it is easier to get bands to play on a week night, because they are often booked on the weekends.

The Lansing Town Board held a public hearing on whether to grant Lansing Youth Services an additional $1,300 for their 2005 budget. Last month Program Manager Micaela Cook asked for the funding to make up for a shortfall caused by a rise in the minimum wage. At that time she outlined the many successes the program has achieved this year.

Lansing Youth Employment Coordinator Dawn Kleeschulte appealed to the board in the public hearing, noting the funding is needed to pay for youth jobs. In 2004 $7,825 was spent to employ 36 young people, all in their first jobs. In 2005 $7,889 was allocated which equals 1,531 hours of youth employment at the old minimum wage of $5.15 per hour, but only 1,341 hours at the new $6.00 rate.

It is well known that many Lansing residents travel  - a lot!  As they've
been going down the road the past few months, they've noted the following
wise words from the billboards of  churches  of various faiths all over the
United States:

Free trip to heaven
Details within

TamiraHello my name is Tamira! I am a spayed adult female. I was a stray and was adopted once but I decided to chase a cat and was sent back. I like to have all the attention all myself so it would be best if I was your only furry friend.  If you think I am the one for you come visit me at the SPCA now!

Visit the SPCA Web Page

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