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October 3-9, 2016 Keeping You Connected

Ithacash launches Main St. Market appBy Eric BanfordTompkins Weekly

ITHACA – In circulation for a year now, local currency Ithacash has launched a new app that greatly expands the potential marketplace for its Ithaca Dollars (i$).

Founder and CEO Scott Morris introduced the new “Main St. Market” app at Argos Inn last week, calling the app “the local way to pay, sell, shop, & save.”

During its first year, Ithacash saw more than 500 accounts opened and around 4,250 transactions moving i$

around the local economy.“We hit our initial target of

opening 100 business accounts and, of those, 72 were actively used,” said Morris. “We ran analysis to find out how useful the platform was, and saw that it generated around $230,000 worth of income and outflow.

“The average cost for these accounts was $485 for the year and the average benefit was $3,485, which is a 619 percent return on investment,” he added. “If you look at that in terms of ways you can spend your marketing dollars, I think people would say that’s pretty good.”

Early on, however, Morris realized there were limitations that Ithacash was not going to be able to overcome.

“After pushing i$ for about four months, we knew that we needed to shift to a ‘market first’ approach, to provide people with an interface that would feel more familiar, and stay focused on what they are after: Saving a lot of money and enjoying a high quality of life,” said Morris.

The answer was the Main St. Market app.

Continued on page 10

By Rob MontanaTompkins Weekly

DRYDEN – Ninety-one years after it was created with a $1 investment, Montgomery Park is about to undergo a significant transformation.

A wide-ranging plan for the park has been in the works since 2014, according to Cathy Wakeman, the volunteer public relations coordinator for the project.

“The Village of Dryden hired Rick Manning a couple of years ago to put together a comprehensive plan about revitalizing Montgomery Park. “They surveyed people about what they wanted in the park, and then

developed the plan. That plan was approved in February.

The first phase of a project to rejuvenate the park will be getting underway this week, as a new playground will be built by a crew of community volunteers. The playground will be constructed in the northeast corner of the park, next to the Elm Street entrance, a more visible and easily accessible area.

Additional work planned for Phase I of the project includes removal of a hedge along the entry driveway, a fence along three sides of the new play area, a three-foot high timber-parking rail constructed next to the Dryden Hotel parking lot, the installation of planting beds along the

Main Street walkway, a connecting path joining the Main and Elm streets sidewalks, the relocation of the skate park equipment shed adjacent to the site of the proposed enlarged skate/BMX park, installation of four benches and a bike rack, new signage in the park, and construction of a new parking lot with eight spaces and a van-accessible space.

In Phase II, the Christopher W. Ackley Memorial Skateboard Park is planned to be moved to the existing parking lot, creating a larger area dedicated to skateboarding and BMX bike riding; the current location of the skate park has two basketball hoops in it. In Phase III, a new pavilion is planned for construction

adjacent to the new parking lot.The playground was a top priority

for the park project committee, Wakeman said, because there isn’t an existing play area accessible during the daytime hours.

“The playground (that had been at the park) was taken our 4 or 5 years ago, so this was the first thing we wanted to make happen,” she said. “A separate playground committee was formed in early spring, and Play By Design was hired by the village to lead in the project.”

The work will be done through a community build, set to take place this week.

“We wanted to do a community Continued on page 12

Dryden’s Montgomery Park playground dreams to become reality

Pitching in

Photo by Rob Montana / Tompkins Weekly

A sign next to the Dryden Hotel parking lot points the way to Dryden’s Montgomery Park.

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By Jolene AlmendarezThe Ithaca Voice

ITHACA – Tompkins County Democrats are firing back at Independence Party District Attorney nominee Ed Kopko after he filed a lawsuit against them a little more than week ago, claiming that they improperly nominated Matt Van Houten for DA.

“I don’t think I want to go into the details at this point but I don’t think there’s any merit to any of his charges,” said Irene Stein, chairperson of the Tompkins County Democratic Committee, one of the organizations the lawsuit lists its complaints against.

She said she was surprised by the lawsuit and wished Kokpo would show “some grace” about losing the nomination.

Van Houten said he was disappointed in Kopko’s behavior, and that Kopko was being “disingenuous and dishonest” about the motives behind his lawsuit.

“Ed was a member of the Tompkins County Democratic Committee, participated in that process, voted in the election and never raised an objection to the process until it didn’t turn out the way he wanted it to,” Van Houten said.

During a meeting on September 15, the Democratic Committee

hosted a vote in which Van Houten beat out Kopko and Acting District Attorney Andrew Bonavia for the nomination. A primary did not take place because former District Attorney Gwen Wilkinson resigned from her post July 8 due to an ongoing illness.

Kopko’s lawsuit, however, states that the day of her resignation was strategically planned to disenfranchise the public and allow the committee to vote a candidate of their choosing to the ballot. The last day anyone could have filed to run for the position with the expectation there would be a primary election would have been July 7 – one day before Wilkinson officially resigned.

Bonavia, who ran with Wilkinson’s support, stated during a public Q&A that the timing was coincidental and at the end of a pay period. Wilkinson previously said that in seven months, she’d been hospitalized seven times and had to call it quits.

Bonavia said after his loss that he will not run for DA with another party, nor will he run as a write-in candidate.

Van Houten went on to say that if anyone is trying to make an attempt to disenfranchise voters, it’s Kopko. In a worst case scenario for Van Houten, a judge could rule that Kopko’s complaints are valid, and that the committee improperly nominated him. This would bump Van Houten’s name off the ballot and, because no other party has nominated a DA candidate, leave Kopko as the only person listed as running for the position.

Van Houten did address some of the specifics of Kopko’s lawsuit.

He said that it was made clear to the committee well in advance, and during the actual voting process, that proxy votes – votes by members who could not attend the meeting – were going to be counted. Kopko contested that the proxies had to be formally voted upon and seconded, which was not done during the meeting.

“I think the point is not to

make it so strict, but to have general fairness,” Van Houten said. “It should stand. He’s trying to get it thrown out on a technicality.”

While he is not a member of the Democratic Committee and cannot attest to whether that happened to the 12 people Kopko says ineligibly voted for DA, Van Houten did say that he trusts the committee to have done its due diligence in the matter.

The Supreme Court of New York, which is where the lawsuit was filed, generally makes time to oversee election law cases and complaints during election years, a source said. So whether Van Houten will be on the ballot is up in the air.

But Van Houten said even if he is kicked off the ballot, he wants voters to know one thing: he’s stilling running, even if he has to do so as a write-in candidate.

Dems fire back, said DA candidate Kopko ‘disingenuous and dishonest’

Photo from The Ithaca Voice

Ed Kopko, Independence Party candi-date for Tompkins County District At-torney, has filed a lawsuit alleging the Tompkins County Democratic Com-mittee did not follow proper proce-dures in nominating Matt Van Houten as the Democratic candidate.

Photo from The Ithaca Voice

Matt Van Houten was chosen by the Tompkins County Democratic Com-mittee to be its nominee for county DA in the November election.

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ENFIELD – While the end may be in sight for the long-debated Black Oak Wind Farm, it’s future remains uncertain. After another contentious meeting, the Enfield Town Board voted to delay any further action until Black Oak pays its debts to the town.

Dozens of people crowded into the Enfield town court for a meeting last week. While the location was different, many of the people, the arguments and the undercurrent of tensions between neighbors were familiar.

New concerns included the fact that Black Oak was changing its plan again – or rather reverting to the original version approved in January 2015 – and questions about how much money Black Oak owes the town.

Black Oak, however, seems to have concerns of its own.

“Black Oak is in a tight spot time-wise. If we don’t get our Wind Energy Permit in by mid-October, the project will likely be dead because other factors run out of time,” stated Marguerite Wells, Black Oak project manager, in an email to the town. “The Wind Energy Permit (not the building permit, which comes later) is what we need to close on the financing for this project, which

is what gets the town paid back promptly and allows us to eventually build the project.”

Wells’s email also discussed potential lawsuits against the town depending on the final fate of the wind farm – both from Enfield residents and from Black Oak itself. It also laid out Black Oak’s suggested path forward for the project.

About 20 people spoke during the public comment portion, many speaking in opposition to the wind farm project. Breaking the usual back and forth between town residents concerned about safety and “bullying” tactics by Black Oak other impacts

and proponents pushing the virtues of renewable energy, Ray Stiefel from Ithaca used his time to offer an apology.

“We have to have a different process. Renewables are the future, that’s true – but we can’t be compromising people and their homes and their lives in the process,” he said. “So what do we do? I could say that we all have to sacrifice, but it’s easy for me to say as it’s not my home’s value being compromised by this project. All I can say is my heart is with all of you, and I hope we do better in the future.”

The middle roadThe town board’s deliberations

were mostly between Town Supervisor Ann Rider and Councilperson Mike Carpenter. Rider’s position was that the board had enough information to grant Black Oak the approvals needed. She said that Black Oak would still need to submit more detailed plans before they could secure the actual building permits and begin construction.

Carpenter detailed a number of concerns with this approach, but the core of his argument came down to doing due diligence and protecting the people who would live near the turbines. He challenged the idea that there was any conclusive scientific evidence way or the other about the safety of turbines.

“There are so many different people doing surveys and studies and all you need to do is come up with a pot of money and say, ‘This is the result I want,’ and you’ll get that result.’ There’s no way for us to tell which is true at this point,” Carpenter said. “We have to take the middle road and say, it might be true. It’s possible it’s true. So how can we protect the people living close to these wind farms that will actually give them some assurance that they’re going to be protected?”

Rider attempted to call votes

Tensions still simmer as Enfield wind farm is stalled again

Photo by Michael Smith / The Ithaca Voice

A packed Enfield town court heard the latest discussion about the Black Oak Wind Farm.

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By Rob MontanaTompkins Weekly

ITHACA – From early businesses such as Ithaca Gun or Morse Chain to relative newcomers Ithaca Beer and Life’s So Sweet, industry has long enjoyed success in Tompkins County.

That is the subject of the newest exhibit at The History Center in Tompkins County – “Made in Tompkins County: A Timeline of Local Enterprise.” The exhibit, which will run through mid-February, opens for viewing from 5-8 p.m. Friday, October 7, during the First Friday Gallery Night festivities in Ithaca.

Donna Eschenbrenner, archivist and acting curator, said The History Center is trying to keep its exhibits as diverse and eclectic as possible, while showing people about aspects of Tompkins County history that may otherwise go unnoticed.

“We’re trying to remind people

there is a very rich history here, so we’ve created a timeline of local enterprises in Tompkins County,” she said. “What we’ve tried to do (with this exhibit) is highlight major – and not-so-major – industries here.

“Everybody knows Tompkins County is valuable for education,” Eschenbrenner added, “but we also

have important history here in other ways as well.”

The idea for the exhibit came from something created by Gretchen Sachse, former Tompkins County historian, at The History Center when it was still the DeWitt Historical Society.

“She was responsible for a similar exhibit then,” said Eschenbrenner. “This, in a way, is a tribute to her and her work.”

Groton Bridge Co. is another major business that is featured in the exhibit, Eschenbrenner said.

“We also have less well known businesses, like Forest City Tobacco Works,” she said. “People don’t usually associate Ithaca or Central

New York with tobacco, but we had that here too.

“We also talk about the old mills,” Eschenbrenner added. “That industry started here because we had tremendous water power; there were mills on our creeks as early as about 1800.”

The exhibit isn’t just about

what is in the far past, it also notes businesses that are currently in operation.

“Ithaca Beer, Life’s So Sweet Chocolates. We talk about the downtown Ithaca incubator,” Eschenbrenner said. “We are highlighting the importance of growing local industry from within, through collaboration.”

Some of the artifacts that will be on display, she said, include many photos and advertisements, old Ithaca Calendar clocks, an Ithaca gun and some stoneware crocks manufactured by Ithaca Pottery.

“Don’t think Tompkins County is only about education; we’re about other things as well,” said Eschenbrenner. “We invite people to come out and see that.”

The History Center is open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, and from 5-8 p.m. the first Friday of the month. For more information, visit www.thehistorycenter.net.

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to approve three of the documents that would move Black Oak toward getting its wind energy permit, but none of them were seconded.

Instead, the board ended up

voting 4-1 – Rider the lone dissenter – to defer any further action until Black Oak paid $19,000 to the town.

That amount – which would create another hurdle in Black Oak’s path toward starting its project – is in contention, however, as there is disagreement whether the company

or town should have to pay the costs associated with Freedom of Information Law requests related to the project. FOIL costs related to the wind farm have added up to approximately $20,000.

Once that is resolved, Black Oak will need several more document

approvals before it can be issued a Wind Energy Permit. That step would then allow the company to pursue its final building permits.

The Enfield town board will meet again at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, October 12, at 182 Enfield Main Road.

EnfieldContinued from page 3

New History Center exhibit highlights Tompkins County industry

Photo from The History Center in Tompkins County

An image from the new “Made in Tompkins” exhibit at The History Center in Tompkins County shows a Thomas-Morse Scout, a 1917 airplane made by Thomas-Morse aviation.


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By Will LeBlondTompkins Weekly

LANSING – Lansing High School running back Tim Kelly has been running his way into the record books of Bobcat history on the gridiron this season.

The senior back has run, followed his offensive line and charged through for a slew of monster games on the ground so far this season. The most noteworthy of the bunch came against Oneonta on September 17; he ended the game with 335 yards on the ground, five rushing touchdowns and one kickoff return where he scampered 84 yards.

Kelly, who started playing organized football in 2nd grade, has been working his way up in the sport all the way to his final year on Lansing’s varsity. A shoulder injury almost cost him severely entering his senior campaign, as it hindered his preparations before the fall season.

“Last year I messed up my shoulder,” said Kelly. “This year I tried my best to get through the pain and work out and get stronger than I was two years ago, but playing last year wasn’t all too great.

“It was tough. I would have to sit out and keep resting it and I wasn’t able to do my upper body workouts,” he added. “It was a problem in certain areas.”

The motivation for Kelly to get through the pain was knowing he only had one more year of eligibility entering the 2016 season.

“Knowing that this is going to be my final year and is my only year to show something,” Kelly said, “I need to go out there with my helmet on and prove myself in my last year.”

When it comes to continuing to play the sport he loves after his

high school career concludes with the Bobcats, Kelly is optimistic he will find a place to play. But, he still has half a season and the rest of his senior year in front of hum. Luckily for Kelly, a role model is in place to help him along the journey to the next level.

His guardian, Tim Boothe, played the game at the collegiate level. He has been helping Kelly along, starting in their backyard, where they have been training throughout his high school years.

“It’s been going on for a while,” said Kelly. “It’s been going on for four years now and it’s really good.

“He’s helped me a lot and he knows what he’s doing,” he added. “Looking up to him is a great feeling because he knows a lot more than I do and he knows what’s going on.”

During the backyard sessions, countless hours have been spent on Kelly honing his ability as a runner and helping him develop a unique style of carrying the football.

“I don’t really think my running style is like anyone else’s,” said Kelly. “He (Boothe) shows me good techniques and I use them on the field and Coach (Stu) Dean is here and he has worked me hard and helped in my ability to become a good running back.”

Boothe has used his knowledge of the game to help the Bobcats as well – he served as the defensive coordinator of the program as recently as last season. Now, it’s all about helping Kelly work toward a collegiate football dream.

In today’s technology era, a lot of high school player scouting is done on the internet through recruiting sites, which is where Kelly has been

Kelly running wild for Bobcats

By Will LeBlondTompkins Weekly

GROTON – Showing they are a force to be reckoned with in Section IV, the Groton football team has dominated its first four games of the season, outscoring opponents 146-62 entering its fifth game of the season last Friday.

At the forefront of the Indians’ fast start is their heralded running back duo of Matt Gombas and Dylan Cooper, more commonly known as “thunder and lightning.” All storms have an origin point and the two have been playing together since their youth football days in Groton, dreaming of eventually starring under the lights at Ross Field and competing for a state championship.

The dream is starting to come to fruition for not only the duo, but for a large senior class that is leading the way. With Gombas and Cooper combining for 17 touchdowns in the team’s first four games, the light at the end of the tunnel is shining brightly for the Indians.

The senior running back combo knows exactly from where their success has come.

“It’s definitely those big boys up front,” said Gombas in reference to the Indian offensive line. “Getting that big push up there makes it so we can get all of our yardage.”

“And coach (Tom Goddard) has been pushing us,” added Cooper. “That and the line has been having some great blocking.”

Groton’s success is not something

that developed overnight.“We do offseason workouts with

the whole team, throughout the whole summer, so we’ve become one,” said Gombas.

The dominance of the team does not come as a surprise to those within the program who know the history of what this group has done in their earlier years at Groton.

“In our youth, when we were all young, we went 7-0,” said Cooper. “They all thought we were going to be good up here, but you never know up in varsity.”

The growing pains did exist the past few years. During the pair’s sophomore season, the Indians put up a 2-6 record, which included a forfeit win and forfeit loss. But a 5-3 season in 2015 quickly bridged the gap that has led to a fast start this season.

The large graduating class has their eyes on the prize in 2016, but the seeds have been sown for long-term success in Groton.

As noted by Gombas, the football program has been gaining – and giving – respect. He noted the football team has been going to Indians soccer games, which is not something that has happened in past years. The goal is not just to bring the team together, but the whole school.

The Indians will try to wrap up the 2016 regular season on a high note by ending the campaign with a road game against Newfield on Saturday, October 8, and a home battle against defending state champion Tioga on Friday, October 14.

Undefeated Groton eyeing Section IV football title

Photo by Will LeBlond / Tompkins Weekly

Groton’s Matt Gombas, left, and Dylan Cooper have led their football team to an undefeated record thus far this season.

Continued on page 9


By Susie Backstrom

On a crystal clear autumn day, the Ithaca Garden Club joined with Healthy Food

For All to throw a “Farm to Fork” fundraiser at Silver Queen Farm in Trumansburg.

The event, which took place on Tuesday, September 27, included a five-course harvest dinner on the farm. The dinner featured fresh produce, dairy products and meat donated by local farms and prepared by the chefs of Word of Mouth Catering of Trumansburg; each

course was paired with wine donated by Hazlitt 1852 Winery in Hector.

More than 40 table centerpieces, other floral arrangements and wreaths – created especially for the event by Ithaca Garden Club members using local flowers, produce and greenery – were available for sale and by silent auction throughout the evening. Two CSA shares, donated by Full Plate Farm Collective and Sweet Land Farm, raised funds through a silent auction and raffle. Handmade jams, jellies, crackers and other treats and crafts made for the event by Club members were sold at a special farm stand inside the event venue.

More than $3,000 was raised for the program through the sale and auction of the centerpieces, floral arrangements, wreaths, CSA shares and farm stand items. Proceeds from

the ticket sales also were donated to HFFA.

A total of 152 guests paid to attend the dinner, and were joined by 29 HFFA farmers and neighboring producers who donated food for the meal. Diners ate beneath twinkling lights and paper lanterns in the cavernous barn interior that served as the dining room. Volunteers for HFFA staffed the event.

The proceeds of the event will allow Healthy Food For All to make fresh, quality produce accessible to low-income households in Tompkins County.

Since 2008, HFFA has been organizing harvest dinners on farms, with 100 percent of the proceeds benefitting the program. Each event

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Rescue MeAs soon as the school bus

pulled away, I went straight back to bed. I’d managed to

get the children upright, directed them to dress themselves with the clean laundry that I had washed over the weekend, put some food in front of them, made sure they had packed their lunches, then duly watched their ascent onto the school bus. I was totally worn out.

Sean was traveling for the week with our eldest, leaving me to take over his morning duties. I tiptoed up the stairs, not wanting to clue the dog, Scout, into my whereabouts. She was still celebrating victory over causing the school bus to pull away. I took some Advil and pulled the blanket up.

Sean’s recent absence has shown me the division of our labor. I keep expecting the coffee to make itself, the roasted chicken to turn into broth, the Tupperware containers of old food to disappear from the fridge.

The pain from my rib injury is less, now. But I am still mending. There was whining at the door. Scout had found me. I pulled a pillow over my head and stuffed one into my hurt rib, curling around it. Unemployed workaholics are the worst.

She breathed into the crack underneath the door, and the sound was like yelling into a paper towel tube. Her panting filled the room, unrelenting. I lay still, hoping she would give up. One, two, three, four more exhalations, then she shouldered the door open and hopped lightly onto the bed, sitting near my shoulder and looking down at the pillow over my face. She raised a forepaw, laid it gently on my shoulder.

A rescue from Ontario, Scout is a Blue Heeler/Border Collie cross. She comes from working lines, which is another way of saying she makes coffee nervous. Dogs like her are known for herding houseplants into neat little groups when left alone for too long. She looks good in a red bandana, with her black spots and blue edges. Every second of every day, Scout is scanning the people around her for signs of going outside to throw a ball or to feed the horses. Like Helen Mirren’s perfect servant

in the movie “Gosford Park,” Scout has the gift of anticipation.

“You’re a maniac,” I told her. “Why do we have to walk every day?”

It used to be that if I said the word ‘horse,’ or ‘hay,’ she would tear out the door and run around the paddock barking. Now, she is much more refined. All it takes to set her off is for me push back my desk chair at a certain speed, or close a drawer decisively. If I exhale with conviction, or stand up too fast, she’ll tear to the door, whining in anticipation. I’ve seen her lie down, but never dream. When my feet hit the floor upstairs, she jumps out of her chair downstairs, whining. Sean did not understand that adopting a herding dog would mean we were hiring Helen Mirren from “Gosford Park.” He says Scout is like Big Brother. She is always watching.

She began to dig at my shoulder with her forepaw. I had not decisively closed any drawers recently, or exhaled with finality, or made any sudden moves at all. Unacceptable. The licking started. When the side of my neck and both forearms were soaked, I got up, got dressed, got the leash.

We set off, starting up the hill, Cayuga Lake at my back, Seneca

Lake ahead. There were dandelions and bachelor buttons, cattails and brown-eyed Susans. A hawk, sitting on a wire. Scout rocketed through the yellowing corn, the sheaves clacking staccato behind her. We covered four miles, the muscles around my ribs loosening with each stop sign. I caught myself smiling, though I was just a slow, injured biped.

When we arrived home, Scout did a victory lap around the horse paddock, barking.

“You’re a good, good, dog,” I told her, “too bad you don’t have a job. Like a cow to chase around.”

Then I stopped. She did. She totally had a job. I was the cow. She’d been chasing me around all morning.

Later, a mug of coffee in my hand, the horse eating her grain out the window, my phone rang.

“Did you make the bus?” Sean wanted to know.

I told him we did. “Scout has everything under control.”

At the sound of her name, she let herself off the porch and ran circles around the mare, barking. The mare, unimpressed, cocked a hind leg and kept eating.

“We’re in good hands,” I told him.

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is unique with a different chef, menu and winery, but they all share one thing in common – they provide guests with memorable culinary experience and an enjoyable way to dine out to support a great cause.

HFFA, a non-profit program of Cornell Cooperative Extension Tompkins County, helps provide access to produce from local community-supported agriculture memberships to more than 100 low-income households each year.

“This event with the Ithaca Garden Club has been a fundraiser that stands out from the rest with breathtaking floral arrangements and a room filled with people with big hearts who share HFFA’s mission to support families and farms in our community,” said Liz Karabinakis, director of Healthy Food For All. “I didn’t think it was possible to admire anyone as much as HFFA’s farmers, who work tirelessly to tend to the health of their neighbors and land, but the women in the Ithaca Garden Club are equally talented and driven. Our partnership is a shining example of how much more we can achieve by

working together.”The Ithaca Garden Club was

founded in 1922. Since then, the Club has raised and gifted several hundred thousand dollars for garden-related projects benefiting the Ithaca community, including gardens at Cayuga Medical Center, Hospicare, ScienCenter, Cayuga Heights

Fire Station, Paleontological Research Institute, Cancer Resource Center of the Finger Lakes, the City of Ithaca, the Waterfront Trail, Ithaca Children’s Garden, Alex Haley pool, Stewart Park and the Hangar Theatre. The Club presently has over 130 members and is one of the oldest and largest garden clubs in New York State. For more

information, contact Susan Backstrom at (607) 592-2762 or visit its website at www.ithacagardenclub.org.

“We thought outside the box for this event,” said Karen Governanti and Nancy DiCicco, event organizers and the Ithaca Garden Club’s Ways & Means co-chairpersons, in a joint statement. “This is an exciting and unique way to connect families in need in our community and local farmers. One of the Ithaca Garden Club’s goals is to educate and to arouse public interest in conserving and enhancing the resources of our community.

“Our farmers and local agriculture are important resources,” they said. “We are delighted and proud to be a group of women helping other women in our community.”

For more information about Healthy Food For All, contact Karabinakis at (607) 272-2292 or visit its website at www.healthyfoodforall.org.

———This is the latest installment of the

Signs of Sustainability series produces by Sustainable Tompkins. Susie Backstrom is a member of the Ithaca Garden Club.

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“Because I am a student, organization. Time to do all things that need doing before the time comes when you can’t do them at all. A sense of wanting to be mellow and calm. And I like the fashions of fall.”

— elijahda Warner, Ithaca

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The word on the street from around Tompkins CountyBy kristy Montana

Question: What does fall evoke in you?

“Her Daddy is a farmer; the harvest. Canning, freezing, making soups. Watching football. Time to wind down and hibernate.”— kristina and Sadie Mclane, (TC3 Farm) Dryden

“For students, it’s a little stressful...with a bunch of work and classes each day. At home in China it means harvest. (For example, farmers are harvesting their fruits.) And so even though there is stress, it is the time of harvest.”

— Hanxiao Wang, Ithaca

“Fall is more of a retrospective season to me. If spring is rebirth, fall is for looking back and reflecting. ”

— Ryan Petriello, Ithaca

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Celtic Festival taking over Stewart Park SaturdayTompkins Weekly Staff

ITHACA – Celebration of all things Celtic will take place at Stewart Park on Saturday, October 8.

The annual Celtic Festival will start at 10 a.m. with showcases in bagpiping, drumming and Scottish heavy athletics.

Throughout the day, there will be a full lineup of musical performances. In addition to the headline band – The Brigadoons, a ceili band from Ontario, Canada – many local and regional bands will also take the stage at the festival.

There also will be numerous cultural activities for all ages, including wool spinning, weaving

and kilt-making demonstrations, clan booths, Irish step dancing, Scottish highland dancing, Gaelic language instruction and Celtic food and crafts.

A highlight of the festival is the historical textile presentation, titled “Waulking The Tweed.” A spinner’s guild will be reenacting the waulking (fulling) of a 10-yard length of hand woven herringbone tweed accompanied by the

singing of traditional work songs sung in Scottish Gaelic. Audience participation is most welcome and instruction will be provided.

For more information about the event, visit IthacaCelticFestival.com.

Tburg Community Recreation hosting informational meetingTompkins Weekly Staff

TRUMANSBURG – Trumansburg Community Recreation – a group working to develop facilites and programs for community sports, recreation and leisure in the Trumansburg area – will host an information night at 6 p.m. Wednesday, October 5, at the Trumansburg American Legion.

The meeting will offer an overview of TCR’s effort to develop new recreational infrastructure – including playing fields, a community center and an indoor swimming pool. This will be an opportunity to find out more information about what is needed to continue the process, what the group’s plan is to accomplish its goals and how people can become more involved.

For more information, email [email protected] and visit www.tburgcr.org.

Photo from Ithaca Celtic Festival Facebook page

A competitor carries a log during a previous year’s Ithaca Celtic Festival.


Tompkins Weekly Staff

ITHACA – The annual extravaganza for book lovers in the region – the annual Friends of the Library Fall Book Sale – will commence at 8 a.m. Saturday, October 8.

The sale, which will take place at 509 Esty St. and feature nearly 300,000 donated items, will span the next three weekends. The hours are 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on opening day, October 8, and 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. the remaining days; the sale will run October 8-10, 15-17 and 22-25. Senior Day/Student night will take place on Wednesday, October 19, and Bag Day, when all the items that can fit in a Wegmans plastic bag costs $1, is Tuesday, October 25.

Proceeds from the sale support high quality library resources for Tompkins County residents, including grants for the Tompkins County Public Library. In 2015, sales allowed Friends to award a $335,000 grant to TCPL. That award amount includes general support to TCPL for collections and staff development, as well as a specially-focused grant for separate projects.

“We are deeply grateful for the donation as it allows us to conduct some major projects, such as inventory and website updates, which are essential for a well maintained and accessible collection,” said Susan

Currie, director of TCPL, in a prepared statement. “We have long wanted additional resources for our popular ESL program and this allows us to develop that collection more deeply both in print and online.”

The Finger Lakes Library System, which connects public libraries in Cayuga, Cortland, Seneca, Tioga and Tompkins counties, was

also given support and a special grant to update their card catalog, and to purchase a special software program that helps make library holdings show up at the beginning of Google book searches.

In addition to books for sale, there also will be CDs, DVDs, puzzles and games, and special items in the Collector’s Corner. No more

donations for the sale are being accepted at this time, and people are asked to hold their donations for the spring sale until Saturday, November 19.

For more information about the Sale, the special books in Collector’s Corner, and volunteering for the Friends, visit www.booksale.org.

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Disciplinary actions in Ithaca schools day, but bias a concernBy Michael SmithThe Ithaca Voice

ITHACA – Are economically disadvantaged students and students of color more prone to being disciplined at Ithaca City School District? That was one question the ICSD school board mulled over during its meeting last week.

The board reviewed a variety of statistics such as graduation rates, advanced placement and honors program enrollment and disciplinary incidents in their 2016 Accountability Metrics report.

The district has seen a substantial decrease in disciplinary referrals over the last six years. During the 2010-11 school year, there were 7,573 disciplinary referrals, compared to just 2,752 during the 2015-16 school year.

Use of in-school suspension at Ithaca High School also came way down – from 1,222 to 213 during that same time frame. Out-of-school suspension also came down, but not by as much, dropping from a high of 211 down to 89.

However, the district is aiming to bring these numbers down even further.

“We’ll start with that 2015-2016 number, that’s our new baseline. How do we go down from there?” said ICSD Superintendent Luvelle Brown. “It’s shifted so much it’s hard to even think about what it would

look like to have 7,500 referrals in our school district.”

While acknowledging the progress made, board Vice President Sean Eversley Bradwell aired concerns about which students were on the receiving end of disciplinary actions.

“It’s disheartening and shocking that almost 80 percent of all referrals and 80 percent of all suspensions are for students who receive free or reduced-price lunch,” said Bradwell. “You can’t tell me that’s not structural, you can’t be 30 percent of the population and 80 percent of the referrals without something going on.”

Bradwell said that while engaging those students in co-curricular activities could help, he felt it fell to the board and faculty to have a conversation about how they react to these students and if implicit bias was causing them to be disproportionately punished.

He pointed out that economically disadvantaged students make up 80 percent of the referrals now, versus 50 percent years ago.

“We’re giving them referrals, we’re suspending them,” he said. “It’s their actions, but I have a hard time believing those students are any more rambunctious than any other students.”

Board member Eldred Harris agreed that students may be targeted due to their economic status or ethnicity adding that there’s also another class of students who seemingly avoid punishment even for flagrant offenses.

“They’re not perceived as children who would be capable of that, or who should definitely be upgraded and given a referral for,” Harris said. “That’s a longstanding historical problem that goes pretty deep.”

Student representatives in attendance shared their views, with one student from Lehman

Alternative Community School giving a personal account.

“As a student who comes from a low-income family admittedly, I have noticed that in this district I’ve had to work about 70 times harder,” she said. “My best friends is a white male from a two-parent household whose parents both work at Cornell,; he’s had a much easier ride When he struggles with a problem there are seven staff members there to support him and to make sure his problem gets dealt with.

“The challenges he faces are never insurmountable to him. Every time I’ve faltered I’ve felt like I had to pick myself up... I think a lot of that has to do with the fact that he’s seen as someone who those small slip-ups are seen as bigger than they are for other students,” she added. “That’s the kind of thing that translates to students getting suspended. If a student can’t get the help they need, it’s going to come out another way.”

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doing most of his work in exposing his talents. Throughout the year, he has been working with Boothe to input stats, height, weight and other attributes of his game to bolster his status.

“He’s been through it before,” said Kelly on Boothe’s help in the recruitment process. “It’s been fun learning from him.”

While breaking records and leaving a legacy at the school continues to drive him to get up and down the field, Kelly’s main focus for the rest of 2016 is team results.

“We’re definitely trying to get the division title,” said Kelly. “We did start 0-2, but we’re just trying to get the division title and get to the playoffs.”

Lansing is at Newark Valley on Saturday, October 8, home against Moravia on Friday, October 14 and home against Watkins Glen/Odessa-Montour on Friday, October 21.


Morris was introduced to MSM last August as he launched i$.

“The company ran a pilot here at Cornell and I watched how quickly it grew; it was a very viral situation,” he said. “We continued to talk about the way their marketplaces and currencies worked, and there was a lot of alignment with the Ithacash approach. Once I understood their philosophy, I knew I was onboard with their app being the marketplace solution for us.”

The MSM app has had about $8 million in development invested into

it, according to Morris, and Ithacash will be the first to debut it in the U.S.

“The reason they wanted to work with us is that they know the Ithaca story, they saw what we were doing with i$, and they saw that we were thinking about the next era of commerce,” he said. “Now that we are on an app, it opens up a whole new realm of possibilities for what we can do with the existing network.

“We’re creating a more cooperative platform where we have different marketplaces serving different areas of the community in ways that are more relevant to a diverse range of audiences,” he added. “The thing that is unique about

MSM is that whenever someone joins any one of those marketplaces, they have access to ALL of the marketplaces; it’s one big family. So we’re all working together to build shared critical mass, which is invaluable.”

Other compelling aspects of the MSM app include its ability to handle i$ as well as U.S. dollar payments, and it is considered to be extremely secure.

“MSM has a security escrow account, so there is a safety counter measure that deters bad actors,” said Morris. “The transaction isn’t fully complete until both buyer and seller have indicated that they are satisfied.

“So not only are you not having to meet strangers from the internet after going to the ATM,” he added, “but you know that they’re going to deliver on their end of the deal or you have a way to get out.”

Morris also outlined four reasons he believes Main St. Market is a revolutionary app for building the community’s economy.

“First, it’s unique in how it brings many ways of exchanging together by allying local marketplaces and creating cooperation from competition,” he said. “Second, it is unprecedented in how it saves you money by using Ithacash seamlessly with regular payments in U.S. dollars.

“Third, it is safer than other marketplaces like Wish, Letgo and

VarageSale by utilizing a safety-boosting escrow account,” Morris added. “And finally, it is local by design and creates more economic opportunity by donating profits to a democratically directed community reinvestment fund.”

Another perk in Morris’s opinion is net-free credit card processing for members of the MSM co-op.

“Everybody pays the 5 percent commission on funds received, but if you’re a member then you get a rebate against those commissions in Ithacash dollars,” he said. “So you get free transacting on the basis that you commit to spending a humble 5 percent of the money that you make through this channel. It’s a decent reward for this commitment to local spending, and I think that will attract a fair number of people to join the market.”

Morris likened the evolution of this local currency to permaculture.

“It’s built to last and to generate benefits with human participation and democratic cooperative principles at its center. It’s all about community and how it wants to help itself,” he said. “You create a relationship between the family of marketplaces and local, place-based impact. This is something I’ve been very passionate about since the very beginning.”

For more information and to download the free app, visit www.MainSt.Market.

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The first signs of fall are just showing in this view of Cayuga Lake from the Rim Trail at Taughannock Falls State Park.

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By Jolene AlmendarezThe Ithaca Voice

ITHACA – Ithaca police said that the late night stabbing Wednes-day, September 28, was not a random act of violence – the victim and the two suspects still at large knew each other.

“We have determined that the stabbing last night was not a random act of violence, and that the victim and the suspects knew each other. My Investigators are working vigorously to develop solid information regard-ing what occurred,” said Ithaca Police Chief John Barber in a statement. “At this very moment they are tracking down leads in the pursuit of justice. If you have any information that would aid the Ithaca Police Department in this investigation please contact us.”

Just after 7:40 p.m. Wednesday, September 28, a 27-year-old Dryden man was stabbed in the leg after he told police that he saw two men stealing items out of his vehicle on the 400 block of Stewart Avenue. The man was taken in a Bangs Ambu-lance to a regional trauma center and officials said he is expected to survive, though his wound was “serious.”

The suspects, who were still at large at press time and may be armed with a gun, are described by police as, “two black males, one possibly wear-ing a red shirt and the other with a ‘man bun.’” Officials said they were working to develop better descrip-tions of the men but had not released more information by press time.

Police officers from the Ithaca Police Department, Tompkins Coun-ty Sheriff ’s Department, New York State Police and Cornell University Police scoured the Collegetown area Wednesday night – with police searching the city cemetery nearby Stewart Avenue and extra patrols through the densely student- popu-lated area.

Cornell officials said the victim is not affiliated with the university, which was put on a “shelter in place” lock down until almost 9:30 p.m.

Cornell Interim President Hunter R. Rawlings III released a statement Wednesday night.

“Tonight’s incident is particularly troubling as it comes a little more than four weeks after Ithaca College student Anthony Nazaire was mur-dered in a stabbing on Campus Road, an incident that is still actively being investigated,” he said in the prepared release.

Barber confirmed in a recent news release, “...nothing developed so far has suggested that this stabbing is related to the Anthony Nazaire homicide stabbing in August.”

Police are asking anybody with information about either crime to contact IPD.

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build,” Wakeman said, “because we’re investing in the community, and we wanted to see the community come together.”

Children in the Dryden elementary schools had a say in the design of the playground, as all students were asked to create their own version of the play area. Then designers met with students, and created the final design based on the suggestions given by the students.

The final result will cost about $112,000 for the supplies. Wakeman noted that the cost is for the materials only, not for the work.

“The labor is all volunteer,” she said. “The tools are all being donated, the equipment is being donated.

“Everything is being donated for people to use,” Wakeman added. “It’s amazing how it’s all coming together.”

“The playground had been nestled in the trees near the Dryden Hotel parking lot,” Wakeman said. “It was a dark, shady, secluded corner and we wanted to have the playground out in the open in a sunny spot, with parking right next to it.”

The highlights for Wakeman include having a seating area near the playground.

“The bat cave and twisty slide,” she added as her other highlights for the playground. “There will be a climbing wall panel, and a group of students is painting a mural of a local historical scene on the climbing wall.

“It’s so neat to have those touches; the playground has definitely played home to the agricultural history of Dryden – one of the swings is a cow,” Wakeman added. “We’re trying to represent the community. And socially, it is so exciting to see people working together and people are just so excited about this project.”

There have been local business sponsorships of some of the equipment, with pieces funded through those means related to the sponsoring entity, such as the tire swings funded by Mavis Tire and the talking tubes paid for by the Rotary Club.

“That representation is there as well,” Wakeman said. “There is direct community investment.”

History of Montgomery Park

The widespread community investment – financial and

physical – in the renovation plan for the park is not surprising when looking back on the village’s history with the space.

Montgomery Park, which is currently a 2.7-acre plot of land in the middle of the village, started with a 1.2-acre parcel sold to the village for $1 by Dr. Mary Montgomery in 1925, in memory of her deceased brother, Dr. John James Montgomery. The property is located behind the Montgomery home, located at 38 W. Main St.

According to the village’s history of the park, pine seedlings were planted at the park in 1934, spaced with a future picnic area in mind. In

June 1935, local farmers worked with the village to clear rocks and debris from the property, level the ground and seed it to grass. Later that year, a roasting pit was added at the park, dug by the American Legion committee. In 1941, ice skating was made available at the park, with the entire space used as a rink, a tradition that continued for many years.

The village’s first summer program was funded in 1947, six days a week for 10 weeks, and took place at the school. The following year, plans were made for the program to move from the school to the park; the plan called for the addition of a small playground, and a building for a bathroom and indoor activities.

In 1954, Grange volunteers built a picnic table and repaired another in the shady area provided by the then-20-year-old pine trees. The park underwent extensive renovations – including new windows, ceiling and paint for the building at the site – courtesy of the Dryden village board, Dryden Jaycees and local Boy Scout Troop 24 in 1970, according to the village’s history.

More improvements were made between 1973-1974, and Montgomery Park expanded to its current size, when the village purchased an additional 1.5 acres

of land behind the Dryden Hotel. The parcel was sold the village for $4,300 by Manuel Llop in 1973, and was paid for by a generous donation by Robert Baker Sr. The village and town filled and graded the site, created a ball field, multi-purpose courts for tennis and basketball, and built a parking area. The courts were designed with curbing and drains so they could be flooded for winter ice skating; skating was enjoyed at the park until about 1990.

As part of the 1976 bicentennial celebration preparations, a near replica of the bandstand that had stood in the Village Green for 70 years was constructed at the park. Sarto Schickel worked with architect Jack Franzen to design the similar, but slightly larger, version of the original 1889 bandstand.

In 1982, the village history states, a simple picnic pavilion was constructed at the park, with the old building removed. In 2006, a skateboard park was established in the tennis court area in memory of Christopher Ackley, a teenager who was planning a skateboard park at Montgomery Park before his untimely death. In 2007, the Town of Dryden also added a shed adjacent to the tennis courts to store skateboard equipment.

Playground BuildThe playground build will take

place from Tuesday, October 4, through Monday, October 10, and there are plenty of opportunities for people to take part. Wakeman said help could still be used in many areas, including construction work, providing tools and equipment, offering childcare or feeding those on the job. Currently, she said, there is a need for donations of routers, cordless drills and impact drivers.

“We can use everything to help with building,” Wakeman said. “Some people are intimidated by the construction aspect, and they could sign up to provide food or beverages.”

She encouraged people to contact her directly – Wakeman’s number is (607) 279-0276 – if they would like help finding a way they can contribute to the project.

“They can call and we will find a job and a time that works for them,” she said.

One organization that has made a big difference in the success of the project, Wakeman said, is the Dryden Tertoma Club.

“They have been with us every step of the way, from the get-go, and have been so supportive in every way,” she said. “They have been our 501c3 partner, so people can make tax-deductible donations to the project.

“Every organization in town has been so supportive of this,” Wakeman added.

She also praised the large team of people who have been driving this project forward.

“Everyone who has worked on this project, these folks are just brilliant at what they do,” Wakeman said. “These treasures in our community have come together and put in thousands of hours of volunteer work for the benefit of the community.”

There will be a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the playground at 5:30 p.m. Monday, October 10, featuring guest speaker Amy Dickinson.

For more information about the project, visit www.drydenmontgomerypark.org. To sign up to help by providing labor, tools, equipment, childcare or food, visit www.signupgenius.com/go/4090c4babac2da0f94-labor.

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A sign standing by a field on the drive into Dryden makes the call for volunteers to help out during the community build of the new playground being constructed at Montgomery Park this week.

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Photo by Jennifer Cremerius / Sciarabba Walker

To celebrate its 40th anniversary in business, Ithaca-based accounting and business consulting firm Sciarabba Walker & Co. dedicated a custom bench to the Ithaca Children’s Garden. Back row, from left, are Sciarabba Walker Partner David Stinson, Sciarabba Walker Partner Linda Bruckner, Ithaca Children’s Garden Co-Founder and Board Member Harriet Becker, and Sciarabba Walker Partner Jeff Gorsky. Front row, from left, are Ithaca Children’s Garden Executive Direc-tor Erin Marteal and Sciarabba Walker Managing Partner Dave Iles.

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Submitting calendar eventsNon-profits, churches, schools and organizations are welcome to submit calendar listings to [email protected]

october 3‘Angkor Awakens’ Screening, Director Q&AWHERE: Cornell CinemaDATE: Monday, October 3TIME: 7 p.m.MORE INFO: angkorawakens.com

october 4Out of the Clost andOnto the Screen SeriesWHERE: Textor 101, Ithaca CollegeDATE: Tuesday, October 4TIME: 7 p.m.MORE INFO: www.ithaca.edu

First Tuesdays Knit NightWHERE: Southworth Library, DrydenDATE: Tuesday, October 4TIME: 7-8:30 p.m.MORE INFO: southworthlibrary.org

october 5

Senate CandidateKenan Baldridge Q&AWHERE: Lansing Community Center, 29 Auburn Road, LansingDATE: Wednesday, October 5TIME: 7 p.m.MORE INFO: lansingdemocrats.org

Latinos: Part of the Fabric of the Tompkins County CommunityWHERE: The History Center of Tompkins County, 401 E. State St., Suite 100, IthacaDATE: Wednesday, October 5TIME: 6:30 p.m. MORE INFO: thehistorycenter.net

Lansing Writers’ GroupWHERE: Lansing Community Library, 27 Auburn RoadDATE: Wednesday, October 5TIME: 7-8 p.m.MORE INFO: www.lansinglibrary.org

Fall Propgation of Fruit and Nut TreesWHERE: CCE Tompkins, 615 Willow Ave., IthacaDATE: Wednesday, October 5TIME: 6:30-8:30 p.m.MORE INFO: www.ccetompkins.org

october 6Uris Library’s 125th BirthdayWHERE: Uris Library, Cornell UniversityDATE: Thursday, October 6TIME: 1-2:30 p.m.MORE INFO: library.cornell.edu

‘Blood Wedding’WHERE: Ithaca College, Clark Theatre, Dillingham CenterDATE: Thursday, October 6TIME: 8 p.m.MORE INFO: www.ithaca.edu

Family Read AloudWHERE: Southworth Library, DrydenDATE: Thursday, October 6TIME: 6:30-7:30 p.m.MORE INFO: southworthlibrary.org

Masquerade!WHERE: Community School of Music and Arts, 330 E. MLK Jr/State St., IthacaDATE: Thursday, October 6TIME: 7-10 p.m.MORE INFO: www.OperaIthaca.org

october 7

Gallery Night IthacaWHERE: Downtown IthacaDATE: Friday, October 7TIME: 5-8 p.m.MORE INFO: www.gallerynightithaca.com

Architects’ First Friday – Design Studio NightWHERE: Downtown IthacaDATE: Friday, October 7TIME: 5:30-8 p.m.MORE INFO: www.aiasny.org/firm-crawl-ithaca or www.facebook.com/aiasny

october 8

Indie Author DayWHERE: Ulysses Philomathic Library, 74 E. Main St., TrumansburgDATE: Saturday, October 8TIME: 10:30 a.m. to noonMORE INFO: trumansburglibrary.org/UPL

Family Science ProgramWHERE: Tompkins County Public Library, Borg Warner RoomDATE: Saturday, October 8TIME: 1-2 p.m.MORE INFO: Register by emailing [email protected]

Community Arts Partnership Art TrailWHERE: Tompkins CountyDATE: Saturday and Sunday, October 8-9, 15-16TIME: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.MORE INFO: www.ArtTrail.com

october 9

Brown Bear, Brown Bear (And Other Treasured Stories)WHERE: State Theatre of Ithaca, 107 W. MLK Jr./State St., IthacaDATE: Sunday, October 9TIME: 1-2 p.m.MORE INFO: stateofithaca.com

october 10Free Preschool Forest Play DayWHERE: Primitive Pursuits Trillium Camp at 4-H Acres

DATE: Monday, October 10TIME: 9 a.m. to noonMORE INFO: primitivepursuits.com/preschool/free-forest-play-days

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resume to: [email protected] Ithaca

222 South Cayuga StreetIthaca, 14850

Now HiringHotel

Shuttle Driver(Clean, valid, Driver’s license)

Housekeeping & Laundry AttendantsHousekeeping Porter

Lobby AttendantRestaurant

CooksDining room Servers

BartendersDishwashers

CateringBanquet ServersBanquet Porter

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THEME: The 1950s

ACROSS1. Rn, a health hazard6. One noble or inert9. Multitude13. Port city in Japan14. Pie ____ ____ mode15. Inflict a blow16. *Prime Minister of India in the 1950s17. Under the weather18. line in london19. *49th state21. *Space Race starter23. *”____ Hunt” with lloyd Bridges24. First one on a ship25. PC brain28. Diva’s solo30. Frustration, in print34. RIP pots36. Ben Affleck’s 2012 Oscar winner38. Flax fabric40. This and the other41. Polynesian kingdom43. Man Ray’s art movement44. The inner self46. Indian lilac47. Units of work48. Scale model of earth50. *It was on little Anthony’s pillow in 1958

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