More of note, the Feds are apparently on to local money, and -- they LIKE it?
More confused than ever, Joanna
>Subject: Ithaca Community News: July #2
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>(This message is second of two sent monthly to 4,109 Ithaca area residents]
>
>FIRST THE GOOD NEWS, then the Better News (editorial, new HOURS listings).
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>EVERYTHING ITHACA: "Pocket Guidebook to the Ithaca Experience" is now
>available at most local bookstores (see http://www.everythingithaca.com for
>locations). Nicely formatted index-card-style, 2,500 listings, this volume
>by Carole Schiffman is the first Guide to Ithaca since 1973: Public Service
>& Activism, Culture & Arts, Outdoors, Wellness, Eat & Drink, Lodging,
>Shopping, Kids, etc. "Ithaca is like an artichoke-- thorny, but with a
>huge heart worth the struggle to get to..." info at everythingithaca.com
>
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>
>NEED A GOOD COMPUTER CHEAP?
>Babbage's Basement hosts its SUMMER OPENING, August 11 from 9am to 1pm.
>Also open Wednesdays same hours. Systems, monitors, keyboards, printers:
>$15 to $225. On South Hill off Aurora St, enter at Emerson Building sign.
>Sales raise money for the SCIENCENTER, which accepts Ithaca HOURS for
>admission. http://www.lightlink.com/babbages babbages at lightlink.com
>
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>
>An Exhibit of ORIGINAL IRISH PRINTS (Aug 2-Sept 2) from The Ink Shop
>Printmaking Center, Cork Printmakers, Black Church Print Studio, Dublin
>Graphic Studio, Seacourt Print Shop, The Belfast Print Workshop: Fri.
>August 3rd: Opening Reception of Exhibit 5-8 PM at STATE OF THE ART
>GALLERY: Thurs. 12-6, Fri. 12-8 Sat. & Sun. 12-5 PM
>
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>
>CUSLAR will be offering an ADVANCED SPANISH CLASS this coming August 7-17
>for those people interested in developing their conversation skills in a
>cooperative setting. The class will be taught by Dr. Rafael Sucari. It
>will focus on dialogue in difficult situations and in conveying emotions in
>conversation. Fee is $120 with a limited enrollment. Ithaca HOURS
>accepted. 255 7293
>
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>
>Ithaca HOURS has been noticed favorably by the FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD.
>We've discovered that their official publication dedicated an article to
>local currency in 1998:
>http://www.clev.frb.org/research/com98/index.htm#0401
>
>WHAT DO ITHACA'S CHILDREN THINK MONEY SHOULD LOOK LIKE? See the new
>display at GreenStar throughout August. http://www.greenstarcoop.com
>
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>
>Let's take that (1866) visit to Ithaca's fabulous COY GLEN again, with a
>corrected website: http://www.ithacahours.com/coy.jpg
>
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>"FIREWALKERS DANCE TROUPE is a NYC-based, professional multi-ethnic
>performance art group that fuses indigenous dance traditions, eclectic
>modern styles..." for two performances on Saturday, Aug. 4th (8pm) and
>Sunday Aug.
>5th (2pm matinee) at Ithaca High School. We are accepting UNLIMITED Ithaca
>HOURS for admission!! (1/2-1 HOUR recommended donation)"
>Hosted by The ARCH: (607)272-4377 or info at theARCH.org for more information.
>
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>IT'S FIRST FRIDAYS TIME!! Monthly Networking Event
>Friday August 3, 2001, 6PM-1AM, The Clinton House
>Wine tasting, soul food, live jazz and Salsa lesson
>$7 before 8PM $10 after 8PM. Ithaca HOURS accepted.
>
>The Mural Lounge inside the historic Clinton House Downtown Ithaca:
>http://www.kitchentheatre.com/map.htm 116 N. Cayuga Street 273-4497
>
>WINE TASTING 7-9PM Featuring Six Mile Creek Winery and King Ferry Winery.
>LIVE JAZZ 7:00-9:30PM by Fe Nunn & Friends.
>SALSA LESSONS 9:00-10:00: basic Salsa and Meringue steps in the Mural Lounge.
>AFTER-PARTY 10:00PM- 1:00AM: Uninhibited Urban Mixes: Old-School, R&B,
>Reggae, Hip-Hop, Latin, and Soca. Catering by Mother Tucker's Savory Soul
>Food
>firstfridays at clarityconnect.com
>
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>
>IN ITHACA, HISTORY HAPPENS EVERY DAY: Here are several end-of-July stories
>from Ithaca's past: http://www.ithacahours.com/azith.jpg
>
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>WHEAT HARVEST Festival & Parade: Draft Horses, parade of past & present,
>music, watermelon eating contest, crafters & vendors, wagon rides, Rural
>Life Museum exhibits, food! August 4, 9am to... Route 34B, King Ferry, NY
>(about 15 miles up east shore of Cayuga Lake).
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>Next General Meeting of the TOMPKINS COUNTY LIVING WAGE COALITION is
>Saturday, August 18th from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. at Catholic Charities, 324 W.
>Buffalo St. ****CHILD CARE *WILL* BE AVAILABLE!! If you'd like to take
>advantage of this, please RSVP Pete at pmeyers at ccst.org The LIVING WAGE
>MISSION STATEMENT is at http://www.ithacahours.com/icn.wage.html To
>subscribe to the Living Wage listserve, send blank email to:
>ithacalivingwage-subscribe at yahoogroups.com
>
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>
>MUSIC ON THE COMMONS: 6:00pm TUESDAYS, THURSDAYS, FRIDAYS
>
> TUESDAYS at Aurora St Pavillion
> July 31 Purple Valley: Swing & Blues
>August 7 Lindenberry Beat Reduction: Light Rock to Folk Pop
>August 14 Dave Davies Trio: Jazz
> THURSDAYS at Main Pavilion by Center Ithaca
>August 2 Ithaca Ballet
>August 9 Ithaca Concert Band: *7:00pm*
>August 16 Margaret Wakely/Harris: Jazz
> FRIDAYS at Main Pavilion by Center Ithaca
>August 3 Margaret Wakely/Harris: Jazz
>August 10 Cornerstone: Bluegrass
>August 17 After Hours: Instrumental Jazz
>
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>
>The ITHACA SHARKS meet at GIAC Monday evenings, 7-9 p.m., corner of Court
>and Albany Streets. They organize to challege local corporate
>globalization which degrades the environment and labor rights. To subscribe
>to Ithaca's anti-FTAA (Free Trade Area of the Americas) list, send blank
>email to ithacaftaa-subscribe at yahoogroups.com
>
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>
>LETTERS TO EDITOR
>
>"I would like to add my voice of appreciation for this community news.
>Thank you for your efforts." -- Mihal Elman
> -----
>"Your mini editorial [regarding library/bus station] is on the mark." --Dale
> -----
>"I enjoyed your mini-editorial very much and could not agree with you
>more. The editorial in the journal did take an odd point of view and a
>very sharp tone; thank you for rebutting it." --Jane Shaw
> -----
>"Janet Steiner's [library director] efforts are very much appreciated by
>many in this community who want open government and are tired of Cohen's
>misuse of power & development at any cost. We definitely do not want a bus
>station downtown. Too much traffic, too much exhaust & too costly when we
>have an effective station on the west end. And many of us have incomes
>that can not support these ridiculous projects like the new fountain on The
>Commons." --William Clark clarkw at advion.com
> -----
>"Thank you for including me in your mailing list. You are doing a
>wonderful job and I, for one, enjoy reading it." --Bente Starcke King
>
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>
>EDITORIAL:
>
>This year there is one candidate for District Attorney of Tompkins County,
>providing one view of criminal justice. There's need for a second view.
>
>The chief prosecutor of criminal acts certainly has a primary obligation to
>protect the public from repeated violations. When people kill, or rape or
>rob, they need to be restrained and retrained. Their victims and their
>victims' families need healing. And society needs justice.
>
>Punishment by itself does not do these. It merely sends millions of
>Americans to expensive crime schools called prisons. Our dungeon economy
>diverts America's wealth from schools, health care, environmental repair,
>and the creation of enjoyable work.
>
>The legacy of single-minded punishment, without retraining, is endless
>bitterness, deeper racial division, and erosion of civil liberties.
>http://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/Misc/coughlin.htm
>
>It brutalizes both violators and the violated, prison staff and the rest of
>us. The dealth penalty particularly is a death penalty for social
>progress.
>
>Fortunately a national movement has arrived called Restorative Justice,
>which seeks to integrate offenders into society, to restore to them and
>their victims the sense of worth and purpose and safety that crime takes
>from us all.
>
>This restoration is promoted by youth courts and drug courts, and by
>bringing offenders and victims together to see one anothers' humanity and
>to obtain apology. http://www.restorativejustice.org
>
>More broadly, the source of much street crime is corporate greed which
>damages community job stability for the sake of excess profit. Often, when
>jobs end, homes and dignity are lost. Often, when jobs end, marriages end.
>http://www.corpwatch.org
>
>Rather than wait for this crime to happen, the District Attorney should
>prosecute corporate activity which is not responsible to society-- which
>damages families, neighborhoods, and the natural environment.
>
>The community should reward businesses which hire offenders. Likewise each
>offender should be systematically connected to community mentors who will
>make it easier for them to stay on probation. http://www.ithaca.ny.us/Orgs/OAR
>
>We are better protected by a system of rewards more extensive than our
>system of punishments.
>
>Therefore there's need for a write-in D.A. candidacy, for those who believe
>there is greater promise exploring these directions than through expensive,
>desperate and failed programs.
>
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>
>"We study A COURSE IN MIRACLES - you could call it a course in spiritual
>psychology http://www.miraclecenter.org/overview.shtml It's
>non-denominational and is not a religion. Most TUESDAYS at 8 (or so) We'd
>love to have you join us! If you are interested in coming to a meeting
>please call Martha 272-4102 or Jeanne 272-0845 to be sure we're getting
>together that week." jms20 at cornell.edu
>
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>
>You can join the Finger Lakes Forest Watch listserve via:
>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nogasflnf
>Their website (corrected) is http://www.flfwc.org
>
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>
> From the Ithaca HOUR Board: VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES WITH ITHACA HOURS
>
>"Here in Ithaca we print our own money, which is redeemable at hundreds of
>locally owned businesses, and with thousands of individuals. By supporting
>each other, we keep wealth local and create employment. Moreover, our
>colorful money is more fun than dollars could ever be and it builds a sense
>of community among us. Ithaca HOURS is now seeking volunteers to help
>strengthen our local currency system. We need folks for administrative
>tasks such as data entry to update our directory of members and
>distribution of HOURS literature to hotels, restaurants and stores. We
>also invite you to join our Retail Relations team, which will be
>interviewing local businesses to 'take the pulse' of the system and gather
>important information on how HOURS are circulating, as well as encouraging
>greater use of Hours." Contact Laurie at LaurieTodd at aol.com
>
>FIRST STEP to participating in the local currency process: buy Ithaca HOURS
>from GreenStar or Alternatives Credit Union, spend them elsewhere:
>http://www.ithacahours.com/retailers.html
>
>HAVING A GARAGE SALE? Just make an "Ithaca HOURS Accepted" sign.
>
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>
>The ITHACA HEALTH FUND has been attracting members at a faster rate, as
>many discover that they can carry a high-deductible plan and rely on the
>zero-deductible Fund for payment of everyday emergencies. Every big thing
>starts small. http://www.ithacahealth.org
>
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>
>CITIZEN'S PLANNING ALLIANCE reminds us that there's a final public hearing,
>before the Planning Board, regarding Southwest conversion from floodplain
>to consumer park. Details at http://www.ithacahours.com/icn.swplan.html
>
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>
>It's rare and gratifying when an "activist" is formally commended by
>government. The NYS Assembly Citation presented by Marty Luster (6/6/01)
>concludes: "and Whereas, GENE IRA KATZ has been recognized for his vital
>work as a Self-Help Advocate, Peer Counselor, Community Liaison and
>Outreach Coordinator with honors and awards from local and state agencies
>and entities too numerous to mention; now therefore be it Resolved, that
>the New York State Assembly, by its member, the Hon. Martin A. Luster, does
>hereby recognize Gene Ira Katz as an outstanding citizen, worthy of the
>esteem of the entire community and the great State of New York."
>
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>
>Ithaca HOURS in RUSSIAN now on the web
>http://www.geocities.com/yuri_s2000/WePrint.htm and
>http://www.ithacahours.com/russian.html thanks to Yuri Sedov of Ithaca.
>
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>
>MACINTOSH COMPUTER CONSULTING, upgrade, repair, setup and troubleshooting.
>Housecalls or in-shop work, often the same day: (607) 277-4176 Scott
>McCasland scottmac at usadatanet.net HOURS welcome. [Scott gave same-day
>pick-up, repair and delivery of this iMac]
>
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>
>RECENT ITHACA HOUR LISTINGS:
>
>ART: personal mandalas made: Eric 256-9189
>ASTROLOGY: Humanistic, psychic: in your home: Eric 256-9189
>CARPENTRY: light carpentry & home repair: Erik Lee 257-4764, ext.2
>CARPET & FLOORING pro: floor covering at wholesale: Walter Hartman 273-2302
>used CLOTHING: Dinosaur Dry Goods, King Ferry: Jackie 315-364-5592
>CLOTHING: Gala on The Commons: Bridal and Formal Wear 272-1501
>COMPUTER SERVICES: new setup: 1.5 HRS for 1st hour: Brenda Werner 838-0302
>CARPENTRY & home repair: Erik Lee 257-4764
>CRAFTS: herbal soaps, hemp jewelry, bird houses, papier maché: Anna & Adam
>Kalman 256-0181
>Stardust DJ SERVICE 10% HRS: Jim Civiletto 257-0908
>EDITING & editorial services: Elissa 277-3931
>FOOD: lamb: Evermore Farm Nancy 539-7902
>FOOD: middle eastern vegetaraian cooking: Aron Gutman 277-0573
>FURNITURE: hand-painted: Anna & Adam 256-0181
>GARDENING and weeding: Shut 256-8627
>GIFTS (African): Diaspora, 407 Taughannock Blvd. Saturdays or by appt.
> Christine Barksdale 256-4103 diaspora at africamail.com
>HEALTH CARE PRODUCTS: magnetic, thernal, herbal: Nancy 539-7902
>FAMILY SUPERVISION + advocacy: The Arch, Inc 277-4377 info at thearch.org
>HEBREW LANGUAGE-conversational: Aron 277-0573
>LAWN & YARD WORK, odd jobs, extra hands as needed: Antoinette 256-8627
>LAWYER: 33 years experience: Henry W. Theisen 277-3562
>LIVESTOCK: sheep & lambs: Nancy 539-7902
>MASSAGE therapist: Paddy Flavelle, N.Y.S. Licensed, T-burg & Court St 387-3083
>MEDIATION/diversity training & ed, workplace dev/conflict: The Arch, Inc
>277-4377 info at thearch.org
>MUSIC PERFORMANCE: violin & other: Ruth 275-9075
>ORGANIZING SKILLS: counter cleaner, playroom sorter, unpacker:
>Jackee 256-8627
>LIFEGUARD: pond and pool parties: Jackee 256-8627
>PET CARE/pet sitting & pet walking Valerie Pavan 272-0912
>PET CARE/pet sitting - Ithaca area: Elissa 277-3931
>POTTERY: choose & decorate your own: Dynamic Patterns: max 1/2 HR 256-8924
> pottery at dynamicpatterns.com http://www.dynamicpatterns.com
> Says Whitney Postman: "I was there on a rainy, miserable Sunday
>afternoon a couple of weekends ago with my sister Aggie, who was visiting
>me from Manhattan. We had SO much fun..."
>POTTERY: Delta Moon: Valerie Pavan 272-0912
>RESEARCH: information retrieval/ research Tim 275-3586
>RESTAURANT: Conkie's Caribbean: max 1/4 HR/table
>DELIVERY SERVICES: Jim's delivery: groceries, prescriptions, reasonable rates
> Jim Civiletto 257-0908
>SPIRITUAL SERVICES: life path astrology: not like others: Eric 256-9189
>SPIRITUAL SERVICES: mandalas constructed w/ quartz crystals Eric 256-9189
>TELEPHONE PAGING SERVICE: IthacaCom Wireless: David McKinley 277-8787
>http://www.ithacom.com
>HEBREW to English translation Aron 277-0573
>HAITIAN CREOLE translation + interpretation 100% HRS: Laurie Konwinski
>269-0587
>TUTOR: writing + editing: h.s. to graduate 50% HRS: Laurie Konwinski
> 269-0587
>WEB SERVICES: interactive sites & applications: Paul Houle 539-7490
>http://www.honeylocust.com
>WEBSITE DESIGN, hosting & ecommerce: Libidium Enterprises 844-4556
>libidium at twcny.rr.com
>WEBSITE DESIGN: http://www.msawebdesign.com Flash & more! Marc Susan
>227-6069
>WEBSITE DESIGN: small business package: Dave Booker 279-2995
>dave at nomaddigital.com
>WEDDING SERVICES: Gala on The Commons 272-1501
>WOOL: white & colored fleece Nancy 539-7902
>WORD PROCESSING, typing 275-3586 Tim Allen
>WRITING, editing, proofreading Elissa 277-3931
>
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>
>Thanks to Homer and Jane at LIGHTLINK for hosting our web services
>http://www.lightlink.com
>
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>
>Best of the summer to you! Soak up memories of warmth while you can.
>
>Got News? Please send to paglo at lightlink.com
>
> Paul Glover, Box 365, Ithaca, NY 14851
> (607) 272-4330
>
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