Archive: Around Town

For the second consecutive year, Cayuga Wellness Center's  Cayuga Center for Healthy Living,  has been awarded an annual national recognition from the American Heart Association (AHA) for creating a culture of good health in the workplace.  The award names several of the entities of the newly name enhanced Cayuga Wellness Center.

"These entities contribute to the wellness and healthy living for our employees:  Cayuga Center for Healthy Living, Island Health & Fitness, Rasa Spa, along with the hospital's nutrition and dining team. This team has offered a long varied list of healthy lifestyle programs to our employees that include exercise, healthy eating and cooking, weight loss programs, diabetes care, stroke rehab, and smoking cessation. We are grateful that their hard work has been recognized each year by this prestigious national award." said John Rudd, president and CEO of Cayuga Medical Center.

Last school year, members of the Belle Sherman Mariachi Ensemble received a brand new addition to their band. A Teacher Grant from the Ithaca Public Education Initiative (IPEI) provided the means for their teacher Cindy Daly to purchase harps, contributing to multicultural musical enrichment for Belle Sherman Elementary School students.

Mariachi, Mexican folk music, often features harps as a standard instrument. The opportunity to learn to play the harp is now offered to fourth and fifth-graders at Belle Sherman allowing them to explore the genre in its entirety. The grant provided funding for a community partner, Lisa Craig Fenwick, as well as purchasing harp cases, an extra set of strings, small accessories, and the instrument.

This spring, second-grade students at Northeast Elementary School were given innovative new ways to use technology in their classrooms.

Through funding from a Red and Gold Grant from the Ithaca Public Education Initiative (IPEI), second-grade teachers at Northeast purchased and studied "Amplify! Digital Teaching and Learning in the K-6 Classroom" by Kate Muhtaris and Kristen Ziemke. Amplify! is a book designed to show teachers ways to incorporate digital tools into their classrooms, no matter the teacher's technological experience.

by Ashley Fleming

   Hello! I'm Oscar, and I'm looking for a quiet home with gentle people. I get a little overwhelmed by lots of new people and places, but once I know you, I'll show you my silly side. I love scratches, cuddling, and already know a few basic tricks. My previous person says I'm very "loyal" and love cuddling - wouldn't that be nice for the cold Ithaca winters?!? Because I am easily startled, a family with teenagers or an adult only home would be my preference. A yard where I can run around with you would be wonderful too! I get a little stressed around other dogs and because of this, I would be happiest as the only dog in the home. Do I sound like a good match for you?

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Dear Margaret:  I'm in my late 40's and think I may be having a "mid-life crisis." I cut my hair, got a piercing, and came close to divorcing my husband. Do you know if these sound like typical symptoms and what I can do about it?
Losing my mind at 48
 

September 9, 2004, and I was feeling my way along Rt 96 in the driving rain; the 3'rd remnant of a hurricane in a week, and I wondered what in the world I could do today. I was taking the kids to Interlaken to drop them off at school, bemoaning the fact that I wouldn't be able to go out and play. The weather just wasn't cooperating for photographing the rose gardens (MY kind of play) on Cornell's campus, and my day's plan had just washed down the drain.

With the storm clouds outside (and inside) the car we crossed the bridge at Taughannock Creek. The water was angrily clawing at the bottom of the bridge. The torrent ate at the sides of the creek, moving boulders and making decisions about what it would move next.

The Lansing Lions Club officially dedicated the new Ludlowville Park Pavilion to the Town of Lansing last Friday at their annual Ice Cream Social.  The pavilion was dedicated in memory of Jim and Phyllis Howell.  The event coincided with the final Friday Concert s in Ludlowville Park event featuring the band Second Chance.

"It was Jim's idea to have an ice cream social, but it wasn't developed until after he passed away," says Lansing Lions Club President Scott Bishop.  "Phyllis and Noni Krom got it started, and we thought it appropriate to dedicate the pavilion to Jim and Phyllis Howell.  Jim was a charter member of the Lion's Club and a member for over 50 years.  The Howells have been icons in this community for generations."

Historic Ithaca is bringing back the beloved Old House Fair this fall in honor of its 50th anniversary year. Owners of historic and older homes, renters, history buffs, antique and furniture collectors, and anyone looking to have a fun and informative Saturday is welcome to attend this free community event on Saturday, September 17, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

"We are so delighted to host our Old House Fair once again," says John Lewis, Executive Director. "It will be a wonderful, interactive day for the whole family, with activities for kids, too."

Green Street Pharmacist Nicole Pagano is the 2016 recipient of the Cardinal Health Generation RX Champions Award. The honor was given to her for her work towards reducing drug abuse and addiction.

Ithaca's Green Street Pharmacy Nicole Pagano, co-owner and supervising pharmacist, has gained attention from the state.  Pagano was recently honored as the 2016 recipient of the Cardinal Health Generation RX Champions Award, an accolade awarded to her from the Pharmacists Society of the State of New York for her passionate pursuit to reduce and prevent prescription drug addiction in Tompkins County.

"To receive this honor is an incredible feeling. It shows that what my team and I are doing is impactful and meaningful," Pagano said.

Pre-kindergarteners and kindergarteners dance, learn, and discover their individuality through a program at Beverly J. Martin Elementary School titled Inside Outside Upside Down: Discovering the World through the Language of Dance.

This early childhood dance and literacy initiative was funded through an Ithaca Public Education Initiative (IPEI) Teacher Grant, and reached 70-75 Beverly J. Martin students in pre-K and kindergarten during November and December of 2015, as well as April and May of 2016.  The funds received from IPEI allowed Beverly J. Martin teachers to invite Lisa Tsetse as a community partner. Lisa has 30 years of dance experience, and teaches dance to a wide range of students from toddlers to adults.

Raising 5 children, we had certain restaurants we would use to develop their table manners. The beginner place was always Chinese Buffet. When the kids master "polite and can keep the food fairly well on the plate or in their mouth without losing substantial quantities between", it's time for a step up.

I think I found one.

We've watched construction of the Texas Roadhouse since they first broke ground. Quasi-amazed at the progress and the precision with which it arose out of the Meadow St dust, I imagined that it must be a full sized erector set or the construction version of a paint-by-number set.

Dear Margaret:  I’m known by my friends to be emotionally strong, and am also in a profession that requires a good deal of inner strength. My problem is that almost every time I get together with my mother, whom I love dearly, she accuses me of being overly sensitive. She has a way of zeroing in on something that will hurt my feelings, and when it does, she says I’m just too sensitive. I always deny that I’m too sensitive, and she scoffs at me. I want to continue a good relationship with her, but I can’t figure out how to get past this. I want our relationship to move beyond this. It’s beginning to feel like a game.
Hurt by Mom