Archive: Around Town

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

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Ludlowville is once again a clean and tidy place as the children of Ludlowville (otherwise known as the Creek Kids) assembled at the park on the afternoon of Saturday 24th April to help clean up the village.  They have adopted the section of county road from the Methodist Church on Brickyard Road to the junction of Ludlowville Road and Route 34B.

Teams of children with their friends and parents set off in all directions across the village to pick up whatever they could find along the roadside, in the anglers parking areas and down Salmon Creek.  The unseasonal weather was very cooperative giving them a fantastic afternoon of sunshine which helped bring out enough people to collect eight bags of trash, enough scrap metal to build a small car (or so it seemed!), two 30 gallon crates of bottles and cans, one truck tire and a whole deer skull. 

Twelve-year-old Hannah Findley, a sixth-grader at Dewitt Middle School, had never looked at a bus schedule and only recalls being on a TCAT bus once when she was a little girl.

That was until Friday morning, April 30, when Hannah and 36 of her fellow students at the school participated in Dewitt’s third-annual “Great TCAT Race,” a scavenger hunt in which they all got the chance to learn how to ride the bus, read schedules and use TCAT’s new upgraded fare collection system with the new Tcards.

 “I like that the bus is air conditioned and you can sit down after walking, “said Hannah.  “I will probably ride it in the future.

A wild turkey is claiming asylum from the Village of Lansing.  The hen has chosen to lay her eggs in the planter outside the Village municipal office building on Triphammer Road.  Because turkeys nest on the ground they are particularly susceptible to predators that can range from raccoons and skunks to opossums, crows, and snakes.  And people.  After mating it takes about two weeks to lay 10 to a dozen eggs, and another four weeks to incubate the eggs.  Once endangered with only 2,000 birds in New York State in the late 1950s, the species has bounced back to more than 65,000 in New York alone.

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The Lansing community carnival has long been a favorite in Tompkins County and Beyond. Best known as one of the first carnivals out for the season, the huge event has also come to mean great food, great music and good family atmosphere. The Lansing fire Fighters have an outstanding food menu of burgers, curly fries, dogs, sausage, clams, chili, corn, and salt potatoes. This years activity venue includes the annual parade with floats for cash awards.

An ongoing collaboration between the SPCA of Tompkins County and The Jewelbox & Micky Roof Designer/Goldsmith has already raised over $900.00 in its first full month of activity.  The Buddy Tag, a sterling silver charm designed by Micky Roof and embossed with the SPCA’s iconic logo, is quickly becoming a must-have item for anyone who has ever adopted pets from, or supported, our local SPCA.

FILLING

1. 1 3/4 pounds rhubarb stalks, sliced 1/2 inch thick
2. 1 1/4 cups sugar
3. 11/4 pounds strawberries, hulled and quartered
4. 3 tablespoons cornstarch
5. 2 teaspoons fresh lemon or lime juice

TOPPING

1. 1 stick (4 ounces) unsalted butter, softened
2. 1 1/2 cups light brown sugar
3. 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
4. 1 1/4 cups quick-cooking rolled oats
5. 3 tablespoons canola oil
6. 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
7. 3/4 teaspoon salt

New Roots Charter School students will share their “green” urban planning and sustainability science projects with Dr. David Orr Friday May 7.  Orr is an environmental scientist whose seminal thinking about education laid the intellectual groundwork for the development of the school.

An internationally recognized founder of the sustainability education movement, Dr. Orr is a renowned sustainability expert and the Paul Sears Distinguished Professor of Environmental Studies and Politics at Oberlin College.

On April 9th, Colonel Jeffrey N. Colt was promoted to Brigadier General in the US Army.  Currently, Jeff serves as commander, Joint Unmanned Aircraft Systems Center of Excellence (JUAS COE), Creech Air Force Base, Nevada.  Colt is from Lansing, New York.  He is married to Nancy Johnson and they have two sons, Hunter and Sam.

A career Army aviator qualified to fly several different rotary-wing aircraft, Colt has deployed in support of operations in the Persian Gulf, Panama, Somalia, Afghanistan and Iraq.

Hey there my name is Madame Warble. I am a three-year-old domestic shorthair/mix. I'm a lovely lady who is looking for a caring family to take me home with them, so come and visit me at the SPCA today to see if I'm the right cat for you!

Visit the SPCA Web Page

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In celebration of Administrative Professionals Week Lansing Board Of Education President Anne Drake honored Secretary to the Superintendent and District Clerk Debbie Todd at Wednesday's school board meeting.


"They are the people behind the scenes that do all the hard work and don't get a lot of credit," said Drake.  "At this time I would like to thank our District Clerk Debbie Todd for all that she has done, and for all she continues to do to make us look good."

Administrative Professionals Week, formerly called Professional Secretaries Week, has been promoted by the International Association of Administrative Professionals (IAAP) since 1952.  According to IAAP over 4.1 million secretaries and administrative assistants work in the United States.  This year Administrative Professionals Week was April 18-24 with Administrative Professionals Day on Wednesday, April 21.

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Most daughters will make do with getting a card, flowers, or maybe some chocolate this Mother's Day, but about 15 girls will spend a unique day of facing physical challenges and bonding with their mothers.  Moms As Mentors is being offered at Cornell's Hoffman Challenge Course for mothers who want to help their daughters grow into strong, confident women as well as just get to know their daughters better.

"The purpose of the program is to enhance communication, bonding, and sharing between mothers and their daughters," says Katie Drossos, who with Courtney Wilkinson is managing this year's event.  "We're going to be doing this through high ropes, low ropes, a nutrition segment led by Sue Travis, and a story board segment led by Pamela Moss."