Archive: Around Town

Pet of the WeekHi! I’m Carter, a 10-week-old puppy full of fun loving energy! I will have to be trained to be around people and other dogs (hey every one has their weak spots). I am used to being top dog so a no-no to male dogs besides me. Cats also wouldn’t be a good idea but I love to play and have a good time (don’t forget the tummy rub!). So please come meet me at the A.S.P.C.A. See ya soon!


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The Old North CabinThe Old North Cabin committee met Thursday so that members could report on progress that has been made over the past two weeks.  The committee hopes to bring the oldest log cabin in Tompkins and Cayuga Counties home to its original location in Lansing by late summer this year.  The cabin is currently behind the Cayuga Museum in Auburn, where it has been since 1958.

Progress is in an in-between state as committee members continue to research the history of the cabin and the North family who built and lived in it, and also research what it will take to get the cabin to Lansing.  Town Councilman Bud Shattuck said that a Member Item Grant from a State legislator may be the Town's best bet to pay for moving the cabin, and that a historical grant could help to restore and furnish it once it gets here.

Ithaca, NY – United Way of Tompkins County’s Board of Directors approved a $12,000 grant recommendation for the Food Bank of the Southern Tier. Funds will be used to support the Tompkins County Food Distribution Network ($10,000) and the Smart Buy Food Cooperative Program ($2,000), all to benefit individuals and families. The funding for these two programs is from local United Way donors who supported the Triad Foundation’s 2004-05 Hunger and Food Insecurity Challenge Grant.

The $10,000 will be distributed to the fourteen food pantries in Tompkins County based on services delivered and need in the individual communities. Each month, but especially during the winter and summer seasons, several tons of food and personal care items are distributed throughout the county.

On February 19, 2006 Tompkins County Sheriff's Deputies arrested an Ithaca man on the following charges:

Driving While Intoxicated, Failure to Use Designated Lane.

Arrested: Rath Lach age 25 of 36 Dart Drive, Ithaca, New York.

At approximately 1:00am. Deputies observed Lach traveling northbound on NYS Route 13 in the Village of Lansing. Deputies observed Lach cross the white log line driving onto the shoulder. Deputies subsequently stopped Lach and determined that he was intoxicated.

Lach refused to properly submit to a chemical test for intoxication.

Lach was released to appear in the Lansing Town Court on February 28, 2006.

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Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County and the Town of Lansing invite you to a free workshop, Save Energy Save Dollars. This 2-hour workshop will explore low-cost and no-cost energy conservation methods to help all households reduce their energy bills. Information about programs that can help people afford home energy improvements will also be shared.

The workshop will be held twice in Lansing -- Monday, March 20th from 12 noon to 2 pm and Tuesday, April 4th, from 6:30 to 8:30 pm -- at the Lansing Town Hall, 29 Auburn Rd., Lansing, NY.

All participating households will receive a free energy kit containing an assortment of energy-saving items. Door prizes and refreshments will also be provided. The workshops are free and open to the public, but pre-registration is required. Please call Cornell Cooperative Extension at 272-2292 to register.

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With low fuel prices and the wide availability of automobiles the world became a small place.  Now it's getting bigger again as gas and fuel prices rise.  A small group of Lansing residents are trying to keep this trend under control by letting their neighbors know what they can do to reduce fuel costs and make their homes more energy efficient.  Lansing Energy Groups (LEGS) is launching its first initiatives on a neighborhood basis, with door to door visits and two free March workshops to show homeowners low and no-cost methods for reducing their energy bills.

"We'd like to do something with Ludlowville, Lansingville and Myers," says Gay Nicholson, "three hamlets where it's feasible to go door to door, and where there are clusters of people.  Our strategy for the door to door work is to identify community leaders, to get them trained, and then hand it off to them."

"The college process is different from when we applied for college," says High School Principal Michelle Stone.  That's why juniors and their parents were invited to attend "College Night" at Lansing High School last night.  The purpose of the event was to begin to prepare students and their families for the application process.

Guidance Councilor Carol Miller explains that it takes real work to get into the right school.  "You have to take the time to find out what school fits you best," she says.  She and her colleague Nancy Fish put the event together to try to make sense of the application process.  Stone says that schools aren't interested in resumes that list umpteen extra-curricular activities any more.  "Colleges are looking for depth," she says.  "Seeing their passion and playing it out... colleges are sick of seeing resume padding."

After a 48 year visit to Auburn the oldest log cabin in Tompkins or Cayuga counties is coming home.  A meeting last week included seven residents including the five Town Council people, Paul Welch and Chris Muka who want to bring the cabin home to Lansing.  The cabin was originally built by the North family, the same family that migrated from Lansing to Michigan, where they suggested the name for that state's capital city.

Originally the idea was to bring the cabin into the Town square where the Town Hall, Lansing Community Library Center, the Field Schoolhouse and the Town's historical records building stand.  That plan changed, in part because the cabin might be eligible for more funding if it is relocated onto its original location.  Achieving that eligibility requires that the Town figure out just where that location was.  Articles in the December 1966 Lansing Historical Association newsletter suggest that spot is on the corner of Conlon and Searles Roads, near Mary Searle's house.

Lansing's Board of Education (BOE) was in for a special treat last Monday as representatives from the third grade presented "A Slice of Life" from the Elementary School.  Interim Principal Earlene Carr introduced her students in the High School Library last Monday.  The students demonstrated what they have been learning, including technology, math, reading and social studies.

We still don't have the date for the next Karavan -- but the Shelter in New Orleans will take us whenever we get there.

There are now 6 Bahama canines here. Two of them are already in permanent homes -- Roxy the Rottweiler and Angie the "potcake". They are both very sweet. We are thinking that Mickey the Shepard crosas will go to Shaker Animal Hospital in the Albany area where they have a good network for Shepard and their shyness. Poor Mickey spent 4 hours hiding in a closet -- after the long flight he'd never been in a house before.

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 Lansing's Advice Column


Dear IMO,

My grandson works in the lumber department at a large box type store. He recently noticed his manager taking a lot of lumber from the store shelves and placing it in his (the manager’s) truck. He seems to do this while the assistant manager is out of the store. Should my grandson report this activity to the assistant manager or just keep quiet? I want him to do what is right, but I don’t want him to falsely accuse anyone.

Sincerely,

Grandma Sue