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NOT OFFICIALLY NEWS
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Slide show of David Makar and friends jumping into Cayuga Lake on New Year's Eve:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dmakar/sets/72157594450774199/show
Another Cayuga Lake Swim on New Year's Eve:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTcro8O8u5k
New Ithaca Blog, from relatively new Ithacans: http://ourlifeinithaca.com
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ICN NEWS
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Articles and news briefs on the ICN site:
Ithacans Head to DC for International Day to Shut Down Guantánamo
http://www.ithacanews.org/news.htm?newsID=173
MLK Jr. Committee Stalled in City
http://ithacanews.org/news.htm?newsID=172
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NEWSLETTER SPONSOR. TCAT's Spring Youth Pass, a lanyard to hook onto backpacks or belt loops, is now available. For just $30, kids and teens from age 6 to 17, or until graduation from high school, can ride any TCAT bus route, anytime, from February 1 to June 30. Self-reliance for kids, less driving for parents. Call 277-RIDE or visit http://www.tcatbus.com.
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NEWSLETTER SPONSOR. If you’ve had enough of back or neck pain, or if you’re looking to enhance your athletic performance, you’ll be happy to know that the professional staff at the Spinal Wellness Center of Ithaca are experts in correcting spinal problems. They use state-of-the-art diagnostic and corrective methods that will have you feeling better permanently, because they get to the CAUSE of your problem. The Spinal Wellness Center also specializes in the correction of scoliosis in children and young adults. They’ve been serving Tompkins County since 1991. Contact them at (607) 277-2570, or visit them at http://www.SpinalWellnessIthaca.com.
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THANKS TO THE DONORS WHO HAVE DONATED IN THE PAST.
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ITHACA LABOR NEWS
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Two more Public Hearings on the ICSD facilities bond project:
More info on the facilities bond projects:
http://www.icsd.k12.ny.us/board/FacilitiesBond2006/
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ITHACA SUSTAINABILITY
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An Inconvenient Truth DVD Giveaway for Teachers
Makers of An Inconvenient Truth are giving away 50,000 copies to teachers in the United States. The first 50,000 teachers who apply are eligible to win. There is a limit of one DVD per teacher. All entries must be received by January 18.
More info: http://participate.net/educators/DVD/giveaway
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Gingerbread house contest highlights green building
Last month Cornell unveiled its first facility to earn the U.S. Green Building Council's coveted LEED Platinum Rating. And the best part: It's entirely edible. http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Jan07/gingerbread.html
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Documentary Film: "The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil."
Thursday, January 11, as part of the Sustainable Tompkins monthly gathering and sponsored, in part, by Tompkins County Relocalization Project (TCLocal), Prepared Tompkins, and the Cuba Friendship Group of Greater Ithaca. The gathering will begin at 6:00 pm with a potluck dinner at GIAC, 318 N. Albany Street, Ithaca.
About the film and gathering: Petroleum industry experts agree that global oil production will reach a peak and then begin an irreversible decline some time in the next 20 years, with profound implications for our way of life and even our food supply. Cuba got an unwilling preview of the future when oil imports collapsed with the fall of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s. This story of Cuba's successful management of energy descent through permaculture provides an eye-opening look at the challenges facing us, the solutions provided by a transition to organic farming, and the social changes wrought by a return to local food production. Discussion will follow film.
More info on sponsoring organizations:
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Having trouble coping with Peak Oil? A group of psychologists has created a web resource for people to share their fears and take action related to a coming energy crisis: http://peakoilblues.com/
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ITHACA WAR AND PEACE REPORT
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Back to Democracy Free Movie Night-The Ground Truth: Friday, January 12, Trumansburg Fire Hall, Rte 96/Main St., Trumansburg, 7:00 pm. Patricia Foulkrod's 2006 documentary about US soldiers sharing experiences in Iraq. Handicap accessible. Directions from Ithaca: Take Rte 96 north through Trumansburg. As you head up the hill out of town, Fire Hall is on your right. Free. More info:
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GIAC Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Breakfast, Saturday, January 13, 9:00-11:00 am, BJM School, 302 W. Buffalo St., Ithaca. Breakfast is sponsored by the staff and Board of Directors of GIAC. Cost is $3 for adults, $2 for seniors and youth, $10 family of 4 or more and children under 5 free. Featuring guest speaker Alan Gomez, Assistant Professor of Latino/a Studies, Center for the Study of Culture, Race, and Ethnicity at Ithaca College. The Peacemaker Award will be announced by CDRC as well as the winners of the TC Human Rights Commission MLK poetry and art contest.
More info:
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Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service: Make it a Day On, Not a Day Off
The 13th annual celebration of the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. will be held on Monday, January 15. This year's festivities will begin at 9:30 am at GIAC, 318 N. Albany Street, with workshops for children and adults. Tompkins Community Action will be running a poverty simulation to educate participants on what it means to live in poverty. The luncheon, free to the public, will begin at 12:00 pm in the Beverly J. Martin School gym, 302 W. Buffalo St., featuring keynote speaker James Brown, Director of United
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FEATURED EVENTS
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Now on the web! Check out our events calendar:
http://ithacanews.org/events.htm?catID=1.
Just some of the newer listings: Readings at Bookery II, Second Sunday Celebration Circle, Taoist Tai Chi Open House, free Film Screenings, and more. Don't miss out! Calendar is live, same format as newsletter, updated almost daily, and searchable.
To submit an event listing: http://ithacanews.org/contactpr.htm.
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CALLS FOR SUBMISSIONS/ANNOUNCEMENTS
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Southside Community Center is seeking volunteers to serve on planning committees for 2007 events: Juneteenth in June and Kwanzaa in December. Contact Stel Walton Whitehead, Program Coordinator, Southside Community Center, 305 S. Plain St, Ithaca, 273-4190.
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New support group lesbian (or questioning) women forms; holds first fundraiser.
Martin-Lyon Lesbian Support Services is selling car wash tickets for Squeaky Clean Car
More info: http://www.martin-lyonlss.org.
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Kitchen Theatre Accepting Applications for 48-Hour Playwriting Contest:
The KTC 4th Annual 48-hour Playwriting Marathon will be held February 9-11. Actors, directors and production assistants are encouraged to send resumes and letters of interest to participate in this dynamic, intense 48-hour creative play writing and performance process. Deadline to apply is January 19.
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Check out the winter issue of
Winter issue is filled with stories about the demand for economic justice, free hugs, Loaves and Fishes, climate change, a new newspaper for kids, two orphanages (one in Zambia and one in India), Transformative Action, a local artist goes to Cuba and much, much more--20 jam packed pages of inspiration and information. You can get it at stores, libraries, restaurants, meeting halls, health facilities, credit unions and in street boxes all over town.
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CLASSES, LECTURES, SUPPORT GROUPS
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Now on the web! Check out listings for cool classes, lectures and more:
http://ithacanews.org/events.htm?catID=8. Just some of the newer listings: Marketing Mavens Workshop, Health Talks, Aging Parents Support Group, Women's Support Group, GreenStar classes, and more. Don’t miss out!
To submit a class listing: http://ithacanews.org/contactpr.htm.
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YOUR LETTERS
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Send Snail Mail Letters to Congress
Thanks for the news! I'm writing to urge others to send "real mail" letters (the most effective) to members and leaders in the new Congress—Clinton, Schumer, your Congressperson, Pelosi, Harry Reid, etc.—as soon as possible, urging them to take action on the issues for which they were elected.
My own priorities: NO MORE FUNDS FOR THE WAR (Which does support the troops by getting them out of harm's way) and RESTORATION OF THE CONSTITUTION/CIVIL LIBERTIES. I think and will say that while I do not believe impeachment is feasible at present, I think it ought not to be taken off the table prior to investigations - otherwise the megalomania can continue unobstructed. Our congress people need to hear from us how strongly we feel (if we do)!
Thanks,
---Joyce Kantor