TompkinsWeekly for the week of July 13th

Download the newspaper in Acrobat Format Here Shared-Use Kitchen Planned David Hall has big plans for the former Oasis Dance Club, located at 1230 Danby Road. As its new owner, Hall is planning a shareduse kitchen to anchor the space, and is dreaming big about what else this new venture might become. Full Story »   Survey Tracks Local Youth Trends Results are in from the fall 2014 Tompkins County Youth Survey, conducted biannually with middle and high school students in Tompkins County’s six school districts. There is good news about county youth in the Survey Summary of Highlights, published recently by the Community Coalition for Healthy Youth. Full Story »   Legislature approves TC3 budget page 2 The Tompkins Counsty Legislature, by unanimous vote, on July 7, adopted the 2015-16 operating budget for Tompkins Cortland Community College (TC3). Full Story »   Skate Park expansion is underway page 3 The first public concrete skate park in Central New York is about to become the most up-to-date skate park in this region. Full Story »   American Ethical Union honors Steingraber page 5 The American Ethical Union has honored Sandra Steingraber, Distinguished Scholar in Residence in the Ithaca College Department of Environmental Studies and Sciences, for her “commitment to rescue our nation’s land, water and people from unsustainable, damaging corporate practices.” Steingraber was presented with the 2015 Elliot-Black Award at the organization’s national assembly on June 29. Full Story »   Friendship blooms under difficult conditions page 9 For the first 10 minutes of “Me and Earl and the Dying Girl” (currently playing at Cinemapolis), I wanted to bolt the theater. With chapter titles, ironic voice-over narration, a dad who is a stay-at-home sociology professor dressed like a Pacific Islander and whipping up exotic meals, the movie seemed to scream low-rent Wes Anderson. Self-consciously precious, but without Anderson’s inimitable style. Full Story »   Wind power and energy independence page 10 Did you know wind turbines are being designed and manufactured here in Tompkins County? At Weaver Wind Energy, we are rethinking energy distribution and creating a sustainable business model in the process. Weaver Wind is dedicated to the creation of reliable small wind systems and every one of our machines is designed and assembled in the Village of Freeville, just a few minutes from Ithaca. Full Story »