FIFTEENTH ANNUAL
WINTER FLY TYING WORKSHOP
January 9-March 6, 2010
STILL SPACE AVAILABLE AND TIME TO REGISTER

The Leon Chandler Chapter of Trout Unlimited and Tompkins County
Cooperative Extension 4-H Program are proud to offer you (youth and
adults) the finest in fly fishing education, featuring some of the
most talented angler/tiers in the state! The Introduction to Fly
Tying features nine two-hour sessions with several different
instructors who will teach you the basics of tying the dry fly, wet
fly, nymph and streamer patterns that are the most effective in our
area. Dates for the training-1/19-3/6/10

All classes are held at the Tompkins County Cooperative Extension
Education Center, 615 Willow Avenue Ithaca, NY. There is a limited
enrollment and classes get filled earlier every year. A 50% tuition
deposit must accompany your application in order for us to hold your place.

All classes will be from 6-8 p.m. on Saturdays. Tuition includes
nine weeks of instruction, all tools, hooks and tying materials. All
students receive: complete tying kits (including vises, scissors and
related tools); all tying materials necessary to complete the course
and practice tying outside of the class (feathers, dubbing, hooks and
related materials); as well as a comprehensive introductory text on
Fly Tying (by Skip Morris). Tuition fees are $140 for adults (19
and up), $115 for children (between the ages of 13 and 18) and $200
for a child and adult combination. There are a limited number of
partial scholarships available for children between the ages of 13 and 18.

Space is limited so sign up now.

To register contact Sherron Brown at:

Winter Fly Tying Workshop
c/o Tompkins County CCE
615 Willow Avenue
Ithaca, NY 14850
MORE INFO: 607-272-2292 (extension 139)
Email-scb42@cornell.edu

(Ithaca, NY) The highly popular Gingerbread House Competition is making a return to downtown Ithaca this year, with an opportunity for members of the public to enter the competition and/or vote for their favorite gingerbread houses! Entries will be displayed in downtown Ithaca storefront windows from December 5, 2009 to December 25, 2009, and prizes will be awarded to the winners.
A public vote will determine the winners. Members of the public can vote for their favorite gingerbread house starting December 5, 2009, and continuing through 5:00 p.m., December 24, 2009. Ballot boxes and voter information will be available at all participating merchant locations. Prizes, including Downtown Dollars and gift certificates to downtown Ithaca merchants, will be awarded at the close of the competition.

Don’t miss the Fall DeWitt Middle School Musical–Rogers and Hammerstein’s Oklahoma!

This American musical created box-office history and tells a story of cowboys and farm girls, rivalry and love, set in the Indian territory at the turn of the 20th century.

Thursday, December 10 - Saturday, December 12 at 7:30PM and Sunday, December 13 at 2:00PM.
DeWitt Middle School Auditorium. Admission: $7

Contact: Kathryn Cernera (kcernera@icsd.k12.ny.us ) for more information.

The Tompkins County American Red Cross will be offering two babysitter’s training classes over winter break:
Mon/Tues., Dec 28th & 29th, 9:00am - 12:30pm

or

Mon/Tues., Dec 28th & 29th, 1:00 - 4:15pm

The inclement weather makeup date is Dec 30th so students must be available that day as well “just in case”.

The fee for the course is $40 but students who are eligible for free or reduced school lunch programs can enroll at no charge thru a generous grant from the Park Foundation.

For more info on this course, go to:

http://www.redcross.org/portal/site/en/menuitem.53fabf6cc033f17a2b1ecfbf43181aa0/?vgnextoid=5ced914124dbe110VgnVCM10000089f0870aRCRD&vgnextchannel=bf970c45f663b110VgnVCM10000089f0870aRCRD

To register for the class, call (607) 273-1900, ext 14 as space is limited to ten students per class.

Please pass this along to others as you see appropriate. Thank you!

Tarry S. Hilliard
Director, Health & Safety Services
Tompkins County American Red Cross
VOICE 607-273-1900, ext 16
FAX 607-273-7146

The Youth Bureau is offering the following recreational sports programs for Youth:

Climbing Adventure - register now for beginner, intermediate (ages 10-12) or advanced (ages 13 - up) climbing programs. A 5-week after school program at the Cornell Climbing Wall. Programs start in Early Dec.

Intro to Fencing– 2 sessions offered, Feb 14th to April 18th & April 25th to June 27th. Fee $80

Tae Kwon Do– multiple sessions, locations and skill levels offered. Next session starts in January. Call the IYB for information on sessions and skill levels.

Co-ed Indoor Soccer 1st thru 9th Grade - Sharpen your soccer skills this winter indoors. Games start Sunday Jan. 17th and run thru March 14th. Practices will be arranged by coach prior to the start of games. Game time is dependant on child’s grade. Fee for the program is $50 and games take place at Dewitt Middle School Gym. Registration deadline is Friday Dec.4th at 5pm.

Middle School Basketball Open Gym: The IYB is forming a list of interested Middle School Students to play in an 8 week open gym basketball program at Boynton Middle School. Program runs Saturdays 12pm to 2pm, Jan. 9th to Feb 27th. The program will run based on interest. Please contact the IYB to be placed on the “interest” list. Fee: $25

Go to www.ithacayouthbureau.org or call the IYB 273-8364 for information about offerings, registration and available scholarships.

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Mike Armitage
Recreation Program Coordinator
Ithaca Youth Bureau
1 James L. Gibbs Dr.
Ithaca, NY 14850
607-273-8364 ext 159
fax 607-273-2817
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December 2, 2009 at 6 PM
December 9, 2009 at 6 PM
Annex, Unitarian Church of Ithaca,
306 North Aurora Street, Ithaca, NY

If you are unemployed or marginally employed – just hanging on – the Holidays are a troubling time. The above sessions, facilitated by Jonathan Ames, Ph.D., and sponsored by the Mental Health Association in Tompkins County, are designed to provide help and support for getting through it all joyfully and positively.
The December 2 session will consider unemployment and economic hardship as a source of traumatic individual and family stress, and will provide a safe and proven opportunity for relief. The process used will be an application of Critical Incident Stress Management, a technique which has served many people in catastrophic, social or economic distress.

The December 9 session will focus on specific, creative ways for coping with children and young people at this time of year, as well as for finding a deeper, more hopeful meaning to the holidays at hand and the hard times we’re in.
Participants are encouraged to attend both sessions since the second builds upon the first. Also, RSVP requested, but not required. The workshops are free of charge.

Contact: Catherine at MHATC, at 607-273-9250 or by Email at info@mhaedu.org to RSVP

Bridges for Youth and Families will be presenting, “Runaway Reality,” an informational workshop for teens on Monday, November 30, 2009 from 6:00 - 7:30 PM in the Tompkins County Public Library’s BorgWarner Community Room.

“Runaway Reality” will provide students with an understanding of what being a runaway means, things to consider and alternatives before running away. Clips from the documentary, “My Own Four Walls,” which portrays homeless children and teens from their point of view, will also be shown.

This program is geared toward teens, but interested adults are welcome to attend. For more information about this workshop, please contact, Genevieve Labe at 607-275-0067. This event is co-sponsored by Bridges for Youth and Families and the Tompkins County Public Library

Bridges for Youth and Families is a local organization serving the needs of runaway and homeless youth since 1995. Services provided include: case management, solution-focused counseling, family mediation, anger management, a LGBTQQI youth group, and a 24-hour crisis hotline (607-275-0067).

(ITHACA) The Ithaca City School District eighth graders are headed to Cornell
University’s Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts for a special matinee
performance of Romeo and Juliet. The famous Shakespeare play is studied as
part of the eighth grade curriculum and students will have an opportunity to see
it live during the school day due to a theater pilot project at the Department
of Theatre, Film and Dance.

On December 4, 400 eighth graders from Lehman Alternative Community School,
Boynton Middle School, Dewitt Middle School, and Groton Middle School will head
to Cornell University to see the play.

The students will also be able to view the work of Ithaca High School students
from the Urban Art Club. The Schwartz Center involved students in the Romeo and
Juliet set design. The unique set of Romeo and Juliet is a towering urban
sprawl complete with graffitied walls (courtesy of the Ithaca High School Urban
Art Club, Cornell students, and GIAC leader Jay Stooks) designed by resident
scenic designer Kent Goetz. Also designing for this show are: Warren Cross
(sound), E.D. Intemann (lights), and Sarah E. Bernstein (costumes). IPEI, GIAC
and Ithaca High School have provided support to the Urban Art Club.

The Lesbian and Gay Family Building Project and Planned Parenthood’s Out for Health Program cordially invite you to join us as we launch a special series of events for Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender/Queer parents, families, and aspiring parents.
The first event of the series is an educational and networking session for LGBTQ individuals and couples who would like to start a family or add to their family. The event will take place on Thursday, November 19, from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at Planned Parenthood’s Sexuality Education Resource Center and Out for Health Program Office, located at 111 East Seneca Street in Ithaca.

This program will provide valuable information, resources, and networking to help aspiring parents understand and utilize the family building information and options that are available to them.

On Sunday, December 6, LGBTQ families are invited to join us for a fun family activity from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. at St. Paul’s United Methodist Church located at 402 North Aurora Street in Ithaca. During this special program, adults and their children of all ages will use mixed-media art to create a “family crest.”

The programs are free but space is limited. Please register early. Light refreshments will be served at both of the programs.

The Lesbian and Gay Family Building Project and Planned Parenthood’s Out for Health Program are co-sponsoring the series. The Lesbian and Gay Family Building Project was established in 2000 and is dedicated to helping LGBTQ people in upstate New York achieve their goals of building and sustaining healthy families (www.PrideAndJoyFamilies.org ).

The Out for Health Program is an LGBT health and wellness project of Planned Parenthood. Through this program, Planned Parenthood provides outreach, education, and information to LGBT people, their health care providers, and the community at large about the importance of inclusive, welcoming, and respectful care for LGBT people (www.outforhealth.org ).

For more information or to register, please contact Jennifer Foy at 607.216.0021, ext. 136 or e-mail lgbt@ppsfl.org.

Harvest Day with Primitive Pursuits
Wednesday, November 11, 9am to 1:30 pm or 4:00pm
4-H Acres, 418 Lower Creek Rd., Ithaca

Youth aged 8 to 14 are invited to spend a day in the woods,
preparing for winter as the wild ones do. Craft a rain-proof nest,
gather and prepare food while evading predators and keeping warm.
See what an adventure surviving in the woods can be!

Fee: self-determined sliding scale
Half Day (9:00am–1:30pm) $45 - $55
Full Day (9:00am–4:00pm) $ 60 - $80

Staff will be on site from 8am to 5pm to provide supervision and
extend the fun. For more information or to register, go to
www.primitivepursuits.net or call (607) 272-2292, ext. 195.