April 2024

Please join us on May 2, 2024 for our Annual Banquet to both meet our Scholarship winners

and to honor our 50 year members, Patty Russell, Gail Marshall and Lucille Cannata! The

Dinner will be at 80 Main Street, Lockport, New York at 6:00 PM. The Doors will open at 5:30

PM. The menu has two selections: Chicken Cordon Bleu with poulet sauce for $35.00 or

Stuffed Shrimp with lump blue crab meat for $40.00. Dinners will include coffee, tea, soft

drinks and dessert. The cost will cover all gratuities as well. Reservations must be made to the

Telephone Committee by Thursday, April 25, 2023 at 7:00 PM. Hostesses are Judy

Cummings and Paula Sattleberg.

Please give a round of applause and great thanks to all those who have helped with this year’s

fundraiser – It was a great success as usual! Please make sure and give a big thank you to

Patty Russell who really helped to put this together with lots of help from volunteers.

Let us also recognize the hard work of our Scholarship Committee – Chairman, Daniele Priest,

and committee members, Anne O’Bryne, Nancy Fischer, Val Hamluk and Megan Menges.

There will be a brief business meeting at the Scholarship Dinner to report on the success of

our Spring Scholarship Fundraiser.

This Megaphone is short! Just a reminder to please make plans to join us for dinner to meet

our Scholarship Winners. That is what it is all about!!

The next Board Meeting is scheduled for May 9, 2024 at 7:00 PM at the home of AnnaBeth

Kinyon, 117 Windermere Road, Lockport. Please contact her if you will not be attending.

 February 2024 

Our next meeting is scheduled for Thursday, March 7, 2024 at the 80 Main Street, Lockport. We will be welcoming Leonard Peterson who is the Niagara County Street Outreach Supervisor for Pinnacle Community Services and Larissa Bachman who is the Chief Operating Officer with Pinnacle Community Services. This organization was formerly known as Family and Children’s Services of Niagara. They will be presenting a program that describes the drop in services offered in Lockport to the homeless youth population. Pinnacle Community Services has a center located at the First Presbyterian Church. 

Homelessness has become a problem for more and more individuals. We are pleased to present this timely program on such an issue.  

In addition to the program, Pinnacle will be accepting donations of needed items that include non-perishable food, toiletries, socks and underwear. The population that is served at the drop-in center ranges in age from 12 to 24. So items that individuals need are appreciated. Please feel free to bring donations to the meeting.  

The doors will open at 5:30 PM for registration. Dinner will be served at 6:00 PM.  The menu will be panko crusted chicken, mashed potatoes and vegetables, served with coffee and tea. Cookies will be available tableside for dessert. The cost of the dinner is $25.00. Hostesses are Kim Meal and Michelle Gilbert  Please call in your reservation to the Telephone Committee by Thursday, February 29, 2024. You may also make an email reservation with Susan Grigg at smmgrigg@aol.com. Reservations may also be made by calling Gail Marshall (716-434-4306). We need to make sure we have an accurate count for the restaurant of those planning on attending. Please do not call Marybeth Wilson as she is out of town. Every meeting is a guest meeting, so bring a friend. We had a great turnout at the last meeting so let’s do it again!! It sounds like an interesting program. 

The recommendation of the Scholarship Committee was passed at the last meeting. It read as follows: “At this time, the Scholarship Committee recommends for the year 2024 that we support awards up to $8,000.00 as applications are received and reviewed by the Scholarship Committee. Our College Scholarship Fundraiser is scheduled for April 14, 2024 at the Lockport Town Country Club. We are in need of two Co-chairs! The work is easy and delicious – choosing the menu! So please consider volunteering. It is a great way to make new friends and to help with the mission of the club. Nancy Fisher and Shirley Wagner have volunteered to sell tickets during the Fundraiser!  We can always use more volunteers. 

It’s a great time of year to start thing about the theme of a basket to make for the basket raffle or to find a donation of a restaurant or vendor gift certificate. Information on the drop-off for completed baskets will be forthcoming. Dues can be paid at the next meeting or mailed to Anna Beth Kinyon, 117 Windermere Road, Lockport, NY 14094. Dues are now $50.00. Thank you for continuing to support the College Club with your attendance at meetings and support of the annual Fundraiser. 

Next year will see a new Directory so if there are any changes to be made to your listing, please let Patty Russell or any other Board Member know. The next Board of Directors meeting will be held on Thursday, March 14, 2024 at the home of Patty Russell, 102 Continental Drive, Lockport at 7:00 PM. Call to confirm your attendance. 

Please note that longtime member, Kathy Newman, passed away recently. A

book has been donated to the library in her memory. We are also saddened to report that Pat Kennedy, another long time member, recently lost her husband.  Prayers for these families are appreciated.

 January 2024 

Our next meeting is scheduled for Thursday, February 1, 2024 at the 80 Main Street, Lockport. This promises to be another exciting program as we welcome David Kinyon who will be presenting an exciting program on the preparations being made to celebrate the Bicentennial of the Erie Canal. The original canal opened to navigation on November 26, 1825 and the final section to be completed was Lockport’s Flight of Five Locks and the deep cut which comprised a seven mile section from Lockport to Tonawanda Creek. The Flight of Five was considered an engineering marvel of the early 19th Century. Mr. Kinyon will also discuss the successive evolution of the Lockport Locks from the original “Clinton’s Ditch” lock system to the Englarged Erie Locks ending with the what we now know as the Erie Barge Canal Locks. Mr. Kinyon has worked tirelessly on the preservation and restoration of the historic Flight of Five and the Lock Tenders Tribute Project. He will be talking about these projects as well. Lastly, Mr. Kinyon will share plans for a documentary to be called America’s Stairway, which is intended for national distribution and will explain the Canal’s role in the western expansion of the nation in the 19th century and the modern impacts of the canal today. Our region will be hosting the 2025 World Canals Conference in Buffalo and Mr. Kinyon will be telling us about that, too. It promised to be an entertaining and informative program. 

The doors will open at 5:30 PM for registration. Dinner will be served at 6:00 PM.  The menu will be a sandwich and salad, served with coffee and tea. Cookies will be available tableside for dessert. The cost of the dinner is $25.00.  Hostesses are Shirley Wagner and Margo Covell Gail Marshall and MaryBeth Wilson. Please call in your reservation to the Telephone Committee by Thursday, January 25, 2024. You may also make an email reservation with Susan Grigg at smmgrigg@aol.com. Reservations may also be made by calling Gail Marshall (716-434-4306). We need to make sure we have an accurate count for the restaurant of those planning on attending. Please do not call Marybeth Wilson as she is out of town. Every meeting is a guest meeting, so bring a friend. We had a great turnout at the last meeting so let’s do it again!! It sounds like an interesting program. 

Attendance at this meeting is important because the Scholarship Committee will be making it’s recommendation to the club on the number of scholarships that we hope to award this year. It is an important vote, so please attend the meeting.

Our College Scholarship Fundraiser is scheduled for April 14, 2024 at the Lockport Town Country Club. We are in need of two Co-chairs! The work is easy and delicious – choosing the menu! So please consider volunteering. It is a great way to make new friends and to help with the mission of the club. It’s a great time of year to start thing about the theme of a basket to make for the basket raffle or to find a donation of a restaurant or vendor gift certificate. 

Dues can be paid at the next meeting or mailed to Anna Beth Kinyon, 117 Windermere Road, Lockport, NY 14094. Dues are now $50.00. Thank you for continuing to support the College Club with your attendance at meetings and support of the annual Fundraiser. 

Next year will see a new Directory so if there are any changes to be made to your listing, please let Patty Russell or any other Board Member know. The next Board of Directors meeting will be held on Thursday, February 8, 2024 at the home of Anna Beth Kinyon, 117 Windermere Road, Lockport at 7:00 PM.  Call to confirm your attendance.

 

Looking forward to seeing everyone in the new year. Marybeth Wilson recently

underwent successful open heart surgery. Cards can be sent to her at: 60 South Beachview Drive, Jekyll Island, Georgia 31527

 November 2023 

Our next meeting is scheduled for Thursday, November 2, 2023 at the 80 Main Street, Lockport. This promises to be another exciting program as we welcome Claudia Carballda. She serves as the Manager of Community Engagement for the new Buffalo AKG Museum, previously known as the Albright-Knox Art Gallery. She will share with us all about the new buildings, art work, programs and community activities that are now available at the campus of the AKG Museum. The museum has completed a $230 million dollar capital campaign, transforming the original museum. According to the New York Times, the Buffalo AKG Museum remains “one of the strongest collections of modern and contemporary art in the United States.” 

The doors will open at 5:30 PM for registration. Dinner will be served at 6:00 PM. The menu is sliced turkey, mashed potatoes with gravy and green beans. Coffee and tea will be served. The cost of the dinner is $25.00. Hostesses are Gail Marshall and MaryBeth Wilson. Please call in your reservation to the Telephone Committee by Thursday, October 26, 2023. You may also make an email reservation with Susan Grigg at smmgrigg@aol.com. Reservations may also be made by calling either Gail Marshall (716-434-4306) or Marybeth Wilson (716-434-1462). Every meeting is a guest meeting, so bring a friend. We had a great turnout at the last meeting so let’s do it again!! It sounds like an interesting program. 

We met two new members at the last meeting! Paula Sattleburg lives at 109 Corinthia Street, Lockport and is a graduate of SUNY Buffalo. Trina Schiavetti lives at 57 Lindhurst Drive, Lockport and is a graduate of SUC at Buffalo. Welcome to Paula and Trina. 

Our College Scholarship Fundraiser is scheduled for April 14, 2024 at the Lockport Town Country Club. We are in need of two Co-chairs! The work is easy and delicious – choosing the menu! So please consider volunteering. 

Dues can be paid at the next meeting or mailed to Anna Beth Kinyon, 117 Windermere Road, Lockport, NY 14094. Dues will be $40.00 and will increase to $50.00 after December 2023. 

Thank you for continuing to support the College Club with your attendance at meetings and support of the annual Fundraiser. 

The next Board of Directors meeting will be held on Thursday, January 11, 2024 at the home of Mary Beth Caswell at 7:00 PM. Call to confirm your attendance. Remember that we will not be having a meeting in December or January. See you in February!!

 September 2023

SPECIAL EDITION....PLEASE NOTE THIS VERY IMPORTANT

INFORMATION.

Our next meeting is scheduled on October 5, 2023 at the Lockport Town andCountry Club. The program is important and vital to the community as it will be informational about the new hospital and the services that will be available to our community.

The Lockport Town and Country Club has asked us to provide a head count to them for the dinner earlier than we expected. We have to give them the numbers by September 29, 2023. We are asking you to call in your reservation to the telephone committee by Thursday, September 28, 2023! If you know of a member who does not receive the Megaphone by email, please pass this information along.

This change will only be effective for this meeting!!!

 September 2023

Please join us on October 5, 2023, at 6:00 PM at The Lockport Town and Country Club for our first meeting of the year! Please note this change from our usual meetings that have been held at 80 Main Street. The program is one of importance to the community of Lockport. Soplease invite friends and family to this meeting. 

 Our speaker will be CJ Urlaub from Catholic Health. His assistance has provided the following as a description of his talk for the evening:“Catholic Health’s newly constructed Lockport Memorial Campus of Mount St. Mary’s Hospital is designed as a ‘Neighborhood Hospital.’ Mr. Urlaub will discuss in detail what this concept means, how it will benefit the region now and well into the future, as well as how the Catholic Health System has facilitated the construction of this modern, state-of-the-art hospital in record time. He will explain what services will be provided at the new facility and discuss how the hospital, scheduled to open on October 10th, fits into healthcare for the future.”

The Board urges members to attend this meeting and to bring a guest! This information is vital to the entire Lockport Community. The meeting will be a dinner meeting with a menu ofchicken piccata, garlic mashed potatoes, vegetable d’jour with a dessert of strawberry shortcake sheetcake. The doors will open at 5:30 PM and dinner will be at 6:00 PM. The cost is $40.00 and includes coffee, tea and soft drinks together with the room reservation and grauity. Hostesses are Mary Beth Caswell and Ann O’Byrne. Reservations must be made by Sunday, October 1, 2023 at 7:00 PM by calling the telephone committee. 

Please note that Nancy Coons is no longer on the telephone committee and has been replaced by Michelle Gilbert (433-6739). Sue Grigg has agreed to continue to take email reservations as well and her email address is smmgrigg@aol.com.

We will be returning to 80 Main, Lockport for the remainder of our regular meetings.

Treasurer, Anna Beth Kinyon will be accepting payment of Dues at the meeting. Dues are  $40.00 and will increase to $50.00 after December. Dues can also be mailed to Anna Beth Kinyon, 117 Windermere Road, Lockport, New York 14094. 

We will not be printing new directories this year as they were just handed out last year. We have had two new members join last June. Please add their information to your copy of the Directory. There are: Dr. Martha Kershaw, 111 Morrow Avenue, Lockport, NY; 716-940-7160 and she graduated from Niagara University and Leslie Tobin, 6990 Northview Drive, Lockport, NY; 716-807-1223.

Please note that Anna Beth Kinyon has a new phone number – 716-725-2059

If you have an email address, we would like to send the Megaphone to you through email to save postage. Please provide your email address to Judy Johnson-Paonessa (jljgesq@aol.com) or to any Board member.

The Annual Scholarship Fundraiser has been scheduled for Sunday, April 14, 2024 at the Town and Country Club. We are in need of two volunteers to be Co-chairpersons of this event. Don’t let the designation intimidate you!! This event pretty much runs itself. The of the Co-chairs are to set the menu and to make sure that Micrographics is on board with any printing needs.

Speaking of volunteering, many hands make little work. It would be helpful to have some volunteers to sell raffle tickets at the Fundraiser as well. This would simply mean about one hour to sell tickets at your table. Just let any Board member know if you are willing to help out. It will save Patty countless hours making phone calls!!

The next Board Meeting is scheduled for October 12, 2023 at the home of Mary Beth Wilson, 7 Berkley Drive, Lockport, New York. Please contact her if you will not be attending

 June 2023 

Please join us to celebrate the 100th year of Lockport College Women’s Club at our final meeting of this year on Thursday, June 1, 2023. We will enjoy dinner, a historical proclamation recognizing College Club, and a program about a part of Lockport history.  

Our meeting will be held at 80 Main. Doors will open at 5:30 and dinner will be served at 6 pm. Menu choices are: Pork Tenderloin with fire-roasted peach chutney OR Panko Parmesan-Crusted Chicken with white wine feta cream sauce. Dinners include bread and butter, potatoes and vegetables, coffee, tea and any soft drink ordered from the bar. The Club will provide a piece of our celebratory anniversary cake for everyone! 

Please make your reservations with the Telephone Committee by Sunday, May 28, 2023 before 7 pm. Hostesses will be Judy Cummings and Anna Beth Kinyon. 

Our speaker in June is Megan Cassidy Hall, the author of “Sutherland”. She will share how she came to write her book of historical fiction based on the lives of the Seven Sutherland Sisters. Her story details the Sutherland Sisters early life of poverty to becoming one of the most celebrated acts in Barnum and Bailey’s Greatest Show on Earth. They were known both for their singing and their 7foot long hair. Megan Cassidy Hall grew up in Lockport and is a Professor of English at SUNY Schenectady. Please come and hear one of Lockport’s own share her story of writing about the historical Southerland Sisters who were also from Lockport, New York.  

In addition to our program, we will also read a proclamation from Mayor Michelle Roman recognizing the 100th Year of Lockport College Women’s Club and its presence in this community since 1922.  

Two new members will be introduced at our June meeting. They are Dr. Martha Kershaw and Leslie Tobin. We look forward to meeting them both and welcoming them into College Club. 

Our Scholarship fundraiser “Sunday for Scholarship” was a big success! Thank you to all our members and friends for their support. 

Thank you to Madeline Angelo and Ida Quade for co-chairing the event. Thank you also to Daniele Priest and Shirley Frombgen for co-chairing the ticket committee. Thank you to Anna Beth Kinyon and Peg D’Amato for their help setting up the Basket Raffle. Thank you to the members for all the baskets, donations, great ticket sales, successful basket raffle, and help selling tickets at the fundraiser. 

Donations to the fundraiser totaled an astounding $2,735.00. 

Proceeds from Basket Raffle, Special Raffle and Split Club were $1815.00. Proceeds from 86 luncheon tickets sold (profit of $10.00 each) was $860. After expenses, the profit from the fundraiser was ***$4,896.00***. At our fundraiser, Kim Meal proposed a “$100.00 Challenge” in honor of our 100th Year! The challenge has taken off because of the generosity of our members and our shared belief in the importance of women and education. Thank you, Kim for your great idea, your presentation of it at the fundraiser, and the benefit to our scholarship award winners. 

The $100.00 Challenge has raised $2,011.00 to date with the proceeds going to our Scholarship Fund. Thank you to the following members who contributed $100.00: Kim Meal, Lorraine Sparks, Lucille Cannata, Mary Beth Wilson, Val

Hamluk, Gail Marshall, Isabelle Murphy, Anna Beth Kinyon, and Patricia Russell. Paula Falsioni contributed $1,111.00 in memory of her parents Daniel and Victoria Falsioni, and deceased members Dee Morotchie, and Donna Bergman. Thank you all for accepting the $100.00 Challenge.  

At our May Scholarship and Recognition Dinner, Mary Beth Gammack was recognized for reaching the milestone of 50 years of membership in College Club. Congratulations, Mary Beth. 

We were privileged to meet our two scholarship award winners also. This year the Scholarship Committee chose Camryn Schiavitti who will be attending Nazareth College to pursue a degree in physical therapy. Camryn attended with her mother and gave a wonderful thank you to the group. She shared her plans to study at Nazareth and be a part of their women’s soccer team. Her determination and hard work led to success and we wish her well at Nazareth. 

The second award winner was Camryn Becken. Camryn will be attending NCCC and then a four- year school. Camryn thanked the group via Zoom and impressed us with her poise as she shared her academic plans and the work ethic that brought her to graduating from high school in three years. We also wish Camryn well at NCCC and look forward to hearing from both of them. Thank you to Margo Covell who chaired the Scholarship Committee this year and is stepping down. Thank you also to Kim Meal who has chaired in the past and served many years on Scholarship Committee. Kim is also stepping down. The two new members of Scholarship Committee are Ann O’Byrne and Nancy Fisher. Volunteers are needed! Please let me know if you would be interested in working on Programs as Vice-President. Co-chairing with a friend has been successful. We have lots of program ideas already so please let me know if you would like to be more involved. 

We also need co-chairmen for next year’s fundraiser. Many aspects are already in place. Please call me for details. 

In April, we lost long-time member Cathie Tobin. Our thoughts and prayers go out to her family. She was on the Board with Patty Russell when she wrote the Megaphone with Marcia Jacobi. A memorial book has been arranged at Lockport Public Library from the members of Lockport College Women’s Club. Please note in your directory that Anna Beth Kinyon’s phone number is now 716- 725-2059. 

The next Board of Directors meeting is scheduled for June 8, 2023 at the home of Anna Beth Kinyon. The meeting begins at 7:00 PM. Please let Anna Beth know if you are unable to attend. 

Thank you to Patty Russell as always who has been our tireless leader for yet another successful year. Looking forward to seeing everyone at the June meeting.