June 2012

LOCKPORT COLLEGE WOMEN’S CLUB THE MEGAPHONE – JUNE 2012 Our FINAL meeting until October will be at the Lockport Town & Country Club with its yummy bevy of desserts at 7 p.m. Thursday, June 7, with a speaker to stimulate you intellectually, Formerly with UB’s Educational Opportunity Center, Dr. Barbara Seals Nevergold , is the winner of several awards and is currently the co-director of Uncrowned Queens Institute for Research and Education on Women and an instructor at Empire State College. Cost of the dessert buffet will be $12. Hostesses are Nancy Coons and Karen Robison. Call your telephone gal by 9p.m. Sunday, June 3. Honorees in June will be: Charlotte Lasher, a 50-year member, and Linda Fraser, 25 years. Honored at the May Banquet were Isabelle Murphy, 50 years, and Judy Johnson Paonessa, 25 years. Amelia Sommer was recognized for 50 years, but was unable to attend. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - -- -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - At the banquet, we congratulated our scholarship winner Kelsey Stanley and her mother Chris. Kelsey plans duo-majors of linguistics and astrophysics at Washington University in St. Louis, Mo., and wants to be with the FBI in the future! She ranks third in her Lockport High School class with a 101 average. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Treasurer Ann VanDusen has announced a profit of $4,300 from the luncheon fund-raiser. The basket raffle was a great success and was responsible for $1,345 of that amount. Many thanks to everyone involved in the fund-raiser, especially to our creative basket-ladies and co-chairs Pat Kennedy and Rosemary Dever. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - From the Board: We want to encourage all members to use their talents and be more active with the club, even in “unsung heroine” duties. Please use the tear-off below to let the board know if you’d like to hold an office or chairmanship! – or call Patty at (716)433-9342 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - NAME AND ‘PHONE:_________________________________ I’M INTERESTED IN: MAIL TO: Patricia Russell; 102 Continental Dr.; Lockport, NY 14094