December 2014

Our December meeting will be held on December 4, 2014 at the Lockport Town and Country Club.  We will be having some holiday music provided by Kevin Clark at the piano. Hors d’oeuvres will be offered for a cost of $ 12.00.  A cash bar will also be available.  For extra fun we will have a “Bring a Book – Take a Book” exchange. So bring a book in good condition that you think someone else might enjoy. The meeting will begin at 7:00 pm. Our hostesses for the meeting will be Ann O”Byrne and Mary Beth Caswell. Please make your reservation with the Telephone Committee by 8:00 pm Sunday November 30, 2014.  Reservations may also be     e-mailed to smmgrigg@aol.com or by 8:00 p.m.
Remember all our meetings are guest meetings.  Why not bring a friend for some holiday cheer?  See you there!

The attendees at the November meeting came up with many good ideas for the future of our club. We are anxious to see some of the ideas put into action and more people involved. Please consider taking over some of the positions on the board that will be open next year. Remember the terms are for only two years! Another option is to be a hostess at a meeting. It is a great way to put faces to names as you check in the reservations.

We have new directory this year. Please be sure to pick yours up at a meeting to help avoid mailing costs.  If you have change of address of phone number, please call Dee Morotchie at 434-9892 or Ann VanDusen to let them know.

Misplaced your Megaphone? Remember that it is always available online at: lockportcwc.blogspot.com. Anyone who would like to receive the Megaphone by e-mail, please call Ann Van Dusen at 433-7265 or e-mail at lockportcwc@gmail.com.

Dues of $ 40.00 will be accepted at the meeting.  Remember that after December dues go up to $50.00. Checks may also be mailed to Treasurer Anna Beth Kinyon, 117 Windermere Rd., Lockport NY 14094.

Many thanks go out to Kathy Newman for her donation to the Scholarship fund, above and beyond our fund raisers.

The January Board of Directors meeting will be held on January 8, 2015 at the home of Ann Van Dusen, 40 Lakeview Pkwy, Lockport.

 Rides! If you are in need of a ride to or from the meeting please call Patty Russell, 433-9342.

November 2014 

Our November meeting will be held at 7:00PM on November 6, 2014 at the Lockport Town and Country Club.  Come join us to share ideas for increasing membership, future programs, the fundraiser and how to get more people involved in college club. We will be having the ever popular split club and also door prizes. Your split club tickets will double for the door prizes as well. We need everyone’s input on these important topics!  Coffee, tea and a choice of a dessert or fruit plate will be offered for a cost of $ 12.00.  Please make your reservations with the telephone committee by Sunday Nov. 1 at 8:00PM.  The hostesses will Judy Cummings and Shirley Wagner.

We will also be voting on the following change to our constitution. The underlined part is the change.

Article II – Paragraph One: “Eligibility for membership shall require that the proposed member shall possess a degree from an accredited four year college of university or an associate degree from an accredited college.

 Anne Ulrich McCaffrey, our speaker last month, was very informative about things going on in Lockport and her vision for Lockport’s future. She kindly donated her honorarium back to the club.

Remember if you make a reservation you are responsible for the cost even if you don’t come to the meeting. The $12 is the amount the Country Club charges us and includes not only dessert and coffee, but also gratuity and use of the room for the evening. If you miss the meeting and made a reservation, please send your $12 to Anna Beth Kinyon, treasurer.

Misplaced your Megaphone? Remember that it is always available online at: lockportcwc.blogspot.com. Anyone who would like to receive the Megaphone by e-mail, please call Ann Van Dusen at 433-7265 or e-mail at lockportcwc@gmail.com.

Dues of $ 40.00 will be accepted at the meeting.  Checks may also be mailed to Treasurer Anna Beth Kinyon, 117 Windermere Rd., Lockport NY 14094.

The November Board of Directors meeting will be held at 7:00 on November 13, 2014 at the home of Donna Bergman, 99 Allen St. Lockport.

Rides! If you are in need of a ride to or from the meeting please call Patty Russell, 433-9342.

Welcome back to a new year for Lockport College Women's Club.  Our October meeting will be held on October 2, 2014 at the Lockport Town and Country Club.  This will be a dessert meeting.  Coffee, tea and a selection of desserts will be offered for a cost of $ 12.00.  The meeting will begin at 7:00 pm.

We are delighted to welcome Anne Ulrich McCaffrey, Mayor of Lockport as our speaker for this meeting.  She is a graduate of the University of Rochester, Nazareth College of Rochester and Universite do Haute Bretagne, Rennes, France. She has been involved in Lockport as a board member for The Historic Palace Theater, Youth Mentoring Services of Niagara County, and Lockport Ice Arena. She is also a member of Rotary Club. She will certainly have much to share with us.

There will be a new Directory this year.  If you have any changes to your information and/or have not been contacted by the telephone committee, please call Dee Morotchie at 434-9892.

Anyone who would like to receive the Megaphone by e-mail, please call Ann Van Dusen at 433-7265 or e-mail at lockportcwc@gmail.com.

Dues of $ 40.00 will be accepted at the meeting.  Checks may also be mailed to Treasurer                      Anna Beth Kinyon, 117 Windermere Rd., Lockport NY 14094.

The October Board of Directors meeting will be held on October 9, 2014 at Monica Pullano's, 43 Grasmere Rd.

Baskets!! Please start saving baskets and items to put in basket for our annual fund raiser. You can drop them off at either Rosemary Dever’s home at 6864 East High St. or Pat Kennedy’s home at 126 Windermere.

Please make your reservation with the Telephone Committee by 8:00 pm Sunday September 28, 2014.
     Gail Marshall  434-4306, Marybeth Wilson 434-1464, Co-Chairperson
     Madeline Angelo                            433-4721    A-B
     Rosemary Dever                            434-9972    C-D
     Nancy Neivert                               434-6558     E-Go
     Valerie Hamluk                              695-5662    Gr-Ja
     Tracy Tubinis                                 471-3069     Jo-La
     Gail Marshall                                 434-4306     Le-P
     Nancy Coons                                433-4019     O-S
     Marybeth Wilson                           434-1464     T-Z
Reservations may also be e-mailed to smmgrigg@aol.com or by 8:00 p.m.
Remember all our meetings are guest meetings.  Why not bring a friend to start the new  year?  See you there!

THE MEGAPHONE – JUNE 2014

          Our June meeting (7 pm Thursday, June 5) will be an enlightening experience as we visit Niagara Hospice, 4675 Sunset Drive, for tours and refreshments. We will meet in the conference room of the Administration Building. Hostesses will be Anna Beth Kinyon and Mary Finn.

 The speaker will be Tricia Degan , director of Marketing and Public Relations.  The cost will be $ 5, with visitors welcome. Be sure to reserve with your telephone gal by 8 pm Sunday, June 1.

Also in June:

•  The slate of officers for 2015 will be presented.  President Patty Russell reminds us that some vacancies remain, and there is still time to volunteer before the meeting.

• The proposed budget for 2015 will be presented.

• Discussing ideas to increase our membership. One might be accepting women with associate degrees – or stepping up pressure on our daughters and granddaughters to join.

      Our May meeting, besides a yummy dinner, included the opportunity to meet Brianna Darnell, our newest scholarship winner, presented by Scholarship Chairman Michelle Brockman. One of five children, Brianna is 8th in her Lockport High School class; with an average of 100.2%.  She will attend Grove City in Pennsylvania, a small liberal arts college. She hopes to help the needy in other countries.

Accolades to the hard-working Scholarship Committee: Mary Beth Gammack, Molly Niland, Danielle Priest, and Gail Niparts 

Our long-standing members were honored:  Beverly Utter-Whitmore for 50 years, and Terry Carbone for 25 years. Judy Cummings, also a 25-year member, will be honored at another meeting.

A new Directory Booklet will be published, so if you have any changes, please contact Dee Morotchie.

The next Board meeting will be at 7 pm June 12 at Monica Pullano’s, 43 Grasmere Rd.

MAY 2014

            May Day will mean spring flowers and much more for College Club members as we celebrate the culmination of our scholarship efforts at the Annual May Banquet and meet our scholarship winner for 2014!

          The May 1 celebration at the Lockport Town & Country Club will open at 6:30 pm with a cash bar and snacks, then proceed to the 7 pm dinner.  You have a choice of entrees:           
      -pasta primavera

     -8 oz. Prime rib, au jus

     -chicken picatta                                                                                           

Included: salad, rolls, cheddar mashed potatoes, vegetable, dessert, and beverage.             

          The cost is $27.  RESERVATIONS and your dinner choice must be 'phoned to the Telephone Committee by 8pm SUNDAY, APRIL 27.                                                       

          The scholarship winner will be introduced by Michelle Brockman, scholarship committee chairman.

Also to be honored are Beverly Whitmore-Utter, a 50-year member, and 25-year members Judy Cummings and Terry Carbone, who will be introduced by Anna Beth Kinyon, membership chairman.                                                                                       

–                   President Patty Russell thanked everyone, including the attendees and basket-contributors, for making our Fund-Raiser “a wonderful success”.  She singled out Chairman Jeanine Benoit; Ticket Chairman Judy Cummings, and Basket Co-Chairs Rosemary Dever and Pat Kennedy for extra accolades.

–                   The next Board meeting is planned at 7pm May 8 at Patty Russell's home, 102 Continental Dr., with a special invitation for Membership and Megaphone chairmen. Anyone interested in a position on the Board of Directors is asked to contact Patty Russell as soon as possible.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

                        QUOTABLE QUOTES    

                                                                                        

What charms are there in the harmony of minds,

and in a friendship founded on  mutual esteem and gratitude.

                                        -David Hume 

                                                          

 Friendship is the wine of life.

                                         -Edward Young

To be able to find joy in another’s joy:                                                                             

That is the secret of happiness.

                                        - Georges Bernanos

MARCH 2014

         

          To help overcome the winter blahs, come to the next meeting when we'll meet Chet Fery, an inspirational speaker and retired teacher with an upbeat message.  He uses 35 loaves of bread to accent the positive!

     The dessert buffet will be at 7 pm Thursday, March 6, at the Lockport Town & Country Club. Hostesses will be Dolores Tracy and Mary Beth Caswell.  Please remember to make your reservation by 8pm Sunday, March 2. Guests are welcome!

From the Board of Directors:

–                   Updating our Sunday, April 6 Fund-Raiser - about six weeks away, but there's still time to make a basket and to give or secure donations of goodies for INSIDE them. You'll receive letters/tickets/ more info, according to Judy Cummings. For “anything baskets”, contact Pat Kennedy or Rosemary Dever.  The chairman is Jeannine Benoit, who encourages you to bring a friend (or maybe 3?) to the big event.

–                   So far, only two members have responded to the call for more involvement in College Club offices or committees, so the Telephone Committee will be calling you to encourage you to use your talents in big or small ways to help us.  President Patty Russell also is collecting ideas for future programs, so please put on your thinking caps.

–                   At the February meeting, the Scholarship Committee recommended that we give one scholarship this year, at $1,000 for each of four years.

–                   Mary Brennan-Taylor presented a most interesting program last time and graciously has donated her honorarium to the YWCA.

–                   Condolences have been sent to families of members who have passed away – Dorothy Weir, a graduate of SUC Buffalo and a past president who joined in 1955, and Shirley Coulter, a graduate of Cornell University and a member since 1953.

–                   The March meeting of the Board will be Thursday. March 13, at the home of Dee Morotchie, 95 Vermont. If you're interested in a committee or office, you might like to sit in to learn details. Just let Dee know if you're coming!

FEBRUARY 2014

Our February 6th meeting will provide your chance to chat with Lockport's own

“Woman of Influence”, as named by Buffalo Business First! Mary Brennan Taylor, vice-president of programs for YWCA of Niagara, and an advocate for patient safety and care on a national level, will speak at the meeting. Treat yourself as a Valentine, and make reservations by 8 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 2 for the 7 p.m. meeting Feb. 6 at the Lockport Town & Country Club. Bring a guest. Cost will be $12 for an array of desserts. The hostesses will be Peg D'Amato and Rosemary Dever.

At the meeting, scholarships and their funding will be in the limelight as Michelle

Brockman, Scholarship Committee chairman, presents recommendations for this year's award. Danielle Priest, Mary Beth Gammack, Gail Niparts, and Molly Niland, committee members are busy supervising College Club's main reason for existence.

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ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Ø  HELP ! - Baskets for our April 6 major fund-raiser are needed. Can you please put one together? Or, can you take items and/or baskets to our creative team of Pat Kennedy and Rosemary Dever?

Ø  President Patricia Russell received a thank-you letter from the History Center of the Niagara County Historical Society for our gift in memory of the women who founded College Club in 1922. Included were, albums, programs, and records documenting the history of our club.

Ø  We have learned that Glenda Reardon, a member since 2000, has passed away. A dietician by profession, she worked on our second cookbook.

Ø  The next Board Meeting will be at 7 p.m. Feb. 13 in the home of Mary Beth Caswell, 5886 Marion Dr.

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TOFFEE BARS – VALENTINE TREAT

Heat oven to 350. Line a jellyroll pan with foil and place 40 square soda crackers in it.

In a saucepan, bring to boil: 1 cup butter (NOT margarine) and 1 cup brown sugar.

Pour it evenly over the crackers and place in oven 3-5 minutes. (Crackers should get

“floaty”)

Remove from oven and sprinkle 6 oz. chocolate chips evenly over crackers. Wait

5 minutes and spread chocolate evenly. Cut while still warm. If too gooey, refrigerate to allow to cool before storing. Yummy – like candy!