October 2016                                       

Please join us on October 13 at 7:00 at the Lockport Town and Country Club to hear Author, Sophie Hodorowicz Knab discuss her book, Wearing the Letter P: Polish Women as Forced Laborers in Nazi Germany, 1935-1945.  Ms.Knab is a retired Professor of Nursing from NCCC who has researched her family’s experiences during the Nazi Occupation of Poland during World War II. She has written extensively on Polish customs and traditions and has been published in several newspapers and magazines, including the Boston Globe, Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, Buffalo Spree and Herb Quarterly. She has been a speaker at the Smithsonian Museum on Polish customs.  We are honored to have her as a speaker.   Reservations must be made by Sunday October 9 by 7:00PM. Hostesses will be Margo Covell and Shirley Wagner  This is a dessert meeting and the cost is $12.00. The cost covers the dessert of $10.00 and the gratuity of $2.00. Hope to see you there!

Every meeting is a guest meeting, so be sure and invite a friend!  We are always ready to welcome friends and potential new members!

We are still in need a person to serve as Secretary this year.  It is not an arduous job!  And can be a way for you to meet members! This position can be shared by two people, too.  So if you are interested, please let Patty Russell or any other Board Member know of your interest.

Dues for the 2016-17 season are now due in the amount of  $40.00.  They can be paid at the October Meeting or mailed to Treasurer, Anna Beth Kinyon, Lockport College Womens’ Club, 117 Windermere Road, Lockport, New York  14094. 

The next Board of Directors meeting will be held on Octobder 6 at the home of Anna Beth Kinyon, 117Windermere Road, Lockport at 7:00.

 

September 2016

Please join us on October 13 at 7:00 at the Lockport Town and Country Club to hear Author, Sophie Hodorowicz Knab discuss her book, Wearing the Letter P: Polish Women as Forced Laborers in Nazi Germany, 1935-1945.  Ms.Knab is a retired Professor of Nursing from NCCC who has researched her family’s experiences during the Nazi Occupation of Poland during World War II. She has written extensively on Polish customs and traditions and has been published in several newspapers and magazines, including the Boston Globe, Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, Buffalo Spree and Herb Quarterly. She has been a speaker at the Smithsonian Museum on Polish customs.  We are honored to have her as a speaker.   Reservations must be made by Sunday October 9 by 7:00PM. Hostesses will be Margo Covell and Shirley Wagner  This is a dessert meeting and the cost is $12.00. The cost covers the dessert of $10.00 and the gratuity of $2.00. Hope to see you there!

Every meeting is a guest meeting, so be sure and invite a friend!  We are always ready to welcome friends and potential new members!

We are still in need of a person to serve as Secretary this year.  It is not an arduous job!  And can be a way for you to meet members! This position can be shared by two people, too.  So if you are interested, please let Patty Russell or any other Board Member know of your interest.

Dues for the 2016-17 season are now due in the amount of  $40.00.  They can be paid at the October Meeting or mailed to Treasurer, Anna Beth Kinyon, Lockport College Womens’ Club, 117 Windermere Road, Lockport, New York  14094.  

The next Board of Directors meeting will be held on October 6 at the home of Anna Beth Kinyon, 117Windermere Road, Lockport at 7:00.

                                                                                          

June 2016

Summer is coming and ice cream shops are open. Please join us on June 2 at 7:00 at the Lockport Town and Country Club to hear how lifelong friends Erik Bernardi and Jason Wulf began their adventures with Lake Effect artisan ice cream. They are both graduates of SUNY College at Buffalo and are teachers in the Lockport School District.  As it states on their website:” Lake Effect Artisan Ice Cream is Western New York's premier small batch artisan ice cream company. We create unique flavors that can't be found anywhere else. We partner with the remarkable amount of talent in our hometown to create amazing frozen creations with a Buffalo twist.” Hostesses will be Charlotte Lasher and Mary Beth Caswell. Hope to see you there!

Sunday April 10 was “Sunday for Scholarship”, our annual fundraiser for our scholarship. A total profit of $4,072.28 was raised for our scholarships Lucille Cannata and Shirley Frombgen did a wonderful job putting the event together and would like your suggestions on how to improve the annual scholarship fundraiser. Please email any suggestions to Lucille Cannata, timer18@aol.com or to Shirley Frombgen, bsfrombgen@gmail.com. We appreciate your feedback.

The scholarship fund also received a donation from Leslie Mocha (Small Indulgences) of $90. Scholarship has also received a total of $275 in memory of Margaret Schomers and a generous donation from Jane Whitmore. These donations have made for many reasons whether to honor a member or in memory of one or to recognize the impact College Club has made to someone.

At the May banquet we had the pleasure of meeting Robyn Hammond and Sage Donovan, the recipients of this year’s scholarship. Robyn will be attending the University of Rochester and Sage will be attending Clarkson.

The telephone committee will be calling members to confirm addresses and phone numbers for the new directory. If you have a change, please let the phone committee know.

The next Board of Directors meeting will be held on June 9 at the home of Patty Russell 102 Continental Dr., Lockport at 7:00.

This will be the last Megaphone that I will put together. I would like to thank the members of the board, especially Monica Pullano and Patty Russell, who have helped with articles for publishing, and Shirley Wagner for mailing it out. As they say many hands make light work. It is my highest hope that someone will come forward to take over this position as I can no longer do it.

 Summer is coming and ice cream shops are open. Please join us on June 2 at 7:00 at the Lockport Town and Country Club to hear how lifelong friends Erik Bernardi and Jason Wulf began their adventures with Lake Effect artisan ice cream. They are both graduates of SUNY College at Buffalo and are teachers in the Lockport School District.  As it states on their website:” Lake Effect Artisan Ice Cream is Western New York's premier small batch artisan ice cream company. We create unique flavors that can't be found anywhere else. We partner with the remarkable amount of talent in our hometown to create amazing frozen creations with a Buffalo twist.” Reservations must be made by Sunday May 29 by 7:00PM. Hostesses will be Charlotte Lasher and Mary Beth Caswell. Hope to see you there!

Sunday April 10 was “Sunday for Scholarship”, our annual fundraiser for our scholarship. A total profit of $4,072.28 was raised for our scholarships Lucille Cannata and Shirley Frombgen did a wonderful job putting the event together and would like your suggestions on how to improve the annual scholarship fundraiser. Please email any suggestions to Lucille Cannata, timer18@aol.com or to Shirley Frombgen, bsfrombgen@gmail.com. We appreciate your feedback. 

The scholarship fund also received a donation from Leslie Mocha (Small Indulgences) of $90. Scholarship has also received a total of $275 in memory of Margaret Schomers and a generous donation from Jane Whitmore. These donations have made for many reasons whether to honor a member or in memory of one or to recognize the impact College Club has made to someone.

At the May banquet we had the pleasure of meeting Robyn Hammond and Sage Donovan, the recipients of this year’s scholarship. Robyn will be attending the University of Rochester and Sage will be attending Clarkson. 

The telephone committee will be calling members to confirm addresses and phone numbers for the new directory. If you have a change, please let the phone committee know. 

The next Board of Directors meeting will be held on June 9 at the home of Patty Russell 102 Continental Dr., Lockport at 7:00. 

This will be the last Megaphone that I will put together. I would like to thank the members of the board, especially Monica Pullano and Patty Russell, who have helped with articles for publishing, and Shirley Wagner for mailing it out. As they say many hands make light work. It is my highest hope that someone will come forward to take over this position as I can no longer do it.

May 2016
Please join us at the Lockport Town and Country Club on May 5 to meet the scholarship winners for 2016 and honor our 25-year member Suzanne Kugler.  The meeting will begin at 6:00 with Hor d’ oeuvres and a cash bar. Dinner will be served at 6:30. Dinner choices include: Spanish Chicken (roasted olives, red wine vinegar, brown sugar and oregano), Roast Pork Loin Florentine (spinach, mushroom cream sauce), Vegetarian Dish (roasted sweet potato and Brussel sprout hash with maple butter and fresh herbs), 10 oz Strip Steak. The cost of dinner will be $28. Please make your reservations with the telephone committee by 7:00 on Sunday, May 1st and indicate your choice of entree when you make your reservation. Hope to see you there!
Sunday April 10 was “Sunday for Scholarship”, our annual fundraiser for our scholarship. Lucille Cannata and Shirley Frombgen did a wonderful job putting the event together. We were entertained with music by Kevin Clark while we enjoyed a delicious meal. The basket committee, headed by Rosemary Dever and Pat Kennedy out did themselves once again with a wonderful variety of baskets. Stay tuned for the final tally of the amount made for scholarship.
We are on Facebook thanks to Jeannine Benoit. Jeanine is looking for pictures to post on our page. Please contact her if you have some to share.
The next Board of Directors meeting will be held on May12 at the home of Ann O’Byrne, 16 Roosevelt Dr., Lockport at 7:00.
We continue to search for new members for the Board for next year. It is a great opportunity to meet other members and give our club some fresh ideas. Please contact any board member if you are interested in joining the board of directors.

March 2016

Our next meeting will be held on March3, 2016 at the Lockport Town and Country Club at 7:00. Dr. Denise David, retired English professor from Niagara Community College, will speak on “War Brides”, drawing on her extensive research including the experience of her own mother. Dr. David is an outstanding presenter and was awarded the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching. You won’t want to miss her enlightening and inspiring talk.

The cost of the meeting including dessert will be $12. Please make your reservations with the telephone committee by 7:00 on Sunday, February 28 and indicate your choice of dessert or fruit plate when you make your reservation.  Do not call Madeline Angelo or Mary Beth Wilson this month. Our hostesses will be Karen Richards and Michelle Gilbert. Hope to see you there!

At our last meeting we welcomed new member Megan Menges, a teacher of English at Lockport High School. She received her bachelor degree from SUNY College at Fredonia and her master’s degree from SUNYUB. She is married and the mother of two boys. She loves coming to meetings! She was introduced by Melissa Niver.

The scholarship committee has recommended awarding two scholarships if they find two worthy candidates. Also they will award $100 to ach of the finalists.

Please continue to bring gently used or new bras, especially larger sizes for Lockport Cares. We will be collecting them at our meetings for the next few months.

Please mark Sunday April 10 on your calendars for “Sunday for Scholarship” our annual fundraiser for our scholarship. Lucille Cannata and Shirley Frombgen are heading up the effort. You will be receiving more information in the mail shortly. Your support is important to our club!

The basket committee, headed by Rosemary Dever (434-9972) and Pat Kennedy (433-8848), is looking for volunteers to assist with baskets. You can help once or many times. Please give them a call. They are also looking for new items to put in the baskets. Popular items are wine, gift cards and consumables. The baskets are a major part in the success of our fundraiser. At our last meeting someone left some wine and baskets for the committee. If this was you, please give Rosemary a call so that she can add you to the list of donators.

We are on Facebook thanks to Jeannine Benoit. Jeanine is looking for pictures to post on our page. Please contact her if you have some to share.

The next Board of Directors meeting will be held on March 10 at the home of Dee Morotchie, 95 Vermont St, Lockport at 7:00. We continue to search for new members for the Board for next year. Please contact any board member if you are interested in joining the board of directors.

FEBRUARY 2016

Our next meeting will be held on February 4,2016 at the Lockport Town and Country Club at 7:00. Our presenter will be Mr. Charles Begley. Mr. Begley grew up in Brooklyn and Long Island. He attended Albany State College (now SUNY Albany) majoring in Latin and the classics, minoring in education. Upon graduation he received a job offer at LHS. He retired in 2001 after teaching for 42 years. (Patty Russell was in his first class!) He currently teaches the classics at NU. Mr. Begley will recreate Raphael Beck, an artist born in PA who moved to Lockport in the 1880’s. Once established here, he married Frances Hall whose family home became the Tuscarora Club. Mr. Begley will share more about the artist and his family history. He will also discuss some of the artist’s works including a famous portrait of President McKinley and the logo for the PanAm Exhibition.  The cost of the meeting including dessert will be $12. Please make your reservations with the telephone committee by 7:00 on Sunday, January 31 and indicate your choice of dessert or fruit plate when you make your reservation. Our hostesses will be Valerie Hamluk and Elsbeth Hamluk. Hope to see you there!

We received a lovely thank you note from Lockport Cares, Mrs. Brittin. She also had a request that they could use gently used or new bras, especially larger sizes. We will be collecting them at our meetings for the next few months.

Anna Beth Kinyon, our treasurer, reports that 83 members have paid their dues. Dues that are late are $50 and can be paid at the meeting.  If you prefer you may mail your check to Anna Beth Kinyon, 117 Windermere, Lockport, NY 14094.

Please mark Sunday April 10 on your calendars for “Sunday for Scholarship” our annual fundraiser for our scholarship. Lucille Cannata and Shirley Frombgen are heading up the effort. You will be receiving more information in the mail shortly. Your support is important to our club!

The basket committee, headed by Rosemary Dever (434-9972) and Pat Kennedy (433-8848), is looking for volunteers to assist with baskets. You can help once or many times. Please give them a call. They are also looking for new items to put in the baskets. Popular items are wine, gift cards and consumables. The baskets are a major part in the success of our fundraiser.

We are on Facebook thanks to Jeannine Benoit. Jeanine is looking for pictures to post on our page. Please contact her if you have some to share.

The next Board of Directors meeting will be held on February 11 at the home of Anna Beth Kinyon, 117 Windermere Rd, Lockport at 7:00.

December 2015

The Lockport College Women's Club will meet on Thursday, December 3rd at 7:00 pm at the Lockport Town and Country Club. Kevin Clark will be the featured performer. Mr. Clark is a Lockport High School teacher and well known pianist. He will play holiday music while the members mingle and share a buffet of hors d'oeuvres. A cash bar will be available. The cost of the meeting will be $12. Please make your reservations with the telephone committee by 7:00 on Sunday, November 29. Our hostesses will be Margo Covell and Isabelle Murphy.

A Christmas carol sing-a-long will also be included in the evening's festivities. In addition, members are encouraged to bring a book to exchange during our second "bring a book-- take a book" event. Socks will also be collected to distribute to Lockport C.A.R.E.S. Hope to see you there!

Anna Beth Kinyon, our treasurer will be collecting dues at the December meeting. Our dues remain at $40 if paid by December. A late fee of $10 will be applied after that. If you prefer you may mail your check to Anna Beth Kinyon, 117 Windermere, Lockport, NY 14094.

The basket committee, headed by Rosemary Dever and Pat Kennedy, is looking for baskets, ribbon, cellophane, and filler.  They are also looking for new items to put in the baskets. It is never too early to start. Our fundraiser will be held on April 10. Lucille Cannata and Shirley Frombgen are heading up the effort.

Another correction to our directory is as follows:

Marilyn Kennedy, 2600 South Kannee Hwy., Apt J4, Stuart, FL 34994, phone 772-634-2294

Look for news concerning our club in the newspaper. Valerie Hamluk has volunteered to put publicity about our meetings and programs in the Lockport paper. We are also on Facebook thanks to Jeannine Benoit. If you are on Facebook be sure to “like” our page. Don’t forget our blog at lockportcwc.blogspot.com

The January Board of Directors meeting will be held on January 14 at the home of Ann Van Dusen, 40 Lakeview Pkwy, Lockport at 7:00.