Lockport College Women's Club Megaphone Online

November 2021

Welcome back to all Lockport College Women's Club members!! It certainly has been a long 18 months since we were last able to meet in March 2020. The Board of Directors has been busy working on how we can go forward considering the challenges of the times and the continuing concerns with Covid 19. We will rise to meet these challenges as befitting of the Club. We have had to be flexible as we move ahead this year. Please note all changes as listed below.

Please join us on THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2021 AT 6:30 PM at THE HISTORIC PALACE THEATER, 2 EAST AVENUE, LOCKPORT. PLEASE NOTE THE CHANGE IN TIME AND VENUE!!! The doors will open at 6:00 PM. This will be a dessert and coffee meeting with apple pie from Hall's Apple Farm and coffee provided by Steamworks Coffee.

The program for the meeting will be provided by Chris Prada, Executive Director of the Historic Palace Theater. She will be giving a presentation and a tour of the theater to highlight the extensive recent renovations of the Palace. Come and enjoy our historic marvel! The cost of the dinner is $10.00 which includes the cost of food and beverages and the additional cost of the facility.

We would ask that masks please be worn except when sitting at your table for everyone's comfort.

President Patricia Russell will be presenting a slate of officers and Board of Directors for your consideration at the meeting

Reservations must be made by Sunday, October 31 , 2021 by calling the telephone committee. Please note that Nancy Neivert's telephone number has changed for the telephone committee. The new number is 716-628-4431. If you are unable to reach the person listed in the telephone committee, you can always call Marybeth Wilson or Gail Marshall to make your reservations. Hostesses for the meeting will be Marybeth Wilson and Gail Marshall.

PLEASE NOTE: THERE WILL BE NO MEETING IN DECEMBER, 2021.

Treasurer, Anna Beth Kinyon, will be presenting our proposed budget for the year. She will also be accepting annual dues payments of $40.00 at the door. Dues can also be mailed to her at : Anna Beth Kinyon, 117 Windermere Road, Lockport, New York 14094. Remember that dues will increase after the December meeting.

We are planning on having new directories printed this year. If you have any changes to your address or telephone number, please call Marybeth Wilson or Gail Marshall. If you wish to have the Megaphone emailed to you or have a change in your email address, please contact Judy Johnson-Paonessa.

The Scholarship Committee has submitted a proposal to amend our current Constitution. Currently, the second paragraph under Article Xl (Scholarships) of the constitution reads as follows: "The Scholarship Committee also has the option of awarding two-year scholarships of one thousand and no/100 dollars per year to applicants who have completed their associate degree program and will be continuing their education at a four year institution."

To reflect the needs of students today, the proposed amendment would do the following: Remove the above paragraph in its entirety and be replaced with the following:

"The Scholarship Committee also has the option of awarding two-year scholarships to a senior girl in attendance at Lockport High School who is entering a two-year associate degree program at an accredited college. The recipient will receive an annual award of one thousand and no/100 dollars per year up to a total of two thousand and no/100 dollars."

The Scholarship Committee will continue to make its recommendation at the February meeting of the maximum amount of scholarship money to be awarded each year. The amendment to the Constitution must be approved by a vote of the General Membership of the Club. There are no other proposed changes from the Scholarship Committee to either the Constitution or to its schedule of screening and interviewing candidates each year.

Ida Quade and Madeline Angelo are continuing as co-chairs for our Scholarship Fundraiser. This plans for this are still in the works, given Covid and other considerations.

2022 is the 100^th Anniversary of the founding of the Lockport College Women's Club. If anyone is interested in helping to plan a celebration, please let Patty Russell or any Board Member know.