December 2021          

We have lots of important news to share from our wonderful fall meetings in October and November.  After eighteen months of no meetings and no fundraisers, College Club has rallied back!  With the determination and extra work of the officers and board of directors, we were able to find new places to meet and different menu options.

First and most importantly, thank you to the officers and board of directors.  These women are crucial to the continued success of College Club.  They volunteer their time and expertise in many ways both seen and unseen.  At our November meeting, this slate of officers and board members was approved.

President – Patricia Russell

Vice President – Nancy Fischer and Karen Lyons

Secretary – Susan Odle

Treasurer – Anna Beth Kinyon

Social Committee – Mary Beth Caswell and Ann O’Byrne

Telephone Committee – Marybeth Wilson and Gail Marshall

Membership – Gail Marshall

Megaphone – Judy Johnson – Paonessa and Shirley Wagner

 

Also at the November meeting, an amendment to Article IX – Scholarships was approved.  This amendment reads:

“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.”

Our November meeting featured Mr. Christopher Parada, the Executive Director of the Historic Palace Theater.  We enjoyed hearing about all the time, effort, and the talent of artisans that went into this amazing renovation and restoration. How lucky the Lockport Community is to have Mr. Parada and other volunteers who work to save and restore historic Lockport sites and make our community stand-out.  We also enjoyed the apple pie from our very own Hall’s Apple Farm and coffee from Steamworks Coffee.  And thank you to Madeline Angelo for bringing in a lovely plate of Italian cookies!

Please support The Palace Theater.  Their upcoming productions include a Curtain Up Production of “Scrooge the Musical” on December 3^rd to 5^th and “Stepping Out” on January 20^th-23^rd.

Our October meeting was held at a lovely event space called The Willow Room which is attached to Simply Em’s Florist Shop.  We enjoyed the salads and sandwiches from Lock 34 Catering and desserts provided by members Gail Marshall and Lorraine Sparks.  Our enthusiastic speaker from Marjim Winery was Margo Bittner.  Please consider taking a winery tour at Marjim Winery and support her local business.

The co-chairmen for our Scholarship Fundraiser are Ida Quade and Madeline Angelo.  Madeline announced that the date of our fundraiser will be Sunday, April 24^th and it will be held at The Lockport Town and Country Club.  The Country Club will charge us $40.00 for the luncheon so the tickets will be $50.00 each.  As prices have gone up, this rise in our ticket price is unavoidable.  Our 2020 Scholarship Fundraiser was abruptly cancelled in March of 2020 due to Covid closures.  We know some members had already purchased their tickets before the cancellation in 2020.   When the new tickets and information are mailed this Spring, it will include a list of members who had already paid for tickets in 2020.  These members will have the option of only paying the additional ten dollars per ticket. (The 2020 tickets were $40.00 each.)   Of course, those members may also consider the money they sent in for the fundraiser to be a donation to our Scholarship Fund.  College Club has not been able to have two annual fundraisers due to the pandemic.  We appreciate the members who sent in freewill donations to Scholarship totaling almost $1,000.00.  We also appreciate the generous donation from The Grigg-Lewis Foundation of $1,000.00 to our Scholarship Fund.  These funds have been critical during these challenging times.

As a reminder, our dues are $40.00 through December and go up to $50.00 after that.  Please send your dues check for Lockport College Women’s Club to our treasurer Anna Beth Kinyon.  Her address is 117  Windermere  Road, Lockport, New York 14094.

College Club was founded in 1922.  Our 100^th Anniversary will be in 2022! With the difficulties this year as we hopefully come out of the pandemic, the board decided we would plan this celebration for the 2022-2023 calendar year.  We would like to set up a planning committee for a celebration to be held at one of our regular meetings next year.  If you would like to volunteer to be on this committee, please contact a board member.

We will not be having a meeting in December.  It has been challenging finding a place to host us.  Our next meeting will be on February 3, 2022 at 80 Main.  We will enjoy a light supper and program.

Watch for your January Megaphone for details.

Our next board meeting will be held on Thursday, January 13^th, 2022 at the home of Anna Beth Kinyon beginning at 7pm.

The Lockport College Women’s Club’s mission is to stimulate interest in college for young women, to provide scholarships for young women, and to promote the civic and intellectual interests of college bred women in Lockport and the vicinity.  Thank you all for your continued support.

See you all in February!   Happy Holidays!

Patty Russell, President

 

 

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.

 

September 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 fom^tard 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 make several changes to our meetings - different place, different time and now a light supper rather than dessert.

Please join us on THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2021 AT 6 PM at THE WILLOW ROOM located at 6676 Lincoln Avenue in Lockport for a light supper, business meeting and program. The doors will open at 5:30 PM. The Willow Room is located between Davison Road and

Akron Road. It is next to the Simply Em florist shop. There is a sign on the road that says, "Simply Em." The florist shop is owned by Emily Pellicano. A large parking lot is available at the florist shop and we have been asked to not park on the road.

The meeting will be catered by Lock 34. We will be having a variety of specialty sandwiches, pasta salad,—apple cranberry salad, coldbeverages anddesserts provided by board members will be offered. The cost of the dinner is $25.00 which includes the cost of food and beverages and the additional cost of the using this facility.

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

The venue change has become necessary because the Lockport Town and Country Club can no longer host our meetings due to staffing shortages.

Reservations must be made by Sunday, October 3, 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 reservation. Hostesses will be Mary Beth Caswell and Ann O'Byrne. When checking in, you will receive a raffle ticket to win one of three bottles of wine from Marjim Manor Winery.

Our program will be presented by Margo Bittner, co-owner of Marjim Manor Winery in Barker. Ms. Bittner is a Toastmaster, Lions Club member and former School Board President. She is renowned for her ghost stories and hunts at the Manor on Lake Ontario. She will be speaking to us about the experience of running a winery and fill us in on all of the activities and wines offered at Marjim Manor. It should be an interesting program, just the thing for fall and the Halloween season.

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, 1 17 Windermere Road, Lockport, New York 14094.

President, Patty Russell, will share the list of officers, board members and Scholarship

Committee members who continue to volunteer their time and energy to keep the Lockport College Women's Club functioning in the community. If you are interested in getting more involved in College Club, call Patty Russell or any other Board member.

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.

Our next Board of Directors meeting will be held on Thursday, October 14, 2021 at the home of Mary Beth Caswell, 5886 Marion Drive, Lockport, New York. The meeting will begin at 7:00.