MAY 2013

Come to the May Banquet and meet the young woman who is our new                                 Scholarship Winner and her Mom!

          The May 2 celebration at the Lockport Town & Country Club will open at 6 pm with a cash bar and cheese and crackers for hors d’oeuvres, followed by dinner at 7pm.  

          Choose your entrée when you call your telephone lady -Please by 8 on Sunday, April 28.     The choices,  served with tossed salad, roasted baby potatoes, seasonal vegetables,  with apple pie for dessert,  are:  Chicken Florentine (with spinach and mushroom cream);  8 oz. Prime Rib au Jus, or Vegetarian Lasagna.  The cost is $27.  Hostesses are Marion Hannigan and Margo Covell.

           We also will be honoring 50-year College Club member Mary Anne Buddenhagen at the banquet.

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          Good News about the April 14 Fund-raiser, where 100 baskets and good food, plus a down-home magician provided a memorable afternoon for all.  Financially, things are on the plus side, according to Treasurer Ann VanDusen.  Many thanks to the members who worked tirelessly (and tiredly) to enhance the scholarship fund’s bank balance!

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          If you didn’t attend the March meeting, you missed the announcement that cards are available for anyone who would like to donate to the Scholarship Fund. 

          At the June meeting, we will continue the discussion about memorials for deceased members.

          We lost Carolyn Lange recently. A graduate of Skidmore College, she was a College Club member since 1954.

          The next meeting of the Board of Directors will be at 7 pm Thursday, May 9 at Judy Cumming’s home, 22 Lindhurst Drive.

                                                  MARCH 2013

          The March 7 dessert meeting and program at 7 p.m. at the Lockport Town & Country Club will feature insights about China presented by the vivacious Jane Haenle, a native Lockportian and former dean and vice-president of Niagara County Community College. A frequent traveler to China since 1995 to visit her son Paul, she will give us her impressions of this vast emerging world power.

         

          Reservations by 8 p.m. Sunday, March 3 with your telephone gal, EXCEPT for those who call Mary Beth Wilson who will be unavailable in March.  Call any other phone lady. Hostesses will be Janice Litz and Patricia Kennedy.

                                                ANNOUNCEMENTS

- The members unanimously approved the recommendation of the Scholarship Committee to award one scholarship ($1,000 for each of 4 years) in 2013, as presented by Gail Marshall, committee chairwoman.

     - Tickets for the fund-raiser, scheduled April 14, will be distributed at the March meeting, and then mailed to absent members. Keep thinking BASKETS and their filler-uppers, and bring things in March!

- Directories will be available at the March meeting. Dee Morotchie asks you to make the following changes:  Add- Lois Donovan; 708 West Ave, Lyndonville,NY;  (585) 415-6414; Robert Wesleyan grad.  Delete Joanne Ferris, now a permanent Florida resident.

                                           FUTURE ACTION

-         Discuss continuing or discontinuing our practice of donating a book (cost $25) to the Lockport Public Library in memory of a deceased member. If that is discontinued, one idea would be to make a one-time donation to Niagara Hospice to purchase a brick (cost range $150-$250). Receipts available soon for donations to the scholarship fund as a memorial.

-         Appointment of a Publicity Chairman, who would write short articles

       and take pictures to submit to the newspapers.

  -     The next Board of Directors meeting is changed to Thursday, March 21          at 7 p.m. – Patty Russell’s home.

It will be a Hearts ‘n Flowers evening when we meet at 7 pm Thursday, February 7, in the Community Room of the Kenan Center’s Taylor Theatre!

          Ellen Martin, who owns the Sweet Sixteen Cafe and Bakery on West Main Street, will provide special Valentines Day desserts in a box as she tells us about the pitfalls and pleasures of a woman starting a business.

            She also owns a bicycle rental business, specializing in rentals to tourists who want to pedal leisurely to local points of interest.

Hostesses will be Elaine Bergman and Karen Robinson. Cost:  $12.

          Reservations are due SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 3, AT 8PM

In the business meeting, the Scholarship Committee’s recommendations and a review of their financial status will be aired.

*Note corrections to the committee listing in the directory:  Chairman Gail Marshall; Treasurer Danielle Priest, and Mary Beth Gammack, Michelle Brockman, and Gail Niparts.

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Also planned is a discussion about instituting a memorial fund for scholarships. People would contribute to it to honor members who have passed away.

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·        REMINDERS:  Save Sunday, April 14 for “A Magical Afternoon” and basket raffle at the Lockport Town & Country Club and keep collecting items for baskets, to be delivered to either Rosemary Dever or Pat Kennedy.  Baskets = $ for scholarships!

·        Note these address changes to the directory:   Carolyn Lange is at the Presbyterian Home, 327 High St.;   Mary Sy is at 7111 Northledge Dr., and Sonia Werner is at 6433 Sherwood Dr., all Lockport.

·        The next Board of Directors meeting : 7pm WEDNESDAY,

 Feb. 13, at Donna Bergman’s, 99Allen St.

*Known as the “Mother of the American Valentine”, Esther Howland started a business producing hand-made Valentines in the 1840’s using hand-painted satin and silk centers, mirrors, ribbons…The  home-based operation led to a successful company that grossed $100,000  annually!*

 

MEGAPHONE  DECEMBER 2012

We’ll be welcoming the Christmas Season with song at 7 PM on

Thursday, December 6, when Lockport’s favorite pianist KEVIN CLARK will entertain and play as we sing the old familiar songs.

We’ll meet at the Lockport Town & Country Club for festive desserts and the last chance to get-together until February, 2013.  THERE IS NO MEETING IN JANUARY.

Cost is $12, with reservations with your telephone lady by 8 PM on Sunday, December 2.  Or, you may e-mail Sue (smgrigg@aol.com)  or

Judy (judycummings@yahoo.com) Hostesses will be Donna Bergman and

Nancy Coons.

REMINDER: Dues of $40 may be paid at the December meeting, or mailed to Treasurer Ann VanDusen- 40 Lakeview Pkwy.; Lockport, NY  14094.

After December 31^st, dues for the current year go up to $50, so be aware!

FLASHBACK: The November meeting ably handled by hostesses Cherlyn Willett and Mary Beth Caswell, featured speakers Shirley Britten and her daughter Kate. They cited the need for volunteers and donations at Lockport Cares. The house on Genesee Street, run by volunteers, is a temporary shelter for homeless and hungry men, women, and children. To help with ongoing needs, College Club members donated toiletry items and some gently-used winter things such as mittens. At the meeting, we expressed our sorrow at the passing of Shirley Chrzanowski, a member since 1976.

FOR THE FUTURE: Remembering the financial success of the basket raffle, please collect assorted new items for this year’s baskets at the April 14, 2013, fundraiser. Call ahead and drop them off at Rosemary Dever’s- 6864 East High St.  or Pat Kennedy’s-126 Windermere Rd. - our very creative gals who will give them the finishing touches.

NEEDS:  Greet your friends in College Club early and become a hostess at a meeting. Only requirement is being in place a half-hour before the meeting begins. Name tags, etc, provided. Call Anna Beth Kinyon (434-5868) 

            The next Board of Director’s meeting will be Jan. 10, 2013, at Anna Beth’s, 117 Windermere Rd.

            MAY YOUR HOLIDAYS BE HAPPY, HEARTY, HEALTHY…

                                                …and fat-free!

LOCKPORT COLLEGE WOMEN’S CLUB

          *CELEBRATING OUR 90^TH ANNIVERSARY THIS YEAR!*

Come at 7 pm to the Lockport Town & Country Club on Thursday, November 1, for a delicious dessert buffet to help celebrate. Cost: $12.

          Reservations by 8PM SUNDAY, OCTOBER 28, with your telephone lady or via e-mail Note time change!  E-mail contacts are: smmgrigg@aol.com and judycummings@yahoo.com   

          The speaker will be SHIRLEY BRITTON, who will tell us all about “LOCKPORT CARES”, a volunteer-based shelter for homeless men, women, and children.  You and I can help by bringing needed items to the meeting to donate.

          The list includes: toothbrushes and toothpaste; diapers; combs; brushes; feminine products, and gently-used hats, gloves, and scarves.

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          DUES ARE DUE! So bring along your check for $40, and check out the new directory, compiled by Dee Morotchie. If you can’t make the meeting, dues may be mailed to Treasurer Ann VanDusen; 40 Lakeview Pkwy.; Lockport. NY  14094.

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     Put on your collective thinking caps, and please come up with some creative ideas for our Spring Fundraiser.  Elaine Bergman is anxious to hear from you! Regarding the fundraiser, the Basket Auction was very lucrative, and Rosemary Dever and Pat Kennedy are NOW collecting items and/or completed baskets.  Items you have or buy may be dropped off at Rosemary’s (6864 East High St.)  or Pat’s (126 Windermere Rd.), but call first!

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     In case you missed it, our October meeting was fascinating, with Nancy Knechtel, NCCC professor, giving us an insider’s view of three artists’ lives and works. Newest member Marion Hannigan was introduced. The hostesses were Peggy D’Amato and Rosemary Dever.

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At Dee Morotchie’s , 95 Vermont St.

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October Meeting 2012

Welcome back to a new year for Lockport College Women's Club. Our October meeting will be held on October 4, 2012 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.

Welcome back (by popular demand) to our speaker Nancy Knechtel, award winning professor and Coordinator of Fine Arts at Niagara County Community College. As her presentation last year was so well-received by our members, she has agreed to return to LCWC. Her topic will be "On Location: a look at the Wyeths, Georgia OKeefe, and how the land they lived on influenced their art".

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 Ann Van Dusen at 40 Lakeview Pkwy., Lockport NY 14094.

The October Board of Directors meeting will be held on October 11, 2012 at Monica Pullano's, 43 Grasmere Rd.

Baskets!! Pleas 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 9:00 pm Sunday September 30, 2012.
Reservations may also be e-mailed to smmgrigg@aol.com or Judycummings@yahoo.com by 9:00 p.m.

Remember all our meetings are guest meetings. Why not bring a friend to start the new year? See you there!