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The Sunrise
Newsletter of the Skaneateles Sunrise Rotary Club
(Organized June 18,
2003) District 7150
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Dong Kurn Lee Larry
Calabrese James
J. Gascon Thomas
W. Seeley
RI President District
Governor Asst.
District Governor President
UPCOMING EVENTS, INFORMATION AND OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST
Programs
TODAY: Randy
Powers, Morgan Stanley
November 6 – Club Assembly
November 14 – Sam Mason,
Skaneateles Bakery
November 20 – Skaneateles
300’ G. Lantier
November 27 –
HAPPY THANKSGIVING, no
meeting
Suggestions for future programs are always welcome. Please forward your ideas to Paul at pfrickey@adelphia.net.
Creamery prepares to set roots in expanded museum space
The
Skaneateles Historical Society has outgrown its current space. In the words of Architect Bob
Eggleston, the Society is root-bound and needs to be transplanted to a bigger
pot.
What
began in the 1960s with a dozen or so people gathering information about
Skaneateles’ history has evolved into one of Skaneateles primary cultural
centers. The Society has grown so much that it had outgrown its museum space at
the corner of Hannum and Kelley streets.
The
Skaneateles Historical Society’s Creamery Museum is in the process of a major
expansion that will provide additional space to enhance the display areas and
provide additional space for community research and the gift shops. Architect and Historical Society Member
Bob Eggleston and Creamery Director Laurie Winship
discussed the building’s history and future Thursday, October 23.
The
Creamery building was built in 1899 as place for local farmers to pool their
resources and sell their milk to New York City. The building was later owned by an ice
cream company and Borden Milk until the 1940s, when it became a storage
facility and, over time, fell into a state of disrepair.
In the
early 1990s, the Historical Society was offered the Creamery building and in
1992, thanks to the community efforts of time, talent and funding, the Creamery
reopened as a museum and home for the Historical Society. In addition to gathering extensive
information regarding local homes and families, the Creamery features both
permanent and changing displays including boats, carriage factories, farms,
teasels, transportation and much more.
The
Creamery has grown so much over the years that it have cannot take large
items. At one point, they were
offered Skaneateles Lightning #1 but could not accept the donation because they
had no place to display it.
This
problem remained until a few years ago when the boiler building from the former
Creamery building became available.
The Historical Society purchased the building and is in the process of
converting it to new museum space.
The building will feature nearly as much space as the existing space and
will have space to display a Lightning sailboat along with other large
artifacts.
The
Society had originally attempted to retain the original walls of the building
but as the demolition process began, it became clear that the walls were not
salvageable. Just one of the
original walls has been retained in the structure.
The
new building is being funded through donations from members of the
community. They are three quarters
of the way to their fund-raising goal but are still seeking donations. For more information contact the museum
at 685-1360.
Club
Business &
Dates
to Remember
Call to Order; Pledge of Allegiance & Invocation
lIntroduction of
Guests/Visitarians
lHappy Dollars & Fines
District Major Events
October 25 – District Foundation
Seminar, Links at Erie Village, East Syracuse
October 29 – Eastern Cities Dinner,
Rochester, NY
November 1 – Rotary Leadership
Institute, Canandaigua
November 6 – Skaneateles
Rotary/Skaneateles Central School Recognition Dinner, Middle/High School
cafeteria
November 8 – Rotary U.N. Day
Old Business
Committee Reports
lClub Administration
President
– Tom Seeley
Treasurer
– Toni Feldmann
Secretary
– John Paddock
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Service Projects
Food Pantry
– Daryle Pickering
Sea Scouts
– John Paddock
Programs
– Paul Frickey
Early Act
– Tom Seeley
Fire Equipment
– Chris Bruna
Service Committee
– John Rooney
lWinterfest
& Craft Fair – Seeley/Krauter
lMembership (& Retention)
– Beckwith/Feldmann
lFoundation/Community
Recognition Torrisi/Krauter
lSocial
Chair – Maggie Gilson
lSergeant
at Arms – Daryle Pickering
New Business
lWinterfest Update
l Morgan Stanley/Randy Powers
Evening
Club Programs
TODAY – Jack Emmer Classification
Officers
& Directors
Officers
President – Thomas W. Seeley
President-Elect – John
Rooney
Past President – Marion Krauter
Treasurer – Toni Feldman
Sergeant-at-Arms –
Daryle Pickering
Secretary – John Paddock
Committee Chairs
Club Service – John Rooney
Food Pantry – Daryle Pickering
Membership – Sidney Beckwith
Program Chair – Paul Frickey
Rotary Foundation – Paul
Torrisi
Social Chair – Maggie
Gilson
Youth Exchange/RYLA – John Paddock
Members
Sidney
Beckwith, Christopher Bruna, Dave Cutten, Robert DeWetter, Toni Feldmann, Paul
Frickey, Maggie Gilson (visitor), Douglas Hill, Marion Krauter, John Paddock,
Daryle Pickering, John Rooney, Thomas Seeley, Paul Torrisi, Michael Wahlrab,
Rhett Weiss
Exchange Students
Miguel Rodenas (Spain), Charlotte Linden (Germany),
Bruno Caetanno Alves de Melo (Brazil)
Our District
Website: http://www.rotary7150.org/
Rotary
International: http://www.rotary.org/
RYLA http://www.rotaryryla.com/
Skaneateles Rotary: http://www.skaneatelesrotary.org/
e-club http://www.rotaryeclubny1.com
Thomas W. Seeley 685-2311 Fax:
685-2460 tws@mlsattorneys.com
