By Eileen Flanagan
Author Eileen Flanagan will be speaking at Creekside Books and Coffee in Skaneateles on March 14 at 2pm about her new book, The Wisdom to Know the Difference: When to Make a Change and When to Let Go. Praised by the Dalai Lama and other notable writers, the book explores how to apply the message of the Serenity Prayer, accepting the things we cannot change, and changing those we can.
Flanagan has been traveling widely since the book’s release by Tarcher/Penguin in September 2009. She is thrilled to return to Skaneateles, where she has visited friends on vacation for a number of years. She will also be leading a retreat at Stella Maris retreat center during the weekend of March 12-14.
By Christine Briel
My daughters have been attending the Skaneateles HS Talent Show for years, we have some very good talent right here in our own back yards. Thanks to John Buterbaugh we can sample some of that local talent below in a few videos he captured last night at the show. Visit John’s You Tube Channel to see more.
Ben Weirich, Trevor Hinman and Jared Mulcahy – I Don’t Need Know Doctor.
John Buterbaugh and Friends – Quicksand
Sydney Carfi – Love is Waiting
By Dr. John Maurillo of Village Visions
The Skaneateles Lions Club will be holding a health fair that is free and open to the public.
Community Health and Wellness Fair
March 20th, 2010 from 9am-3pm
Skaneateles Community Center
Activities include the following:
- Lions Glaucoma screening and Children’s vision screening (Lions Dr. Casimir Bobowski, O. D. & Dr. John J. Maurillo, O.D. and Lion Members)
- Oral Hygiene and Cancer Screening (Dr. P. Gard Lorey, DDS )
- Posture Screening & Nutrition (Dr. David Petters, D.C.)
- Scoliosis Screening (Dr. Neil Vance, D.C. * Family Chiropractic)
- ACL Screening and Fitness Information: Victory Sports Medicine & Orthopedics (Dr. Marc Pietropaoli, M.D.)
- Hearing Screening (Ear -Q: Lion Ed Keller)
- Healthy Lifestyle Management (Exercise Physiologists Debbie Bobbett & Eric Prager)
- Blood Pressure & Carbon monoxide levels & CPR Class (SAVES)
- CNY Healing Arts Wellness Center (Dr Robert Kiltz, MD, Maura Fitzgerald-Blackler, Esthetician)
- Cardiac Rehab Programs (David Lee, MED; Auburn Hospital)
- Anxiety & Depression Screening (Dr. Todd Marshall, PhD * Couple and Family Therapy)
- Foot Care (Dr. Smith & Dr. Farrell * Westside Podiatry Center)
- Peregrine Home Care Services Evaluations & Blood Pressure (Trudy R. Scarr, R.N.)
Dr. Vance shares more details on what he will provide:
New Skaneateles Chiropractor, Dr. Neil Vance of Dr. Vance’s Family Chiropractic, will be participating in the Skaneateles Health & Wellness Fair at the Skaneateles Community Center on Saturday, March 20 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Dr. Vance will be focusing on a free children’s scoliosis screening and handing out free healthy living bags filled with free products and samples of healthy products to the first 50 people who stop by his booth.
“There has been an increase of children complaining of neck, shoulder and back pain in the last few years,” said Dr. Neil Vance. “I suggest children ages 5 to 15 be screened for structural scoliosis/abnormal biomechanical problems that can be managed more easily the younger the problem is caught.”
By George Rossi
In another life, I created a character called “Little Georgie”. A public persona to function as a suit… one that could be removed when going home to your private life.
I put that suit in mothballs in 1998, and when returning back to Skaneateles / Syracuse, I decided to pull the old suit out of the closet for one more try, just to see if I could still fit in it, and maybe to explore the possibility of wearing it as a career again in 2008.
In all honesty, I could, but after 10 years, it was a little tight around the middle, metaphorically speaking.
Going through the amount of work and financial resources to have that personal experiment was quite illuminating. It helped me to clarify what I wanted to do for the rest of my life, or better put, what I didn’t want to do. Juggling all those balls just isn’t intellectually, artistically, and more importantly, spiritually compelling enough to assume the role of “Ring Master” for me anymore. More than anything, it became painfully apparent that it was time for a third act. The “Little Georgie” Suit went back into mothballs, and probably for good this time.
Continue reading...Excerpt from Syracuse.com / The Post-Standard
I have vivid memories of September 11, 2001. As a third grader, I understood very little about the details of the situation, but I certainly knew enough to be afraid and saddened by the events. The losses were devastating, and to this day I grieve for the victims and their families.
However, we now find ourselves almost nine years into a war whose benefits remain questionable to me. The War in Afghanistan began when the United States stepped in to protect its citizens, to combat terrorism, and to capture bin Laden.
By Patrick Blackburn
Skaneateles Library Announces Launch of a Series on Social Media
The Skaneateles Library Association is announcing today that it will be launching a series of presentations called What is This Social Media and Why Should I Care? on March 10th and 11th, 2010. They will be given by Patrick Blackburn, an interactive arts consultant.
Social Media is a catch all name for many different internet and mobile tools designed for sharing information with other people. The sheer number of people now involved in these various applications is astounding and growing by leaps and bounds each and every day.
Continue reading...By: Dr. Rob Kiltz
Skaneateles resident, motivational speaker, and artist, Dr. Rob Kiltz has created a new Facebook fan page to allow people to keep up to date with his latest productions and events. You can click the badge below to visit.
By Laura Briel
The Skaneateles High School drama department presents Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, adapted for the stage by Jon Jory.
When: March 4 (Thursday), March 5 (Friday),
and March 6 (Saturday) at 7:30 pm
Where: in the Skaneateles High School Auditorium
Cost: $7 for adults, $5 for students and senior citizens
For reservations call 291-2296
(all seats are general admission)
By: Laura Brazak
I am a woman of a “certain age”. I’m pushing 50 but feeling pretty good. Getting to a point in my life where I can really start working on my “self”, my career, my relationships and my house. I joined a gym last year, I’m in a relationship with an actual “nice guy”, getting excited about my city-we even have a woman mayor! I can finally afford to buy some expensive products for my skin and hair, can afford to shop for a new bag now and then (not COACH…yet!), was looking forward to working on my house and yard, maybe finally paint the kitchen after living here for 8 years.
Continue reading...By: Editor
This is a photo showing Skaneateles resident and postive thinker, Dr. Rob Kiltz, in his “world.” That is to say, he’s in his beloved ceramics studio in Skaneateles. Dr. Rob writes and video tapes a daily intention each weekday. Read it, or watch Dr. Rob read it, at http://robertkiltz.com.
Learn more about Dr. Rob here.
