Contributed by Tom Seeley / Skaneateles Sunrise Rotary

UPCOMING EVENTS, INFORMATION AND OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST

Bulletin #2009-13 Date: October 2, 2008

Contributed by Holly Knott / Skaneateles Artisans

Artist Demo: Skaneateles Artisans, 11 Fennell St., Skaneateles. Saturday, October 18, Noon – 3:00 pm. FREE. Potter Lauren Ritchie will demonstrate how she designs and carves lanterns. Additional lanterns will be available for customers to carve. Lauren will fire them and return them to the shop in a few weeks for customers to take home. The gallery offers off-street parking and accepts major credit cards. Visit their website at www.skaneatelesartisans.com. For more information, call 315-685-8580.

Contributed by Rita Trenti / The Sherwood Inn

The Sherwood Inn of Skaneateles, NY, will host Oktoberfest featuring Klaus Raith and the Enzain Bavarian Band and Folk Dancers. Brugemeiser Raith also headlines the Syracuse “Oktoberfest”. His fun-loving German music and authentic folk dancers offer wonderful entertainment from 1:00-6:00 PM at the Sherwood Inn. Also, back by popular demand, is Beak and Skiff with their delicious apple wine tasting featuring Cortland, Gala & Northern Spy Wines. New this year, is a Chariots of Downtown, an authentic Wine Ice Cream Tasting by Mercer’s Farm featuring Peach White Zinfanel and Royal White Reisling. Come taste the flavors of the season!

Hearty German fare, farm-fresh harvest entrees, Bavarian Apple Tarts, Linzer Torts and Saranac Oktoberfest beer will be available under the big tent on the West Lawn. Be sure to sign up for door prize giveaways from the Patisserie Bakery, the Village Bottle Shop, Riddlers’ Cigar Shop and the Sherwood Inn properties. Help us support the Milfoil Project with $10 T-Shirt sales. All this and no cover charge! Tables and chairs will be available in the tent but you may want to bring your own and relax by the lake while enjoying some great local fare and entertainment.

For further information, please call (315) 685-3405 or 1-800-3SHERWOOD.

Contributed by Erika Davis / Creekside Books & Coffee

Saturday October 4, 2008 at 1PM, Creekside Books & Coffee, an independent bookstore and coffeehouse in Skaneateles, welcomes Gustav Niebuhr author of Beyond Tolerance Searching for Interfaith Understanding in America

“After reading Beyond Tolerance you will feel as honored as I do to welcome Gustav Niebuhr to Creekside. He wraps up a six city tour before stopping in Skaneateles,” says Erika Davis, owner of Creekside Books and Coffee. “His thoughts are provoking and insightful, and I am certain his discussion will leave his audience changed and charged with an energized outlook on tomorrow.”

From the SU website http://thecollege.syr.edu/pressrelease/niebuhrRC.htm: “Using reporting skills he honed during his 20-year career as a journalist, Niebuhr takes readers on a cross-country journey to meet groups who are building bridges to better religious understanding.”

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Gustav Niebuhr—grandson of renowned religious thinker Reinhold Niebuhr, and grandnephew of renowned ethicist Helmut Reinhold Niebuhr—a former New York Times Religion reporter takes the reader on a hopeful journey through America’s religious heartland, shining a light on the multitude of congregations that are reaching across theological boundaries not with tolerance, but with respect.

Contributed by Cary Briel / Skaneateles

Barack Obama is a leader in my opinion, a welcome change from what we’ve endured for the last 8 years.  The following video is Barack Obama speaking on the Senate floor on October 1, 2008 concerning problems with world credit markets.

UPDATE: It’s reported by the AP that John McCain stayed curiously quiet and did not speak on the bill.  The AP reports “McCain’s decision not to speak on the bill in the Senate chamber was odd for a candidate who took the legislation so seriously that he had suspended his campaign and suggested what became a bipartisan White House meeting on the matter.”

The AP also noted something that I would argue illustrates the true nature of McCain: “Before the roll was called, Arizona Sen. McCain dined in Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell’s office. When the series of votes were called, McCain did not acknowledge Obama as he passed by; Obama later initiated a handshake.”  This rude nature is similar to how it was widely reported that McCain did not once look at Obama in their first debate.

Contributed by Cary Briel / Skaneateles

One might argue that the real John McCain is well illustrated in the videos below.  Many insiders who know John McCain have hinted about Mr. McCain’s testiness and temper, and we’ve seen some examples of it in the press.  He seems pretty good at hiding this aspect of his personality in most cases, but I would suggest that cool heads need to prevail after 8 years of the current president and vice-president.  The following are three clips taken from an interview of John McCain by the Des Moines Register.

UPDATE:
Politico reports more McCain testiness on October 2, 2008:
“We just followed McCain down the steps following the vote to ask him about the reaction of House Republicans to the vote. He didn’t appreciate the company.

McCain: “Excuse me, you’re bothering me.”

Politico: “I’m bothering you?”

McCain: “Excuse me, I have to go.”

Maybe it’s time for McCain to retire if he’s so bothered.  Article here.