Contributed by Christine Briel / Skaneateles Design

In March of 2008 my daughter and I created a Skaneateles High School team of Moms and daughters and attended the Syracuse University Relay for Life overnight event at the Carrier Dome. Our team alone raised over $800 and the event itself ,with all of the teams that participated, raised $160,000.

This was an amazing, moving, inspiring and selfless evening. The girls got a lot out of attending the event and as we were leaving at 6AM the next morning they were asking if we could do it again the next year. This year the event will take place on Saturday, March 28th and go all night again. We have our team started and over half of the girls from last year signed up as well as a few new ones. Here is the link to our team’s page:

http://main.acsevents.org/goto/skaneateles

Being a part of this event is a wonderful opportunity for our local girls to see beyond their day-to-day problems that seem so important to them (as is the case with most high schoolers) and get a real sense of life, loss, struggle, community, and selfless caring for others. Many of them were really touched by the

Contributed by: Three Chiquitas

Children’s Pirate Book author Donna Bennett will be at Creekside Books in Skaneateles for a pirate princess party.  The Petey and the Mean Pirates party and book signing will be on March 4th from 10:30a-12p.  Petey and the Mean Pirates sends a heart warming message of peace.  The book is a delightful children’s story that appeals to both kids and parents, alike. Kids will love to come and get their book personalized to them by the author.

Contributed By: Tom Seeley / Skaneateles Sunrise Rotary Club

UPCOMING EVENTS, INFORMATION AND OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST

Bulletin #2009-25            Date:  February 19, 2009

Contributed by: Elisabeth Hurley

The magical emergence of spring is delightfully written and illustrated in Digging Spring, a picture book from the author/illustrator team of Elisabeth Hurley of Skaneateles and Erin Sherman of Weedsport, New York. Little Ann is saddened by the lack of time her mother has to spend with her until she discovers the wonders of springtime in her own backyard, making new friends including Grandmother Earth.
The team is particularly delighted with the response the book has received so far. Young children adore it, adults applaud it for its clarity and beauty of language and for its fantastic illustrations. A nine-year old reader said I love that book, and a fourteen-year old called it a wonderful story of spring coming to life.

Contributed by: Erika Davis / Creekside Books & Coffee

SPECIAL EVENTS & AUTHORS VISITS

Wednesday, March 4th
10:30-12:00 PM
Special Storytime at Creekside!
Pirate Party and Book Signing with Children’s Book Author.
Children’s Pirate Book author Donna Bennett will be at Creekside Books in Skaneateles for a pirate princess party.  The “Petey and the Mean Pirates”
storytime, party, and book signing will be on March 4th from 10:30a-12p.
Petey and the Mean Pirates sends a heart warming message of peace.  The book is a delightful children’s story that appeals to both kids and parents, alike. This event is free to the public.  No registration necessary.
Children can come dressed in their favorite pirate or princess costume but, not required

Thursday, March 5th
7:00 PM
Author or Stump City, Mike Quigley return to Creekside to introduce his newest in the Stump City series, “Childhood without a Helmut”.  Set again in that predominantly Irish-American section of Skaneateles Falls, New York, the story roughly parallels the time period of Stump City but focuses on Michael’s interactions with his friends and neighbors.  This event is free to the public.  No registration required.

Contributed by Dr. Rob Kiltz / CNY Fertility Center and CNY Healing Arts Center and MindBodySmile

Dr. Rob created a video today to share some brief thoughts on the recent news topic related to the birth of the Octuplets. He is the Founder and Director of the first successful IVF clinic, CNY Fertility Center, located in Syracuse, NY and also has Fertility Centers in Albany and Rochester, NY as well.

Contributed by Chris Briel/Skaneateles Design

Dr. Robert Kiltz (Dr. Rob), Skaneateles Resident and the owner and director of CNY Fertility Centers and CNY Healing Arts Centers, will appear on WCNY TV 24 (cable channel 11) on Friday evening, February 20th, 2009 at 10PM EST. He will be interviewed by George Kilpatrick on the subject of Ethical Reproduction. Joining him for this interview will be a husband and wife team who are former patients of Dr. Kiltz. They currently have 2 ½ year old triplets and will share their story as well.

Dr. Rob Kiltz founded the first successful IVF clinic, CNY Fertility Center, located in Syracuse, NY and also has Fertility Centers in Albany and Rochester, NY as well.  Dr. Kiltz embraces an integrative approach to Fertility Care and offers his CNY Healing Arts Centers, at each of his three locations, as a way to embrace holistic eastern therapies for treatment in conjunction with western medicine. He feels that holistic therapies help to center and balance individuals prior to, or while receiving additional treatments.

Dr. Rob has also been offering his positive thinking workshops throughout CNY for the past year from walk & talks at Beaver Lake and Skaneateles Equestrian Center to Vision Board Workshops at Creekside Books & Coffeehouse.

Contributed By: Tom Seeley / Skaneateles Sunrise Rotary Club

UPCOMING EVENTS, INFORMATION AND OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST

Bulletin #2009-24           Date:  February 12, 2009

Contributed by: Laura Briel

When: February 18th – 6:00 pm

Where:
SAVES Building – Meeting Room
77 Fennell Street
Skaneateles, NY 13152

Come and discuss issues important to you!
All residents are invited to attend.

Contact Will Barclay:
barclaw@assembly.state.ny.us
200 North Second Street
Fulton, NY 13069
(315) 598-5185

Contributed by: Middlesister / middlesister52@yahoo.com

2 All Day Feltmaking Workshops
When: Feb. 20 – 21; 9am – 4:30 both days
Where: Dobson Hall, First Presbyterian Church, Skaneateles.
How: E-mail middlesister52@yahoo.com with “making felt” in the subject line to learn more and register.
Very Limited Class Size!

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