HAMMONDSPORT HAPPENINGS

.• United States Representative John R. "Randy" Kuhl of Hammondsport gave the keynote address at Keuka College's 100th graduation. He quoted from John F. Kennedy's Inaugural Address, the now famous words, "ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country." Kuhl feels that those seventeen words "changed the course of America's history when you realize that this challenge sent a man to the moon, pressed the cause of civil rights, and helped make America a prosperous nation." Kuhl challenged the Keuka graduates by saying, "My challenge to you, Seniors of 2008, is to think about the words very seriously and ponder about how you can do this" - what you can do for your country.

• On May 31 and June 1, the Shop, Sip, and Stroll event in Hammondsport had its second-year anniversary. People who purchased a $5 souvenir bag from any participating Vine City business had the right to three sips with tasty treats. Thanks go to all the businesses taking part and to the shoppers, sippers and strollers!

• Tuesday, June 10, at 5:30 p.m. in the First United Methodist Church Hall, the Wine Country Senior Citizens will hold their monthly dinner meeting and program. Members bring a dish to share and table setting. Following the meal and business, with Louis and Louise Webster as hosts, there will be a speaker from the Southern Tier Hospice.

• Yesterday, Saturday, June 7, began the yearly Vine City village-wide yard sale weekend. Just remember the saying, "What is one person's junk is another person's treasure." The Chamber of Commerce, as a public service, made a map with locations of the sales. Check at the Chamber of Commerce office at 47 Shethar Street today for a map, but do so ASAP as many maps were distributed yesterday!

• Many people took Hammondsport Central School's invitation to see the school district's new transportation area at 7060 State Route 54 in Pleasant Valley and were pleased to tour it. You, no doubt, have seen where the former school bus area next to the school has been torn down because all new buses are too high to be sheltered there anymore.

• On Tuesday, June 10, it is on the calendar at Hammondsport Central School that the final Music Contest Number 1 will take place. Saturday, June 14, is the first annual Parent- Teacher Organization's Run, Walk, or Crawl. Call Hammondsport Central School for more information on this event.

• The Fred and Harriet Taylor Memorial Library Board meets at 6 p.m. on Monday, June 9, in the library's Keuka Room.

• The Keuka Lake Players are holding auditions for their summer production, Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Oklahoma" from 2-5 p.m. today, June 8, and tomorrow from 6-9 p.m. at the Hammondsport Central School high school. Actors, singers, dancers, stagehands, set builders, costume makers, and other helpers are all needed. All experience levels and ages, please come!! More details? Please contact Dan and Sandra Williams at williamswest@ hotmail.com or 346-7254.

Hammondsport Chamber of Commerce will have their Business After Hours on Wednesday, June 11, from 5- 7 p.m. at the Wild Goose Chase Antiques, 10276 County Route 76, for Chamber members only. Members should bring their updated brochures, business cards, and so forth for the "literature swap." Please RSVP the Chamber by phone at 607-569-2989 or em ail to info@hammondsport.org ASAP. There will be refreshments and wine tasting by Dr. Frank.

• The Pulteney Fire Department serves breakfast to the public every Sunday through Labor Day weekend, August 31, from 7- 10 a.m. for $5 per person at their Pulteney Firemen's Pavilion. Join them when you can.

• The 10th Annual Davenport and Taylor Golf Classic will place on Thursday, June 12, at the Bath Country Club. Proceeds from the day will benefit the construction of The Joseph F. Meade Jr. Outpatient Rehabilitation Center. For more information, call 776-8634 or e-mail khfmaj@idmh.org.

Hammondsport church news

• St. Gabriel's Catholic: Maureen O'Neill, Pastoral Administrator. Mass schedule: Saturdays 5:30 p.m., Sundays 11 a.m.; Word and Worship Communion Service, Monday - Thursday at 8 a.m.; Mass on Fridays at 8 a.m.

The Youth Group meets tonight at 7 p.m. in McGill Hall.

The parish's Hammondsport Central School graduates are: Eric Argentieri, Joe Bussmann, Leandra Morris, Chris Musso, and Hannah Shippee. Congratulations also to Holly Bussmann, Bethany Dreiling, and Jessica Morris, who graduated from college this year. St. Gabriel's rejoices with all of the students and their families and prays that their futures are blessed with success and happiness.

This weekend's second collection will benefit the Catholic Communication Campaign, a national effort sponsored by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. The CCC spreads the good news around the world through television, radio, newspapers, podcasts, magazines and the Internet. Support the church's efforts to remain a strong voice in the media. Please give generously and thank you.

Welcome back to St. Gabriel's newly returned summer parishioners. We want to let you know how happy we are to see you once again! Our liturgies and parish life are fuller and livelier when our summer

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us. We hope you have had a wonderful winter and are bringing us beautiful weather.

St. Gabriel's will have 8:00 A.M. mass for the entire month of June. Father Dan Condon is serving as our visiting Sacramental Minister. Father Jim Jaeger begins his service as our Sacramental Minister at the end of June.

• St. James Episcopal: Located on the corner of Main and Lake Streets. The Rev. Sandra Curtis, Rector; Sunday Eucharist and Sunday School are at 9 a.m., followed by Coffee Hour. Thursday at 12:15 p.m., Holy Eucharist; Loaves and Fishes Food Pantry is open on Tuesdays at 3 p.m. and Saturdays at 11 a.m.

Assisting Rev. Curtis with this morning, June 8, service are: Chalice, N. Forenz; Acolytes, C. Skinner; Readers, E. Kosan and Connie Van Houten; Ushers, J. and L. Grillo.

There are some people in church who have computers and would be interested in receiving their newsletter by email. Others could not or would not like to receive in this way. E-mailing, however, could save a considerable amount of money on postage. Please let us know if you would be willing to get your newsletter via email. Send your e-mail address to Tom Bidwell.

Very soon now, new Lay Eucharist ministers will be serving at St. James. Leah Nichiporuk and Connie and Cecil Van Houten have been licensed by the bishop to take communion to the sick and homebound after the Sunday morning Eucharist. Let us know to whom it should go, please.

• First United Methodist Church: The Rev. Paul Rowley, Minister: 8:30 a.m. Service: 9:45-10:45 a.m., Sunday school; 11 a.m. Service. On the 5th Sunday of the month, the two services are combined with a 10 a.m. service for all.

Pastor Rowley will be starting a Membership Class soon. There are three classes that each person needs to complete. There is a Confirmation Class for youth in seventh grade and up. There are six classes that each person must complete for this. Those interested in joining the church: remember to indicate your interest in the fellowship journal. More details are available from the pastor.

Rev. Richard Barton becomes the new district superintendent in July, succeeding the Rev. Dr. Thom White Wolf Fassett. An article about Rev. Barton from the NCNY Conference monthly newspaper Connections has been on the bulletin board in the sanctuary.

Reminder: Please check your mailbox at the church frequently. There may be timesensitive material in it. Remember that your box is below your name. If you do not have a mailbox, please let Onalee Clark know ASAP.

Today, Sunday June 8, 5 p.m., Small Group; 7 p.m. Second Sunday Youth Fellowship.

Wednesday, June 11, at 6 a.m., Promise Keepers meet in the Fellowship Hall. At 4 p.m., Ladies Bible Study; 6 p.m. Prayer Group meets.

Thursday, June 12, Praise Team meets at 6 p.m.; 7 p.m. Choir Rehearsal.

Friday, June 13, there is a spaghetti supper to help with fees for youth going to camp and Kingdom Bound (tickets were $44 each). We are asking the youth to be waiters and waitresses and to do anything else they can help with. Donations of spaghetti sauce - any kind - and salad ingredients are also requested,

Saturday, June 14, at 8:30 a.m. United Methodist Women's quarterly meeting in the Fellowship Hall.

• The First Presbyterian Churches of Hammondsport and Pulteney: Interim Pastor Anne Waasdorp at both churches: Pulteney at 9:30 a.m.; Hammondsport at 11 a.m. Adult Bible Study and Prayer at the Pulteney church on Tuesdays at 2 p.m.; adult Sunday Sc hool in Hammondsport, led by Jim Walling, at 10 a.m.

"The Noisy Can" was passed last Sunday, June 1, to collect change for Two Cents a Meal. Also last Sunday, Pastor Anne represented the church at the Open House at Camp Whitman.

Today, June 8, there will be a Spring Concert by the Penn Yan Community Chorus at 3 p.m. at the First Baptist Church in Penn Yan.

Tuesday, June 1 7 , Hammondsport Session meeting at 7 p.m.

Mark your calendar: The Rochester group Touch of Brass will play during a joint service in Hammondsport on Sunday, July 13. The service will be open to the public.

• Mitchellsville United Methodist Church, 8421 County Route 13, Bath, with new pastor, Rev. Ed Spencer. Services are Sundays at 8:55 a.m. There is Sunday School for children and youth during the second half of worship time, and a Coffee Hour with refreshments after the worship service. On Wednesday evenings from 6-8 p.m., there is a soup supper and Bible studies.