HAMMONDSPORT HAPPENINGS

.• Today, the third Sunday in June, is Father's Day. Each person on earth has or had a father and a mother- we can all agree. Two parents and two holidays to especially think about and love them. Mother's Day was in May - Father's Day is today.

• Saturday, July 19, will be the 106th annual banquet of the Hammondsport Alumni Association, to be held at the Hammondsport Fire Hall on Route 54. Officers this year include President, Richard (Patche) Brady, Vice President, Julie Haar '76, Secretary Kelly Saltsman Bussmann '85, Treasurer Luann Robinson Simmons '75, Alumni Advisor Richard McCandless, and Director Richard Shuart '53. The business meeting is at 5 p.m. and includes election of vice president and secretary for twoyear terms. Candidates will be selected by nomination and from the floor. Social hour begins at 6 p.m. with hors d'oeuvres and beverage. Dinner will be served at 7 p.m. buffet style. Cost is $13 per person. Scholarship awards this year: Valedictorian/Salutatorian, $750 each; Marion French English Award, $750; Math Award, $750; History Award, $750; new this year, the Richard F. Krug Science Award, $750; Moretti-Bidwell-Magee Art Award, $750; Jan R. Ketchum Special Achievement Award, $1000. The Alumni Association has an e-mail address: hportalu@linkny.com. Please send any correspondence to this e-mail address. Please make checks payable to Hammondsport Alumni Association. Send your banquet reservations, dues, and optional donations by July 5 to Kelly Bussmann, Secretary, PO Box 211, Hammondsport, NY 14840; telephone 607-569- 2337.

• his year's Summer Reading Program will take place between June 30 and August 16 at the Fred and Harriet Taylor Memorial Library. As Hammondsport Central School children read a book each week, they will receive a prize. Watch for more on this program.

• The Junior Lakers Program at Hammondsport Central School is accepting applications for the Fall 2008. This is a before- and afterschool program for ages 5-12. Applications may be picked up at the school by contacting Beth Morrison at 569-5200, ext. 5329, or call Bath Area Hope for Youth at 776-6441, a program of Steuben Catholic Charities.

• Two former Hammondsport Central School graduates have earned honors at the colleges they attend. Cody W. Goodwin and Stephanie Linnan are both on the Dean's List at SUNY Fredonia. Congratulations to both.

• Wednesday, June 18, retired teachers and staff from Hammondsport Central School will gather for their monthly breakfast at 9 a.m. at the Chat-A-Whyle restaurant in Bath.

• The Keuka Lake Players provide so much entertainment for their hometown. In the next few months, here are some of the events they are doing. This summer, the KLP will present "Oklahoma," a joyous celebration of frontier life and the high-spirited rivalry between local farmers. In September, be sure to join the KLP at their best when they hold their festival at Hickory Hill Camping Resort. Guests will dine on an array of sumptuous desserts while enjoying several one-act plays. Later in the fall, there will be a production of "Keuka Home Companion," directed by Dan Williams and Gary Yoggy. Gather the family together for the KLP's own tribute to a

classical live radio variety show. It will be a night of toetapping tunes and hilarious skits as they feature local performers and music, hometown stories and old-time radio fun.

• 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. 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.

Today, Sunday, June 15, 8 a.m. mass, the lector will be P. Kruk and greeters will be C. and P. Kruk. Communion ministers will be M. E. Peck and J. Matson; cantor is C. Kruk. For the 11 a.m. mass today, the lector will be P. Reiter and greeters will be M. and P. Reiter. Communion ministers will be S. Morris and L. Martuscello; cantor is K. Ainsworth.

In order to allow more parishioners to contribute a page to the memory book for Father Peter - a book containing photos, notes, drawing, and messages of any type- the memory book will remain in the back of the church for the next few weeks. Please add anything you would like, making sure each page is not larger than 81/2 x 11 inches. We will take the book to Father Peter when he begins his new assignment in Hornell.

Calling all gardeners: Would you like to adopt a small part of the grounds around the church or parish house? We are looking for a few volunteers to help with weeding and watering chores throughout the summer months. Please sign up on the back table to adopt a plot.

Oops! Our sincere apologies to Stephanie Linnan for omitting her name from the list of parishioners who graduated from college this spring. Congratulations, Stephanie!

Thank you to Christine Kolodziejczak and her daughters Elizabeth and Claire, and to Carolyn Kruk for all their hard work on the June 1 breakfast for the parish's high school graduates. Nicely done, ladies.

• 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 today's June 15 service are: Chalice, L. Ni chiporuk; Acolytes, J. Grillo; Readers, D. Lundy and N. Torp; Ushers, T. Dykas and S. Dykas.

Did you know that education in Kenya is not free, as it is in this country? After grade school preparation, children can continue their education only if they can afford boarding school. The Anglican Church has some boarding schools, but it still costs around $600 per child per year. Needless to say, very few children from Kisima can attend. The people of the

Church of Kisima pool their +

resources to send their brightest children to these schools.

Only a few children will be given this opportunity and it is a great honor to be chosen. Rev. Curtis has talked with the Vestry and proposed that one of the church's next mission projects be joining the people of the Church of Kisima to help with their education program. Members who would like to help with this mission, please make your check payable to St. James and mark the memo Kisima Education Project.

• 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.

This year the church celebrates Father's Day on June 15. The first modern celebration of Father's Day was held on July 5, 1908, in Fairmont, West Virginia. It was celebrated as a church service at Williams Memorial Methodist- Episcopal Church, now known as Central United Methodist Church. It is believed that the service was first held to honor fathers after a deadly mine explosion in nearby Monongah the prior December. Another possible inspiration could have been the Mother's Day service celebrated for the first time two months prior in Grafton, West Virginia, fifteen miles from Fairmont.

Our Mississippi Mission Team bottle-can collection is going to continue. The funds will be used for different mission projects as needed. Everyone is encouraged to keep the collection containers filled. Collection barrels are located in the front foyer and in the Fellowship Hall. Thanks to all who have contributed. If you would like to help return the bottles and cans, please contact Diane Albright.

The tentative plan for the Vespers Service is to hold it next Sunday, June 22, at 7 p.m.

• The First Presbyterian Churchs 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 School in Hammondsport, led by Jim Walling, at 10 a.m.

Dick Schied will have charge of the service today, June 15.

Tuesday, June 17, 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.