What’s for Dinner?
By Ryan Nichols ’12
Freelance culinary and travel writer Karen Deyle, restaurant critic for the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle and author of Rochester Eats: 15 Years of Craves and Faves, will speak at Keuka College Thursday, Dec. 15.
Deyle will deliver the next Community Luncheon Series presentation at noon in the Gannett Room of Lightner Library.
A food writer for more than 15 years, she reviews restaurants in her Democrat & Chronicle column titled “First Bite.” She is also travel editor and contributing writer for Travel Host of Rochester and the Finger Lakes.
Rochester Eats is a tribute to the independent restaurants and restaurateurs who have “fed us well over the past 75 years,” said Deyle. “In talking to patrons and owners with first-hand stories, the collection developed into more of a ‘scrapbook’ effort that shares copies of menus and secret recipes.”
The book profiles more than 100 local and regional restaurants, specialty food purveyors, and casual dining spots.
“There are glimpses of downtown dining spots like Sibley’s Tower and McCurdy’s Garden Room, Eddie’s Chop House, and everyone’s nostalgic favorite, The Manhattan,” said Deyle. “There are pictures and stories from casual locales like Vic n Irv’s and Don and Bob’s, located at Seabreeze in an area once know as ‘Hot Dog Row.’ There are Sunday drive locations in places like Ionia, Naples, and Canandaigua.”
Deyle also serves as communications manager at Cameron Community Ministries, a non-profit soup kitchen that serves nearly 50,000 hot meals a year as well as free dinners five nights a week for children through Foodlink’s Kids Cafe program.
Tickets for the luncheon are $12.75, with $2.50 going to the Penn Yan Keuka Club Scholarship Fund, which provides an annual scholarship to a local student attending Keuka College.
Reservations are required, and must be made no later than Friday, Dec. 9. To make a reservation or for more information, contact Keuka’s Office of Alumni and Family Relations at (315) 279-5238 or spevents@keuka.edu. You may also register online at http://events.keuka.edu
H.E.R.O. Worship
From left: H.E.R.O. group members Ryan Hearton, Emily White, Allie Peterson, Daina Mottler, Rachel Giordano, and Brandon Grace.
Six members of the Helping Everyone Respect Others (H.E.R.O.) organization at Penn Yan Academy (PYA) brought their respecting others and anti-bullying messages to Keuka College Oct. 20.
PYA seniors Allie Peterson and Daina Mottler, co-founders of the group, said they started the organization because they were upset at the way some students were treating each other.
“Our goal is to help people learn to respect and stop judging others,” said Mottler. “The more people realize what they say and do hurts others, the less likely they are to do so in the future.”
Peterson shared her personal story of abuse and neglect, and spoke on the group’s four main principles: what can we do for our community, what can we do for our school, what can we do for each other, and what can we do for ourselves.
Members of the group have spoken at Dundee Central School, the Harley School, Keuka Arts Festival, and Penn Yan Fireman’s carnival, among others.
Joining Mottler and Peterson were Ryan Hearton, Emily White, Rachel Giordano, and Brandon Grace.
After the presentation, those attending the luncheon were invited to sign a pledge to respect other and receive a H.E.R.O. bracelet.
More photos from the luncheon.
H.E.R.O. Group Focus of Community Luncheon
The Helping Everyone Respect Others (H.E.R.O.) group will be the focus of the next Community Luncheon Series Thursday, Oct. 20 at Keuka College.
Allie Peterson, co-founder of H.E.R.O. at Penn Yan Academy.
Allie Peterson, co-founder of H.E.R.O. and a senior at Penn Yan Academy (PYA), will speak at noon in the Gannett Room of Lightner Library.
H.E.R.O., an anti-bullying organization, promotes the act of respecting one another.
After attending a Youth Speak Out event at the College in March—which focused on bullying—Peterson and other PYA students were inspired to start H.E.R.O. Youth Speak Out helps students become aware of the choices they can make in self-exploration by using their own interpretation and evaluation of the world around them.
At a Community Service Day event at PYA, Peterson spoke on “I Bet You Didn’t Know,” where she shared her personal story of abuse and neglect. Other students were motivated to share their own “I Bet You Didn’t Know” stories. After the presentation, students were given the opportunity to pledge respect to others and receive a H.E.R.O. bracelet.
Tickets for the luncheon are $12.75, $2.50 of which goes to the Penn Yan Keuka Club Scholarship Fund. The fund provides an annual scholarship to a local student attending Keuka College. Seating is limited, so reservations are advised. Make checks payable to Keuka College and mail to: Office of Alumni and Family Relations, Keuka College, Keuka Park, N.Y. 14478. The reservation deadline is Thursday, Oct. 13.
For more information call (315) 279-5238 or e-mail spevents@keuka.edu. Reservations may be made online at http://events.keuka.edu.
Economic Development Focus of Presentation
Keuka College’s Community Luncheon Series will continue Thursday, April 14 with a talk by Mike Linehan, president and chief operating officer of the Yates County Chamber of Commerce and Steve Griffin, CEO of the Finger Lakes Economic Development Center (FLEDC).
Linehan and Griffin will discuss “Economic Development in Yates County” at noon in the Gannett Room of Lightner Library.
After moving to Penn Yan more than two decades ago, Linehan became involved in the hospitality and tourism industries. He holds degrees from St. John Fisher College, Corning Community College, Finger Lakes Community College, and University of Oklahoma’s Institute for Organizational Management.
U.S. 20 Motorcycle Trip Full of Memories
Bob and Carol Worden (right), members of Keuka's Community Associates Board, presented Ron and Evelyn Stone with a gift from the College at the close of the Dec. 9 Community Luncheon presentation.
A good crowd, that included several motorcycle enthusiasts, attended the Dec. 9 Community Luncheon Series to hear about Ron and Evelyn Stone’s 3,365-mile, coast-to-coast 2008 summer trip on the on the back of a 2007 BMW R-1200.
The Ontario couple garnered laughs relating everything from how Ron packs one week’s worth of clothes in a saddlebag to how Evelyn’s tent of choice is a Hampton Inn. Scenic images were shown including shots of the snows still lingering in July along the Beartooth Highway that runs near the Montana-Wyoming border, buffalo herd crossings, and a tiny aerial “museum” they visited that was little more than a log cabin flanking an outdoor airstrip.
Their cross-country trip had been sparked two years prior, Ron Stone said, when they spotted a sign at an intersection in Oregon reading “Begin 20 East.” Near it, the photo showed another sign with an arrow pointing east toward Albany … Oregon. (more…)
Coast-to-Coast Motorcyle Trip Focus of Talk
Ontario residents Ron and Evelyn Stone’s coast-to-coast motorcycle trip will be the focus of the next Community Luncheon Series Thursday, Dec. 9 at Keuka College.
The Stones will speak at noon in the Gannett Room of Lightner Library.
The end of Route 20 in Newport, Ore.
During the summer of 2008, they traveled the length of U.S. Route 20, the longest (3,365 miles) highway in the United States, from Boston, Mass., through Yellowstone National Park, to Newport, Ore. Along the way, they traveled Chief Joseph Highway in Wyoming, and Beartooth Highway along the Montana-Wyoming border.
U. S. Route 20 crosses 12 states, including Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, and Oregon.
“After we arrived in Newport, we went south along the Oregon coast and into California, Nevada, and New Mexico to visit our son, then home,” said Ron Stone. “Next year we hope to ride U.S. Route 30 from Atlantic City, N.J. to Astoria, Ore.”
Tickets for the luncheon are $12.75, $2.50 of which goes to the Penn Yan Keuka Club Scholarship Fund. The fund provides an annual scholarship to a local student attending Keuka College. Seating is limited, so reservations are advised. Make checks payable to Keuka College and mail to: Office of Alumni and Family Relations, Keuka College, Keuka Park, N.Y. 14478. The reservation deadline is Friday, Dec. 3.
For more information call (315) 279-5238 or e-mail spevents@keuka.edu. Reservations may be made online at http://events.keuka.edu.
Finger Lakes Cultural and Natural History Museum Focus of Community Luncheon
The Finger Lakes Cultural and Natural History Museum will be the focus of the next Community Luncheon Series Thursday, Oct. 7 at Keuka College.
The Finger Lakes Museum will be built at Keuka Lake State Park. The museum and Finger Lakes State Parks, the regional group of New York State Parks, are partners in the project. Keuka College is one of the site sponsors.
John Adamski, president of the Museum Board of Directors, and Don Naetzker, project director, will speak at noon in the Gannett Room of Lightner Library.
The Finger Lakes Museum is dedicated to introducing people of all ages to the unique cultural heritage and ecological evolution of the 9,000 square-mile Finger Lakes region.
The museum, scheduled to open in 2014, will feature exhibits such as Native American culture, early colonization, and the histories of agriculture, viniculture, and commerce. Artifacts will range from antique boats and farm equipment to an immense freshwater aquarium containing the fish species native to the Finger Lakes. Outdoor exhibits will feature live specimens of native wildlife in natural settings such as beavers, otters and the Seneca White Deer. Special focus will be given to invasive species such as lamprey eels, purple loosestrife and zebra mussels.
Tickets for the luncheon are $12.75, $2.50 of which goes to the Penn Yan Keuka Club Scholarship Fund. The fund provides an annual scholarship to a local student attending Keuka College. Seating is limited, so reservations are advised. Make checks payable to Keuka College and mail to: Office of Alumni and Family Relations, Keuka College, Keuka Park, N.Y. 14478. The reservation deadline is Friday, Oct, 1.
For more information call (315) 279-5238 or e-mail spevents@keuka.edu. Reservations may be made online.
Mountain Home Magazine Focus of Community Luncheon
Keuka College’s Community Luncheon Series will continue Thursday, June 17, with a talk by Mountain Home Magazine’s Mike and Teresa Capuzzo.
Mike (publisher), and Teresa (editor), will discuss various aspects of the magazine at noon in the Gannett Room of the Lightner Library.
Cookbook Collector, Food Writer to Speak at Community Luncheon
Keuka College’s Community Luncheon Series will continue Thursday, April 22 with a talk by Cornelius O’Donnell, food writer and consultant.
O’Donnell will discuss “Confessions of a Cookbook Collector” at noon in the Gannett Room of the Lightner Library.
Author of Cooking with Cornelius, O’Donnell has been a guest on Good Morning America, Oprah, several in-home shopping networks, and regional television and radio stations. The cookbook was the winner of the Tastemaker Award as one of the best general cookbooks of the year. A contributor to several other cookbooks, O’Donnell edited the Design for Living cookbook in 1993.
McKenzie to Discuss Failure of Methodism in the Far West
The Community Luncheon Series at Keuka College will continue Thursday, Oct. 15 with a presentation by Associate Professor of Philosophy and Religion Mike McKenzie.
McKenzie will discuss “The Anvil that Broke the Hammer: How the Far West Resisted the Methodist Invasion” at noon in the Gannett Room.
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