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1997-09-09 < rr RECREATION COMMITTEE MEETING SEPTEMBER 9,1997 CALL MEETING TO ORDER PRESENT: RJ.H., KD., G.D., le., lE., RF., B.G., E.K, S.M. APPROVE MINUTES: August 4,1997 - Approved Corrections: Seconded CORRESPONDENCE 1. Received approval for use of Sheafe Road School for Boys & Girls Basketball 1/98-3/98 2. Received copy ofletter sent to John Smith from Sebastian Carta, Dutchess Debs - for appreciation for excellent job in running the concession stand for their tournament 7/27 & 28. 3. Memo from Youth Bureau regarding 1997 Annual Report form due by 9/1/97 - Was Sent. 4. Received letter from W. U. S. C. Regarding the 97-98 fall season field usage. 5. Memo from Supervisor Smith regarding insurance issues. 6. Copy ofletter sent to Supervisor Smith regarding swimming facility. 7. Certificate ofInsurance for Road Runners event 9/21/97 8. Request from HUSC Hawks- Klaus Wimmer to use Rockingham fields with Ctf of Insurance. 9. Performance agreement for Halloween - Let Us Entertain You REPORTS: KD. B.G. G.D. E.K lC. S.M. lE. RlH. RF. NEW BUSINESS - Schlathaus Race, K ~a..- Qc;u.o OLD BUSINESS - Christmas Halloween - Summer Playgrounds, Concerts, MEETING ADJOURNED NEXT MEETING . '\ RECREATION COMMITTEE MEETING SEPTEMBER 9,1997 v.,'~"'-c''''"V." ""':,"" ",. ': '...., '_ji~ '. iBB"'l99~~i1}L;" The regular meeting of the Town of Wappinger Recreation Committee was held September 9, 1997 at Schlathaus Park, All Angels Hill Road, Town of Wappinger, Dutchess County, New York. The meeting was called to order at 7:30 p.m. by Chairman Ralph J. Holt. Others present were Kathi DeLisa, Senior Citizen Director, Committee Members Joseph Ennesser, Ronald Friedman, Ellen Korz and Stephen Miller. The minutes of the August 4, 1997 meeting were approved on a motion by Mr. Ennesser seconded by Mrs. Korz with all in favor. OUTGOING CORRESPONDENCE 1. Letter to Supervisor Smith regarding insurance issues. 2. Memo to Gerry diPierno regarding concerns 3. Letter from P. Roe to Gina Christians - 1997 Seasonal Summer Form for Summer Employees 4. Thank you letters from Senior Center- 1. Mike Garrett for ice cream for banana day 2. Anne Marie Gullo for donations of yam and material. 5. Press releases for Senior Craft fair 10/24/97 lOam to 2 pm to Poughkeepsie Journal, Southern Dutchess News, WHUD, WEOK/WPDH, WKIP, WCZx. WGNY, SCAN 6. Letter to Irv Miller from J. Ennesser re: Little League contact for race and information on parking, etc. 7. Letter to D. C. Youth Bureau from Mr. diPierno Re: 1997 Annual Report. 8. Thank you letter from Mr. diPierno to Shop Rite for help with the Summer Picnic 9. Request to WFJH for the use of their facilities for the Fall and Winter Aerobic and Adult Basketball program 10. A certificate of insurance was sent to Wappinger Central School, 15 Myers Comers Road for programs at the WFJH CORRESPONDENCE We received approval from Sheafe Road School for the use of their facilities for the Boys and Girls Basketball program which will be held starting January 10, 1998 and will run until March 1998. We received a copy of a letter that Sebastian Carta of the Dutchess Debs sent to ~. John Smith of the Town of Wappinger Little League. In his letter he expressed appreciation for the excellent job the Little League personnel did on running the concession stand at their tournament which was held July 27 and 28th. " Under very hot and humid weather conditions, they were able to handle the large quantity of people with respect and in a pleasant manner which added to the success of the tournament's festivities". Mr. Friedman mentioned that as far as he knew they left the area in good condition after the tournament. A memo was received from June Ellen Cioppa, Youth Programs Analyst with a copy of the 1997 annual Report Form which has to be returned to them by Monday, September 1, 1997. This was given to Mr. diPierno on August 18, 1997 and the report has been completed and was forwarded to the Youth Bureau. A letter has been received from Mark Laman of the Wappinger United Soccer League giving us their field utilization schedule for the 1997/98 Fall Season. A copy was given to Mr. Chappas. In his letter he noted that they have moved most of the program to the Airport Park site. It was suggested that a letter be sent to the League noting that we are pleased that they have reduced the activities at the Rockingham Park and hope that they can keep it that way in the future. A memo was received from Supervisor Smith regarding certificates of insurance. She attached a copy of a fax received from our insurance company, Marshall and Sterling, Inc.. The following is the response: "1. Use of Town facilities by groups such as boy scouts, fire departments, churches, employees from Home Depot etc.: a request should be made for the group to furnish the Town with a certificate of insurance showing general liability coverage and naming the Town of Wappinger as Additional Insured for General Liability as respects use of the Town's premises. 2. Requests from volunteers to work on Town property: in the event that the Town is alleged to be negligent, the company would defend the Town. If the Town is found negligent in a court oflaw, there would be coverage up to the policy limits. Volunteers are covered for their actions under the general liability policy, however, if a volunteer gets injured while performing there service, their is no coverage for their injuries unless the Town is found negligent. " The Committee did not have any problems with the information that was received, they did however, question the use of the parks by families or small groups which are not covered under a business insurance policy. Must they have insurance? Are they not able to use the park areas? It was suggested that a letter be sent to the Supervisor for further clarification. The Committee received a copy of a letter that Joanne Vazquez and Nancy 2 ~~ Savidge wrote to the Town Board regarding the development ofa town swimming facility. This letter was sent to the Town Board with a copy to Mrs. Visconti. Mrs. Smith mentioned to Mr. Holt that this letter was to be presented to the Town Board for discussion at a workshop and that Mr. diPiemo should Not be going to various members of the State Government for funding until there is a direction from the Town Board. The Committee received a copy of the Certificate of Insurance from the Mid Hudson Road Runners Club stating that the Town of Wappinger is additional insured with respect to the events held on 9/21/97 at Robinson Lane. A letter was received from Klaus Wimmer of the Hudson Valley Soccer League Hawks requesting the utilization of the Rockingham Park soccer field for one game on Sundays during the fall and spring seasons. They also requested permission to use part of the park - not necessarily the existing field - for practices on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6 to 8 p.m. In his letter he indicated that he had already spoken to Mr. Chappas and received approval. After granting approval we find that this is not the case. Mr. Chappas is away at this time so Mr. Miller has been trying to contact Mr. Wimmer to put a hold on this request until the issue can be resolved. It was suggested that they could use Quiet Acres, Spook Hill or any other area on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Mr. Miller will follow up on this issue. A contract was received from "Let Us Entertain You" for a performance at the Halloween Party to be held at Schlathaus Park on October 26, 1997. The performance will begin at 2:20 p.m. and will be approximately 45 minutes at a cost of$150. This was approved by the Committee. SENIOR CITIZEN REPORT Mrs. DeLisa handed out a report on the Senior activities for the month of August. This report is attached to these minutes. Mrs. DeLisa mentioned that there were three accidents at the senior center during the last few weeks and she noted that twice they had to call the ambulance. She happened to be out at Leprechaun paying for one of the trips at the time of one of the accidents and she stressed that is very important for her to have coverage at all times in cases of such incidents. She noted that a lot of the seniors are now getting up in age and are more apt to have such accidents. She mentioned that she has started a Spanish class and there are 12 seniors signed up for the class. She would like to move them to Schlathaus along with the oil painting class but then she feels that there should be someone with them. DIRECTOR' S REPORT Mr. diPiemo was unable to attend the meeting but sent in a report. This report is 3 .., attached to these minutes. He mentioned that in the minutes of the last meeting he was alleged to have spoken to Steve Saland regarding a community center. He noted that he was not aware that the commission was interested in such a project and that he did discuss what the State might offer us in building a pool complex. He said that Mr. Saland indicated that it was worth looking into and it would be a worthwhile project. Mr. diPiemo said that he would follow up in late September or October. He mentioned that it should be noted that the Town of Wappinger currently received all the DFY funding to which it is entitled and at this point there would be no further funding available from DFY for a Community Center. Mr. diPierno mentioned that the basketball clinic held at John Jay had 38 registrants and virtually all attended. He said that they utilized all three coach/instructors who broke the group down into three near equal groups. He said that Rebecca Faulds informed him that the program went very smoothly and that she returned all the equipment to him at one of the concerts at Schlathaus Park. He said that from his perspective the Summer Camps went well. Of course there were some minor parental problems which were handled by either Mr. diPierno or Mrs. Irvin. He did note that he was forced to register a complaint with the Child Protective Services because one of the children from Robinson Lane Camp was not picked up until 8:10 p.m. (The child had by then been turned over to the State Police.) He mentioned that he has been notified by the Agency that their investigation has indicated that they do not believe that the situation warrants any further action. Both parents were counseled by them. He also mentioned that there were some personnel problems at Martz Field. He said that despite counseling by Mrs. Irvin the situation did not improve so he therefore re-assigned the 4 counselors in question to different parks. He interviewed all 4 later and 3 of the 4 admitted that the change had resulted in a better attitude and better insight into the duties of a counselor. The fourth had little or no comment but admitted as did the other three that he was enjoying his work at his new camp. The summer concerts ended in a rainout but otherwise went well. Except for some minor problems at the Jazz Knight Concert, there were no technical problems. He mentioned that if the turnout is any indication of our success, then here too we are looking at a really fine program. Mr. diPierno mentioned that he noticed that the chains and no parking signs have been erected and he has a couple of concerns about their placement and the "No Parking between Signs". Mr. Holt mentioned that at this point they were only put in temporarily at this point. HALLOWEEN Miss Gutzler was unable to attend but she sent a report. In her report she mentioned that she has spent 3 hours taking an inventory of the supplies and checking on their condition. In the end she came back to ask the committee for permission to purchase the 4 following items: 1. a new string oflights, 2. At least ten black tarps to cover the windows and doorways. These tarps could also be used by the seniors to cover the windows for their photography club. 3. ten small pumpkins to be painted at a local elementary school art class. She mentioned that where possible she would use vouchers or P.O's for the purchases. It was recommended that the haunted house be held on the Sunday before Halloween (the same day as the Town Party). She said that she didn't recommend that we hold the house on Saturday, as no one came last year. Mr. Holt mentioned that he felt that it was at a lot of work for one day but Mrs. DeLisa said that people wouldn't make a separate trip to the house but because they come to the party on Sunday they enjoy it, Miss Gutzler mentioned that she would need help this year in setting up and also people to help" to scare the living daylights out of the residents". Mrs. Korz suggested that maybe we could ask Joanne Vazquez to have her scout group help with this project. She will contact them. Mrs. Korz mentioned that we need to put in a facilities use application to Myers School for a rainsite for the Halloween Party. Mrs. Roe will remind Mr. diPierno to do this. She has called McDonalds to reserve the character for the party and to get a promotional coupon. She has also contacted the following for prizes: Subway, Fun Central, Hoe Bowl, Carvel, Hometown Buffet, KFC, Renegades, Wendys, Taco Bell, Dunkin Donuts, Party City, Ben & Jerry's. She said she contacted Play It again Sports but she hasn't heard anything. We mentioned that maybe she should call Shop Rite to get the "Kids Club Coupon". She was told to speak to John Weber. Mr. Holt mentioned that in the Community Day parade MVK had a float which was a large pumpkin. The pumpkin was big enough that at least three people could get inside. He suggested that Mrs. Korz call him to see ifhe could bring the pumpkin over for the party. It would also help him to do some advertising. Mrs. Korz mentioned that she has to contact the three judges. She will also contact Meadowbrook regarding the cider, donuts and decorations needed for the party. Mrs. Roe will get the P.O. needed. CONFERENCES Miss Gutzler also asked if the committee had received a report from Mr. diPierno from the conference he attended in Lake Placid in May. She also asked if the Town or the Recreation Committee has a policy on when conference reports were due or if reports are required at all? She suggested that ifthere was not a policy in effect that a policy should be adopted. There was a discussion on this matter. To our knowledge we don't think the Town has any such policy - it just has been a practice of the Recreation Comm. Since everyone is unable to go to the conferences it is advantageous to all of us if we can get a report to keep us up to date on recreation policies and information that could help us all do our job. It was felt that this could be a policy of the Recreation Committee and not a Town policy. Mr. Friedman suggested that a policy be adopted by the recreation committee as follows: "When any member of the committee 5 attends a conference where expenses are paid in whole or in part by the Town that a report be given to the Recreation Committee within 45 days of such conference or it shall negate going to future such conferences." This was approved. STIPENDS. Miss Gutzler also requested that Mr. Holt resubmit to the Town board our request to receive our stipends based on our work, not on our attendance at meetings. She mentioned that she had spent 3 hours last week on the Haunted House materials, I hour pricing tarps and other materials and in October will spend at least 20 hours setting up and acting in the Haunted House. REESE PARK Mr. Ennesser mentioned that he has ordered the material for the new gate at Reese Park and that it should be delivered to the maintenance area on Thursday of this week. All pieces will be cut to length. Mr. Glass (of the Highway Dept.) will be welding the pieces together on his own time. A P.O. has been sent down for approval and a number. Mr. Ennesser mentioned that they have started to collect the telephone poles at Reese Park and that there are at least a half a dozen poles there at the present. He is watching to make sure that they don't disappear. TENNIS TOURNAMENT Mr. Ennesser mentioned that the T-Shirts and trophies are on order for the tournament. Mrs. Korz mentioned that there was a terrible showing at the sign ups last week and that there is another registration scheduled for this Thursday. Mr. Ennesser mentioned that there is a sign at the courts. It has also been in the Poughkeepsie Journal twice and on the Channel 6 announcements. Mr. diPierno has also put it in his column for the past two weeks. BOAT RAMP Mr. Ennesser mentioned that he would like to approach the Commodore at Chelsea to request permission to store the docks there over the winter. We will also have to check on the insurance issues regarding this. 6 ROBINSON LANE Mr. Friedman mentioned that Little League is still holding their Summer/Fall Ball program. Until school started they were playing during the week and now they are just playing on Saturdays. If it rains on Saturday they might play on Sunday. A request was received from Tim Fisher of the Mens Baseball League to use Holt field on Sunday September 7th for playoff games. After checking with Mr. Miller and Little League this request was approved. Mr. Friedman mentioned that he has also requested a field for this coming Sunday and he felt that should not pose a problem as Little League doesn't use all the fields. Mr. Friedman mentioned that we are still having trouble getting a certificate of insurance from Little League Mrs. Roe has called, he has called and we still haven't received any response. Mrs. Roe mentioned that she had spoken to Kathy Smith 2 weeks ago and she was going to put it in the mail that day. Our insurance adjusters have been calling repeatedly requesting a copy of this in conjunction with the accident that happened at Robinson Lane on Opening Day. It was suggested that a letter be written to Mr. Smith stating that after repeated requests that we have not received this certificate and that we don't want to be in at a position to take further action. What do we have to do to get this certificate???? A copy of this letter should be sent to Supervisor Smith. Mr. Friedman asked if we were going to be able to do the additional paving for parking at Robinson Lane sometime this Fall. We will pull the plan which we put together earlier in the year and see what is left to do. He also asked if the handicapped markings will be done soon. Mr. Ennesser mentioned that all the signs are in and can be put up. AIRPORT PARK Mr. Holt mentioned that the paving work has been done at Airport Park but that we are not satisfied with the job that was done. The striping also has to be done for the handicapped markings and the signs have to be installed. Mr. Friedman mentioned that the dead tree is still there and should be taken down and replaced. There should have been some sort of guarantee on it and it should be replaced by the contractor, which we believe is Ameri- Tech. CASTLE POINT. Mr. Friedman asked about the work at Castle Point and was told that the electric line was in place to the Castle Point site. Mr. Ennesser mentioned that he had spoken with Mr. Paggi and was told that the plans for the building were about 80% finished. Mr. Paggi said that the building will be done by the end of December and he assured us that we would not lose the grant money. Mr. Ennesser mentioned that the landfill work has not been started yet. Mr. 7 Ennesser also asked Mr. Paggi about the comparison of the building with a pre cast building. RYMER SUBDIVISION Mr. Holt mentioned that he has spoken to Mr. Paggi regarding obtaining a map of the Rymer Property and he said that he was compiling one map of the area for us. He mentioned that he would walk the area with us and will give us his best judgement as to where the road should go. He mentioned that if we plan to come in from the development area we might have a problem. He mentioned that there was a big controversy with Mr. Rymer when they were doing the development and that there was a stipulation that we would come in from Old Hopewell Road. Ifwe now turn around Mr. Rymer could have a good case because he could have gotten another lot in the development. Mr. Paggi said that he felt that we should be looking to go in from Old Hopewell Road and he said that it would cost us more but he really felt that is the way we should go. Mr. Friedman said that it will be probably 4 times as long and we will have to go through the swamp. GOLF LESSONS Mrs. Korz mentioned that a couple of people had asked her about golf lessons and she told them that we use to hold them but she would ask about it. Mr. Holt and Mr. Miller mentioned that the last time we held them we did not have a good enough turnout to warrant paying the pro for his time. Maybe we could put something in the paper next year to see if there might be some interest SPECIAL EVENTS There was a discussion on special events! trips. It was suggested that we look into more of these events for the "Town residents" - families etc. Mrs. DeLisa mentioned that East Fishkill advertises a lot of nice trips for their residents. Mr. Holt mentioned that we had looked into a trip to the ice show but last year we were unable to obtain tickets early enough to get any good dates. Some suggestions were trips to Atlantic City, Ball Games etc. CHAIRMAN'S REPORT Mr. Holt mentioned that the new roof has been completed at Schlathaus along with the new gutters. The new boiler will be installed soon. It was also mentioned that the trees that were uprooted during the storm in April still need to be taken down. Mrs. Roe will check with Mr. Tompkins to see ifhe has received a quote for this work and then get a P.O. The barn roofhas a few leaks and therefore we have sent to the Town Board for a P.O. to have it repaired and painted. 8 The summer picnic was a success but there is always still room for improvement. We need to have more structure etc. We did, however, have a problem with the bus transportation. We did send out the Christmas Letters to the businesses and professionals in the area for the Elks Party. The party is scheduled for December 10th. There was a concern brought up regarding Mr. diPierno's absences from the last few commission meetings and the lack of communication regarding the recreation programs. Mr. Holt will set up a meeting with Mr. diPierno and will report back to the commission at the next meeting. The next meeting is scheduled for Monday night at 5:00 p.m. so that Miss Gutzler could attend. If there is a change Mrs. Roe will be in touch with everyone. The meeting was adjourned at 9:15 p.m. on a motion by Mr. Friedman seconded by Mrs. Korz. Peggy Roe Recreation Secretary 9 ~ BILLS PAID DURING SEPTEMBER 1997 A-1620.40 CENTRAL HUDSON GAS & ELECTRIC Tennis Courts 7690-0425-00-0 184.11 Schlathaus Park 7808-0400-01-9 42.99 Myers Corners/All Angels 7808-0405-00-0 87.68 Robinson Lane 7690-0760-00-0 467.25 Rockingham Park 7902-1435-00-7 46.50 A-1620.41 NYNEX Quiet Acres 297 - 7780 38.83 Schlathaus Park 297-4752 10.44 Barn/Montfort Road 297-3692 17.01 Martz Field 297 -9928 51.35 Quiet Acres 297-7780 32.17 Schlathaus Park 297-4752 23.02 Barn/Montfort Road 297-3692 25.38 Martz Field 297-9928 50.97 BELL ATLANTIC NYNEX MOBILE Hughsonville/Castle Point 126.37 139.81 FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS Robinson Lane 16.59 A-711O.4 Dutchess Overhead Doors Brady's Power Equipment Royal Carting (July) B. & H. Tire Service Bottini Fuel Williams Lumber & Home Centers Williams Lumber & Home Centers Williams Lumber & Home Centers Williams Lumber & Home Centers Williams Lumber & Home Centers 363.00 49.95 784.94 41. 00 199.09 265.42 19.93 13 .44 9.04 39.09 A-7110.4 Con't A-7140.4 A-7620.4 Williams Lumber & Home Centers Williams Lumber & Home Centers Williams Lumber & Home Centers Williams Lumber & Home Centers Brighton Ventures, Ltd. Williams Lumber & Home Centers Brighton Ventures Lone Star Industries Joseph Ennesser B. & H. Tire Service Bottini Fuel Corp. Brady's Power Equipment Williams Lumber & Home Centers Dutchess County Sheriff's Office Hopewell Home Improvement Pine Plains Ford Tractor Smith Tire Co. Williams Lumber & Home Centers Williams Lumber & Home Centers ~iro Clean Porta Potty Enviro Clean Porta Potty Enviro Clean Porta Potty Enviro Clean Porta Potty Enviro Clean Porta Potty Pine Plains Ford Tractor Royal Carting Service Co. (August) 29.99 10.78 48.98 27.62 45.20 9.83 686.40 14.13 31.20 45.00 82.89 16.90 29.99 435.68 4,850.00 93.95 728.14 15.59 30.64 116.00 58.00 13 3.00 75.00 58.00 12.61 703.74 Aristocrat Tours, Inc. Leprechaun Tours Print Plus Petty Cash 577.50 569.00 264.00 20.75 Hobby Hut Coffee System Hobby Hut Quick & Easy Plastic Sprint Photos Poughkeepsie Journal Sally Distributors 149.48 60.00 49.97 14.95 37.87 30.30 190.96 B-73 10.4 Mt. Ellis Paper Company Petty Cash S. & S. Arts & Crafts S. & S. Arts & Crafts S. & S. Arts & Crafts S. & S. Arts & Crafts S. & S. Arts & Crafts S. & S. Arts & Crafts Williams Lumber & Home Centers Williams Lumber & Home Centers 94.18 35.82 222. 12 352.15 482.64 470.94 227.67 319.98 5.78 16.44 SEPTEMBER 1997 REPORT TO THE RECREATION COMMISSION FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST 1997 SENIOR CITIZEN CENTER August activities at th~ senior citit~en center included the regular schedule of arts/cra!ts, 01 pa1nt1n9, photo club, exercise, line dancing, videos, bingo, puzzles, creative writing, cards and games. Bridge is cancelled July and AUgust and will resume in september. 60 seniors joined in our "Dress a Banana" contest. Each senior brought a banana to decorate with a selection of goodies. This included marshmallows, M&M'S coconut, peanuts, whipped cream, cherries and other sundae makings. After they were done and best were chosen, all enjoyed making their own banana split with ice cream donated by Ben & Jerry's. There was a variety of toppings to make everything just delicious. It was a fun day. Over 70 seniors participated in the dedication for the shuffle board court donated by Mr. Richard Clark and his sister on the 28th. In honor of this special dedication, we all enjoyed a B B Que and of course invited our guests of honor. We are looking forward to some shuffle board tournaments next spring. On the 13th a representative from Physicians Health plan spoke to the seniors regarding HMO/Medicare coverage. There have been several of these plans represented over the past months to provide information and comparison of plans to the seniors. Our regular monthly birthday party was held on the 21st. However, on the 3rd, we celebrated a seniors 85th birthday with a special cake. Those turning 85 are presented with a dozen roses as well. The trip to Earhardt's at Lake wallenpaupak was excellent. Many requested a repeat of this next year. There are 190 seniors registered at the Center and 235 on the waiting list. ITEMS TO BE NOTED: 1. september brings another 3 center Bingo Bango at the Fishkill center and the annual Walking club Award Luncheon. 2. Christmas dates for senior parties are Dec. 5th<this has been changed from the 4th> for Villa BOrghese and Dec. 10th for the Elks Lodge Town senior 3. The Oil Painting class did it again!! They brought 20 ribbons back from this year's Dutchess Co. Fair for their art work. 4. The Photo Club has looked t schlathaus and would like to use this once a week for a dark room to develop their photos. The cabinet already there is adequate for the supplies but does need a lock. They assure me that they will clean up after each session. SEPTEMBER 1997 TOWN OF WAPPINGER SENIOR CITIZEN CENTER: OPEN 10:00A.M.-3:00P.M. 20 Middlebush Rd., Wappingers Falls, NY. 12590 Phone:297-3670 Director: Kathi DeLisa MON. FRI. TUES. WED. THURS. 1 I 2 I 3 I I I I LABOR DAY!!!!! 110-Noon: OIL PAINTING 1 EXERCISE CANCELLED!! 110-Noon: arts/crafts 110-Noon: arts/crafts THE CENTER IS INOON: LUNCH INOON: LUNCH CLOSED!!! 112:30-3: cards/games 112:45-2: BINGO! BINGO ! I I 8 I I 9 1 I 10 110:BLOOD PRESSURE ---I 1 I I I BINGO! BANGO! BONGO ! 1 110-11: EXERCISE 9:30a.m 110-Noon: OIL PAINTINGI10-Noon: arts/crafts FISHKILL CENTER 110-Noon: arts/crafts I NOON: LUNCH YOU MUST SIGN UP INOON: LUNCH 112:30-3: cards/games AND GET A TICKET!! 112:30-3: cards/games I OUR CENTER IS CLOSED! I I 15 IAGATHA CHRISTIE'SI16 ITRIP: WOODLOCH 117 I BIRTHDAY!!! I 1 PINES!!! 1 I 10: PHOTO CLUB 110-Noon: OIL PAINTINGI10-11: EXERCISE 10-Noon: arts/crafts 110-Noon: arts/crafts 110-Noon: arts/crafts ~OON: LUNCH NOON: LUNCH NOON: LUNCH 12:30 cards/games 12:30-3: cards/games 12:45-2: BINGO !BINGO ! 22 I I 10: PHOTO CLUB!!! 10-Noon: arts/crafts ~OON: LUNCH 12:30-3: cards/games 29 1 I ~PHOTO CLUB 10-Noon: arts/crafts ~OON: LUNCH 12:30:-3: cards/games 23 112:30:BEGINNER I SPANISH CLASS!! 10-Noon: OIL PAINTING 10-Noon: arts/crafts NOON: LUNCH 12:30-3: cards/games 30 IASK A STUPID IQUESTION DAY! 10-Noon: OIL PAINTING 10-Noon: arts/crafts NOON: LUNCH 12:30-3: SPANISH CLASS t2;30=3;~Hvd~/~Hm~~ 24 I I 10-11: EXERCISE 10-Noon: arts/crafts NOON: LUNCH/BIRTHDAY 12:30-3: cards/games SEPTEMBER BIRTHDAYS: 14 Mary Delasantra 19 Winfield Ruder 20 REGINA WALDRON 21 Connie Martin 23 Etta Elsasser ~It :.JHJ)~ J..s~~RY I 5 I I 110-11:LINE DANCING 110-Noon: arts/crafts INOON: LUNCH I 12:30-3:cards/games I 112 I I I 110-11:LINE DANCING 10-11: EXERCISE 110-Noon: arts/crafts 10-Noon: arts/crafts INOON: LUNCH NOON: LUNCH 112:30-3: cards/games 12:45-2: BINGO!BINGO!I I I 191 I I 10-11:LINE DANCING 10-Noon: arts/crafts NOON: LUNCH 12:30-3: cards/games 4 I I EXERCISE CANCELLED 10:30:BOW MAKING CLASS (sign up) NOON: LUNCH 12:30-3: cards/games 11 I I 18 1 I 10-11: EXERCISE 10-Noon: arts/crafts NOON: LUNCH 12:30-3: cards/games 251 I 10-11: EXERCISE 10-Noon: arts/crafts NOON: LUNCH 12:45-2: BINGO ! BINGO ! 27 Mary Egan HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ALL! ! ! ! 26 111:30:WALKING ICLUB LUNCH/GINO'S 10-11:EXERCISE I 10-Noon: arts/craftsl NOON: LUNCH I 12:30-3:cards/game. I I I I I I I I WAPPINGER SENIOR NEW .= .;;;;;;,;, BY Kathi DeLisa, Director SEPTEMBER 1997 Ah! september!. A prelude to autumn, painted leaves, cool nights, warm days! And with this, we will be preparing for our annual CRAFT FAIR!!! And thoughts of Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas and PARTIES! PARTIES! PARTIES! Busy days ahead..... Yes, it is that busy time of year again. In the coming weeks, Regina and Maria will be asking you to make this or that, finish these, cut those and giving warnings that "Kathi has the 'stick' out!" Come on! It's fun! It's for the Fair!! well, you get the idea. Putting a craft Fair together is a lot of planning and work and thanks to all of you, Regina and Maria we have one of the best craft Fairs around!!! Let's make this an even better year than last year!!!! suggestions are welcome anytime! The rewards are worth it. Don't forget, lots of holiday "doings" coming up. The CRAFT FAIR WILL BE HELD ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24th in the large meeting room!!! Mark your calendars. Raffle tickets will be ready in the next few weeks. Once again, we are asking each member to take a minimum of $5.00 worth of tickets. It takes ALL OF YOU to help make this a success. Raffle tickets are the one thing that EVERYONE CAN PARTICIPATE IN. Of course if you want to buy or sell more, please do. The more the merrier. as the saying goes. And then there will be the bake sale, book sale, granny's attic as well. Remember craft sales plus your dues make it possible for luncheons, parties and much more. please do your part!! If you would like to help the day of the Fair, please let me know as soon as possible. please do not bring granny's attic items in before oct. 8th as there is no room to store them. Thank you all in advance for your cooperation and help. BINGO !BANGO !BONGO! IS HERE AGAIN!!! We will have a three center Bingo on SEPT. 8th at the Fishkill center. The Center will open at 9:30a.m. You must have a ticket to 1 attend. There are only a few left so if you did not sign up, see me now! The WALKING CLUB will have their award luncheon on Friday, sept. 26th at Gino's cafe on Rt. 82 at 11:30a.m. This is only for those who have chosen to be a part of the walking club. I've heard some of you grumble about this and I do hear you. However, there would be no reason for a walking club and its reward if everyone could share in the reward even if they did not participate. So for those of you who have chosen not to be part of the Walking Club or cannot because of physical reasons, I do understand your grumbles. please try to understand this is to present awards and encourage more walking for health. The new year for the Walking Club begins september 29th. Those in the walking club wishing to attend the award luncheon, please sign up with Kathi before september 19th. The cost will be $10.00. other september news: Blood pressure screening is held on sept. 10th. Our MONTHLY BIRTHDAY will be on the 24th. Speaking of birthdays, Happy Birthday to REGINA WALDRON ON THE 20th!. BINGO days are Wed. sept. 3rd, 17th and Thurs. the 11th and 25th. And of course BINGO!BANGO! on the 8th. please note that Exercise is cancelled sept 3rd and 4th.! Bow Making class is sept.4th. The center is CLOSED ON LABOR DAY! Spanish classes will begin on Tues. Sept. 23rd at 12:30p.m. Elena Garrido, one of our members has offered to teach this class. Elena has taught for continuing Education and is a native of Panama. She is fluent in her native language as well as English. It is a great opportunity to expand your horizons and learn a new language. You will have a better understanding of other languages as well. Many of the Latin languages have similar sounds and meanings. Besides, who knows? Maybe you'll want to take a trip to spain or puerto Rico or Panama or the many other spanish speaking countries. If you are interested please let me know or come to the class on the 23rd! Something new! GRATITUDES OF THE MONTH! The following gratitudes are from Rose sabia: Rose is grateful for the good fortune for living in a free and rich country, U.S.A.; For my good health and the ability toward helping others in time of their needs; Am so grateful for the wonderful "senior center" we have here in Wappingers and for the good times we enjoy each year; Am thankful for the many educational opportunities I enjoyed in my younger life; and 2 am grateful for the many good friends I met at the Wappingers Senior center and especially for a super director (thank you Rose). Thank you Rose for sharing those "GRATITUDES" GRATITUDES of the Month will be added to this newsletter. Each month, I would like each of us to share something we are grateful for. There is a box labeled GRATITUDE BOX by the sign up sheet. Just write your thought of gratitude on a piece of paper and put it in the box. Each month I will put these positive thoughts in the newsletter. If you wish others to know who wrote the thought, sign your name or if not just don't put your name. Your positive thoughts of gratitude may inspire others, help others who are down and feel there is nothing positive for them, they may cause a smile on a sad or grumpy face. Let's try it and share our thankfulness with one another. You can be grateful for so much or just grateful for a simple thing like ice cream. YOUR TURN! NOW, some up and cpming events! oct. is our annual Halloween party so start to think about a costume. Next, where would you like to go for Thanksgiving Lunch? Help me please! And then would you believe "YoU better watch out, you better not pout, you better not cry" cause you know who will be coming to town. The Villa BOrghese christmas luncheon is Dec. 5th. Mark you calendars. would you like to have a day of GAMES. Games such as "PRICE IS RIGHT" or TRIVIA or BRAIN TEASERS? please let me know. I will schedule these in the coming months. Of course there will be prizes for the participants and winners. This could be a fun day, something a little different plus mind stimulating. Do you want to try it? The CREATIVE WRITING Class continues. The schedule is flexible for this activity. If you are interested in joining let me know. Don't be shy! It's fun and can be an exciting experience. EnjOY "REFLECTIONS OF A CAT OWNER", by Helen ventriglia (cat lovers will really enjoy this) and the poem by Sue Bush. The Creative Corner was started for YOU to share your thoughts, drawings or writings. So come on seniors! Let's see your "stuff." In regard to paying dues, many of you are now paying your dues on a yearly basis and for that your Treasurers thank you. This makes bookkeeping much easier and efficient. Many choose to do this as they cannot be at the Center every week and want to participate in our special events. Yearly dues 3 is $25.00. Many of you pay on a monthly basis and that too makes it easier to keep track of. A few of you are NOT current with dues, this may result in your paying full price for the upcoming luncheons! Your Treasurer says that for those paying dues by the month, SEPTEMBER dues is $2.50. Those on the waiting list are welcome to pay dues. This entitles you to join our "out of Center" activities at a reduced cost. Thank you all again for everything. Love and a big Hug and Smile to all of yOU! 4 CREATIVE CORNER REFLECTIONS OF A CAT OWNER by Helen ventriglia Michael Joseph, an English writer, writes: "All cats are possessed of a proud spirit, and the surest way to forfeit the esteem of a cat is to treat him as an inferior being." This is true, Tabby came to live with me when he was about 1~ years old. It seemed his former owner just threw him out. Anyway, he was no doubt mistreated as a stray. I don't know how long he was on his own, but it took me a long time to restore his faith in humans. Even today he doesn't trust or I should say, is suspicious of some things I may do. I have to constantly assure him of my love. Tabby is very disappointed in me because I don't play with him enough. I tire easily and he can see that by just watching my face and looking into my eyes. His nails are too long and they get caught in some of the fuzzy tOYs I have for him. He won't let me cut them and I can't get him to a vet. Today, I was in my room getting dressed before I put my girdle on, I decided to go to the bathroom. As I turned to go out, Tabby was coming full speed down the foyer when he saw me turn, he applied the brakes, stopped short, made a leaping turn and ran back into the living room. I laughed so hard, I had a pain in my chest. That is another reason whY I love him so much. "Every cat is a great story within itself."(Dr. Louis J. camuti.) Yes, that's why I'm writing these notes. Hopefully, when someone reads them they will understand better why I loved Tabby so much. One morning waiting for my ride with Dial-A-Ride, I was in the back room. He came to the doorway and looked at me, then down the foyer to the front of my home. I looked out and sure enough there was my ride waiting for me. He watches and waits with me. to b~ continu~d.....mor~ r~fl~ctions n~xt month..... 5 DRIFTING ALONG WITH THE TIDE BY sue Bush I DON't KNOW WHERE tHE tIDE WILL tAKE ME. I DON'T KNOW WHEN I WILL GET THERE. I WILL JUSt TAKE MY BAG OF DREAMS ALONG, TO KEEP ME COMPANY. I HOPE THAT LADY LUCK WILL COME ALONG WITH ME AS I GO DRIFtING ALONG WItH tHE TIDE. I PLANNED THIS TRIP FOR A VERY LONG TIME. I COULD HAVE GONE BY BOAt OR BY PLANE. BUT THIS TRIP TO NOWHERE, WOULD NOT BE tHE SAME. I WILL NOT CLOSE THE DOOR BEHIND ME WHEN tHIS TRIP IS OVER AND I AM BACK HOME AGAIN ON THE SHORE. I HAVE ONE THING tHAT IS BOTHERING ME. SHOULD I TOSS MY BAG OF DREAMS OUT TO SEA OR TAKE THEM BACK HOME AGAIN WITH ME???? 6 ~ ~~._:W~~''''~'''- . .._-~"-'..' - -.' . .~'III.''-''..-Jo'''''''''~;;'''!''''''A.'l1..~. ........,JLo.JuoI...C.......-.4.. ~~~-. _.--.~. ~-'.._. --- .-- ~ ~[B][Q][ID[ID~[Q]!ID[Q]9 '. 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AGENA E P 0 L Y 0 T R D 0 P X D A . 2. ALOUETTE A T P 0 N E E R 0 M R M Z R 1 3. APOLLO D R B Y L R A E A E 0 E P I . I 4. ARIEL 'I I, .11 5. AZU R B L W L S 0 U F R N C T L A E 6. BIOSATELLITE M A A T L G C S 0 E 0 E E L 7. CENTAUR A N A L N E A N H E N N K M T 8. CHICOM . C S X Y T E A L R 0 A 0 L T T 9. COSMOS 10. DIADEME T P V S y U F A G P A A R D S 11. EARLY BIRD A P R U U S E T S L U V 0 A E 12. ECHO I N T E L S A T E 0 R T N I R 13. ELEKTRON G A N E G A A R T R M N D W 14. ESSA' .1 R E N R A M G E A B G S I 15. EXPLORER I I 16. GEOS U M 0 L N Y A E R 0 C E S'K I I I z 0 0 S 0 M S 0 C P T 0 X R 17. INTELSAT 18. IRIS A S S E C H 0 0 V J X S G S K 19. LAMBDA 20. MARINER 27. PIONEER 34. SPUTNIK - 21. MARS 28. POLYOT 35. TELST AR 22. METEOR 29. PROTON 36. VANGUARD 23. MOLNIYA 30. RELAY 37 ~ VOYAGER 24. NONE 31. SALYUT 38. WRESA T 25. OREAL 32. SAN MARCO 26. PEGASUS 33. SECOR ~ SelO 08 97. US: 5010 GERRY di PIERNO (914) 297- 9098 10.2 o~ ,,!AP~ ~~"~",.:.:\,-,, ,_',1--<;>" ' 0'" ",~ ,..,' ',~ \ \ " 0: r;--->'i ,G.\ .~ I~':, ',"\~ /", ,(I..t,."'" " -,,,,,,' "7." ' " . '{s.~__C(;V~;: TOWN OF WAPPINGER RECREATION COMMITTEE P.O, BOX 324 CONSTANCE O. SMITH 20 MIDDLEBUSH ROAD Supervisor WAPP/NGERS FALLS, N.Y. 12590-0324 Telephone: (914) 297-0720 To: Recreation Commission Date: September 8,1997 From: Gerry di Pierno Subject Commission Meeting of Sept,9, 1997 Please be advised that I will be out of town on Tuesday September 9th and doubt that r will be able to make our monthly meeting. Following are some comments that r think are relevant and are of interest to the board: Last Meeting: I noted in the minutes that I was alleged to have spoken to Steve Saland regarding a community center. 1 was not aware that the commission was interested in such a project so I could not have discussed this matter.. I did however discuss what assistance the State might offer us in the building of a pool complex. He indicated that it certainly was worth looking into since that would be a very worthwhile project. I am to follow up sometime in late September or October. It should be noted that the Town of Wappinger currently receives all the DFY funding to which it is entitled. I discussed this matter witll JWle Ellen Cioppa who explained in detail how the funding is allocated. The Town of Wappinger is the serond or third largest recipient of DFY funding in Dutchess. There would be no further funding available from DFY for a Community Center. Our basketball clinic that was held at John Jay had 38 registrants virtually all of whom attended. It is my understanding that this is about normal for the program. We utilized three coach/instructors and they mare or less broke the group down into three near-cqual groupa. Rebec:c:a Fauld informed me that the program went very smoothly and returned all the basketballs to me at one of the Schlathaus concerts. At Community Day I had the opportunity to casually discusa State assistance for a pool complex with Joel Miller. He thought the idea was a very good one and worth following up. He asked many questions regarding land availability, Town participation in financing, location etc. He invited me to send him a letter describing what we v.ere looking to do and noted that he and Senator Saland (with whom he works very closely with on projects such as this) would get together and let us know to what extent the State could help. He indicated that he would be unable to do anything until at least October because of the late budget. From my perspective, the Summer Camps went well. To be sure there were some minor parental problems (mostly dealing with enrollment) which were handled either by myself or Maureen Irvin. (One incident was noted in the last meeting). I was forced to register a complaint with the Child Protective Services of the Dutchess County Department of SociaI Services. This complaint focused on a youngster at Robinson Lane who was not picked up on time and was eventually turned aver to the State Police. It was they who managed to finally Sep 08 97.06:51p , GERRY di PIERNO (914) 297- 9098 p.3 contact someone to have the child picked up - at 8: 10 PM! I I have since been notified by the ~r:y that their investigation into the matter has indicated that they do not believe that the situation warrants any further action. Both parents were counseled by them. There were some personnel problems at Martz field. Despite counseling by Mrs. Irvin the situation did not improve. Consequently. Ire-assigned 4 counselors to four different parks. All four were later interviewed by me personally and three of the four admitted that the change resulted in a better attitude and better insight into the duties of a counselor. The fourth had little or no comment but admitted, as did the other three, that he was enjoying the work at his new camp (Spook Hill). The Summer Concerts ended in a rain-out. but otherwise went well. Except for some minor electrical problems at the Jazz Knights c:onc:ert. there were no technical problems. If the tum-out is any indication of our success. then here too we are looking at a really fine program. Better promotion and advertising could subltantiaUy increase attendance. I noticed that chains and no parking signs have been erected. However, the no parking signs are in the chains and when the chains are removed, so is the · message. I would re-iterate placing "No Parking Between Signs" be placed on the poles. Perhaps we c:ould get stock signs from the Highway Department Also the southern most 'entrance' is too far south since we would be encouraging traffic too close to where people are sitting for the concert. I would recommend we take another look at that situation. FROM : Gutzler/SwanSon PHONE NO. 914 2975212 Sep. 09 1997 08:11AM P01 ~ To: Town Recreation Committee From: Barbara Gutzler Re: Monthly Report Date: Sept. 9, 1998 I'm sorry I cannot attend tonight's meeting. The constant juggling of dates makes it impossible for me to deliver this report in person. I hope this written report is satisfactory. Regarding the Halloween party, I spent three (3) hours one day last week taking inventory of our supplies and checking on their condition. After locating and re-assembling his parts, Mr. Bones is back together and hanging in the closet. Several of the hanging figures, along with Mr. Bones, were stuffed into plastic garbage bags and thrown up in the attic. r located all of our figures, fixed what was broken and hung up the severely wrinkled pieces. Several strings of lights which had adorned the doorways were not put back into their boxes, but were similarly stuffed into bags. Hence, one string was completely destroyed: the plastic "heads" were broken off and could not be repaired. This string needs to be replaced, not only because we need it, but because it was/is my personal property on loan for the Haunted House. I ask the committee for: 1. permiSSion to purchase the following items a) one new string of lights b) at least ten black tarps to cover the windows and doorways. TheBe tarps then could be used by the seniors to cover the windows for their photography club. c) ten small pumpkins to be painted by a local elementary school art class 2. a check for at least $150.00 to cover the cost of said items. Is it possible to use vouchers or P.O. IS to cover the cost if an approved vendor is used? I also recommend that the Haunted House be held on the Sunday before Halloween, which, hopefully, is the same day as the party. I do not recommend holding the House on a Saturday, as no one came last year. As I said at last month's meeting, I must have help this year in setup. Ron and Jim have always been available for setup, acting, and takedown, but three people are too few for this task. I respectfully ask committee members to try and help the week before the House. Also, some youngsters are needed to scare the living daylights out of our residents. FROM : Gutzlar/Swanson PHONE NO. 914 2975212 Sep. 09 1997 08:12AM P02 " Finally, under new business, has the committee received Mr. diPierno's report on the Lake Placid conference? Better than 90 days have passed since he attended, therefore I hope the committee is in receipt of said report. Does the town or this oommittee have a policy on when conferenoe reports are due, or if reports are due at all? If not, I would recommend that the Recreation Committee adopt a written policy stating that any member or employee who attends a conference at the town's expense MUST submit a written report, along with supporting materials, within 30 days of said conference. Failure to comply with this requirement should result in a letter to the attendee, copy to town board members, stating the policy violation. If said report is not received within 30 days of the letter, the attendee should be placed on notice that he/she will be removed from hiS/her seat, if no report is received within the next 10 days. In the case of a salaried employee, if no report is received within 30 days of the first letter, a second letter should be sent to the town board, copy to employee, stating the policy violation. The town board should handle the matter, as they appointed the employee. Also under new business, I request that the committee chair re- submit to the town board our request to receive our stipends based on our work, not on our attendance at meetings. Using myself as an example, I spent 3 hours last week on the Haunted House materials, 1 hour pricing tarps and other materials, and in October, will spend at least 20 hours setting up and acting in the Haunted House. My number of hours pales in comparison to the time other committee members. I realize the town board refused our request last year, but I thin~ we (Ralph) should try again this year.