Sooner or later, we all have to talk about the birds and the bees.

Join Amanda Dillon, Field Ecologist for the Albany Pine

Bush Preserve for a lunch talk about the birds and the bees (of
the Albany Pine Bush!) on Friday, August 11th from 12:00 noon
until 1:00 p.m. Dillon will describe efforts to study and protect the
wildlife and insects that live in Albanys globally-rare inland pine bar-
rens ecosystem.

The Albany Pine Bush is an inland pitch pine scrub oak barrens. This inland pine barrens habitat is similar
to coastal pine barrens found in New Jersey, Cape Cod and Long Island. There are fewer than 20 examples of
this habitat in the world, and this is one of the best that remains. The Albany Pine Bush Preserve Commission
was created in 1988 by the NYS Legislature to protect and manage the Albany Pine Bush and provide the pub-
lic with educational and recreational opportunities.

Growing up in farm country in northern central New York, Dillon has always been an outdoors girl, catching sal-
amanders and collecting cicada skins. Her love of nature carried over into her career when she earned a Bache-
lors of Science degree in Natural History and Interpretation and a Masters of Science degree in Entomology.
As both an ecologist and educator at the preserve, Dillon gets to marry her two favorite things in life: learning
about the natural world and sharing that knowledge with others.

The Club will serve a hot and cold buffet starting at noon with the program commencing at 12:30, followed by
a questions and answer session. The cost for the luncheon and talk is $20. Reservations are required by
Wednesday, August 9 and may be made by prepaying online at www.universityclubalbany.com, by calling
the Club at 518-463-1151 or by sending an e-mail to ellen@universityclubalbany.com.

This event is presented by the University Club of Albany Foundation, Inc. Support for educational pro-
gramming is provided by AT&T.

August is filled with delicious food-related holidays:

08/01 - Ice Cream Sandwich Day
08/03 - Watermelon Day
08/04 - Chocolate Chip Cookie Day
08/08 - National Zucchini Day
08/10 - S'mores Day
08/14 - Creamsicle Day
08/20 - Lemonade Day
08/24 - National Peach Day & National Waffle Day
08/27 - Banana Lovers Day
08/28 - Cherry Turnover Day

So that got us thinkingfind out more on page two.


East Greenbush
Town Historian,
Bobbie Reno, will join us to talk
about her work uncovering the fasci-
nating life of African American sculp-
tress Edmonia Lewis.
Mary Edmonia Lewis was born in
Greenbush, New York in 1844 to an
African American father and Native
American (Chippewa) mother. Or-
phaned at a young age, Lewis was
raised by her mother's nomadic fami-
ly. Her brother financed her early edu-
cation in Albany and supported her
enrollment at Oberlin College in
Ohio, in 1859. Lewiss education at
Oberlin ended abruptly in 1863, after
she was brutally assaulted by white
vigilantes following her acquittal in a
trial in which she was accused of poi-
soning two of her white roommates.
Lewis moved to Boston with encour-
agement and financial assistance from
her brother and eventually traveled to
London, Paris, and Florence before
settling in Rome, where she learned
Italian and rented a studio near the
Piazza Barberini. Lewis became ac-
quainted with Harriet Hosmer and
other American sculptors, many of
whom had been drawn to Rome. She
attained a modest amount of fame in
Europe.
There will be a hot and cold buffet
starting at noon with the program
commencing at 12:30, followed by a
questions and answer session. The
cost for the lunch and talk is $20. Res-
ervations are required by Friday, Au-
gust 25th and may be made by calling
the Club at 463-1151 or by emailing
ellen@universityclubalbany.com.
Eat dessert first continued from page one
Join us on Friday, August 18th from 5:30 p.m. until 7:30 p.m. for a delicious
evening of gourmet sweet and savory bites inspired by Augusts foodie holi-
days. Nice and light for a hot summer evening, but filling enough for a meal,
items will be served hors doeuvres style.
On the Menu
Watermelon Caprese Skewers
Peach & Bleu Cheese Bruschetta
Grilled Zucchini Rolls
Mini Chicken & Waffles
Grilled Peach & Prosciutto Skewers
Homemade Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ice cream sandwiches bites
Mini Cherry Turnovers
Smore Bites
Signature cocktails for the evening
Lemonade Mimosas
Creamsicle Martinis
$20 (beverages additional) Reservations are required. Call the club at
518-463-1151 or email ellen@universityclubalbany.com
SUMMER DINING The Membership Committee would
like to take this opportunity to wel-
Monday-Friday
Lunch -11:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. come the following new members to
the University Club family:
Dinner - Friday 5:30-8:30 p.m.
Michele Coons
CLUB VACATION DATES
Nicholl Lockwood
The Club will remain closed through
August 6th and reopen on Monday, Michele Coons is a 2006 graduate of
August 7th.. Dean and Ellen will be SCCC and the Director of Member
sharing the responsibility of get- Services for the Retail Council of
ting the mail and covering the New York State. She was sponsored
phone and Front Desk weekday for membership by Amy Kramer and
mornings until noon during the Jeff Hill.
closure and will be checking
voicemail as well. Staff will also be Nicholl Lockwood is a 2004 gradu-
checking their email regularly during ate of SUNY Albany and the Direc-
the closure so feel free to drop us a tor of Member Development for the
line if you need anything: Retail Council of New York State.
Her application for membership was
JHess@universityclubalbany.com sponsored by Amy Kramer and Tere-
Ellen@universityclubalbany.com sa Casey.
Dean@universityclubalbany.com
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 40 years. Weve been helping it limp THANK YOU
along, but parts are getting harder to Barnard, Sylvia
come by and, frankly, at this point in Davies, James
its existence it doesnt save our staff DiNapoli, Tom
much time or energy. Donohue, Danny
Eberle, Donald
We know a new dishwasher isnt the Esposito, Anthony
most glamorous fundraising goal, Flood, Keith
and we know that there are many Hochfelder, David
charities and foundations clamoring Katz, Holly
for your donations. but it is a neces- Kinsch, Noelle
sity and it will help ease the work- Kramer, Amy
load of our small, overworked staff, Martin, Patricia
According to the US Patent Office,
leaving them more time for other Mowbray, Gordon
Josephine Garis Cochran invented the
important tasks. Redmond, Mary
first useful dishwasher in Shelbyville,
Ill., in 1886. Cochrane, a wealthy Ryan, Colleen
We are two-thirds of the way there! Seifert, Charles
woman who entertained often, want-
ed a machine that could wash dishes Selzam, Paul
We need less than $3,000 to fully Sheehan, Kathy
faster than her servants, and without
fund the project. We hope you will Sheppard, James M.
breaking them. When she couldn't
join those listed at right in making a Stewart, Damon
find one, she built it herself.
donation. All you have to do is fill Sullivan, Mary
out the form below and return it to Veillette-Nifosi Foundation
While our dishwasher isnt quite that
the club. Wutzer, Edmund
old, it has been around for more than

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 Officers: Amy Kramer, President Directors: Jim Davies Frank Nemeth
Teresa Casey, Vice President Jeffrey Hill Bob Sheehan
Chuck Seifert, Treasurer David Hochfelder Damon Stewart
Robert Crudden, Secretary Geoffrey Hoderath Tim Varney
Nate Maloney, Past President

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CLUB CLOSED FOR VACATION 07/24-08/06 - REOPEN ON MONDAY 08/07

6 7 Lunch 8 Lunch 9 Lunch 10 Lunch 11 Lunch & Dinner 12

Club Closed CLUB REOPENS Birds & the Bees Club Closed
Stop by for lunch! Lunch Talk
12 noon

13 14 Lunch 15 Lunch 16 Lunch 17 Lunch 18 Lunch & Dinner 19

Club Closed Eat dessert first Club Closed

5:30-7:30 p.m.

20 21 Lunch 22 Lunch 23 Lunch 24 Lunch 25 Lunch & Dinner 26

Club Closed Club Closed

27 28 Lunch 29 30 Lunch 31 Lunch September 1 2

Club Closed
Club Closed Edmonia Lewis Lunch & Dinner
09/02, 09/03, 09/04
Lunch & talk - noon
for Labor Day