Message from The President - January 2011
Thursday, January 27, 2011 at 9:59AM For those of you in the Northeast, you are no doubt dealing with the piles of snow, ice dams and various and sundry other joys this winter has brought thus far.
As I write this (it is Jan 26th 2011) I can hear the constant drip, drip, drip of the roof leak in our enclosed porch (it is the drips I can’t hear that worry me). The ice dams producing this are about one foot high and nothing short of more dripping and an eventual Spring thaw is going to remove them.
I write all of this to assure myself (if no one else) that Spring will come, and it won’t be that long thereafter that we’ll be planning our reunion and looking forward to seeing everyone again.
HOLD THE DATES:
Reunion Weekend
October 14, 15, 16, 2011
We have been blessed with the sustained and continual support of LSAA members over the years to make the group the viable wonderful organization it has become. I am hopeful that we will have a further surprise for attendees at the next reunion thanks to the generosity of an alum (who wishes to remain anonymous) that will further cement the legacy, name and history of the school for the public to see that indeed, a marvelous school existed here once. Intrigued? Come to the reunion and see!
Part of what makes LSAA and Lenox Alums special is the fealty we display to our motto, which we live to (in part) by providing scholarships to deserving youth. With this in mind, please do not hesitate to forward recommended nominees for either our regular scholarships or the Rev Curry Scholarship.
Speaking of which, I’d like to respectfully ask for your additional support of a donation to the Rev Curry Scholarship Fund, which has been generously endowed for the first year by an anonymous donor.
Despite the generosity of this donor, I feel it is our obligation to sustain this by creating our own financial support of this wonderful scholarship. We already have some donations which have been dedicated from alums to this fund, but we have a ways to go before we reach critical mass. If you have the wherewithal, please send whatever you can to Ed Miller with a note that the donation is directed for support of the Rev. Curry Scholarship fund. Feel free to call me should you have any questions.
In the middle of this “hiberna horribilis” (and to entice the fair weather souls and golfers among you) Ed Miller has posted a notice seeking interested alums and faculty who may wish to celebrate surviving this winter of plenty by going to Ireland in the Fall of 2011 or 2012. Please see Ed’s posting on the site as well as on the message board.
Finally, I know Randy Harris and Ed Ockenden are eager to receive input for the Lenox Book project: Lenox School Book of History and Memories (not the final Title) whose goal is to provide a source of memories and enjoyment for LSAA members; commemorate the School and those involved with it; and to provide an enduring legacy of the School "as we knew it". They are seeking your personal recollections on any or all of the areas listed below. Campus and Buildings; Faculty and Staff; Academics, Student Body; Student Life; Religion; Athletics; Extracurricular Activities; Outreach Programs; Memories of Classmates/Family Members Who Have Passed On; any experiences that you had with The End of the School, The Bordentown/Lenox School and Visits to the Campus Since the School Closed; and a Farewell/Parting Thought On How the School and Experience Has Changed Your Life. Please send your input to: Email to Randy Harris RDASSIST7@gmail.com with a copy furnished to Ed Ockenden at edock2@verizon.net. Written input to Randy Harris, 410 Cottonwood Drive, Harker Heights, TX 76548. Telephone Input, as necessary, to Randy Harris at (254) 690-6795.
The next Pen and Scroll is scheduled when we are assured that Spring has indeed arrived! Please send your articles to Mark Gottsegen in anticipation of this.
Below, you will find a message from Ed Miller about a possible Alumni trip to Ireland.
Very Warmest Regards,
Bob Sansone
rjsenergy@gmail.com
860-916-1467
All Aboard for Ireland!
For several years now, my Lenox roommate, Scott Reynolds (`66) (and wives!) have travelled to the British Isles together, including several trips to Ireland….a land of great beauty, friendly people, and great golf.
I’m interested in knowing how many Lenox lads (and/or significant others) would be interested in a trip to Ireland, either in the fall of 2011, or fall of 2012 (after summer prices have subsided a little).
A plan might be to have a week of golf with just the lads, and then invite others to join us for a second week. (Or…those just interested in golfing can go home, and others can join us for the second week.)
We’ve found it’s really easier to get a single place for the entire week, and travel to and from each day, returning to the same place…rather than traveling around the country, packing and unpacking each day, looking for a new B&B each night, etc. Although traveling to Ireland, and traveling within Ireland isn’t inexpensive, renting a big place together, and dividing the cost of rooms, cars, fuel, food, etc., etc., makes it a little more affordable. I would estimate the per person weekly cost as follows: airfare $700, contribution toward car, fuel, and insurance $250, accommodations (probably sharing) $200, golf $350 (we’ll be rained out a couple of times), and food $200 = $1,700.00. Even with trinkets and a couple of nightly beverages it would cost less than $2000 per man (including golf), per week. A second week would probably be less expensive, since the emphasis might not be on golfing, and there’s only one airfare to purchase.
Listed here are several manor houses, castles, and other large places of accommodation which could be used as a base camp for a week or two. I’m not familiar with any of them, although I do know where the counties are within Ireland. Perhaps someone interested in the trip, or someone just interested in helping us out, could visit these websites and get some specifics, particularly cost and availability. We’re interested in number of bedrooms, set-up (# of beds per room, for example), total number accommodated, etc. If something looks like a particularly good deal, please bring it to my attention.
Here’s what’s out there:
Name Location Bedrooms Sleeps
Farran House Co. Cork 6 14
Turin Castle Co.Mayo 12
Enniscoe House Co. Mayo 7
Ross Castle Co.Galway 10
Beaufort House Co.Kerry 30
(www.beaufortireland.com)
Coolclogher House Co. Kerry 6 12
Ardtarmon House Co.Sligo 27
Altramon House Co. Wexford 11
Northern Ireland
Drenagh Co.Derry 28
DISCLAIMER
I should probably add that anyone traveling abroad, particularly in a large group, has to expect problems…and be good-natured in dealing with them. As meticulously as we might plan, things go wrong….cars aren’t available, accommodations aren’t what they’re supposed to be, golf reservations aren’t honored, etc., etc. Simply put, that’s part of the travel “experience”!
Having said that, if you are interested in going to Ireland, for a week of golf or otherwise, please contact me, and I’ll get you in the “loop”. We’ll see how much interest there is, and go from there.
Best wishes to you all.
Ed Miller `66
38 N. Main Street
Northfield, VT 05663
802-229-0422 (home)
Other websites for large Irish parties:
Guys: what’s out there?
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