2010 Annual Meeting Celebrates LWV 90th Birthday
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Third Annual LWV Trivia Challenge
Bringing a team to the lively event was Ellen Hermanson Foundation President Dr. Julie Ratner (2nd right), in whose sister's memory the foundation is named. With her were David O'Brien (left), Ida Cole and Henry Heller.
LWVH Special Events chair/Trivia Quiz head Susan Wilson, left, and Trivia Quiz emcee/Hamptons radio personality Walker Vreeland with the winning team, which competed in all three LWVH quizzes and finally won: Barbara Jordan, Richard Mellor, Michael and Arlene Hinkemeyer
LWVH hosted 'The New Face of Agriculture and Aquaculture on the South Fork'
A panel consisting of John Halsey, 12th generation Southampton Town farmer; Jennifer Pike, farmer and co-owner of Pike's Farmstand in Sagaponack; Kim Tetrault, community aquaculture specialist at Cornell
Cooperative Extension in Southold; and Stephanie Talmage, East Hampton Town Trustee, member of aquaculture committee
and PHD candidate studying effects of climate change on shellfish discussed changes in the crop farming and shellfishing industries on the South Fork. Ann Sanford organized the program and moderated.
Running and Winning Program April 15
We fully expect this year's program to meet or exceed the success of Running and Winning 2009. An exciting daylong program at which high school girls meet and interact with elected women officials and are introduced to public service as possible career choice. Southampton Cultural Center, 25 Pond Lane, Southampton.
Forum on Redistricting also Celebrates LWVUS 90th Birthday
On February 9, more than 60 people from nine local Leagues and other organizations attended the Forum on Redistricting and celebration of the LWVUS's 90th Birthday at the Rockefeller Institute in NYC. Speakers included Assemblyman William Parment; Assemblyman Daniel Burling; Gerald Benjamin, Associate VP for Regional Engagement, SUNY New Paltz; Blair Horner, Legislative Director, NYPIRG; Jeffrey Wice, Counsel to Senate; and Reapportionment Chairman Martin Dilan. Susan Arbetter of WCNY-TV moderated. The Forum provided an abundance of information and further questions about this key issue. A follow-up forum is being discussed as well.
Committee Formed to Study Government Consolidation
An ad hoc committee will explore opportunities to reform local government through consolidation of entities and/or shared services. The goal is to realize improved efficiencies, reduce redundancy and lower expenses for the resulting entities. Next steps will be to study materials provided by the state League of Women Voters (and other sources) and then share information with league members. Later, the committee will use consensus questions developed by the state league to interview local public officials in search of reforms here in the Hamptons. You can follow progress through a succession of articles in The Voter, starting in January 2010.
Children's Books Enrich the Wait in Southampton and East Hampton Public Health Clinics
During a December 2009 visit with Pat Stearns, Administrator of the Suffolk County Health Clinics, 
LWVH Health Committee member Judi Roth saw an opportunity to serve the community and pounced on it. The Riverhead Library donated books to the clinic there. The waiting rooms in East Hampton and Southampton had no books or toys. Judi knew League members and our local libraries could fill those bookcases. Ursula Lynch and Jane Lapple solicited books from the Westhampton Beach Library. Judy Samuelson visited the Springs and Amagansett Libraries and thanks to Heather Anderson at the Springs library and Cynthia Young in Amagansett, now gets material for clinic shelves in East Hampton and Southampton. Do you have a source of Spanish language books for adults or children? Contact us(http://hamptons.ny.lwvnet.org/contact) and we'll arrange to pick them up.
Candidate Debates in Towns of East Hampton 10/15 and Southampton 10/22
Photo at left: Debates 2009: Anne Marshall moderated as Ben Zwirn and Bill Wilkinson squared off as rivals for East Hampton Town Supervisor. Photo at right: The panel of questioners at Southampton Candidates Debate were Annette Hinkle, Sag Harbor Express; Jennifer Henn, Southampton Press; LWVH president Carol Mellor.
October 2009 Greening of the South Fork One Year Later
LWVH Natural Resources committee, in conjunction with GAIN, presented The Greening of the South Fork, One Year Later. A follow-up to the 2008 meeting to learn what progress the towns have made on energy conservation.
August 2009: LWVH has fun, makes money at Westhampton/Rotary flea market
Members from Montauk to Westhampton Beach pitched in with sale items and labor to make this community event a success for our league. Said committee member Gladys Remler, "My 'fellow Westy,' Ursula Lynch, thought the flea market was a good way to raise the league's presence in the western end of the Hamptons. Everyone got into the act with donations, schedules, drop-offs etc. With Sue Wilson leading us, the next thing we knew, it was show time. The camaraderie and humor made up for tired feet. Thanks to all -- and start saving those trinkets for next year.
Our 2009 Annual Meeting
The League of Women Voters of the Hamptons held its Annual Meeting on Saturday, May 2, 2009 at the magnificent LongHouse Reserve in East Hampton.
In keeping with our theme, Art and Politics, Dorothy Lichtenstein, wife of the late Roy Lichtenstein, was the day's honoree. A generous supporter of LongHouse Reserve, the Parrish Museum in Southampton and other artistic establishments, she is equally involved and supportive of the political process.
Carol Mellor, LWVH president, gave the Carrie Chapman Catt Award to Judi Roth. The award recognizes the recipient's enormous contribution to to the success of the League.
Kara Smith, of Westhampton Beach High School, won the Betty Desch award, given to a high school senior who exemplifies the League's values and work. Here, she accepts the award from League board member Ursula Lynch.
Helen Harrison, Director of the Krasner-Pollack House and Foundation, delivered the keynote address, Art and the State.
June 2009: Speakers Describe Health and Human Services Available in Hamptons
The LWV-Hamptons Health Committee hosted a public meeting at the Senior Services Center in Hampton Bays. The panel consisted of Dr. Humayun Chaudhry, then-Suffolk County Health Commissioner; William Jones, Director of Human Services for Southampton; and Audrey Gaines, Director of the Division of Youth Services, East Hampton. They gave a clear snapshot of the health and human resources available to residents of the East End.
Eight Family Health Centers and three satellites (including East Hampton and Southampton) provides primary and prenatal care. To schedule an appointment, call 631 439-1551. Access to specialists is severely limited, but Stonybrook Hospital is developing a relationship with East End hospitals.
East Hampton's Department of Human Services has three divisions: Programs for the Aging; Youth and Family Counseling and Support Services; and Youth Services. Services are based at the Senior Services Center at 128 Springs Fireplace Rd. in East Hampton. Main phone number: 329-6939.
Southampton has three centers for senior care programs: 25 Ponquogue Ave. in Hampton Bays; 585 Sag Harbor Tpk. in Bridgehampton; and 655 Flanders Rd. in Flanders. The town's department of Human Services is in Southampton Town Hall, 116 Hampton Rd., Southampton. The main number is 631-702-2420.
LWVH June 2007 Luncheon Honors Women in Public Office
LWVH Sponsors July Forum on East End Transportation Alternatives
LWVH Forum on Tax Cap on School Taxes
LWVH Sponsors Candidate Debates
LWVH Sponsors Open Forum on RiverResorts Project
Highlights of our 2009 Annual Meeting
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To help raise funds for League activities, LWVH Board members Gladys Remler and Ursula Lynch headed this year's committee to participate in the Westhampton Beach Rotary Club's Flea Market, attic treasures and disseminating voting material.
