{"id":88403,"date":"2018-02-03T01:30:09","date_gmt":"2018-02-03T06:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=88403"},"modified":"2018-02-02T10:45:27","modified_gmt":"2018-02-02T15:45:27","slug":"hamilton-club-enters-80th-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=88403","title":{"rendered":"Hamilton Club enters 80th year"},"content":{"rendered":"
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On Feb. 19, Chris Rossi, et al, will present \u201cHamilton Climate\u00a0Action Planning: A Town, Village, and Colgate University Collaboration.”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Hamilton Club enters 80th year<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Hamilton Club began its eightieth year on January 15 with its usual Monday evening\u00a0dinner meeting and program at the Colgate Inn. This social club was founded in 1938 for the\u00a0purpose of promoting \u201cgood fellowship and understanding among members, their families and\u00a0associates.\u201d Over the years, the club has brought together people from the Hamilton region in\u00a0a framework that aims to share interests and transcend partisan divisions. As is often the case,\u00a0the program on January 15 highlighted an aspect of the Hamilton community: a presentation by\u00a0Sheila and Jessica Fitchette of \u201cRetrospect\u201d explained approaches to helping people to\u00a0downsize, liquidate, and sell estates.<\/p>\n

The Hamilton Club meets twice each month, usually on the first and third Mondays of the months between September and June. Members take turns arranging the programs.\u00a0During fall 2017,\u00a0 programs included presentations by village mayor Ruth Ann Loveless,\u00a0hospital administrator Sean Fadale, and Madison County Historian, Mattew Urtz; however\u00a0topics also ranged far from Hamilton in presentations by Colgate astrophysicist Jeffrey Bary on\u00a0\u201cPlanets, Planets Everywhere\u2026,\u201d as well as by sommelier Anthony Donofrio, on \u201cWine 101: New\u00a0World vs. Old World.\u201d<\/p>\n

Upcoming programs likewise will range from the local to the global. On Feb. 5 Carrie Blackmore, president and co-founder of the Good Nature Brewery, will speak on\u00a0\u201cHomegrown Beer Culture: Building Craft Beer and the Local Economy in Upstate New York.\u201d<\/p>\n

On Feb. 19, Chris Rossi, Nancy Mitchell, and Andy Pattison will present \u201cHamilton Climate\u00a0Action Planning: A Town, Village, and Colgate University Collaboration. Later this Spring (March 19),\u00a0Thomas Brackett, retired Colgate professor of Computer Science, will draw upon his experience\u00a0with Burmese refugees in a talk titled \u201cCount Your Blessings You Are Not a Rohingya.\u201d<\/p>\n

In addition to such programs, twice each year the Hamilton Club has a party, usually\u00a0with musical entertainment. Guests may be invited to all meetings and parties. While not a\u00a0service organization, the Hamilton Club donates annually to local nonprofits, using funds\u00a0accumulated not only through modest dues, but when members are unable to attend meals for\u00a0which they have paid in advance.<\/p>\n

Current Hamilton Club officers include President David Buran, Treasurer Chris Kendall and Secretary Wanda Warren Berry. Other members of the 2018 Board of Governors include\u00a0past-president Gair Meres as well as Sam Cooper, David Felton, Lisa Kenyon, Janet Little,\u00a0Hannah McClennen, and Jane Todd. To visit a meeting or consider membership, simply contact\u00a0any current member or write to Hamilton Club, PO Box 105, Hamilton NY or email\u00a0hamiltonclub.ny@gmail.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hamilton Club enters 80th year The Hamilton Club began its eightieth year on January 15 with its usual Monday evening\u00a0dinner meeting and program at the Colgate Inn. This social club was founded in 1938 for the\u00a0purpose of promoting \u201cgood fellowship and understanding among members, their families and\u00a0associates.\u201d Over the years, the club has brought together […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":59703,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-88403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local","category-top-story"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p43meu-mZR","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Rossi-Chris-Head-Box.jpg?fit=226%2C300&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=88403"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88403\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/59703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=88403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=88403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=88403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}