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President's Column: Summer 2024 Issue:
Gary Bivona recently notified the Board of Directors that he must resign his seat on the Board and his role as President of the Society due to health issues. This is a big loss to the Board, but Gary will stay involved as a guide at the Museum. His tenure since November 2021 has been a very productive period for the Society, thanks to Gary’s management style that has encouraged active participation by all Board members in the planning and accomplishment of our goals & mission. In June the Society held a mega-raffle, thanks in particular to assistance from Pat Nugent, a friend of the Society who was experienced with this sort of event. The two grand prizes, A & B, consisted of many individual prizes whose total value exceeded $3,000 for each of the two winners. In June, many people took a chance at our second Bingo event held at the Masonic Lodge. We will play Bingo twice more this year - on August 25 and again later in the fall. Check our Bingo ad elsewhere in this issue for more info. Again this year in June, the fourth grade classes came to the Museum with their teachers and were guided by several of our Board members around the exhibits. On August 18 will be our Sticky Wicket Croquet Games and Picnic at the Fish Hatchery starting at noon. See our ad in this issue and on the Society’s FaceBook. We have continued to place historic site marker signs in both Warrensburg and Thurman. You can check them out if you go to the Society’s Facebook, then scroll down. Most recently, we’ve focused on historic sites in Thurman. Until next time, keep looking backwards Paul Gilchrist |
Steve Parisi
Memorial Tree Planted A tree was planted in front of Warrensburg Central Junior-Senior High School to memorialize the life and legacy of Steve Parisi, who passed away in December 2020. The ceremony was held on Thursday, May 20, also serving as a belated celebration of April’s Arbor Day and Earth Day. The tree is a sugar maple provided by Warren County Soil and Water Conservation District. The program was organized by Teresa Whalen, President of Warrensburg Beautification, Inc. Two individuals from Soil & Water, Jim Lieberum and Maren Alexander assisted with the planting. Steve was much involved with the elementary and junior-senior high schools, the students and the teachers, to give them exposure to, and appreciation of, Warrensburg’s history via its museum, of which he was the Director. ♦ |
