| ... “Elephant Hotel. on Review" Commemorative Posters are now for sale to benefit the Society. Posters are $15 and available at: the Museum Shop, Somers Tax Office, Mexican Shack, Heritage Hills Activity Center and Somers Custom Framing. Framed versions are available in Somers at Somers Custom Framing where a Spring Framing Special is being offered .Framed versions are also available in Bedford Hills at Wild Birds Unlimited and The Paint Box.... Westchester Arts Council featured the Society in its “Affiliate Spotlight� column in May in its monthly publication Artnews. The publication is distributed countywide through the Westchester County Business Journal...On a more local note, the Society is being honored, along with Mickey Oliver, as the co-recipient of Somers Democratic Club’s Community Appreciation Award at the Club’s 19th Annual Awards Dinner on June 13....Thank you to all the docents who participated in the Somers Historic Home Tour and Wright-Reis Homestead 3rd Grade Visit. Also a very special thanks to the Beshar and LaVoie families for their hospitality... Congratulations to Matthew Kolar, Somers High School Junior, and James Gherardi, Somers High School Senior, recipients of the Society’s Otto E. Koegler and Carrie Brown Rorer Memorial Awards, respectively! For the past year, the young men have been working on their Eagle Scout designation and, in so doing, elected to work on local history projects. Matthew is organizing, cleaning and documenting artifacts and equipment in one of the barns at the Wright-Reis Homestead. James is researching, writing, editing and producing a booklet about local history geared specifically to young children. He is overseeing an editorial staff consisting of Middle School students....See our newly designed website, courtesy of Trustee Pat Humphreys, at www.somershistoricalsoc.org. SAVE THE DATES... Sunday, June 10, 2pm, Annual Meeting; Sunday, June 24, 5 – 7pm, Jean Reidy Celebration, cosponsored by Somers Historical Society Board of Trustees, Somers Library Board of Trustees and Friends of Somers Library; Friday, June 29, 6 – 8pm, Summer Solstice Concert at Mt. Zion Church featuring guitarist Sue Compo; Saturday, June 30, Town of Somers Independence Day Celebration .Volunteers Needed. For information on any of the events, call 277-4977 or email: president@somershistorical.org. |