Photo courtesy of Creative Photo + Graphic.<\/figcaption><\/figure> \nThe point being I learned much about Yaddo, about Spencer, and of course: Katrina. Her life of philanthropy, deep spirituality that enabled her to triumph over physical illness and family tragedy. <\/p>\nBut Betty came out throwing fastballs.<\/p>\n
“Katrina was no homebody. Her contributions to Lake George were as important as to Saratoga Springs,” she said. “She was an inventor as well as a writer. Philanthropy was actually her second greatest contribution.”<\/p>\n
OK, i’ll bite. What’s number one?<\/p>\n
“I’ll see you on the 26th and tell you!” Betty said with a grin.<\/p>\n
Well, that’s how you hook an audience, folks. Betty, your Vice President of Marketing is pleased. \n \nLecture luncheon Co-Chair Sandy Ponton said, “SPAC Action Council’s 13th Annual Lecture Luncheon is a fabulous day filled with an informative and entertaining talk in the little theater followed by an elegant fall Luncheon and boutique shopping in the Hall Of Springs. All proceeds go to support our local gem… SPAC.\u201d<\/p>\n
So I will see Sandy, Marsha, Betty and Nicole then, and hopefully you – as we learn together about the Katrina Trask you never knew. \nPhoto courtesy of Creative Photo + Graphic<\/figcaption><\/figure> \nArthur Gonick \nOctober 11, 2017<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Thirteenth Annual SPAC Action Council Fall Lecture Luncheon Has The Reveal SARATOGA SPRINGS – “All events have to have experiential elements to them to be meaningful. This is what our members collectively have concluded.” So stated Nicole Sheeler, President of SPAC’s Action Council – a group of 34 volunteer members that act as “Ambassadors” to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":127,"featured_media":8924,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[412,227,21,3],"tags":[159,4,91,652],"class_list":["post-8931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","category-discussion","category-food","category-nfp","tag-saratoga-performing-arts-center","tag-saratoga-springs","tag-spac","tag-spac-action-council"],"yoast_head":"\r\n
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