Y's Men News -- Wednesday, May 14, 2025 | | |
Table of Contents
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in the same order as the Table of Contents)
- Director of Yale Pediatric Ethics Program Speaks Tomorrow
- GIDG Meets This Monday
- Time Running Out to Purchase Tickets for Chicago
- T&E Announces Several Outings
- How the Media Handled Trumps's First 100 Days June 1
- Y's Men Spring Golf Outing Set for Monday, June 9
- Volunteers Needed for Summer Coffee Brigade
- Mission of Mercy Dental Clinic Needs Y's Men Volunteers
- Delamar CEO Presentation Now Available for Video Viewing
- Y's Man Steve Lewein Passes Away at 67
| | Director of Yale Pediatric Ethics Program Speaks Tomorrow | | |
Dr. Mark Mercurio
Our featured speaker tomorrow is Dr. Mark Mercurio, Director of the Yale Pediatric Ethics Program, Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Yale University School of Medicine, and an attending neonatologist at Yale-New Haven Children’s Hospital.
Dr. Mercurio will speak to medical ethics, specifically pediatrics, and the dilemmas faced by clinicians, families, and patients of all ages. His discussion will touch on areas that impact all our lives so please join us.
Y's Men Thursday morning meetings are in Hoskins Hall downstairs in the Saugatuck Congregational Church, 245 Post Road East in Westport. As always, donut and bagel social hour 9:00 to 10:00 am, short business meeting at 10:00, and speaker starts at 10:30 finishing no later than 11:30. Come early and meet your fellow members. Guests are always welcome.
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GIDG Meets Monday, May 19
The Global Issues Discussion Group (GIDG) will meet Monday, May 19 in Room 203/204 at the Saugatuck Congregational Church at 9:00 am.
Topics up for discussion are Trump in the Middle East; the Gaza prisoner release; and the Ukraine War. In addition, there will be an open discussion on all events.
For more information on GIDG, contact Harvey at harveyluft@gmail.com.
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Time Is Running Out To Purchase Chicago Tickets
The deadline to buy tickets to the Chicago concert at the Hartford Healthcare Amphitheater in Bridgeport on Tuesday evening, July 29 is upon us. We need your payment by this Sunday, May 18.
Click the link below to buy tickets. You must select the number of tickets before clicking on "buy tickets."
https://www.ysmenwestportweston.org/event/2025-chicago-concert-july-29/
If you are having any difficulty with the link to purchase please send an e-mail ASAP to Dick Kalt at dick.kalt@gmail.com so he can help you with it. You also have the option to write a check made out to Y's Men of Westport/Weston and send it to Y's Men of Westport/Weston, P.O. Box 167, Westport, CT 06880-0167.
Dick will deliver your tickets during the coming few weeks.
We look forward to having you join us at this wonderful show.
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Friday, May 16
Nature Walk & Bird Watching
Event is restricted to Y’s Men members, spouses or significant others
https://conta.cc/4lIP5J3
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Tuesday, May 20
Historical Walking Tour Brooklyn Heights/Brooklyn Bridge
Dim Sum Lunch in Chinatown
Spouses, Significant Others & Guests Welcome!
https://conta.cc/3YQwyRb
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Tuesday, June 10
Copps Island Oystering
This event is for Y’s Men Members only
https://conta.cc/4lQttKY
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Tuesday-Wednesday, June 17-18
WOODS HOLE – NEW BEDFORD – FALL RIVER
Spouses, Significant Others, and Guests Welcome!
https://conta.cc/3G9ibBa
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Tuesday, July 8
Seaport Association’s Famous Tuesday Night Clambake at Sheffield Island
https://conta.cc/3RBIXoo
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Friday, October 17
Essex Fall Foliage Excursion & Luncheon
This event is only open to Y’s Men members
& spouses/significant others
https://conta.cc/4iGa0Kg
| | How the Media Handled Trump’s First 100 Days | | |
Participating in the media panel on Sunday, June 1 are (top row) Jim Marpe, Jim Himes, and Alisyn Camerota, and (bottom row) Rebecca Surran and Aaron Weinstein.
To say we live in interesting times may be the understatement of the century. The first 100-days of the new administration have been a mixture of numerous executive orders and an equal number of legal challenges. And how the media has both covered and survived the news is the subject of a second media panel discussion at the Westport Library on Sunday, June 1 at 2:00 pm. The first, in January before the inauguration, was a sellout.
The second event, co-sponsored by the Y’s Men and The Westport Library and moderated by Y’s Men Past President John Brandt, includes five panelists with differing perspectives on stunningly contentious media coverage. They include U.S. Congressman Jim Himes, veteran news anchor and blogger Alisyn Camerota, local news anchor and feature reporter Rebecca Surran, multi-term Westport First Selectman Jim Marpe, and assistant professor of politics at Fairfield University, Aaron Weinstein.
For tickets, click the link below. But you better be quick. This is going to be another sellout.
| | Y’s Men 2025 Spring Golf Outing Set for Monday, June 9 | | |
This year’s Y's Men Spring Golf Outing will be on Monday, June 9 at the Longshore Golf Course. The first tee time is at 10:30 am, and the entry fee is $85.00. This fee covers the greens fee, cart rental, refreshments, and goodies at the 19th hole, which will be at the Black Duck. And prizes are awarded to the lowest scoring team and to individual golfers for the longest drive, closest to the line, and closest to the pin on two holes.
The Tourney’s format will be Scramble or Best Ball utilizing a team of three or four players.
Please register for the outing by email to Bob Leng at leng_7@msn.com or text 978-289-0940. The deadline is Friday, June 6.
For additional details, click here.
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Wanted: Y’s Men Volunteers to Serve on the
Summer Coffee/Donut/Bagels Committee
Throughout the summer and starting June 5, the Y’s Men meet every Thursday at 9:00 am to share fellowship, coffee/donuts/bagels at the Sherwood Island State Park Pavilion.
You do not have to know how to brew coffee, make donuts or boil bagels. We just need guys to pick up the coffee or donuts or bagels and clean up the area.
If you are free to help out please contact Baxter Urist at burist@optonline.net
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Volunteers Needed for Connecticut
Mission of Mercy Dental Clinic
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We're looking for more than just dentists. If you have any skills at all we're looking for you. Check your calendar.
Giving Smiles - Giving Hope
Click here to watch an explanatory video about the clinic.
Volunteer Dates
- Tuesday, June 19: Assembly of the Clinic
- Friday and Saturday, June 20-21: Patient Clinic Days
- Saturday, June 21 (Afternoon) and Sunday, June 22 (Morning): Breakdown and Packing
Location: New Britain High School
Questions? Contact Y's Man Jeff Pivor at jpivordds@yahoo.com
The Connecticut Foundation for Dental Outreach believes that everyone deserves dental care. The Foundation, through its Connecticut Mission of Mercy Free Dental Clinics, provides the underserved and uninsured with free dental care so no one will suffer needlessly from mouth pain, complications from lack of care, or be embarrassed about their smile.
| | Video of Delamar CEO Presentation Now Available | | |
Charles Mallory
"The Conrad Hilton of Fairfield County" said the former Westport Inn on Post Road East will have a soft opening as Westport Delamar within a month.
Charles Mallory, CEO of Greenwich Hospitality Group, told last Thursday's Y’s Men meeting that the renovated hotel will rent rooms and serve breakfast shortly, add a restaurant during the summer, and be fully open for business in the fall. Rooms will include a three-bedroom suite.
Mallory's presentation, reported in last Sunday's Y's Men Newsletter, is now available for viewing by clicking here.
| | Y's Man Steve Lewine Passes Away at 67 | | |
Steven Lewine
Y's Man Steven Lewine passed away on Sunday, April 13. He was 67. The cause was Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) with which he was diagnosed just 10 days before his passing.
A complete obituary may read in "06880" (third item from end) by clicking here and on the CJD Foundation website by clicking here.
A memorial service will be held on Thursday, May 29 at 2:00 pm at the Saugatuck Congregational Church. A celebration of life will follow that day from 5:00 to 7:00 pm at Shorehaven Golf Club in Norwalk.
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