Due to the weather FMNG meeting today is cancelled.
Holiday Breakfast
December 7, 2012
Our holiday breakfast will be at Friendly’s next Friday at 7:00 am. This will be our last meeting till January.
Friendly’s
10 South Main Street, Jamestown, NY 14701
Contact Mary Gabalski to RSVP
Tel: (866) 366-6869 | mary@fentonmobility.com
Dynamic Wellness and Vitality Deal
October 11, 2012
Anyone who places an order from Warren’s website gets 10 percent off.
Nightfall With Edgar Allan Poe
October 1, 2012
Big Time Productions presents Nightfall With Edgar Allan Poe at The Spire Theater
Jamestown, NY, September 26, 2012 — The Big Time Players are set to take the stage with Eric Coble’s Nightfall With Edgar Allan Poe, a series of spooky tales that portray the literary works of Poe in a theatrical format. The show will take place in Jamestown’s newest theatrical venue, The Spire Theater, in October. The play will be sure to entertain and give insight into the mind of one of American Literature’s renowned authors.
The Cast at rehearsal from left to right: Martin Swalboski, Josh McCord, Shannon Nixon, Michael Frank, Miguel Covarrubias, April Steenburn, Laura Carnes, Jolynn Triscari and Melinda Centi at The Spire Theater.
The spell he weaves brings us a highly theatrical adaptation of the four tales Poe himself considered his best: “The Raven,” “The Fall of the House of Usher,” The Pit and the Pendulum,” and “The Tell Tale Heart.” Edgar Allan Poe stands alone in the flickering darkness of his mind, trying desperately to convince himself — and us — that he’s not mad. Enter the world of Poe and check your heartbeat at the door. The play was written by Eric Coble and is presented by Big Time Productions with special permission by Playscripts Inc.. Cast members appearing in the production include Miguel Covarrubias, Michael Frank, Laura Carnes, Shannon Nixon, April Steenburn, Josh McCord, Martin Swalboski, Jolynn Triscari, Melinda Centi, and Jillianne Dolce Higgs. Big Time Productions and the Big Time Players, based out of the Spire Theater, aspire to promote downtown commerce and are proud to contribute to the diverse performing arts community Jamestown offers.
Nightfall With Edgar Allan Poe premiers October 5th at 8PM and will continue October 6th, 12th, and 13th at 8PM at The Spire Theater of Jamestown, 317 East 3rd St. Tickets are $12 presale at The Labyrinth Press Company or $15 at the door. For additional information Contact: Big Time Productions at 450-7357, find us on the web at www.in-spire.us, or by email: jamestownspire@gmail.
September 21
September 18, 2012
Please note that we will not be having our weekly meeting this week.
t Susan Center will not be able to open early for us this Friday.
Our next scheduled meeting will be the following week on September 28th.
Tour of JCC’s New Science Building
August 20, 2012
Earlier this month the group toured the new Science Building at JCC. Thanks to Nelson Garifi for the tour and Mayor Sam Teresei for joining us. Our member Rick Haggmark shared these photos.
Shedding Light on ROI’s
January 27, 2012
Is there anyone who doesn’t like a good return on their investment? Whether it’s on their money, time or both. A lot of effort has been spent trying to make facilities more energy efficient and lower maintenance. Most of the concentration has been on the interior spaces including lighting, HVAC, motors and controls. What’s left you say? In many cases the outside is left and the biggest thing that has been overlooked is outdoor lighting. The list includes wall and security lights, parking lots, canopies, landscape, flag poles, signs and other decorative lighting. There are many reasons for looking at upgrading or replacing your outdoor lighting. The list includes energy savings up to 75%, reduced maintenance by using products that can last up to 10 times as long (up to 15 years), reduced glare (Dark Sky Compliant), instant on, utility rebates and good ROI’s.
Let’s take a 250 watt HID fixture for example and replace it with a 78 watt LED at a facility that is supplied by National Grid. If it is on from dusk until dawn year round (which many lights are) that is about 4200 hours of operation and a savings of about $125 per year per fixture. If it costs roughly $490 to install your payback would be about 4 years. Wait we’re not done yet. If you could get a rebate of approximately $125 that would make the ROI a little less than 3 years. On top of that if the fixture is ready to be relamped, has a bad ballast, is broken or needs replacing you can subtract that cost also, let’s use $35 for an average cost. Now for the next 12-15 years you won’t have to change a lamp or ballast. That could save you on average approximately $105 (about 3 lamps, recycling costs and probably a ballast). Keep in mind that these costs reflect doing the maintenance yourself. So, now we have gone from a 5 year ROI down to under a 2 year ROI. So over the 12 years you would save $ 1,765 on a $490 investment. That is for one light! By a show of hands who wouldn’t invest their money in something that would almost quadruple in 12 years? I thought so. The next time you drive into your place of business after dark look at all of the lights and think of the possible investment
you have right in front of you. Besides all of that, the peace of mind that you could cross your outdoor lighting maintenance off your “to do list” until 2024- Priceless!!!!!
Let Your Light Shine!
Todd Hanson
Project Manager
Ahlstrom Schaeffer Electric
Have questions? Contact me at (716)665-6510×24 or thanson@as-elec.com
January 28th Meeting
January 23, 2012
January 28th starts our first meeting with Toastmaster series to help hone our speaking skills.
7:00 – 7:15 Open Networking
7:15 – 8:00 Meeting and Inroductions
8:00-8:10 Break – Open Networking
8:10-8:20 Speaker
8:20-8:30 Closing
