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Finding inspiration, art and quality of life

The Orange County Citizens Foundation (OCCF) unveiled its 2007 Quality of Life report at its annual dinner Sept. 6 at the Seligmann Homestead in Sugar Loaf, where it is headquartered.
The dinner provided the foundation with a venue to showcase its 2007 photography exhibit, “Working Farms in Orange County,” and the occasion to honor Pacem in Terris with its annual Seligmann Award.

Pacem in Terris, the Franke family’s homestead in Warwick has attracted thousands of visitors to its sculpture gardens, which was inspired -- according to the late Frederick Franke -- by the words and work of Pope John XIII, a Catholic pope; Albert Schweitzer; a protestant doctor; and Daisetz T. Suzuke, a Buddhist sage. It is nondenominational and nonpolitical. The Frankes hoped it would “speak to all those who share the specifically human search for meaning and for values.”

Lukas Franke, accepted the original Seligmann watercolor on behalf of his father and stepmother, Claske.

Pacem in Terris is located at 96 Covered Bridge Road, Warwick, and can be reached at 986-4329 after 11a.m. Admission is free for visits Saturdays and Sundays from May through October. Some of the foundation guests are pictured.

 

 

1. Claske Franke, widow of Frederick Franke, and her stepson Lukas Franke.

 

2. From left: Jennifer Drake, program associate, Dyson Foundation, Millbrook; Brendan Coyne, director of public information, Mount St. Mary College, Newburgh; and Jessica Hritz, vice president and branch manager, Chase Bank, Monroe.

 

3. Nancy Proyect, executive director, Orange County Citizens Foundation (OCCF), with Tom Weddell, managing partner, Vanacore, DeBenedictus, DiGovanni & Weddell, headquartered in Newburgh. Weddell also serves as chairman of the OCCF.

 

4. From left: Eileen Kelly, assessor for the town of Minisink; Claudia Moroney, director of operations, and Karen Miller, director of communications, both of Frontier Communications in Middletown.

5. From left: Barry Plaxen, of D&L Canvas, Bloomingburg; Barry Adelman, co-founder of Music for Humanity, Chester; and Simeon and Annamarie Swinger, members of the Bellvale Bruderhof Community in Chester.

 

6. Renee Zernitsky, member of the Highlands Photo Workshop Club in Chester and one of the artists who photographed farms in Unionville and Westtown. Zernitsky is shown here with her work, part of OCCF’s “Working Farms in Orange County” exhibit. The exhibit runs weekends until October at the Seligmann Estate in Sugar Loaf.

7. From left: Richard Logothetis, owner of the Lycian Theatre in Sugar Loaf, is joined by Paul Ellis, producer of the Air Pirates Radio Theatre, Sugar Loaf.

8. Mark and Carol Roe, owners of Roe’s Orchards in Chester. Their farm, photographed by Nick Zungoli, was one of several featured at the foundation exhibit. The Roe family has owned the 240- acre farm since 1827.

9. Karen VanHouten, executive director of the Community Foundation of Orange, which recently expanded to become the Community Foundation of Orange and Sullivan.

10. From left: Roz Magdison, executive director, Dispute Resolution Center, Goshen; Maggie Smith, executive vice president, First Federal Savings of Middletown; Roger Metzger, village of Warwick trustee and his wife, Susan Metzer, Orange County representative on the MTA board and chairwoman of the Orange County planning board.

11. From left: Jonathan Drapkin, executive director of Pattern for Progress, Newburgh; professor Richard Hull, New York University and town of Warwick historian; and Ruth Fritsch, vice president of HDR Engineers, Pearl River.

 

 

 

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