In the spring of 1964, less than six months after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, historian Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. began conducting more than eight hours of interviews with Kennedy’s widow, Jacqueline. At her request, the transcripts and tapes were sealed from the public. Now her daughter, Caroline, is releasing the interviews in a new book, Jacqueline Kennedy: Historic Conversations on Life with John F. Kennedy, to be published on Sept. 14. Click HERE to read the full article.
On Saturday, June 18th, Jane Mitchell, on-air reporter/producer of Channel 4 San Diego will host a book signing/fundraiser for the Cape Cod Baseball League at the JFK Museum at 12:00pm.
Jane’s book, One on One − My Journey with Hall of Famers, Fan Favorites and Rising Stars with a Foreword by Dick Enberg and Hall of Famer Tony Gwynn, will be the topic of her talk. Jane is excited to help raise some much needed funds for the CCBL and meet some of this season’s players as she shares words of encouragement from some of the nine – yes 9 -players presently on the San Diego Padres who played in the CCBL! They are: Chase Headley, Aaron Harang, Brad Hawpe, Nick Hundley, Wade Leblanc, Cory Luebke, Tim Stauffer, Joe Thatcher and Mark Loretta. Alumni: Anthony Gwynn Jr., Chris Young, Geoff Blum and Jerry Hairston. Many of them have in fact been the subject of Jane’s television show.
Jane will speak about her experiences in “telling the good sports story” with the likes of Ted Williams, Adrian Gonzalez, Dave Roberts and Larry Lucchino. Besides the San Diego Padres connection to the CCBL, Jane was also the last person to interview Ted Williams! Her tv show, One on One with Jane Mitchell featuring Ted Williams won Jane an Emmy. During the book signing fundraiser, Jane’s never seen on the East Coast episode of Ted Williams will be available for viewing.
Throughout the years, Jane Mitchell’s work in San Diego has had many Boston ties. Her close personal friend, San Diego Padre and Hall of Famer, Tony Gwynn saw his own son, Anthony Jr. play for the Brewster Whitecaps in 2002. Jane documents and acknowledges the Cape Cod Baseball League in her book as part of Anthony’s journey. In his role as head baseball coach for San Diego State University, Tony Gwynn has seen the benefits of and has high respect for the CCBL. This summer will see one of his players, Kris Bryant play for the Chatham Anglers! Jane will also be documenting her trip to Boston and Cape Cod on behalf of Channel 4 San Diego and will certainly make that video available to the league for their website.
Sign up early to reserve your space.
Send $40 check payable to- Cape Cod Baseball League – H of F and mail to 449 Braggs Lane, Barnstable, MA 02360. A large portion of the $40 will be donated to the League and JFK Hyannis Museum.
PLAYER ENTRY FEES:
Premier Foursome Package – $1,000.00
Foursome – S600.00
Individual Golfer – $150.00
All Participant will receive an official golfer’s gift package commemorating the day’s events.
Golf Event: 8:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.
Registration at Willowbend Country Club. Complimentary use of Practice Range
10:30 a.m.
Shotgun start (Box Lunch served during play)
Following Golf The 19th Hole
Cocktail Reception with hors d’oeuvres (cash bar), Raffle, Auction, Music and Awards Ceremony to be held in the Willowbend Grill Room.
Click HERE to download our Program, Registration and Sponsor Form.
COURSE INFORMATION * Hyannisport Club prohibits the use of penetrating metal spikes anywhere on the golf course.
* Cellular/wireless phone use is restricted to your vehicle in club parking lot, so please enjoy your day.
* Proper golf attire required.
TIME SCHEDULE 11:00 – 12:30 am - Registration, Complimentary Driving Range Practice
11:30 am - LUNCH at the Clubhouse
1:00pm - Shotgun Start
5:30pm - Cocktail Reception with heavy hors d’oeuvres (cash bar) - Awards Ceremony
Where:
The Federated Church
Fellowship Hall
320 Main Street, Hyannis
Tickets:
FREE or $25 for pre-event speaker reception at the JFK Hyannis Museum at 5:00pm (includes reserved seating at Fellowship Hall)
RESERVATIONS REQUIRED and can be made online HERE or by visiting the JFK Museum or Puritan Clothing on Main Street, Hyannis.
Kenneth R. Feinberg, Esq. was recently appointed by President Obama to independently administer the $20 billion BP compensation fund for victims of the Gulf oil spill tragedy. Mr. Feinberg was appointed by the Secretary of the Treasury in 2009 to examine executive pay at financial companies receiving government bailout monies. He performed similar duties for the Hokie Spirit Memorial Fund at Virginia Tech University and was retained to resolve insurance claims arising out of Hurricane Katrina and other Gulf region hurricanes.
Mr. Feinberg was appointed by the Attorney General of the US as Special Master of the Federal September 11th Victim Compensation Fund in 2001. He then authored “What is Life Worth? – The Unprecedented Effort to Compensate the Victims of 9/11” (Public Affairs 2005)
Mr. Feinberg is an attorney and one of America’s leading experts on mediation and alternative dispute resolution and managing partner of Feinberg Rozen, LLP. He received his B.A. cum laude from the U of Mass (1967) and his J.D. from NYU School of Law (1970).
Mr. Feinberg serves as Board Chairman of the JFK Library Foundation. Senator Paul G. Kirk, Jr. will introduce Mr. Feinberg.
“Over the last 17 years those of us at the John F. Kennedy Hyannis Museum have had the great privilege of getting to know Senator Kennedy, who was an ardent supporter of our museum.
“Senator Kennedy supported the John F. Kennedy Hyannis Museum from the very beginning and was a frequent visitor. His help and belief in the museum contributed greatly to the success it is today.
“All of us at the John F. Kennedy Hyannis Museum express our deep sadness on the passing of Senator Edward M. Kennedy. Our hearts go out to Mrs. Kennedy, the Senator’s children and all members of the Kennedy family.
“We will miss him greatly. He was much more than our esteemed Senator; he was our neighbor and friend.”
(attribution) – The Board of Directors of the John F. Kennedy Hyannis Museum Foundation and the Hyannis Area Chamber of Commerce, which runs the John F. Kennedy Hyannis Museum.
As founder and honorary chairperson of Special Olympics and executive vice president of the Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. Foundation, Eunice Kennedy Shriver was a leader in the worldwide struggle to improve and enhance the lives of individuals with intellectual disabilities for more than three decades.
Born in Brookline, Massachusetts, the fifth of nine children of Joseph P. and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, Eunice Mary Kennedy received a Bachelor of Arts degree in sociology from Stanford University in Palo Alto, California.
Following graduation, she worked for the U.S. State Department in the Special War Problems Division. In 1950, she became a social worker at the Penitentiary for Women in Alderson, West Virginia, and the following year she moved to Chicago to work with the House of the Good Shepherd and the Chicago Juvenile Court. In 1957, Shriver took over the direction of the Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. Foundation.
The Foundation, established in 1946 as a memorial to Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr.–the family’s eldest son, who was killed in World War II–has two major objectives: to seek the prevention of intellectual disabilities by identifying its causes, and to improve the means by which society deals with citizens who have intellectual disabilities.
Under Shriver’s leadership, the Foundation has helped achieve many significant advances, including the establishment by President Kennedy of The President’s Committee on Mental Retardation in 1961, development of the National Institute for Child Health and Human Development in 1962, the establishment of a network of university-affiliated facilities and mental retardation research centers at major medical schools across the United States in 1967, the establishment of Special Olympics in 1968, the creation of major centers for the study of medical ethics at Harvard and Georgetown Universities in 1971, the creation of the “Community of Caring” concept for the reduction of intellectual disabilities among babies of teenagers in 1981, the institution of 16 “Community of Caring” Model Centers in 1982, and the establishment of “Community of Caring” programs in 1200 public and private schools from 1990-2006.
Recognized throughout the world for her efforts on behalf of persons with intellectual disabilities, Shriver received many honors and awards, including: the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Legion of Honor, the Priz de la Couronne Francaise, the Mary Lasker Award, the Philip Murray-William Green Award (presented to Eunice and Sargent Shriver by the AFL-CIO), the AAMD Humanitarian Award, the NRPAS National Volunteer Service Award, the Laetare Medal of the University of Notre Dame, the Order of the Smile of Polish Children, the Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Freedom from Want Award, The National Women’s Hall of Fame, the Laureus Sports Award, the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) Theodore Roosevelt Award, and the International Olympic Committee Award.
Her honorary degrees included: Yale University, the College of the Holy Cross, Princeton University, Regis College, Manhattanville College, Newton College, Brescia College, Central Michigan University, Loyola College, University of Vermont, Albertus Magnus College, Cardinal Strich University, Georgetown University and Marymount University
On 24 March 1984, U.S. President Reagan awarded Shriver the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian award, for her work on behalf of persons with intellectual disabilities, and in, 2005 she was honored for her work with Special Olympics as one of the first recipients of a sidewalk medallion on The Extra Mile Point of Light Pathway in Washington D.C.
Eunice Kennedy Shriver died on Aug. 11, 2009. She was survived by her husband, Sargent Shriver, and five children: Robert Sargent Shriver III, Maria Owings Shriver Schwarzenegger, Timothy Perry Shriver, Mark Kennedy Shriver and Anthony Paul Kennedy Shriver.
Friday, August 28, 2009
John F. Kennedy Hyannis Museum
The John F. Kennedy Hyannis Museum is hosting a “First Lady of Fashion” reception and we would like you to be a part of the festivities.
Wear your best Jackie Kennedy-style dress, and be entered to win!
View replica Jackie fashions styled by local women.
Please RSVP by August 15, 2009
397 Main Street, Hyannis
5:30pm to 7:30pm
Complimentary hors d’oeuvres & cash bar. Door prizes!
RSVP by calling HACC at 508-775-7778 or by visiting www.hyannis.com
“To provide support for the JFK Hyannis Museum to enhance the visitor experience, to celebrate the legacy of President Kennedy and family, to share his special ties to Cape Cod and to educate the community, especially our students.”
Friday, August 28, 2009