Letters

Many helped

at LEF benefit
To the editor:
   An event as successful as the Lambertville Education Foundation’s auction June 1 to benefit the Renaissance Fund for Science and the Arts for Lambertville Public School is impossible to accomplish without countless people lending a hand.
   I have provided below a list of the LEF’s good neighbors, and I urge the residents of Lambertville and beyond to thank and support the following artists, businesses and individuals who generously donated their food, products, art and services.
   I also want to especially thank David Rago for the use of his wonderful space, New Hope Mayor Larry Keller for braving an illness and taking the "red-eye" back from a business trip in order to serve as our auctioneer, and Robin Larsen, our event coordinator, for coming through in the clutch.
   The LEF Renaissance Fund for Science and the Arts is off to a good start thanks to the following:
   Restaurants: Andiamo Restaurant; Anton’s at the Swan; Bell’s North Union Street Restaurant; Catanzareti Pizza and Italian Restaurant; Hamilton’s Grill Room; Inn of the Hawke; The Lambertville Station; Meil’s Restaurant; New Orleans Café; No. 9 Restaurant; Ota-Ya Japanese Restaurant; Rick’s; The Sneaky Caterer; Take-Away Café @ Homestead Market; and Thomas Sweet Ice Cream.
   And businesses and organizations; Almirah; Bach Ballet; Balloons Aloft; The Blue Raccoon; Castor Jeweler; The Center Club, Lambertville; Chez Nous; CODA; Coryell Gallery; Custom Contractors; Dimitri Design; Dresswell’s; Events in Style; Flying French Hens; Foster Wright Cranor Florist; Fx Painting; Goldsmith’s; Greene & Greene Gallery; Heath’s Service Station; Homestead Farm Market; Hrefna Jonsdottir Gallery; In Rare Form Gallery; Joseph Finkle & Son; The Joy of Hair; Karen Curtis Interiors Inc.; Kurtbek Kreations; Lambertville Floral; Lambertville Gallery of Fine Art; Lambertville Teachers Association; Lambertville Trading Company; Lambertville Video; Robin Larsen, Larsen Designs; Let Them Eat Cake; Niece Lumber; Oxus River Gallery; Passiflora; Pine Creek Miniature Golf; Raven Studios; Reinboth Interior Design; Reynolds Karate of Lambertville; Riverbank Arts; Riverrun Gallery; The Riverside Symphonia; Riverhorse Brewery; Seventh Heaven Antiques; Sojourner; Stefan’s Antiques; The Stockton Inn; Turkish Delight; The Urban Archaeologist; Walker’s Liquors; Welsh’s Wines; X Ring Archers; The York Street House; and Zanya Hair Salon.
   And artists: Ed Adams; Robert Beck; C.E. Fairchild Berglund; Tom Birkner; Cathy Block; Vincent Ceglia; James Feehan; Bob Griffiths; Becky Heavner; Lori Johnson; Valerie Johnson; Meshell Kimbel; Bryan Leister; Nora Lewis; Marc Ludak; James McBride; Katia McGuirk; Anne Marie Macari; Joseph Marinelli; Susan Nadelson; Sharon Nieburg; Susan Roseman; Jack Rosen; Mavis Smith; Gerald Stern; Jane Spenser Wesby; John McDowell Williams; and Liz Yun.
   And individuals: Tom Block; Franco and Michela Carnevale; Phil Conine; Marie Collins; Bobby Dager; Edward Dumchus; Greg Dunaj; Barbara Fordyce; Bill Gill; Jim Hamilton; Barbara Hase; Sonia Helgesson; John and Kay Lasley; Valeri and Joe Stefani; Terry Tice; Tom Tierney; Jeff Tucker; Yvonne Warren; Dr. Richard Wiener; and Dan Whitaker.