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Upcoming Events
Local 902 Broome, Chenango,
Delaware and Otsego Aug. 27
Membership meeting at the Oneonta
Country Club, 9 Country Club Drive, Oneonta,
NY. Registration will begin at 11:30 a.m.
Lunch to start at noon. Program: Alex
Scorzafava from the Otsego County Dept
of Health will discuss ticks and tickborne
diseases, including Lyme disease and more.
Call Local Secretary Linda Stiefel at (607)
643-5799 or Local President Robert Pflanz
at (607) 727-1542 to RSVP by Aug. 19 2024.
Please leave a voicemail if no answer.
Local 903 Buffalo-Niagara Frontier
Aug. 14 Local Picnic, 11:30 a.m. Fontana’s
Grove Unit 3 (Chautauqua-Cattaraugus)
Aug. 28 at 11:30 a.m., Demetris on the
Lake, Dunkirk Pier, Lake Shore Drive East,
Dunkirk. At both meetings, order from the
cash menu - $17 or less. Call Dennis at (716)
366-2083 or Hank at (716) 965-2007 to RSVP.
Local 907 Steuben, Allegany and
Yates Counties Oct. 23 Fall Meeting,
Arkport American Legion Post 1248, 1 Carter
Street, Arkport, NY 14807. Registration
begins at 11 a.m., lunch at noon. Cost is $10
per person for members and $15 per person
for guests. RSVP to Local Treasurer Gail
Arno. More details available on the local
mailing.
Local 909 Dutchess-Putnam Nov. 12
General membership meeting, noon, I-84
Diner, 853 NY-52, Fishkill. Holiday dinner will
be served. RSVP to Local President Dorothy
Killmer beginning Oct. 30 and no later than
Nov. 8. Food or cash donations for local food
pantries will be collected at the meetings.
Attention – Local 909 needs help from
members. If you are a local member and
wish to serve on a committee, contact Local
President Dorothy Killmer.
Local 913 Syracuse Oct. 15 General
Membership Meeting, 11:30 a.m. Holiday
Inn, Auburn. Reservations close on Oct. 4.
Reservations are required! To RSVP, contact
Local President Kathy Zabinski at (315) 288-
0779 or Local Treasurer Lori Nilsson at (315)
552-0530. More information is on your local
mailer.
Local 914 Tri-County Oneida-
Madison-Herkimer Oct. 17 at noon at
Club Monarch, 16 Erie St., Yorkville. Detailed
information will be on Alert Card sent to
members.
Local 917 Orange-Ulster-Sullivan
Aug. 13, Sept. 10, Nov. 12 (‘Give a
Dollar’ toward paper supplies and stamps
for a local homeless shelter) and Dec. 10
(grab bag) Membership meeting, noon, at
the Orange County Local Office, 465 Main
St., Middletown. Oct. 9 Annual luncheon,
noon, City Winery, Montgomery. For more
information or to RSVP, contact Local
President Juanita Johnson.
Local 918 Rockland Sept. 18
Membership meeting, noon, Bowline Point
Park, 140 Samsondale Ave., West Haverstraw.
The meeting will be located under the blue
pavilion. RSVP to Local President Ron Wilson
at (845) 709-7632 to confirm your attendance
by September 3.
Local 920 Suffolk Aug. 21, Sept. 18,
Oct. 9, Nov. 20 and Dec. 18 General
Membership Meeting, CSEA Long Island
Region Office, 3 Garet Place, Commack. All
meetings start at noon and a light lunch
is always provided. To RSVP, call Local
President Millie Lucas at (631) 922-8938.
Local 921 Westchester Sept. 19 Fall
Festival Picnic and Fun, Glen Island Park,
New Rochelle Oct. 17 Annual General
Membership Meeting (free to members),
Anthony F. Veterans Park Community Room,
11 Olympic Lane, Ardsley. Watch your email
for further details.
Local 925 Fulton-Montgomery Aug.
20, Sept. 24, Oct. 22, Nov. 12 and
Dec. 17 (Christmas Party), noon, Winner’s
Circle, State Highway 5, Fonda. For more
information or to RSVP, please refer to the
local annual meeting flyer.
ALBANY
— CSEA is
mourning
the passing
of longtime
Capital
Region
activist
and Capital
District
Retirees
Local 999
member Rose
DeSorbo, who
passed away June 20, 2024. She
was 72.
Rose worked at the New York
State Department of Economic
Development for more than
35 years, serving as the CSEA
Department of Economic
Development Local President for
much of that time before retiring.
According to her obituary, Rose
“loved the union.”
During her career at the state,
Rose had a spirited passion to
ensure that her co-workers were
treated fairly on the job, spurring
her extensive service to our union.
In addition to serving as
CSEA Department of Economic
Development Local President,
Rose also served as the Capital
Region’s 3rd Vice President,
our union’s Board of Directors,
AFSCME delegate and on numerous
statewide and region committees.
After retiring, Rose joined the
CSEA Retiree Division as a member
of Local 999.
A fixture at union conferences
and events, Rose could be found
promoting the PEOPLE program
and announcing door prize winners
while belting out tunes in a raspy
soprano until someone stepped
in to wrestle the microphone
away. Her most iconic renditions
included Barbra Streisand’s
“People” and offbeat Christmas
classics.
Rose was an integral part of the
“I Love New York” campaign and
was very proud to share photos of
New York’s most beautiful places.
Off the job, Rose enjoyed the
racetrack, casinos, loudly playing
cards and games with loved ones
and spending time with family and
friends.
She is survived by several
siblings, nieces and nephew and a
great niece and nephews. Services
were held on July 1.
— Therese Assalian
Rose DeSorbo, longtime
Capital Region activist
DeSorbo
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