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Southern Ulster Times, Wednesday, February 27, 2019
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Pancake Fundraiser held for Kirky’s Deli
By MARK REYNOLDS
[email protected]
On Sunday morning the Marlborough
community flocked to a pancake breakfast
fundraiser at the First Presbyterian
Church of Marlboro to help Robert Kirk,
whose beloved deli was nearly demolished
recently when a vehicle careened off of
Route 9W and crashed into the building.
Kirk, who has leased the building for
32 years, said the community has been
especially supportive since the accident.
“I can’t believe the turnout, even
with people I don’t know,” he said.
“The support here, as you can see, is
tremendous and I never imagined it.”
Kirk said it is a different feeling for
the community to be helping him.
“It’s very hard to sit back and take it.
Usually I’m out there trying to do what I
can for the community, now it’s the other
way,” he said.
Friend Chuck Benfer said a fundraiser
like this, “is what makes our community
fantastic; the fact that we support each
other. We’ve turned to Rob when the
chips were down and now Rob can turn
to us when the chips are down. That’s
what makes our community special. It’s
humbling to be on the receiving end but I
think it’s also a great lesson to learn that
we all need help from time to time; when
you live in a community like this it doesn’t
hurt to help. I go all over the country for
business [but] this is what makes this
region special. We’re close enough to big
cities but we still have that small town
feel; that really is exceptional.”
Charles Weed said despite the rain,
people came out to support Kirk.
“It is a good meeting place for the
community,” he said.
Kirk said preliminary plans call
for keeping the same footprint of the
building but two walls and the roof have
to be completely replaced. He is hoping
the building can be sealed up in the next
few weeks to keep out the elements so
cleanup can begin. Plumbing work would
follow and Central Hudson has to check
and turn the power back on.
“Sometimes you find out more when
you dig into stuff,” he said.
Paul Quimby said Ella Weiss sparked
the idea for the fundraiser. She is from
Marlborough and presently attends SUNY
Oneonta. Quimby said after the accident
Weiss emailed the minister, asking what
can we do for Kirky?
“That kind of started it and everybody
took the bull by the horns and I was the
go-fer; I got the supplies,” he said. “She
Robert Kirk stands beside Rev. Laurie McNeill and members of his family at a fundraiser to
benefit his deli at the First Presbyterian Church of Marlboro on Sunday.
planted the seed and everybody followed
through.”
Quimby said fundraisers like this one
work very well when there is a cause,
“people are very generous and Rob’s a
great guy .”
Quimby said Rob is very community
oriented.
“He’s done a lot around our church
and I’ve never asked him to lift a finger.
He’s trimmed the hedges, he’s put down
cedar mulch and I’m sure he’s done
things for other people,” Quimby said. “I
think it’s overwhelming the community
support for this, it’s awesome.”
The church hall was packed all morning for the Pancake Breakfast fundraiser for Kirky’s Deli.