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As Skaneateles Rotarians kicked off sales for this year’s Father’s Day Pancake Breakfast, they celebrated the man who has been working at the breakfast since it started in 1968. Dana Coye, who just turned 100, was at the legendary breakfast when it was a fly-in at the Skaneateles airport hangar, drawing up to 90 planes from around the East Coast. After seven years, the breakfast was moved to its current location at the Allyn Arena, where it grew to become a beloved community-wide event.

At a grand celebration last month, the Skaneateles Rotary Club toasted Coye and his 62 years in Rotary, as well as his 100 years on Earth. Dana was accompanied by his wife, Dot, to whom he has been married 75 years, and his children. While John Moran and Marvin Langley handed out packets of pancake breakfast tickets to Rotarians to sell between now and Father’s Day, pictures on a huge screen reminded everyone of past breakfasts, featuring the smiling face of Dana Coye — along with many Rotarians and community members who were there to serve and to eat.



It was a stroll through time — seeing whole generations grow up, and remembering people who are no longer here. That’s what the breakfast is all about, Coye has said over the years. It is a lot of work to turn the old Allyn Arena into a festive place to feed a delicious breakfast of eggs, sausage and pancakes to 3,000 people.

Why do they do it every year? “We do it to make money for all of our community projects,” said Coye. “W.

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