Kiwanis Club of Sand Lake, NY

President Gary Meislin                                                                                                                                          Secretary Patricia A. Lane

President-Elect Skip Patton                                                                                                                           Treasurer Robert S. Pasquarelli

Webmaster David E. Booker                                                                                                                       Immediate Past Pres Gerald Tysiak

Sandpiper Editor Margaret Weiss                                                                                                                         Photographer James Rogers

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

John C. Brownrigg, James M. Colabelli, Eve M. Ward

Joseph M. Behson, Raymond C. Turner, , William M. Whipple

Barbara Fioravanti, Robert R. Loveridge & Ron Wagner

MEETING OF FEBRUARY 8, 2010

PRESIDENT Gary Meislin presiding

GREETINGS & INVOCATION by Bob Pasquarelli

GUESTS:  Lt Gov Noreen Barrett       and 

       speaker Debra Roy  

SIGNUP SHEETS FOR PROJECTS

            DOORS OF HOPE:  Thanks to those who worked Fri Feb 5:  Dudley Dorr, Jerry Tysiak, John Mulligan, and Nancy Davis.  Signed up for Tues Feb 16:  Bob Carpenter, Jerry Tysiak, Nancy Davis, Bryce Ginther, and Bob Pasquarelli

            RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVE Thurs Feb 25 @ COC:  12:30 Setup, Nancy Davis; 12:45 – 2:45 Canteen Peg Weiss, Registrar Pat Lane; 2:45 – 4:45 Canteen Bob Pasquarelli, Registrar Ray Turner; 4:45 – 6:45 Canteen Mike Gates, Registrar Eve Ward; 6 – 7 Cleanup Bill Whipple

            SENIOR LUNCHEON Thurs Mar 11 @ COC:  9:30 – 1:30 Pick up food Dave Booker & Joe Trupia; 10 – 1:30 Set up tables, serve Dudley Dorr & John Mulligan; 11 – 1:30 Serve Ray Turner, Pat Lane, Nancy Davis, Bill Whipple, Peg Weiss & Bob Pasquarelli

            AMBA BLOOD CLINIC Sat May 15 6:30 – 9:30:  Signup sheets later; mark your calendars

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Lt Gov Noreen announced that the next Van Rensselaer Division Council meeting will be on Wed Mar 3 at Nichi’s (formerly Dino’s) Restaurant in Wynantskill at 6:30 PM.  Wendy Prout will be the next LTG, but we need a Lt Gov-Elect!  {Ray Turner, an interclub?}
• John Brownrigg presented Debra Roy with a favor (key chain, level, tape measure) from our 60th anniversary party.
• John Brownrigg, Ron Wagner, and Skip Patton, formally and with great ceremony, presented Lt Gov Noreen with our very own Doo-Hickey, the first ever given outside SLK!
• John also presented Dudley Dorr, after all these years, with his long overdue Doo-Hickey!  He never had one!
• Barb Fioravanti said she has had a long talk with Dale Hall about the Key Clubs, and learned a lot about the traditions and procedures.  Dale would like to come to meetings, but is quite ill with pneumonia and other health complications, and cannot get out much.  He would appreciate communication with his fellow Kiwanians…..cards, calls, visits.
• Skip Patton reminded that there was an important Summerfest meeting tonight!

INDUCTION OF NEW MEMBER

            James Perez was introduced to the club as our newest member, sponsored by Ron Wagner.  Bob Pasquarelli informed James that he was joining an international organization dedicated to the welfare of children, located in 100 countries with over 300,000 members world-wide, but most importantly, he was joining the Sand Lake Club, the best club in the capital district!  Ron pinned on James’ membership pin which he was encouraged to wear as much as possible, but definitely to each meeting.  Ron was given his bronze key lapel pin for sponsoring his first new member.  Joe welcomed James into SLK, presenting him with our roster of members, and his own Doo-Hickey, plus a membership application form so that he may bring in another member!

James thanked everyone, saying he was glad to be a part of this group, (even after coming to several meetings)!  He has known Ron, and lived in the Capital District for over 20 years.  He’s a union carpenter, and worked on building Macy’s.  Jim has lived in our town for 12 years at Sliter’s Corners, near Ron on Route 150.  Welcome to Sand Lake Kiwanis, Jim!

PROGRAM

            Joe Behson introduced Debra Roy, managing director of the Sand Lake Center for the Arts, who has returned to give us some updates on what’s new at the Center.  She emphasized Sundays at the Center which are family and children’s events, the last of which featured Phil Singer, who drew caricatures.  Deb showed a few, one of which bore a striking resemblance to our esteemed President Gary!  On Valentine’s Day, Sun Feb 14th, SLCA will present A Valentine to Remember, with Greg Nazarian’s Big Dance Band, with our own Joe Trupia playing.  At $25 per person, it is a fundraiser for the Center, and we would like to fill all our tables and the dance floor!  Debra was definitely accepting checks tonight!  On Sat Feb 27 at 7PM, a film, “The Singing Revolution”, written and directed by an Averill Park resident will be shown—definitely worth seeing!  Sat Mar 13 will be a Squire Jacob night featuring the music of Garfield Moore.  The next Circle Theatre Players production will be “Arms And The Man”, a comedy set in 1895, on March 19, 20, 21 & 26, 27, 28.

The 4 week summer program for kids will have Averill Park alumni teaching kids about film making, and a session called “Building Blocks of Music” for young kids.  SLCA is happy to again receive SLK funds for scholarships this year. 

Bob Loveridge thanked Debra for her informative presentation and gave her another Certificate of Appreciation to add to her collection! 

HAPPY DOLLARS

     $  Nancy gave a dollar in honor of SLK’s 60th anniversary, and for the article now officially described as a doo-hickey and not a thing-a-ma-jig!

$     Joe B gave a dollar for Debra’s presentation, and since this is about her 4th visit, gave her a membership packet………..?

$     Bob Pasquarelli is always happy when the Saints are leading the world!

$     Brownrigg paid a buck for all the help of Booker and Evil Sat night preparing for our 60th!  Since Dunkin Donuts has a coffee mug saying happy 60th birthday (mine), I think we should have one for SLK’s 60th! 

$     LTG Noreen:  I thank you so much for the doo-hickey.  I never knew WHAT it was……I really thought it was something for the guys…..a male thing!  {Her blush matched her red sweater!}

$     Debra Roy:  Thanks for inviting me back….it’s always such fun here!  Congratulations on your 60th anniversary!

$     Bill Whipple:  Marine son Scott arrived safely in very humid Liberia Jan 30 where he will be training their troops for a big parade on Feb 11.

$     Pat Lane:  2 weeks from today the Red Sox start spring training!

DOOR PRIZE, provided by Joe B, was won by John Mulligan!

50/50 for $22.50 was won by our new member, Jim

 Perez!

MEGA 50/50 grew to $122.50 but eluded Bill Whipple who picked the 4 of Diamonds from the 46 cards left in the deck!

NEXT WEEK            PROGRAM:  Legacy Committee/Joe Distell

FEBRUARY 15         Speaker is Sean Spain, Chief Liaison Officer of the Power Project under                                        construction at the Port of Rensselaer at the former BASF site 

                                    GREETER/INVOCATOR/CERTIFICATE:  Doug Baldrey

 FEBRUARY 22        PROGRAM:  Bob Reiter

                                    GREETER/INVOCATOR/CERTIFICATE:  Ron Wagner

MARCH 1                  NO PROGRAM -- BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING

                                    GREETER/INVOCATOR:  Joe Behson

MARCH 8                  PROGRAM:  Jo Moccia

                                    GREETER/INVOCATOR/CERTIFICATE:  John Mulligan

MARCH 15                PROGRAM BY THE LEGACY COMMITTEE

                                    GREETER/INVOCATOR/CERTIFICATE:  Bruce Perry

SPIRITUAL THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK:

            “Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.”  Albert Einstein

                                          Was this the inspiration for the use of the above thought?

(Editor's thought:  Was this the inspiration for this week's thought?)

Kiwanis Info Corner

Did you know that we are four months into our Kiwanis year and already have four new members! Your Membership Committee wants to keep the pedal to the metal and remind members of their pledge to TRY to bring in at least one new member this year.  Have you tried?  Have you really tried hard?  Well, Bill Whipple, Ron Wagner, Bryce Cutler (via Dave Booker) and Jerry Tysiak not only tried but succeeded!  Please rekindle your efforts to recruit a member and thereby secure the future vibrancy of the club.  Maintaining our average of one new member a month would be awesome!

Here is the pledge: 

Thank you for your efforts!  BTW, if you need membership information material let us know.

Joe Behson, Membership & Education Chair

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