Kiwanis Club of Sand Lake, NY

President Gerald Tysiak                                                                                                       Secretary Peg Weiss

Vice President Gary Meislin                                                                                   Treasurer Robert S. Pasquarelli

Sandpiper Editor Jo Moccia                                                                                  Immediate Past Pres Joe Behson

Webmaster David E. Booker                                                                                              Photographer Jim Rogers

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Scott Paul, Ray Turner, William Whipple

Bryce E. Cutler, Skip Patton, James E. Rogers

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

Club Bulletin Committee

Jo Moccia, Chair

Jim Colabelli            Pat Lane

MEETING OF March 30, 2009

PRESIDENT President Elect Gary Meislin presiding

GREETINGS & INVOCATION by John Brownrigg

WELCOME BACK: Bruce Perry & John Glasser                                                                                                      

ANNOUNCEMENTS:  

Pres Elect Gary

     1) Correction, the Rensselaer Kiwanis Club not the Castleton Kiwanis is holding an All-U-Can Eat Breakfast on Sunday, April 5 from 8am to 12pm at the Rensselaer High School.

    2) The North Greenbush Kiwanis Club is holding an All-U-Can Eat Breakfast at the American Legion Hall in Wynantskill on Sunday, April 5 from 8am to 1pm .

Ray Turner; Thank You to the 5 SLKers & 2 guests who attended the Rensselaer Club’s 80^th Anniversary Celebration on Saturday, March 28. They are: Pat Lane, Peg Weiss, Eve Ward, Jim & Jan Colabelli and Jerry & Cindy Tysiak. 

Peg Weiss

     1) A flyer from Wendy Prout advertising “A Taste of Brunswick”. Celebrating the 50^th Anniversary of the First Graduating Class at Tamarac High School of 1960. This will take place on Sunday, May 3^rd from 4pm to 7pm at The Carousel Ballroom of Sterup Square ( 4 miles east of Rt. 278 on Route 7) Come sample unique cuisine from local establishments, take chances to win great prizes, savor the sounds of our student talents and mingle with friends, old and new. All proceeds to benefit creative and innovative programs for the students in the Brunswick School District not covered by the school budget.

     2) We received an email from Jacquie, Pres. Of Russell Sage Circle K that they received an award for the most original fund raiser (The Iron Chef Fund Raiser) at the Circle K Convention held at the Crown Plaza this past weekend.

     3) The Skip-A-Meal fund raiser sign up sheet was passed around to all SLKers tonight. This is to benefit the Kiwanis International Foundation Children’s Fund.

Barb Fioravanti; The New York District Key Club held it’s Leadership Training Conference at the Nevele in the Catskills. The event was best summed up by Charlotte. “It’s a good thing people are fun”. Barb gave John Mulligan a shirt off her back because he has agreed to be liaison to Averill Park Key Club.

Nancy Davis

     1) Upcoming service projects: Unload delivery truck at the Doors of Hope on Fri., April 3 at 9am. The next delivery is Tues. April 14.

     2) Veteran’s Information Fair at The Walter A. Adams Legion Hall on April 18 from 2pm to 4pm.

     3) Trashbusters Highway Clean-Up on May 2 from 9am to noon

John Brownrigg; still collecting playing cards for Troops in Afghanistan.

Joe Behson; FREE! The Dissipated 8 Community Spring Concert is scheduled on April 18, 7pm at the APHS auditorium.    

Eve Ward; Bring canned goods to me to be donated to The Doors of Hope. A Grant is available to match the donated food gifts.

PROGRAM  John Glasser  Butler Park Playground Equipment Replacement.

John informed the club that the original playground equipment was installed in the early 90’s. Recently the town’s insurance co. informed Town Officials that the playground was a hazard due to the decaying condition of the wood in the equipment. The Town got busy and contacted a company out of N.Y. City (Landscapes Structures) to design a new state-of-art playground. It will include the usual things such as swings, exercise bars and a small fire truck painted with Town Fire Departments logo. The playground landscape will have good drainage with special woodchips The total cost is expected to be $80,000. Benches can be purchased with personalized sponsored logo attached for $395. Four are proposed to line the perimeter. “Tobacco Free Zone” signs will also be displayed. The Town’s fire departments and SLKC will be involved with the installation of the new playground.  

HAPPY DOLLARS:

$ Botsy; Happy because soon he won’t have to be sitting across from Pres. Elect Gary when the Elect will be running the meetings.

$ Gov. Elect Dave; Happy to have attended the Circle K Convention at the Crown Plaza Hotel and on the same weekend to have attended K-Clubbers Convention at the Nevele. He had the privilege to address the over 1,000 Key Club attendees.

$ Key Club Advisor Dale Hall; Happy for Key Club Lt. Gov. Designate Allison deciding to become a “shooter” (at the target range of course) and was amused that Allison made it a goal to find out what Dale carries in his black bag in his car. Dale was also impressed that one of the Key Club Lt. Governors (a young female student) who attended the convention was able to shoot and bag 2 deer this past hunting season. He also was impressed with high-spirited  Conventioneers and the fact that one of the three Key Club Districts he represents produced a Distinguished Lt. Governor.

$ Key Club Advisor Barb Fioravanti; Happy for the N.Y. District Key Club Training she attended at the Nevele and that she was able to be unarmed for the event. She had 1 Happy $1.00  for Columbia High School Key Club and 1 Happy $1.00 for Averill Park High School Key Club attending the event.     

$Sec. Peg Weiss; Happy for the great 80^th Anniversary party she attended at the Rensselaer Kiwanis Club and for the great food at the event.                                                            

$Jim C.; Also happy for the great 80^th Anniversary party at the Rensselaer Club and the fantastic program given by member Patrick Valle speaking about his memories of how the Rensselaer Kiwanis provided him as an orphan living at St. John’s Institute Orphanage with many summertime activities on the Hudson Day liner ship river cruises and the many trips to our own Crystal Lake Park. One of the reasons Pat has become such a dedicated member of the Rensselaer Kiwanis is as Pat said, “This is payback to the Community for all the goodness that was given to me when I was in need.”  Jim was also happy because he won the 50/50 prize for $45. However his happiness was short lived because he was rudely criticized for only offering 1 Happy $1.00 for his winnings. Do you think that maybe a little bit of  envy was being displayed by the criticizing SLKC members?

$Nancy Davis; Happy that Election Day is tomorrow and race for the Congressional Seat will finally be over.                                              

DOOR PRIZE: Pulled by John Glasser and the I.O.U. was won by Gov. Elect. Dave Booker

50/50: Pulled by Gov. Elect Dave and $22.00 won by Pres. Elect Gary 

MEGA 50/50 worth $60.00 with 49 cards. Card drawn by: Peg Weiss selected the 2 of Diamonds so the pot grows larger.

NEXT WEEK:  PROGRAM CHAIRS: Eve Ward (Social Committee Update)

                                                     & Bob Pasquarelli (Kiwanis Education).

                      GREETER/INVOCATOR/CERTIFICATE: Bryce Cutler

 
 APRIL 13      PROGRAM CHAIR: Bob Carpenter   PROGRAM: Debra Roy – SLCA Update
                     GREETER/INVOCATOR/CERTIFICATE: Bob Carpenter 
 
 APRIL 20     PROGRAM CHAIR: Botsy Rosenberger  PROGRAM: Forensic Science
                    GREETER/INVOCATOR/CERTIFICATE: Joe Cybulski 
 

APRIL 27     PROGRAM CHAIR: Kevin Sarsfield PROGRAM: Jim Rogers – Joe’s Kiwanis Year
                    GREETER/INVOCATOR/CERTIFICATE: Chet Melius 
 
MAY 4         PROGRAM CHAIR: Bob Loveridge   PROGRAM: Young Children Priority #1
                   GREETER/INVOCATOR/CERTIFICATE: Bob Carpenter 
 

MAY 11       PROGRAM CHAIR: President Jerry Tysiak   Club Annual Meeting and Election
                  GREETER/INVOCATOR/CERTIFICATE: Armand Mills 
 

SPIRITUAL THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK:  “ It’s easy to make a buck. It’s a lot tougher to make a difference.”

                                                                                                                              Tom Brokaw, journalist and author.    

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