Kiwanis Club of Sand Lake, NY

President Patricia A. Lane                                                                                           Treasurer Robert S. Pasquarelli

President-Elect Michael T. Gates                                                                                         Secretary David E Booker 

Immediate Past Pres Russell B. “Skip” Patton                                                                       Webmaster David E Booker

Sandpiper Editor Margaret R Weiss                                                        Photographers James Rogers &  Kevin Sarsfield

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Barbara K Fioravanti, Roland B Wagner, Robert R Loveridge

Bryce B Ginther, John B Mulligan, Margaret Weiss

Kevin P. Sarsfield, John C. Brownrigg & William M. Whipple

MEETING OF JUNE 4, 2012

PRESIDENT Patricia A. Lane presiding

GREETINGS & INVOCATION by Bob Pasquarelli

WELCOME BACK, President Pat Lane from Scotland, and Ray Turner! 

PROJECT SIGNUP SHEETS

DOORS OF HOPE, unloading food truck

            Tues June 12^th:  Bob Loveridge, Linda Ellis  More help please!

INTERCLUB & DIVISION COUNCIL, Tues June 5^th, 2212 Burdett Ave, Troy, 7 PM, Dessert only

            Loveridge, Booker, Behson, Weiss, Ward, Lane

TECH VALLEY HS KEY CLUB CHARTER CELEBRATION, Wed June 6^th, 11AM-12N:

            Loveridge, Booker, Brownrigg

MILLER HILL SCHOOL ENRICHMENT PROGRAM, Fri June 8^th, 10:30-11:30 & 12:30-1:30:

            Loveridge, Malecki, Lane

RELAY FOR LIFE, Fri & Sat June 8^th & 9^th, Bruno Stadium, Food Trailer:

            Transport to:  Whipple                        Transport back:  __________________

            6:00 – 8:30 PM:  Ward, Weiss, Ginther

            8:30 –11:00 PM:  Wagner, Crozier, Lane, L&L Ellis

            11:00 – 1:00 AM:  ______________, ______________, ________________

K-KIDS CELEBRATION, Tues June 12^th, 4 PM, WSL Elem School:  Mulligan, Malecki, Loveridge, Linda Ellis, Behson, Ward, Weiss, Lane, Booker, Patton, Fioravanti

POST SUMMERFEST PICNIC, Mon June 25^th 6PM, Butler Park, bring guests & dish to share!

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Ø  Bob Pasquarelli:  Golf type polo shirts are in, $16 if you ordered one.  Still need more to make minimum for custom embroidery for dress shirts ($33).

Ø  Sec Dave Booker:  Dues are payable now—all should have received notice.  KI Convention materials are available now.

Ø  Mike Gates:  Summerfest posters are here—please post them wherever you can!

Ø  Janet Malecki:  Please come to the K-Kids Festival at 4 PM next Tuesday.  The kids have planned a special program, and are anxious to show you what they’ve done this year.  Refreshments will be served.

Ø  Barb Fioravanti:  I would like to present the Builders Club sponsorship patch to Dudley for our Honors Banner!

SPECIAL PRESENTATION

        President-Elect Mike Gates made two presentations to President Pat Lane: For 4 years perfect attendance, and for NY District Distinguished Kiwanian!

            Congratulations, Pat – well done!

JUNE BIRTHDAYS: 

Dave Booker, Joe Distell, Woodie Hacker, Ken James, Gary Meislin, Kevin Sarsfield, Randy Wheeler, & Fred Wurtemberger

           Kevin Sarsfield, (Gary Meislin) & Dave Booker                                                                                     Stuart Nippes, Mike Marcelle, Jim Colabelli, Dudley Dorr and Bob Pasquarelli

JUNE ANNIVERSARIES:  Jim & Jan Colabelli, Dudley & Rose Dorr, Mike & Vivienne   Marcelle, Stuart & Louann Nippes, Bob & Joan Pasquarelli, Angelo & Susan Patti, and Joe & Audrey Trupia

            We sang, quite poorly, to those present, and enjoyed Eve’s delicious strawberry cake!

PROGRAM

          Membership & Education Chair Joe Behson reminded us of the importance of growth to the vitality of the club.  New members have new ideas, and we need both!  Joe distributed cards and asked for the names of persons who would make good Kiwanians, and directed everyone to follow up on them.

HAPPY DOLLARS

$     John Brownrigg:  Special thanks to Bill Whipple for a great re-organizing of Summerfest sponsor information.  So far we have received $18,550!  {“I went to the Brownrigg School of Accounting!”/Bill} I also want to note that our Pres Pat is the only person I’ve ever heard of who went to Scotland and got sun poisoning!

$     Kevin Sarsfield:  I want to commend the monumental efforts of Bob Loveridge for the success of the Division Golf Tournament on Saturday—great job and a great day!  Jean Hamlin was a spotter for any holes in one, and helped find balls in the woods.  But did you have to refer to me as “that heavy set guy, your ball is over here!”  Also, Phyllis and I saw our son graduate from Yale!

$     Jean Hamlin:  Did you know that golf spelled backwards is FLOG!

$     Jim Colabelli:  I’m pleased that my company was chosen to install the new fire alarm system at the Church of the Covenant.  I’m also happy that I was welcomed at a different table tonight, that my right hand is now back in action, and that we reclaimed some of our yard by taking down 9 large 30 year old trees!  Also, I saw Barb fly over in her airplane!

$     Bob Loveridge:  I want to express my gratitude for everyone who came to the golf outing, and everyone who worked on it.  I have gift cards for golf stuff for anyone who wants them.  Thanks, too, to Mike Gates and John Mulligan for staffing the food trailer for the lacrosse tournament.

$     Bob Pasquarelli for Botsy:  Happy not to see Gary for a while!

$     Gary Meislin:  My bathroom is complete, and my son helped me fill a dumpster so I have a clean yard again!  Still looking for a cat!

$     Joe Behson:  Spent a great week and a half in Wales with Margaret, great weather.  Had lunch at a tiny mountain village inn where the Everest climbers practiced and signed their names on the ceiling.  Saw the Olympic torch float by, and met a new cousin from NJ who now lives in Wales!  Thanks to Jim Colabelli for taking care of my house!

$     Mike Marcelle:  Thanks to all who came out for the school vote!  Our 3^rd daughter has finished her Master’s at Albany, and I don’t have any more tuition checks to write!

$     Bill Whipple:  Thanks to the Summerfest team.  Out of 120, 70 requests were yes!  And special thanks to Botsy who saved the day at the food trailer at the Memorial Day ceremonies! 

$     Barb Fioravanti:  Our new Builders Club held its first meeting, and made cookies for Doors of Hope, with the help of their faculty advisor Liz Maloney!

$     Dave Booker:  Celebrated my birthday by receiving notice from the bank that my mortgage was paid off, and I now will receive Social Security!

$     Peg Weiss:  Had a wonderful weekend at Sacandaga Lake at a family gathering in support of my grandson Nate’s imminent deployment to Afghanistan!  Conflicting emotions!  We promised him another one next year when he comes home!

$     Dick Johnsen:  Music has always been an important part of Methodist worship, and COC will celebrate by having a choral worship service next Sunday June 10^th at 10:30 by our great choir that includes Jim Colabelli and Peg Weiss.  You are all welcome!

$     Pat Lane:  Had a wonderful trip to Scotland!  My favorite subject was always history, and I got plenty of it there!  My friend’s family had been evicted from their homes back in the feudal days, and we walked to see what was left.  We also saw a circle of standing stones from the Druids, and heard saxophone music.  A “short walk” turned into a 7 hour trek, and that’s how I got sunburned!

DOOR PRIZE, provided by Joe Behson, was won by Skip Patton!

50/50 for $26 was won by John Mulligan!

MEGA 50/50 now worth $321.50 again defeated Banker Mike Gates, who picked the 2 of Hearts       from the remaining 34 cards!

COMING WEEKS…

JUNE 11                PROGRAM:  John Brownrigg & Mike Gates

                                                Final Summerfest Wrap-up 

                                    GREETER/INVOCATOR:  TBA 

JUNE 18                     NO MEETING – Rest after Summerfest Cleanup!

JUNE 25                     MEMBER/GUEST PICNIC – Summerfest R&R!

                                    Reservations mandatory – Bring a dish to share, place setting, & chair

JULY 2                       PROGRAM:  TBA 

                                    BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING

                                    GREETER/INVOCATOR/CERTIFICATE:  Woodie Hacker 

SPIRITUAL THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK:

            “Memory is a complicated thing, a relative to truth, but not its twin.”

                                                                                                Barbara Kingsolver

BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING

ROLL CALL: 

PRESENT:  Pres Lane, Pres-Elect Gates, Sec Booker, Treas Pasquarelli, Imm Past Pres Patton, Directors Fioravanti, Loveridge, Ginther, Mulligan, Weiss, Sarsfield, Brownrigg, Whipple

ABSENT:  Director Wagner

SECRETARY’S MINUTES approved as published

TREASURER’S REPORT Balance as of end of previous month:  $34,895.89

HIGHLIGHTS OF COMMITTEE REPORTS

Community Services (Brownrigg/Ginther):  signs x 6; USPO food collection; trailer @ Memorial Day ceremonies; Doors of Hope x 2

Interclub (Pasquarelli):  8 members attended Division Council meeting May 15^th, Hoosick Falls

Membership & Educ (Behson):  2 prospective members

Public Relations (Gates):  articles in Advertiser re SF activities, tennis, softball, parade

Social (Ward):  steak roast dinner following work night at Camp Rotary May 21^st

Sponsored Youth (Fioravanti/Mulligan):  Builders Club, Key Club installation, K-Kids

OLD BUSINESS

1.     $100 approved for YMCA Reach Out For Youth Campaign via Community Services.

2.    Fund raising partnership with WSL Fire Co approved in concept, pending legal opinion of wording of agreement.

NEW BUSINESS

1.     Use of large tent approved for August 3-5 by Dudley Dorr.

2.    Use of Food Trailer approved for June 23^rd Library Fair Day.

3.    Use of 2 canopy tents by Bicentennial Committee on June 23^rd Library Fair Day approved.

4.    Use of large tent approved for July 30-August 3 by Vacation Bible School.

5.    Resignation of Mike Marcelle accepted with regret as of September 30^th.

6.    Approval to drop Botsy Rosenberger for other interests, Julie Martino in health care facility, and Clayton Besch in health care facility.

7.    $200 approved for SL Ambulance for services rendered at Summerfest via Community Services Committee.

8.    Loveridge:  Funds needed for veterinary medical care of K-9 dogs.  Donation of $1200 from $1800 Calendar Fund approved; keep $600 for next year’s calendars.

9.    Tysiak:  Deterioration of Butler Park stage noted.  Stairs and support beams rotting.  Repair needed before Summerfest use.  Need Town approval.  $300 approved for materials.

10. Loveridge:  Notice from Rick Sturm that AMC KPTU is looking for financial help to purchase new equipment for the NICU.  Consider promise of help over 5 year period.

Meeting abruptly terminated by motion.

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