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 OCTOBER 19TH, 2009

PRESIDENT GARY MEISLIN PRESIDING

                                 GREETER AND INVOCATOR, KEN JAMES

WELCOME GUESTS:

(left) Guest of Bryce Cutler, West Sand Lake Key Bank Manager, Michael Gates;

(right) Guest of Bill Whipple and prospective member with his 2^nd visit Bryce Ginther.  

    WELCOME BACK: Bryce Cutler (on right in picture above on left)

   TONIGHT’S PROGRAM CHAIR:

                  Bob Pasquarelli 

    TONIGHT’S PROGRAM: Joe Behson; Membership Growth A “how to” approach for taking our Club from “good to excellent”

 SIGN UP SHEETS:

     Soccer trailer for 10/25 and 11/1 Joe Behson; Thank you to   those who worked this past Sunday, Bill Kieley for transporting the trailer to the school. 1st shift workers Kevin Sarsfield, Skip Patton and John Brownrigg, 2^nd shift workers Barb Fioravanti, Bob Loveridge and Ken James. Thank you to Bill Whipple for bringing the trailer back to Bob Pasquarelli’s House. Thank you to Bob P for preparing the trailer with food and drink. The Sign up sheets were past among members in order to fill slots for the up coming Sunday sales. If you haven’t volunteered yet, how about doing so to take the load off those who have worked three and four times already.            

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

·                  Pres. Gary; Annual Russell Sage Bread Sales; 4 different breads at $5 FOR 1 loaf or $9 for 2 loaves. Order forms were passed.      

·                  Pres. Gary for Ray Turner;

o   Interclub to Castleton on 10/14, those in attendance were; Pres. Gary, IPP Jerry, DPP Bob L., Past Sec. Peg Weiss and Sec. Pat Lane.         

o   Interclub to York, ME 10/15 thru 10/18, those in attendance were; Dave Booker, Jean Andrick, Dudley and Rose Dorr,Peg Weiss, Pat Lane, Eve Ward, Ron Wagner and Betty.

o   Interclub to Troy Installation on 10/20 at 6pm at the Rensselaer Hilton Inn 235 Hoosick Street, Troy; those attending are Pres. Gary, Woodie Hacker, Pat Lane and John Brownrigg. Make sure you bring books for children for School 2 and/or canned goods for the Food Pantry at the Salvation Army.

o   Interclub to Hoosick Falls on 10/20 also at 6pm at the Falls Diner, route 22, Hoosick Falls. Joe Cybulski will be the speaker; those attending are; Peg Weiss, Eve Ward and Gov. Dave. A car pool will originate at Hannaford’s parking lot at 5pm. 

·                  Nancy Davis;

o   Unloading of the food truck for the Doors of Hope on 10/20 approx. 9am; signed up are Ken James, Dick Johnsen, Bob Pasquarelli and Nancy W. Davis.

o   Adopt a Highway AKA Trash-Busters on 10/31 at 9am at the Arlington House. Nancy says “come with your Halloween costumes on”

·                  IPP Jerry Nov. 30^th will be the Adopt a Sponsor Recognition Dinner Night at the Lakeview to thank those individuals and businesses in who have supported the Sand Lake Kiwanis in our endeavors to serve the Community. Please contact Jerry if  you haven’t signed up to honor a Sponsor.

·                  Jerry also turned a Governor’s Project Patch for “Youth Self Esteem” over to Dudley to be displayed on our new banner.

   PROGRAM:

Bob Pasquarelli introduced our Speaker, Membership & Education Chair   Joe Behson. Joe informed us on the importance of focusing on Club membership and Growth. Kiwanis International has dubbed a program called Reveal Your Growth Potential. Every three months an emphasis on club membership growth will be asked of each Kiwanis Club. The SLK Membership Committee is sponsoring a program to increase our membership by asking each SLK member to “pledge” to try to bring at least one new member into our club over the next year. Pledge sheets passed out to each table were promptly returned with just about everyone signing a “ yes” next to their name  to bring in one new member over the next year. As Joe stated “ membership growth is crucial to our mission to provide quality service to our community. The goal this year is to have substantial membership growth for our Club.                                                                               

HAPPY DOLLARS:

$ Gov. Dave; a Happy Dollar from Joe Trupia for having his picture in area papers. His band is performing in the Senior Expo.

         Gov. Dave was also happy for having such a great time interclubing with the York, ME Kiwanis Club and taking part in a new activity of a cooking class at the Stonewall Kitchens in ME. He learned how to make meatloaf stuffed with provolone, arugula, prosciutto and pine nuts. Also made was fresh ricotta cheese.   

     $ Eve Ward; Happy for a great weekend interclubbing in York, ME but not happy that she has never been so cold in her life. She was also happy for the supportive attendance of the Averill Park soccer team at the memorial service for Kristin’s father. Kristin is a fellow teammate.

     $ Dick Johnsen; Happy for the children’s story that Jim Rodgers told to the children at The Church of The Covenant’s Sunday service explaining the miracles of fall.   

     $ Bryce Cutler; Happy that he knows that he will always be welcomed back to SLKC.

     $ Bob Pasquarelli; Happy that even though he wasn’t able to interclub to York, he was still able to enjoy delicious bread Eve brought to him from the “When Pigs Fly Bakery" in ME.

     $ Peg Weiss; Happy for an enjoyable, but cold interclub to York and finally being  to get to see Kennebunkport. She was also happy that she was able to pay Ron Wagner $20 while he was on her Bed. Editor’s note: Obviously what happens in Maine does not stay in Maine.     

     $ Joe Behson; Happy for an anticipatory reason. Very soon Joe and significant other Margaret will be leaving for an adventure in Wales hiking, mountain climbing and enjoying the beautiful scenery.    

     $ Joe Cybulski; Happy for being able to attend a wedding for his nephew in Phila. and happy that the club sang for his birthday even though he was not present at the meeting. Joe also added that with this recent birthday he is no longer a senior in training.

     $ Bill Whipple; Happy for guest Bryce Ginther’s second visit; Happy for their son John’s 43^rd birthday on  Oct. 17^th  and Bill was happy that he and Betty celebrated their 45^th wedding anniversary also on Oct the 17^th.

     $ Pat Lane; Happy for the impressive work that the York, ME Kiwanis Club has accomplished this year with only 10 members. She was also happy that Ron Wagner has finally convinced her to get rid of the crappy handbag she has been carrying around forever and buy one similar to his.

 DOOR PRIZE: By Bob Pasquarelli and won by Barb Fioravanti

 50/50: Worth $22 won Dudley Dorr

 MEGA 50/50: $184.50  With 41 cards left and great expectations, Peg Weiss was not a MEGA winner with her pulling of the 4 of spades

 FUTURE MEETINGS:

     NEXT WEEK: October 26

        PROGRAM CHAIR: Skip Patton

        PROGRAM: A Helicopter Ride into the Mouth of a Hawaiian Volcano Invite a community guest night

        GREETER/INVOCATOR: Pat Lane

     November 2

       NO PROGRAM - BOARD MEETING NIGHT

       GREETER/INVOCATION: Eve Ward

    November 9

       PROGRAM CHAIR: Miller Young

       PROGRAM: Jared Ostroff - N1H1 Flu update Invite a community guest night

       GREETER/INVOCATION/CERTIFICATE: Dick Johnsen

   November 16

       PROGRAM CHAIR: Member of the Legacy Group to be named

       PROGRAM: to be announced

       GREETER/INVOCATON/CERTIFICATE: Joe Distell

   November 23

       PROGRAM CHAIR: Botsy Rosenberger

       PROGRAM: Dr. Greg Panzanaro - APHS Forensic Science Courses

       GREETER/INVOCATOR/CERTIFICATE: Ray Turner

   November 30

       PROGRAM CHAIR: Jerry Tysiak

       PROGRAM: Thank You Recognition Night for our SLKC supporters 

       GREETER/INVOCATION: Fred Wurtemberger

   December 7

       NO PROGRAM - BOARD OF DIRECTORS' MEETING NIGHT

       GREETER/INVOCATION: Dudley Dorr

   December 14

       PROGRAM CHAIR: John Brownrigg

       PROGRAM: to be arranged - Invite a community guest night

       GREETER/INVOCATION/CERTIFICATE: Barb Fioravanti

   December 21

       Annual Holiday Party

       GREETER/INVOCATOR: Woodie Hacker

   December 28

       PROGRAM CHAIR: Bill Whipple

       PROGRAM: to be arranged

       GREETER/INVOCATION/CERTIFICATE: Angelo Patti

   January 4

       NO PROGRAM - BOARD OF DIRECTORS' MEETING NIGHT

       GREETER/INVOCATION: Kevin Sarsfield

   January 11

       PROGRAM CHAIR: John Glasser

       PROGRAM: to be arranged - Invite a community guest night

       GREETER/INVOCATION/CERTIFICATE: Joe Cybulski

SPIRITUAL THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK:

  You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.          Dale Carnegie      

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