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 26TH,  2009

PRESIDENT GARY MEISLIN PRESIDING

GREETER, EVE WARD

INVOCATOR, BOB PASQUARELI

WELCOME GUESTS: Bill Whipple’s guest, back for his 3^rd visit and potential member Bryce Ginther . Guest of Bryce Cutler, back for his 2^nd visit and also a potential member Michael Gates.

WELCOME BACK: Angelo Patti and Bob Carpenter

TONIGHT’S PROGRAM CHAIR: Joe Cybulski

TONIGHT’S PROGRAM: Meet the Candidates Night

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

·        Skip Patton- Soccer trailer sign up sheets circulated for our last Sunday 11-01-09. Thank you to those who worked this past Sunday 10-25-09. Bill Whipple for delivering the trailer to the school; 1^st shift workers – Lt. Gov Noreen Barrett, IP Lt. Gov. Jim Rogers, and John Mulligan, 2^nd shift workers- John Brownrigg and Skip Patton and Jim Colabelli for returning the trailer to Bob Pasquarelli’s House. Also as usual a big thank you to Bob P. for preparing the trailer with food and drink.

·        Nancy Davis – Thank you to those who worked unloading the food truck on Tues. 10-20-09. Sign up sheets were circulated for the next date for unloading of the Doors of Hope food truck on Fri. 11-06-09. Adopt-A-Highway clean-up will take place beginning at the Arlington House parking lot this Sat. 10-31-09 at 9am.

·        Pres. Gary – Orders are being taken for the annual Russell Sage Circle K bread sale. Four different breads are being offered at $5 for 1 loaf or $9 for two loaves. See Pres. Gary for order forms

·        Pres. Gary for Ray Turner’s report on interclubs. Interclub to Troy’s Installation last Tues.; Pres. Gary, Woodie Hacker, Pat Lane and John Brownrigg. Interclub to Hoosick Falls last Tues.; Joe Cybulski who presented the program and Peg Weiss, Eve Ward and Dave Booker attended.

·        Pres. Gary – SLK received an acknowledgement from The Catholic Charities of The Diocese of Albany for our donation of $800 to Reach Program, Concerns You.

·        IPP. Jerry – Made a presentation with Gov. Dave Booker and Young Children Priority One Chair Bob Loveridge  to IP Lt. Gov Jim Rogers for all his hard work and  involvement in the Kiwanis Pediatric Trauma Unit at Albany Medical Center. For all this Jerry Presented The Prestigious Kiwanis Fellowship Medallion to Jim. He received a standing ovation from the Club for his award.       

PROGRAM: Meet the Candidates Night 2009

     Joe Cybulski presented Offices for  County and Town positions, Candidates

and  their Party affiliations were as follows:                 

         Office                    Democrat             Republican 

  County Court Judge                                  Charles Wilcox

  Family Court Judge                                  Arthur Dunn       

  County Legislators       Flora Fasold           Alex Shannon

                                    Norman Young        Martin Reid                          

                                    Linda Underwood    Judy Breselor

  Supervisor                  Burton Rounds        Steve Robelotto

  Town Clerk                 Colleen Regan         Barbara Bittig

  Town Justice               Paul Toomey

  Town Council               John McEvilly        Kathleen Allard

  Town Chairman            Mark Cioffi           Martin Reid

          Each Candidate spoke briefly regarding why they felt they were the right person for the Office for which they were running and the issues that needed immediate attention. Joe thanked all of the Candidates and Incumbents for taking time out during this extremely busy election season to come to speak to SLK Election Day is only one week away. Don’t forget to vote!                                                         

HAPPY DOLLARS:

·        Jerry Tysiak – Happy for Joe Cybulski’s Meet The Candidate’s Night

·        Pat Lane – Happy for receiving a kiss from Elvis at the “Elvis Night” Event She said that even though the excitement kept her awake for the rest of the night  it was worth it.

·        Joe Cybulski – Happy for being able to present Meet The Candidates Night and also happy that members of the SLKC attended an interclub to Hoosick Falls where he was the main speaker on programs for the Rensselaer County  Department of Aging.

·        Jim Rogers – Happy for all of the Candidates taking time out of their busy schedules to come to speak to SLKC. Jim was also happy for receiving Kiwanis Pediatric Trauma Fellowship Award and stated that he received it for both he and his wife Joanne.

·        Peg Weiss – Happy that next Sunday  Nov. 1^st at The Church of The Covenant from 4 to 6pm there will be a Festival of Music and Chocolate with many choral groups attending. For $10 you can have as many chocolate delicacies as you want. Money collected will benefit the Furniture Program of TAUMS.                  

DOOR PRIZE: Provided by Joe Cybulski and won by Peg Weiss

50/50 Worth $27 and won by Bob Loveridge.

MEGA 50/50 worth $201.50 and the chance to win went to  Eve Ward but her draw, the Ace of Clubs, unfortunately was not a winner.

NEXT WEEK: No program due to Board of Director’s Meeting Night    

GREETER/INVOCATOR/CERTIFICATE: Eve Ward

SPIRITUAL THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK:

           You can safely assume you’ve created God in your own image when it turns out He hates all the same people you do!   Anne Lamott

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