Kiwanis Club of Sand Lake, NY

President Gerald Tysiak                                                                                                  Secretary Peg Weiss

President-Elect Mikki McSherry                                                                             Treasurer Robert S. Pasquarelli

Vice President Gary Meislin                                                                                  Immediate Past Pres Joe Behson

Sandpiper Editor Jo Moccia                                                                                         Photographer James Rogers

Webmaster David E. Booker   

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 NOVEMBER 3, 2008

PRESIDENT Gerald Tysiak as well as  APHS Key Club Secretary Kate Kleiner & CHS Key Clyb President Alison Lashmet presiding

GREETINGS & INVOCATION by Ron Wagner

GUESTS:  Kate Kleiner – Secretary APHS Key Club (on right below)

                 Allison Lashmet – President Columbia HS Key CLub

WELCOME BACK:  Gary Meislin but more on that later in this issue

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

• November 10 meeting will be held at the WSL Firehouse and is a working meeting.  Food will be moved from Brownrigg’s beginning at 3:30 to the firehouse. Those moving food: Wagner, Johnsen, Carpenter, Behson, Booker, Melius, Lane, Blais, Moccia

At 6:30 food sorting will occur: Wagner, Carpenter, Melius, Rogers, Whipple, Blais, Moccia, Wurtenberger, Ward, Loveridge, Lane, Colabelli, Booker, Turner, Weiss, Tysiak

Pizza, wings, beer and soda for those working!

• National Key Club Week:  Exchange of Presidents--- Key Club representatives Kate & Allison presided the meeting. (President Tysiak turned over Gavel to Kate & Allison and pledged that he would preside at an upcoming meeting of each of the Key Clubs.)

• Alison & Kate: Drivers Needed for Saturday, Nov. 8 8:30-2:30

Joint Key Club & Circle K Service Project at Regional Food Bank followed by Q&A at Russell Sage College. Twenty five volunteers needed to drive.

• CPR Day at Hoags Corners Ambulance Hall on Saturday, Nov. 8.

Registration for CPR Available to Kiwanians. Volunteers needed for registration etc.

• Bob Loveridge (for the absent Mikki - there was a PTO meeting at APHS): More boxes needed for food drive. Bring them next week.

• Ways & Means: Kevin Sarsfield announced start of Citrus Sales Fund Raiser. Orders and money due by November 24. To download a printable copy of the order form click on the link on the Home Page.

• Nancy Davis sent a thank you to SLK for signage announcing the blood drive. Bill did a great job.

BIRTHDAYS:  celebrating birthdays in November are (left to right) Nancy W. Davis, Scott Paul and Peg Weiss; also with November birthdays but absent from the meeting are Doug Baldrey and Miller Young

ANNIVERSARIES:  Ken & Jane VanPraag-50 years but they are already down in Florida!

PROGRAM: Fred Wurtemberger -- Interclub Chairperson Emeritus Substituting for Rookie Ray Turner. Bob Pasquarelli – Membership & Education Chairperson

PROGRAM TOPIC:  What are Interclubs? What is Kiwanis?

Fred Wurtenberger described interclubs and provided the K International definition. It is a means to meet the 5^th object of Kiwanis, a means to form friendships and provide altruistic service. It is a way to learn about other clubs and to develop new ideas.

Bob P “It is a dubious honor to educate you people”! Bob asked “what is Kiwanis” and he received many answers! For reporting purposes here, it is community service, happy dollars, and making the community better one child at a time! In 1924 the 6 objects of Kiwanis were approved in Denver, CO. The 6 objects are:

o        To give primacy to the human and spiritual rather than to the material values of life.

o        To encourage the daily living of the Golden Rule in all human relationships.

o        To promote the adoption and the application of higher social, business, and professional standards.

o        To develop, by precept and example, a more intelligent, aggressive, and serviceable citizenship.

o        To provide, through Kiwanis clubs, a practical means to form enduring friendships, to render altruistic service, and to build better communities.

o        To cooperate in creating and maintaining that sound public opinion and high idealism which make possible the increase of righteousness, justice, patriotism, and goodwill.

SLK added the 7^th, to have fun!

HAPPY DOLLARS

$Booker-had a weekend in Lake George with 95 college students from Circle K and the Governor and her husband.

$Jim R-Joe Cub had a really great article in the Advertiser (about the LG!). Also, Nov 21 is Compact Day as declared by Governor Paterson in honor of Albany County Society of Mayflower Descendents

$Eve-Two grandsons on Halloween pooled money and bought candy and stayed home to greet trick or treaters. Although they trashed the house and ate the leftovers, they did a great job!

$Joe B-Baseball is over so no happy $ for that but we are ½ way through the NFL season and the Jets are tied for 1^st!

$Joe C-to Joe B, baseball is a 12 month sport. The Phillies won the World Series!

$Jim C- Chet Melius works hard. Jim was in his own yard last night at sunset and heard Chet’s truck and saw him hauling the Kiwanis trailer.

$Skip P- Happy to be able to vote tomorrow. It is a privilege to vote and we are lucky to live in America

$Barb F-Happy that Key Clubbers are present tonight!

$Brownrigg-$10!! John described his emotional and spiritual and physical return to Viet Nam after 37 years. It was surreal, educational and spiritual. It was healing and he is happy to have had the opportunity to go. He sat next to people who were enemies from the Viet Cong. The Monteynard people saved him from the battle field and he drank rice wine with them out of a 4 foot straw! Viet Nam today is beautiful and the country is a forgiving nation based in Buddhism. John was able to share the toys and clothes he brought with him. He is certainly happy to have missed the last 2 1/2 weeks of political wrangling here at home!

$Alison Lashmet- $3 for SLK being welcoming; for Veterans and current soldiers; and for the presidential race being almost over. She can’t wait!

  And now for the rest of the story....

$Gary-He is happy to share all of the details of his hospitalization. He felt ill Thursday two weeks ago and by Friday was in serious pain. He phoned Nancy Davis at 12:30 AM and she insisted that he go to the hospital. Gary decided to drive himself! He ran off the road on 66, and found himself turned around. Somehow he finally arrived at Samaritan Hospital! They checked him out and realized he needed to be at Albany Med so they transported him there by ambulance. The emergency crew was great. After some tests the vascular surgeon put him into the OR at 2 AM. Four stents were put into his aortic artery through his femoral vein. “Needless to say I didn’t have to get up to take a leak” and “the nurses were great, although they did have to clean up after I had a couple of accidents” (this is the point at which this writer attempted to edit Gary’s comments but the group insisted that all be printed!!). Gary’s son did come up from DC and is staying with him. It was five days before Gary could have solid food, though he was able to keep smoking! Nancy Davis has kindly been driving him around. Gary appreciated the singing provided to him last week by SLK but does insist that singing lessons are needed. He also appreciated the time given to him this evening to report his situation. The vascular surgeon said his condition prior to surgery had about a 75% mortality rate. By the way, Gary did give a hint of a smile tonight!

$Scott P-bought his wife a mother’s ring with his mega 50-50 winnings

$Jerry T- Happy that Gary is back and is happy that Alison could bear with us tonight!

DOOR PRIZE by  Fred Wurtemberger was won by Kevin

50/50 for $ 24 won by Gary Meislin

MEGA 50/50 $135 with 42 cards. Card drawn by:   Jo Moccia  Card Drawn: 5 clubs….no winner, and the game goes on….

NEXT WEEK     PROGRAM:  Mikki McSherry—work night at WSL Firehouse

                                    GREETER/INVOCATOR/CERTIFICATE: TBA

17 November Program Chair - George Raneri

                    Greeter/Invocator - Ken James

24 November Program Chair - John Brownrigg

                    Greeter/Invocator - TBA

1 December Program Chair - President Jerry Tysiak - Charter Anniversary and Seasonal Holiday Celebration

                  Greeter/Invocator - Woodie Hacker

8 December Program Chair - Jo Moccia - Club Bulletin Committee Highlights - Board Meeting Night

                  Greeter/Invocator - Eve Ward

SPIRITUAL THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK:

If there is any kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do to any fellow being, let me do it now, and not deter or neglect it, as I shall not pass this way again.
William Penn

BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING

Meeting Called to Order at 8:30 PM

ROLL CALL:  All officers & directors present except Turner, McSherry, Meislin, Cutler

 Quorum present

SECRETARY’S MINUTES reported and accepted

TREASURER’S REPORT - $34,156.18, we are in good shape

HIGHLIGHTS OF COMMITTEE REPORTS

   House & Reception (Dudley Dorr):

4 meetings and an installation dinner

Community Services (Mikki McSherry):

Preparing for Holiday Projects

Membership & Education (Bob Pasquarelli):

Nothing to report

Interclubs (Ray Turner):

5 inter clubs

Programs (Gary Meislin):  

Programs at all meetings

Publicity (Joe Cybulski):

several articles produced

Sandpiper (Jo Moccia):

4 meetings and 4 newsletters done

Senior Services (Bill Whipple):

Nothing to report

Social (Eve Ward):

installation of officers and working on holiday/charter night

Spiritual Aims (Dick Johnsen):    

No report

Sponsored Youth (Chris Blais/Barb Fioravanti):

3 club meetings at CHS, 1 divisional, coming is blood drive and K family day 

Ways & Means (Chet Melius): 

Citrus drive has started 

Young Children Priority #1 (Bob Loveridge):

  SLK selling Bells of Life 12-6, Oct 8 child safety seat check

OLD BUSINESS

·                Committee Charters now on public website. Need to condense for Club Management Information System. Partially Completed.

·                President to work w. John Brownrigg on charter for Property Storage & Management Committee. Incomplete.

·                Al Hayner notified of SLKC decision not to lend our name to call for an educational advisory group. Completed.

·                Big Tent & Poles found & stored at Brownrigg Shed. However, steel tent stakes still need to be located. Partially Completed. New stakes are $28 each. Keep looking!

NEW BUSINESS

·          Kiwanis International & New York District -  Annual donation to Kiwanis International Foundation Annual Club Giving Campaign of $5 donation per member and a donation of $2 per member to the New York District Foundation Outreach Campaign - both approved. (Tim Murdick dropped from roster).

·          Youth Services – Request from Vanderheyden Hall for contribution Holiday Support Program. Have donated to the group home in the past. This was refered to Youth Services for their recommendation next month.

·          Community Services – Request for contribution from Jessica Waterbury, senior at St. Michael’s College in Vermont, and a 2005 graduate of APHS. In March 2009, she wants to go on a community development service project to Dominican Republic (DR).  SLKC in late 2007 considered financial support but trip cancelled due to Hurricane in DR. No donation amount approved. Item tabled.

·          Request-Jim C requested use of Hot Dog cooker for Dec 7 for Church of the Covenant. Request granted.

·          Request-Jim R for Leave of Absence from Nov 17-Jan 17 to recover from surgery. Request granted.

·          Request-Eve would like to book the Banjo band now for post Summerfest because they are hard to get. Request granted. Amount needs to be near the $150 paid in the past.

VAN RENSSELAER DIVISION:   January is division round up and June is club round up. Several teleconferences will occur this year.

NEW YORK DISTRICT: Kiwanis Family weekend

KIWANIS INTERNATIONAL:  John B will write to K International on his trip to Viet Nam

Meeting Adjourned at 9PM

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