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 NOVEMBER 16, 2009

PRESIDENT Gary Meislin presiding

GREETINGS & INVOCATION by Joe Distell

MEETING OF November 23, 2009

PRESIDENT Gary Meislin presiding

GREETINGS & INVOCATION by Bob Pasquarelli

MEETING OF NOVEMBER 30, 2009

PRESIDENT Gary Meislin presiding

GREETINGS & INVOCATION by Fred Wurtemberger

GUESTS:  About 45 of our community supporters:

WELCOME BACK:  Jo Moccia!   

PROJECT SIGNUP SHEETS

            DOORS OF HOPE:  Thanks to Carpenter, Ginther, Whipple, & Patti for working Fri Dec 4.  Next opportunity will be Tues Dec 15.

            BELLS OF LIFE SALES @ Crossgates Mall, Sat Dec 12 from 10 AM to 6 PM:

#1, 10-1:  Tysiak, Gates, Kieley, J & T Parslow

#2, 1-3:30:  Fioravanti, Patton, A & E Mills

#3, 3:30-6:  Loveridge, Lane, Ward

            CHRISTMAS TREE SALES, next to WSL Firehouse, daily 4-7 PM, Sat & Sun 12-3, 3-6:           

 Tues Dec 1, 4-7  A & E Mills, James, --------------                                                                                                     Wed Dec 2  4-7  Grillo, Ward, Wagner                               Mon Dec 7, 4-7  --------. ---------, ---------

Thur Dec 3  4-7  Loveridge, Carpenter, -------------            Tues Dec 8, 4-7  Patton, Patti, ------------

Fri Dec 4  4-7  Patton, Johnsen, Moccia                             Wed Dec 9, 4-7  Parslow, ---------. --------

Sat Dec 5  12-3  Turner, Gates, Patti                                  Thurs Dec 10, 4-7 Wagner, Kieley, --------

                  3-6  Johnsen, Hacker, Behson

Sun Dec 6  12-3  Loveridge, Wurtemberger, Mulligan

                     3-6  Pasquarelli, Ginther, --------------

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Skip Patton:  Final call for citrus orders---will be phoned to Florida TONIGHT!

• Brownrigg:  Still need playing cards for the troops.

• Eve:  Still need gifts for teenagers.  Ask for suggestion list distributed last week.

• Scoutmaster Chuck Hacker:  The Boy Scouts will be selling wreaths, and will help with trees, too.

• Jerry Tysiak:  Help is needed Mon Dec 14 at the Legion Hall to distribute food and toys!

PROGRAM

            Immed Past Pres Jerry Tysiak welcomed the about 45 community supporters to our meeting, citing the many ways in which local businesses have assisted us in completing our projects.  In addition to dinner, Certificates of Appreciation were presented to the representatives who came.

Averill Park High School Key Club:  Advisor Olga Ashline, Club President Lizz Gallo and Club Treasurer Allen Lindeman

Columbia High School Key Club:  Advisors Kelley Sheraw and Gretchen Schultz along with Club President  Becky Harris, Club Treasurer Scott Boyle and Lt. Gov. Allison Lashmet

Averill Park School District:  Nurse Ann Lanoue

Boy Scout Troop 526:  Scoutmaster Chuck Hacker and Senior Patrol Leader Chet Hacker

Girl Scouts of Averill Park:  Leadership Representative Megan Remington

Carlsberg Promotional Printing:  Ellen and Armand Mills

Culligan Water Systems:  Dennis Nagengast

DeGraaf-Bryce Funeral Home, Inc.:  Dave Cluett

Doors of Hope:  Nancy Rockwell

Guitar Slinger Designs:  Val Gray and Margorie Carrow

The Kinderhook Group:  Laurie Leckonby

Leckonby’s Autoworks:  David Leckonby

Ackner/Main Care Fuels:  Chad Ackner

Rensselaer County Sheriff’s Dept:  Phil Liebnen

Sand Lake Ambulalnce:  Chief Rose Metchick

Sand Lake Town Library:  Mindy Fowler

Town of Sand Lake: Ray Turner

Tremont Lumber Co, Inc:  Dennis Tremont

US Postal Services:  SL Postmaster Linda Van Bergen

Walter Adams Post, American Legion:  Scott Gallery and Angelo Patti

West Sand Lake Post Office: Postmaster Linda Vanbergen

WSL Volunteer Fire Dept:  Dennis Sinnott, Dan Hogle, and former Commissioner Ray Whelan

WSL Hannaford Bros Supermarket:  Manager Casey Powers and Assistant Manager A.J. Kean

Young’s Pharmacy & General Store:  Miller Young

            The Sand Lake Kiwanis Club thanks every one of you for all your valuable assistance!

HAPPY DOLLARS

$     Pat Lane:  I missed you all last week but I’m better now!  And so proud to be a member of this organization!

$     Joe Behson:  Great weekend in VT despite no snow on Mt Snow!

$     Bob Carpenter:  The community support in the Sand Lake area has been wonderful ever since I became a member in 1968, but never better than right now!  Thanks!

$     Woodie Hacker:  Proud of my son the Scoutmaster and my grandson who’s going for his Eagle --- and they’re both here tonight!

$     Bob Pasquarelli:  Jim Colabelli is recovering from his back surgery, but slowly.  He is in good spirits, and says he is doing great!

$     LG Allison Lashmet:  For the AP Key Club, for the Columbia Key Club, and that my application to the US Coast Guard Academy has been accepted!

$     Becky Harris:  For our Columbia KC advisor who’s doing a great job!

$     Bob Loveridge:  Thanks to all who helped unload Christmas trees Friday, and then came back Saturday to build the new stands!

$     Jo Moccia:  Thanks for the welcome back!  This is a tremendous community!

$     “Columbia Key Club member”:  For the Columbia KC, and thanks to Mr Morgan’s help, I’ve been admitted to college to study music!

$     Barb Fioravanti:  For both AP and Columbia Key Clubs, and sorry I can’t attend Columbia’s meetings due to a job change!

$     John Mulligan:  For the AP KC and Olga Ashline.  I attend their meetings and they are one great club!

$     Val Gray:  Glad that Margorie was able to attend with me tonight!

$     Jerry Tysiak:  I was president last year, and I personally appreciate everyone’s support!

$     Pres Gary Meislin:  I’m happy to see Jo Moccia back after an extended absence.  And I hope to see more of her!

$     Nancy Rockwell:  Thanks for all that SLK does for Doors of Hope!

DOOR PRIZE, a BIG box of Whitman’s chocolates provided by Jerry, was won by Bill Whipple!

Also provided by the Sand Lake Center for the Arts were 10 tickets to their next production and they were won by Eve Ward, Ellen Mills, Phil Liebnen, Bob Carpenter, Megan Remington, Chad Ackner, John Mulligan, Dave Leckonby, Will Hebert, and Bob Loveridge!

50/50, tonight worth $40, was won by Bob Carpenter!

NEXT WEEK            NO PROGRAM, BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING 

DECEMBER 7           GREETER/INVOCATOR:  Dudley Dorr

DECEMBER 14         PROGRAM:  John Brownrigg – INVITE A COMMUNITY GUEST NIGHT

                                    GREETER/INVOCATOR/CERTIFICATE:  Barbara Fioravanti

DECEMBER 21         HOLIDAY PARTY & KI’s 95TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION  

                                    GREETER/INVOCATOR:  Woodie Hacker

SPIRITUAL THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK:

“Don’t prepare the path for the child; prepare the child for the path.”   Anonymous

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