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 Jim 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 DECEMBER 28, 2008

PRESIDENT Gerald Tysiak presiding

GREETINGS & INVOCATION by Bob Pasquarelli

GUEST: Of Kevin Sarsfield his son, Ryan  our speaker.

MISSING: Many! We did not even fill 2 tables, and had 6 extra of the excellent roast beef meals to deal with!

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

  Kevin Sarsfield: Citrus is still available. It is being stored at Botsy’s Barber Shop. 

  Bill Whipple: Blood Drive tomorrow Dec. 30^th  at Church of The Covenant. Those who have signed up to help; Booker, Turner, Rogers, Davis,& Lane . Bill was also happy to report that the Christmas  tree stands are down and wanted to thank all those who helped on the disassembly; Hacker. Johnson, & Tysiak.                      

   Eve Ward: Received a card from K.V.P. He is really enjoying the nice weather in Florida and is feeling a little guilty that we are having a hard time with the snow , cold ice, wind and power outages.                   

   Miki McSherry: Doors of Hope, Jan 6^th at 9:00  help with unloading of food; Jerry, Bob P., Dorr, & Booker. Holiday toy & food collection efforts – 70 families served.     

    Lt. Gov. Jim: Division Council Meeting will be hosted by the Sand Lake Club at the Lakeview Jan 19^th.

PROGRAM: Conservation and Culture on a Pacific Athol

  Kevin introduced his son Ryan  who has become quite a world traveler since he has graduated from Cornell. Ryan was fortunate to be able to be apart of a research grant to study the fauna in Tahiti located in the Polynisian Islands. Niau Island which is a coral atoll was his home (photo on right of family Ryan stayed with) for several years during his study of a bird called a Tuamotu which is related the King Fisher in the States. Unfortunately the Polynesian Islands have become a place where birds tend to become extinct at a greater pace than any other place in the world with Hawaii experiencing the greatest loss of species. Ryan was involved with banding and installing radio transmitters on the Tuamotu, studying and photographing nesting habits in dead coconut trees where this bird prefers to make it’s home. Rats found on the island tend to give the Tuamotu stiff competition so Ryan was also involved with installing wide aluminum bands around the coconut trees to keep the rats out of the nests. As a result of his studies local schools (photo on left of Ryan - at rear by the palm tree - with a class) were given information on how to help and preserve the bird populations on the islands. A traditional meal (photo to right) on the islands, as Ryan described it, consisted of Coconut Crab, Poi, Raw Fish, and an algie delight which was obtained from stomach of a fish that dines solely on this algie found on the bottom of the lagoons. This sounds delightful. The program was very much enjoyed by all. A certificate of appreciation was presented to Ryan by Bob Pasquarelli  

HAPPY DOLLARS:

$Bob Pasquarelli: Happy for a new refrigerator. The old one was destroyed during the power outage caused by the ice storm.

$Pat Lane : Thankfull that it was only a close call at a traffic intersection in Boston.

$Dudley Dorr: Experienced a nice Christmas w/relatives and became a new grandfather on Christmas Eve.

$Kevin Sarsfield: Happy that Ryan came and presented tonight’s program.

$Bill Whipple: Pleased that a crew showed up for the disassembly of the tree stands.

$John Brownrigg: I fell at one of my rental properties and hit my elbow against a piece of plywood . Thank goodness nothing was broken but oh what painful injury it has been. Also happy that the insurance co. will be paying for the smoke damage caused by a backed up fireplace. (photo on right: John with some of his chocolate)

$Jerry Tysiak: Enjoyed skiing with his daughter and will be visiting his son and family in W. Virginia.

$Gary Meislin: Happy that he found his truck keys on Christmas Day which he dropped sometime while getting out of his truck.

$Jim Rogers:Happy that the Division Council meeting will be held at the Sand Lake Club on the 19^th of Jan 09’

The Chocolate Sale of the Century, provided by John Brownrigg, netted the club's admin fund $49.00 and there was still a large amount of goodies left that John donated to the Senior Holiday Party to be held on Tuesday at Brookside.  While on the topic of the party Eve thanked those who had answered her call and made home baked goods for that annual event.

DOOR PRIZE by:Kevin Sarsfield and won by Barbara Fioravanti

50/50 for $14.00  won by Gary

MEGA 50/50 ($ 28.00 ) $17.50 +$10.50 The chance to draw was won by Dudley, but the best he could do was the 5 of Diamonds.The pot grows larger      

NEXT WEEK         PROGRAM CHAIR:Jo Moccia 

  Jan 5                  PROGRAM: The Sand Piper

                            GREETER/INVOCATOR/CERTIFICATE: Joe Trupia

  Jan 12                PROGRAM TBA

  Jan 19               Division Council Meeting

SPIRITUAL THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK:

     My mind is a garden. My thoughts are the seeds. My harvest will be either flower or weeds!…………………………………….Mel Weldon

  as we learned "Mauruuru" means "Goodbye"

Happy New Year To All!

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