President
Stuart J. Nippes
Treasurer
Robert S. Pasquarelli
President-Elect Jean Hamlin Secretary David E. Booker
Vice President Janet C. Malecki Webmaster David E. Booker
Immediate Past President Linda L. Ellis Sandpiper Editor Margaret R. Weiss
Photographers James Rogers & Kevin Sarsfield
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Joseph M. Behson, Craig Daniels,
Patricia A. Lane
John B. Mulligan, Eve M. Ward, Margaret
R. Weiss
John C. Brownrigg, Robert R. Loveridge, William M. Whipple
WELCOME BACK: Bruce Perry John Mulligan
Jamie Hanlon Joe Trupia
and Frank Lewandusky
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Dave
Booker
read an email from Bob Pasquarelli
stating that they had been in an auto
accident in South Carolina last weekend
and that Joan was in ICU with 8 broken
ribs and a fractured clavicle.
He did not know when they might
be home.
Our prayers are with them for a
speedy recovery.
The
Division Council
this Thursday has been cancelled due to
illness.
John
Brownrigg
has investigated Amtrak schedules to the
Toronto Convention, since there seemed
to be little interest in the bus.
It’s a 9 hour train trip which
would leave Albany on Wed at either 5:30
or 7:30 AM and return on Sunday either
7:15 or 9:30 PM.
Fare is $235 and payments would
be due in April.
Concert Committee
brief meeting after tonight’s meeting.
Summerfest 2016 Committee
will meet after next week’s meeting.
PRESENTATIONS:
DOOR PRIZE, provided by Pete, was won by Barb Fioravanti
50/50 for $20 was won by
Kevin Sarsfield!
COMING WEEKS…
FEBRUARY 22 PROGRAM CHAIR: Pat Lane
PROGRAM: Kamp Kiwanis
GREETER/INVOCATOR/CERTIFICATE: TBA
MARCH 7 PROGRAM CHAIR: Pat Lane
PROGRAM: Community Services Committee Update
GREETER/INVOCATOR/CERTIFICATE: Joe Behson
MARCH 14 PROGRAM CHAIR: Ron Wagner
PROGRAM: TBA
GREETER/INVOCATOR: Joe Behson
DOORS OF HOPE, unloading food truck
Mon Feb 22nd:
Davis, Malecki, Patton, Daniels
AMERICIAN RED
CROSS BLOOD DRIVE at the Church
of the Covenant, Thursday Feb 25th:
Set UP 12 -1 pm: Davis
First Shift 1-3:30 pm: Canteen - Peg Weiss Registration: Eve Ward
Second Shift 3:30 - 6 pm: Canteen - Craig Daniels Registration - Linda Ellis
Take Down 6-7 pm: Nancy W. Davis
43rd MONTHLY PASTA DINNER
at the West Sand Lake Firehouse,
Saturday, March 12th:
12 – 7, Setup & Cook:
L&L Ellis, Loveridge, Brownrigg
3 – 5:30, Setup & Serve: Hamlin, __________ & ________________
3:30 – 7, Cashiers:
Ward
5 – 7:30, Serve & Takedown: Hamlin, ____________ & _______________
RENSSELAER INTERCLUB & DIVISION COUNCIL, CANCELLED
HAPPY DOLLARS
$
Pete
Stevens:
My daughter has applied to several
medical schools, and is anxiously
awaiting some good news!
$
John
Mulligan:
I’ve missed a few meetings because of a
job location, and then I got sick!
$
Joe
Behson:
I now have a contract for the sale of my
house, and hope to close by the end of
the month!
$ Pat Lane: Over 30 years ago when we were house hunting, we almost bought a house on Route 43 near the center of town.
Half of the cellar was a huge cistern
for water collection!
$ Jean Hamlin: I got on the scale, and when I read it, I kicked the bitch in the corner and told her to apologize!
This
crazy weather with its ups and downs of
temperatures is Mother Nature going
through menopause!
$ Stu Nippes: Thanks to Pete for a great program! When I was down in Florida, I saw sand replacement being done on the Gulf
coast.
SPIRITUAL THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK:
“Empty pockets never held anyone back.
Only empty heads and empty hearts
can do that.”
Norman Vincent Peale
Many large construction machines are in
use to replace the tons of sand washed
away, working day and night.
Extra high dunes are being built
to protect the houses.
Huge stone jetties have been
built out into the ocean to try to
mitigate the destructive action of the
waves.
New buildings are on stilts the
size of telephone poles which are put in
place with vibratory pile drivers.
Water is poured down them to
liquefy the sand, and the vibrations
sink the poles.
In good weather this space under
the houses may be used as a garage, but
must have “break away” walls, so storm
surge can pass under without damaging
the building.
Pete’s family has owned his
house, which is about a block from the
beach, for many years, and he showed
some pictures of the way things were
years ago.
Drinking water is piped in from
the mainland.
During World War II dirigibles
were used to track enemy submarines
along the coast, and he remembers seeing
21 of these aircraft in one day!
Major hurricanes occurred in 1942
and 1962, but Sandy was the most destructive.
We thank you, Pete, for a most
interesting presentation!