Meets 6:30 PM Mondays at The Lakeview Inn Restaurant

President Robert R. Loveridge                                                                                                                     Secretary David E. Booker

President-Elect Joseph M. Behson                                                                                                         Treasurer Robert S. Pasquarelli

Vice President Gerald Tysiak                                                                                                        Immediate Past Pres Alison M. Greene

Sandpiper Editor Margaret Weiss

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

James M. Colabelli, Manfred Jeschke, Kelly Stone

Christopher R. Blais, Roland B. Wagner, Eve M. Ward

Bryce M. Cutler, James E. Rogers, Sarah M. Tripp

MEETING OF FEBRUARY 12, 2007    

PRESIDENT Robert R. Loveridge presiding

GREETINGS & INVOCATION by Ken James

WELCOME BACK, Woodie Hacker, Joe Grillo, and Ron Wagner

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Ø       INTERCLUB to Hoosick Falls last Tuesday by Melius, Behson, Colabelli, and Booker.

Ø       The National Honor Society dinner has been rescheduled from 2/14 to 2/28 due to the forecasted snowstorm.  All tickets will be honored.

PROGRAM

Pres Bob introduced program chair Sarah Parslow Tripp, who presented the shortest and definitely SWEETEST program we’ve had.  Sarah announced that 1684 Bells of Life had been sold at Miller’s Shop and Save, and with the store adding $816 to that, she presented a check for $2500 to Young Children Priority #1 Chair Jerry Tysiak!  Our utmost gratitude to everyone at Miller’s for their generosity to benefit the Kiwanis Pediatric Trauma Unit at Albany Med.  THANK YOU!

HAPPY DOLLARS

$       Jim Rogers, for the articles about SLK in the Empire State Kiwanian.

$       Chris Blais, for the Key Club’s newest project, KISS A PIG.  Students pay $1/vote for a teacher to kiss “Whiskers”, a 230 lb potbelly pig, at the end of the contest.  Yes, Chris AND Kelly are both in the running for the honor!  “I’ve probably kissed worse in my day”, remarked Chris.  Kelly was silent for the time being!  {SLKs were active in contributing $$ to the Shave Mr. Blais contest, and they will predictably be just as generous this time, too!}  It was unclear at this time who the charitable beneficiary will be from this interesting contest.  And when can we see Whiskers?  {We LIKE that name!}

$       Jerry Tysiak, for all Sarah’s efforts on behalf of the Bells of Life campaign.

$       Fred Wurtemberger:  I recently had the great honor of being inducted into the NY Water Environmental Association Hall of Fame of engineers, scientists, and salespeople. (The Soupervisor is shown at right)

$       Skip Patton:  Just returned from a great trip to a conference of the National Biodiesel Assn in San Antonio, TX, discussing renewable fuels.  Fabulous area…met Larry Hagman who has come a long way from an oil tycoon to alternative fuel…and had an impressive visit to the Alamo, especially seeing all the bullet holes!  Pres Bob remarked that he had seen Davy Crockett’s clothes, including a coonskin cap and a PINK vest!

$       Kathy Evensen:  Son Derrick is in Georgia, about to embark on a hike of the Appalachian Trail tomorrow, hoping to complete the entire length all the way to Maine!

$       Ken Noland:  Thanks to Millers for featuring Pablo’s JavaNet coffee—it’s great!

$       Alison Greene:  My recent absence from SLK has been caused by extra work at school establishing a new reading program in grades K-8.  AND, following my recent auto accident, I now am the proud owner of a 2007 silver Honda CR-V!!!

$       Pres Bob:  Thanks to everyone at Millers for such a large contribution to Bells of Life!

DOOR PRIZE, a $15 Miller’s gift certificate provided by Sarah, was won by Jim Colabelli!

50/50 for $25 was won by Ron Wagner!

MEGA 50/50, now up to $305, will grow for another week, because Joe Cub pulled the 7 of Diamonds from the remaining 33 cards!  The King of Clubs is still in there!

NEXT WEEK    PROGRAM:  Skip Patton, slide show, “3 Kiwanians Against the Blue Sea” 

FEB 19          GREETER/INVOCATOR/CERTIFICATE:  Fred Jeschke

FEB 26          PROGRAM:  Bob Reiter presents Deborah Reiter, Hospice Mission to Africa 

                             GREETER/INVOCATOR/CERTIFICATE:  Pablo Martinez

MAR 5           PROGRAM:  Joe Cybulski, Publicity Committee Chair

                                      BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING

                             GREETER/INVOCATOR/CERTIFICATE:  Jeff Lawrence

MAR 12                   PROGRAM:  Mikki McSherry

                             GREETER/INVOCATOR/CERTIFICATE:  Botsy Rosenberger

SPIRITUAL THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK

“Love is the only game two can play, and both can win.”           Elizabeth A. Kutsche, in Guideposts

Happy Valentine’s Day!

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