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 19, 2007    

PRESIDENT Robert R. Loveridge presiding

GREETINGS & INVOCATION by Fred Jeschke

WELCOME BACK, Dale Hall and Joe Trupia!  You were missed! 

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Ø        SENIOR LUNCHEON Thursday, March 8^th at Church of the Covenant.  Joe Trupia needs help.  Signup sheet passed.

Ø       ANNUAL BLOOD SCREENING Saturday, May 19^th.  Mark your calendars!

Ø       FOOD UNLOADING at Doors of Hope THURSDAY, FEB 22^ND at 10 AM.  Note day change.  Kathy, Jim Colabelli, Ken Noland will help.

Ø       INTERCLUB to Cambridge Valley Division Council Tuesday, March 13^th:  Booker, Pres Bob, Pasquarelli, Peg, and Eve.

Ø       DISTRICT GOVERNOR’S VISIT Tuesday, March 20^th, Franklin Terrace (fmly Mario’s), GUESTS WELCOME:  Pres Bob, Sec Dave, Treas Bob, Pres-Elect Joe, Jim Rogers.

Ø       Kathy extended the club’s thanks to Eve for the donation of 160 stuffed animals to the Kritters For Kids project.  They will have Kiwanis patches added, and at a future meeting will be presented to representatives of the Sand Lake and Nassau Ambulances for gifts to sick or injured children being transported to hospitals.

Ø       Spiritual Aims Chair Bob Pasquarelli reminded us that Lent begins this Wednesday, which should be a time of spiritual renewal for Christians.  All are welcome to ecumenical services and luncheon every Friday at Church of the Covenant.

Ø       Brochures depicting the qualifications of Jean Andrick as candidate for NY District Governor-Elect 2007-2008 were distributed, and members were reminded of the request for help in the Hospitality Room at Midyear Conference this weekend at the Desmond.

Ø       We were short by 7 on number of meals, so they were sold to members for $5.

PERFECT ATTENDANCE AWARDS presented to Jim Colabelli for 13 years, Jerry Tysiak for 15 years, and to Dudley Dorr for 38 years!  Congratulations to all three!

PROGRAM

          Pres Bob introduced Skip Patton who illustrated with slides an experience he had last fall, akin to “The 3 Stooges Go Sailing.”  The fact that all three SLKs survived to return was a testament to the benevolence of a divine providence, since an uncounted succession of errors, both of commission and of omission, were committed!  On a blessedly sunny day with calm seas, the weekend after Labor Day, Skip and Bruce Perry put their trust in the captain, and set sail with Frank Breselor on his 30’ sailboat from Mystic, Conn., bound for Block Island.  Navigation skills began with a road map to show where Block Island was, so the captain could figure out (on the nautical charts) where he was!  (The blind leading the blind?)  Or maybe they were counting on help from the glorious Michelangelo’s DAVID—minus his Scottish kilt!  It was doubtful that a course was ever plotted, since great faith was placed in following “that sailboat out there that probably knows where he’s going!”  Maybe to Bermuda?  Apparently the mysterious GPS wasn’t much help—it was loosely taped to a metal mast!  The radio didn’t work, either!  But the Hardy Boys got the sails up, the boat heeled, and they skimmed the waves to Block Island harbor, trailing their dinghy behind them.  They found a mooring among the many boats, and climbed into the dinghy to head for shore and dinner.  Next day they hired a taxi and toured the island, finally deciding to head back to the boat—but which one was it?  They all looked so much alike!  And the dinghy motor was balking—are we out of gas?  No, it apparently was a corroded wire!  Preventive maintenance, anyone?  Got that fixed, eventually found the right boat, and headed out of the harbor, after narrowly missing the incoming ferry, and getting tossed about by the multiple wakes of all those larger boats.  Confidence returned with the help of a bottle of Jameson’s, and seeing another sailboat ahead who SURELY knew where HE was going, headed for homeport.  When hunger struck, galley slave Bruce went below and was able to find a bag of carrots—sustenance for the body!  (Jameson’s took care of the spirit, or was that SPIRITS!)  After reaching homeport, gear was loaded into the dinghy, and they headed for shore, only the dinghy motor finally did quit, and now the wind was blowing them back out to sea.  But again providence intervened, their shouts were heard by a passing boat, and they were happily but ignominiously towed to land!  All three intrepid sailors have their own fond memories of their weekend at sea, but if you hear of a charter service called Breselor’s Stooges, better look elsewhere!

HAPPY DOLLARS

$       Skip:  Happy we survived, and that we solved the mystery of what’s under a Scot’s kilt!

$       Kathy:  Derrick has covered 70 miles of the Appalachian Trail, and is in NC @ 5 degrees!   So windy they cooked IN the tent for 2 nights—3^rd night they stayed in a hostel!

$       Dale:  Glad to be back, even part time.  Thanks for all the cards and good wishes.

DOOR PRIZE provided by Skip was won by Fred Jeschke!

50/50 for $18 was won by Dale who divided it between Chris & Kelly for “Kiss The Pig”!

MEGA 50/50 up to $316 foiled Joe Trupia who picked the 8 of Spades from the 32 cards!

NEXT WEEK    PROGRAM:  Bob Reiter:  Deb Reiter, “Hospice Mission to Africa”

FEB 26          GREETER/INVOCATOR/CERTIFICATE:  Pablo Martinez

MAR 5           PROGRAM:  Joe Cybulski, Publicity Chair

                                      BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING 

                             GREETER/INVOCATOR/CERTIFICATE:  Jeff Lawrence

MAR 12                   PROGRAM:  Mikki McSherry 

                             GREETER/INVOCATOR/CERTIFICATE:  Botsy Rosenberger

MAR 19                   PROGRAM:  Kevin Smith

                             GREETER/INVOCATOR/CERTIFICATE:  Gary Meislin

SPIRITUAL THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK

“It’s never crowded along the extra mile.”                                       Wayne Dyer

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