Home Club of the Van Rensselaer Division Lt. Governor Chester A. Melius, Jr.

Meets 6:30 PM Mondays at The Lakeview Inn Restaurant
President Alison M. Greene                                                                                                                           Secretary David E. Booker
President-Elect Robert R. Loveridge                                                                                                   Treasurer Robert S. Pasquarelli
Vice-President Joseph M. Behson                                                                                             Immediate Past Pres Kathy Evensen

Sandpiper  Editor Margaret Weiss

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Barbara K. Fioravanti, E. Kenneth James, William M. Whipple

 James M. Colabelli, Fred Jeschke, Kelly L. Stone

Christopher R. Blais, Ron Wagner, Eve Ward

ANNUAL MEETING AND ELECTION

 MAY 8, 2006 

PRESIDENT Alison M. Greene presiding

GREETINGS & INVOCATION by Bob Pasquarelli

GUESTS:  Prospective member Jeremy Vosburgh on his second visit; Tina Rosenberger

ANNOUNCEMENTS

·         Bob Pasquarelli substituted for scheduled invocator Sarah Parslow, who has gone to the bedside of her father, who suffered a heart attack, and is in the hospital in Detroit.  Our prayers are with Sarah and her family.

·         Interclub Chair Fred W: 

a) Troy Club Annual Prayer Breakfast 7:30AM Tuesday, May 23^rd at Northeast Health Margo Krause Center, 2212 Burdett Ave, Troy.  Speaker to be Father Walsh, Vocations Director, RC Diocese of Albany.  $8—RSVP next week. 

b) Division Council meeting 6PM the same day (5/23) at Hoosick Falls Country Club, $15:  LG Chet & Meg, Pres Alison, Sec Booker, Fred, Jim R, Bryce, Chris,  Dale, Eve, & Peg—RSVP next week.

·         SPECIAL BOARD MEETING following regular meeting to consider a request for funding.

·         HOBY essay evaluators needed Sat May 20^th 9AM-1PM @ St Rose—breakfast and lunch are provided, with an invitation to observe some of the seminar.

·         Community Services Co-chair Kathy: 

a) Red Cross Blood Drive @ Church of the Covenant Fri May 26^th from 1-6PM.  Signup sheet passed for volunteers to register and work the canteen.

b) Adopt-A-Highway last Sat.  Thanks to 5 SLKs, 14 AP Key Clubbers, 9 Boy Scouts, 1 Cub Scout, and 1 Girl Scout.  “Hiway The Rat” Award to Barb for the best found “treasure”—an 18 ft logging chain that she and Gene REALLY need!

c) Doors of Hope needs help unloading food Fri May 12^th (Colabelli, Smith, Behson) and Tues May 23^rd (Johnsen)—both days at 10-10:30 AM.

• Sponsored Youth Chair Barb:  Please distribute posters for auditions for Battle of the Bands!

• Sand Lake Garden Club needs help parking cars for their annual plant sale this Sat 5/13 at Salem UMC, Shaver Rd, WSL.

• Kiwanis Pediatric Trauma Unit tour at 6PM Thurs June 15^th – signup sheet passed.

• Chet:  Go-Kart Day Fri May 26^th at the Center for the Disabled, Manning Blvd near St Peter’s Hospital.

• Bryce:  Family Day At Shea Sat June 4^th, Mets vs Giants, signup sheet passed.

• Peg:  Eat at Applebee’s Wed May 24^th from 4-9PM, and Church of the Covenant receives 10% of what you spend, with a voucher available from any COC member.

• Chris presented a Certificate of Appreciation from the Key Club to Kevin Smith for Miller’s Market support of the Alzheimer campaign.

• Botsy:  I had to have my clippers sharpened, cleaned, and sterilized after Friday night!  And as for Tina’s application for SLK membership…….(he tore it up!)

• P-E Bob L:  SummerFest meeting following next week’s meeting.

• Bill Whipple:  Arthritis Walk 8:30 AM at Sand Creek School in Colonie.  Please sign up for walking or pledging!

PRESENTATION

          Jerry Tysiak called Chris Blais to the front to give him SLK’s Token of Appreciation for the inspirational sacrifice of his 28-year-old beard that he had promised to lose if the APHS Key Club was able to raise $5000 in a few short months for the Alzheimer’s Foundation.  This public sacrifice, which was dramatically performed by Master Barber Botsy on the stage of the high school auditorium, followed a slide show of the unique fundraising projects this energetic group of Key Clubbers undertook, culminating in a spaghetti dinner underwritten by Pablo Martinez and the Java Net Beanery.  They even charged admission to SEE the Great Shave!  A huge check for the amazing amount of $5908.61 was presented to a representative of The Alzheimer’s Foundation, and many local politicians praised the Key Clubbers’ efforts!  The gift box contained ingredients for a Beard Startup Kit:  superglue, some of the shorn beard hair, and even the two “worms” that Botsy “found” when he began the shearing!  Chris thanked everyone for their support of the kids, and for the Starter Kit.  The new beard began growing Friday night!  He claimed that his wife Robin, (who had NEVER seen his whole face), found “sleeping with a strange man” to be quite exciting!

ELECTION OF OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS FOR 2006-2007

          Pres Alison announced the slate of officers selected by the Nominating Committee, and after hearing no other nominations from the floor, directed Secretary Dave to cast one ballot for each.

PRESIDENT Robert R Loveridge, PRESIDENT-ELECT Joseph M Behson, VICE PRESIDENT Gerald Tysiak, and TREASURER Robert S Pasquarelli have been duly elected for the next year.

DIRECTORS Bryce Cutler, Sarah Parslow, and James Rogers were elected for a three-year term.

Installation of these new officers and directors will take place in October 2006.

President-Designate Loveridge and the new Board selected David Booker as SECRETARY.

INDUCTION OF NEW MEMBER PABLO MARTINEZ

          Membership & Education Chair Bob Pasquarelli addressed Pablo telling him that he has joined an international organization of 300,000 members in over 100 countries, all dedicated to community service, especially benefiting children.  The Sand Lake Kiwanis Club is over 50 years old, and is without a doubt the best club in the Capital District!  Bob presented Pablo with the official Kiwanis booklet containing more than a “pair of finalia” of pertinent poop, including the famous Doo Hickey that he is to prominently display in the Beanery, after which his sponsor, Chris “Baby Face” Blais pinned him.  Pablo expressed his pleasure in becoming a member of SLK, and invited everyone to patronize his Java Net Beanery in the 43 Mall, where he can be found 7 days a week, (except not on Monday nights now!)  He was glad everyone liked his spaghetti sauce; it’s his grandmother’s secret family recipe known only to him!

HAPPY DOLLARS

$        Jim Rogers, $5, mother-in-law died of Alzheimer’s last year, appreciation for the efforts of Chris, the Key Club, and even Botsy, gave each an 8x10 photo of the shearing!

$        Bob L gave a dollar for every vote for him for president--$1 total!  (By the Secretary!)

$        Dale Hall, thanks for the get well cards, and noted that NY District Kiwanis has put The Alzheimer’s Foundation back on the official list of charities.

$        Chris Blais, for Pablo, a wonderful friend; for SLK, great role models for the kids; and for Botsy’s very steady hands!

$        Barb, for Botsy, Chris, and the AP Key Club, for a very well done program!

$        Jim Colabelli, for Jeremy Vosburgh, a prospective member, and for missing Chet’s long-winded story last week!

$        Booker, for surviving the Literacy Run!  I was a traffic monitor at Congress & 2^nd St in Troy, and was supposed to stop cars to let runners go by—they don’t cooperate!  Don’t really want that job next year!

$        Pablo:  Glad to get a night off from the Beanery!  And also for Chris, a great friend, always!

DOOR PRIZE, provided by Pres Alison, was won by Bob Pasquarelli! 

50/50 for $28 was won by Fred Wurtemberger, who was happy for it and gave a Happy Dollar!

MEGA 50/50 worth $398 tonight stumped the best efforts of Joe Behson who, despite the dramatic “drum roll” by the Head Table, could only pick the 8 of Hearts from the 27 remaining cards!           

NEXT WEEK     PROGRAM:  Jeff Lawrence / Stephanie Weiss, from SLCA, “Opera—It’s not as bad as it sounds!” MAY15           GREETER/INVOCATION/CERTIFICATE:  George Raneri

MAY 22          PROGRAM:  George Raneri - Marietta Rossetti - The Senior Connection of the Capital Region

                    GREETER/INVOCATION/CERTIFICATE:  Bob Reiter 

MAY 29          NO MEETING—MARCH IN MEMORIAL DAY PARADE

JUNE 5           PROGRAM:  Dudley Dorr, Membership Committee

                    GREETER/INVOCATION/CERTIFICATE:  Bob “Botsy” Rosenberger

JUNE 12         PROGRAM:  Ken Van Praag / WORK NIGHT @ CAMP ROTARY 

SPIRITUAL THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK:

          “It’s incredible how much you can get done when it doesn’t matter who gets the credit.”

                                                                                                Jerry Myles

SPECIAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING

This special board meeting was called in order to give a timely response to a request from Michelle Barratto and the committee working on a fundraiser for Averill Park teacher John Svatek who was severely injured in a skiing accident, resulting in paraplegia.  This group plans to have a benefit concert on Friday, August 25^th in the APHS auditorium, and is requesting financial support for the $2000 cost of the band they want.  After much discussion concerning the high cost of importing this particular band from Long Island, and the limited number of patrons the auditorium can hold, it was decided that SLK would prefer to give money directly to the family rather than pay for a band which may or may not raise the expected amount.  $500 was approved to be given to the Svatek family, and a letter of explanation would be sent to Michelle.

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