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 JUNE 4, 2007   

PRESIDENT Robert R. Loveridge presiding

GREETINGS & INVOCATION by Chris Blais

WELCOME BACK, Ken Noland!

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Ø       Signup sheets circulated for: 1) Unloading food at Doors of Hope Tues 6/19 (Brownrigg);

2) Roster of military veterans to be honored by Dist Gov Joe Capace (if you served please let Booker know which branch and the years of service);

3) BSA Camp Rotary Work Night next week Mon 6/11 beginning at 4 PM—bring hammers & other tools.  The annual steak roast with baked potatoes & corn is served after work session.  YOU MUST SIGN UP TO EAT (so contact Dudley if you were not at the meeting)!

Ø       Letters of thanks were received for our support for:  1) Flags for poles along Route 43;

2) Ad in APHS Yearbook;  3) $175 contribution to sponsor a hole at the golf tournament on July 16^th at Troy CC to benefit “Let Hope Live” for brain tumor research.

Ø       SUMMERFEST SPONSORS:  Jerry Tysiak distributed assignments for solicitation of

funds to finance SummerFest.  It is urgent to get this money in ASAP, so that the promised advertising of sponsors will be correct.  DEADLINE IS JUNE 22!!  Decals & receipts were distributed to SLKs present, to be given when checks are received.  Letters of thanks will follow later.  SPONSORS ARE CRITICAL TO THE SUCCESS OF SUMMERFEST!!!

Ø       Cambridge Club sponsoring a RAFFLE for $300 worth of gas at any Stewart’s Store.

Tickets are $5 each, or 3 for $10.  See Dave Booker.

Ø       Signatures were requested on a sympathy card to send condolences to Mikki McSherry

on the passing of her mother.

Ø       Bob Pasquarelli thanked Eve, Chet, Pres Bob & Joanne, Booker, and Colabelli for helping

to staff the Food Trailer at the Cancer Society’s Relay For Life.  The trailer is now at Bob’s home, awaiting renovations.  HELP IS NEEDED!  This Saturday 6/9 at 9 AM or rain date 6/16.

Ø       Jim Rogers was thanked for attending the re-dedication of the Peace Pole at WSL

Elementary School last Friday.  His column in The Advertiser, The Kiwanis Korner, will be about “Women in Kiwanis” this week.

Ø       Anyone wishing to borrow our TENTS must clear the date with Sarah Tripp AND the Board of Directors!

Ø       Thanks to those who marched in the Town of Sand Lake’s Memorial Day Parade: Pasquarelli, Brownrigg, Weiss, Ward, Collabelli, Behson, Rogers, Dorr, Trupia, Glasser & Booker.

JUNE BIRTHDAYS:  Dave Booker, Gary Meislin, Fred Wurtemberger (present) & Joe Distell, John Glasser, Woodie Hacker, Ken James, , Kevin Sarsfield, Mark Tatar (absent);

JUNE ANNIVERSARIES:  Jim & Jan Colabelli, Bob & Joan Pasquarelli, Dudley & Rose Dorr (present) Woodie & Marion Hacker,  Scott & Donna Paul, Angelo & Susan Patti, Mark & Pam Tatar, and Joe & Audrey Trupia!  We sang to those present, and enjoyed Eve’s special chocolate cake!

SPECIAL PRESENTATION

          The Kiwanis Pediatric Fellow Award was created to recognize the outstanding efforts of individual Kiwanians supporting the Kiwanis Pediatric Trauma Unit.  For their work with Key Club, Chris Blais and Barb Fioravanti were honored with this award by District YCP#1 Chair Rick Sturm and AMC Children’s Hospital Rob Saba at the May 21^st meeting.  Since Barb was not present at that time, Jerry Tysiak presented Barb with her plaque and medallion tonight. 

CONGRATULATIONS, BARB!

PROGRAM

          House Committee Chair Dudley Dorr outlined the work of his committee:  acting as liaison with the restaurant for our meals, and setting up the equipment for each meeting, with the assistance of Joe Grillo, Gary Meislin, Botsy Rosenberger, and Ron Wagner.  Dudley had a picture display of meetings of decades ago, showing some of the fun things SLKs were so fond of doing.  So many faces were SO young, with much more hair!  The mystery (or was it history?) of the “unhung sero” was revealed, and except for the nights when wigs and masks were worn to torment the Lt. Gov. doing the SLK installation, the club observed a dress code of coats and ties at meetings.  No women members back then!  There were pictures of the predecessor of SummerFest, the famous Winter Carnival and its Snow Ball.  And club singing was always on key, because there was a piano player to help out!  Thanks, Dudley, it was fun to reminisce!

HAPPY DOLLARS

$       Sarah:  Thanks to Chet for helping us move perishables during the 12-½ hour power outage!

$       Eve:  My oldest son is recovering well from his eye surgery, but my daughter dropped a kayak on her foot at Virginia Beach, causing a fracture!  But she’s back at work!

$       Ken Noland:  I have a NEW truck—a Tundra—and it’s awesome!  It runs!!

$       Pablo:  It drives nice, too!  We’re leaving tomorrow for Colorado to visit my grandmother who is 95!  Also I’m in the process of relocating The Beanery to the corner next to Subway!

$       Jim Rogers:  I’m glad Ken is here tonight!

$       Jerry Tysiak, for a successful Children’s Miracle Network Telethon yesterday.  Dale brought 19 Key Clubbers to answer the phones!  Kiwanis International has been supporting this for 22 years, and has raised over 2.4 million dollars—almost the largest donor!

$       Dale, for 5 hours on Channel 10!  Also I’m having a clam steam at my house with my daughters and their boyfriends!  {Dale, are we invited, too?}

$       Deacon Bob, for the Cancer Relay—thanks to those who helped.  Research takes much money, and what is raised stays here locally.  Raised $694 from food trailer, our donation.

$       KVP:  $1 for each of the 5 women members here tonight.  They really help the club!

$       Brownrigg, for Ken Noland knowing where the SummerFest banners are!  And for my advisor, the first woman in SLK.

$       Fred Wurtemberger:  Glad I made it to celebrate my 75^th birthday!  Got my first computer, and my first digital camera, all this year!

$       Pablo, again:  I’ve been with Amanda for 6 years!  Trying to get her mother to come with us to Colorado.

DOOR PRIZE, provided by Dudley Dorr, was won by Jim Colabelli!

50/50 for $12.50 was won by “Freddie Hi Tech” Wurtemberger!

MEGA 50/50 is brand new this week with a full 52-card deck, and just $9.50 at stake.  But John Brownrigg couldn’t find the King of Clubs—he came up with the 4 of Spades!

NEXT WEEK    PROGRAM:  BOY SCOUT CAMP ROTARY WORK NIGHT

JUNE 11                  Bring hammers, tools, from 4 PM on.  Sign up for steak dinner!

JUNE 18                  PROGRAM:  Joe Grillo presents Tina Palmero on “Renewable Energy” 

                             GREETER/INVOCATOR/CERTIFICATE:  Peg Weiss

JUNE 25                  PROGRAM:  Joe Behson, SummerFest Final Prep 

                             GREETER/INVOCATOR/CERTIFICATE:  Kevin Smith

JULY 2           PROGRAM:  Chet Melius, Membership & Education Chair

                                      BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING

                             GREETER/INVOCATOR/CERTIFICATE:  Dudley Dorr

SPIRITUAL THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK:

“You’ll never achieve 100 percent if 99 percent is okay.”                    Will Smith

BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING

ROLL CALL:  All officers and directors present except Greene, Cutler, Wagner, & Jeschke (leave of absence)

SECRETARY’S minutes were approved as posted

TREASURER’S balance $32,943.52.  Bring in those SummerFest sponsorships!

HIGHLIGHTS OF COMMITTEE REPORTS:

Community Services (Brownrigg):  re-dedication of Peace Pole at WSL, sign used 4 times, Red

Cross blood drive, unloaded food at Doors of Hope

Interclubs (Wurtemberger):  2 out:  7 to Division Councel @ Castleton; 4 to Troy Prayer Breakfast

Publicity (Cybulski):  SummerFest publicity in Advertiser, also Blood Analysis Clinic, Battle of theBands, Kiwanis Korner

Young Child Priority #1 (Tysiak):  Presentation of 2 Kiwanis Pediatric Fellow Awards, participation in Children’s Miracle Network Telethon

OLD BUSINESS

1.      Auxiliary Members Committee:  Club members to vote on nominees for “Partners In Service” who will receive special yellow shirts.  Authorized to spend up to $500.

2.      Funding requests the AP Garden Project and Elementary Playground Project tabled for committee recomendations.

3.      Donation of $246 approved to The GOOFS of COC for work on Kiwanis Kritters.

NEW BUSINESS

1.      Budgeted convention stipends to be equally divided among delegates and alternates.

2.      Tent requests approved for a) Jim Colabelli for June 24 (for the birth of his grandchild?) and b) Vacation Bible School for the first week of August.

3.      Resignation accepted with regrets from William Rosenberger.

4.      50/50 Raffle approved for SummerFest; tickets will be printed as for last year.

DIVISION:  Convention at Buffalo, NY in August 

DISTRICT:  Membership Contest proposed by Gov Joe for month of June

INTERNATIONAL:  Convention at San Antonio, TX July 4-8

          Delegates Dorr and Pasquarelli, Alternates VanPraag and Behson

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