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 18, 2007   

PRESIDENT Robert R. Loveridge presiding

GREETINGS & INVOCATION by Peg Weiss

WELCOME BACK, Kevin Smith!

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Ø       A moment of silence was observed for the passing of Botsy’s & Bill’s mother last Saturday.  Cards of condolence were signed for both Botsy and Bill.

Ø       Signup sheet was circulated for helpers to unload food truck at Doors of Hope tomorrow Tuesday June 19^th @ 10 AM:  KVP & Booker

Ø       Signup sheet was circulated for helpers on the Food Trailer at SL Library Sat 6/23 11-3.

Ø       Tent request was approved for St Timothy’s Church Serendipity Fair Sept 23.

Ø       Get well card was signed for our waitress Shannon who had her tonsils removed today.

Ø       Jerry Tysiak reminded all that sponsorships (at least the names) are due now to make the advertising deadline.  So far we have received about $12,000 (cash & in-kind gifts).

Ø       Next DIVISION COUNCIL will be Tuesday July 10^th at Brown’s Brewing Co in Troy @ $22.50 pp:  Booker, Peg, Mikki, Pres Bob, & Eve, so far.

Ø       Anyone who has storage space for computers until DEA can accept them again, please call Chris Blais—his car is full!

Ø       Cambridge Club raffle for $300 worth of gas @ any Stewart’s:  $5/ticket or 3 for $10.

Ø       Free Summer Concerts in the Park, August Sundays @ 6PM; need refreshment servers.

Ø       Proposed By-law amendments, resolutions & candidates for office have been received.  These will be voted upon at the San Antonio convention.  See Booker for details.

Ø       DUES ARE DUE BY JULY 1^ST!

Ø       SummerFest meeting tonight following the regular meeting.

Ø       Nominations are due this week for Partners in Service.  They will receive a special yellow shirt to be worn at SummerFest.

Ø       The 50/50 Raffle will be repeated at SummerFest; Pres Bob distributed tickets.  They are $2 each or 3 for $5.  Last year we sold 800 tickets, and they will be available during SummerFest.  Drawing to be held during the performance of The Refrigerators.

Ø       Thank you notes were received from Key Club Lt Gov Liz for support attending convention and from Armand Mills for the opportunity to print the visors for the tennis tournament.

PROGRAM

Joe Grillo introduced his co-worker Tina Palmero from the NYS Public Service Commission Division of Electricity and Environment.  With the aid of slides, Tina presented an overview of what New York State is doing to lessen the use of fossil fuels in favor of clean energy sources.  Renewable energy comes from wind, sun, water, and biological by-products.  The aim is to replace fossil fuel emissions, advance new technologies, benefit local economies, and stabilize price fluctuations.  The state agencies are using energy from these sources in increasing amounts, and providing tax benefits for others who do so.  Illustrations showed some of these locations.  The largest Hydro Power Plants are in the Niagara and St Lawrence Rivers, but smaller ones are nearby on the Mohawk River at the Cohoes Falls in Crescent and Vischers Ferry.  Solar Energy is being used on the Northway for road signs, on agency building rooftops, schools such as East Greenbush and Voorheeseville, at the Adirondack Museum in Blue Mountain Lake, and at private residences.  It is expensive to install, but provides increasing amounts of power needs.  There are many state subsidies and incentives to encourage its use.  Overseeing projects is NYSERDA (Energy Research & Development).  {Interesting update:  Assemblyman Paul Tonka has just been named new NYSERDA

Director}.  Biomass incinerators which burn wood chips and byproducts of the paper industry are located in Lewis and Franklin Counties, and can be co-fired with coal to reduce sulphur emissions.

Biogas (manure digesters) are more efficient on a large scale by commercial generators rather than by individual farmers, but one actually using this method is the Harrington Farm in Brunswick.

Wind power has shown enormous growth and is more competitive.  The best resources are moun-

tainous areas (windier) such as Maple Ridge, the largest in NYS, in Lewis County on the Tug Hill Plateau.  It covers over 12,000 acres, and this method cohabits well with existing farmland, preserving our agricultural economy.  Peg Weiss presented Tina with our Certificate of Appreciation for a fascinating and timely look at how NYS is attempting to solve a big problem!

HAPPY DOLLARS

$       Barb:  Today we just finished installing solar energy panels on our roof, and for a short time I actually DID see my meter go backwards!

$       Mikki:  So glad to be a part of this group.  Thanks, especially to 6 SLKs, for all the support during my mother’s illness.

$       Skip:  For NY State’s efforts with alternative energy; glad to be a part of it!

$       Jim Rogers:  We celebrated our youngest grandson’s 5^th birthday!

$       Gary:  Finally heard from my 3^rd kid, for either my birthday or Father’s Day.  Almost disinherited him, or maybe I did!  Ain’t no water dripping on my head—inside—got a new roof!  And the squirrels who never paid rent have been evicted by panels of sheet metal!!

$       KVP:  Thanks to Joe Behson who couldn’t use the 2 tickets to the Hoosick Falls chicken barbecue.  We did, and it was good!

$       Joe Grillo:  For Tina’s presentation, and for my granddaughter’s graduation, from Pre-K!

$       Pres Bob:  For a great visit last week with my dad Ray at my brother’s in Charleston, SC!

$       Jerry:  Clayton and I DID resolve the $150 discrepancy!  All’s well!!

DOOR PRIZE, provided by Joe Grillo, was won by Eve!  And it was not bay rum!

50/50 for $21 was won by Booker!

MEGA 50/50 has just started to grow again to $22, but Jim Colabelli couldn’t do better than the 7 of Clubs from the almost new deck of 51 cards!

NEXT WEEK    PROGRAM:  Pres Bob Loveridge for Joe Behson:  SUMMERFEST!   

JUNE 25                  GREETER/INVOCATOR/CERTIFICATE:  Kevin Smith

JULY 2           PROGRAM:  Chet Melius, Membership & Education Chair

                                      BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING 

                             GREETER/INVOCATOR/CERTIFICATE:  Dudley Dorr

JULY 6, 7, & 8 SUMMERFEST AT BUTLER PARK!

JULY 9           PROGRAM:  Jim Rogers – SummerFest Post Mortem 

                             GREETER/INVOCATOR/CERTIFICATE:  Ken Noland

JULY 16                   SUMMERFEST R&R PICNIC @ BUTLER PARK FOR ALL!

SPIRITUAL THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK:

“The dictionary is the only place that success comes before work.”                Vince Lombardi

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