The  Sandpiper  
   The Weekly membership newsletter of the
Kiwanis Club of Sand Lake, NY
P. O. Box 535, West Sand Lake, NY 12196
http://sandlakekiwanis.vanrensselaerdivision.org
Meets 6:30 PM Mondays at The Lakeview Inn Restaurant

HOME CLUB of Van Rensselaer Division Lieutenant Governor Chester A. Melius, Jr.

2005-2006 Club Officers
President Alison M. Greene
President-Elect Robert R. Loveridge
Vice President Joseph M. Behson
Immediate Past Pres Kathy Sue Evensen
Treasurer Robert S.Pasquarelli 
Secretary David E. Booker

BOARD OF DIRECTORS
2004-2007 Term
Barbara K. Fioravanti, E. Kenneth James, William M. Whipple
2005-2008 Term
James M. Colabelli, Manfred Jeschke, Kelly Stone
2006-2009 Term
Christopher R. Blais, Roland B. Wagner, Eve M. Ward

Sandpiper Editor Margaret R. Weiss 

MEETING OF JULY 10, 2006  

PRESIDENT-ELECT Robert R. Loveridge presiding

GREETINGS & INVOCATION by Dudley Dorr

GUESTS

of Jim Rogers, Ken Noland, prospective member, on his 2^nd visit

WELCOME BACK

Bob Loveridge and Bob Reiter!

ANNOUNCEMENTS

17 members are past due with their dues—please pay ASAP!

Valley Cats baseball tickets available from Peg (674-3719).  Behson, Cutler, Greene, Johnsen, and Patton, make arrangements to pick them up before the game on Wed July 26^th!  Eve will have them at the next meeting.  One extra ticket is available for sale.

DIVISION COUNCIL at Castleton Wed July 19^th: Booker, Pasquarelli, Alison, Chet & Meg, Peg, and Fred W will be going.

GOVERNOR’S Official Visit to Capital, Mohawk, & Van Rensselaer Divisions will be on Sun, Aug 6^th from 10AM on at The Crossings on Albany-Shaker Rd near the Times Union building and Colonie Town Library.  RSVP to Lt Gov Chet by Fri July 28^th (674-8907).  This will be a family picnic, adults $15 (steak), kids 5-14 $5 (hot dogs & hamburgs), games and fellowship.   Bring a side dish to share, your choice of beverage, and lawn chairs.

Updates on our get-well list:  Phil & Edna Pierce still hospitalized, Phil having complications, Edna to have rehab soon; Dale Hall improving; KVP home & improving; Stan Supkis undergoing more radiation treatments.  We wish you well, and come back soon!

Col. Loveridge announced another PEANUT DAYS:  this Sat & Sun @ Millers, 2 shifts each day from 10-1 & 1-4.  PLEASE come—we need the extra money for SummerFest and we have LOTS of peanuts left!!!  It’s only 3 hours, and you get to greet all your neighbors!

The “Colonel” also read a list of possible donors for SF, and requested us to PLEASE visit these businesses soon!

Jim Rogers gave a slide presentation of a trip he and his family took during the summer of 1980 through the National Parks in the Rocky Mountains.  The spectacular photos showed the Rogers family hiking in Banff NP in Alberta, Canada, Glacier NP in Montana, Yellowstone NP in Wyoming, Rocky Mountain & Mesa Verde NPs in Colorado, Four Corners National Monument in CO, NM, AZ, & UT, Zion & Bryce Canyon NPs in Utah, and Grand Canyon NP in Arizona.  Of course, they were all much younger then, but they did an amazing amount of hiking and camping in precipitous mountain terrain!  Some of us had also visited these areas, but we all agreed that we had not been as ambitious as Jim, Joanne, and the girls!  Thanks, Jim, for a very entertaining interlude showing some of the most beautiful scenery in our country!

HAPPY DOLLARS

Pablo:  Happy to have cooked for you last week!  Also, for the weirdest shorts I’ve ever seen on Chet’s son Joe!

Jim Rogers, for Ken Noland’s second visit tonight!

Botsy:  I painted my barbershop, and I like the way it looks!

Bill Whipple:  Son Scott’s bride has arrived from Thailand; he will be attending Navy Officers Training School, so they will soon be heading for Texas!

Botsy, again:  Bob Loveridge came to my shop, and took away 10 boxes of peanuts!

DOOR PRIZES, one each provided by Kathy & Jim, were won by Jim Rogers and Kathy Evensen! 

50/50 for $23 was won by Ken James!

MEGA 50/50 worth $512 eluded even John Glasser, who picked the 5 of Diamonds from 21 cards!  

NEXT WEEK
JULY 17  

PROGRAM:  SummerFest Final Details—Col. Robert Loveridge 
GREETER/INVOCATION/CERTIFICATE:  Bruce Coyne  

JULY 20-23

SUMMERFEST!!!!!  ALL MEMBERS NEEDED TO HELP!!!

JULY 24

NO MEETING

JULY 26

VALLEY CATS vs JAMESTOWN BASEBALL GAME

JULY 31 

SUMMERFEST RECOVERY PICNIC @ BUTLER PARK

AUGUST 7

PROGRAM:  Joe Trupia, Senior Services Chair
     BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING
GREETER/INVOCATION/CERTIFICATE:  Bill Whipple

SPIRITUAL THOUGHT
FOR THE WEEK:

“I realized early on that success was tied to not giving up.  If you simply didn’t give up, you would outlast the people who came in on the bus with you.”   
        Harrison Ford, who earned his living as a carpenter until he got his first major role at age 35