MEMBERS PRESENT:
Kathy Flotz, Sharon Buckman, Sharon Jesik, Beverly Stanislawski, Kelly Chase, Laurie Chase, Jessica Bard, John Boufis, Cathy Dziubla, Tom Spencer, Lisa Groszek, Sharon Palmeri, George Miga, Sandra Nantais
GUESTS PRESENT:
Dennis Hodges, Jane Burns
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Sharon Palmeri announced that the members would need to decide on our next meeting place. Several suggestions had been given by various members over the past two weeks. Three of the suggestions are as follows: Banquet room at Chapel Lawn in Schererville, Schoops Restaurant in Crown Point, Twelve Islands Restaurant in Crown Point and the Elks Club in Hobart (still waiting for approval response). It was decided to rule out the Elks Club due to the distance involved for most members and to hold our next meeting at Chapel Lawn and further decision will be made then. Sharon also stated that our "Traveling Story" needed a little pick-me-up as far as the story line was concerned and encouraged the future writers of the story to possibly start "livening it up a little."
NEWS:
Our members introduced themselves to our newest guest, stating their accomplishments and preferences in writing. Dennis Hodges then introduced himself, stating he resided in Merrillville and was presently involved in publicity writing for the Lutheran Church. He also stated he did a publication for the "Tour of Railroads" in Europe.
READINGS:
SHARON BUCKMAN read two pages of her newest short novel, "A Family Murder." The true story related to the murder of her nephew, John Parker, in 2003. It began with the disbelief of family members as to how anyone could want to harm such a nice person and ended with the suspicions of the Merrillville police department involving several members of his family.
KATHY FLOTZ read one page of her newest novel, "The Journey." The story continued with Martha Brenner, a refugee mother, and her two children, reluctantly leaving Germany to head for their new life in America, possibly never to know what happened to her husband.
SHARON JESIK continued with her novel, "Corn Dancer." In this part of her novel Robert was leading the friends of deceased Dotty to a safe location in a "basement like" area, away from the severe storm raging outside. A Zuni scream was heard from above, and beautifully repeated by Sharon, as they all huddled around a table below.
BEVERLY STANISLAWSKI read her four stanza poem entitled, "Mountains' Majesty." The lovely poem related the beauty of the mountains "straining for a chance to touch the face of God." It has been entered in an Arizona magazine entitled, The Sandcutters.
KELLY CHASE continued with her story, "The Ring." The two pages told of her questionable judgement in having a boyfriend like Travis and slipping off her ring, a ring with magical powers, and placing it in her backpack. It then continued with her annoyance at seeing her friend, Ranee, happily talking to Annabeth, a former friend.
LAURIE CHASE read the first four pages of a previous novel she had written entitled, "Fast Forward." The novel tells of a housewife, Kelly O'Callaghan, starting out with her normal daily routine and suddenly finding herself in disbelief as she stared around at some unbelievable looking people in a completely unknown location.
JESSICA BARD continued with her short story, "The First Snow." In this version of her short story the dying woman, who had asked her friend Whit to stay with her to the end, tells of fighting off her attackers and ends up dying in his arms, only to have disappeared when he returns with the police.
JOHN BOUFIS, after again reminding us of the word, "seep," continued with a "sarty," the previous night, involving two women who had recently seeped into their new bodies only to fall eight stories, dying of broken necks and then seeping into new male bodies. The story then continued with a new person, John, being shot, however, his outcome is not known.
KATHY DZIUBLA remembered a Greek quote from her father, "A Camel Can't See Its Own Hump," and made this the title of her poem. The poem reminded us that we probably can't see our own limitations but they can certainly see ours. She also questioned as to why a negative word would be used to describe something as "awfully nice?"
TOM SPENCER had written a poem entitled, "The Poet's I," in response to a friend and intended as a thank you. The poem tells of the poet's intention to "foster change, bringing a social change to better our world."
LISA GROSZEK, in her two page memoir, tells of happy childhood memories of the Fourth of July at a friend's house, waiting impatiently for the first glimpse of fireworks and the sad farewells to their friends as they are forced to go home.
GEORGE MIGA continued with four pages of his novel, Medal of Dishonor." In this part of his novel he tells of President, Lyndon Johnson, trying to talk his friend, Spencer McCall, into leaving his present position in the oil business and going to the Mideast, returning to give President Johnson the true facts concerning the dissention between the "Jews and the A-rabs."
SANDRA NANTIAS read her beautifully illustrated poem entitled, "The Lady Bug." The three stanza poem describes the beauty of a lady bug and reveals beautiful photography of one sitting on a yellow flower.
JANE BURNS began her story, "Atalanta," an ancient Greek mythology, with the first part entitled, "The Apple Doesn't Fall." It begins with a Queen giving birth and a boastful King telling every one of the wonderful things his "son" will do as he talks to a stable boy. It ended with the queen's attendants showing him into the room to see his new "son."
The meeting was adjourned at 9:00 P.M.
Respectfully submitted:
Sharon Buckman
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