MEMBERS PRESENT:
Sharon Buckman, Sharon Jesik, George Miga, Jane Burns, Beverly Stanislawski, Pam Gonzalez,
Lisa Groszek, Mike Musak, Sandra Nantais, Bill Burns, Laurie Chase, Kelly Chase
GUESTS PRESENT:
Robert Durling
NEWS:
1. GEORGE MIGA stated he has been working both of his novels, "Spin Doctor" and "Medal of
Dishonor."
2. PAMELA GONZALEZ has entered a 500 word, or less, children's story contest. The sponsor is Cheerios and the winner will have the honor of having the small book published and placed in
each box of cereal.
3. JANE BURNS stated she has been working on her book "Atalanta".
4. BEVERLY STANISLAWSKI stated she received a rejection letter concerning a recent poem she had sent in.
5. LISA GROSZEK has been working on her novel "Above and Below" and stated she is about one chapter away from finishing.
6. MIKE MUSAK has been busy working on his screen play, "The Plant."
7. SANDY NANTAIS stated she has been busy writing poetry and doing photographic work.
8. BILL BURNS, who became a member today, stated he has been busy playing "free cell" on his computer. He and his wife are also planning a three week trip, first to China and then Alaska.
9. SHARON JESIK has been busy writing some poetry and working on her novel, "Corn Dancer."
10. LAURIE CHASE has been working with her niece revising her novel, “Dual Heritage."
11. KELLY CHASE has been busy with her school work and writing some poetry.
12. Guest ROBERT DURLING graduated from a junior college on the south side of Chicago. He worked in the college newspaper, which started him writing. He them attended Northwestern Univ. and majored in journalism. Wrote various plays as well as for radio and was in WW II, where he purchased all the black cloth for Patton's funeral. He is a comedy writer and is working on a book called, "Life is Like Eggs, Scrambled or Sunnyside Up."
FYI:
Sharon Palmeri, Katherine Flotz, Jackie Huppenthal and Judy Whitcomb were not in attendance at the meeting this evening because they are attending the PoPP (poetry awards for children) event at Lake Street school.
Immediately after the PoPP event Sharon Palmeri will go to Indianapolis to be a panel judge on literature/writing for the Indiana Arts Commission, where several writers will be chosen to receive state grant money later this year.
READINGS:
GEORGE MIGA continued with his novel, "Medal of Dishonor." In this part of the story, Cordell Jackson, a Negro war hero who shined shoes for a living and had been overlooked for the Medal of Honor, managed to stop a robbery. The potential robbery then turned to murder as a policeman was murdered and the gun then turned on Cordell as it ended.
JANE BURNS continued with Chapter 2 of her novel, "Atalanta." The story took a diversion from the young girl that was being mothered by a bear to two twin wolves who could talk to each other.
As the story continued, Tay and Kah, the twin bears, managed to kill Baba, the King of Beasts. The killing proved to be a disaster since from that point on none of the animals were able to talk again.
SHARON BUCKMAN continued with her true story, "A Family Murder." In this part of the story, her brother arrived from Florida to find the investigation of his murdered son already underway. Following the funeral, one of the largest she had ever seen, the family discovered that the murdered victims stepson had already been arrested and the police were suspecting other family members.
BEVERLY STANISLAWSKI read a short story that she had written several years prior and had taken first place in a Christian Writers contest in Tennessee. The poem, entitled "The Passover Lamb," began with a young boy trying to take his lamb to the Passover as a sacrifice for his family. When the lamb ran away the young boy sought the help of a stranger to find him. The story ended with them witnessing Jesus being taken to the cross.
LISA GROSZEK continued with her novel, "Above and Below." After being told that her family was in danger, Elizabeth awaits the arrival of her niece, Clarissa, hoping she can shed some light on why they are in danger. They come to the mutual opinion that it involves the previously murdered Dominic, who they had to murder fifteen years prior.
MIKE MUSAK brought another of his humorous screen plays entitled, "The Plant." After assigning speaking parts to several of the members, we again enjoyed Mike's humor as it involved the conversations of various employees of the plant sitting at Tony's Tiny Tap.
SANDY NANTAIS read her four page memoir entitled, "Dyngus Day," a polish tradition celebrated on the Monday following Easter in Poland. Explaining that her polish family formerly practiced this when living in Poland she explained that it involved polish boys awakening girls with a bucket of water on their heads and striking them about the legs with switches from a willow - this was for girls they liked.
BILL BURNS related how he started this story several years prior when traveling under the Golden Gate Bridge. After several mishaps, involving the loss of his pages, he finally continued with the story he entitled "Bridge." The story involves a widower sitting on a park bench admiring the Golden Gate Bridge and being approached by a woman of "questionable intentions." It ended with the man finally going with her to "her place."
SHARON JESIK continued with her novel, "Corn Dancer." This part of her story involves the main character, Luck, entering the front door of his house with his male friend, Gar. They discovered a pungent smell and smoke and upon entering their bedroom found an image of a very large snake that had been "blasted" into their ceiling. They also found changes had been made, again,. to the picture of Corn Dancer.
LAURIE CHASE continued with her novel, "Fast Forward." In this part of her novel, Kelly O’Callaghan was told that somehow she had been moved 500 yrs. into the future and was aboard a spaceship. Since everyone on the spaceship was as confused as she was, she was told that she would just have to wait, and work, until they could contact another ship that could possibly give her some answers about somehow getting back to her family.
KELLY CHASE read the poem she had just written, entitled "Storm." The poem told of the
"frightening beauty" of lightning and thunder, engaging conversations between the members of all our recent storms.
The meeting was adjourned at 8:55 P.M.
Respectfully submitted:
Sharon Buckman
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