And the winner is....
MEMBERS PRESENT:
Beverly Stanislawski, Sharon Palmeri, Jane Burns, Tom Spencer, Sharon Buckman, Sharon Jesik, Pamela Gonzalez, Judith Whitcomb, Kathy Flotz, Sharon Dorelli, Neil Bedeker, Kelly Chase, Laurie Chase, Jackie Huppenthal, Ron Trigg, Mike Musak
NEW MEMBER:
Charlotte Brislen
GUESTS PRESENT:
Carol Castaneda
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Sharon Palmeri announced that the Christmas Party would again be held at the Lake of the Four Seasons Clubhouse.
The party will be on the first Wednesday of December and the menu will include such items as Beef, chicken, cod, mashed potatoes, apple pie, iced tea, etc. Sharon is now accepting payments for the party, $22.50 per person.
Sharon also stated she chose Office Depot as the printer for our latest issue of Hoosier Horizon magazine. The new magazine will be the same price as last year and will include a spine back, however (same as last year) there will be no color pages. The cover will remain in color.
PHOTO CONTEST
The annual magazine photo contest was conducted. This year we had 10 entries. The entries were submitted by Sandra Nanatais, Ron Trigg, and Jackie Huppenthal. All photos were excellent and it was difficult for members to judge.
The winning photo was taken by Sandra Nantais. The two runner up photos tied at 2nd place and were taken by Sandra Nantais and Jackie Huppenthal. See photos below:
Sandra 1st 
Sandra 2nd tie 
Jackie 2nd tie
NEWS:
1. CHARLOTTE BRISLEN stated she has been revising an old story since our last meeting.
2. CAROL CASTANEDA introduced herself to our members. She stated she was the former president of Toastmasters and had been a member there for the past four years. She loves to write short stories and would now like to start a book.
3. JACKIE HUPPENTHAL stated she has been busy with her four boys as well as working at the Y. Although she likes writing poetry she has recently been working on a short story.
4. JANE BURNS has been doing a "radical revision" on her novel as well as her flash memoir.
5. SHARON JESIK recommended two books she thought the members might enjoy reading. "Noir at the Bar," is a small book, the writers live in the St. Louis area and she warned the book might be a little risque.) The second book was entitled Southern Gods and was written by John Jacobs.
6. RON TRIGG stated he has been continuing his work on his memoirs. He is also planning on attending a family reunion in Cairo, Ill.
7. PAMELA GONZALEZ stated she has had a hectic two weeks. Her husband has returned from his military training as a combat engineer for the National Guard. All of this has kept her from doing any writing.
8. JUDY WHITCOMB stated she has been in a writer's slump. She also announced that the Indiana Writer's Consortium will be hosting a banquet at the Avalon Manor on either Oct. 20th or the 27th. There will also be a guest speaker from the Dog-Ear Publishing Co.
9. KELLY CHASE has been working on her novel, "The Ring." She will also return back to school next week.
10. TOM SPENCER stated his publisher has recently died and he is now for a new one. Tom also stated that any member, or their family, that would like to watch the Labor Day parade could do so from his house, he has a prime view.
11. BEVERLY STANISLAWSKI stated she has been getting ready to make some entries into the Indiana State Poetry competition.
12. MIKE MUSAK has been busy working on his screenplay, "The Plant."
13. NEIL BEDEKER announced he has been fighting with his new laptop, in particular the Microsoft 7 office program.
14. SHARON DORELLI stated she threw away her old computer when she was recently given a new one.
15. SHARON PALMERI has been busy "tying up loose ends" and trying to get things ready for the new Hoosier Horizon magazine. She is also preparing for her classes at Merrillville Community Education. The two classes include: Publishing in the 21st Century and Writing Children’s Books. She is also getting the IUN radio station ready for the fall semester students.
16. KATHERINE FLOTZ has also been busy working with the Indiana Writer's Consortium. She stated that members who attend the banquet, for an extra fee of $10, will be given a space to sell their books.
17. SHARON BUCKMAN stated she has been busy working on revising her short story, "Danny Be Good."
18. LAURIE CHASE has been busy revising both of her novels and also stated she is still looking for work.
READINGS:
TOM SPENCER brought two different versions of his poem, "Consistency of Birth." The poem related to the correlation and consequences of natural disasters as well as man-made ones.
NEIL BEDEKER read the continuation of his story, "Torch Key." The story tells of a UPS delivery man entering a bar and seeing a woman who he recognizes as a previous customer, a customer he purposely never made a delivery to. When he returns to her house to deliver her package he is disappointed to find her husband there and plans a return trip.
MIKE MUSAK brought copies of his screenplay, this chapter entitled, "The Trial." After assigning different parts to the various members, everyone enjoyed all the confusion caused by the defendant, Joe Lacker, and the problem he had with the judge.
SHARON DORELLI read her four page memoir entitled, "First Kiss." The memoir tells of the wonderful memory of her first kiss, which involved Sharon at the age of 14, a young sailor and the Riverview Park in Chicago.
CHARLOTTE BRISLEN read her short children's story entitled, "Pookie and Me." The story told of a three year old named Millie and her love and constant companion, Pookie (a pink stuffed doggie), the two occasionally getting into trouble causing time-outs.
BEVERLY STANISLAWSKI read one of her sonnets she intends to submit to the Indiana Poetry competition entitled "Sea Battle." The poem tells of sand castles being destroyed by sea waves crashing down upon them, "no match for nature's ebb and flow."
JANE BURNS read her one page flash memoir entitled, "Resurrection." The memoir relates to the memory of Jane taking her dog for a morning walk along with her friend, "a carpenter" and the wonderful thoughts it evoked.
SHARON JESIK continued with her novel, "Corn Dancer." In this part of her novel the two friends of deceased Doty, Luck and Gar, go mushroom and lichen hunting only to discover that the pictures taken along the way now include a vicious looking diamondback snake.
RON TRIGG read a continuation of his memoirs entitled, "Moments on an African Landscape." The memoir goes back to the time of Mandela's release from prison and the change brought about on the political landscape.
KELLY CHASE continued with her novel, "The Ring." In this part of the novel Kristine is forced to tell two of her friends about some of the powers of her ring and how she can't get rid of it.
JACKIE HUPPENTHAL read a two page memoir entitled "Panjams and Pampakes." The memoir tells of her memory involving her young sons and in particular her son, Isaiah. Isaiah has a friend named Joe, who sometimes has a speech impediment which Isaiah, when relating the stories Joe tells, talks with the same impediment, thus the title, Panjams and Pampakes.
The meeting was adjourned at 9:15 P.M.
Respectfully submitted:
SHARON BUCKMAN
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