FEBRUARY 6, 2013

MEMBERS PRESENT:

Beverly Stanislawski, Sharon Buckman, Donna Douglass, Sharon Dorelli,  Kelly Chase, Laurie Chase, Jane Burns, Julie Perkins, Tom Spencer, Ron Trigg, Dave Wilgus, Michelle Vargas, Sharon Palmeri, Katherine Flotz 

OLD BUSINESS:A vote of approval was asked for concerning the Januray 16, 2013 minutes.  Julie Perkins gave the first approval which was seconded by Donna Douglass.

NEW BUSINESS: 

TOM SPENCER mentioned that the Friends of the Library and the NWI Poetry Society were excited to co-sponsor the Coffee House Saturdays at the Lowell Library.  The event will be held from 6-9 P.M. on the second Saturday of each month, from November through March and pertains to all ages.  You can contact Tom at 696-3338 for more information.  

SHARON PALMERI mentioned it had been decided that since it was the 25^th anniversary of Write - On Hoosiers, all past members of WOH, as well as Sharon’s prior past writing students, would be invited to attend our annual Christmas Party.  They will also be invited to submit stories and/or poems to the Hoosier Horizon magazine but must follow the same rules and restrictions as our present members. 

LAURIE CHASE gave each member a flier containing information for the upcoming going away party for her daughter, our youngest member, Kelly Chase.  The party will be held at the Bethany Chapel in Lowell on February 9^th from 3 to 6 P.M.

LITERARY NEWS:

SHARON DORELLI announced that Woman’s World Magazine had accepted a recent entry she had made; it will be published in the March 4^th issue.

READINGS:

KELLY CHASE continued with her short story, “Stormy Night.”  In this part of the story, Jamie, after waking up from a horrible dream concerning her “new guest,” offers the guest some of her clothes and to take her shopping with her, despite her continued suspicions.

JANE BURNS continued with four pages of her short story, “Union Lake.”  In this part of the story the young woman, on her third date with a man she hardly knows, continues to find fault with everything in the restaurant, including her date, until finally discovering the food was good and some of the music.

BEVERLY STANISLAWSKI read four pages of a short story written several years prior entitled, “The Richest Man.”  The story concerns a wealthy land owner and his servant.  The servant tries to save the soul of his master by bringing him to God.  After almost succeeding the master decides it is all nonsense and sends for the servant; the servant is found dead on his knees, praying for his master.

SHARON BUCKMAN read a poem entitled “No One Is There.”  The poem relates to a happening at her home on New Year’s Day.

DONNA DOUGLASS read four pages of her short story written during her teaching days.  The story, entitled “Jaza’s Love Story,” concerns two of her ESL students who share a tender love story only by managing to be close to one another during one school year.  The story was followed up with two pictures Donna came across on the internet the same day she read the story.

SHARON DORELLI submitted her two page story entitled, “The Connection.”  The story concerned an older silverback gorilla who had been taken captive when he was ten years old and longed to be back in the life he had in the wild.  He formed a bond with his female caretaker only to have her taken away.

JULIE PERKINS  continued with four pages of her novel entitled  The Levee.  This part of her story related to the two brothers, Charles and Arthur, finding themselves in “a house of ill repute” after leaving the crowded streets of the 1893 World’s Fair in Chicago.  They were left with the decision of returning to the house after being paid to purchase food for the “ladies.”

TOM SPENCER submitted his four stanza poem entitled, “Democratic Crime.”  The poem related to the uphill battle of the average man and ends with the statement, “The common man is never free.”

DAVE WILGUS, our newest member, read three pages of his story, “A Time to Ponder.”  The story began with a man in deep thought as he sat with a fishing pole in his hand trying to reflect how his life experiences led him to this point.

MICHELLE VARGAS continued with her novel Striving After Wind.  After discovering that Victoria, the daughter of widow Brandt, had inherited her mother’s estate, Tabitha tries to convince Victoria’s new husband that selling the land to the gun club would be in their best interest.

The meeting was adjourned at 8:55 P.M.

Respectfully submitted:

SHARON BUCKMAN