MEMBERS
PRESENT:
Beverly Stanislawski, Sharon Buckman, Kathy Flotz, Tom
Spencer, Donna Douglass, Jane Burns, Laurie Chase, Kelly Chase, Julie Perkins,
Sharon Dorelli, Ron Trigg, Michelle Vargas, Gail Galvan, Neil Bedeker, Sharon
Palmeri
OLD
BUSINESS:
The first approval for the June 5, 2013 minutes was given by
RON TRIGG and seconded by KATHY FLOTZ.
NEW
BUSINESS:
SHARON
PALMERI announced that the entries for the Hoosier Horizon magazine must be in by the last meeting in August. A vote was also taken in regard to whether or
not we would have a meeting on July 3rd – a majority of the members
voted against having the July 3rd meeting due to the absence of
several of the members for the long holiday weekend. This resulted in the
following:
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT: NO MEETING ON WEDNESDAY, JULY 3
LITERARY
NEWS:
TOM
SPENCER announced that JACKIE
HUPPENTHAL had won an Honorable Mention award at the National Federation of
State Poetry Society. Tom also stated
that Indiana (at the time of his departure) had 11 winners out of 32 states at
the annual convention. Tom also
recommended the movie, “ The Great
Gatsby,” stating that he thought most of our members would enjoy it.
GAIL
GALVAN stated that she had attended the Printers Row Literary Fest in Chicago and would like to share part
of her blog about the day, including photos.
Gail also recommended the book, Sidekicks,
a book of short stories written by
several different authors. She could not remember the author’s name.
DONNA
DOUGLASS stated that her book, Manage
Your Time, Your Work, Yourself, which was re- published by Amacom
Publishers in Japan, and is on the best
seller list in Japan.
KATHY
FLOTZ announced that the meeting she and her husband attended at
the Lutheran Church in Wisconsin went very well; she also sold 24 books.
READINGS:
NEIL
BEDEKER read his short story entitled, “Incident on the Egret.” The
story related to a fishing trip in Florida which had been booked by his manager
and the various “incidents” which had occurred, mostly involving Captain Bart.
JULIE
PERKINS read her four stanza poem entitled, “Lean In.” The poem, almost
the exact opposite of the now famous book by the same name, told of the
benefits for the stay-at-home mothers and their children.
SHARON
DORELLI read her free verse poem entitled, “Slivers of Light.” The poem
told of a young mother who suffered from terminal cancer, awakening one day to be
completely pain free, and the wonderful things she will accomplish on that
day.
SHARON
BUCKMAN read her true short story entitled, “Getting It Right.” The
story told of a camping trip involving her husband, herself, and two friends. The
story related the sad series of events they witnessed of a couple of
inexperienced campers.
KATHY
FLOTZ read her diamond poem entitled, “A Rainy Day.” The poem told
of the beauty she witnessed at a Wisconsin lake involving “rain drops kissing the leaves” and the loons swimming and diving
in pairs.
BEVERLY
STANISLAWSKI read her five stanza poem entitled, “Anyone for Stew?” This poem was a unique way of stating the
obvious, all the new customs people brought from various lands, “didn’t spoil the broth, they blend their
fixings for a tasty stew.”
DONNA
DOUGLASS read her six stanza poem entitled, “I Teach for Selfish Reasons.”
The poem related to all of the various rewards she had received at the
end of each teaching season when she “packs
up another school year.”
TOM
SPENCER brought his free verse poem entitled, “Democratic Crime.” It
began with “Demigods of selfish
grandeur,” and the last stanza ending with, “Our Legislature’s legacy, the
common man is never free.”
JANE
BURNS continued with her novel, Atalanta. In this chapter, entitled “The Messenger,” Atalanta was being
sent as a messenger to Calydon to let them know that their message had been
received, a trip that involved several days of traveling.
LAURIE
CHASE continued with her novel, Badradin. Chapter 19,
entitled Starship Defender, which took place on the Starship bound for a summit
on Rossi Station One, told of Major Zon greeting the Grand Advisor and
eventually explaining the encounter between Dr. Togalaz and the guards.
RON TRIGG read the beginning of his
newest memoir entitled, “What’s Wrong
With Dad.” The beginning of the
story told of Ron’s departure for Bangkok, an assignment he did not want to
take since his father was just beginning to show signs of what was later
diagnosed as Alzheimer’s disease. Ron
later returned taking over the task of caring for his father through the night.
MICHELLE
VARGAS continued with her novel, Striving After Wind. In this part of her the story Tabitha awoke to
find that she had just had a miscarriage.
After being carried back to the house where she had been employed, she
was asked by Patrick to raise his and Vicky’s baby, a baby Vicky did not want.
The meeting was adjourned at 9:05 P.M.
Respectfully submitted,
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