MEMBERS
PRESENT:
George Miga, Sharon Buckman, Donna Douglass, Suzy Stueben,
Beverly Stanislawski, Sharon Dorelli, Sharon Palmeri, Jane Burns, Luneil
Morrow, Audrey Warzyniak, Kelly Chase, Laurie Chase, Neil Bedeker. Jackie Huppenthal and Sandra Nantais
attended briefly to bring photos for the selection process.
OLD
BUSINESS:
Approval of the minutes for the September 4, 2013 meeting
was first approved by DONNA DOUGLASS and seconded by BEVERLY STANISLAWSKI.
NEW
BUSINESS:
MAGAZINE
COVER SELECTION: After careful deliberation, a cover photo was chosen for
the Hoosier Horizon magazine’s 25th anniversary edition Jackie Huppenthal’s
photo of a barn at sunset photo was selected by the members who were in attendance.
DONNA
DOUGLASS made a suggestion that the book exchange, which would take
place at the WOH Christmas party, might also have used books (in good
condition) as well as new ones. A
suggestion was also made to insert a card inside the book with the name of the
person giving the book, as well as a brief description as to why they enjoyed
the book. Both suggestions received
unanimous approval.
GEORGE
MIGA
stated that he would like to recommend the book, The Book Thief by Markus
Zusak. The book is based on a true story
that took place during WWII.
NEIL
BEDEKER stated that his book, Dark Hearts – White City, has
possibly been accepted by Allium Press, they have asked that he send them a
three chapter synopsis of the book.
READINGS:
SHARON
BUCKMAN read three pages of her novel, Beyond the Canopy. This part of her book began with 13 yr. old
Anne receiving a caller from the police department. The policeman informed her that they had not
been able to find the body of her captor, and it might be possible that he had
not drowned after all. Beyond the Canopy
is a sequel to Buckman’s first novel Canopy of Leaves.
DONNA
DOUGLASS read her four page short story entitled, “Return to Eternity.” The story began with Donna standing at the
window on the 110th floor of the North Tower in the World Trade
Center on Sept. 11, 2001 at 8:45 A.M. As
the first plane hit the tower she described the noise and devastation that accompanied
it, denying until the end of the story that she had indeed been killed.
SUZY
STUEBEN read her short story entitled, “Mrs. Walters’ Reflections.”
Her story began with Mrs. Walters returning home from a bad day at work
to find that her dog, Tootsey, had been shot and killed by the next door
neighbor. The terrible neighbor stated
that the dog barked too much.
Retribution for him and another “naggy” neighbor was soon received as
Mrs. Walters got help from her deceased relatives.
BEVERLY
STANISLAWSKI read her two stanza prose poem entitled, “A Toast to Life.” The poem began with
Mr. Foggerty, an optimistic older gentleman who had one eye missing and a stump
for his left leg, going into a bar saluting life with a toast to all the
patrons. After he was pushed down by a
gruff younger man the other patrons came to his rescue as he again made a toast
to the young man, “and all the fools who live it.”
JANE
BURNS read her three stanza free verse thought provoking poem
entitled, “Daddy’s Girl, the Mirror.” The poem, a metaphor to her parents, related
Daddy to the radio, Jane to the mirror, and Mom to the TV.
AUDREY
WARZYNIAK read her four page short story entitled, “Returning Memories.” The story tells of two women, Amy, a nurse who
works at a Community Center and Maggie, an 86 year-old who resides there. The story continues with Maggie trying to
convince Amy that she should live her life now, not wait until retiring when it
might be too late.
NEIL
BEDEKER read the epilogue to his novel, Dark Hearts, White City. The epilogue tells of the true story
pertaining to Herman Mudgett, aka Dr. H.H. Holmes, beginning with his last day
prior to his hanging for the known twenty seven murders he had committed.
The meeting was adjourned at 8:50 P.M.
Respectfully submitted:
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