MEMBERS
PRESENT:
Sharon Palmeri, Sharon Buckman, Katherine Flotz, Sharon
Dorelli, Beverly Stanislawski, Bob Moulesong, Jane Burns, Tom Spencer, Denise
Taylor, Mary Ellen Beecher, Michelle Vargas
GUESTS
PRESENT:
Dwight Debruler
OLD
BUSINESS:
A vote of approval for the March 19, 2014 minutes was first
given by KATHERINE FLOTZ and then seconded by DENISE TAYLOR.
KATHERINE
FLOTZ read the treasurer’s report for the year 2013.
NEW
BUSINESS:
TOM
SPENCER stated that the Northwest
Indiana Poetry Society would have their next meeting at the Signature
Banquet Hall (next to George’s Restaurant in Lowell) on April 13th.
Guests are invited.
KATHERINE
FLOTZ brought a copy of the POP
magazine, a poetry book revealing the winners of the 4th and 5th
grade students attending the Solon Robinson, Jerry Ross and Lake
Street Schools.
LITERARY
NEWS:
SHARON
PALMERI announced that the Write-On Hoosier blog had received a
total of 2,498 hits in the past month and an all-time total of 17,200 of
hits as of April 2nd.
MICHELLE
VARGAS brought a copy of the Splickety
Magazine which revealed her short story, “A Better Place” as the leading story.
READINGS:
BOB
MOUSELONG read four pages of the first part of his short story, “Under the Bridge.” His captivating story told of a 12yr. old boy
living under a bridge with his dog, Roscoe.
At the beginning of the story, Jake climbed out of the box he had been
sleeping in and walked off in the direction of town to find food. After encountering a group of hobos sitting
around a small fire he tried not to reveal his fear.
BEVERLY
STANISLAWSKI read her very funny five stanza poem entitled, “Several Cross Words for Your Crosswords.” The poem was written to her local newspaper
in an effort of trying to place the crossword puzzles in the same location of
the paper each day. It seems the editor either
missed the point that her poem, or ignored it, because he/she simply replied
that poems were not accepted in the newspaper.
Only time will tell if this editor really got the hint or not.
DENISE
TAYLOR read two pages of her young adult fiction novel, Beth’s
Secrets. The first chapter, “A Secret Revealed,” told of a young
girl, Beth, starting out after school to join three of her friends at one of
their homes. She was stopped by another
concerned male friend who tried to convince her that since these meetings were
not supervised – and it was not a good idea.
TOM
SPENCER brought his touching poem entitled, “Observation.” The poem related how a person with very poor
eyesight can judge the character, etc. of a person they are unable to
visualize.
MARY
ELLEN BEECHER, one of our newest members, read an early draft
of her novel, Out Of Control. The
story related to “living with an addict” and told of all the sorrows and
complications that were involved, including having a terrible time trying to
find medical help even with the addict himself trying to help.
JANE BURNS read
her short story, “The Hep Cat.” The story began with a man walking along the
street looking for a place to relax and walking into a curio shop. After a curator noticed the man climbing a
ladder in the shop to look at a crown, the curator insisted on helping him.
They were interrupted by another man who took offense at something the Hep cat
had said. When Hep Cat managed to get
away from the disgruntled man he was killed by a shelf-tower collapsing on top
of him. The last words of the story were
“the ‘Curio City’ killed the cat.”
The meeting was adjourned at 8:25 P.M.
Respectfully submitted:
SHARON
BUCKMAN
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