MEMBERS
PRESENT:
Sharon Palmeri, Beverly Stanislawski, Katherine Flotz, Sharon
Buckman, George Miga, David Wilgus, Bob Philpot, Jackie Huppenthal, Mike Musak,
Paul Mulligan, Amy Brailey, Mary Ellen Beecher, Luniel Morrow, Donna
Eckelbarger, Adam Sedia
OLD
BUSINESS:
A vote of approval for the October 15 meeting was first given
by KATHERINE FLOTZ and seconded by BEVERLY STANISLAWSKI.
NEW
BUSINESS:
SHARON
PALMERI mentioned that today would be the last day payment for the
Christmas Banquet on December 2 would be accepted; it appeared that
approximately 30 people would be attending.
LITERARY
NEWS:
BEVERLY
STANISLAWSKI mentioned that she had recently won awards in six
different states. In Indiana there were
two honorable mentions for “Dreams Fulfilled” and “Beach Buddies.” In Reserve
was “Young Love.” In Oklahoma she took 2nd place for “Parents’
Lament” and 3rd place for “Oft Go Astray” with an Honorable Mention
for “Raisin’ a Ruckus.” In Illinois she took 3rd Honorable Mention
for “A Summer Love.” In Mid South Tennessee she took 2nd place for
“Heaven’s Host” and 3rd Honorable Mention for “Loving You”
(triolet). In Florida she was given 3rd
place for “Reputation” and 2nd and 3rd Honorable Mention
for “Dawson Blakely” and “St. Pat’s Tricks.”
In Minnesota she was given 2nd Honorable Mention for “Just
the Sound of It” and a Merit Award for “Popeye’s Power.”
JACKIE
HUPPENTHAL mentioned that she had received an award from the Indiana
State Poetry Club and an Honorable Mention from the Indiana Trails and
Tales. She also mentioned she will be
having an article published in the Highlights Magazine.
GEORGE
MIGA
mentioned that he will be speaking on November 11th at the Radisson
in Merrillville for the Rotary Club. His
speech will concern his book, The Final Mission, Grant and Lee. George was also made Commander at the
American Legion in Munster.
READINGS:
DAVE
WILGUS read four pages from his novel, The Joshua Henderson
Story. This part of his novel, taken
from the near ending of Chapter 3, told of Chad being released from jail and
returning back to work. After leaving
his friend, Junior, at a nearby bar, his friend is accosted by two strangers
who insist on knowing Chad’s name. After
refusing to give it to them Junior is stabbed and left to fight for his life.
KATHERINE
FLOTZ read her one page short story entitled, “A Senior
Moment.” Kathy’s story told of her recent
senior moment when she decided to go shopping with her $15 gift card and ended
up in Sam’s Club instead of Walmart by mistake.
After finally reaching the checkout counter she was told by the cashier
that she would need a membership card to check out, of course she didn’t have
one. The nice lady, that had already let
her go ahead in line, loaned Kathy hers.
BEVERLY
STANISLAWSKI read her eight-stanza couplet poem entitled, “My
Kind of Town.” As the title suggests,
her poem was about Chicago and all its attributes, ending with, “Phoenix from
her ashes, All cities, Chicago surpasses.”
PAUL
MULLIGAN read four pages from his novel, Be Brave – Now Die. In this final chapter of the book, Carl,
Darlene and her friend, Brenda meet one night at a college hangout. As they are enjoying the evening, Carl
notices a man slip a date rape drug in Brenda’s drink. After making the two girls leave the scene he
“takes on” the man and his friend.
SHARON
BUCKMAN read her one page article entitled, “Routines, Interruptions
and a Flexible Mind.” The article tries
to describe the benefits of having a routine to manage various chores and how
much faster they get accomplished, even with constant interruptions.
JACKIE
HUPPENTHAL read her three-stanza quatrain poem for which she had
received third Honorable Mention from the Indiana State Poetry Contest. The poem, entitled “September Day at the
Dunes,” told of the beauty she encountered while walking barefoot on the beach
with “seagulls soaring in sapphire skies.”
DONNA
ECKELBARGER read her one-page children’s story entitled, White and Black Animals in My Zoo. The
story told of Bella going to the zoo with her mother and noticing only the
white and black animals, her favorite colors.
After seeing the various black and white animals, such as, a zebra, a
cow, a lemur and orca whale, she tells the zoo goodbye, obviously not
interested in any other animals.
The meeting was adjourned at 7:45 P.M.
Respectfully submitted:
SHARON
BUCKMAN
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