AUGUST 4, 2016

MEMBERS PRESENT:

Beverly Stanislawski, Sharon Buckman, Gail Galvan, Bob Philpot, George Miga, Mike Musak, Ruthann Graczyk, Sharon Dorelli, Carl Cabanas, Adam Sedia

GUESTS PRESENT:

Andy Kuck

OLD BUSINESS:

A vote of approval for the July 20, 2016 minutes was first given by BEVERLY STANISLAWSKI and seconded by RUTHANN GRACZYK

NEW BUSINESS:

CARL CABANAS gave a fifteen-minute discussion concerning the brochure he passed out for the members entitled "The Facts of Fiction."  The brochure included Military Myths Dispelled, as well as A Police Procedure Cheat Sheet.

READINGS:

MIKE MUSAK continued reading four pages of his novel, The Earth Report.  In this part of the story, Chapter 2 – Creation, Gorp was giving the elders a progress of the mission involving sending two agents to Earth.  The elders soon began asking questions, such as, why are humans so wet from perspiration?  Gorp also had to explain that there were several areas on planet Earth still quite primitive.

ADAM SEDIA read four stanzas of his delightful poem, Waves.  The poem described the waves in their “soft, serene rhythm sounds, slowly lulling, lulling, lulling,” and capturing the beauty of the waves as they die against the land.

CARL CABANAS read his poetic story entitled, “Eyes of the Neighborhood.”  As he begins each line with the words “I watch,” Carl tells the sad story of a man walking down the street, becoming a victim of street violence as others watch, but sadly saying nothing.

BEVERLY STANISLAWSKI read her two-page short story entitled, “Their Song.”  The story begins with an older woman standing in front of a jukebox playing a favorite song she and her husband had enjoyed years before.  The song brought back wonderful moments they had enjoyed together and had now slipped away, until he suddenly comes up behind her and replays the song and dances with her.

GEORGE MIGA continues with his novel, The Spin Doctor.  This part of the novel, taking place in the mid-eighties, begins with Garnett trying to convince Edwards, a crisis management planner, to call the President as soon as possible.  Since the Secretary of Defense is trying to convince him as well, he at last, reluctantly agrees without knowing what they are expecting of him.

ANNE HUNTER read her seven-stanza poem entitled, “Missing Lynx,” written in honor of her vagabond cat, a cat who she kept, and loved, for 13 yrs., losing him to “uncontrollable diabetes.”

ANDY KUCK read his 29 stanza, four page children’s poem, entitled “Sam Stoople and the Country of Thyap.”  The poem begins with a boy named Sam reading a book in school, a book that was so boring that he said, “No more,” and continued on his journey to try to discover a distant land.

The meeting was adjourned at 7:45 P.M.

Respectfully submitted:

SHARON BUCKMAN