MEMBERS
PRESENT:
Beverly Stanislawski, Sharon Buckman, Katherine Flotz, Bob
Philpot, Hardarshan Valia, Rachael Thomas, Jackie Huppenthal, Mary Lu Cowley,
Rebecca Juergens, Hayley Hardin, Amy Brailey, Dave Wilgus, Kate Ryan, Luniel
Morrow
GUESTS
PRESENT:
Roger Batton
OLD
BUSINESS:
A vote of approval for the November 17, 2016 minutes was first
given by RACHAEL THOMAS and seconded
by KATHRINE FLOTZ.
LITERARY
NEWS:
BEVERLY
STANISLAWSKI received three awards from an Arizona Poetry
contest. The first award was for her
poem “Reputation,” for which she
received a third place Honorable Mention.
She received a 2nd Honorable Mention for “Duet” and a 1st place Honorable Mention for “Watchtowers.” She also received an Honorable Mention from a
Minnesota Poetry contest for her poem, “Frost’s Footprints.”
HARDARSHAN
VALIA read his one page GUEST
COMMENTARY: “Answer Hate With Love” Hardarshan began his commentary with a true
story. He told of attending a
candlelight vigil where a leader of the White Power band End Apathy gunned down
six worshipers and wounding several others.
He also saw there the former leader of that white-power band who was
wondering if his lyrics were the cause of this.
The end of the story told of seeing the former leader in that same
temple, “meditating intensely, and a picture of peace.”
SHARON
BUCKMAN read two pages of the sequel to her novel, entitled, Beyond
the Canopy. In this part of the
novel, Jim, Sally’s son returned home from the VA hospital to find that his
mother and Anne had endured some terrible happenings in his absence. After trying to verify that they had been in
great danger, he discovered that there was probably more danger ahead.
BEVERLY
STANISLAWSKI read her four-stanza blank verse poem entitled, “Reputation.” The poem told of a man
who was returning to his hometown, a town that he had left after killing a man
in a supposedly “fair fight.” In the man’s absence, his brother had become the
“fastest gun in town.” Needing to prove
this, the poem ends with the two brothers facing off against each other, the
younger brother winning.
REBECCA
JUERGENS continued with two pages of her novel entitled, In
Angelic Arms. In this part of her novel, Kara finds herself sitting in
her home with pictures and memories of her recently deceased mother. She becomes even more upset when she finds
her father has left the house with only a few words and some money for her,” no empathy for her basic needs.”
RACHAEL
THOMAS read one page from her children’s book entitled, One
Kindness at a Time. In this
poetic story, she tells of Johnny heading off to his first day of school with
his backpack full of new things, including his favorite blue pencil. While at school, the teacher told of children
who had no supplies and asked the children to donate some things for them. Johnny puts in his favorite blue pencil.
KATE RYAN read
three pages from her series of short stories, this story entitled, “Rough September,” a true story. The story tells of a 20yr. old boy named
Kyle, the boyfriend of her neighbor, who was killed in a senseless motorcycle
accident, an accident caused by an elderly woman turning into her driveway
without signaling. The story ended with
Kyle’s friend, coming home from his funeral on his motorcycle, and having his
life ended in an equally senseless tragedy.
JACKIE
HUPPENTHAL read two of her poems.
The first poem entitled, “February
14th,” told of chocolate truffles, lobster tails, a dozen roses,
a bubble bath by candlelight… only to be enjoyed by last night’s dream. The second poem, a free verse poem entitled, “Spring Break,” told the heartbreak of
a woman who had not enjoyed her “spring break.”
DAVE
WILGUS continued with his novel, The Curse is Over. In
this part of his novel the Kronk children are grown adults. Lucas is married to a girl named Mary who
tries to take care of his ailing mother.
The mother dies before they can make plans for her welfare. The story tells of the curse of the Cubs baseball
team in 1935. The team lost again, this time to the Detroit Tigers.
HALEY
HARDIN continued with reading three pages of her novel entitled, The
Bad Habits and Dangerous Secrets. In this part of the story, Catherine has an
argument with her mother after being told that she sounded just like her
father, a father who had left them several years prior. A friend tries to console her but this ends
up in an argument as well.
The meeting was adjourned at 8:15 P.M.
Respectfully submitted:
SHARON
BUCKMAN
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