MEMBERS PRESENT:
Bob Philpot, Sharon Buckman, Marilyn Kessler, Sharon Palmeri,
Beverly Stanislawski, Katherine Flotz, George Miga, Ruthann Graczyk, Rebecca
Juergens, Kate Ryan, Mary Elllen Beecher, Roger Batton, Amy Brailey, Hayley
Hardin
GUESTS
PRESENT:
Earl Mayo
OLD
BUSINESS:
A vote of approval for the January 19, 2017 minutes was first
given by KATHERINE FLOTZ and
seconded by MARY ELLEN BEECHER.
NEW
BUSINESS:
SHARON
PALMERI asked the members if they would be interested in repeating
the “Topics of Discussion.” This was
something WOH had done in 2016 which involved various members, and other guest
speakers, discussing topics that were of interest to our members. This was done during our regular meetings and
the discussions usually lasted about 20 minutes. The members seemed to be interested in
repeating this.
LITERARY
NEWS:
KATE RYAN
mentioned a Story Telling Workshop that she and ROGER BATTON belonged to.
The next workshop will be held on March 4th, from 10:00 to
4:00 at the Old Depot in Hobart, Chamber of Commerce. There is a fee of $35.00 for those attending,
you can take your lunch or buy it there.
More information can be found on their website, http://www.indiganstoryteller.org/ .
BEVERLY
STANISLAWSKI mentioned that the Lake County Library gives help
to those that are interested and need help with their Ipods, computers, etc.
READINGS:
BOB
PHILPOT read four pages in Chapter 9 of his novel, Strange
Friends. This part of the novel
began with Zeb making a phone call to Frank, his ranch foreman, asking him to
come back to the ranch. Zeb was not
happy to have his romantic interlude being interrupted but he needed to head back
East to headquarters for an unspecified situation.
BEVERLY
STANISLAWSKI read two of her poems, the first, “Hey, Shakespeare!,” was a five-stanza, quatrain poem that dealt with a
number of questions, posed to Shakespeare, as to why he wrote some of the
things he did. The second poem, “My Own True Love,” was a Petrarchan
Sonnet that told of a love lost, but a lesson learned, as she would now look
for another.
SHARON
BUCKMAN continued reading three pages, nearing the end of her novel
sequel, Beyond the Canopy. In
this part of the story, Harold’s father Max, decides to end his problems by
setting fire to Sally’s house, with Sally and Anne in it, in retaliation for
what he believes Sally has done to ruin his life.
KATHERINE
FLOTZ read two pages of her memoir, “The Boy at the River’s Edge.” The
story began in May 1945 with the boy and his family trying to leave the Russian
zone of Germany for the American zone, but were forced to head towards
Yugoslavia. The journey the boy endured
finally ends in America. The story also involved a miraculous
reunitement with his father as the family sees him out the window of their
train while it is stopped at a train station.
REBECCA
JUERGENS read two pages of her novel, Bus Stop. The story begins with a young boy and girl,
Kale and Teagan, waiting to board a school bus as two guards stand at the
entrance. They watch as an elderly man
boards the bus and asks the driver where they are going. They continue watching as this man is knocked
off the bus and killed by the waiting guards.
KATE RYAN read
three pages of her story, “Stowe School,”
taken from a full-length monologue entitled, “Class Work,” that she
wrote and performed in Madison and Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The story told of her first job that she had
found in Vermont at the Stowe School, a co-ed boarding school for “trouble
teens” from wealthy backgrounds.
ROGER
BATTON read two pages of his memoir entitled, “Rok’s Eulogy.” The story
told of how he acquired the dog, half German
Shepard and half Rottweiler, and how this very large, and at times vicious dog,
would become completely calmed by his wife, Jody.
The meeting was adjourned at 8:15 P.M.
Respectfully submitted:
SHARON
BUCKMAN
