Wednesday, September 25, 2013

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013



MEMBERS PRESENT:
George Miga, Sharon Buckman, Donna Douglass, Suzy Stueben, Beverly Stanislawski, Sharon Dorelli, Sharon Palmeri, Jane Burns, Luneil Morrow, Audrey Warzyniak, Kelly Chase, Laurie Chase, Neil Bedeker.  Jackie Huppenthal and  Sandra Nantais  attended briefly to bring photos for the selection process.


OLD BUSINESS:

Approval of the minutes for the September 4, 2013 meeting was first approved by DONNA DOUGLASS and seconded by BEVERLY STANISLAWSKI.

NEW BUSINESS:

MAGAZINE COVER SELECTION: After careful deliberation, a cover photo was chosen for the Hoosier Horizon magazine’s 25th anniversary edition Jackie Huppenthal’s photo of a barn at sunset photo was selected by the members who were in attendance.

DONNA DOUGLASS made a suggestion that the book exchange, which would take place at the WOH Christmas party, might also have used books (in good condition) as well as new ones.  A suggestion was also made to insert a card inside the book with the name of the person giving the book, as well as a brief description as to why they enjoyed the book.  Both suggestions received unanimous approval.

GEORGE MIGA stated that he would like to recommend the book, The Book Thief by Markus Zusak.  The book is based on a true story that took place during WWII.

NEIL BEDEKER stated that his book, Dark Hearts – White City, has possibly been accepted by Allium Press, they have asked that he send them a three chapter synopsis of the book.

READINGS:

SHARON BUCKMAN read three pages of her novel, Beyond the Canopy.  This part of her book began with 13 yr. old Anne receiving a caller from the police department.  The policeman informed her that they had not been able to find the body of her captor, and it might be possible that he had not drowned after all.  Beyond the Canopy is a sequel to Buckman’s first novel Canopy of Leaves.  

DONNA DOUGLASS read her four page short story entitled, “Return to Eternity.”  The story began with Donna standing at the window on the 110th floor of the North Tower in the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001 at 8:45 A.M.  As the first plane hit the tower she described the noise and devastation that accompanied it, denying until the end of the story that she had indeed been killed.

SUZY STUEBEN read her short story entitled, “Mrs. Walters’ Reflections.”  Her story began with Mrs. Walters returning home from a bad day at work to find that her dog, Tootsey, had been shot and killed by the next door neighbor.  The terrible neighbor stated that the dog barked too much.  Retribution for him and another “naggy” neighbor was soon received as Mrs. Walters got help from her deceased relatives.

BEVERLY STANISLAWSKI read her two stanza prose poem entitled, “A Toast to Life.” The poem began with Mr. Foggerty, an optimistic older gentleman who had one eye missing and a stump for his left leg, going into a bar saluting life with a toast to all the patrons.  After he was pushed down by a gruff younger man the other patrons came to his rescue as he again made a toast to the young man, “and all the fools who live it.”

JANE BURNS read her three stanza free verse thought provoking poem entitled, “Daddy’s Girl, the Mirror.”  The poem, a metaphor to her parents, related Daddy to the radio,  Jane to the mirror,  and Mom to the TV.

AUDREY WARZYNIAK read her four page short story entitled, “Returning Memories.”  The story tells of two women, Amy, a nurse who works at a Community Center and Maggie, an 86 year-old who resides there.  The story continues with Maggie trying to convince Amy that she should live her life now, not wait until retiring when it might be too late.

NEIL BEDEKER read the epilogue to his novel, Dark Hearts, White City.  The epilogue tells of the true story pertaining to Herman Mudgett, aka Dr. H.H. Holmes, beginning with his last day prior to his hanging for the known twenty seven murders he had committed.

The meeting was adjourned at 8:50 P.M.

Respectfully submitted:

SHARON BUCKMAN
 

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