Beverly Stanislawski, Sharon Buckman, Marilyn Kessler, Ruthann
Graczyk, Kathy Flotz, George Miga, David Wilgus, Bob Philpot, Amy Brailey,
Luneil Morrow, Helena Qi
OLD
BUSINESS:
A vote of approval for the October 6, 2016 minutes was first
given by RUTHANN GRACZYK and
seconded by DAVE WILGUS.
LITERARY
NEWS:
BEVERLY
STANISLAWSKI stated she had received awards for seven of her
poems in the past month. The first was
from Chicago’s Poets’ and Patrons for the “The
Flamingo.” The following six were
from Indiana Poetry contests: 1st place for the “Magic Carpet Ride,” 2nd place for “My Magic Carpet,” H.M. for “A
Lover’s Wish,” H.M. for “Until the
Bell Drops,” H.M. for “What a Hero,”
and Reserve for “A Perfect Partner.”
GEORGE
MIGA
stated he heard from two self-publishing agencies, Xlibres and Next Century, in
regards to his unpublished novels. He is
still waiting to hear back from Penquin Publishers.
READINGS:
BOB
PHILPOT read four pages from Chapter 9 of his novel, Strange
Friends. After receiving a phone
call from Frank, Zeb began packing his suitcases, which also included going
into his hidden closet to remove a few of his guns. One of the guns he would take reminded him of
a woman he had met years earlier as she
had handed him the gun after saving his life.
GEORGE
MIGA
read four pages of a novel, written by one of George’s close friends, entitled,
“The Head of the Snake.” The story takes place in Chicago and begins
with Tommy, a Chicago policeman, receiving a call from his aunt that his nephew
has been killed by a local street gang.
The nephew, Sammy, was getting ready to enter his senior year and was up
for a scholarship at of one of the Big
Ten Universities.
HELENA QI read her
two page short story entitled, “Old Man
Sai Lost His Horse.” In her search
for a new church, since her old church had dissolved, Helena was reminded of a story she had heard
from an old Chinese book. The story was
of an old man who people had sought out for his wisdom. The old man kept encountering one tragedy
after another but when people began to feel sorry for him he would say, “this
may not necessarily be a bad thing,” and it would turn out he was right.
KATHERINE
FLOTZ read a poem she had
written shortly after her husband’s death entitled, “And the Lord Said . . . .
“ This beautiful poem tells of her
husband’s strong faith throughout his life and how the Lord led him through all
the various tragedies he encountered.
DAVE
WILGUS continued with his novel, The Curse is Over. The “curse” pertained to the one placed on
the Chicago Cubs after their victory in the 1908 World Series. This part of the novel is told by his
grandfather as he relates his experience at a Chicago Cubs game with his
father, eating a chocolate ice cream cone and then finding seats behind the
home plate.
AMY
BRAILEY continued with her novel, Jon Everett and the Hall of
History. After being punished
for falling asleep in history class, Jon is assigned to a trip at the History
Museum to learn about George Washington.
While noticing the portrait of Washington he realized that he possibly
had a key that would fit the door in the portrait. When he retrieved the key and placed it in
the door, it opened to reveal a teenaged boy, holding the muzzle of a gun which
was aimed at him.
BEVERLY
STANISLAWSKI first read her short story entitled, “One Scary Night.” The story told of two boys, Marty and Jerry,
getting ready to go trick and treat a mansion that all others were afraid
of. When they peeked through a window
they saw the old man’s killer dog coming after them. Marty’s foot got stuck in a floor board as
Jerry tried to think of a way to save his friend. He did.
The second reading was a poem entitled, “Beware the Baba Yaga” (Polish for witch.) This humorous Halloween poem tells of a very
scary witch that sets out to entice small children to her room with promises of
magic, however, the only magic is the one that promises they will never be seen
again.
The meeting was adjourned at 7:35 P.M.
Respectfully submitted:
SHARON
BUCKMAN
