THE SANDPIPER

THE WEEKLY MEMBERSHIP NEWSLETTER OF THE

KIWANIS CLUB OF SAND LAKE, NY

P. O. Box 535, West Sand Lake, NY 12196 www.SandLakeKiwanis.org

SandLakeKiwanis @nycap.rr.com

Meets 6:30 PM Mondays at The Lakeview Inn Restaurant

President Stuart J. Nippes Treasurer Robert S. Pasquarelli

President-Elect Linda Ellis Secretary David E. Booker

Immediate Past President Michael T. Gates Webmaster David E. Booker

Sandpiper Editor Margaret R. Weiss Photographers James Rogers & Kevin Sarsfield

BOARD OF DIRECTORS Eve M. Ward, John C. Brownrigg, William M. Whipple

Barbara K. Fioravanti, Robert R. Loveridge, Janet C. Malecki

Craig L. Daniels, Joseph M. Behson, Patricia A. Lane

MEETING OF JULY 14, 2014

PRESIDENT Stuart J. Nippes presiding

GREETINGS & INVOCATION by Jean Hamlin

WELCOME BACK, Randy Wheeler Bruce Perry and

Bob Loveridge! PROJECT SIGNUP SHEETS DOORS OF HOPE, unloading food truck

Tues July 15th: Loveridge, Daniels, Patton, Ginther, Davis, Behson

24th MONTHLY PASTA DINNER @ WSL Firehouse, Saturday, August 9th:

12 – 7, Setup & Cook: L&L Ellis, Loveridge

3 – 5:30, Setup & Serve: Lane, Brownrigg

3:30 – 7, Cashiers: Ward

5 – 7:30, Serve & Takedown: ________, ________

ASSIST BROOKSIDE SENIORS WITH MOVING:

Wed July 23rd: Loveridge, ________, ________

Thur July 24th: ________, ________, ________

ARC BLOOD DRIVE, Church of the Covenant, Thurs Aug 21st:

Set Up 12-1: ________, ________ Clean Up 6-7: _________, ________

Registration 1 – 3:30: Ward Canteen 1 – 3:30: Daniels

Registration 3:30 – 6: Linda Ellis Canteen 3:30 – 6: Colabelli

ANNOUNCEMENTS Bob Loveridge: Thanks to those who worked another successful

Pasta Dinner this past Saturday. We served about 40 dinners.

Sand Lake Center for the Arts: Annual Taste of Sand Lake,

Thursday August 14th, 6-9 PM at Crooked Lake, $50.

More information about the Taste of Sand Lake

Sandpiper Scribe: needed for 3 issues, July 28th,

August 4th, August 11th, (and perhaps Aug 18th?)

PROGRAM Member Randy Wheeler explained his prolonged

absences from Kiwanis meetings – he’s been completely

immersed in Boy Scouting leadership with his two sons

ages 14 and 15. Many meetings and outings with a large

and very busy troop! His older son is working on

attaining his Eagle Scout rating, the younger is working

on his Life Scout rating. Most of the scouting programs

have emphasis on the younger boys, so Randy has been working on more for the older

scouts. In many ways the program is similar to Kiwanis objectives: service oriented, support of youth,

community involvement, and “fun-raising”. We can help each other with fund raising

events and community service events, providing leadership

skills, character building, creating feelings of self-worth and

stronger ties to community and family. Randy illustrated his talk

about scouting activities with pictures of hikes and camp-outs

which will prepare them for a 50 mile hike around Cranberry

Lake in the Adirondacks. They need training, diet, planning,

equipment, and how to protect their feet! They’ve hiked the Rail Trail from

Berkshire Mall to North Adams, 11 miles each way; near New Paltz, the

Mohonk Mountain House, a 3.1 mile hike to the stone fire tower; 4.7 mile hike in

Connecticut, with a 1900 foot vertical assent to 2316 ft altitude; Snow

Hole at Petersburg Pass, part of the Taconic Range where VT, NY, &

MA come together; Snow shoeing around Long Pond at Grafton State

Park; 4.5 mile hike north of Minerva, NY at Blue Ledges/Huntley

Pond; white water rafting the Hudson north of North Creek, NY;

learning how to use and care for firearms near Schaghticoke, NY;

participation in flag ceremony at Latham Kiwanis Park; backpack training around Long

Pond and up to the Grafton Fire Tower! Randy related his part in this training: breaking in his new boots

BEFORE the trip, increasing activity to lose 30 pounds to make

carrying a 35 pound pack easier (?)

and helping the boys raise the funds

to pay for their own equipment.

Future plans are for a trip to the

Florida Keys to learn ocean

experiences. Your scouts are very

fortunate, Randy, to have such a

dedicated leader! Thanks for a wonderful program!

HAPPY DOLLARS $ Joe Behson: My son has been asked to speak on National Public Radio next month on the

“Fathers at Work” topic! He’ll also be on Good Morning America sometime next week. $ Kevin Sarsfield: My son and daughter-in-law visited and electronically gathered the rest of the

family together to announce that we will be grandparents in January! $ Jim Rogers: My daughter and grandson have climbed their 23rd of the 46 High Peaks in NY! $ Pat Lane: NOT a happy dollar: my son-in-law is hospitalized with a serious infection of his

lower leg. $ Jerry Tysiak: Thanks to Randy for a great program and for all your work with the Scouts! $ John Brownrigg: I saw my 5th pair of bald eagles, about 7 years old, and also saw a fledgling

pair, down in the lower Hudson Valley! In addition, about 27 of us from the Van Rensselaer

Division (8 from SLK) gathered for a tailgate party followed by an Agatha Christie mystery play

yesterday. Rose Dorr and her daughter were with us, and the family has expressed their desire to

use the donations in Dudley’s memory for a scholarship to a worthy Key Club member. $ Randy Wheeler: Thanks to Kiwanis for all the community service you do! I’ll be back when my

kids grow up. I’ve changed jobs again, and have now landed in government, in the Attorney

General’s office, reforming procedures to save taxpayers’ money! $ Jim Colabelli: Great program, Randy! For some time we have been concerned about 3 huge

trees in front of our house, but they are now down and we have a much better view—of Joe’s

house! $ Pete Stevens: The town has finally completed the Glass Lake Fishing Access—right across the

road from my house! Also, my son has been relocated and is now stationed in Hawaii! $ Jim Colabelli, again: Thanks to Pete for giving me this book about Nantucket—Enduring Shore!

That amount of $1600 was for a week, not a night! Still expensive!

DOOR PRIZE, provided by Randy Wheeler, was won by Joe Behson!

50/50 for $23 was won by Peg Weiss!

PROGRESSIVE 50/50, worth $884 this week, is hanging on to that King of

Clubs! Bob Loveridge’s ticket was pulled but he could only come up with the

10 of Clubs from just 11 cards!

COMING WEEKS…

Help Wanted: volunteers to take notes for the Sandpiper for the meetings

of July 28, Aug 4, 11, & possibly 18.

JULY 21 PROGRAM: Joe Distell

Speaker: Hon Daniel Dwyer, Mayor of Rensselaer

“The Proposed Riverfront Casino”

GREETER/INVOCATOR/CERTIFICATE: Peg Weiss

JULY 28 PROGRAM: Jim Colabelli

Speakers: Bob and Holly Flynn – CoNSERNS-U GREETER/INVOCATOR/CERTIFICATE: Bryce Ginther

AUGUST 4 PROGRAM: John Mulligan, Barb Fioravanti, & Janet Malecki

Update on the Sponsored Youth Committee GREETER/INVOCATOR: Bill Whipple

BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING

AUGUST 11 PROGRAM: Linda & Lyndon Ellis -- TBA

GREETER/INVOCATOR/CERTIFICATE: Jim Colabelli

SPIRITUAL THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK:

“There are no traffic jams along the extra mile.” Roger Staubach