April 30, 2007

Reporting the meeting of April 23, 2007

 

Text Box: Calendar of Events Last Week: Lakeside Boys Volley Ball Team, Coach Melissa Armstrong This Week: Group Study Exchange (GSE) Team from District 4600, Brazil Next Week: BH-BL School Budget - Jim Schultz, Superintendent Coming Up: May 14 – Club Awards Night Coming Up: May 21 - Club work Projects Begin (No meeting May 28) Coming Up: June 2 - Jenny Pennington Golf Classic Note: The regular meeting is now Monday evenings at The Sewell Room Invocation: George Bailey, Garry Morrow, Dan Stec or Bob Youmans Please give suggestions for future programs to Ron Serapilio
Text Box: April 23 Announcements
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


President Linda gave thanks to:

●       Ken Crotty – researching and ordering projection equipment

●       Ron and Mark – rescuing our rotary goods from the Millstone

●       Mark – for setting up the Sewell Room for dinner and making fabulous dessert

●       To all – who were so understanding in the sudden unexpected change of venues for the last meeting

●       To Mary – for scrambling to get  a screen to save the presentation

 

And Welcomed: Guest George Bailey (who is “family”), and newest member, Peter Sawyer. 

 

Other announcements were as follows:

●       Paul Lewandowski reported that the 2nd annual Jenny Pennington Golf Classic is in the planning stage

●       Fred Bailey called for volunteers for the Charlton Founders Day Parade on June 3 and the BH-BL Flag Day Parade on June 7

●       Laura Linder reported Onion sales of over 60 bags

●       Bob Youmans announced the collection so far of $1290 for the Jack Wolfe Scholarship and called for formation of a committee to administer the Scholarship.  Margaret Phillips, Peter Sawyer and Ed Warren volunteered to serve.

●       Val Mosier called attention to the Town in Bloom collection basket and asked for volunteers to convene every Friday at the Library from June to September.

●       Mark Gasporovic circulated sign up sheets for Work Projects to begin May 21 and for set up and clean up for weekly Rotary meetings.

 

Text Box: April 23 Program: Lakeside Boys Volleyball Team 

 

 


The Lakeside Boys Volleyball Team, known variously as “The Beach Bums” or “Lakeside Wolverines” are a group of Burnt Hills – Ballston Lake Student Athletes competing in the 15 and under class where they are the 2006 East Coast Champions.  Three of their players were introduced by Coach Melissa Armstrong and assistant coach Tom Houghtalen.  They were Jordan Armstrong, Alex Houghtalen and Tyler Slocum.  The boys spoke of their experiences in competition against other select teams that draw on several schools in larger areas and recruit taller players than Lakeside.  They are almost always cast as underdogs and have enjoyed surprising success as evidenced by their title performance in 2006.  They are currently ranked number two on the East Coast.

 

All of the boys also participate in two or more school sports and are strong academically.  Most are honor students.  They also contribute to the community in a number of volunteer activities including assisting with youth volleyball tournaments. 

 

The team competes nationwide and has attracted the attention of college coaches.  Four players were selected to attend the Team USA High Performance Camp last year.  Four more will work out with the national team at Olympic training headquarters in California this year.  Last week the team won their divisional Championship in Pennsylvania. The next big trips are to the East Coast tourney on Memorial Day weekend and to the national tournament in Atlanta on July 4th weekend.  The team is actively raising funds to defray travel expenses. 

 

Text Box: Serve with us – the world is waitingThe team closed their presentation with an inspirational video.  Ron Serapilio presented a check for $100 from the club and offered to collaborate on other fund raising opportunities, perhaps by networking with other Clubs.

…Reported by Garry Morrow