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THE CHART #390 “SEA FEVER” JULY/AUGUST 2011

2011 BRIDGE OFFICERS

Commander

Cdr. Carol L. Lamendola ,JN 453-9946

Executive Officer

Lt./C Richard E.Hibbs,SN 752-6046

Administrative Officer

John A. Zingo,P 889-9786

Squadron Education Officer

P/C Stephen D. Heffron,SN 370-8216

Secretary

P/C Linda G. Haas, P 377-3887

Treasurer

Lt/C Marcia J. Cassidy, S 586-3172

Editor‟s Report

Lt. Rita Parks

Well it is summer; a slow start but I

think it is safe to say,,,it is boating season.

Hope you all have your boats in the water and

have had your VSC done. I don‟t see much of

Kevin this time of year; he is hunted down on

the river by everyone needing a VSC. I guess

that is a good thing,,,but I have had many

lonely dinners.

Ads are very reasonable in The Chart.

They are available in color as The Chart is now

on line. So if you or anyone you know is

interested in putting an ad in, please contact

me at 467-5740 or rparks@yahoo.com

If you have something you wish to sell

please let me know and I will put it in the next

issue. Ads are free to members.

Again…The Chart is now being sent

electronically. If you need a hard copy you

need to contact me.

Enjoy your summer, have fun and be

safe.

BOATING IS FUN…

WE‟LL SHOW YOU HOW!

UPCOMING EVENTS 22-24 July Squadron Rendezvous Oak Orchard 26-28 July District 6 Rendezvous Watkins Glen

7 Sept General Meeting GYC

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MEMBER PATRONS

Dave and

Shirley

Maddock

Irondequoit

Bay, New York

Compliments of

Michael

and Marlene Kelly

For Safe Boating

Watch the Weather

Bob Leavitt

QUABL

Pultneyville Yacht Club

Kenneth

and

Cheryl Mart

Best Wishes

Warren Ganter

Tom and Barbara

Nicholas

„KALIMERA‟

Henderson Harbor

Franklin D‟Aurizio

And

Mary Joyce D‟Aurizio

„AVANTI‟

RYC

Safe Boating

Gerald and

Kathy

Zambroski

God Bless

America

Compliments

Jim and Linda

Haas

Safe Sailing

P/Lt C Rick Hibbs

and Bridget Arieno

“VAMP‟

GYC and RYC

Rick and Linda Hannan

„BLUE SKYS‟

Safe Boating is Fun

Boating

Hibiscus Harbor,

Union Springs

Art and Marcia

Cassidy

„LA

JOIE‟DE‟VIVRE‟

Have a Great Year!

Kevin and Rita

Parks

“The Riverboat

Gambler”

Genesee River

Peter and Linda

Partilo

“DRIFTAWAY”

Cape Coral, Fl.

Mike and Carol

Lamendola

“MI CAROL II”

OOYC

JERRY AND

VANDA

LIGHTHOUSE

“ROCK AROUND”

OOYC

IN LOVING MEMORY

OF P/D/C

JOSEPH T. ARIENO, SN

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COMMANDER‟S REPORT

Cdr. Carol Lamendola, JN

I hope everyone is enjoying their summer

(although, as I write this, it is not yet

summer).

If you were not at our picnic, you were

missed. And YOU missed a really great

time, thanks to Joe Jurzwiak and his

fantastic committee: Joyce Jurzwiak,

Cheryl & Bob Russell. You folks did a

superb job and we thank you. The picnic

was well attended (38) and everyone

enjoyed the pulled pork.

As promised, we had a short meeting,

mainly discussing our upcoming Squadron

Rendezvous. Preparations for this event are

well underway. All we need is great

weather for the entire weekend, calm seas

for those coming in by boat, and enough

wind blowing in the right direction for those

sailing in. And, of course, we need the wind

in the opposite direction for your return trip!

I‟m working on that with the One in charge!

(That means I‟m really praying for good

weather and you can all help do that, too!)

Please get your reservations in ASAP. It

helps so much in planning.

The folks at Oak Orchard Yacht Club are

happy to extend their hospitality to our

squadron, and we will be joining them in

their chicken barbeque on Saturday evening,

with live music to follow. For anyone

arriving on Friday, you are welcome to eat

at the restaurant. Also, the shower facilities

are available for your use.

Activities: We will have either a predicted

log contest (by dinghy – no motors - only

oars), or a dinghy race; a land contest and,

of course, our famous bocce tournament (not

nautical, but nice!). If you don‟t have a

dinghy, don‟t worry. There will be one you

can use. I wish we could do it all, but there

are not enough hours in the day, because…

There will be a short Bridge meeting at

around 1530, followed by the Commander‟s

cocktail party before the barbeque.

For those not coming by boat: Consider

coming early for the breakfast on the T-

dock. Then we can get right into the fun and

games and maybe get it all in.

If at all possible, I urge everyone to make

the effort to come to the rendezvous. Our

next meeting is not until September 7th

, and

that is a long time away.

September Meeting Program 7 Sept RPS General Meeting

Guest Speaker – Jon Hitchcock from NOAA

Jon will be doing a presentation on NOAA storm radio reporting on violent storms and

marine weather.

October Meeting Program

5 Oct RPS General Meeting

Dick Sherwood of Webster, NY will

make a Power Point presentation

covering the Antique and Classic Boat

Society (ACBS) and the elegant world of

wooden boats. Photos from the

Skaneateles Antique and Classic Boat

Show and the ACBS International Boat

Show are also included.

ACBS is an international organization

dedicated to the preservation,

restoration and enjoyment of our

wooden boat heritage, and presentations

such as this are aimed at broadening

interest and participation in vintage

boating, especially among younger

would-be boaters.

Dick is a past president of ACBS and

currently serves on the Board of

Directors of the Society. He is also past

president of the Society's Finger Lakes

Chapter (the group which, in

cooperation with the Skaneateles Area

Chamber of Commerce, organizes the

Skaneateles Boat Show each July) and

serves on that chapter's Board of

Directors.

To all Power Squadron Members:

May you all have a fun and safe summer of

boating.

Betty Holdenbaum

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RAMBLIN’S ROUND THE RIVER

By: Lt. Kevin G. Parks, AP (Star Reporter)

NO RAMBLIN‟S THIS ISSUE, THE STAR REPORTER WILL

RETURN NEXT ISSUE!

Until next time…Raise „Em up…..

“Believe me, my young friend,” said the water rat solemely, “there is nothing…absolutely nothing…half so much worth

doing as simply messing about in boats. Simply messing…about in boats…or with boats. In or out of „em, it doesn‟t matter.

Nothing seems really to matter, that‟s the charm of it. Whether you get away, or whether you don‟t; whether you arrive at your

destination or whether you reach somewhere else, or whether you never get anywhere at all, you‟re always busy,and you never do

anything in particular; and when you have done it there is always something else to do, and you can do it if you like, but you‟d

much better not. Look here! If you‟ve really nothing else on hand this morning, supposing we drop down the river together, and

have a long day of it?” from: The Wind and The Willows

LAST HORIZON

Robert Gears

On behalf of the Rochester Power Squadron, we wish to extend our deepest

sympathy to Jane Gears and the family of Robert Gears. Bob passed away on

April 19, 2011. Bob was a member of the Rochester Power Squadron since 1988.

We enjoyed Bob‟s company, his wit and charm at many Power Squadron events.

He was always smiling and it went very well with his work as a “hospital caring

clown”.

Bob was very generous. He gave us a large roaster that he had made; for us

to use at our yearly marina party. It is still in use today. Bob would stop by our

home and drop off boating items that he no longer had use for. We have a

stainless steel boat grill mounted to our back deck to this day, so not a day goes

by where we don‟t think of Bob.

I know many of you have great memories of Bob. Keep him in your heart.

HAVE A WONDERFUL SUMMER!

SUPPORT OUR ADVERTISERS!

SHARE YOUR SUMMER STORY WITH US

FOR OUR NEXT ISSUE OF THE CHART, I AM LOOKING FOR SOME SUMMER STORIES. IF YOU HAD A FUN OR INTERESTING EXPERIENCE THIS SUMMER

PLEASE JOT IT DOWN AND SEND IT TO rparks315@yahoo.com PLEASE SHARE YOUR STORY WITH US. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE SOMETHING IN THE NEXT ISSUE ABOUT THE SUMMER SQUADRON RENDEZVOUS AND THE D/6 RENDEZVOUS, SO IF YOU ATTEND THESE PLEASE SEND ME A STORY OF

YOUR TIME THERE FOR ALL MEMBERS TO ENJOY!

THANK YOU! Rita