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THE CHART #388 MARCH/APRIL 2011
“Sea Fever”
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
Message from your Editor
Lt. Rita A. Parks
Well it may be cold outside but at least we have
had a lot of sunshine this winter. I am loving my new hot
tub and spend a lot of time in it looking out the French
doors into the yard watching the snow pile up. But the
best part of writing this issue is knowing that spring is
approaching and soon it will be boating weather again.
Well Spring Conference is coming up 18-20
March and Rochester Power Squadron is the host
squadron. A good time will be had as always with
Rochester‟s lovely hospitality room featuring an array of
foods and beverages. Bartender Kevin is prepared to
serve some of his favorite drinks with a special emphasis
on St. Patty‟s Day as conference is on St Patrick‟s Day
weekend. So come on over to the Airport Marriott on
West Ridge Road on 18-20 March. You may even see a
leprechaun joining us. Wear green and make it a festive
weekend.
10 April is Commander‟s Brunch and our first
time at the Brook House. We are looking forward to a
nice time in hopefully nice weather to gather and
socialize and enjoy a delicious brunch. Come and show
your thanks to our Commander Carol Lamendola and all
the past commanders for the very fine work they do to
keep our squadron active and fun and educational.
BOATING IS FUN…
WE‟LL SHOW YOU HOW!
02 March General Meeting
GYC 1900
Speakers Carl Lundgren and Noel Lien are
planning a Trans-Atlantic sail this summer.
They will come and share with us their plans
and preparation for this trip.
Appetizers and Desserts will be available at the
meeting.
Hope to see you all there!
UPCOMING EVENTS 02 March General Meeting GYC 1900
18-20 March D/6 Spring Conference Airport Marriott – Rochester
30 March Exec. Meeting TBD 06 April General Meeting GYC 1900
10 April Commander’s Brunch Brook House 27 April Exec.Meeting TBD
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MEMBER PATRONS
Dave and
Shirley
Maddock
Irondequoit
Bay, New
York
Compliments of
Michael
and Marlene
Kelly
Mary Joyce
D‟Aurizio
„AVANTI‟
RYC
Kenneth
and
Cheryl Mart
Best Wishes
Warren
Ganter
Tom and
Barbara
Nicholas
„KALIMERA‟
Henderson
Harbor
Franklin 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
IN LOVING MEMORY
OF P/D/C
JOSEPH T. ARIENO, SN
Commander‟s Report
Cdr. Carol Lamendola
It seems almost unbelievable that, by
the time you read this message, ¼ of my
year as your Commander will be in the past!
Not one of you said “no” to anything I asked
of you. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
THAT! However, I had every confidence
that each of you would step up to the plate.
Didn‟t we have a great Oktoberfest?
Thanks so much to Barbara Nicholas for
all the work she did, even though she was
unable to attend! Also thanks to Marcia
Cassidy and Vanda Lighthouse who
always pitch in and help. The quiz on
Germany was a lot of fun. However, I only
knew about 5 or 6 questions out of 21. Rick
and Bridget Hibbs took top honors
AGAIN. Isn‟t that 2 years in a row? So
they know all about Germany and football.
Remind me never to play Trivia against
them. Everyone outdid themselves with the
food. It was scrumptious. Rita, those soft
pretzels went as well with wine as beer.
Sorry the cold and ice kept you away. We
missed you. Quite a few people enjoyed
playing Dominoes. It is addicting, isn‟t it?
It wasn‟t my day to win at Euchre either!
But it was good to see all of you at the first
social event after Change of Watch.
Thanks to all our Boat Show
workers and to Bob Roth, Chairman for
set-up and break-down of our booth.
Thanks also go to Vanda Lighthouse for
preparing and scheduling of time slots for
working. I think we have 13-14 names of
people who are interested in taking the
course! Good job, everyone.
Founders‟ Day was well attended,
especially considering the snow storm. It
was quite a hairy drive, but we didn‟t
encounter any accidents and it only added
about 15-20 minutes to our time. Only 5
people were unable to get there. Good
planning and cooperation between Iroquois
and Rochester was evident in the good time
that was had by all. Thank you Marcia for
taking reservations and collecting money in
advance and Barbara for coordinating the
online arrangements between the two
squadrons that enabled us to plan without
having to go out to meetings. Thanks also to
Iroquois‟ Pat Elsbree for the fun games and
Annette Elliott for the reservation flyers
and programs. D6 representative P/D/C
Isabel Warren was delightful and most
gracious, as always. Our guest speaker was
a former member of Rochester Power
Squadron and is quite the adventurer. Does
anyone remember Ethan Welch? He was
before my time. He gave us an overview of
his exploits. Maybe he can come to one of
our meetings and give us a more in depth
accounting of one of his trips.
If you haven‟t been able to attend one of the
previous events, you were missed. I hope
you will plan on coming to one of our
upcoming events:
General Membership Meeting
GYC – 1900 hours, March 2
D6 Spring Conference
Rochester Airport Marriott, March 18-20
General Membership Meeting
GYC – 1900 hours, April 6
Commander‟s Brunch
Red Fedele‟s Brook House, April 10
Secretary’s Report February 2011
P/C Linda G. Haas, P
At the 05 January General Meeting at
Genesee Yacht Club (GYC), P/D/C Gerald
Zambroski, P talked about the importance
of SailAngle. SailAngle is destined to be
the communications platform for USPS.
The website is set up to serve only USPS
members, and will be secure. Within 2 or
3 years, everything USPS will be on
SailAngle. Jerry explained we can log
onto SailAngle on the USPS website using
our certificate number and our pin number.
If you do not know your pin number you
can phone Deliah Holloway at National (1-
919-821-0281). Using your pin number,
your name should appear. Visit
http://www.sailangle.com/member to sign-
in to your account directly; or you can
access SailAngle from your USPS.org
account by clicking the “Access
SailAngle” button on the USPS.org
homepage.
SailAngle can be used to schedule an
event, send out notice of an event, and
determine how many people plan to attend
without using E-mail addresses. A map
will be available showing the location of
the event, with directions. This is just one
example of how practical SailAngle can be
of used by USPS members.
SailAngle Messages were sent out to USPS
members on 02 February and 10 February
from the USPS Naional Group. Both
contain very important information for all
of us. If you did not receive these E-mails
from National, please let me or Rita Parks
know, and we will send them to you. The
02 February message gives the February-
March webinar schedule. A webinar is a
live, interactive presentation with audio
and video that you attend via an internet
connection on your computer. There is
detailed information about how to sign up,
and, what is covered in each webinar. Find
out more and see the webinar schedule at
http://www.sailangle.com/index/help-
webinars. It is important that each of us
become as familiar as possible with
SailAngle. It is my understanding that
SailAngle will be the only means of
communicating within USPS and there will
be no staff backup within the next couple
of years.
Tutorial videos (over 60) are available.
Each video is less than 2 minutes long and
contains step by step directions on how to
use each tool. Visit
http://www.sailangle.com/tutorialvideos to
view the videos.
Please remember two of our members have
recently had significant health problems.
Bob Leavitt was in a terrible auto accident
several weeks ago when enroute to
Pultneyville for a yacht club meeting. His
son Rick was driving, hit a slippery patch
of road, and totaled his car. Bob‟s
eyeglasses ended up in the trunk! Bob
suffered three fractures of his pelvic bones,
and damage to one hip. He is now doing
very well, and hopes to attend the March
General Meeting. Warren Ganter is home
again after having a Pacemaker implant,
and a few days later, surgery to repair a
fistula (opening between his intestine and
bladder). We pray they will continue to
mend and that they will be able to join us
again soon.
ROSTER CHANGES
Please make the following changes to your roster.
BEHRE, JOHN ADD EMAIL: jbehre@frontiernet.net
BOOTH, JACK CORRECTED EMAIL: jbsoc2007@hotmail.com
CAKE, JOHN CORRECTED EMAIL: john8cake@gmail.com
GARRISON, RUSSELL NEW ADDRESS: 813 Santa Barbara Blvd.#231, Cape Coral, Fl 33991-2072
HANNAN RICK AND LINDA ADDRESS CORRECTION: IONA, NY 14475-9715 NOT WEST
BLOOMFIELD
JUZWIAK, JOSEPH ADD EMAIL: joej1947@rochester.rr.com
KANKOSKI, THOMAS CORRECT EMAIL: tkankoski@rochester.rr.com
LANGLOIS,ALAN NEW EMAIL: alanglois@yahoo.com
ZAMBROSKI, KATHY NEW EMAIL: kathyz@rochester.rr.com
ASSOCIATE MEMBERS CORRECTIONS:
MAYER, WILLIAM CORRECT EMAIL: wmayer1@rochester.rr.com
ADD: DOUG ELSBREE, 75 GREEN CLOVER DR., HENRIETTA, NY 14467 585-334-5490
If you have any changes to be made in the Roster please send them to:
Ken Mart
desmart@rochester.rr.com
or call Ken at:
585-682-4660
RAMBLIN’S ROUND THE RIVER
By: Lt. Kevin G. Parks, AP (Star Reporter)
Well gentle readers; it‟s been just over 10 years since I started this article and I‟ve tried to fulfill my
mission of providing you with the scuttlebutt of our harbor. And what‟s going on these days relates to many
discussions that we‟ve had over the bridge of assumptions AKA The O‟Rourke Bridge. Now those piers
were put too far into the river with cribbage way too extensive choking our river and creating at this time of
year ice damming; as predicted by Al Gilbert, owner of Voyager Boat Sales and The Harbortown Belle and
an engineer by training. Well this year as in a couple of previous years the ice damming was extensive; a lot
of those floating docks built with 6.5 million dollars of tax money naturally didn‟t weather it well. And
some of Voyager’s docks have taken some damage; I don‟t know about the Riverboat Gamblers dock yet as
I haven‟t ventured up thru the snow to investigate but I know the boys at Voyager will have everything
squared up by the time the Riverboat Gambler splashes.
Other news of Lighthouse Pointe Development is slow coming. Though plans and permits are in
place, funding is slow. I‟ve spoken of many changes on our river over this decade of Ramblin‟s Round The
River both current as well as historical. We‟ve toured many bars, seen many events, opened and closed the
seasonal bars time and time again. Our first waterfront bar/restaurant of the season; Pelican‟s Nest will
have opening day April 18th
, where this river rat will be in attendance. Hope to see you there.
Well the snow should end soon and we can get to fitting out our boats and prepare for yet
another wonderful season. Hope to see you on the river but before that on March 18-19 I will be setting up
the bar and spilling a few as I have for the past 25 years for the Spring Conference. And this year it is at the
Airport Marriott on West Ridge Road. Come on down on Friday night and have a couple of drinks and talk
boat with me.
But for now since it is still cold I think I will meander down where it is warm and quaff a cold one at
Murph’s Irondequoit Pub. So in the mean 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
Commander’s Brunch
Sunday 10 April 2011 Time: 1130
Dress: Informal, Uniform A (four-in-Hand) optional Brook House Restaurant
3590 Ridge Rd W Rochester, NY 14626
(585) 723-9988
Brunch Menu
Scrambled Eggs
French Toast Sticks
Roasted Chicken or Roast Sirloin
Bacon & Sausage
Penne w/ Homemade Sauce
Fresh Roasted Potatoes
Mixed Greens w/ Dressing
Fresh Fruit Tray
Homemade Muffins
Orange Juice
Coffee & Tea
Cost $19.00 Per Person Make Checks Payable to;
Rochester Power Squadron
RSVP by 28 March 2011 to; Lt/C Marcia Cassidy, S
31 Walden Place Rochester, NY 14610-3230
(585) 586-3172 acassid3@rochester.rr.com
Names of those attending;
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Check: Amount $______ (Number Attending X $19.00)
Number #______
RSVP by 28 March 2011
ROCHESTER POWER SQUADRON