APR. 2006
*President’s Corner*
Dear Members and Friends,
March has come and almost gone and we’re moving right along to our April Showers Dance on April 1st with Lynn Taraski and our traditional Easter Dinner Dance on April 8th with the Varitones. Happy Easter to All. Our March Membership meeting was extended to two hours to accommodate the slow and tedious process of reviewing our By-Laws changes, painstakingly prepared by the By-Laws Committee consisting of John Twarog, Paul Chojnacki, Henrietta Nemecek, Dennis Pachura and Frank Kanios. Ultimately most of the changes were accepted and approved as suggested by the committee and the revised By-Laws will be printed and available for distribution very soon. Our thanks to Chairman John Twarog and the entire By-Laws Committee for your diligence and time spent in fulfilling your obligation.
To honor all Irish people and their rich and colorful heritage, on March 17th, the Pulaski Club hosted a rare Friday eve dance, to honor St. Patrick's Day. The turnout was great and some folks were still rolling in at 8 PM even though the announced starting time was 5 PM. Most attendees wore the traditional shamrock green as Sam Pecorilla and his band played the standards and some very special Irish tunes which all present enjoyed. Our own Stan Mardeusz sang a couple traditional Irish songs which automatically qualified him for membership in the Irish-American Club - we think?! Well, maybe not!
Olena Sowirko, a 13 year old student from the Nicolaus Copernicus Polish Language School, danced the traditional Irish tap dance to everyone's delight. Our thanks go out to Olena and her mother for bringing her out to entertain us. Frank Tomaszkowicz, along with a few dedicated volunteers, served the traditional "Corned Beef 'n Cabbage" along with stewed potatoes and carrots. One of our guests, certainly a connoisseur, commented that horse reddish was supposed to be part of the traditional meal. Well - we'll work on that for next year. Tom O’Loughlin, a member of our Board of Directors and a proud Irish-American, was the first to be served his dinner, as a gesture honoring his heritage.
Halina Kosinski and Carol Monczka did a splendid job decorating each table with a handmade cutout of a Shamrock and beautiful green carnation arrangement. Thanks to all our volunteers for your dedication and to all the attendees for supporting our functions.
Casimir Kosinski, President
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Messages from the Board Members
FROM 1st VICE-PRESIDENT- Rose Pachura: I would like to thank Diana O' Laughlin, Henrietta Nemecek, and Jean Jorgensen for helping me with the phone calls to the members to come and vote for the By-Laws changes, we had a good turn out. Thank you to all the people that came and voted on March 4, 2006 at the Membership Meeting. We thank John Twarog for a job well done and his committee, Dennis Pachura, Paul Chojnacki, Henrietta Nemecek!! Good Team Work!! These are the people that need to be inducted for April 1, 2006 membership meeting: Maurice Marciniak, Bartosz Jedryczka, Ewelina Jedryczka, Jacqui Bassett, Bob Wodraska, Dottie Wodraska, and Lidia Hanlon. Please try to make it!! Mark this on your calendar!! The First Vice President hires the bands for your pleasure of music. Let me know what your input is to have dances on Sunday afternoon, or on Saturday afternoon, if this day is not taken for someone else. We have been renting the hall for other people that need the hall for dances, or special needs on Saturday's. Let me know! Call me at 480-802-0775. I hope to see all the members and guest's at the April 1, 2006 Membership Meeting 5:00 to 6:00 pm and Dance from 6:00 to 10:00 pm with the music by Lynn Taraski. Please take home the 2006 Dance Schedule and keep the dates on your calendar, so you won’t forget what dates are for the dinner, and dances. There are some changes for the bands that will be playing. I have several people that are helping with the decorations, and I want to thank you for helping and they are; Halina Kosinski, Carol Monczka, and Maurice Marciniak.
Entertainment Director, Rose Pachura: I am in the planning stages with my committee for a Fashion Show by Stein Mart from Scottsdale. If you are a member and would like to be a model, please contact me at 480-802-0775. Models are for members only, they have all sizes and a wide variety of clothing designs, this will be a lot of fun!! To make this a success, every member will have to sell tickets. We are planning on sometime in November for the upcoming holiday season. I am working with the coordinator for fashion shows from Stein Mart, to see how many models she wants to have and if we can have this on a Sunday afternoon. I don't know at this time if she will work on a Sunday afternoon. I will keep you all posted on this special event. We have something special for the men that are members. I have to contact Stein Mart first to see if I can pull this off for the men. SURPRISE!!! We will have the Fashion Show at Pulaski Club in November sometime. I will let you know on the cost of the tickets at a later date. Have a beautiful day!!! Email: roselp1@msn.com
FROM THE TREASURER- Mary Kiselus: The Month of February was finally a profitable month for the club. February financial report was approved pending future audit. Please refer to the report below. Needless to say we need to keep the income coming in as our big expense for property taxes will have to be paid in April. February Income: $8685.75 (Generated from Casino trip, Pancake Dinner Dance , Meeting/ Dance 2/11, Dinner Dance 2/19, Bar income form Dance on 2/18 Zbigniew Galazka / Pulaski and Bar income Highlander Dance 2/25, Advertising, Membership dues and Hall Rental Deposit.) February Expenses: $3007.95 (Includes Utilities, Band Service, Bar Exp., Kitchen Exp., Maintenance, Newsletter, Postage & Mis.) February Profit: $5677.80. Let’s keep up the good work and enjoy the functions at the Pulaski Club in April. Best Wishes and HAPPY EASTER to all. See you all at the Easter Dinner Dance.
FROM THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY-Diana O’Loughlin: Thank you for all the renewals this past month, Membership dues are $24.00 a year, please check your membership card and send a check to the Pulaski club to update your membership. I have updated my address roster w/ David and we should have accurate addresses and phone numbers now, if you know of any one with a change please have them fill out the change of address form or contact me with the changes.
FROM THE SHUNSHINE COMMITTEE-Shirley Sztuk: sympathy card went out to Helen Podsiadly, get well wishes out to Bob Jayo.
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“NEWS & NOTES”
· Frania would like to add that reservations are required for the Easter dinner, call Frania at (602) 275-9329; deadline for reservations is April 5th, 2006. Served buffet style from 4 – 6pm. “smacznego”. Also Ladies, I would appreciate if you bake one of your favorite desserts for the Easter dinner. Thank you, Happy Easter to all Wesolego Allejluja Alleluja. My thanks to Frank Tomaszkowicz and his crew for putting on this delicious St. Patrick’s dinner. Bog zaplacz Franusz.
· The board of directors have been working on a few projects the past few weeks, we should be getting our new awning installed the middle of April, our ice machine will be in the latter part of April-first of May
Tom, Diana and I have been hanging gutters and installing installation into the new storage shed this week we’ll have the new a.c. unit in this weekend too. Bruno will be finishing up some trim around the doors this weekend and finish the pluming on the sinks. I hope some of you noticed our drink specials at the bar; we will continue with the unique names of cocktails and blend one of your favorite drinks.
· MEMBERS RAFFLE” is in full swing; remember you must be present to win drawing. A name will be picked during the meeting, if no winner, the name goes back in the hat till’ the next meeting. $$$GOOD$$$LUCK$$$25.00$$$.
DJ “Nickelcity Dave” presents the best in “pod nogi” (foot stompin’) Polka, waltz & American dance soundz… April 7th and 24th from 6 – 10pm. Join Na Zdrowie Polish and American Cuisine for the best in Polish American cuisine (smacznego) and the largest selection of Polish beer in the east valley. “Cheers!” 2051 W. Warner Rd., SWC Warner & Dobson, Chandler Az. 85224 (480) 821-9498
DID YOU KNOW; (OSLO, MN.) - It almost seemed like a miracle to Haldis Hanak when she turned on her kitchen faucet and found the water had turned into beer. Two flights down, employees and customers at the Big Tower Bar were horrified when water poured out of the beer taps. By an improbable feat of clumsy plumbing, someone at the bar in Kristiandsund, in western Minnasota, had accidentally hooked the beer hoses to the water pipes for Hanak’s apartment. "We had settled down for a cozy Saturday evening, had a nice dinner, and I was just going to clean up a little," Hanak, 50, said Monday. "I turned on the kitchen faucet and beer came out." Hanak said the beer was flat and not tempting, even in a State where a half-pint can cost about $2.75 in grocery stores. F.C. Proszowski of the local beer distributor said he instructed bartenders by telephone how to reconnect the pipes. "The water and beer pipes do touch each other, but you have to be really creative to connect them together," he said. Hanak joked about having the pub send up free brew for her next party. "But maybe it would be easier if they just invited me down for a beer," she said.
The Polish Heritage Group of SunLakes is planning a trip to Poland, for 12 days from September 24, 2006 thru October 5, 2006. If anyone is interested call Dennis or Rose Pachura at 480-802-0775 for details.
RENT THE HALL, The Pulaski club is available for all your social events. (602) 275-9329 REMINDER; The club e-mail address is pulaskiclubaz@yahoo.com, The club web site is www.PulaskiClubAZ.org
ATTENTION BUSINESS CARD ADVERTISERS if you would like your business card in the Pulaski news letter contact Diana O’Loughlin @ (480) 834-5484 for more details.
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