Channel Log WEST CHANNEL YACHT CLUB Your Summer Vacation on The River www.westchannel.com October 2013 Words from the Commodore Commodore- John Orlosky The leaves are starting to change, the nights are getting cold and the waves are getting bigger: all signs that the 2012 boating season is coming to end. But don't shut down too quickly; there is still plenty of fun to be had at WCYC. We will be having more Browns parties and hope to have one or two for the Buckeyes on a Saturday. Keep an eye open for a blast or flier for information about them. I would like to congratulate Terry, Bonnie and crew for delivering a great clambake. The weather was perfect for a clambake, the food was delicious and the band was fantastic. If you missed attending the clambake, you missed a great party. Remember, when taking your boat out of the water to check with the Rear Commodore Terry or Fleet Captain Ed about where to store your boat. The crane operators names and numbers are listed on the bulletin board, to avoid any confusion please make arraignments with a day and time that you would like them to pull your boat. The work hour and insurance sheets in the house are up to date, so make sure you have your work hours in. The opportunities for getting more hours grow smaller each month. If you see a discrepancy with your hours, contact Sam to review. Make sure when you add your name, time and work done to the work hour sheet that is on the counter in the club house when you do the work. Don't forget: Blue Gavel/ Big Boy Comedy night next month on October 26. Thanks to all for you continued help throughout the year. You all have made it a great year at West Channel. We plan on having more Browns parties and hope to have one or two for the Buckeyes too. Keep an eye open for a email blast or flier for information about them. Clubhouse Comments Vice Commodore- Reva Linke It s been a great year so far and things are now winding down for the fall. Thanks again for the great year. The board has had some discussion on a new TV for the clubhouse. We discussed this at the last membership meeting and decided that we will find some fundraisers to support the expense of getting the new flat screen TV. We will keep you informed of the progress and discussions that will take place. At the Clam Bake this past Saturday night, Larry Davison won one of the side boards and donated his winnings back to the club for expenses toward the new TV. Thank you Larry! If you have any questions about the TV please let one of the board members know. The Annual Big Boy Comedy Night is coming up as the final BIG party of the season. We ve had great success with this party the past few years, including great reviews on the comedians. I hope ALL of you to plan on attending. For $20 per person you get (Original Style) Big Boy Burger and fries. The comedy show starts after dinner and features two professional circuit comedians. plus a cash bar all evening!..you can t beat it. Blue Gavel will also have their drawings for an Apple I-PAD & a Kindle Fire. Reservations can be made with Bonnie Vercellino. Let s have a great end of the season party. Hope to see you there and. bring your friends. We May Be Heading To The End of The Boating Season BUT.... We re Not Done Having Fun Yet!
WCYC / Blue Gavel P/C Glenn Linke Happenings In The Harbor Fleet Captain- Ed Wohl Well, it's that time of the year again where summer has ended and winter boat storage has started. As you make arrangements with the travel lift operators to remove and place your boat, let me just remind all of you that all small to medium size boats, on trailers, must be stored in the trailer lot after they are winterized. All boats need to be out of the water by the end of October. After your boat is out, your uprights, hand railing and bolts/washers need to be removed by you and put in the large shed. Please leave 2 bolts/washers in your side of the dock for dock removal purpose. Any questions, please call me at 216-970-0193 Just want to say what a great clambake Bonnie and Terry put on. We have another great party coming up October 26th the Big Boy Comedy Night. This has been a great event and well supported. If you like big boy sandwiches, fries and you enjoy to laugh don't miss this one. Admission is only $20 and reservations can be made with Bonnie Vercellino by October 23rd. On this event night we also will be raffling off an I-Pad and a Kindle Fire. Tickets are just $5 or 5 for $20 tickets are available through WCYC Blue Gavel or the night of the show. A flyer will be available on our website or at the clubhouse bring your friends for an enjoyable evening. Around The Grounds Rear Commodore- Terry Vercellino Well, I am sorry that the season is headed to a close soon. I appreciate all the help with lawn mowing and keeping the grounds looking good this season. The clambake went great. It was good friends, good food, good music and oh yes good drink too! I would like to express my deepest gratitude to my wonderful wife, Bonnie, for her hard work in organizing this function and to all who helped in their various tasks to make it come together and clean it all up when it was over. Thanks to the members and their guests who attended everyone made it a fun evening. Special Thanks to Larry Davison, who won a side board and donated his winnings back to WCYC to use towards a new TV. OCTOBER 10- Trustee Meeting 7:30P 17- Membership Meeting 8PM 26- WCYC Blue Gavel - Big Boy /Comedy Nite 31- Last Day for Boats in water. Say Hello Our Newest Members! John and Sherrie Krann James and Lynn Washko
Nominations of Officers & Trustees 2014 The nominating Committee has recommended the following members for Officer & Trustee Positions for the year 2014. Commodore - Reva Linke Vice Commodore- Terry Vercellino Rear Commodore- Ed Wohl Fleet Capt.- Joe Bonfiglio Secretary- Laura Daubenmire Treasurer- P/C Steve Paternite Trustees- 2 Year Term Bill Baizel Andy Lino P/C Joe Winch Commodore John Orlosky serves 1 year as Trustee (2014) Current Trustees - Second Year Tom Nova III Bob Sayre Meet the Members October Issue Presented By Becky Shaw Nick & Colleen Kolasinski Boat: 30 Formula Even though Nick and Colleen are not going to be docking members in 2014, they will still remain associate members at West Channel. With the younger kids, they want to mix it up a bit and they will be spending more quality time at the Cedar Point Marina with his parents, Ernie (EK) and Joni, also WCYC members. Nick has been the owner of Geauga Alarm for 30 years and Colleen does the accounting work for the business. Their children include: Jason 30, Kellie 28, Matt 20, Ryan 14 and Leah 4. Their hobbies are raising kids, boating, fishing, hunting and cooking. They live in Timberlake with their Golden Retriever Lola, who is 6 and loves to chase the geese away at the yacht club! Alan & Helene Hendricks REMINDER From Our Treasurer P/ C Steve Paternite It will soon be time to start storing your boat for the winter. Invoices for winter storage will go out soon after your boat is stored on the grounds. Please make your payment promptly to avoid a late fee on your account. If you pull your own boat on a trailer please send me an email or call me to let me know you have pulled your boat. Sales tax in the state of Ohio has increased and sales tax is now 7.00%. The new 2014 forms will have that increase included in the calculations. If you disagree with any invoice, please make a prompt inquiry to the Treasurer or Board of Trustees. If you have any issues with completion of work for discussion in advance of your required completion deadline. 50 % of required work hours must be completed by last day of June and balance by last day of December. Thank you for your cooperation. P/C Steve Paternite treasurer@west-channel.com Boat: Eagle One, 22 Larson Al & Helene recently moved from Eastlake to Newbury and have been spending a lot of time cleaning up the property, cutting down trees and more. They have four children, Jimmy 23 (yes, Jimmy Hendricks), Tori 21, who just got married on September 20 th, (congratulations!), Mathew 19, and Joey, deceased twin of Jimmy. Joey was with them for 8 years but sadly had heart problems. They don t have any pets right now as their pet Ruby passed in January. Alan has worked at Precision Environmental Company for 23 years and Helene works at Enviro. They like to sled ride in winter, play sports and spend time with the kids, and camp. They love boating and fishing but just haven't come up with enough time yet, hopefully next year will be break out year for boating.
Dave & Lisa Kazcmarski Bill & Sally Jakubs Boat: 28 Luhrs Between Dave and Lisa, they have 7 children. Monica, 30 lives in Santa Rosa, California; Anthony, 26 lives in Ashland; Nicholas, 25 lives in Wooster; and Joe, 23 attends Toledo State University and will graduate this year with a degree in Mechanical Engineering and will be working for Materion. Then they have the 8 year old triplets: Frank, Paul and Vincent who attend Melridge Elementary. They also have 4 grandchildren. Lisa was born and raised in Detroit and came to the area via California, Dave is originally from the Cleveland area and they now live in Concord. Dave works at AT&T as a telecommunications technician and Lisa is a stay at home mom. They have two dogs, Charlie a pure bred boxer and Murray a boxer-lab mix, and one cat, Louie. With 8 year old triplets it doesn't allow them much free time but they enjoy just being outdoors. They love boating, taking the boys out to Fairport Harbor to the boat beach and swimming. They like to sled ride in the winter, vacation at the beach and collect sea shells and unusual rocks. They love boating and enjoy West Channel; they say that everyone is just very nice and down to earth and the parties are always fun. Terry & Melody Calkins Boat: 21 Thompson Terry is originally from Shaker Heights and Melody grew up in Dayton, but they now live in Mayfield Village. They have three sons, two that are grown, and one who is a student at Bowling Green University. They have two dogs, Cooper, who is a lab mix and Rynn who is a Mastiff mix. Terry and Melody own a Landscaping business called TMC Landscaping and Melody also works at Fishers Tavern as a server. In their free time, they enjoy fishing, boating and playing Euchre. Terry would love to get a Euchre tournament scheduled for the club for some fun in the off season and in talking to some other members, it looks like we may get that organized yet this year. Boat: Laivelis, 31 Tiara Sally s version of this bio: Bought a boat in 1983. Joined WCYC. Still here. Writer s version: Bill and Sally are long time members of West Channel. Sally is our bar and beverage chairman our merchandise chairman, and past Secretary. Bill, better known as Beal, is a former Trustee for WCYC. They live in Euclid and have a grown son, William. Bill is the president of Jakubs and Son and Jakubs Danaher Funeral homes. They have been members for thirty years and like their annual boat trips with friends from the club, sitting dockside, and enjoying a beverage while scoring members bringing their new boats up the river for the first time. Jim & Lynn Washko Boat: 26 Bayliner Some of our newest members, Jim & Lynn just joined West Channel in September and we re so happy to welcome them! They live in Garfield Heights with their dog Chloe, and two cats, Buddy Love and Mac. They have three grown children and one who is deceased. They also have two grandchildren. Jim works for the City of Bedford Heights in Wastewater Treatment and Lynn works at the local Garfield Heights Elementary School and a Physical Therapy office. Similar to the profile of every West Channel member, they like boating and fishing, they also enjoy gardening.
Mike & Sophia Scully Ron Sweeney Boat: Reel Irish, 24 Mark Twain Mike is a retired longshoreman and he and Sophia live in Mentor. Mike & his fishing buddy, Ron have been West Channel members for almost ten years. He enjoys golfing, fishing and playing poker. Mike is looking forward to the time when West Channel will do some Texas Holdem, Poker or Pinochle parties in the clubhouse. John & Sherrie Krann Boat: Reel Irish, 24 Mark Twain Ron is a retired longshoreman who lives in Mentor. He has two grown children, Shane and Shannon, and three grandchildren. He has a pet bird and fish. Ron & his fishing buddy, Mike have been West Channel members for going on ten years and they have been refinishing our clubhouse floors every year with the Jerson family and have been doing a terrific job. Ron likes to fish and play cards Boat: Tapped Out, 30 Sea Ray Past Commodore John and Sherrie are some of our newest, old members. They returned to West Channel in September after a hiatus to Florida and an extended break from boating. We are so happy to have them back at West Channel where they have so many fond memories. They live in Mentor and have four children and 15 grandchildren! Son, Joey has two children and is a former WCYC member who now lives in Florida; Nora has three children; Mary Ann has 10 children and an 11 th on the way; and Gabriella, who is a home school senior in high school. John is in the food service industry, works at the Q and owns a catering side business. Sherrie is retired. They have golden retriever Murray, who has more Facebook friends than John, and who blogs about the Cleveland Indians. They love to bowl, boat and the Indians. Mike Menozzi & Dorothy Walker-Menozzi Boat: Meant 2 B, 24 Four Winns Mike & Dotty joined West Channel this year and live in Bedford. Mike has a grown son, Kevin. They have two boxers, Diva and her puppy Elsa. They also have 4 chickens, some fish and a horse named Myrtle. Mike works at Anderson Windows as a window installer...he is a carpenter by trade and is an independent contractor and he works all over. He s also the one to contact if you want some of those nifty stairs for your dock! Dotty works as an office manager in a dental practice in Shaker Heights. They enjoy camping, boating, spending time with friends, each other, and their pets. Although this is just their first year at West Channel, they really love it and hope to spend much more time there next year! They like that the people at West Channel are so friendly and they just enjoy spending time there.
Ed Wohl Boat: Fantasia 27 Carver Santego Fleet Captain Ed is a lifelong Euclid resident. He has one son Mitch who is a senior at North High School and three stepchildren. Ed is the Service Department Supervisor at Pirc Company. Ed is also one of those all around go-to guys at West Channel, always helping out and going the extra mile for the members. He loves West Channel, and says that there s nothing about it he doesn t like. Period. Al & Josephine Jerson Boat: Gone Fishin, 27 Sea Ray Al & Josephine have been members of West Channel since 1986. They reside nearby in Eastlake. Al is a retired foreman from Parker Hannifin and Josephine is also retired but works part time in the arbor industry in Mentor. They have four children, Michelle, Jimmy (also a West Channel Member), Joann and David (deceased). They have six grandchildren. They like to fish, go to the casinos, drink beer and travel. Al says that being a member of West Channel has been a lot of fun. WCYC and WCYC Blue Gavel Present: West Channel Yacht Club GENERAL INFORMATION W E S T C H A N N E L Y A C H T C L U B, I n c 3 5 8 1 7 L A K E S H O R E B L V D E A S T L A K E, O H I O. U S A 4 4 0 9 5 C l u b H o u s e - 4 4 0-9 4 2-9 6 5 5 Our web site is: www.west-channel.com E m a i l : W e s t c h a n n e l @ y a h o o. c o m M e m b e r s h i p M e e t s T h i r d T h u r s d a y a t 8 P M T r u s t e e s M e e t i n g S e c o n d T h u r s d a y a t 7 : 3 0 P M M e m b e r s h i p I n f o r m a t i o n C o n t a c t : B o b S h a w I n s u r a n c e D o c u m e n t s : S e n d i n t o W C Y C - C / O I N S U R A N C E 2013-Bridge Officers Commodore- John Orlosky Vice Commodore- Reva Linke Rear Commodore- Terry Vercellino Fleet Captain- Ed Wohl Treasurer- P/C Steve Paternite Secretary- Bob Shaw Board Of Trustees Chairman- P/C Joe Winch V.Chairman- Nick Kolasinski Trustee- John Frank Trustee - P/C Sam Paternite @ Trustee- Tom Nova Jr. Trustee- Bob Sayre WCYC Blue Gavel Chapter P/ C Glenn Linke- President P/C John Guess-Treasurer Channel Log & Web Site If you have pictures of recent events to post or any boating related events that may be of interest to members. Any item is subject to approval. Email : westchannel@yahoo.com BIG BOY BURGER/COMEDY NITE OCTOBER 26. 2013 $20 Person - Big Boy Burger/Fries Stand Up Comedy Show- 2 Circuit Comedians Cash Bar All Night! Raffle of Kindle Fire and I -Pad Mark Your Calendars and Call Up Your Friends Fliers Posted At Our Website and Clubhouse With Details.