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Inglenook Book Club News

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The Inglenook Book Club held its monthly meeting on September 14, 2022, at the Lakeside Senior Living Community in McKenzie with 18 members in attendance. Hostesses were Sally Sutton and Beverly Mueller. President Moore introduced our guest speakers, Beckie Smith and Courtney Kee from McKenzie Elementary School and talked about the backpack program, school donations and the food program. They expressed appreciation for the monthly school item donations and gave several new ideas and suggestions for future donations.
 
Afterward, President Moore called the meeting to order followed by the reciting of the Pledge of Allegiance by all. Roll call was taken followed by the reading of the August minutes which were approved as read. Treasurer Donna Ward gave the treasurer’s report with no changes and the report was approved as read.
 
Birthday wishes and cards were given to our September birthday members Peggy Chappell, Mary Newman and Carolyn Potts. The August monthly school supplies collected were: 30 boxes of Kleenex, 5 pack of Clorox wipes, 3 notebooks and packaged markers.
 
In old business, further discussion on monthly donations to the school along with the information we received from today’s guest speakers. Geneva Johnson suggested each individual bring what she wishes to donate each month to the school.
 
There was no new business, so President Moore called on Carolyn Goodwin to present her program. Carolyn described the versatility of Mitch Albom. He is not only a prolific writer and author of both fiction and nonfiction, but also a musician, sports writer, philanthropist and humanitarian.
 
Mitch Albom is the author of two particular books that Carolyn has put in the Book club for reading, “Stranger in the Lifeboat” and “Finding Chika”. Forty million copies of his books have been sold, the most familiar being “Have a Little Faith”, “The Five People You Meet in Heaven”, and “Finding Chika”.
 
 “Finding Chika” is about a five-year old Haitian girl at the Haitian mission and orphanage, called Have Faith, located in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti. Have Faith is now run by Mitch Albom’s umbrella charity and has been since the horrible 2010 earthquake that killed a hundred thousand people. Mitch and his wife, Janine, adopted Chika after her mother died in childbirth delivering Chika’s baby brother. Chika suffered from an inoperable brain tumor and several specialists in the U. S. tried to find a cure, but were unsuccessful. Chika died after only two years with the Alboms.
 
Albom was born to Jewish parents, Rhoda and Ira Albom, in 1958 in Passaic, New Jersey. He wanted to be a “garbage man” at the age of five, thinking it would be a “cool” job. Wanting to be a cartoonist, Albom switched to music, learning how to play piano and playing in bands in his teen years.
 
Earning a bachelor’s degree in Sociology from Brandeis University in Waltham, Mass, he stayed with music and worked as a performer for several years. Beginning at age 20, he studied journalism earning a masters degree and an MBA in Business. Albom became a nationally acclaimed sports journalist, and prolific writer/author.
 
Four of Albom’s books were turned into movies, “Tuesday’s with Morris”, “The Five People You Meet in Heaven”, “One More Day”, and “Have A Little Faith”.
 
Carolyn concluded her presentation saying, “Mitch Albom is a truly remarkable individual who has deeply impressed me”.
 
Book passing was completed by Mary Newman. The next book passing date is September 28.
 
The next meeting is October 12 , 2022, at 3 p.m. at Lakeside with hostesses Gail Mack and Donna Ward. The program will be presented by Geneva Johnson.
 
The Benediction was recited and the meeting was adjourned.
 
Members present were: Peggy Chappell, Carolyn Goodwin, Jean Hollomon, Suzanne Howell, Geneva Johnson, Gayron Lyles, Gail Mack, Shirley Martin, Jean McKinnie, Carolyn Moore, Beverly Mueller, Mary Newman, Pedie Pedersen, Carolyn Potts, Marilynn Putman, Genia Sherwood, Donna Ward, and Elaine Williams.
 
Respectfully submitted by Recording Secretary, Beverly Mueller.