August/September 2015 September 9th Past Presidents Golf

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OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE BABYLON LIONS CLUB, INC
August/September 2015
Editors:
Dave McKenney
Bob Meyer
Vin Pizzello
September 9th Past Presidents Golf / Cookout
September 16th Board Meeting @ Lily Flanagans 7:30 pm
September 23rd Awards / Ladies Night Dinner Meeting @ Lily Flanagans 7:00 pm
September 27th Meyer Scramble @ Bellport Golf & Country Club 1:30 pm
We recently conducted two very successful fundraisers — our annual pool party and golf
outing. Attendance at both was greatly improved from the last couple of years which directly will
increase our ability to support Lion causes. I think that more people are aware that the pool
party supports the local church food pantries and that is driving up attendance and support. We
have a picture here of President Mark Agovino sporting some body painting at the party. Mark,
those 5 pound dumbbells can be effective judging from the size of your guns!
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The honoring of a local, well known businessman and philanthropist really beefed up the
number of golfers at our outing. Congratulations to the committee chairmen and members
for developing new strategies and their successes. It should be noted that, in addition to the
volunteers who helped out at the golf outing, several members who did not play golf came out to
the dinner. They didn't complain that it was too hot or too far to drive, they showed their support
of a Lion event. You'll see a picture here of myself with Dave McKenney in which he is wearing
that absolutely hideous shirt that he wears just to antagonize me. I contend that the material
was part of someone's couch in Haight Ashbury in the 60s, but while Dave admits the shirt
might be that old, he purchased it in Arizona. What you cannot tell from the picture is that his
golf cap was "distressed" — which is as diplomatic as I can put it. Apparently, his neighbor Don
Bartsch put it out for trash several weeks ago and you can guess the rest of the story, but then
again Dave is of Scottish descent.
I don't know about you guys but I sleep a little better at night knowing that Jack Stanton is
protecting our shoreline from the Russians, ISIS, etc. Well, maybe not the shoreline exactly, but
the Bay Shore marina at least. Jack is ever vigilant. So, hey, Trump who needs a fence!
In a scene reminiscent of the beat down that Eddie McCarthy received his first day as a
Babylon High School crossing guard, Jerry Grant intervened in a fracas taking place at the
scene of his summer employment. He flashed his badge and she flashed her teeth. Antibiotics
and JWB are really wonder drugs!!!
Bob Palmieri should give consideration to finding some other employment that doesn't take
him from home so often. Ralph Consola has been filling in as Chaplain (he's already signed on
to do my eulogy) and his invocations have been inspiring and his delivery is spot on and
not even one WTF. Just saying...
Many of you know Pete Cirasole, a perennial attendee at our annual golf outing. You may
not know that Pete was the President of the Copiague Lions Clubthe
year before it disbanded. Hmmm, wonder if there's any connection? In any event, Pete has volunteered to
assist us with some possible new sites for next year's golf outing. At least that's what he said on
the bus after having consumed a few adult beverages. BTW, Pete's "golf" hat was probably
even worse than McKenney's.
How's this for Lionism at its very best? Last week some of our most esteemed members
were playing a round of golf with Vinny Ayers please remember that Vinny had just been
released from the hospital after suffering a heart attack. Anyway, both Vinny's behavior and golf
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game were both very erratic. Past President Rob Yturraspe, Vinny's playing partner and cart
mate, was disturbed by both Vinny's lousy golfing and his nonsensical commentary. In a
moment of rare clarity, Rob realized that maybe there was something medically wrong with
Vinny. Duh!!! Turns out that Vinny's blood sugar was way out of whack and that he should
have most likely been in a diabetic coma, as opposed to playing golf with Yturraspe and
McKenney. After some candy bars, etc., Vinny's condition did not improve. Yet, Yturraspe and
McKenney pushed on in a scene right out of the Monsignor in Caddyshack. In the ultimate act
of compassion, they played a hole, but left Vinny in the cart in a shaded area — at this point,
Vinny was lying down across the seat of the cart, but as I said at least he was in the shade!
They decided to tee off on the next hole, where Yturraspe hit one of his best drives of the day.
Vinny was now propped up against Rob and drooling on his shoulder. Now, Rob and Dave
realized that Vinny's condition was deteriorating, but Rob was playing one of those Chapey golf
balls from the Lion outing and he was not about to leave it out there in the middle of the fairway.
What more could a few minutes matter to Vinny since he was already incoherent and semi
comatose? Anyway, after gathering up the Chapey ball, Yturraspe decided that Vinny needed
medical attention and an ambulance was summoned. After Vinny was carted away via
ambulance to Brookhaven Hospital, Rob and Dave retired to the bar to have a drink to toast
Vinny and his prompt recovery (or was it to celebrate his life?). So now with time on theirs
hands, Dave asked Rob what he was going to do. Rob replied that his car was really dirty and
he was in need of a car wash. Now you can forgive Yturraspe for this since his personality is
quirky at best, but our esteemed Club Secretary thought that his car was dirty and also needed
cleaning. Never mind that Vinny was in the emergency room and his diagnosis was unknown.
When Dave called his wife and told her what had happened, she responded as follows, "Let me
see if I have this straight, your friend was taken by ambulance to the emergency room and first
you decided to have a drink and then go to the car wash"? Dave said that the car was really
dirty and that Vinny was in good hands since Brookhaven Hospital is rated number 23 of of all
the hospitals on Long Island. This saga continues whereby Rob put the car wash in his GPS
and it miraculously led him to Brookhaven Hospital and not the car wash. With McKenney on
his heels, they did get to see Vinny. After the visit with Vinny, they did get to the car wash and
got the deluxe!!! Although, it has been noted that they failed to ArmorAll one of Rob's tires.
That totally ruined his day.
Here's another photo attesting to how much Lions care about their fellow members. These
Lions are literally beating the bushes in an all out search for a lost cell phone. Apparently, the
cell phone was lost by Joe Brucia on one of his late night walks through the Village. He may or
may not have been in the company of George Kling — which is a very bad omen indeed.
Everyone's memory of the events of the evening are sketchy at best, although we do know that
George did get a really nice haircut at 2am. Anyway, the search for Joe's cell phone was futile,
but he would really like to get back those pictures of his vacation to Thailand!
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And this just in! Ro Creegan recently broke her ankle as she was sneaking out of a cabana.
But, you know that what happens in the cabana, stays in the cabana. Anyway, here's hoping
that she has a quick and successful recovery.
Lastly, it's official! The annual Meyer Scramble will take place on Sunday, September 27th,
at Bellport Country Club. The event is open to Lions and friends with tee off at 1:30 pm. After the golf, we
will have dinner and the presentation of the Lion at Gemelli's Ristorante (optional).
We have some new players this year and more new entries are welcome. If you're a single or
have a twosome, we'll put the groups together. Right now, we have last year's winners
returning (Joe Brucia, Mark Agovino, Vinnie Pizzello, and Scott Horsley although
I heard the other night that Vinny may be out of town that weekend), ( wishful thinking Bob, I’ll be there),
the recently tweaked Yturrapse foursome, the recently tweaked McKenney foursome, and my (you leave
the dance with the one that brung ya) foursome. It's a lot of fun, so please give some thought to joining us.
Next week, Wednesday September 9, is our annual Past Presidents Cookout and Golf.
In lieu of our dinner meeting, our Cookout is at Babylon Village’s finest golf course
E. Donald Conroy Golf Course at Sumpwams Creek
75 Cedar Street, Babylon, 11702
You do not have to be a Past President or golfer to attend.
This is a open event for all LIONS and friends, more the merrier
Golf: 4PM Shotgun Start.
Dinner: 6PM, will be served by our own Babylon Village Meat Market.
Drought Beer, Wine, Soda, and Water will be served.
$50/ pp Golf and/or Dinner
Always a great event, hope so see everyone!
Call me if you have any questions
Sincerely,
Mark Westcott
Cell/Text: 631-433-1283
Email: [email protected]
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Awards Night~ Ladies Night ~
Dinner
Wed. September 23rd , 2015
Lily Flanagans
345 Deer Park Ave
Babylon Village
Cocktail Hour
7:00 pm ~ 8:00 pm
Butler Style Hors D’oeuvres
with 1 Hr. Open Bar
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Penne a la Vodka
Caesar Salad
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choice of :
Chicken Kilkenny
Chilean Sea Bass
Ribeye Steak
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Coffee & Dessert
$35.00 pp
menu subject to change
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September Birthday Wishes
Phil Burke
Bob Crimi
Ed May
Mike Weis
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