March 13, 2006 - Vol. 17, No. 24
News That Concerns Kiwanians and Their Families
Reported by Pres. Joe Collie
Attendance
20
Invocation
Kathy "I've got Girl Scout cookies" Calvin
Senior Members
Paul Normandin, Warren Mitchell, Peter Karagianis, Ed Merski,
Carroll Stafford
Honorary Members
Dick Breton
Win a Classic!
The Motorcycle Road Show made a stop in Manchester last weekend
at the Home Show. Working the show Friday, Saturday and Sunday
were...Paul Cotton and Warren Mitchell, Larry Murphy, Don and
Sue Nelson, Patty Jean and Kathy Calvin, John Stow and Phil Bonafide,
Esq. Combined with the amount raised at the show and the money
Steve Loughlin says we have in waiting at Laconia Savings, the
bike is paid for! The next stop will be the WLNH Boat Show at
Steeplegate Mall in Concord. Friday, March 24 through Sunday,
March 26th. On board for ticket sales are: Friday, 3/24 9am-1pm
Paul Cotton and Larry Murphy. 1pm-5pm Larry Murphy; 5pm-9pm ____________.
Saturday, 3/25 9am-1pm Phil Bonafide, Esq. and ____________;
1pm-5pm Michael Bastraw, ____________; 5pm-9pm Kathy Calvin.
Sunday, 3/26 10am-2pm Jim and Arlene Fortier 2pm-6pm Paul Cotton.
The sign up sheet will be around again next week.
Reading is FUNdamental
Kathy Calvin informed the club that the RIF group was out at
Woodland Heights Elementary this past Wednesday, March 8th. Readers
included Joe Adrignola, Jane Thibault, Don Nelson, Kathy Calvin,
and Randy Brough from the Laconia Library. The next RIF reading
is Tuesday, March 14th (before this publication) at Elm Street
School from 1pm-2pm. A new RIF reading has been scheduled for
Pleasant Street School...Tuesday, March 21st from 2pm-3pm. Larry
Murphy is on the list and the sign up sheet will be going around
next week.
Financial Report
John Stow was absent this time around and a very disappointed
board did not have to stick around to approve the financial report.
The financial report for January and February will be discussed
at the next regularly scheduled board meeting...April 3rd.
Hey Kiwanis...THANKS!
We received a thank-you note from the Lakes Region Scholarship
Foundation in recognition of our $1000 donation to their recent
50th anniversary dinner. Several members of the club were at
the event in February and all reported it was a wonderful evening.
While on Leave...
Hon. Member Dick Breton reports coming across Charlie St. Clair
in Daytona. He said Charlie didn't appear to be working. Charlie
insisted Dick visit him a few days later at the Ocean Center.
When Dick went there...no Charlie. Dianne and Dan Zawacki ran
across Charlie four days later and snapped a picture of Charlie
hard at work...and holding Dick Breton's business card.
Proof of life
Photo by Dan Zawacki
More on Charlie
Sr. Member Carroll Stafford noted that Charlie will be
working on March 23rd, making a presentation about MC Week at
the Gilford Church's "Guys Night Out" Event. Along
with green beer, dinner will cost $10. Please attend if interested.
50/50
Ed Merski and Pater Karagianis at the Kiddie Table. Joe Adrignola
immediately left the meeting after the drawing (although he says
it was a pre-scheduled exit), $18.00
Senior Members carry the day.
Photo by W.S. Loughlin
Happy Dollars
Bad enough they had to split $18, Ed and Peter each gave a Happy
Dollar, too!
Guest Speaker
Kristina Toth, from the Family Connections Center (though radio
boy here hated the fact that she used the acronym FCC) spoke
about their program, which is in it's 8th year of existence and
was created through the UNH Cooperative Extension. The FCC office
is at the Lakes Region Facility of the NH Dept. of Corrections.
Kristina presented a PowerPoint presentation on a program that
reaches out to incarcerated parents and helps them develop and
maintain relationships with their children on the outside. Some
facts from her presentation:
--- 65% of women in prison and 55% of men have children under
the age of 18.
--- At least 1400 NH children have at least one parent incarcerated.
--- Children of inmates are 6 times as likely to go to prison
themselves someday
--- It costs the state of NH $28,000 a year to house each
inmate in the system
Fostering relationships with their children has helped many offenders
stay out of jail once they are released. Inmates' relationships
with their parents are monitored through Program Visits, in which
an inmate has one to one interaction with the child. Also...Parenting
Education Classes are provided and Family Reentry Programs are
provided to help parents get back into their child's everyday
life upon release.
Kristina Toth and Pres. Joe Collie
Photo by W.S. Loughlin
Monday, April 3
Boards meet; NISE
Monday, March 27
Open
Monday, March 20
DARE Off. Don Kimtis, Laconia Police Department, will speak.
Michael
Bastraw
Editor
Kiwanis Kronikle is a weekly publication of the Kiwanis Club of Laconia, N.H., P.O. Box 757, Laconia, N.H. 03247-0757. We meet Mondays at 6:15 p.m. at the Pheasant Ridge Country Club, Country Club Rd., Gilford, N.H. Please call your President or Secretary about any Member or family member in case of illness. Email: Michael Bastraw or Steve Loughlin
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