September 27, 2004 - Vol. 15, No. 52
News That Concerns Kiwanians and Their Families
Reported by Past Pres. Phil Bonafide
Attendance
60
Kiwanians assemble!
Photo by W.S. Loughlin
Pres. Warren and Janet Mitchell, Deb and Pres.-Elect Paul Cotton, Lt. Gov. Dan Witham, Betty and M.C. Roger Ballantyne hold down the head table.
Photo by W.S. Loughlin
Soup's on.
Photo by W.S. Loughlin
Invocation
Joe Collie
The Boss of Division 6
Lt. Gov. Dan Witham presented opening remarks and gave Pres.
Warren Mitchell a banner patch for our support of Camp Sunshine.
Pres. Warren Mitchell accepts a new banner patch from Lt. Gov. Dan Witham.
Photo by W.S. Loughlin
Thanx and You're Fired
Pres. Warren Mitchell recognized the contributions of outgoing
club officers and directors. Lt. Dan Witham then discharged them
from their duties.
Good-bye, Mr. President
Pres.-Elect Paul Cotton then presented retiring Pres. Warren
Mitchell with a roll of highway tokens of appreciation for his
service over the past year. Pres. Warren Mitchell proceeded to
thank Sec.'y Kathy Calvin and Treas. Chet Cilley for their respective
services to the club; Russ and Carol Anne Beane for hosting their
parties for the club; Past Pres. Michael Bastraw for his work
on the bulletin; Roger Landry for his assistance over the past
year; and his wife Janet for her support. He remarked that he
enjoyed his tenure and that the time went quickly.
They Were There, A Lot
Sec.'y Kathy Calvin awarded tabs for attendance to Bob Turner
(33 years), Jim Fortier (20), Nancy Williams (11), Michael Bastraw
(9), Warren Mitchell (9), Phil Bonafide (8), Larry Murphy (8),
and Kathy Calvin (7). She would like members to turn in their
old tabs for recycling.
Sr. Member Bob Turner: here for a good time and a long time.
Photo by W.S. Loughlin
That Old Gang of Mine
Framed pictures were given to the Senior Members who were in
the photo Steve Loughlin had taken at last year's installation.
The Seniorest
Pres.-Elect Paul Cotton presented Sr. Member Peter Karagianis
with a Tablet of Honor for his 55 years of membership and contributions
to the club and community. He noted that Peter was his Key Club
Advisor in 1957 when he was a member. Pres.-Elect Paul Cotton
also had on hand copies of the special announcement for Installation
1959 which was held at the Winnisquam House and featured music
by the Rythm-Airs.
Pres.-Elect Paul Cotton presents Sr. Member Peter Karagianis with his Tablet of Honor.
Photo by W.S. Loughlin
Chair Jim Fortier, Past Key Club Advisor Peter Karagianis and a new crop of Key Clubbers
Photo by W.S. Loughlin
Ned Roberts Award
Kiwanian of the Year 2003 Joe Adrignola presented the Ned Roberts
Award to Russ Beane for his contributions to the fellowship of
the club by hosting the two parties this year. He announced it
with a rhyme:
A message to him we want to send
He lives on a cul-de-sac--a dead end
He had kept out social skills keen
Out Kiwanian of the Year is Russ Beane
Past Pres. Joe Adrignola passes the torch to Ned Roberts winner Russ Beane.
Photo by W.S. Loughlin
You're Hired
Lt. Dan Witham installed the new club officers and directors.
Pres.-Elect Paul Cotton presented Pres. Warren Mitchell with
a Past President's plaque and noted that he was responsible for
picking our winter meeting place at the police department; his
work with the motorcycle raffle; and overseeing a $56,000 charity
budget.
Pres. Warren Mitchell gets his walking papers.
Photo by W.S. Loughlin
And Pres.-Elect Paul Cotton gets the charter.
Photo by W.S. Loughlin
Take Our Money, Please
Jackie Bonafide, Community Health & Hospice, accepted a $5000
donation on their behalf.
Jackie Bonafide, Community Health & Hospice gets a really big check.
Photo by W.S. Loughlin
Thanx for the Help
Pres. Paul Cotton thanked Jim McBride, Peter Karagianis, and
Howard Bacon for helping to get him started when he was in Key
Club and they were in Kiwanis. He presented Sgt.-at-Arms Roger
Landry with a super-sized gavel to help collect fines. Master
of Ceremonies Roger Ballantyne thanked those who helped with
the evening. After a closing prayer, Pres. Paul Cotton adjourned
the meeting.
Pres. Paul Cotton gets ready for a kinder, gentler regime.
Photo by W.S. Loughlin
Out of the Past
by Steve Loughlin
Jim McCann former Laconia Kiwanis Club member in the 1980's extends
his greetings to his friends in Laconia. Jim, the former owner
and station manager of WEMJ radio, is now employed by New Hampshire
Public Radio where he is the Director of Corporate support. You
can contact Jim via e-mail at: jmccann@nhpr.org.
Former member Jim McCann
Photo by W.S. Loughlin
Press Release
by Jackie E. Bonafide,
Director of Development
SUBJECT: Laconia Kiwanis
Club Donates $5000 to Young Family Program at Community Health
& Hospice.
Laconia, NH - Joseph Adrignola, Past President of the Laconia
Kiwanis Club and current chair of the club's "Young Children,
Priority One" initiative and Margaret Franckhauser, Executive
Director of Community Health & Hospice, announced today that
the Laconia Kiwanis Club, through the Laconia Kiwanis Charities
Fund, is donating $5000.00 to the Community Health & Hospice
(CH&H) Young Family Program. This is the second major contribution
from Laconia Kiwanis during this fiscal year. The CH&H Young
Family Program supports and teaches families through prenatal
visits, mother-baby postpartum visits, home visits by pediatric
Registered Nurses, immunizations, Child Development Clinics,
Partners in Health programs for children with chronic health
conditions, and pediatric care management. Adrignola says, "We're
proud to support CH&H's Young Family Program because we sincerely
believe the work they do is an important investment in the health
of children in our community. The major focus of Kiwanis Clubs
throughout the world is improving the quality of life for children
and families. For more than seventy-five years the Laconia Kiwanis
Club has been dedicated to the needs of young children in the
Lakes Region through its support for the Kiwanis Dental Program,
the Laconia High School Key Club, Reading is FUNdamental in Laconia
elementary schools, bicycle safety programs, Laconia Little League,
the D.A.R.E. program, scholarships through the Lakes Region Scholarship
Foundation, immunizations for young children, and much more."
Kristen Awrich, RN, coordinator of CH&H's Young Family Program,
and her staff are very grateful for the donation. She says, "The
Laconia Kiwanis Club has always been one of our strongest supporters.
The Young Family Program delivers many vital services for which
there is no insurance reimbursement at all. It means a great
deal to have the Laconia Kiwanis Club as a Community Partner
with us. Their members are tremendously energetic and dedicated.
Their commitment to children and young families is an inspiration
to all of us." Community Health & Hospice, Inc. is a
not-for-profit, Medicare-certified provider of home care and
hospice services, licensed by the State of New Hampshire and
accredited by the Community Health Accreditation Program (CHAP).
The agency is governed by a volunteer Board of Directors and
supported by private and corporate donations, the Lakes Region
United Way, and Lakes Region communities. CH&H services include
the Young Family Program, Home Care (nursing and rehabilitation),
Hospice, Support Services, and the Volunteer Program. To contact
CH&H, call (603) 524-8444 or (toll free) 1-800- 244-8549.
The CH&H website is www.chhnh.org. The Laconia Kiwanis Club welcomes
new members as well as financial support for programs which serve
the children of Lakes Region communities. Over the past 75 years,
the Laconia Kiwanis Club has raised and expended over a half
million dollars for children in the Lakes Region. The club meets
a 6:15 PM every Monday evening at Pheasant Ridge Country Club
in Gilford. For more information contact Joe Adrignola at 527-9176
or visit their website at www.laconiakiwanis.com.
Here Comes the Gov.!
We have been invited to Gov. Ron Forrest's visit to be held at
Makris' Lobster House, Concord, Friday, October 5. Cost is $25.
Don't Show Up
The regular meeting for Monday, October 11 will move to Tuesday,
October 12.
Monday, October 18
Pres. Katherine Eneguess, N.H. Community Technical College, will
speak.
Tuesday, October 12
Open
Monday, October 4
Boards meet; NISE
Past Pres. Phil Bonafide, Pres. Paul Cotton, and Michael Bastraw at the Keene Swap Meets
Photo by Jennifer Coffey
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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