NEWS THAT CONCERNS KIWANIANS AND THEIR FAMILIES
Photo by W.S. Loughlin
Attendance
19
Invocation
Dan Fisher
Senior Members
Bob Turner, Dick Breton, Carroll Stafford
Movable Feast
Pres. Don Nelson reminds all that we meet at Pheasant Ridge Country
Club, Country Club Rd., Gilford on Monday, March 5. Meal cost
will be $9.75 which will be invoiced as usual. Members with suggestions
for alternate meeting locations should let Steve know. We are
looking for a reliable location that will provide reasonable
privacy and good food affordably.
Happy Birthday, Manchester
The Puritan Back Room will be the location of the Manchester
club's 80th anniversary celebration on Friday, March 2. The cost
is $27.50 that includes dinner, entertainment, and a commemorative
pin. With V.P. Larry Murphy and Sec.'y Kathy Calvin coming on
board, we now have enough for an interclub credit.
North to Canada
Sr. Member Dick Breton is putting together a N.E. District goodwill
motorcycle trip to Montreal for May 18-21.
Happy Birthday, KPTI
Pres. Don Nelson reminds all members of K.P.T.I.'s 20th Anniversary
Celebration on Saturday, March 3. Contact him for details.
Thanx
We received a thank-you note from Circle Program Exec. Dir. Mary
Joyce for our $200 donation.
Food Trailer
Pres. Don Nelson needs someone to chair the food trailer committee.
Past Chair Roger Webster advised that some repairs need to be
done before it is next used. If a new Chair is not forthcoming,
we will not run the trailer this year.
Retail I.D.D. Donations
Sr. Member Dick Breton passed out individual donor cards for
Kiwanis International's Worldwide Service Project to combat Iodine
Deficiency Disorders. Members are asked to kick in a buck a week
to help meet the remainder of this project's goal. Extra cards
are available.
Dining Around
Fundraising Chair Phil Bonafide reports that we have taken in
around $3188 from coupon book sales. Books are still available
for end-of-season sale at a discounted rate.
Win a Classic!
V.P. Phil Bonafide advises that, now in the black, we're ready
to move on to our next roadshow. The sign-up sheet is on the
loose for the boat show at the Steeplegate Mall, March 16-18.
We'll be running three shifts each day. Give Phil a call to reserve
your time. The motorcycle is on vacation at Laconia Savings Bank,
where the crew are pushing tickets for us. They took in $422
in the first few days. Congrats to Steve Loughlin and the rest
of the gang.
Revolution
Treas. Chet Cilley will be presenting the New England Foundation's
next fundraising proposal to the Board next week. It involves
each club buying at least 10 tickets to the Revolution pro soccer
team for area youth. While Saturday, June 9 will be recognized
as Kiwanis Day at Foxboro Stadium, tickets may be used any time
during the Revolution's season.
July 4, 2001
Past Pres. Chet Cilley's Fourth of July committee has been meeting,
sending vendor and sponsor forms out, and signing up musical
groups. They are The Platters on board.
Fines
Sgt.-at-Arms Roger Landry found John Grocki and Dan Fisher pinless;
and Larry Murphy tardy.
50/50
Dick Breton, $16
Happy Dollar
From Dave Bettoney for his marriage Saturday last to a "lovely
young lady" named Yuliya. Pres. Don Nelson kicked in a buck
for same.
Help the Kid
Raffle ticket huckster Patty Jeanne Calvin needs sponsors for
a Jump Rope for Heart fundraising she will be doing on March
21. Sec.'y Kathy Calvin has the paperwork for interested donors.
Guest Speaker
This writer introduced our own David Bettoney, sales rep. for
Rutter Media. His company provides creative advertising campaigns
in conjunction with their partner, Metrocast Cablevision. They
are able to target a local business's message to over 32,000
cable subscribers and 83,000 viewers. Depending on the cable
network program, they may place 2-4 minutes worth of ad time
per hour show time. In addition to local ads, they also administer
inquiry ads where they get a share of revenues from the product's
(think "Turby Twisty") sales during their broadcast.
Dave presented a video of some of the commercials they have produced
for area companies where local performers are used for identification
purposes. Dave follows the process from preproduction where a
script is developed and approved, through casting and shooting,
editing, and selection of air dates. He insists that it's important
to think of television advertising as a backbone source rather
than a novelty. He cites this year's Santa Fund telethon's $20,000
increase over last year as an example of the profits effective
cable advertising may produce.
In Four Weeks
The guest speaker will be Exec. Dir. Connie Morrison, Great White
Mountain Chapter of the American Red Cross.
In Three Weeks
T.B.A.
In Two Weeks
Back to Top of the Town. Dr. Andrew Garfinkle, Laconia Eye Associates,
will speak on their new LASIK laser eye surgery as well as other
topics. He encourages members with special areas of interest
to notify this writer so that he may better tailor his presentation.
Next Week
We meet at Pheasant Ridge Country Club, Country Club Rd., Gilford,
the two Boards meet; NISE
Michael
Bastraw
Editor