April 7, 2003 - Vol. 14, No. 27
News That Concerns Kiwanians and Their Families
Attendance
23
Invocation
Phil Bonafide
Senior Members
Bob Turner, Peter Karagianis, Carroll Stafford, Ed Merski, Paul
Normandin
Win a Classic!
Chair Paul Cotton reports we took in $3921 at the Northeast Motorcycle
Expo, World Trade Center, Boston, last weekend. As Rotary took
in $2400, that means Warren Clement owes Paul a cup of coffee
and must come to one of our meetings. We "expected more
people" which would explain the relatively low take but
"we will go back next year." Thanx to the crew who
worked the show: Paul Cotton, Warren Mitchell, Larry and Rosemary
Murphy, Carroll and Sandy Stafford, Michael Bastraw, Kathy Calvin,
Phil Bonafide and Jackie Bonafide, Don and Sue Nelson, Roger
and Pam Landry, and Joe and Vi Adrignola. Paul wants to get a
new, more portable "Tupperware" ticket drum. He has
also been in touch with promoter Rick Sullivan who will put us
in the Rochester Fair August next, and possibly a show in Portland.
To date we have sold over $37,000-worth of tickets for a net
of over $13,000. Our next roadshow is in our own back yard: a
Home and Garden Show, Winnipesaukee Expo, April 12 and 13. Signed
up are--Friday set-up: Paul Cotton and Larry Murphy; Saturday,
9a-1p: Larry Murphy and Don Nelson; 1p-5p: Bob Turner and Michael
Bastraw; Sunday, 10a-1p: Roger and Pam Landry; 1p-4p: Paul Cotton
and Kathy and Patty Jeanne Calvin.
Bike Rodeo
Treas. Chet Cilley has talked with Dennis Dionne of the Main
Street Program and it looks like our May 10 Bike Rodeo will take
place in the City Hall parking lot. The committee should plan
on meeting after the regular meeting Monday next.
Division Meets
Pres. Larry Murphy reminded everyone that the Division Caucus
will be at the Stafford Farms Restaurant, Tuesday, April 8, 6p.
On the agenda is the election of a Lt. Governor and Lt. Governor-Designate.
The club will pick up the cost for anyone who cares to attend.
Membership
Pres. Larry Murphy advises that he got a call from Laurie Rollo
who is interested in coming to a meeting after she had seen the
article on our donation to Community Health & Hospice.
Cash Raffle
Sec.'y Kathy Calvin received two $20 cash raffle tickets from
the Keene club. Pres. Larry Murphy directed us to buy one of
them.
Almost an Auction
Pres. Larry Murphy was the winning/only bidder of $5 for the
lilac print tie he donated.
Free Meal
Don Nelson
50/50
None
Happy Dollars
None
NISE
None
Guest Speaker
None
Boards Matters
The Boards paid out $3778.50 to DARE; $91 for dental bills; leave
of absence was given to Nancy Parrott for March 3 through June
15 and Charlie St. Clair until April 15 and Scott Beane from
March 3 to May 3; $250 went to Laconia Little League; $200 to
Senior Babe Ruth; $1000 towards 4th of July fireworks; thanx
was given to One Mill Plaza for letting us meet there in January
and February; Warren Clement was nominated for 2nd V.P. and Paul
Cotton for Director; and Bob Page's letter of resignation was
accepted.
Happy Birthday
April babies include Sr. Member Howard Bacon, Past Pres. Joe
Adrignola, Scott Beane, Sec.'y Kathy Calvin; Charlie St. Clair,
and Randy Eifert.
Alive in Florida
Wednesday, April 2, 2003: You might ask the powers that be in the club the question: Is't it time to renew our adds in the bulletin. It seems to me that it is way over a year, maybe two since I last sent in my check for the $ 100. It should be easy money for the club. Weather here has been great. March set a record for being the warmest in many years. Hope all is well with you. Ed Chertok.
For Immediate Release by Randy Eifert
Laconia Kiwanis Club donates $5,000 to Lakes Region Day Care
Center - Laconia, NH
Joseph Adrignola, Past President of the Laconia Kiwanis Club
and current chair of the club ís "Young Children,
Priority One" initiative and Jan Skipper, Executive Director
of Lakes Region Day Care Center announced today that the Laconia
Kiwanis Club, through the Laconia Kiwanis Charities Fund, is
donating $5,000.00 to the LRDC summer camp program. The summer
camp program is a nine-week program for elementary school children
and is based at the Memorial Middle School. It strives to engage
children in a variety of activities that are both fun and educational.
Activities include trips to the beach, arts and crafts, recreational
games, swimming lessons, karate and gymnastics instruction. The
funds donated by Kiwanis will enable the higher-cost activities
of karate and gymnastics to continue uninterrupted. Adrignola
says, "We are pleased to be able to support such a worthy
non-profit such as Lakes Region Day Care. Our focus at Kiwanis
has always been the children of the Lakes Region and this is
just one way we can help." For seventy-five years the Laconia
Kiwanis Club has been dedicated to the needs of young children
through its support for the Kiwanis Dental Program, the Laconia
High School Key Club, Reading Is FUNdamental, bicycle safety,
Little League, DARE, scholarships, and Shots for Tots. The Laconia
Kiwanis Club is accepting applications for 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 at 6:15 PM every
Monday evening at the Pheasant Ridge Country Club in Gilford.
For more information, contact Randy Eifert at 524-4535 or visit
laconiakiwanis.com.
David Stamps, Chairman of the Board, and Jan Skipper, Executive Director of the Lakes Region Day Care Center accepts a donation from Joe Adrignola, representing the members of the Laconia Kiwanis Club.
Photo by Randy Eifert
Monday, May 5
Boards meet; NISE
Monday, April 28
Archaeologist Karl Rhonke will speak on the White Mountain National
Forest.
Monday, April 21
Our guest speaker will be Ernie Bolduc who will talk about his
herd of buffalo.
Monday, April 14
Pres. Bill Johnson, Ozanam Place will speak; Bike Rodeo committee
will meet.
The Suggestion Box
by Past Pres. Phil
Bonafide
It seems like our standing committees are in a bit of a slump.
It's important to us that certain top priority committees meet,
formulate plans to further our agendas, and make sure those plans
get carried out. Perhaps it's because we don't know who is on
which committee. If you don't know where you should be, click
here to go to the Membership page (a link is also at the bottom of every issue
of the Kronikle) which lists committee chairs and all
member assignments.
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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