May 14, 2001 - Vol. 12, No. 33
News That Concerns Kiwanians and Their Families
Attendance
22
Invocation
Howard Bacon
Senior Members
Ed Chertok, Howard Bacon, Roger Webster, Bob Turner, Carroll
Stafford, Dennis Denoncourt, Dick Breton
They're Ba-ack!
A round of How Do Ya Do? welcomed returning Immediate
Past Pres. Marty Hirschberg and Sr. Member Ed Chertok.
Snowbirds return: Howard Bacon, Marty Hirschberg, Roger Webster, Ed Chertok; Past Pesidents all
Photo by W.S. Loughlin
Getting Our Props
Pres. Don and Sue Nelson will be attending The Salvation Army's
annual Civic Luncheon at the Margate on Tuesday, May 22. Other
members are encouraged to attend.
Welcome Aboard, Brattleboro
Saturday, June 15 will see the new Brattleboro, Vermont club
celebrate it's Charter Night and we are invited. It will be held
at American Legion Post #5 from 6:30p-9:00p; cost is #25 per
person.
Foundation Meets
The annual meeting of the New England Foundation will start at
11:00a on Saturday, June 9 in Westboro, Mass. Our own Immediate
Past Lt. Gov. Chet Cilley will be in attendance and we are allowed
one other delegate.
Ring that Bell
Last week Sr. Member Peter Karagianis donated his $29 50/50 winnings
to the club with the hope that it would be donated to the Belknap
Mill with matching funds attached. $17 was collected from the
members for a total of $46.
Meeting Not Cancelled
Pres. Don Nelson advises that we will be having a regular meeting
on Monday, May 28--Memorial Day (observed)--as we've used up
our annual allotment of two cancelled meetings.
Bike Rodeo
Chair Chet Cilley reports that we had 60-75 visitors come through
the Rodeo Saturday last; 60 received helmets. The winner of the
raffle bike was 10-year-old Allyson Woods of Laconia. She was
the beneficiary of a helmet from last year's rodeo which came
in handy when she had a bad spill on her bike. For helping out
with the event, thanx go to Don Nelson, Joe Adrignola, Roger
and Pam Landry, Warren Mitchell and grandson Ben, Kathy Calvin,
Randy Eifert, Roger Ballantyne, Jim Depoine, Nancy Parrott, Michael
Bastraw, Keyclubbers Chelsea Graham and Mike Audet, Cantin Chevrolet,
Piche's, Klaus', Laconia Parks and Rec. Dept., and Laconia Water
Works.
Sr. Member Roger Webster and Past Pres. Michael Bastraw at Station #5 (ignore the sign).
Photo by Randy Eifert
Lauren Eifert leads the way to Station #1.
Photo by Randy Eifert
Courtney LeClaire is fitted by Sec.'y Kathy Calvin.
Photo by Randy Eifert
Brook Fowler gets a tune-up.
Photo by Randy Eifert
Sr. Member Roger Ballantyne guides them through the cones.
Photo by Randy Eifert
Win a Classic!
V.P. Phil Bonafide passed out the sign-up sheet for Saturday,
May 26 on the Weirs Boardwalk. Shifts run 10a-2p and 2p-6p. Sunday,
May 27 will be the raindate. He has also hammered out the Motorcycle
Week schedule that will mean being on the boardwalk from Saturday,
June 9 through Sunday, June 17. Be sure to set aside some time
on your calendar as this will be our last big push before the
drawing. Sr. Member Howard Bacon turned in $100 in sales, Past
Pres. Nancy Williams $125, and Laconia Savings Bank chipped in
another $705 bringing their total to $2445! All members should
plan on having their tickets and/or money turned in by the end
of the month. Pres. Don Nelson hinted that a decision should
be made in the near future whether we will do another motorcycle
raffle next year as this will affect what we do with our rental
trailer. Chet Cilley has lined up a sided tent for the boardwalk
as we will not have enough room to leave the trailer.
Food Trailer
The fee has been paid to reserve our space at Gilford Old Home
Day. V.P. Larry Murphy will chair. No decision has been made
on whether we will bring the trailer to Opechee on July 4.
50/50
Randy Eifert, $15 which he donated to the Belknap Mill in the
club's name. Good kharma.
Immediate Past President Marty Hirschberg, tanned, rude, and rested, reaches in.
Photo by W.S. Loughlin
Fines
Sgt.@Arms Roger Landry found Ed Chertok, Randy Eifert, and Dick
Breton pinless; Chet Cilley was tardy.
Happy Dollars
Dennis Denoncourt came up with a buck for his son, Devon, graduating
from N.H. College; from Ed Chertok for being back; Chet Cilley
for his son closing on a new house and moving out of his; Steve
Loughlin for #2 son graduating; Roger Landry for his son making
the Dean's List; and Nancy Williams for getting flowers on Mothers'
Day from her local sons, Dan Fisher and John Grocki.
Membership
Chair Nancy Williams pass out new member brochures and suggested
that we keep them on hand for the next time we run into a potential
member.
Chair Nancy Williams demands new members.
Photo by W.S. Loughlin
Guest Speaker
Scheduled speaker Amanda Simpson, Laconia Planning Office had
to cancel her appearance for the meeting. She will attend Monday
next.
Kronikle Online
You may have noticed that this issue of the bulletin looks a
little different (if you haven't by now, we may have a problem).
Though the web-based edition has been going on for a couple months
now, this issue is more of what I had in mind from the get-go.
For members who chose to print these pages, most browser software
will print without the black background and makes the white type
print black. If you wish to conserve paper, just go to Page Setup
under File on most computers and you can change the 100% value
to something less to reduce all pages. Or you may save the page
as a text file and print without the photos. Thanx to my partners-in-crime
Steve Loughlin and Randy Eifert for their advice and continuous
supply of pictures; my good friend/mentor George Lallas for his
unyielding eye; and the feedback from other members who helped
vet the redesign. We hope you like it. If not, you know where
I am.
This writer eats dessert. (The photographer dared me to publish this.)
Photo by W.S. Loughlin
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 on any Member or his family in case of illness. Email: Michael Bastraw or Steve Loughlin
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