July 14, 2003 - Vol. 14, No. 41
News That Concerns Kiwanians and Their Families
Attendance
21
Invocation
Paul Cotton
Senior Members
Bob Turner, Ed Merski, Ed Chertok, Peter Karagianis, Roger Webster,
Roger Ballantyne
Guests
Terry (who works at Melcher & Prescott) and David McComb
with Randy Eifert; Jim Depoian with Roger Ballantyne
David and Terry McComb with co-worker Randy Eifert
Photo by W.S. Loughlin
Jim Depoian and Sr. Member Roger Ballantyne
Photo by W.S. Loughlin
Thanx
Steve Loughlin acknowledged receipt of thank-you notes from two
of our scholarship recipients: Past Key Club Pres. Marty O'Riordan
who's attending Stonehill College and Past Key Club V.P. Sara
Yerkes at Clemson University.
Win a Classic!
Motorcycle raffle Chair Paul Cotton advises that we will not
be attending the August event at Rochester Fair. So our first
roadshow will be the Grass Drags in October.
Interclub
Chair Warren Mitchell took the final head-count for our interclub
to Berlin scheduled for Tuesday, July 22, with a July 29 raindate.
Guest Speaker
Reported by Immediate
Past Pres. Phil Bonafide
After our regular meeting we reconvened with Lt. Ed Darling at
Lakes Region Mutual Fire Aid/Communications Division who provided
a PowerPoint presentation and tour of the dispatch facility.
Lt. Ed Darling advises that the dispatch was established in 1951
with a central communications center in the basement of the Belknap
County Courthouse in 1971. In 1999 they moved to their new facility
and share it with 911 Bureau of Communications. The potential
exists to run 911 from Concord north from there. The dispatch
serves 37 departments, 33 fire companies, and 4 Emergency Medical
Services companies. They cover 35 communities (all of Belknap
County plus 1400 sq. miles). 2002 saw them handle 18,447 incidents
with an average of 50.5 calls per day. Their workload has had
an average annual increase of 5-7% since 1972. The busiest stretch
they had was the ice storm of 1998 with 700 calls in four days.
The operation is funded through property taxes and is administered
by a Board of Directors of 35 fire chiefs. For more information
go to lrmfa.org.
In the classroom at Lakes Region Mutual Fire Aid
Photo by W.S. Loughlin
Lt. Ed Darling explains it all.
Photo by W.S. Loughlin
And the computers help things along
Photo by W.S. Loughlin
The Suggestion Box
by Past Pres. Michael
Bastraw
This space available.
Monday, August 4
Boards meet, NISE
Monday, July 28
Chief Tom Oetinger, Laconia Police Department, will speak.
Monday, July 21
Our speakers will be from the Laconia Public Library: Chair Robert
Selig, Board of Trustees and Dir. Randy Brough.
Now it's time for the old banner to resurface
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 about any Member or family member in case of illness. Email: Michael Bastraw or Steve Loughlin
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