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March 15, 2010 - Vol.21, No. 24
News That Concerns Kiwanians
and Their Families
Pre-meeting:
Prior
to the commencement
of the
meeting, Mike
Marsh and
Joe Adrignola
tally the take
from this weekend's
ticket sales.
Photo
by W.
Stephen Loughlin
Invocation:
Warren Mitchell
Attendance:
10
Senior
Member(s):
Warren Mitchell
Surprise...
This
electrician
got a shock
as
he was called
on to run the
meeting.
Photo
by W.
Stephen Loughlin
Fundraising
Update:
V.P. Mike Marsh reported that, after counting money from this
weekend's ticket sales at the World of Wheels show in Boston, it looks like
we may have grossed about $1,000. That brings the total sales from the last
two weekends to approx. $2,640. That
means the bikes are paid for, the vending fees are paid for and the raffle
is now in the black by about $200. Maximum number of tickets for sale are 3,000
and it is estimated we have presently sold about 450.
In addition to selling tickets on the boardwalk during Bike Week, future marketing efforts may include giving tickets to club members to sell and possibly selling tickets at the race track at an event that is being held on May 22nd, or other New Hampshire venue.
Mike
Marsh reports "We're
in the black."
Photo
by W.
Stephen Loughlin
Key
Club
News:
Larry
Murphy reported he went to a recent Key Club meeting and noted the following:
Camp Mahew Cleanup:
Help is needed for the annual summer clean-up at Camp Mahew on Saturday,
June 5th. Any Kiwanian that can help with the clean up would be appreciated
especially someone with a car to help drive some of the Key Club members. Please
let Larry Murphy know if you can help.
Spaulding Youth Center: Larry noted the members of the Key Club who
were present to hear the presentation at last weeks meeting have expressed
interest in getting the opportunity to visit the campus of the Saulding
Youth Center. Steve noted that President Dick would like to take Mark Lavalle
up on his offer to hold a Kiwanis meeting at the Spaulding Youth Center at
its campus in Northfield. Steve reported he is waiting to hear from Mark on
arranging a date in the future. VP Mike Marsh thought way may want to consider
the invitation but schedule a date far enough into the future that would accommodate
everyone's schedule.
Kiwanis
KARES:
On
behalf of Secretary Kathy, Joe Adrignola reported a Kiwanis KARES reading
at Elm Street School is scheduled for Thursday March 25th. A sign-up
sheet was passed around.
50 50:
None
this week.
Happy Dollars:
Joe Adrignola reported that, Kathy Calvin sent in a happy dollar because her daughter, Patti Jean, was accepted at UNH.
Joe
presents the first of many dollars to be expended by Kathy Calvin
on UNH.
Photo
by W.
Stephen Loughlin
Fines:
None tonight.
Guest
Speaker:
Steve
Loughlin introduced Olie Anderson, a former member of
the Laconia Kiwanis Club (from the late 1970's to the mid 1980's), who spoke
on being a referee of high school basketball. Olie has been a member of the
IAABO (International Association of Approved Basketball Officials) for about
10 years.
Olie noted that when he refs a game, people in the crowd often yell at him when he makes a call because they don’t usually understand some of the rules. He said there are several reasons for that. One being they haven’t read the rules and another being because there are actually four major sets of basketball rules: NBA rules, NCAA men’s rules, NCAA women’s rules, and High School Federated rules.
The rules penalize violations and fouls. A foul is when contact occurs that results in an unfair advantage being gained. The key words are “unfair advantage.” Not all contact results in a foul however all common fouls (non technical) involve contact. Common fouls include: Player Control; Blocking; Pushing; Illegal use of hands; Handchecking; and Holding.
During his presentation, Olie handed out 25 case studies from the rule book and reviewed them with the members. After reading each (two or three sentence) case, he looked for the Kiwanis members to make the correct call. Mike Marsh and Larry Murphy were exceptional in demonstrating their knowledge of the game. However, in many cases no one knew the correct answer.
If you missed the meeting and would like to test your knowledge of the rules of high school basketball or if you would like to again review the questions (along with the answers), "click" here.
Olie
Anderson discusses the rules of the game of basketball with the
membership.
Photo
by W.
Stephen Loughlin
Foul
on Warren who is caught dribbling.
Photo
by W.
Stephen Loughlin
At the conclusion of his presentation, Olie was asked why
someone would want to be a basketball referee. Olie responded jokingly: "Where
else can you go (to) get your exercise, get paid for it and always be right?"
Olie Anderson
demonstates the basketball rule of hand checking with Steve
Loughlin.
Photo
by Phil Bonafide
Tonight's meeting was adjourned at 7:59 p.m.
Upcoming Schedule:
Monday,
March
22nd
Noah Crane, owner and General Manager of the Laconia Muskrats-
guest of Steve Loughlin
Monday, March
29th
State Fire Marshall John Southwell with
his fire dog- guest of Roger Landry
Monday, April 5th