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March 22, 2010 - Vol.21, No. 25
News That Concerns Kiwanians
and Their Families
Invocation:
Russ Beane
Attendance:
14
Senior
Members:
Warren Mitchell, Paul Normandin, and Peter Karagianis
Guest:
Noah Crane: General Manager of the Laconia Muskrats
Vice
President Mike
"Pinch Hits"
for President
Dick:
V.P. Mike Marsh read a letter from President Dick to
the club that requests a six month leave of absence in order to concentrate
on his personal life. As such, Mike will be the current acting president. The
Board of Directors will vote on the request on April 5th.
Mike announces that the Kiwanis Club will hold its annual meeting on April 26th. He then appointed a nominating committee Chaired by Brian Winslow with members including Joe Adrignola, Larry Murphy, Warren Mitchell and Phil Bonafide.
Mike also updated us on the fundraising efforts. He is looking for an additional venue to sell raffle tickets sometime between now and Bike Week. He also requested that all members take 10 raffle tickets and sell them. Tickets are $5.00 each.
Mike alerts us that the Bike Rodeo is coming up and he is looking at a different location from last year, perhaps Opeeche Park or the Middle School. Mike points out that he will be assigning members of the Bike Rodeo committee tasks to help get ready for the event.
After
President Dick throws a curve ball, VP Mike takes the mound.
Photo
by W.
Stephen Loughlin
Other
News:
Roger
Landry
announced
that
Katherine
Contigiani
is
selling
tickets
to
the Altrusa Club's
Taste
of
the
Lakes
Region. The event is scheduled for
April
11th at the Expo Convention Center in Lakeport.
Tickets are
$25
each.
Roger
also
mentioned
the
exemplary
service
of
Honorary
Member
Bill
Kozmos
during
his
trip
to
the Boston's Bayside Exposition Center
a
week
ago. With the exception of the time put in by Kathy Calvin, Bill manned the
Kiwanis
booth
selling
tickets
on
the
motor
scooters
all
weekend
long.
Roger
recommended
that
special
thanks
are
in
order.
The
membership
agreed.
Kiwanis
KARES:
Kathy
Calvin alerts the club to a Kiwanis KARES event this Thursday at Elm Street
School at 10:30 am. In addition to Kiwanis members, guest readers include
four volunteers from the Huot Center and Randy Brough from the Laconia Public
Library.
Happy
Dollars:
In
efforts
to
give
Roger
Landry
time
to
count
50
50
money,
the
following
was donated:
$1 from Joe Adrignola in anticipation of winning the 50/50
$1 from Brian Winslow because Joe isn't going to win the 50/50
$1 from Warren Mitchell because he knows that Joe is not going to win.
$1 from Roger Landry to stall because he hasn't counted the 50/50 money yet
$1
from
Paul
Normandin
just
because
he
is
happy
50 50: $14.00 in the pool.
And
the winner is Joe
Adrignola. Sorry
no refunds to Brian
and Warren!
Joe
Adrignola is happy to be back in the winning seat.
Photo
by W. Stephen Loughlin
This
puts Mike Marsh in his place.
Photo
by W. Stephen Loughlin
Joe
sheds crocodile
tears
for Mike
Marsh.
Photo
by W. Stephen Loughlin
Fines:
None tonight.
Guest
Speaker:
Steve
Loughlin introduced Noah Crane, General Manager of the
Laconia Muskrats baseball team.
The Laconia Muskrats baseball team is a member of a collegiate summer league called the New England Collegiate Baseball League (NECBL), a prestigious league second only to the Cape Cod league. The league has 12 teams throughout New England.
The Laconia Muskrats has a 42 game schedule of which 21 will be at home at Robbie Mills stadium. There have been many upgrades to the field and the stadium now has bleachers that can hold approximately 1200 individuals. In addition to bleachers, spectators can attend by bringing picnic blankets or their own seating by lining the outfield fences. All games are at 7 pm.
The Laconia Muskrats season opener is June 4th and they have a 28 man roster.
Noah has two goals for the team
this year: 1. to break league attendance records, and 2. to field a good
quality team and win the league championship in its first year.
Noah noted the team is looking for support from local residents. One can get involved with the Laconia Muskrats by: sponsorship, advertising, becoming a fan, volunteering (ticket takers, concessions, etc.), becoming a host family (for one of the players), and by providing part-time summer jobs for players.
Ticket prices will be as follows: Adults $5, Students and Seniors $3, under 10 free.
For more information on the Laconia Muskrats go to their website by "clicking" here.
Noah
Crane assures Joe there WILL BE food available at all Laconia
Muskrats ballgames.
Photo
by W.
Stephen Loughlin
L
to R: Noah Crane is greeted by Steve Loughlin.
Photo
by Phil Bonafide
Tonight's meeting was adjourned at 7:30 p.m.
IN
THE NEWS:
The Laconia High School Key Club was featured in The
Laconia Daily Sun on Saturday March 20th. Read about
their recent trip to Texas, where they participated in
a Habitat for Humanity project, by "clicking" here.
The
Laconia Key Club in Dickinson, Texas.
Upcoming Schedule:
Monday, March
29th
State Fire Marshall John Southwell with
his fire dog- guest of Roger Landry
Monday, April 5th