June 16, 2008 - Vol.19, No. 38
News That Concerns Kiwanians and Their Families
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Attendance:
32
Invocation:
Dick Metz
Senior
Members:
Peter Karagianis, Paul Normandin, Ed Merski, Howard Bacon and Warren Mitchell
Guests:
Randy Brough, Laconia Public Library
Eric Johnson, Elm Street School
Colleen Poire, Elm Street School
Pat Chase, Elm Street School
Liz Rosenfeld. Pleasant Street School
Alan Robichaud, Exec. Dir. of Belknap County Citizens Council on Children
and Families
Kimber Dolloff, Elm Street School parent
Robbie Prescott, Woodland Heights
Tiffany Dube, Woodland Heights
Stephanie Leroux, Woodland Heights Volunteer Grandmother
Sue Nelson with Don Nelson
L
to R: Kimber Dolloff, Colleen Poire, and Eric Johnson
Photo
by W. Stephen Loughlin
L
to R: Pat Chase, Robbie Prescott, Tiffany Dube, and Stephanie
Leroux
Photo
by W. Stephen Loughlin
L
to R: Liz Rosenfeld and Randy Brough
Photo
by W. Stephen Loughlin
Singing
Duo, Don and Sue lead the club in Amercia The Beautiful.
Photo
by W. Stephen Loughlin
Hey
Kiwanis…THANKS!
The three elementary school librarians introduced themselves and their respective
guests from their schools. All echoed words of THANKS from the kids and the
staff for our participation in the RIF program during the last school year.
RIF will be changing names next year, but the format will remain the same.
We have completed all RIF distributions for this year, as the school year
ends next week. Kathy Calvin read some of the thank you notes that were submitted
by the 3rd graders. Thanks to all the club members who took the time to participate
in the program this year at the schools in Laconia. Well done! A special
tip of the Kiwanis Kap to Kathy Calvin for serving as RIF chair this year.
Also…3rd grade teacher Tiffany Dubois introduced an idea she has about
a bookmobile for the summer months to stay connected to kids over vacation.
More to follow!.................................
ATV
Raffle
Thanks
to all that were all involved in selling tickets this past
weekend. We raised approx $1,000 for the weekend. This weekend,
we will start on Friday, June 20th. On the schedule this
weekend:
Friday,
June 20th
9am-1pm: Kathy
Calvin and Ed Merski
1pm-5pm: Denise
Dow and Warren Mitchell
5pm-9pm: Dick
Metz and Ron Penn, and
Saturday,
June 21st
9am-1pm: Lori
Dickson and Joe Adrignola
1pm-5pm: Brian
Winslow and Steve Loughlin
5pm-9pm: Dick
Metz and Ron Penn,
an
Sunday,
June 22nd
10am-3pm: Jim
and Arlene Fortier and Dick Metz and Howard Bacon
Roger Landry and Warren Mitchell will be breaking down the display Monday morning, June 23rd. Thanks again to all involved. We’re off to a good start.
Hey
Kiwanis….THANKS! part 2:
We
received a thank you note from St. Vincent DePaul, thanking us for our recent
contribution to the food pantry. They indicate that the number of people that
they service has gone up and they appreciate our support.
50/50:
Eric Johnson of Elm Street School wins the 50/50…worth $32.
Eric
Johnson is pleased to have won the 50 50.
Photo
by W. Stephen Loughlin
Happy Dollars:
Warren Mitchell and Paul Cotton gave $2 for the tent being set up nicely at
the Weirs. Joe Collie gave 2 dollars: 1 for the crew doing a great job at the
ATV Raffle and one for Steve Loughlin’s birthday. Eric Johnson gave 2
for winning the 50/50 and for the great job his staff has done in his first
year as principal at Elm Street School.
Fines:
Dianne Roberts and Lori Dickson were pinless.
Guest
Speaker:
Alan
Robichaud
spoke
to
the
club.
He
is
the
Executive
Director
of
the
Belknap
County
Citizens
Council
on
Children
and
Families.
In
his
power
point
presentation,
he
focused
on
juvenile
justice
noting that
nearly
4
percent
of
juveniles
are
offenders.
In
Belknap
County,
offending
youths
are
dealt
with
in
a
series
of
graduated
sanctions.
First
offenders
go
into
a
court
diversion
program.
This
program
is
highly
successful
and
has
an
85
percent
success
rate
of
keeping
first
offenders
from
becoming
repeat
offenders.
A
bulk
of
court
diversion
programs
receive
their
money
from
municipalities
and
recent
budget
cuts
have
really
started
to
hurt
these
programs.
Step
2
means
that
the
child
has
to
go
before
the
judge
and
will
have
to
renter
the
restorative
justice
program
and
go
through
a
yearlong
program.
Step
3
is
court
involved.
This
means
that
a
youth
has
a
probation
officer.
With
this
comes
more
costs
from
schools
and
police
departments
and
taxpayers.
Out
of
home
placement
options
for
offenders
includes
the
144-bed
Sununu
Youth
Center
in
Manchester.
Robichaud
said
this
is
a
last
resort,
as
it
is
saved
for
the
most
repeat
of
offenders
and
costs
$375
per
day
to
taxpayers.
Robichaud says when restorative justice was introduced by Belknap County; the probation caseload was cut in half. The concern now is that recent budget cuts will eliminate the program and this will cause caseloads to go up, and at a time when state agencies are at hiring and budget freezes. Typically, a youth that goes to court makes three courtroom appearances: 1. Arraignment, 2. Hearing, 3. Disposition. All three of these court appearances require a judge, lawyers, court administration, and lost work costs. All these costs fall back on taxpayers. The court diversion program tries to avoid these costs by heading off troubled youth before they end up in court.
L
to R: Joe Adrignola, Pres. Dianne Roberts, and Alan Robichaud
Photo
by W. Stephen Loughlin
BIKE WEEK MEMORIES Part 1:
Governor John Lynch helped kick-off he 85th Anniversary of Bike Week with a press conference at Meredith Harley-Davidson dealership. On hand were Kiwanians Charlie St. Clair, the Executive Director of the Laconia Motorcycle Week Association and Peter Karagianis, the owner of Happy Jacks Cigars in downtown Laconia.
During the ceramonies, Peter Karagianis, along with the late Peter Makris, who was a co-owner of the Naswa Resort in The Weirs, were given the 2008 Fritz Baer Award for outstanding contributions to motorcycling and to the success of Laconia Motorcycle Week. In presenting the awards at the Meredith Harley-Davidson store, Charlie St. Clair noted that Karagianis and Fritz Baer worked together to ensure that the rally received the financial support it needed from the business community.
Gov. John Lynch congratulated Kiwanian Peter Karagianis
(second from right) and Cynthia Makris (second from left),
who accepted the
2008 Fritz Baer Award on behalf of her father. Pictured L to R: Jennifer Anderson,
Makris,
Gov. John Lynch, Karagianis, and Charlie St. Clair.
Photo
by W. Stephen Loughlin
Gov. John Lynch poses for a picture
with the Karagians family.
Pictured L to R: Gov. Lynch, Kiwianian Peter
Karagianis, Peter's son, Peter, and Lydia Karagianis.
Photo by W. Stephen Loughlin
Gov. John Lynch poses for a picture
with the organizers of Bike Week.
Pictured L to R: Jennifer Anderson, Director of the Laconia
Motorcycle Week Association, Gov. Lynch, and
Charlie St. Clair,
Executive Director of the Laconia
Motorcycle Week Association.
Photo by W. Stephen Loughlin
Check out next week's Kiwanis Kronicle for Bike Week pictures on the Boardwalk.
Upcoming Schedule:
Monday, June 23th
Open
Monday, June 30th
Dianne Zawacki along with the "youth of the year" from the Boys & Girls Club
of
the
Lakes
Region
Monday, July 7th
Boards Meet and Food Pantry money collected
Monday, July 14th
Open
Monday, July 21st
Charlie
St. Clair and Jennifer Anderson will discuss their
book, Laconia
Motorcycle Week..
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Joe Collie
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: Joe Collie or Steve Loughlin
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