SPECIAL MOTORCYCLE WEEK EDITION

Venue: Shang Hai Chinese Restaurant

Attendance: 12 in attendance: 7 members 1 Honorary member and 4 guests

Invocation: Steve Loughlin

Guests:

Aidan Collette - son of Kara Stanley
Jim Fortier - Honorary Member
Arlene Fortier - wife of Jim
George Spencer - guest speaker
Neil Wilson - guest of Bill Gile

Aidan Collette	Jim Fortier	Arlene Fortier
George Spencer	Neil Wilson

NEWS FROM THE PRESIDENT:

President Bill discussed possibly cancelling the July 2nd Board meeting, choosing instead to do it electronically if there is business to tend to. Bill also reminded the Club that July 23rd is the date of the next regular Club meeting. The program will tentatively be LPD Chief Matt Canfield, or LFD Chief Kirk Beatty. Bill then solicited input from members.

NEWS FROM THE MEMBERS:

Betty Ballantyne asked the Club about a potential guest speaker, retired Army General Don Bolduc, who recently announced his candidacy for the US Senate. John opined that given his comments printed in today's Laconia Daily Sun, he must be told to leave politics in his car, this should not be a campaign stop.

John briefed the Club on the results of our Bike Week concession stand; 101 hours were performed by members, and 22 by former members, honorary members, and friends of Kiwanis. A total of $3,676 was given to Kara for deposit. With expenses, the net was $3,073, and that was with 1 1/2 days lost to weather.

John Walker hands the Boardwalk Booty to Treasurer Kara.
Photo by W. Stephen Loughlin

Immediately following John's report, President Bill thanked John for his exceptional efforts in organizing the concession stand on the Boardwalk and then presented him with a Certificate of Appreciation. The certificate, which was signed by President Bill Gile, recognized JOHN WALKER for "his dedication, perseverance and grace, with which he responsibly organizes and coordinates our Bike Week fund-raiser. We also acknowledge and honor his passion and work to better the lives of children everywhere."

John Walker is congratulated by President Bill Gile.
Photo by W. Stephen Loughlin

Kathy Calvin briefed the Club as to the Kids in the Park series, Kiwanis is on for Friday July 12th to read to kids from 10-11 AM. She needs volunteers. It is expected that the audience will be very young.

Steve Loughlin reviewed our scholarship results with some very interesting historical facts:

The Laconia Kiwanis Club, through the Lakes Region Scholarship Foundation, has been awarding scholarships for college bound seniors annually for over 60 years. When the organization was founded in 1956, the Laconia Kiwanis Club was one of the original eight donors!  At that time, the Club donated a total of $200 to two recipients. In most cases, scholarships from the Laconia Kiwanis Club are awarded to active LHS Key Club members. This year, the Laconia Kiwanis Club awarded six scholarships totaling $3,750.  This included current graduates Meaghan Ash, Jennifer Bateman and Gabi Djuric as well as three recent graduates.  

Since the inception of the Lakes Region Scholarship Foundation in 1956, the Laconia Kiwanis Club has awarded scholarships totaling $117,475.

Student	Maeghan Ash	Jennifer Bateman	Gabrijela Djuric
High School	Laconia High School	Laconia High School	Laconia High School
Graduated HS	2019	2019	2019
College	NH Tech Institute	Clarkson	University of Vermont
Status	Freshman	Freshman	Freshman
Major	Nursing	Film Production/Creative Writing	Neuroscience
	500	500	1,000
Student	Alexyah Dethvongsa	Ashley Burgos	Annie Dionne
High School	Laconia High School	Laconia High School	Laconia High School
Graduated HS	2018	2017	2015
College	St. Michael's	Plymouth State University	University of Rhode Island
Status	Sophomore	Junior	Senior
Major	Political Science	Allied Health	Pharmacy
	1,000	500	250

The Laconia Kiwanis Club handles the administration of the Smith Memorial Scholarship, which was established in honor of Charlie Smith. Charlie Smith was a Laconia Kiwanis Club member during the 1970’s into the early 1990’s.

Because of his active participation and hard work, Charlie Smith was recognized as Kiwanian of the Year in 1982 and again in 1988. Charlie was renowned and respected as an agriculturist and specialist in soils, grasses and hays. While still a student at UNH, he opened Smith’s Apple Orchard in Belmont, which later became one of the area’s first “pick your own” orchards. (The orchard was sold to Rob and Wende Richter in 1985.)

As a Laconia City Councilman during the 1980’s, Charlie was a major proponent for upgrading the outdated cinder track at Opechee Park. The new track was named Smith Track for Charlie Smith and Erwin Smith (former Laconia track coach) “in honor of their years of service and dedication to youth.”

Since its inception in 1997, the Charles M. Smith – Kiwanis Club of Laconia Award has awarded scholarships totaling $15,000 which includes scholarships to this year’s recipients - Brady Ellsworth and Desteney Jones.

Student	Brady Ellsworth	Desteney Jones
High School	Winnisquam Regional High School	Laconia High School
Graduated HS	2019	2019
College	UNH	Plymouth State University
Status	Freshman	Freshman
Major	Music Performance	Psychology
	500	500

THANK YOU, KIWANIS!

We recently received a thank you letter from Anne Dionne who received a scholarship from the Laconia Kiwanis Club. We also received a thank you letter from Lakes Region Scholarship Foundation for our $3,750 donation toward college scholarships.
To read each thank you, "click" on the respective card/icon below..

NEWS FROM THE KEY CLUB:

Although no Key Club members were present at tonight’s meeting, we received the second newsletter from Lt. Gov. Lydia Tucker which is circulated to all Key Clubs in her district. To read that newsletter, “click” here.

FOOD PANTRY: $47 was collected

HAPPY DOLLARS: $18 was collected

$5 from John Walker: $1 each for the two Kiwanians (Betty and Muff) who helped with Got Lunch on its opening day June 24th, $1 for Kiwanis supporting Got Lunch since year #1, $1 for our guest speaker, and $1 for guests Neil, Jim & Arlene for joining us tonight.
$2 from Kathy Calvin for hubby, John, being in Wyoming until October 1st, and daughter, Patty, visiting NH in August.
$3 from Steve Loughlin: $1 each for guest speaker George Spencer, Neil Wilson, and Jim & Arlene for being present.
$3 from Betty Ballantyne: $1 each for George Spencer and Jim & Arlene Fortier joining us, and $1 in anticipation of Kathy's party celebrating John's work in Wyoming.
$1 from Neil Wilson for his warm welcome by the Club and meeting so many neighbors.
$4 from Bill Gile: $1 for Neil Wilson joining us, $1 for George Spencer joining us, $1 for Jim & Arlene being with us, and $1 hoping for the best at son Matt's wedding on July 6th.

GUEST SPEAKER: Betty Ballantyne introduced our guest speaker, George Spencer.

George Spencer is the Executive Editor of the Dartmouth Alumni Magazine. He moved to Lebanon, New Hampshire, 18 months ago from Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

As much as he loves Big Green and Carolina Blue, he prefers a darker shade of blue. Duke blue. He is also fond of Big Orange, having earned a law degree and an MBA at the University of Tennessee.

George has four children—a son and three daughters, one in Manhattan, two in California, and another in Boulder, Colorado. His hobby is painting. Last year George put down his paintbrush to write the book Courage 101: True Tales of Grit and Glory. He worked with CATV, his local cable access channel, to create 80 short documentaries based on chapters of the book.

George began by defining what the word "courage" means. Its derivative languages are Latin and French, Couer being a French word for heart. Courage means strong/stout/brave heart. The definition goes on to recognizing the opposite of the word to be "fear". There must be fear to overcome for courage to happen. George began his presentation with a sketch of John Wayne's life and the courage he showed in persevering and succeeding, and then sketched several of his short stories about Brownie Laws, Dr. Seuss, Julianne Kopoecke, Harold Russell, and Victor Frankel. All had the theme of courage. All against long odds.

During the Q&A, George talked about his own journey in that in 2017 he was laid off and challenged himself to write a book in 101 days. He wrote 101 short stories in that time and was the topic of this presentation.

George Spencer addresses the group.
Photo by W. Stephen Loughlin

Betty Ballantyne congratulates George Spencer on his interesting presentation.
Photo by W. Stephen Loughlin

Meeting adjourned at 7:30 p.m

Meaghan Ash, Jennifer Bateman and Gabi Djuric were the three LHS Key Club graduating seniors that received scholarships provided by various donors including the Laconia Kiwanis Club at the LHS Senior Awards and Scholarships Night on June 6, 2019. The Laconia Kiwanis Club scholarships are awarded through the Lakes Region Scholarship Foundation (LRSF). The three Key Club recipients were presented their awards by LRSF Trustee Marge Wilkinson. Marge was assisted by LRSF Trustee Karin Salome.

Key Club member Maeghan Ash receives her scholarships.
Key Club member Jennifer Bateman receives her scholarships.		Outgoing Key Club President Gabi Djuric receives her scholarships.
Kiwanis Club Scholarship Chairman Steve Loughlin congratulates LHS Key Club scholarship recipients Jennifer Bateman and Gabi Djuric.
Maeghan Ash, the other LHS graduating senior scholarship recipient, is absent from the photo.
Photo courtesy of Gabi Djuric family member

"CLICK" ON ANY OF THE PICTURES BELOW TO VIEW A LARGER PICTURE
WELCOME TO THE LACONIA KIWANIS CLUB HYDRATION STATION
Hydration Station Captain John Walker
HAPPY CUSTOMERS
Love at First Sight		Body Art on the Boardwalk
LPD Chief Matt Canfield, John Walker, and LPD Sgt. Gary Hubbard		Steve Loughlin with Jennifer Anderson of Laconia Motorcycle Week
		Above Photo by John Walker
BIKES AND BIKERS
A CONTINGENT OF LACONIA'S FINEST
Front: Detective Tony Horan
Second Row: Sgt. Gary Hubbard, Patrol Officer Richard Bassett, Master Patrol Officer Robert Sedgley
Third Row: Chief Matt Canfield, Lt. Michael Finogle, Prevention Enforcement Treatment (PET) Officer Eric Adams
LPD Patrol Officers: Sean McCormack and Tyler Rouse		LPD Detective Tony Horan
LACONIA ROTARY CLUB
LACONIA MOTORCYCLE WEEK ORGANIZERS
Jennifer Anderson – Deputy Director and Charlie St. Clair – Executive Director
BIRD'S EYE VIEW
See you next year!
Above Photo by Motorcycle Week Visitor
Unless otherwise indicated, all Motorcycle Week photos by W. Stephen Loughlin

SAVE THE DATE:
Our next regular meeting is at the Shang Hai Chinese Restaurant on July 23rd.

Photo and Graphic by W. Stephen Loughlin

Tuesday - July 2nd - Venue: Laconia Fire Department Community Room - 848 North Main Street, Laconia
6:00 pm - Board of Directors Meeting - C A N C E L L E D

Tuesday - July 23rd: Venue: Shang Hai Chinese Restaurant - private room - 331 South Main Street, Laconia
6:00 pm - Guest: TO BE ANNOUNCED

Tuesday - August 6th- Venue: Laconia Fire Department Community Room - 848 North Main Street, Laconia
6:00 pm - Board of Directors Meeting - all members invited to attend

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