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February 8, 2010 - Vol.21, No. 19
News That Concerns Kiwanians
and Their Families
Invocation:
Phil Bonafide
Attendance:
21
Senior
Members:
Peter Karagianis, Paul Normandin, Carroll Stafford, and Dennis
Denoncourt
Guests:
Warren Hutchins - guest of Carroll Stafford
Key Club Members - Jazmine
Jackson, Simone Henderson, Samantha Seymour, Brandon Hamel, Jocelyn Morin
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Warren Hutchins |
Jazmine
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Simone
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Samantha
Seymour |
Brandon
Hamel |
Jocelyn
Morin |
News
from Pres.
Dick:
President Dick read a thank you from Al Cantor,
Trustee of The
Mayhew Program.
News
from
Sec. Kathy:
Secretary
Kathy updated us on the most recent Kiwanis KARES event at Pleasant Street
School. Those that attended were Chet Cilley, Joe Adrignola, Don & Sue
Nelson, Dick Metz and Kathy Calvin. The next Kiwanis KARES event will be
at Woodland Heights in March celebrating Dr. Suess’s birthday. Kathy
also let us know that Kiwanis KARES will be hosting a booth at the Education
Fair at the Laconia Middle School on March 16th. Volunteers are welcome.
News
from the Key Club:
Key
Club Co-President Jocelyn Morin reported that, during February vacation,
12 students from Key Club will go to Dickinson, Texas to work for Habitant
for Humanity. The Club has done fund raising and has enough money in the
account but will do more fund raising after the trip. Right now they are
not sure where they will be staying because they have had difficulties getting
in touch with Dickinson Kiwanis. However, they have secured a church basement
as a last option but there are no showers.
50 50:
$16.00
in the pot and the winner is...
.....................................................Steve
Gorse.
Being a new
member of the Laconia Kiwanis Club
is paying off for Steve Gorse.
Photo
by W. Stephen Loughlin
Joe Adrignola loses three weeks in a row.
With tears
in his eyes, Joe insists he will win next week.
Photo
by W. Stephen Loughlin
Happy Dollars:
$1 from Steve Gorse for winning the 50 50.
Fines:
None tonight.
Don't Forget...
Next week, we will be meet on Tuesday, February 16th and not on the 15th because of the Presidents Day holiday. Please make note of the schedule change.
Guest
Speaker:
Carroll Stafford gave an introduction of nearly three
minutes on his guest, Warren Hutchins, who gave a presentation about the
food industry. Warren spent 38 years in the food industry, 22 of them as
Senior Vice President for Product Development, Purchasing and Distribution
for the Ground Round Restaurants. Warren has a degree in Economics from
Nassau College and an MBA from University of Maine. He currently
sits on the Laconia Planning Board and the Lakes Region Planning
Commission.
Warren let us know that there are two sides to the food industry…food you eat at home and food you eat other places (like restaurants). He worked on the restaurant side of the food industry. Warren enjoyed his time in the industry and found that each supply line for products was very different. He told us that the beef industry was entirely different from the fishing industry which was entirely different from the produce industry. Warren purchased food from all over the country and primarily worked through Maine distributors out of Binghamton, NY. He was able to control his pricing by contracting with suppliers through his distributors.
Warren pointed out that he was always developing new products and, in fact, the company he worked for required that he eat out many nights a week just for research purposes. There are three things to consider when deciding on a new product: 1. Does it taste good? 2. Can the Cooks replicate it?... and 3. Does it make money? Warren let us know that the way you price menu items is by figuring out what someone might pay for it. He did a lot of market research to determine this, and kept his eye on the competitor's pricing. All in all Warren really enjoyed working in the food industry and would recommend it as a career choice for anyone.
L to R: Warren
Hutchins and Carroll Stafford
Photo
by W. Stephen Loughlin
Tonight's meeting was adjourned at 7:33 p.m.
IN THE NEWS:
Upcoming Schedule:
DURING THE MONTHS OF JANUARY AND FEBRUARY WE MEET AT ONE MILL PLAZA.
Tuesday,
February 16th
State Fire Marshall John Southwell with
his fire dog- guest of Roger Landry
Monday,
February 22nd
Alan MacRae, freelance photojournalist -
guest of Steve Loughlin
IN MARCH, WE MEET AGAIN AT THE PHEASANT RIDGE COUNTRY CLUB.
Monday,
March 1st
Boards Meet and Food Pantry money collected
Monday,
March 8th
Mark Lavalle from the Spaulding Youth Center - guest of Steve
Loughlin
Monday,
March 15th
Olie Anderson - You Make The Call (high school basketball
refereeing) - guest of Steve Loughlin
Monday,
March
22nd
Noah Crane, owner and General Manager of the Laconia Muskrats-
guest of Steve Loughlin
Monday, March
29th
OPEN
Monday, April 5th