April 13, 2009 - Vol.20, No. 28
News That Concerns Kiwanians
and Their Families
Attendance:
18
Senior
Members:
Warren Mitchell, Paul Normandin, Peter Karagianis, Carroll Stafford, Roger
Webster, Ed Merski and Paul Cotton
Guests:
Officer Liza Levin, D.A.R.E Officer
Invocation:
Roger Webster
Hey Kiwanis....Thanks...
President Brian read a thank you letter from the Belknap
Mill for our club
sponsoring a table for their upcoming fundraiser, Life's
A Beach: Private Collections Showcase, which will be held on Friday
May 8th at 6:30 p.m. Brian reported we have 6 tickets to the event and
are available to any members on a first-come first served basis. Please
let President Brian know if you are interested in attending.
Brian
is having a beach of a time trying to give away these tickets.
Photo by W.
Stephen Loughlin
Hey
Kiwanis....Thanks Again...
Kathy Calvin showed off thank you notes from Kiwanis Kares
Kids.
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on the above picture for a closer view of the cards.
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Photo by W.
Stephen Loughlin
Bike
Rodeo Brief:
Mike
Marsh updated all regarding the Bike Rodeo…expensive horns…24” bike.
The sign-up sheet will continue to go around in the coming weeks. Please check your schedule and help us out on that day if you can. The Bike Rodeo is one of the most visible events the Laconia Kiwanis Club does in the community, so let's all get involved. Again, the Bike Rodeo is May 9th at Levitt Park on Elm Street in Laconia.
50 50...
$15 to the club and $14 to the winner..
... Officer Liza Levin draws the winning ticket...
This
is the one time you want Liza to have a ticket for you.
Photo by W.
Stephen Loughlin
...and
the winner is...
................... ................. Phil Bonafide
and Steve Loughlin
There
was a lawyer and a banker...stop me if you've heard this one.
Photo by Carroll "Col. Butchie" Stafford
Happy
Dollars:
$2 from the winners, $1 from Kathy Calvin because
her daughter won a tennis match.
Fines:
No fines this evening.
Guest
Speaker:
Officer
Liza Levin from the Laconia Police Department spoke
to the club on the D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) Program.
Officer Levin graduated from UNH with a BS in Family Studies; she worked for child and protective services for a while, then she worked at UNH security for 3 years before coming to the Laconia Police Department about seven years ago.
D.A.R.E. is a police officer-led series of classroom lessons that teaches children from kindergarten through 12th grade how to resist peer pressure and live productive drug and violence-free lives.
D.A.R.E. was founded in 1983 in Los Angeles and has proven so successful that it is now being implemented in 75 percent of our nation's school districts and in more than 43 countries around the world.
Locally, Officer Levin reported there are about 260 kids enrolled in the program. Schools participating in the program include: Holy Trinity, Laconia Christian, Pleasant Street School, Elm Street School, and Woodland Heights School. Officer Levin noted that Laconia drug use is prevalent so she makes sure to cover drug resistant education for the following: Tobacco, Alcohol, Marijuana, Inhalants and Methamphetamines.
Officer Levin told a story about an overdose call on Easter many years ago where an individual died. In one of her recent classes she realized that one of her D.A.R.E. students was a member of that family and she worried about his circumstances. At the end of each 8 week session the students write essays and draw posters, Officer Levin was touched by this student's essay and the realization that he had to work extra hard to stay away from drugs because of his family situation.
The D.A.R.E. program runs on a very tight budget, they are in the red right now. They require funds to purchase items that are important to the D.A.R.E. curriculum, example: Stickers, T-shirts, Pencils, pins, DAREn the lion, and to keep the 20 year old D.A.R.E. truck running.
You can read more about the D.A.R.E. program by going to their national website by clicking here.
Officer
Liza Levin and Joe Adrignola
Photo by W.
Stephen Loughlin
PICTURE PERFECT...
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on the above picture to see where this engine resides.
Photo by W.
Stephen Loughlin
CLOWNIN' AROUND...
Simplicity stated,
Joe puckers up for a birthday kiss.
Photo by Howie Chandler
Upcoming
Schedule:
Monday, April 20th
OPEN
Monday, April 27th
Lakes Region Emergency Response Team
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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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