News That Concerns Kiwanians and Their Families
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Attendance:
20
Invocation:
Brian Winslow
Ladies went to the food line
first as Dianne declared it “Ladies Night.”
Senior
Members:
Ed Merski, Roger Webster,
Howard Bacon, and Ed Chertok.........................................
Guest:
Joanne Merski
Joanne
Merski seems happy that Ed took her to dinner.
Photo
by W. Stephen Loughlin.
Fund Raising Recap
This past weekend, the ATV Raffle made its way to Gunstock and the Laconia Nationals Hot Rod Show. Selling tickets over the weekend were: Denise Dow, Lori Dickson, Roger Landry, Warren Mitchell, Kathy Calvin, Phil Bonafide, and Joe Collie. Hats off to Roger Landry for transporting to and from Gunstock. Brian Winslow was helpful with setup, signage, and tickets. We raised $1,007 over the weekend.
Next
stop: Bike Week. A sign up sheet will be circulated next week.
Please check your schedule and see when you might be available
to help sell tickets. Unlike in the past, we will not be down on
the boardwalk all week, but only the first weekend and Thursday
through Sunday the second weekend. The dates are Saturday and Sunday,
June 14th and 15th and Thursday June 19th through Sunday, June
22nd. After Bike Week, there will be about a month before we start
taking the ATV units to the fairs. More to follow. Please remember
to check your schedules for Bike Week.
Reading is FUNdamental…
Kathy
Calvin reports that there is a RIF event on Friday, June 6th at Woodland
Heights from 9:30-11am. A sign up sheet will be circulated next week…please
check your schedule and join the fun if you can make it.
was taken and the trip wascut. The ATV raffle was accepted
50/50:
Denise Dow wins $22.
Denise
Dow is the LUCKY DOG that took the pot this week. (Check out her
shirt)
Photo
by W. Stephen Loughlin
Happy Dollars:
Denise gave 1 for winning the 50/50 and 1 for being on vacation.
Joe Collie gave one for turning 30 over the weekend.
Larry Murphy gave a happy dollar for his upcoming 50th college reunion. He
majored in mathematics…using an abacus!
Steve Loughlin gave a happy
dollar for Joe turning 30.
Fines:
Ed Merski collected 25 cents from Roger Landry for leaving early. He also
collected a dollar
from Ed Chertok
since Ed Merski found
Ed Chertok’s
30 year Kiwanis
pin in the parking
lot.
Ed
Merski auctions off this pin to pay for Joanne's dinner.
Photo
by W. Stephen Loughlin
Guest
Speaker:
Steve
Loughlin
introduced
Tom
Oetinger,
former
Laconia
Police
Chief,
as
our
guest
speaker.
Tom
is
now
the
Outreach
Coordinator
for
the
Merrimack
Valley
Region
of
Granite
State
College.
GSC
used
to
be
the
College
of
Lifelong
Learning.
Part
of
the
University
System
of
NH,
GSC
is
different
because
it
has
no
campus,
but
9
learning
center
around
the
state.
They
focus
on
adult
learners.
90
percent
of
the
student
body
is
part-time
adults
students
that
work
full
time.
The
average
age
of
a
GSC
student
is
37.
More
than
80
percent
of
the
students
have
some
college
experience
and
have
transferred
their
credits
to
GSC
to
finish
their
education.
Tom himself was a graduate of CLL, before it was changed to GSC. He said that he learned as much from fellow students and their life experience as he did from the professors. GSC is primarily a four year school. They do offer 2 year degrees. He left brochures and business cards. Only about 3 percent of the new students at GSC go right out of high school. All courses are either weekends, evenings, or online. He said the university is geared toward students that either did not start college or started college but never finished because “life got in the way.” This could be because of schedule obligations, financial restrictions, or other reasons. The website for the school is www.granite.edu. GSC is the most affordable 4 year degree college in the state at about $900 per course. Tom said if you went full time, it would run about $8,000 a year.
To send an email to Tom Oetinger, "click" on to Tom's business card below:
To
Pres. Dianne forgot to wear her yellow tie for this picture.
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to R: Tom Oetinger, Pres. Dianne Roberts and Steve Loughlin
Photo
by Joe Collie
IN THE NEWS...
............................Charlie
St. Clair...again...
The Laconia Citizen, on Wednesday May 28th, featured a picture of Charlie
and Jennifer at their recent book signing...
Laconia
Motorcycle Week co-authored by Charlie St. Clair and Jennifer
Anderson
Upcoming Schedule:
Monday, June 2nd
Boards Meet and Food Pantry money collected.
Monday,
June 9th
Richard Grenier, Superintendent of the Belknap County Dept. of Corrections
Monday, June 16th
OPEN
Monday, June 23th
Jason Stickney, chronic diseases
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contained in this newsletter have been modified to assure a fast download.
Therefore, if you try to print them, they will not be of
the best quality. If you should desire a picture better suited for printing,
feel free to request a copy by emailing W. Stephen Loughlin at steve@theloughlins.com
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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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