Laconia Kiwanis Club

June 5, 2017 - Vol. 28, No.10

Guests:
Jim Fortier - Honorary Member
Arlene Fortier - wife of Jim
Rosemary Murphy - wife of Larry

Laconia Kiwanis Club Treasurer, Scott Laurent (at right), presents John Walker a donation to the Got Lunch! Laconia Program
Photo by W. Stephen Loughlin

From the President:
President Meredith recapped the Bike Rodeo and expressed disappointment over the falling participation by area children. This year we only had 29 participants. Meredith led a spirited discussion considering our future options; no final decision was made on how to proceed.

From the Members:
Kathy Calvin asked for one more volunteer for this Wednesday's final KARES event at Pleasant Street School at 9 AM.

Betty reported that she has begun planning for the August event Roger's Ride which is scheduled for Sunday, August 27th. She is working with Irwin Marine to secure a worthy raffle prize. More details to come.

John Walker and Scott Laurent discussed the needs for a successful Bike Week concession. Scott and John will be setting up the Boardwalk Friday, June 9th at 5 PM. Any member available to assist, please do, we need your help. The tent will be stocked with enough product to take us through Wednesday, final stocking to be done Wednesday morning.

The following is a current schedule of members who have signed up to work at the Boardwalk during Bike Week

Saturday, June 10th
Stocking (before 9:00 am): John Walker
12:00 pm - 3:00 pm: Kathy Calvin and Muff Kruse
03:00 pm - 6:00 pm: Kathy Calvin and John Walker
$703.00 today
Sunday, June 11th
Stocking (before 9:00 am): John Walker
11:00 am - 2:00 pm: Kathy Calvin and Meredith Michaud
02:00 pm - 5:00 pm: Meredith Michaud and Muff Kruse
$932.00 today $1,635.00 to date
Monday, June 12th
Stocking (before 9:00 am) John Walker
12:00 pm - 6:00 pm: Kathy Calvin and Betty Ballantyne
$568.00 today $2,203.00 to date
Tuesday, June 13th
Stocking (before 9:00 am) Scott Laurent or John Walker
10:00 pm - 2:00 pm: Steve Loughlin and Scott Laurent
12:00 pm - 6:00 pm: ______________ and _________________

Wednesday, June 14th
Stocking (before 9:00 am) John Walker
10:00 am - 2:00 pm: Jim Fortier and Larry & Rosemary Murphy
12:00 pm - 6:00 pm: Don Nelson and Sue Nelson

Thursday, June 15th
Stocking (before 9:00 am) Joe Adrignola
10:00 am - 2:00 pm: Brenda O'Brien (from CNHVNAH)* and Larry & Rosemary Murphy
02:00 pm - 6:00 pm: Pat Lincoln (from CNHVNAH)* and Scott Laurent

Friday, June 16th
Stocking (before 9:00 am) Joe Adrignola
10:00 am - 2:00 pm: Don & Sue Nelson
02:00 pm - 6:00 pm: Betty Ballantyne and Steve Loughlin

Saturday, June 17th
Stocking (before 9:00 am) Joe Adrignola
10:00 am - 2:00 pm: Phil Bonafide and Steve Loughlin
02:00 pm - 6:00 pm: Dave and Barbara Shea (from CNHVNAH)* and Phil Bonafide

Sunday, June 18th
Stocking (before 9:00 am) Joe Adrignola
10:00 am - 2:00 pm: Phil Bonafide and Kathy Calvin
000BREAKDOWN: Phil Bonafide and Scott Laurent

Animals Best Friend:
During the meeting, Kathy Calvin circulated exotic pictures of her daughter, Patty Jeanne. Patty Jeanne graduated from Laconia High School in 2010 and subsequently attended UNH where she graduated in 2014 with a Bachelors Degree in Pre-Veterinary Studies. She recently graduated from Moorpark Community College in Moorpark, California with a certificate in Exotic Animal Training & Management (EATM).

Patty Jeanne is now working for Joel Slaven’s Professional Animals, Inc. (at Sea World in San Antonio, Texas) which includes an animal show called Pet’s Ahoy featuring dogs, cats, rats, pigs, chickens, skunks and pigeons of which most come from local Humane Societies.

"CLICK" ON ANY PATTY PICTURE TO VIEW A LARGER PICTURE

Polly want a Patty!


Patty with her cougar friend, Spirit		Patty gets a kiss from Rox, the parrot


Patty poses at Moorpark with her schoolmates and feathered friends

$2 from Meredith Michaud: $1 for Betty Ballantyne’s help with Abby at the Rodeo, and $1 for Abby's upcoming first dance recital
$1 from John Walker for Muff remembering her pin.
$1 Steve Loughlin for being able to work at Bike Week next weekend
$2 from Kathy Calvin for Patty Jean finally being done with her education and getting employed at Sea World, San Antonio.
$2 from Betty Ballantyne for her just completed trip to Florida to visit her son and 7 year old granddaughter
$1 from Rosemary Murphy who promoted this Saturday's Opechee Garden Club plant sale at the Gilford Community Church.
$2 from Muff Kruse for John not objecting to the messy project she is working on and for tonight's good attendance

Lakes Region Scholarship:

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 $3,250. This included current graduates Ashley Burgos and Maggie Sullivan as well as four recent graduates. Since the inception of the Lakes Region Scholarship Foundation in 1956, the Laconia Kiwanis Club has awarded scholarships totaling $109,725.

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 present owners 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 $12,750 which includes scholarships to this year’s two recipients: Nick Galambos and Mikayla Minor.

Monday - July 10th Venue: 405 Pub & Grill - 405 Union Ave., Laconia
5:30 pm - Board of Directors Meeting - all members welcome to attend
6:15 pm - Club Meeting

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Student	Ashley Burgos	Maggie Sullivan	Dominic Cutter-Cannuli
High School	Laconia High School	Laconia High School	Laconia High School
Graduated HS	2017	2017	2016
College	NH Tech Inst	University of Southern Maine	Suffolk
Status	Freshman	Freshman	Sophomore
Major	General Studies - medical	Nursing	Sociology, Crime & Justice
	$500	$250	$1,000

Student	Lily Chanthasak	Annie Dionne	Emilie Maddocks
High School	Laconia High School	Laconia High School	Laconia High School
Graduated HS	2015	2015	2015
College	Mass. College of Pharmacy	University of Rhode Island	University of New Hampshire
Status	Junior	Junior	Sophomore
Major	Pharmacy	Pharmacy	Social Work
	$500	$250	$750


Student	Nick Galambos	Mikayla Minor
High School	Belmont High School	Laconia High School
Graduated HS	2017	2014
College	Paul Smith's College	University of New Hampshire
Status	Freshman	Junior
Major	Arboriculture, Landscape Mgt.	Environmental Conservation
	$250	$250