June 16, 2008 - Vol.19, No. 38
News That Concerns Kiwanians and Their Families
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Attendance:
32
Invocation:
Dick Metz
Senior
Members:
Peter Karagianis, Paul Normandin, Ed Merski, Howard Bacon and Warren Mitchell
Guests:
Randy Brough, Laconia Public Library
Eric Johnson, Elm Street School
Colleen Poire, Elm Street School
Pat Chase, Elm Street School
Liz Rosenfeld. Pleasant Street School
Alan Robichaud, Exec. Dir. of Belknap County Citizens Council on Children
and Families
Kimber Dolloff, Elm Street School parent
Robbie Prescott, Woodland Heights
Tiffany Dube, Woodland Heights
Stephanie Leroux, Woodland Heights Volunteer Grandmother
Sue Nelson with Don Nelson
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to R: Kimber Dolloff, Colleen Poire, and Eric Johnson
Photo
by W. Stephen Loughlin
L
to R: Pat Chase, Robbie Prescott, Tiffany Dube, and Stephanie
Leroux
Photo
by W. Stephen Loughlin
L
to R: Liz Rosenfeld and Randy Brough
Photo
by W. Stephen Loughlin
Singing
Duo, Don and Sue lead the club in Amercia The Beautiful.
Photo
by W. Stephen Loughlin
Hey
Kiwanis…THANKS!
The three elementary school librarians introduced themselves and their respective
guests from their schools. All echoed words of THANKS from the kids and the
staff for our participation in the RIF program during the last school year.
RIF will be changing names next year, but the format will remain the same.
We have completed all RIF distributions for this year, as the school year
ends next week. Kathy Calvin read some of the thank you notes that were submitted
by the 3rd graders. Thanks to all the club members who took the time to participate
in the program this year at the schools in Laconia. Well done! A special
tip of the Kiwanis Kap to Kathy Calvin for serving as RIF chair this year.
Also…3rd grade teacher Tiffany Dubois introduced an idea she has about
a bookmobile for the summer months to stay connected to kids over vacation.
More to follow!.................................
ATV
Raffle
Thanks
to all that were all involved in selling tickets this past
weekend. We raised approx $1,000 for the weekend. This weekend,
we will start on Friday, June 20th. On the schedule this
weekend:
Friday,
June 20th
9am-1pm: Kathy
Calvin and Ed Merski
1pm-5pm: Denise
Dow and Warren Mitchell
5pm-9pm: Dick
Metz and Ron Penn, and
Saturday,
June 21st
9am-1pm: Lori
Dickson and Joe Adrignola
1pm-5pm: Brian
Winslow and Steve Loughlin
5pm-9pm: Dick
Metz and Ron Penn,
an
Sunday,
June 22nd
10am-3pm: Jim
and Arlene Fortier and Dick Metz and Howard Bacon
Roger Landry and Warren Mitchell will be breaking down the display Monday morning, June 23rd. Thanks again to all involved. We’re off to a good start.
Hey
Kiwanis….THANKS! part 2:
We
received a thank you note from St. Vincent DePaul, thanking us for our recent
contribution to the food pantry. They indicate that the number of people that
they service has gone up and they appreciate our support.
50/50:
Eric Johnson of Elm Street School wins the 50/50…worth $32.
Eric
Johnson is pleased to have won the 50 50.
Photo
by W. Stephen Loughlin
Happy Dollars:
Warren Mitchell and Paul Cotton gave $2 for the tent being set up nicely at
the Weirs. Joe Collie gave 2 dollars: 1 for the crew doing a great job at the
ATV Raffle and one for Steve Loughlin’s birthday. Eric Johnson gave 2
for winning the 50/50 and for the great job his staff has done in his first
year as principal at Elm Street School.
Fines:
Dianne Roberts and Lori Dickson were pinless.
Guest
Speaker:
Alan
Robichaud
spoke
to
the
club.
He
is
the
Executive
Director
of
the
Belknap
County
Citizens
Council
on
Children
and
Families.
In
his
power
point
presentation,
he
focused
on
juvenile
justice
noting that
nearly
4
percent
of
juveniles
are
offenders.
In
Belknap
County,
offending
youths
are
dealt
with
in
a
series
of
graduated
sanctions.
First
offenders
go
into
a
court
diversion
program.
This
program
is
highly
successful
and
has
an
85
percent
success
rate
of
keeping
first
offenders
from
becoming
repeat
offenders.
A
bulk
of
court
diversion
programs
receive
their
money
from
municipalities
and
recent
budget
cuts
have