Today’s Greeter: Ben Kiniry welcomed members to Bow Rotary Attendance: - 36 Bow Rotarians
- 1 Visiting Rotarian(s) – Warren Emley from the Concord Club
- 0 Guest:
- 1 Guest speaker(s): Laurie Fisher, Bow Librarian
Total of 38 Announcements: - Rick Minard– Reminds every one of the 4-way speech contest at the Library this coming Tuesday 4/3 at 7:00p.m..
- Judy Goodnow mentioned that $458.00 was collected for the Allen Family and will be matched by the club for a total of $900.00 going to the Family.
- Linda Lorden mentioned that the deadline to receive Nomination forms for Service Awards is 4/27.
- Matt Gatzke thanks everyone for contributing to the Allen Family.
Sergeant at Arms: Ben Kiniry Birthdays: 2 – Dean Cascadden & Steve DeStefano Logo Fines: 2 - Linda Lorden – MCSB ; Jon Ruggles (R&T Electric)
Pins & Badges: 3 – Karen Wadsworth, Ben Kiniry & Peter Imse; all were photographed in the local newspaper with no Rotary pin being worn. Happy Bucks: - Ben Kiniry – Happy with his estate planning practice, went snowmobiling recently & got a new Jeep.
- Judy Goodnow – Enjoyed her recent trip to Florida to visit her Dad.
- Dick Swett – Happy to have spoken recently in Philadelphia regarding ideas on how to reform the country and speaking on the same floor where George Washington spoke ; also was in Nigeria recently to work on 3 projects and now happy to be back in Bow.
- Peter Imse – Grateful to be back at the Rotary meeting this week after an appendix health scare last week.
Raffle Winner: Rob Werner was picked; no “pot” won. Program:
Karen Wadsworth announced Ms. Lori Fisher, Bow Librarian; Librarian of the year in N.H. Lori was just back from Philadelphia where she spoke with colleagues from around the country. On average $3.16 pp is spent on the local Library as compared with hundreds pp on other media. $9.17 pp is the average in Bow. Libraries bring Education, Recreation and Social Connectivity to their communities. The ROI for Libraries equivalates to every dollar spent, Five dollars will be given back. The local Bow library strives to have all work and repairs done locally to help with local businesses. 11 of the 14 Library staff live in Bow. Respectfully Submitted,
Clayton “Skip” Poole |
