Call to Order by Gail Kenison at 7:30 am
Greeter: Tamar Roberts
Tamar noted this cold and gloomy morning.
Attendance:
Bow Rotarians: 42
Visiting Rotarians: 0
Guests: 2
Speaker: 1
Total: 45
Announcements:
Gail Kenison announced that the list of Rotarians who have committed to providing food at the auction is missing. If you know its whereabouts or know you were on that list please contact Sandy Eldridge.
Noreen Christensen
- Said that if you haven’t delivered your flyers… please do so!
- Also those who have signed up to work at the auction have there names on a sheet on each table. An email will go out with this information as well as times you need to report for duty.
Matt Gatzke announced that if you have not turned in your items for the auction please get them in or email the description to him by midnight tonight.
Michelle Fortin said that the response for items and cash donations has been just great!!
Nate Sanel encouraged every member to invite everyone you know who might be interested in attending the auction. Create an event on Facebook or link them to the Bow Rotary website for details.
Gail Kenison made the sad announcement that past Bow Rotarian Erle Pierce’s wife Judy passed away this week.
Michelle Fortin asked that all candy for tonight Halloween Party need to get to the high school by 4:30 pm.
Lori Fisher, Director of the Baker Free Library,
- Passed out information about an annual survey being conducted to poll residents about what services the library should provide.
- She also noted that their annual Wreath Auction was going to be held on 11/12/16. And finally she announced that the final phase of construction at the library was due to start soon.
Gerry Carrier announced that the annual Downtown Concord Halloween Howl is set for tonight so be careful of young tykes running around.
Gail Kenison also announced that there will be no club meeting on Veterans Day, 11/11/16.
Birthdays:
Jon Ruggles celebrated his 72nd birthday and feels great. He had dinner Jeff Kipperman and Paul Rizzo and others. His wife need hip surgery which is a good thing. (For you or her, Jon?)
Fines:
Logo fines: Jon Ruggles, R&T Electric (Happy Birthday Jon)
Happy Dollars:
Robert Louf was happy the Chicago Cubs are in the World Series since his wife’s grand father played in the last time the Cubs played and lost the Series in 1945.
Steve DeStefano was happy to be playing in an over-45 baseball tournament in Ft. Meyers, FL soon. Since he is 60 years old this may be his last tournament.
Dave Gazaway
- Announced that WTPL was running a promotion for Breast Cancer Research in that when a particular business (presumably Allied Insurance) was mentioned on air any calls to the station would result in donations.
- He also brought in the photo from the Bow Times he went on (and on) about last meeting. It is a photo (presumably of Dave) that was never brought forward by another member for a fine. Therefore, he was calling on all members to pony up a dollar each to go towards Breast Cancer Research.
Michelle Fortin was happy to announce that the Bow High School Girls Soccer team was ranked #1 in Division II and had won their first tournament game.
Raffle:
The winning raffle ticket was won by Steve DeStefano.
Program:
Tom Ives introduced his son, Patrick Ives as this morning’s speaker. Patrick is a highly traveled young man who now works as a County Prosecutor in Hillsborough County. He graduated for UNH Law School in 2014 but notes that his presentation skills got their start as a participant in the 4-Way Speech Contest in 2003.
His talk focused on two topics; a little about the role of the prosecutor and the on-going opioid epidemic. He stated that the cause of just seeks to account for three things in order of priority. (1) The possibility for rehabilitation, (2) deterrence for others not to commit similar crimes, and (3) punishment. His contention was that in crimes involving drug use and/or possession the punishment in an inherent feature of the nature of the crime and the overriding concern is finding treatment.
He spoke about the copious number of 28-day programs around the state, but felt these were just a short term solution. He believes that true rehabilitation takes much longer and a multi-faceted approach. The majority of opioid cases he encounters start with prescription medications. He acknowledged that pain management has and important role to play in a patient’s recovery, but the prescriptions are often for too long. So the person looking to continue their need for oxycodone, for example, encounters a street price of $60.00 per tablet. Heroin on the other hand can cost as low as $3.00 a dose. It is little wonder why people turn to heroin. However, the typical dose of heroin actually is comprised of a filler such as baking powder with a few crystals of fentanyl. Fentanyl is so much more powerful that the user is at the mercy of the dealer to get the mix right.
Patrick ended with a short discussion of NARCAN and suboxone.
Meeting Closed by Gail Kenison at 8:34 am.
Respectfully Submitted,
Bill McGonagle
