Betsey welcomed all, led the pledge to flag

Prayer: Ginny L.

Guests: Sammy Camaro, Joe DeTolla, & Branden Bunnell

Announcements: Kevin Kelly – Joke.

 

Teresa back with new knee. Voting in: Bruce  & Harry Reichlan. All approved, welcome to club.

 

Laconia Rotary doing a fundraiser on May 4^th from 9-1 for major projects.

 

Next week Ginny has program.

 

Happy Dollars: Chuck T. for spring skiing, Betsy for the peepers calling, Brian K. for his vacation all around Europe, Carl J. (coach) having fun with the track team, Fred S. for visitors, Gary thanks for welcoming his neighbor Harry, Rob W. for two new grandchildren, Ben L. for his dad coming back, Teresa happy to be back. Kevin K. found out he was in Manhattan many years ago when Jack P. was there and he got a new defibrillator and a grandson on the way, Peter B. for donating to VNA with common man – win/win, Dean G. came back from Florida and Rochester, NY.

 

Club Assembly: Major projects. Mike P. Pavilion project is going good, old one removed and set base for starting new pavilion. Need planting, paving crew, painting, etc. Getting a lot of positive feedback from the community, list will go out for committee volunteers. Town will help wherever they can. Project schedule will occur over the next few week and an e-mail will be sent out shortly. Tim will lead landscape committee.

 

Rotary Youth Leadership Assembly: Sammy C., Joe D., and Brenden B., participated and will share their experiences. Sammy did children games and learned how to lead, overcome issues, and how to handle situations. Brenden: It was a leadership development program – how to work with doers and followers and how to get the most out of it. By the end of the day, he learned how to be a better leader. Joe learned a lot and played a lot of games. They learned how to be a good leader, and thought it was very beneficial. Gary attended district interact meeting last week and is looking forward to next year.

 

Rick: Four way – test.

Joke: Why do divers fall backwards? So they don’t fall into the boat.

Ways to improve the four way test, rotaries can’t coach, it must come from the school. They are taking this year off to improve the program and encourage more help from the schools. Better rules and more time for the schools to help with the coaching. Ideas: changing prize to one? Encouraging speaking classes at the school?