November 13, 2024 Breakfast Meeting Notes
Our guest today was Gina Leary, the new general manager at the Flying Monkey.
The 50/50 was won by Russ, who donated it to Tony.
Greg won the chance to draw in the card game but selected the 3 of spades. The game continues.
SPECIAL NOTICE:
On Saturday, November 23rd, there will be a training event for our club and others in our area from 8:30 am to 11 am at The Gibson Senior Center in N. Conway.
District RegionalTraining - for Bristol, Lincoln-Woodstock, North Conway, Ossipee Valley, Plymouth, White Mountain, Wolfeboro
Meet other Rotarians from clubs in your area while getting information/training:
Treasurer
Secretary
Youth Protection
Club Runner
RYLA / Youth Exchange
Friendship Exchange
Register at this link: https://www.crsadmin.com/EventPortal/Registrations/PublicFill/EventPublicFill.aspx?evtid=cc53d1d0-fb1a-498d-8cb5-f80382e852aa
Tony opened with his famous NH Trivia, random NH facts edition.
Tony and Alicia will be meeting tomorrow about the Penny Sale to review what went right and what needs improvement.
We will be decorating the Common on November 30 at 9 am. The sign up sheet will be coming around today. You can work a ladder crew OR on the fence and gazebo. If you work on ladders, you will need to bring your own. Parks and Rec will supply a decorated Christmas tree for the gazebo. Denise is organizing the project but will not be here that weekend. Bill and Braden will pick up decorations from Peggy and these will be stored at Noyes until the 30th.
The Hometown Holiday Celebration is the week after the decorating. By next week Denise should have filled out the details for the weekend. We will do Rotary a la Carte, with 2 to 3 Rotarians per cart, and we will rotate and sell the food that way. There will be all sorts of activities before the parade so we will need to move the carts around to where the events are happening. Hopefully we can get the folks on Green Street to buy before the parade and also afterwards. Flyers will come out today.
Phil and Alicia will meet at the Panther Pub at 5:30 on Monday to discuss the parade float.
After Hours will be held tomorrow from 5-6:30 pm at 61 Main.
Bill introduced our speaker, Steve Kelly of Tenney Mountain Ski Area. He noted that they gave us two 2 day passes for the Penny Sale…thanks, Steve!
Steve bought the ski area 2 1/2 years ago. He has been working on the ski lodge and the lifts and will be starting to make snow this year. They have wiped out the old diesel drives this year and replaced them with electric drives. In addition, they have added 5 miles of new pipe for snowmaking as well as a lot of new snowmaking guns. They will be cutting back some of the trees to expose the original pathways laid out by founders Sam Hall andJohn French. (Sam Hall was a Plymouth Rotarian!) The new layout will also allow them to conceal the snowmaking pipes. They will also need to put in a new retention pond to store water to generate snow.
The kitchen and cafeteria are being renovated to accommodate larger numbers of guests. The witches’ hat (ticket booth) will be turned into a donut and coffee shop. The ultimate goal is to create a 4 season resort, with zip lining, mountain biking, and hiking; this will help the resort to remain viable in the face of climate change. They are thinking about creating a wedding venue at the top of the mountain and bringing in a gondola at the summit.
As the project expands, they want to start building up residences for workers, as well as a boutique hotel. They have been doing a wetlands study so that they know where they can put the roads, apartments, residential housing, luxury condos and hotel. By the middle of next year they hope to have a lot of development. Steve also wants to create a science and technology park in conjunction with PSU to attract more businesses and create jobs.
Student passes are $5 and the hope is to develop night skiing. Steve has plans to to modify the train park to include beginner trails and look into new lighting. The master plan also incudes cross country trails in the future.
Rotary Board meeting will be this Friday, so the next club meeting will be a club forum.
There will be a hearing before the state supreme court at 11 am today in the case of Rand vs State of NH. This lawsuit argues that the current way of funding education town by town is not equitable for poorer communities. It would help the town of Plymouth substantially if the plaintiffs are successful. It would also help with the cost of housing in town.
Steve reminded us that the videographer is coming next week to start a documentary on the Common Man for Ukraine. Please dress presentably so we can make a good impression!
Tony announced that the Knights of Columbus will have their Saturday night spaghetti supper fundraiser this weekend. It starts at 4:50 pm; bring CASH for the 50/50 and prizes. Location is at St Matthew Church, in the new parish hall.
Erica announced that on Monday November 18th will be history night at the Mt Fare Inn. She will serve waffles; bring your house shoes. She also mentioned that there will be a Turkey Trot at the Owl’s Nest on Thanksgiving morning and a craft fair at Campton Elementary School on the Saturday after Thanksgiving.
Happy dollars were shared by Tony, Erica, Greg, Mike and Denise.
Respectfully submitted,
Lora Miller, secretary