BRADFORD AREA COMMUNITY CENTER COMMITTEE MEETING
July 8th, 2009
PRESENT: John Bruss, Kate Dobrowski, Director, Debbie Flinkstrom, Fred Hubley, Ona Ruchti, Margaret Raymond, Dawn Rich, Mary Ann Wright.
Elaine Warren was a guest at our meeting.
John Bruss, Chair, opened the meeting at 4:40 p.m.
Minutes of the June 10th meeting were approved.
DIRECTOR’S REPORT: Kate, our director, gave all board members a copy of her report for the month at the meeting. A copy of the report and the minutes are sent to the website, Bradford NH.org. , for publication Kate discussed with the board the letter received from Alison Jones regarding transportation for Nature’s Circle Summer Day Camp. ( letter on file). A motion was made and passed that the contents of the letter should be brought to the town selectmen for their decision. The camp will be starting on Monday, July 13th.
BUILDING MAINTENANCE: Still waiting for a return call from the electrician to install the new dishwasher from the Bradford Women’s Club. Floor will be waxed in KAP room sometime this month.
SENIOR REPRESENTATIVE: Ona gave the following report on the Senior group. The quilters are still busy working on the quilt. Addy Stewart had her blood pressure clinic available for checkups. A movie “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” was available for the group to see. Bag lunches were supplied by Phil. Tom Riley had a good showing for the AARP Driver Safety course. Elaine and John Warren had the exercise class for breakfast on June 26th. This was the last day of exercises till Labor Day. A Visa gift was given to the Warrens. Ona encouraged the group to attend the Lettvin Concerts. Proceeds from the concerts are shared with the Union Congregational Society and Bradford Area Community Center.
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES: Ellen sent a report in that the VNA is currently pricing cholesterol machines for community clinics. They are also planning a half day event on the topic of Alzheimers, scheduled for mid September. Ellen will be replacing Maureen Strachan on the Senior Center Advisory Board.
KAP REPRESENTATIVE: Mary Ann reported that they have hired Heather Smith as the new KAP head teacher. They are still processing the applications for an assistant teacher. KAP will be having a meeting on 7/22, 5:30 – 7:30 pm
PARKS AND RECREATION: A discussion was held about the Cow Flop Bingo. No cows were available after a lawn was found to use. Debbie reported they had 60 plus for beef roast dinner. $91.00 was received from the Baton Twirlers popcorn machine sales. They had 176 runners in the Independence Day race. Additional Parks and Recreation information is included in the director’s report.
CHAIR’S REPORT. John reported that the Lettvin ads have been covered and we have some new ads for the program. He encouraged members to attend the concerts.
OLD BUSINESS: Fran is continuing to meet her yoga classes agreement with us.
NEW BUSINESS: none
Meeting adjourned at 5:45 pm. Next meeting 8/12/09
Respectfully submitted,
Kate Dobrowski, Dawn Rich (minutes unapproved)
BRADFORD AREA COMMUNITY CENTER and PARKS AND RECREATION
DIRECTOR’S REPORTS
July 8, 2009
THANK YOU VOLUNTEERS !
A great big thank you to volunteers who helped with the Blood Drive, Beef Roast and Independence Day parade.
Maintenance +AED
Special software for the AED arrived and has been installed . The batteries were ok so we now have an extra set kept in the filing cabinet drawer. A confirmation log was sent to Zoll via email. The charge for the new batteries and infra-red cable was 59.90.
New Games and Movie Night
Volunteers Bianca Pelkey and Eric Edwards have stepped up to host a new Movie and game night at the BACC. July 10 from 4 -6:30 will be the first movie . July 23rd will be the first game night from 4 -7:30. All ages are encouraged to attend.
Farmers Market
Rain put a damper on the last Farmers Market of July 2. Signs have been made.
Canning Workshop
Scheduled with the Co-op extension for August 25
Nature’s Circle Summer Day Camp
The registrations for Nature’s Circle are 58 out of 60 available slots. Additional registration forms were recently sent out. The Friends of The BACC have agreed to subsidize scholarships of $1500. The staff is in place and paperwork being filled out. We have transportation through First Student /Alison Jones pending approval by selectmen.
Yoga- Fran Vanais
Fran brought in a June payment as scheduled.
Parks and Recreation
Archery Program Archery Program will continue at Funday and in the fall . In general the attendance was variable and was probably influenced by baseball season.
Swimming Lessons
Registrations are coming in for swim lessons
Bloodmobile
Thank you volunteers for your help with the Bloodmobile.
Scott Chisholm from Red Cross called with the count of 33 units taken and 27 used.
NEW SIGNS FOR FRENCH”S PARK
Thanks go to Steve Lucier and his crew who installed the signs at French’s Park.
We now have 3 more signs to be installed from the Moose plate grant
Met with Andrea Lamoreaux about additional improvements to French’s Park. We will meet again soon.
Independence Day Events
Margaret Raymond has the report on Beef Roast and other income/ expenses for Parks
Funday and Winterfest Plans