York ME Rotary - The Rotary Beacon - Archive (Oct 31, 2003)

The Rotary Club of York, Maine Rotary International Theme 2003-2004: "Lend a Hand" Jonathan Majiyagbe, President Rotary International Trish Hunter, Rotary District 7780 Governor	Officers		2003-2004

	President		Steve Lapointe
	President Elect		Doug Gray
	Vice President		Richard Santoro
	Treasurer		Chris Kehl
	Secretary		Ann MacAulay
	Directors:	Club Service	Annette Fazio
		Fundraising	Paul Salacain
		Club Service	Tom Spence
		Vocational	Tom Elias
		International	Stacie Kerrigan
		Marty Ulan Award	Patricia Murray
		Sergeant-at-Arms	Jim Colson Erik Bergeron
		Chaplain	Jud Knox
		Past-President	John J. Rainone

October 31, 2003

GUESTS: Ryan Simpson, Gene Kerrigan, Frank Neckles, Pat Ryan, Al Black, MaryEllen Jendzejec, Jeff, Alex and Will Martin and Governor Baldacci

HAPPY DOLLARS: A happy $10 from Mary Andrews after the long fight on Casino’s NO and thanked Jim Bartlett and the Governor for their support. Jim Bartlett then had 3 happy dollars (1 for Rotary, 1 for Casino’s No and 1 for everyone to get out and vote). Loretta Prescott had a happy dollar for her new position with the Girl Scouts. Ray Bald was happy to have completed a trip to the battleship Massachusetts with the Boy Scouts. Don Sweet as happy for the YHS field hockey team and the great season they had this year. Steve Pelletier was happy his two kids in Southern CA were safe from the wild fires. A guest Pat Ryan, President of York County Community College contributed a happy $5 for the referendum on education and libraries. Ray DeFeo also had a happy dollar for the field hockey team. Steve Jendzejec was happy it was going to be a beautiful weekend (but sad that he was gong to be on call for the weekend) which led to Jim Colson’s happy dollar – he was glad to hear Steve was on call and that they should talk later. Annette was happy about the ST Christopher’s blood drive and that she was going to NYC again.

SAD DOLLARS: None

BIRTHDAYS: None

CLUB ANNIVERSARIES; None

LATE: Bill Anderson, Steve Jendzejec, Mike Myers, Bob Hayward and Scott Stevens.

FINES:

MEETING/ SPEAKER; Today’s guest speaker was Governor Baldacci. He spoke to the club about how the four way test ties into the basic values and principles that we all must live by. He spoke about his support to Casino’s NO and why he thought the casino was a bad proposal for the state (nothing new to our club) and he also spoke about the education referendums and why he supported 1B. Governor Baldacci also spoke about his recent trip to Ireland and the business opportunities for both Maine companies and Irish. He also spoke of the Pine Tree Zones and how Maine is trying to represent itself as a business friendly state.

DATES to Remember: April 24, 2004 – Spring Dance @ Portsmouth Sheraton

Greeters: November 14^th is Jim Hager and Bob Hayward and November 21^st is Rob Horowitz and Steve Jendzejec.