York ME Rotary - The Rotary Beacon - Archive (Dec 12, 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

December 12, 2003

Happy Dollars: Pat Murray is happy the residents of Harbor Home enjoyed the Festival of Trees; Ben Lovell accepted a position in Boston, is happy Cara is home from Middlebury, and is sad because his father passed away from pancreatic cancer; Steve Pelletier is happy for his daughter dancing the part of a sugar plum fairy in the Nutcracker and that the kids are returning; Jim is starting a fund to move the selectmen out of town; Steve Jendzejec is happy the York Family Practice Jeopardy team won!

No Make-Ups: Bob Hayward, Ben Lovell.

Raffle: John Rainone won the raffle.

Meetings: Wednesday, December 19^th; Board Meeting at Fazios.

Mike Lee on seven day notice.

Jud Knox and Steve Jendzejec discussed the flu…there are cases in York. Flu season runs from December through March. It usually takes a couple of weeks after receiving the vaccine to build up an immunity. The vaccine will help protect against the flu, but not completely. The flu is an airborne virus transmitted through coughing and sneezing, so it’s important to wash your hands! Symptoms are sudden onset of high fever (103° - 104°F), shaking and chills. There are anti-virals that you can take initially to hasten recovery. York Hospital purchases the flu vaccine in the spring. Last year, approximately 8,000 doses were administered. This year 10,000 vaccines have been given out thus far. There is a critical shortage of the vaccine. The nasal inhaler form costs about $50 vs. $8 for the intramuscular vaccine.

Festival of Trees: A round of applause for Pat Murray’s work. Hopefully the weather will cooperate for the second weekend of the event.

Mary Andrews: Showed the bike for the paramedic for the York Ambulance service. She thanked Scott Burger for helping out with the bike.

Mike introduced the guest speaker – Marla, a social worker and puppeteer. Marla started with a song and went on to discuss the Resilience of the Human Spirit. She was an eyewitness at the World Trade Center on September 11^th. She has met many heroes and they typically are your neighbors. Marla’s motto is Dare to Dream.

Club Assembly next week – spouses are invited. Please bring cans for the Food Pantry!