York ME Rotary - The Rotary Beacon - Archive (Feb 6, 2004)

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	Brett Rankin
		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

February 6, 2004

Happy Dollars:

Interact Club doing polar dip again;
Ed was happy that it was Women’s heart health day;
Gerry Martin told everyone about the Sebago Lake ice fishing day in 2 weeks;
Jud gave a great reading;
John DeStefano has raffles for the Kittery Art Association;
Steve Pelletier was happy that York Hospital went through the Federal survey well; Mike Lee was going to Florida with his six children, wife and mother-in-law.

Bob Hayward announced the winner of the superbowl raffle- Steve Pelletier,

2^nd place Tom Simpson.

No birthdays.

Club Anniversary: Mark Ergmann

No Makeups: Brett Rankin, Tom Simpson, Don Sweet, Kevin Webb

Lates: Bob Horowitz, Annette, Bob Hayward, Paul Salacain.

Raffle #677 Don Sweet winner

Greeters next week—John Rainone and Brett Rankin

Board meeting—February 18^th

Emails to Steve: Tickets for the Fleet Center at reduced cost; X-ray machine going to St. Mary’s in South Africa; 2/24/04 birthday dinner Tuesday night in Portland; members wanting to go to a Rotary leadership meeting on March 20^th at the Sheraton please let Steve know; Hot Tub tickets available next week.

Thanks to Melanie Ladd who hosted the International Students’ Birthday Party in January.

Michael then introduced our guest speaker—York resident Vallana Pratt-Decker—the watershed manager for the Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve. She discussed the York River watershed. The 32 square miles have been studied by volunteers and students over the past 2 years. Growth and polluted runoff are harming the York watersheds and natural resources. The town of York has grown 30.9% since 1990! The goal is to link the land use with the water quality. There is a definite connection - whatever is done on the land affects the water. Nonpoint (diffuse) source pollution is the #1 risk to Maine’s waters. On the York River there are 185 nonpoint pollution sites and 96 of these are significant. Solutions: home-owner education, act now before it’s too late, vegetation buffers to help filter, stabilize roadsides, manage storm water flows, and keep our animals’ waste away from the watershed. Do these things to help the quality of life. There needs to be a balance between human needs and protection of the environment.

Meeting adjourned.