Announcements 12/23/2015

Posted by Karen Chasse 
on Dec 23, 2015
 
 
Wine Tasting – Steve encouraged us all to give Wine Tasting tickets as stocking stuffers (a gift for yourself is okay too!).  The 10th Annual Wine Tasting is on January 30 (Snow date: February 6) from 6:30-8:30pm at the Community Room of Pepperell Mill.  You enter to the door next to Portland Pie.  Tickets are $25 each with none sold at the door.  We are still looking for silent auction items so please send along ideas or gifts you might donate for the cause.  If people prefer to pay via credit/debit card, please direct them to the Eventbrite.com site. (a small surcharge is added for paying online).  Yes, we know it the same day as the Portland Brewfest but we are in the evening so feel free to go to both…or just buy a ticket to ours even if you can’t come.
 
Bell Ringing – Despite Bill’s constant forgetfulness of the sign-up sheet, our club managed to succeed at staffing the belling ringing for the Salvation Army.  Brian Smith of the Salvation Army stood up and thanked us for our efforts and stated, “Your club raised $1,915.67 which is an average of $156 per hour helping 144 families or 560 people. You have this year’s record of Top Earner for a group standing in for the day.”  President Kany then proceeded to give Brian a list of his requests for next year complaining that they were the “worst limp bells he ever had.”
 
Auction – Jackson invited us all to attend the next Auction meeting on Tuesday, December 29, 8am at the Rotary Community Room at Richard J. Martin Community Center.  He seemed nervous about pressuring us to go – give him time, he will get more assertive.
 
Red Ribbon Committee – We continue to collect donations!  Carl Goodwin presented the $2,500 check from Biddeford Savings Bank, Jim McAllister gave $500 and Paul Deschambault gave a donation along with another donation (and a plug) to the Rotary Foundation.  President Kany noted that “no good deed goes unnoticed” as he recapped our service project for the Kinney Shores boardwalk.  Well, we were “repaid” when Jim Godbout held a dinner party in which his neighbors contributed $1,100 to the Red Ribbon Committee and funds continue to come in! 
 
Christmas Delivery – Paul Deschambault thanked all the Rotarians who delivered gifts to the families we supported this year.
 
Rotary House – Demolition continues to occur at our Rotary House. If interested, there will be more the morning after Christmas on December 26th from 9am-12pm.  Jim Godbout have masks and gloves but bring your hammer!  If you don’t like demo, consider coming to help clean up their mess.  All help at all levels is welcome.
 
Environment Moment – Joe Moreshead gave a short intro of Rick Larriviere from the Saco River Salmon River & Hatchery.  He pretty much botched it so all I picked up was that they would like to remove two dams.  The location of the dams, I think, is near Joe’s Office but someone also mentioned the ones near UNE.  Since I have no idea where the dams currently are, I have no idea which ones are to be removed.  More to come on that!