e-Tack 8/31/2016 (Aug 31, 2016)

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B-S Rotary Board of Directors

P&C Ins

Sep 07, 2016
7:45 AM – 9:00 AM

Beer Fest

Community room at Pepperell Mill Campus

Sep 10, 2016
1:00 PM – 4:00 PM

Tony Hoffman, recovering addict

Biddeford Middle School

Sep 12, 2016
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM

2016 Walk to End Alzheimer's - Maine Beaches Area

York Beach Ball Field

Sep 17, 2016 8:00 AM

B-S Rotary Board of Directors

P&C Ins

Oct 05, 2016
7:45 AM – 9:00 AM

Stuff the Bus

Oct 29, 2016
9:27 AM – 4:27 PM

Sep 07, 2016
Club Assembly
Open Meeting

Sep 14, 2016
John Andrews and Kathrine Freund, founder and Pres
Independent Transportation Network (ITN)

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Club Information

Welcome to our Club! Rotary District 7780 -- Club Number 6294 -- Est. 1920

Service Above Self

We meet Wednesdays at 12:15 PM

Run of the Mill Public House & Brewery

100 Main St
Saco, ME 04072
United States

District Site

Venue Map

President

Lucie Kay

President-Elect

Jackson Brown

Vice President

Bernice Wood

Treasurer

Laurie Jo Ready

Assistant Treasurer

Susan Gajewski

Secretary

Elaine Palmitessa

Assistant Secretary

Peggy Bean

Director

Jim Godbout

Director

Andy Greif

Director

Fausto Pifferrer

Director

Matt Simmons

Director

Joe Moreshead

Immediate Past President

Bill Kany

Foundation cochair

Brian Dallaire

Youth Protection Officer

Ray Demers

Webmaster

Brian Dallaire

Foundation Cochair

Matt Simmons

Member Birthdays

Mark Nahorney

September 9

Peggy Bean

September 10

Lucie Kay

September 19

Conrad Welzel

September 20

Jim Godbout

September 25

Alan Nelson

September 29

Emily Frechette

September 30

Join Date

Roland Gagne

September 16, 1998

18 years

Julie Villemaire

September 23, 2004

12 years

Josh Ellis

September 29, 2010

6 years

Mark Nahorney

September 30, 2015

1 year

Week in Review 8/31/2016

Posted by Conrad Welzel on Aug 31, 2016

Pledge of Allegiance:

Lucie Kay

4 Way Test:

Sabine McElrath-February

Invocation:

Joe Bassett

Pres. Elect.; Visiting Rotarians & Guests:

President Elect Jackson Brown introduced Visiting Guest; Bronwyn Barnett, Tammy Ackerman, & Visiting Rotarian Dr. Joe Boyle.

Announcements:

President Lucie K. announced that it was GREAT to have Earl G. back.

Lucie reminded us of the E-Mail sent out by Kerstin Kirchner from the Saco Bay Club about the Literacy Project and needing volunteers at Ruth’s Reusable on September 17^th.

Stuff the Bus will be on Saturday October 29^th from 9 to 4.

Ken F. asked us to PROMOTE, PREMOTE! The Beer Festival, he shared that he had a signup sheet for volunteers at the Beer Festival from 1-4 Pm on September 10^tnin Biddeford at the Pepperell Mill Community Room.

Karen C. Announced on September 12, Tony Hoffman will be speaking 3 times. If you want to join Jim G. and his Red Ribbon Committee for lunch or Dinner, please let Karen C. know by 9/1/16.

Bernice W. is passing around signup sheets for the Alzheimer’s Walk & Tee Shirts on September 17^th.

Andy G. gave a brief history of the Red Ribbon Committee so that today’s speaker DHHS Commissioner Mary Mayhew was aware of our efforts.

50/50 Drawing:

Matt S. for $26, donated to the Red Ribbon Comm.

Sergeant At-Arms:

HAPPY Dollars:

Started off Fining Lucie K. just because.

Carl G. Glad Earl is back.

Earl G. Glad to be back.

Denis E. $3 one for each kid that is gone back to school.

Fausto P. for is $10k rare breed dog.

Lucie K. because she is Happy.

Conrad W. glad to see Comm. Mayhew as todays Speaker, a longtime friend.

Dr. Joe Boyle $3 for his 3^rd meeting with us, that his previous Rotary Club has allowed him to transfer to our Club & that he spoke to his Step-Granddaughter who will be working in Jordon as diplomat & she will help with the Rotary Grant Program that Roland Gagne has been working on & spoke to us about last week. Joe also mentioned that his name is Joe not Jim as printed in a recent TACT, Conrad W. paid a fine for that.

Matt S. for Delilah‘s Biddeford Main Street program getting National Recognition as a Main St. Project.

Fausto P. for CJ helping him house hunt.

FINES:

Lucie K. for not following the Agenda by introducing Jackson B. & doing 50/50 in the wrong progression.

Joe M. Fausto P., CJ, & Sara for taking parking spaces out front of Run of the Mill.

Brian D. for always smiling & recently not giving to Happy Dollars, he smiles so much he must be Happy!

Denis E. for his picture in the paper.

Celebration of Suds; Foam at the Falls

Saturday September 10, 2016 1-4PM; Pepperell Mill Campus (Community Room), 40 Main Street, Biddeford

The 2nd Annual Celebration of Suds brings local craft brewers and craft beer lovers together to experience the best craft brews in the area. This event supports the charitable giving of the Biddeford-Saco Rotary Club who has been making a difference in our community since 1920.

Featuring: Banded Horn Brewing, Boston Beer Company, Funky Bow Brewery, Gritty’s, Samuel Adams, Shipyard Brewing, and The Run of the Mill.

Music will be provided by the one and only, the legendary Pete Finkle.

Support Rotary and have a great time doing it! Tickets only $25 each! For Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/celebration-of-suds-tickets-26867234622?aff=es2

Commissioner of Department of Health & Human Services (DHHS), Mary Mayhew

Posted by Conrad Welzel on Aug 31, 2016

Lucie K. introduced Commissioner of Department of Health & Human Services (DHHS), Mary Mayhew.

The Commissioner said what a pleasure it is to talk about DHHS & the changes that have been made over the last few years.

Because we talked about our Red Ribbon Comm. & substance abuse she said she would first focus on that. DHHS spends $74M on substance abuse treatment. That the money for these programs follows the demand and is used wisely.

An example is a new 24/7 Hotline that was recently created for people to call when they need help, as the program progresses it will expand.

60% of Child Welfare situations are due to substance abuse. The goal is to provide services that create the best outcomes for the children.

75% of heroin addicts started with a legal prescription This is a major reason Opiate addiction is so bad thus several new initiatives have been put into practice that are designed to prevent addiction such as limiting the number of days for prescriptions. Other examples are best practices that are efficient and done in a timely manner, such as a Clinic in Brunswick that that has been recognized for being very effective and didn’t have to add any full time staff to accomplish the changes & the success.

Treatment is a major component, and the goal is to increase the success rate presently the national standard is 30% of those who start treatment complete it, hospitals are now questioning if this is too low of a bar to accept. This just shows that there is still a lot that needs to be done.

DHHS has a Budget of $3.4B. The efforts of the past years have been to examine these services how can they best be provided how do the services crossover each other and how can DHHS be better managed and integrated.

Medicare has been in a financial crisis for 40 years. DHHS staff has become so used to this that nobody was getting upset when another crisis was announced. The Commissioner has a sign that is meant to change that, it says “Freaking Out”, with a gal to keep staff concerned.

Other DHHS initiatives include, ME has become a leader in closing facilities like Pineland, but has been very slow at providing services to those who need them. The State has also been growing the number of new people who receive services and often these new people’s needs are not as critical as others who are not getting the services they need. Examples of people who are not getting all of the services they need are people with brain injuries or who are developmentally disabled. The last few years this has been changing for the better.

DHHS role in promoting employment, programs like TANF at times have not adhered to Federal Process, and the State has had to pay the penalties for their actions. The new approach is asking people what can they do (what skills do they have) & what education do you need to do what is need by the business world. The American dream is to have a job and a good life, not to live in poverty and be supported by Government Programs.

The goal is to encourage people to get out there work, volunteer, stay in High School, feel good about themselves. That will go a long way to changing the paradigm.

DHHS for the first time thoughtfully doing a budget hoping that this will help change some of the practices.

This was a very high level overview of DNNS & its changes

Q/A

Paul D. Q. What about EBT Card miss use?

Federal law makes it hard to deter but the state has passed a few laws and set up some safe guards to help prevent.

Carl G. Q. How do you stop the fraud?

Again Federal restriction make it difficult, examples like now if you are no longer living in Maine and the 14 year old computers catch it you are shut out of the program.

TACK Committee (Co-Ordinators):

Posted by Julie Villemaire on Jul 20, 2016

The following Rotarians have been chosen or “voluntold” by President Lucie to be part of the TACK committee:

Sarah Curley, Naomme Paris, Paulette Bonneau, Don Pilon, Sabine McElrath, Delilah Poupore, Heather Gendron, Chris Indorf, Justyna Cybowicz, Conrad Welzel & Bill Kany.

I’m not sure how many of you actually agreed to this but THANK YOU in advance for helping to keep the TACK alive and well for those members who aren’t able to make it to the weekly meetings & keeping our website up to date & informative. I (Julie) will send out a separate email to these members with the specifics of the committee, however, I am looking for a volunteer to coordinate the TACK reporter(s) for the month of August. I’ve taken care of June and July. You can either take the minutes yourself or ask a fellow member to do it in your place. Please send me an email to let me know if you are able & willing to take on this task.

I can provide more details if needed (villemairej@sbsavings.com). If you aren’t able to do it this time around, I’ll be sure to provide you with another month later in the year 

DUTY ROSTER For Future Meetings

Posted by Heather MacLean on Jul 01, 2015

PLEASE BE AT THE Run-Of-The-Mill BY 11:45 am

Meeting	Front Desk	Tack Reporter


9/7/2016	Heather M Karen C	Delilah
9/14/2016	Heather M Pierre	Delilah
9/21/2016	Heather M Conrad	Delilah
9/28/2016		Delilah

Julie Villemaire needs more volunteers! Please remember it is up to the TACK coordinator to ensure that someone is taking the minutes each week during your assigned month. If you aren’t able to take the minutes yourself, please reach out to fellow members for volunteers. Please forward the minutes to Julie Villemaire and Brian Dallaire so they can get them posted for the rest of the members.

Invocation: Joe Bassett

PROGRAM IDEA???? PLEASE CONTACT Bill Kany, PROGRAM CHAIR or a member of the Program Committee. Remember it is the responsibility of every member to help get Programs for our meetings.

CLYNK Update

Posted by Julie Villemaire on Oct 01, 2013

Total Raised:
$1,517.15

Containers CLYNKed:
27,766

Environmental Impact:

Energy: Saved enough energy to light 40.4 lightbulbs—24 hours a day—for a year.
Emissions: Saved the emissions equivalent of driving a car 7,649 miles.
Volume: Diverted enough containers to fill 278.7 lobster traps.
Environmental Impact:
Energy: Saved enough energy to light 40.4 lightbulbs—24 hours a day—for a year.
Emissions: Saved the emissions equivalent of driving a car 7,649 miles.
Volume: Diverted enough containers to fill 278.7 lobster traps

Fill up those green bags. If you need more bags and/or labels, just let Julie Villemaire know and she can hook you up…no charge!

Simple fill with returnables and drop off at any Hannaford.

Alternately, if you already have a CLYNK account of your own, you can designate you funds as a donation. Hit the Donate button and search for Rotary and you'll find our account.