e-Tack 4/15/2015 (Apr 17, 2015)

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Speakers

Apr 22, 2015
UNE Visit
Meeting @UNE

Apr 29, 2015
Sgt. Corey Huntress
Saco Police Dept.

May 06, 2015
Club Assembly


May 13, 2015
Lisa Morin
Maine Alzheimer’s Association

May 20, 2015
Biddeford COT Meeting


May 27, 2015
Interact Students
Award Medalians

Jun 03, 2015
Club Assembly
ROTARY FELLOWSHIP MONTH

Jun 17, 2015
Rotary Awards


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Upcoming Events

District Conference 2015

Wentworth by the Sea

Apr 24, 2015 – Apr 26, 2015

Auction Wrap-Up

YCFCU

Apr 24, 2015 7:27 PM

Board Meeting

May 06, 2015
7:45 AM – 9:00 AM

7th Annual Rotary BINGO

Rochambeau Club

May 16, 2015

Meeting Responsibilities

Meeting Registration

Greetor

Front Desk 1

Bean, Peggy

Front Desk 2

Levasseur, Peg

Front Desk 3

Greif, Andy

Coordinator

Perrault, Jacquie

Meeting Conduct

Announce Visiting Rotarians & Guests

Kany, Bill

Invocation

Invocations/Coordinator

Bassett, Joe

Speakers

Moreshead, Joe

Tack

Editor

Villemaire, Julie

Website Publisher

Dallaire, Brian

Reporter for Weekly Minutes

Demers, Ray

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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

Executives & Directors

President

Ken Farley

President-Elect

Bill Kany

Vice President

Lucie Kay

Treasurer

Randy Forcier

Assistant Treasurer

Laurie Jo Ready

Secretary

Bernice Wood

Assistant Secretary

Susan Gajewski

Director- Club Service

Susan Gajewski

Director- Vocational

Peg Levasseur

Director- International Service

Rob Moody

Director- Community Service

Joe Moreshead

Director- New Generations

Josh Ellis

Immediate Past President

Roland Gagne

Youth Exchange Officer

Karen Chasse

Foundation Chair

Paul Deschambault

Membership Chair

Karen Chasse

Youth Protection Officer

Ray Demers

Public Relations Chair

Don Lauzier

Interact Advisor

Jackson Brown

Webmaster

Brian Dallaire

Birthdays & Anniversaries

Member Birthdays

Matt Early

April 3

Matt Simmons

April 5

Josh Ellis

April 8

George Wandell

April 12

Joe Moreshead

April 12

Jim Audiffred

April 13

Sarah Neault

April 22

Ron Gagnon

April 23

Laurie Jo Ready

April 27

Julie Villemaire

April 28

Join Date

Frank Gooding

April 1, 2000

15 years

Jacquie Perrault

April 6, 2011

4 years

James McAllister

April 23, 2008

7 years

Stories and News

This Weeks Meeting-Reminders @ UNE

Posted by Ken Farley on Apr 21, 2015

Good morning,

Just a reminder that tomorrow's meeting will be held at the Alfond Forum sports complex at UNE. We will hold the meeting in the same room as we did last year on the second floor.

We will be joined by one of the three recipients of our scholarship. The other two had conflicts with classes. We will also be joined by some Rotaract members. Please make a point to reach out to these individuals and say hello.

We will have a presentation by Dean Jeanne Hey from UNE. I hope you can all attend.

Thanks and have a great day!

Ken Farley
President 2014-15
Biddeford Saco Rotary Club

Week-in-Review 4/15/2015

Posted by Julie Villemaire on Apr 15, 2015

President Ken promptly started the meeting at noon with the Pledge of Allegiance. He also led the crowd in singing God Bless America which was followed up by Brian Dallaire with the 4 Way Test. Laurie Jo Ready rounded things off with the invocation.

Julie did a quick updated with our Bingo Fundraiser which is being held on Saturday, May 16, 2015. Every Rotarian in attendance was given 4 tickets which represent a “Bingo Package”. Each ticket is $20.00. PLEASE do your best to sell the tickets. The money we collect for “pre-sold” packages is non-refundable so it is in our best interest to sell as many packages/tickets that we can in advance. If you haven’t received your tickets yet or need more J, please check in with Susan Gajewski, Laurie Jo Ready or Julie. If you need a Bingo flyer customized to your specific info please let Julie know. Thank you for all of your efforts in helping to make this event a success!!

Rotarians Honor Essay Winners on Family Life

Posted by Karen Chasse on Apr 15, 2015

Each year the Biddeford-Saco Rotary Club sponsors an annual essay contest for all eighth graders in Biddeford, Saco and Old Orchard Beach schools. This year marked the 20^th year they have held the contest. The theme of the essay is “What the Word Family Means to Me,” which focuses on the students’ views of the importance of family life, their understanding, and appreciation of differences that exist with other families. The best essays are selected by the school’s faculty of teachers based on the established criteria: relevance to the topic, quality of composition, creativity, and grammatical, spelling accuracy.

On April 15, the first place winners from each participating school were invited to read their essay before an assembly of Rotarians, parents, school principals and teachers. Each was awarded a Certificate of Achievement along with a $100 prize. The first place winners were: Olivia Whittaker, Biddeford Middle School; Jake Lamontagne, Thornton Academy Middle School, Saco; Ashley Salguero-Gonzalez, Saco Middle School; Amber Rennie, Loranger Middle School, Old Orchard Beach; and Aine Mahony, St. James School, Biddeford.

Congratulations to the other prize winners who received $50 or $25 prizes as well: Addison Moore and Brittany Harlow - Biddeford Middle School; Zoe Johnson and Morgan LeBlanc - Thornton Academy Middle School, Saco; Preetica Sharma and Willem King - Saco Middle School; Celina Ouellette and Haylee Hinkle - Loranger Middle School, Old Orchard Beach; and Yuriy Reiter and Allyson Fournier - St. James School, Biddeford.

The Biddeford-Saco Rotary Club is pleased to be part of community involvement. If you would like more information on how to become involved with Rotary, please visit their website at www.biddeford-sacorotary.org.

PHOTO CAPTION: The Biddeford-Saco Rotary Club recently awarded winners for their twentieth annual essay contest: (L-R): Jake Lamontagne, Thornton Academy Middle School, Saco; Ashley Salguero-Gonzalez, Saco Middle School; Aine Mahony, St. James School; Amber Rennie, Loranger Middle School; Olivia Whittaker, Biddeford Middle School and President Ken Farley.

Auction Update …Will it ever end???

Posted by Julie Villemaire on Apr 08, 2015

We have some leftover items that need to be auctioned off. These are items that were not picked up by the winning bidders and we weren’t able to connect with them (or 2^nd highest bidder) afterwards. PE Bill Kany agreed to be our auctioneer. He auctioned off a few of the smaller priced items. The remaining items will be auctioned off on Wednesday, April 22^nd at our regular meeting. Please bring your checkbook – there will be some great deals. The following items will be up for grabs:

2015 Summer Parking Pass @ Libby Memorial Library in OOB****$500 Value!

½ Page ad in the Courier – Add must be used by 09/30/15 & can’t be used for other ad sizes or to use as credit towards an existing balance with Mainely Media, LLC. *****Value $566!

2 Season Passes for the Old Orchard Beach Surge Baseball Team *****Value $200!

$150.00 Gift Certificate to Fashion Floors –use towards all your flooring needs.

$75.00 Gift Certificate to Studio 126 Hair Salon (Sheila) –Located at 126 Saco Ave, OOB.

Saco Sport & Fitness- One Month Membership (new members only)*****Value $87!

Seaside Pavilion- 2 Tickets to see Franki Valli & the Four Seasons Tribute Show on July 14^th. This is a full blown stage show including a 4-7 piece live band that’ll bring back lots of great memories. *****Value $40.00

Buy all three packages to this incredible show (Franki Valli) and bring the whole family!

Bingo & the Tack

Posted by Julie Villemaire on Mar 03, 2015

Thank you Jim McAllister for your becoming a sponsor for the 7^th Annual Bingo Fundraiser!

My offer still stands, if you would like me (Julie) to take your turn as the TACK reporter this Rotary year, it will only cost you a $100 BINGO sponsorship J We are up to $400 so far J

DUTY ROSTER For Future Meetings

Posted by Jacqueline Perrault on Jul 01, 2014

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

Meeting	FRONT DESK	TACK REPORTER
4/22/2015	PEGGY BEAN PEG LEVASSEUR ANDY GREIF	Ray Demers
4/29/2015	FAUSTO PIFFERRER LAURIE J READY ELAINE PALMITESSA	Sarah Neault

Jacquie needs more volunteers!

Invocation: Joe Bassett

PROGRAM IDEA???? PLEASE CONTACT Joe Moreshead, PROGRAM CHAIR. Remember it is the responsibility of every member to help get Programs for our meetings.

CLYNK Update

Posted by Julie Villemaire on Oct 02, 2013

Real-time total raised

$889.15

CLYNKed containers

16,201

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.