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Newsletter - Current Aug 2, 2010
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The Newsletter of Wells Rotary Club

 

August 2, 2010

 
 

   

President 

Margaret Chigas

 

President Elect

Billy Hobbs

 

Vice President 

TBA

 

Secretary 

Vince Christinziano

  

Treasurer 

Luke Guerrette

 

 


 

Board of Directors

 

Term Ending

 

2011

Nick Poli

John Sevigney

Kathy Thornton


 

2012 

Isabelle Julien

Vince Christinziano

Walter Leffler


 

2013 

Bob Foley

Lee Hansen

Suzanne Ilsley

 

 

 

 


 

Wells Rotary Club

Club # 23334 District 7780

http://www.wellsrotary.org/

 

Monday, August 2, 2010

 

Greeters

Joe Sheehan

Jon Sevigney

 

Rotary Minute

Walter Leffler

 

Program

Jody Morin - Vocational Service

 

 

Monday, August 9, 2010

 

Greeters:

Nancy Raynes

Nick Poli

 

Rotary Minute

Ron Collins

 

Program

Karen Bragdon - All About Physical Therapy

 

 

 
 

Paul Harris Fellows


Bill Bassett

Laurie Bassett

Bridget Burns

Robert Bohlmann

Joseph Carleton

Buzzy Cather

Bill Chigas*****

Margaret Chigas****

Ron Collins

Chuck Cumming

Karen F. Darling

John Dean

Heidi Desveaux

Robert Foley

Rick Goodrich

Orrin Granger

Russell Grethe

Luke Guerrette**

Rosemary Guptill

Cathy Hansen*

Lee Hansen**

Dennis Hardy

Billy Hobbs*

Bill Hobbs, Sr.

Terry Hodskins

Suzanne Ilsley

Richard Johnson

Bob Jorgensen

Walter Leffler

Linda McDermott

Mike McDermott*

Sandy Mickeriz

Nikos Minadakis

Jim Morrison

Brad Paige

Helene Plourde

Nick Poli

Bill Ryan

Joe Sheehan

James Spiller

Dennis Thayer

Eleanor Vadenais

Marcia Vieira

Bernie Wideman

Jim Wiggin

Jake Wolterbeck

Diana Young

 

 


 Four Avenues

of Service Chairs 

 

Club Service Chair:

Dennis Hardy

 

 

Vocational Service Chair:

Bob Bohlmann

 

 

Community Service Chair:

TBA

 

International Services Chair:

TBA

 

 

Foundation

Chair:

Billy Hobbs


 

Grant Writer:

Terry Hodskins


 

 

Program Chair:

Bill Chigas

Joe Sheehan


 

Sergeant-at-Arms:

Dennis Thayer

 

 


Rotary Wheel

 President Rotary International

Ray Klinginsmith

 

District Governor

Ann Lee Hussey

 

District Governor Elect

Gary Speers

 

Past District Governor

Jeff Pelkey

Last Week

  

 

Rotary Minute

 

 

Joe Carlton spoke about a village where long ago people set up a common grazing land for their farm animals. It became over-used and the grazing land became eroded, which was a detriment to all the people of the village. The villagers then went to grazing their animals on their own land. Individual fishermen have "over-fished" the coastal waters where the cod industry has been destroyed, which led Joe to remind us of  #4 of the 4-way test: "Will it be Beneficial to all concerned?"

 

50 / 50

 

Tricia Pfeffer

 

Announcements

 

Margaret Chigas presented Chip Hall with his permanent badge. She announced that we could track our two shelter boxes at www.shelterboxusa.org. The shelterbox registration number is 10116-10117.

 

Chicken BBQ - Bob Foley said the banner was up at the turnpike entrance and most of the signs were up along Route 1. He asked that the few that were left be put up after the meeting. The Rotary Wheel will be put up on Thursday, setup is Friday at 4 p.m., and everyone has their assignment. He asked for volunteers Sunday morning at 10 a.m. for pickup and cleanup of equipment. Also, Bob asked that while traveling on Sunday if you see a sign, please pick it up and bring it to the Monday morning meeting, as the signs will be reused next year.

 

Margaret Chigas reminded everyone that Gary Leech is giving his Rotary benefit barbeque on August 18. The golf tournament committee meeting is August 2 at Luke Guerette's office. She told the club to go to "Past Projects" on the website to view Kathy Thornton's video. The member's private area is accessible through login and password, and Ken Kuscher can be reached by e-mail to obtain your information. She reminded us that the York Hospital Fund contributions would be made through our 5013C, and when we reached $5,000, the club would donate it to the hospital.

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Dates to Remember

 

  • July 31  - Chicken BBQ
  • Sept 13 - Golf Tournament  

      

  • Last week's Speaker

     

    Patricia Quinn, Executive Director of the Downeaster, explained that NEPRA (New England Passenger Rail Assoc.) started as a grassroots campaign to start passenger service from Portland to Boston. After 90,000 petition signatures were obtained, the Maine state legislature became involved. It took 12 years to gather the funds, and the Downeaster has been running since 2001. It is a Maine train, not part of Amtrak, but they contract with Amtrak for ticket agents, engineers, and conductors and work cooperatively with the track owners. Their food service is their own and they specialize with local products. The 8 stations are owned and operated by the town governments where they are located. They work to promote other public methods of transportation from the train stations, such as local bus lines.

     

    Her organization has spent $110,000 on the "Train to Maine" advertising campaign, and hosted "Train to Maine" t-shirts and sunglasses giveaways at Boston's North Station.

    The Downeaster introduced computer wireless connections in 2008, two years ahead of Amtrak, and in trying to make the Downeaster's service special, one of their extras is a Christmas wreath on each train during the season. 

     

    Who rides the train?

    • Business people make up ½ of the passengers
    • Students - there are 62 educational facilities on the 116-mile corridor
    • Senior citizens
    • Patients
    • People going to sporting events
    • Student field trips receive discount prices

     

    The trains make 5 round trips a day, and it is a 2-hour, 25-minute trip from Portland to Boston. The Downeaster focused on ridership early on, and the first year 270,000 passengers rode the trains. As the novelty wore off, the second and third year's number was 250,000. She was happy to report that this past fiscal year, which ended on June 30, they had 474,000 people ride the trains, and their customer-satisfaction rating beat Amtrak's.  She said that investments in housing and community development happen around transportation, and it was predicted that by 2030, $7.2 billion will be spent around the train station areas. And the next step is extending the service to Freeport and Brunswick, and then to Rockland. Patricia then took questions from the members.

     

     

    Thought for the Week

     

    Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation, for 'tis better to be alone than in bad company.

    George Washington
    First president of US (1732 - 1799)

     

     

     Wells Rotary Closing Notification Policy:

     

    If Wells schools are closed there will be no meeting.  Information can be found by checking channel 6 or going to www.WCSH6.com.  Click on "closings & delays."  The listing will be shown as "Wells-Ogunquit CSD 18."

     

     

    Make Up Opportunities

     Bath  Tuesday  12:00 PM  The Holiday Inn, Bath
     Bath Sunrise  Friday  7:00 AM  Mae's Cafe, 160 Center St. Bath
     Bethel  Tuesday  7:30 AM  The Bethel Inn
     Biddeford-Saco  Wednesday  12:15 PM  Captain's Galley, Old Orchard Beach
     Boothbay Harbor  Thursday  6:30 PM  Rotary Club House, 58 Townsend Ave.
     Breakwater Daybreak  Wednesday  7:15 AM

     McKernan Center, SMCC

     Bridgton-Lake Region  Thursday  7:30 AM  Bridgton Alliance Church
     Brunswick  Monday  12:00 PM  The Atrium Restaurant, Cook's Corner
     Brunswick Coastal  Wednesday  6:00 PM  China Rose Restaurant, Bath Road
     Casco Bay Sunrise  Thursday  7:15 AM  Cumberland Club, High St., Portland
     Damariscotta-Newcastle  Tuesday  7:15 AM  Congregational Church
     Dover  Wednesday  12:15 PM  Chop Shop
     Durham-Great Bay  Wednesday  7:30 AM  Three Chimney's Inn, 17 Market Street
     Exeter  Monday  12:15 PM  The Exeter Inn, Front St
     Falmouth  Monday  4:15 PM  Portland Country Club
     Freeport  Wednesday  7:15 AM  The Harraseeket Inn, Main Street
     Fryeburg Area  Tuesday  7:30 AM  St. Eliz-Ann Seton Cath. Ch., Rt. 5
     Hampton  Tuesday  7:30 AM  Ashworth By The Sea, Ocean Boulevard
     Kennebunk  Thursday  12:15 PM  Holy Cross Lutheran Church
     Kennebunk Portside  Tuesday  7:15 AM  Fire Station Building on North Street in K'port
     Kittery  Tuesday  7:30 AM  Robert's Maine Grill and Market.
     Newburyport  Tuesday  12:15 PM  Glenn's, Merrimack Street
     Ogunquit  Wednesday  12:00 PM  Old village Inn, Rt 1
     Oxford Hills  Wednesday  7:30 AM  First Congregational Church, S. Paris
     Portland  Friday  12:15 PM  The Portland Club, State Street
     Portsmouth  Thursday  12:15 PM  Red Hook Brewery at Pease
     Portsmouth Sunrise  Thursday  7:30 AM  Portsmouth Gas Light Co Restaurant
     Rochester  Monday  12:00 PM  Rochester Country Club
     Rumford  Monday  12:00 PM  The Boiler Room, Harris Hotel
     Saco Bay  Thursday  7:30 AM  Captain's Galley, Old Orchard Beach
     Sanford-Springvale  Thursday  7:30 AM

      Knights of Columbus Hall, 47 High St.Sanford

     Scarborough  Tuesday  6:50 AM  Scarborough Downs Winner's Circle
     Sebago Lake  Thursday  12:15 PM  Charlie Beiggs, Rt. 302
     Somersworth  Tuesday  7:15 AM  Gateway II Restaurant
     South Berwick  Thursday  7:15 AM  The Lodge at Spring Hill
     So. Portland-Cape Eliz.  Wednesday  6:15 PM  Purpoodock Club, 300 Spurwink Ave., C.E.
     Topsham Expresso  Monday  7:15 AM  The Highlands
     Westbrook-Gorham  Tuesday  11:30 AM  Westbrook Regional Vocational Center
    Yarmouth  First/Third  Thursday  7:00 AM  Downeast Village Restaurant, Rt. 1
     Yarmouth Second/Fourth  Thursday  5:00 PM  Downeast Village Restaurant, Rt. 1
     York  Friday  7:30 AM  York Harbor Inn, Rt. 1A

     

       

     

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