November 6, 2014 Meeting of West Bay Rotary

Terry Bregy introduced today's speaker, Alan Hinsey, former host of Maine Biz Sunday, which was an NBC affiliate program. VS TV is broadcasting on TWC channel 88, and free on the internet at vstv.me.

VS TV is a local commercial TV station launching January 5, 2015. He co-owns VSTV with Reid Brower, and it is affiliated with Village Soup/Courier Publications.

They will have a morning and evening news and weather program, along with more focused local-interest programming and sports reporting, with a target market of Knox and Waldo counties. The station is at 266 Meadow Street, Rockport. “Real local, Real TV” is their slogan.

Buckets on the table are for the Camden Food Pantry. Skip Day asked: Checks should be payable to Camden Area Food Pantry, Egg cartons, canned goods and donations of funds are welcome!

Today was that day of the year all eagerly anticipate: Terry Bregy's Hammacher Schlemmer Dillemer!

From $40 for polio vaccines and scholarships, to $120 for prosthetic legs through Rotary, Terry once again regaled us with ideas for contributions to Rotary, compared to some of the entertaining and “over the top” gift ideas offered by the extravagant HS catalog.

Jane Lafleur spoke about the work of the Rotary Foundation and the work that it does, supported by 1.2M Rotarians. She awarded stickers to those participating in EREY, and said West Bay Rotary is closing in on 100% participation in EREY.

Barbara Heard is working to organize the holiday dinner. More definite plans, including date and time, will be announced soon.

Terry is organizing the 27th Annual Christmas Tree Sales. Sign up sheets for shifts starting the week of Thanksgiving are available. Trees and wreaths will begin to be delivered on November 21, with sales beginning November 29. There are 157 slots to fill and all members should take at least 2 slots. Posters are also available to advertise the sales.

Next week's speaker will be Deb Hitchings on the Shields Mission Project of the Camden Congregational Church serving the needy in our area.