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March 29, 2004
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This Week At Portland Rotary
Editor: John Marr
Clifford P. Ryan,
President, Elder Planning Advisors of Maine, Inc.
Cliff is an expert on elder financial planning. He began his career in financial services in 1983. Cliff has been conferred the Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU) and Chartered Financial Consultant (ChFC) and Registered Health Underwriter (RHU) designations by the American College and the Certified Financial Planner (CFP) designation from the College for Financial Planning. Cliff is a member of the Million Dollar Round Table.
In addition to his professional duties, Cliff serves on the Board of Southern Maine Agency on Aging and the Board of Legal Services for the Elderly, Inc. He also serves on many local and national committees involving senior`s issues.
Cliff has conducted hundreds of educational workshops for public and professional groups, written numerous articles and has appeared as a guest on radio and television programs dealing with elder planning issues. Cliff lives in Scarborough, and recently retired as a diver with the U.S. Naval Reserve.
Words of Wisdom From the Past
Editor:Larry Gross
"The greatest thing one finds in one's travels, the soul-satisfying thing, is that [people] in their native countries all weep with the same spirit, the same feeling, the same happiness and contentment." - RI President Everett W. Hill, Shawnee, OK, in THE ROTARIAN, January 1925
At Our Last Meeting
Editor: Greg Hansel
Peter Haynes, Past National Chair, Boys & Girls Clubs of America
It’s after school: Do you know where your kids are? Yarmouth resident Peter Haynes has the answer: Kids are better off if they are at the Boys and Girls Club. Peter served as Chair of the Board of Governors of the Boys and Girls Clubs of America from 1999 to 2001 and continues to serve on the board. The Clubs’ mission is to help kids, especially those from disadvantaged backgrounds become caring, responsible and productive citizens – to help kids be what they can be. Pete explained how Boys and Girls Clubs are a safe, caring place, staffed by professionals and offering programs that work, such as Smart Moves (peer counselling), Project Learn (this program has increased kids’ GPA’s by 15%) and state of the art Technology Centers.
In 2003, an average of five new Clubs per week were added nationwide. There are now 3,300 Clubs. The rapid growth stems in part from innovative alliances with other agencies and building Clubs in nontraditional locations. Today some Clubs are located in public housing, military bases, shopping centers, Native American lands, churches, schools and juvenile detention facilities. Peter praised Portland Rotary Member Bob Clark for his work overseeing four Clubs as Executive Director of Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Portland. Challenges facing the organization include maintaining the quality of the services during a rapid growth phase, protecting children from molestation, raising money (projected $1.3 billion in 2004) and hiring capable staff at modest pay.
Despite these challenges, Peter strongly supports the growth of the organization because of three numbers: Although the organization presently serves nearly 4,000,000 kids, there are 10,000,000 million kids in poverty and 50,000,000 kids in the age groups served. As a businessperson, Boys and Girls Clubs resonate with Peter because they focus on results, with a strong quality process, productivity through collaboration and a commitment to planning.
Bits And Pieces
Please take a moment to look yourself up in this year’s Club Roster. If anything about your name, personal address and phone, or business address and phone, or e-mail address, has changed this year, please send the corrected info to Loretta Rowe, or e-mail it to her at lrowe@maine.rr.com. President-Elect Susan Brown thanks you in advance, as does everyone in the club who tries to reach you in the next eighteen months. The deadline for roster information is April 9.
Herb Carmichael is still looking for golf balls for our golf tournament May 17. If you can snarf some from your company, he doesn’t care whose logo is on them.
President Larry is looking to reinstitute the Freshman Graduation Program for June of this year. In the past we’ve seen our freshman members come up with everything from variety shows to quiz shows to solo performances for this event. He’s looking to hear from members who have joined the club this year who want to join in a little entertainment-cum-horn-tooting for the club’s enjoyment at one of our June meetings. If you don’t call him, he’s going to call you…
What do you do if a national director of your organization happens to live in the same town you do? Keep a low profile? Heck no, you invite him to speak at Portland Rotary! That’s how Bob Clark got some very nice compliments from last week’s speaker, Peter Haynes. Peter has been on the national board of the Boys and Girls Clubs for almost as long as Bob has been working for them. Both men live in Yarmouth. Incidentally, Peter also was lavish in his praise of Paul Noran, who used to work for him at Consumers Water here in Portland.
Next year’s Fund-Raising and Sgt.-at-Arms Committees are looking for new members. If you prefer volunteering to getting drafted, call Susan Brown to see if she’s got any slots still available…
Mark your calendar with a circle around Saturday, May 9th. Take a break from spring “honey-do’s” that day and bring your honey out to Camp Sebago for our annual Rotary Clean-up Day. After a morning of miscellaneous raking, painting and carpentry work, you’ll both get a free hot lunch at one of the prettiest spots in Maine. Paul Noran is coordinating.
Hats off to all involved in last Saturday's great Casino Night event. Nearly 100 Rotarians and friends jammed the Portland Club for 50's fun and charitable gambling excitement.  Howie Herodes was the night's Grand Prize winner for his blackjack acumen. Many creative costumes were seen: Ben "James Dean" Lowry,  Diamond Jim Willey, with his white dinner jacket and pink carnation, Kennebunk "Bad Boy" Dave and Pat "June Cleaver" Putnam
  stood out in the crowd of revelers.
Roster Pictures:
Mark April 30th on your calendar to have your picture taken. Our resident professional photographer, Gail Osgood, will be taking pictures on that day (before or after the Rotary meeting) for all new members and anyone who needs their picture updated for the new Roster. The picture process only takes 2 minutes. Contact Loretta Rowe at 774-1482 or email: lrowe@gbfinfo.com to verify and confirm a time slot from 11:15 am to 1:45 pm on APRIL 30th. PLEASE sign up as soon as possible.
Mark Your Calendars
Upcoming Meetings
April 9th: Brian Petrovik, Portland Pirates
April 16th: Maine State Music Theatre
April 23rd: June Garvey, former FAA Administrator
April 30th: Jeannine Guttman, Editor, Portland Press Herald
Committee Meetings
April 2nd: Rotary Information Committee, 11:00 am
April 16th: Board of Directors 1:10-2:30
Special Events and Community Service Projects
April 21st: Rotary District 7780 Assembly, 8:30-1:30, Wells
April 24th: Rotary Grove Clean-Up (tentative)
May 8th: Camp Sebago Clean-up Day
May 17th: Rotary Golf Tournament at Dunegrass
July 17th: Blues Cruise on Casco Bay 7-10 pm
July 23rd: Portland Rotary will be hosting a visit from
Rotary International President Glenn Estess
July 24th: Dedication of Hiram Shorey Family Heritage Center, Litchfield
Tennis Schedule for April 5, 2004
Teams: 1 v 3 and 2 v 4 A & D and B & C
OFF: Team 5 & 6
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