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President Don Zillman opened the meeting by welcoming 40 members, 3 visiting Rotarians and 8 guests to a beautiful day at the ballpark. Julie L’Heureux provided an invocation. In honor of the baseball-themed day at Hadlock Field with the Sea Dogs, Julie read the “Luckiest Man Alive” speech given by Lou Gehrig that he recited on July 4, 1939. The intro starts with, “Fans, for the past two weeks you have been reading about a bad break I got. Yet today, I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth.” Ending with, ”So I close in saying that I may have had a tough break, but I have an awful lot to live for.”
Mike Reed led us in the Pledge of Allegiance, and Ben Lowry led us in singing the appropriate song, “Take Me Out to the Ball Game.”
President Don thanked those responsible for setting up and helping run the meeting.
Visiting Rotarians, Claudia Frost and Carolyn Bulliner, who were part of the 3H team that went on the Spring trip to the Dominican Republic, gave us their account of the trip and to present to the club a photo/scrap album in memory of the trip. The Portland Rotary 3H team, included Dick Giles, Rob Chatfield, Dick Hall, Bill Blount, David Small, Jan Chapman, Bruce Moore and Drs. Roger and Liz Fagan. To round out the 3H team that went to the DR, there were other people from Alaska, Oregon, Georgia, Florida, and Maine.
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Ellen Neiwoehner led the raffle this week and asked President Don to select a name out of the bucket. He pulled Mike Reed’s name, to which Mike selected the 8 of Clubs, allowing the Queen of Hearts to rest for another week. The pot is getting bigger, so join us next week for a shot at close to $700.