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Welcome to the Rotary Club of Portland, Maine!
Portland Rotary
Service Above Self
We meet Fridays at 12:15 PM
Holiday Inn By-the-Bay
88 Spring Street
Portland, ME  04101
United States
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Portland Rotary
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Holiday Inn By-the-Bay
88 Spring Street, Portland
                                
Volunteer Opportunities
Following is a list of our Club's volunteer projects. If you know of other opportunities, please contact Loretta: lrowe@maine.rr.com
 
                                When
Project                    Who to Contact             
Soup kitchen             4th Wednesday ea month       
Preble Street             (4-6:30 p.m.) 
Resource Ctr              Erik Greven
                                egrev95@aol.com

Game Night               3rd Tuesday ea month
Cedar Unit                 Mike Fortunato             
Long Creek                michael.k.fortunato@gmail.com 
Youth Center             or Jim Willey
                                jimandbarbarawilley@gmail.com

Read to                     Dates & Times (you set)
students at                Sylvie Montello at
Portland                    montes@portlandschools.org
schools                              
 
Mentoring at                    Glenn Nerbak
Portland High                  nerbak@mac.com
School

Membership                  Leisa Collins
Mentoring Duos               leisa.g.collins@gmail.com
 
*04/21/17 Deanna Sherman, President & CEO Dead River Company

As President and CEO of Dead River Company, Deanna Sherman oversees one of the largest energy companies in Northern New England. Founded in 1909, Dead River Company is family-owned with over 1000 employees serving customers in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont and northern Massachusetts. Ms. Sherman joined the company in 1986 and has worked in leadership roles, including District Manager, Region Manager and Vice President of the Energy Division. 

She earned a bachelor’s degree from Colby College, majoring in Government/Public Policy and French. After attaining her first management position at Dead River Company, Sherman returned to the classroom and received her MBA at the University of Southern Maine.  

Ms. Sherman is active in the community through her present and past Board involvement with United Way of Greater Portland, Educate Maine, Junior Achievement of Maine, the Maine Energy Marketers Association and the University of Southern Maine Foundation.
 

04/14/17 Jon Jennings, Portland City Manager

Jon Jennings, City Manager for Portland, shared stories from his personal life of those people who influenced him in his career, and taught him to find work he not only enjoyed, but made a difference. “You know the movie Hoosiers? Well that’s exactly the way I grew up. Everybody in Indiana grows up with a basketball in their hands,” he said. As a student manager of the Indiana University basketball team, he was taken under the wing of Bobby Knight, who commented on Jon’s aptitude for basketball. That relationship resulted in an internship with the Indiana Pacers, where he met Casey Jones, head coach of the Boston Celtics, who invited him to join the organization. Jones became his mentor, and at the age of 22, Jon received an NBA Championship ring as part of what he called the “greatest basketball team in history.” He also pointed out, “they couldn’t have done it without me.”

When Red Auerbach became coach, he also became a mentor to Jon. “I got to know him so well, it was as if he were my grandfather.” Jon shared his impressions of working with basketball legends Larry Byrd, Michael Jordan, Bill Russell, and Tommy Heinsohn. “I learned lessons of motivation and leadership from all of these men,” he said. “Something a kid from Indiana would never dream of.” Jennings time with the Celtics ended with the arrival of Rick Pitino, who hired his own staff. 

 

 

(Photo: President Laura Young, Portland City Manager, Jon Jennings and Bob Martin.)

 

 

After the Celtics, Jennings went to the Harvard School of Government, secured a White House Fellow appointment, and became a part of the Clinton administration. Conversations with his mentor, Red Auerbach, however, convinced him that “he was an idiot for not getting back into basketball.” He helped the Celtics start an expansion league franchise with the creation of the Red Claws, which brought him and his family to Portland. Building on his education at Harvard’s School of Government, Jon became involved with the complexities and challenges of running a city. “I love it,” he said. “Red and I talked about the importance of doing something that makes a difference, and that’s the blessing. Thank you for making a difference in all that you do to make this a great city. You do amazing things, and they are making a difference.”

He shared some of challenges facing Portland: limited funds; 22 failed streets that need repair; “a homeless shelter that’s an abomination"; and keeping the city affordable. “We haven’t had much investment in infrastructure, but we need to find ways to do it without having costs exceed the rate of growth.” Jon reported that the city now sweeps the streets twice a year, and is improving street lighting. “These are things people pay attention to and like,” he said. He talked about progress with the Portland Company project, and a likely slow pace on the Franklin Arterial project to allow more streets to be repaired that impacted more neighborhoods. He also said that he spends a lot of time listening to people discuss their concerns. Jon said that his job is made easier by the “team of city employees who are passionate about this city, and come to work each day to make the city better.”
 

04/14/17 Bits & Pieces

President Laura Young opened the meeting at the Holiday Inn By-the-Bay by greeting 56 Rotarians, 1 visiting Rotarian and 4 guests.
   

Dave Small (at left) gave us an invocation explaining the history of Patriots’ Day. Past President Bowen Depke led us in the Pledge of Allegiance and Kathy Grammer played the keyboard as we sang "America the Beautiful."


President Laura thanked everyone whose efforts made our meeting possible and welcomed our guests. She thanked the readers at Lyseth Elementary School and participants in the Locker Project, including Lionel Nima and Bruce Moore.

Laura also announced that our opportunity to help Portland’s disadvantaged at the Preble Street Resource Center for this month would be on Wednesday, April 26. Contact Erik Greven for more informataion or if you can help out: egrev95@aol.com.

 


Past President Jim Willey shared a "Rotary Moment" with us. Jim told us he initially joined Rotary in 1982 to network and find business connections that might help him for his newly-acquired company. He found that the most valuable part of Rotary was the diversity and the value of  fellowship that Rotary offered. Where else can you hobnob with the likes of 94-year olds Earle Leavitt and Bob Traill, along with twenty-somethings, like Alex St. Hilaire and Ben Millick.


Andreea Paine offered our song-of-the-day, with a merry band of Russ Burleigh and Bill Blount rounding out the trio to lead us in a rousing rendition of "Getting To Know You," with Kathy Grammer on the keyboard.

 


Katie Brown led our raffle, which was over $1,800 this week. Our speaker drew guest Steve Dahle’s name, who in turn drew the King of Diamonds, leaving the elusive Queen of Hearts available for next week’s candidate. 



Mike Fortunato shared the game plan for us to succeed in making this year’s "Maine Outdoor Challenge" another success. Mike encouraged everyone who is not participating on a team to volunteer for the event and bring a friend to the Lobster Bake on June 7th at the Amvets, North Road, Yarmouth. At the lobster bake, we will also have a silent and live auction, with Auctioneer/Past President Tom Saturley (who recently returned as a club member) officiating over the live auction. Mike announced that we need more high-quality items for the live auction. Please consider donating a cruise on your yacht or some time at your vacation home. Travis Parker and Alex St. Hilaire are also soliciting for the silent auction items, such as gift certificates donated by your favorite restaurant, a new lawn mower (thank you for the inspiration Harry Sawyer), etc. Please be creative in supporting our Club’s biggest fund-raiser. For more information/questions regarding item donations, please contact Travis (travisrparker@gmail.com) or Alex (alex.st.hilaire@td.com).


Rusty Atwood announced that the Maine Historical Society was having a "Mr. Longfellow's Cocktail Party and Magical History Tour" on May 12th and 13th. The cocktail party on May 12th will be from 5:30-8:30 p.m. and held at the beautiful and historic State Theatre, 609 Congress Street, Portland. The self-guided tour on May 13th will begin at the Maine Historical Society's Brown Library, 485 Congress Street, located next door to the Wadsworth-Longfellow House. Rusty encourages everyone to attend the events and said they are looking for volunteers to help with the cocktail party. For more information or to volunteer, please contact Rusty Atwood at: rra1362@me.com or 831-8017. Maine Historical Society website has additional information and tickets: mainehistory.org/support_magicalhistory.shtml


Roger Fagan called our attention to donation boxes (assembled by Russ Burleigh) for the purpose of soliciting used hearing aids to be refurbished and taken taken to the Dominican Republic in May, when the 3-H team makes their next trip to that country. The boxes can be positioned in strategic locations at members' own businesses or other highly-trafficked businesses. Roger asked that if you place a donation box, be sure to check back on it after a week. If the donations are not appearing or the donations are low, you might want to consider re-positioning the box at a different location or business. For more information, contact Roger at: drrogerfagan@gmail.com.


On Wednesday, May 3rd, there will be the annual 'Job Readiness and Interview Prep Day' at Deering High School from 10:15-10:55 a.m. Mock interviews will be held with high school juniors to help prepare them for real-life job interviews and making positive first impressions. For more information or to volunteer help, please contact Dave Small at: dsmall@nelsonsmall.com.

 

This Week's Duty Assignments

Invocation:  Paul Tully
Program Reporter:  Ben Lowry
Bits & Pieces Reporter:  Tom Talbott
Registration/Greeter: Danielle Conway
Sell Meal Tickets:  Andy Stone
Raffle:  Matt Tassey
Badge Box:  Chris Thomas
Collect Meal Tickets: Larry Gross 
*
Song Leader:  Gracie Johnston
Pianist:  Russ Burleigh
Sgt-at-Arms (Setup):  Justin Lamontagne
Sgt-at-Arms (Take Down):  Charlie Frair

*if hotel staff is unavailable

 

Rotary Meeting Locations

If you would like to mark your calendars,
we are scheduled at the following locations
through June 2017:

2017
Apr 21 - Holiday Inn By-the-Bay
Apr 28 - Holiday Inn By-the-Bay

May  5 - Holiday Inn By-the-Bay
May 12 - Holiday Inn By-the-Bay

May 19 - Clarion Hotel
May 26 - Holiday Inn By-the-Bay

Jun  2 - Holiday Inn By-the-Bay
Jun  9 -
Clarion Hotel
Jun 16 - Holiday Inn By-the-Bay
Jun 23 - Holiday Inn By-the-Bay
Jun 30 - Holiday Inn By-the-Bay


Blue BOLD dates are scheduled Board meeting days.

Any questions, please contact Loretta at: lrowe@maine.rr.com

 

Prospective Rotarians

As we receive applications for prospective members to join our Portland Rotary Club, the names of the applicants will be included in our Windjammer. Any information and/or comments you would like to share will be handled confidentially. Please contact Loretta Rowe: lrowe@maine.rr.com. Your input will be appreciated.

PROSPECT             BUSINESS
(Sponsor)                                                                           
Abdullahi Ali            Gateway Community Service
(Andreea Paine)

Thank you.

   
From The World of Tennis

ROTARY DOUBLES TENNIS LEAGUE
Winter/Spring Session 2017 

The teams for the Winter-Spring 2017 Rotary Tennis League are listed below. For information, contact Tennis Commissioner, Erik Jorgensen.

Here are the fourteenth week scores:

TEAM 1TEAM 2TEAM 3TEAM 4TEAM 5TEAM 6
BlakesleeBarnsSeddonChikuta
Gross
Bourdeau
HallPullenThompsonMooreIngramChipman
AschHerodesBlountJorgensenNickersonPutnam
Burleigh
Carr
St HilaireYoungGrammerMillick
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