Bob Dickey has been with RBC Wealth Management (RBCWM) for over 45 years in several roles that have all had a focus on working with the firm’s advisors and the equity markets. Bob has a large following of individuals and institutional investors in the U.S. and Canada.
As the firm’s Technical Strategist, Bob publishes the “Technical Update,” a daily public market commentary and also a monthly chart pack, “Market Maps,” which seek to guide advisors and their clients in the equity, commodity, and fixed income markets. Bob is a past winner of the Business Week Magazine Market Predicting contest and the Wall Street Journal Dartboard contest and was awarded “Best in Business” by Twin Cities Business Monthly Magazine.
Prior to joining the Portfolio Advisory Group in 1988, Bob managed the Options Department for eight years and also worked for six years in the Margin Department of RBCWM.
Bob is a lifelong resident of Edina, Minnesota, where he lives with his wife and three grown children, who are still close by. Bob majored in Architecture at the University of Minnesota.
When Past District Governor Ann Lee Hussey speaks about Polio eradication, she talks convincingly, because she is a survivor. She became infected with Polio at 17 months old during an infectious outbreak in Maine. She became ill just three months after the first Salk vaccine was released. Her presentation to the Rotary Club of Portland on September 13 gave the meeting attendees an inspirational education about why and how she has supported Polio eradication.
Ann Lee is often invited to speak to Rotarians, as well as at international forums, to the media and public policy hearings about the importance of supporting health immunization programs. Her focus is to promote the eradication of polio by bringing the prevention vaccine to every corner of the world. She has been with many humanitarian Rotary missions for this purpose. As a result of her experience and advocacy, she is an informed and passionate supporter for providing access to vaccinations to prevent many communicable diseases, like Polio. She is an immunization champion.
Jonas Salk created the polio vaccine that has been used since 1955; Albert Sabin created another version that has been on the market since 1961. Together, these two vaccines have nearly eliminated Polio from the face of the earth. (Science Daily)
During the 1950's, the names of the people who were diagnosed with Polio were published in the newspapers. As a result of Ann Lee's name being made public, a lady in Brunswick began to send her regular supportive correspondence. She continued to communicate with her for 35 years. The kindness of this friend taught her the meaning of giving and the art of receiving. "She is my best example about what it's like to experience living in Maine. Never underestimate the impact we each can have, as an individual, on another person's life," she said. Ann Lee's experience with helping others and having been helped, led her to becoming involved in Rotary. The Rotary Foundation is among the participating groups in the private-public partnership to eradicate Polio, along with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, UNICEF and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, among others.
She witnessed the effects of Polio in places where there has not been a history of widespread immunizations, when she saw victims of the disease in India. She described a defining moment when she met a 9-year old girl in India who was wearing a brace because she had been infected with Polio. "I cried for her," she said.
Progress is being made to eradicate Polio, particularly in Africa. Nevertheless, there has been an increase in infections in places where bringing the vaccine to the people has been challenged by misinformation campaigns. A genetically modified vaccine that will remain stable without refrigeration will expand access to immunization to reach remote places, like in Afghanistan.
Ann Lee expressed gratitude to Rotarians who have contributed to the international Polio eradication campaign. She said she is grateful to have been born in a country where she could receive the care she needed to help her recover.
(L-R: President Amy Chipman and PDG Ann Lee Hussey.)
The Rotary years come and go so fast and we marvel at how the new Club President adapts to the quick, but busy schedule, of each meeting....keeping us on track. Typically, the President will secure a table close to the front of the room, as the so-called “head table.” This week it was the table of the Presidents, past and present, since President Amy was surrounded by Past President (and Past District Governor) Ann Lee Hussey, our guest speaker, Christine Byrne, current President of the Portland Sunrise Club, along with our own Club Past Presidents Peter Goffin, Loretta Rowe and John Marr. President Amy welcomed the 44 members, 2 guests and 1 visiting Rotarian.Keeping with the Presidential theme, the invocation was offered by PP Tom Talbott (photo at left), who reminded us that 18 years ago he was Club President and recalled the profound tragedy of the terrorists’ acts of 9/11, a date in time forever etched in our minds. Tom read three profound statements made by contemporary political luminaries, Mayor Rudy Giuliani, President George Bush, and President William Clinton. Each statement was poignant, but Tom left it to each of us to determine who the author was of each statement. Each fit the time, then and now, and gave no sense of politics….only the passion of the time.We have member Rhonda Ferreira(in photo at right) to thank for taking to the keyboard and leading us in a full-throated and heart-felt rendition of “God Bless America.” PP Jim Willey led us in our “Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America."
We have been rather fortunate with our scheduling at the Clarion. However, on October 25th, we will need to vacate and are looking to do some community service project in lieu of a formal meeting. Stay tuned for more details.While you are holding dates, make sure that you remember that we will honor our Veterans eight weeks from this meeting, specifically November 8th at the Seasons Event & Conference Center at the Ramada Plaza, 155 Riverside St, Portland. Paul Tully (ptully@maine.rr.com) and Charlie Frair (cfrair47@yahoo.com) are once again hard at work pulling it all together. Please get in touch with either of these Rotarians and offer to help them in some way.
Our Club is known for its singing and it's usually more fun when showing our fellowship and pulling together a quartet, such as we had with Dave Putnam, Mike Fortunato, PP Tom Talbott (at left in photo at left) and Ben Jackson (at center in photo at left), who led us in singing “King of The Road.” Dick Giles(at right in photo at right) asked our venerable and ever-honest guest speaker, Ann Lee Hussey to pull the name of one lucky person to have the opportunity to win over $800 in the weekly raffle. It came as no surprise that there was no name on the ticket, just the initials of PTG! PP Paul Gore(at left in photo at right) came ready to make his donations pay off, but he could not get to the Queen of Hearts, so the pot grows for next week.
PP John Curran has been very much involved, along with Roger and Liz Fagan, with our 3-H International projects. We will be helping in the Dominican Republic as in years past, but adding to that will be a project in Guatemala. John is also arranging for another Hands-and-Hearing project, which will also have a connection with a cataract center in south western India, likely in February 2020. The opportunities and needs are many and the principals invite you to take part.Paul Tully and Charlie Frair have done it again! This dynamic duo has found another way to focus on service to our country and initiated the “Flags for Heroes” campaign. We had over 50 Rotarians who paid $100 to honor a person in their life who has been a model of Service Above Self. We worked in partnership with the Maine Mall and had a forest of flags on display, which got great attention for the club, as well as the individuals honored. Thanks also goes out to PP Paul Gore and PP Cyrus Hagge who jumped in to help with printing, painting and storage. (See separate article this issue.)
Portland Rotary accepted our "Flags For Heroes" project with only 5 weeks to put it all together. It consisted in obtaining 100 American Flags with acceptable and sturdy stands, getting them assembled and placed in the Maine Mall, South Portland. Plus each flag was to be sponsored by someone to represent a hero in our communities.....whether a firefighter, teacher, veteran, parent, employer, first-responder and many more. As a Club, we pulled together and had a fabulous outcome!
It took many hands to make the project come to fruition:
assembling the flags and staffs together,
aligning the bases in their special locations,
placing the flags in the stands,
then affixing the dedication signage on each one,
until the breath-taking display of flags materialized.
The project was a great success and touched many people who walked through the Mall and encountered this proud display. One such note we received from Joanna of Tenants Harbor summed it up:
"Last Thursday afternoon I was trailing through the crowds at the Maine Mall and was stunned by the sight of a small forest of American flags gently stirring beneath the sky light. Thinking it was a 9-11 memorial, I wandered into the center of it, joining others who were quietly walking, crouching to read the plaques, or simply standing there, enveloped in the red, white, and blue stillness. I discovered that it was the Flags for Heroes Exhibit, sponsored by the Portland Rotary. I learned that each flag represents a hero who has made a contribution to their community, including educators, therapists, medical personnel and first responders, police and firefighters, business owners - 100 names, 100 flags, 100 thank-yous to those who have given of themselves. This was a particularly moving experience for me, discovering it on the day after 9-11 and the loss that day represents. I want to thank Charlie Frair, Paul Tully, Paul Gore and all the Rotarians and volunteers who put this wonderful event together. I won’t forget it."
Invocation: Alan Nye Program Reporter: Erik Jorgensen
Bits & Pieces Reporter: Ben Lowry
Photographer: Paul Gore Registration/Greeter: Jennifer Frederick Sell Meal Tickets: Bruce Jones Raffle: Justin Lamontagne Collect Meal Tickets:Brian McDonough Sgt-at-Arms: Scott Blaskeslee
The following items are needed on an on-going basis. Please feel free to bring them to a meeting where we will collect and distribute them to the appropriate projects.
Crutches4Africa - Crutches, canes, folding walkers and wheelchairs to be shipped to Africa. Contact: Erik Greven at: egrev95@gmail.com
Toiletries for the Shelters - Collect those tiny bottles of toiletries you are paying for during your next hotel visit and bring them home for members of our society who find themselves staying at a shelter and in need of personal hygiene products.
Bob Dickey has been with RBC Wealth Management (RBCWM) for over 45 years in several roles that have all had a focus on working with the firm’s advisors and the equity markets. Bob has a large following of individuals and institutional investors in the U.S. and Canada.
Keeping with the Presidential theme, the invocation was offered by PP Tom Talbott (photo at left), who reminded us that 18 years ago he was Club President and recalled the profound tragedy of the terrorists’ acts of 9/11, a date in time forever etched in our minds. Tom read three profound statements made by contemporary political luminaries, Mayor Rudy Giuliani, President George Bush, and President William Clinton. Each statement was poignant, but Tom left it to each of us to determine who the author was of each statement. Each fit the time, then and now, and gave no sense of politics….only the passion of the time.
We have member Rhonda Ferreira (in photo at right) to thank for taking to the keyboard and leading us in a full-throated and heart-felt rendition of “God Bless America.” PP Jim Willey led us in our “Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America.".JPG)
Our Club is known for its singing and it's usually more fun when showing our fellowship and pulling together a quartet, such as we had with Dave Putnam, Mike Fortunato, PP Tom Talbott (at left in photo at left) and Ben Jackson (at center in photo at left), who led us in singing “King of The Road.” 
Dick Giles (at right in photo at right) asked our venerable and ever-honest guest speaker, Ann Lee Hussey to pull the name of one lucky person to have the opportunity to win over $800 in the weekly raffle. It came as no surprise that there was no name on the ticket, just the initials of PTG! PP Paul Gore (at left in photo at right) came ready to make his donations pay off, but he could not get to the Queen of Hearts, so the pot grows for next week..jpg)
PP John Curran has been very much involved, along with Roger and Liz Fagan, with our 3-H International projects. We will be helping in the Dominican Republic as in years past, but adding to that will be a project in Guatemala. John is also arranging for another Hands-and-Hearing project, which will also have a connection with a cataract center in south western India, likely in February 2020. The opportunities and needs are many and the principals invite you to take part.
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