Paul Harris Fellows

Bill Bassett

Laurie Bassett

Bridget Burns

Robert Bohlmann

Joseph Carleton

Buzzy Cather

Bill Chigas*****

Margaret Chigas****

Ron Collins

Chuck Cumming

Karen F. Darling

John Dean

Heidi Desveaux

Robert Foley

Rick Goodrich

Orrin Granger

Russell Grethe

Luke Guerrette**

Rosemary Guptill

Cathy Hansen*

Lee Hansen**

Dennis Hardy

Billy Hobbs*

Bill Hobbs, Sr.

Terry Hodskins

Suzanne Ilsley

Richard Johnson

Bob Jorgensen

Walter Leffler

Linda McDermott

Mike McDermott*

Sandy Mickeriz

Nikos Minadakis

Jim Morrison

Brad Paige

Helene Plourde

Nick Poli

Bill Ryan

Joe Sheehan

James Spiller

Dennis Thayer

Eleanor Vadenais

Marcia Vieira

Bernie Wideman

Jim Wiggin

Jake Wolterbeck

Diana Young

 Four Avenues

of Service Chairs 

Club Service Chair:

Dennis Hardy

Community Service Chair:

TBA

International Services Chair:

Kathy Thorton

Vocational Service Chair:

Jon Sevigney

John Bartlett

Sergeant-at-Arms:

Dennis Thayer

 President Rotary International

John Kenny

District Governor

Jeff Pelkey

District Governor Elect

Ann Lee Hussey

Past District Governor

Brad Jett

Last Week

 Member Spotlight

Bob Foley who donated the winnings to the Food Pantry.

Announcements

Dennis Hardy asked for RSVP's to his cocktail party this coming Saturday night at his home, and we were reminded that on June 2 Mr. Li of the East restaurant is donating all the proceeds to our club.

Dates to Remember

Last week's Speaker

Steve Abbott, Republican candidate for governor, opened his remarks by saying that he grew up in Orono and now lives in Portland. Steve has a 9-year-old girl, Hannah, and a 5-year-old boy, Henry. When the campaign started in January, Henry announced, "he liked it better when Daddy made money." And before the convention Henry's advice was, "just talk about business." 

Steve then said that he would change the attitude toward business in Augusta. People do their jobs the way they're being led, and an attitude change from the top would bring change to the legislature. He felt economic change was the most important change along with programs to reduce the size of government. Social programs are started and then forgotten about. They should be reviewed periodically, and if not working, eliminated. An example is the fact that there are three different global warming task forces in Augusta. That's a federal issue, not a state issue, and Augusta needs to keep the eye on the ball and work on things they can affect. He also emphasized the problem of businesses not being able to compete with the welfare system. 109,000 people have been added to the welfare system in the last 5 years. A system has to be developed where people on welfare are trained to do new jobs and are still helped monetarily when they get new jobs until they can go off of the system. He ended by saying that he was optimistic about Maine's future but we had to do better. Steve was asked about the casino question in Maine and stated that as governor, if the people wanted a casino, he wouldn't block it. And as far as the legislature being mainly Democratic, Steve felt with the right leadership the centrist Democrats would work together with him.

Thought for the Week

Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others.

Robert Louis Stevenson
Scottish author (1850 - 1894)

 Wells Rotary Closing Notification Policy:

If Wells schools are closed there will be no meeting.  Information can be found by checking channel 6 or going to www.WCSH6.com.  Click on "closings & delays."  The listing will be shown as "Wells-Ogunquit CSD 18."
 

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