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Rotary Meeting on September 18th
will be at
HOLIDAY INN BY-THE-BAY
88 Spring Street, Portland
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Posted by Rusty Atwood
on Sep 15, 2015
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 Dr. Paul Berkner is the Director of Health Services at Colby College in Waterville, Maine and a co-founder of the Maine Concussion Management Initiative in 2009.
Dr. Berkner received his Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (D.O.) from the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine and completed his residency at Morristown Memorial Hospital in New Jersey. He practiced with Middlebury Pediatric Medicine in Middlebury, Vermont before coming to Colby.
Dr. Berkner specializes in pediatrics and formed the Maine Concussion Management Institute (MCMI) along with Joseph Atkins, Ph.D, a psychologist and Dean of Students at Colby and William Heinz, M.D., a medical orthopedist with OA Associates for Orthopedics in Portland.
The mission of MCMI is:
To improve the safety of Maine’s youth by increasing awareness, promoting advocacy, and standardizing the management of activity-related concussions.
MCMI works with schools – their administrators, coaches, athletic trainers, nurses, parents, and athletes (along with the medical community) to reduce the real and lasting dangers of traumatic brain injury. This work is done through education, outreach and advocacy. They succeed with input from multiple disciplines and interested parties, including an involved and active board of directors.
As time moved forward, and with the support of the Goldfarb Center for Public Affairs and Civic Engagement at Colby, so did MCMI. This growing organization – allied with and based at Colby – went on to earn the trust and participation of more than 100 Maine high schools and middle schools. MCMI continues to educate coaches, athletic trainers, trained local doctors and school nurses on the risk and signs of concussions.
Secondary schools in greater Portland who participate in MCMI include: Deering, Portland, Westbrook, Falmouth, Yarmouth, Cape Elizabeth, Gorham, Greely, NYA, Waynflete, Scarborough and South Portland.
Presently, MCMI is collaborating with the Harvard Medical School, Boston Children’s and Spaulding Rehabilitation hospitals on groundbreaking new concussion research.
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Posted by Ben Lowry
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.jpg) Last Friday, we had the pleasure of hearing about the business of sports marketing from a local in the know, Brian Corcoran of Shamrock Sports and Entertainment. Brian, or “BC” as he is known, is the president and founder of the local company, which houses fifteen employees and provides marketing services for local, national and international sports entities, including NASCAR, The Indiana Pacers of the NBA, Circuit Americas, a Formula One group, and The Professional Bowlers Association, which Brian and Shamrock brought to Maine just last year for a major event at Bayside Bowl here in Portland.
While these huge name national accounts keep Brian and his Shamrock staff busy, he spent most of the program discussing local events that have become passion projects as they continue to grow in size, impact and awareness. Like The TD Beach-to-Beacon, every local sporting event begins with an idea and sponsorship. Over the past year, Shamrock has introduced southern Maine to at least four events that could eventually become fixtures in the sporting scene. The professional bowling event in Portland last March brought in more than 1.5 million dollars to the local economy, while allowing over 2 million viewers nationwide access to our own Bayside Bowl via ESPN. The “Tough Mudder” event in Westbrook last summer, an obstacle course of sorts, brought in over 10,000 participants! The Division III college hockey championships were held at the Colisee in Lewiston last spring, bringing over $5 million to the region, and the First Annual “Santa Hustle,” held in November of 2014, included almost 7000 runners dressed in holiday garb and showed how “The Power of Me,” as Brian called it, can bring sport and finance together in a Maine-based sporting event.
Maine may be in the forefront as organized sports, and the billion-dollar athlete, begin a slow decline over the next generation. With the natural resources to host the gamut of outdoor recreational sporting events, whether organized or not, whether for big money or not, the diversity of the state and the “lifestyle oriented” attitude of its people give rise to an excitement that may be building. In these local events, Shamrock and Brian have seen that the passion exists to create something truly special right here in Maine.
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(Photo: President Bowen Depke, Brian Corcorcan, and Rusty Atwood.)
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Posted by Erik Jorgensen
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As President Bowen opened the Rotary meeting with a full house (59 members, 6 guests and 2 visiting Rotarians) on the 14th anniversary of the tragic 911 events, a somber prayer was offered by Paul Tully, followed by President Bowen recalling his time in New York in the actual World Trade Center on September 10th. Everyone seemed to be chatting about where they were during that day.
 Tom Nickerson led the raffle draw with our speaker drawing a guest's name, Ben Delcourt, to try his hand at finding the Queen of Hearts to win the +$520 pot at stake; alas, he drew the wrong queen. So the pot continues to grow.
Tom should henceforth be referred to as “Professor Nickerson,” as he is teaching a class this fall at SMCC. He joins other Rotary educational luminaries like Rob Chatfield, Don Tuski and Don Zillman in the world of higher education.
Gracie Johnston led us in a rendition of "If I Had a Hammer," a song that she noted she’d selected as a tribute to 911.......she wished we’d had a hammer of warning before that event. Notably, most of the members knew the words by heart.
The tennis league reports that, with (at least among some of us) a grinding of artificial knees and the cracking of Advil bottles, it is starting out the 2015-16 season, this year without the oversight of tennis commissioner, Bill Blount, who is on disability leave (DL).
 The Alzheimer’s Association is having its annual walk on Saturday the 26th. You are invited to join Rotary’s team, walking in honor of our own Harry Sawyer, who is suffering from this disease. Those interested in participating should contact Don Lowry: ospreydon@gmail.com.
(Photo above: Don Lowry [left] and Harry Sawyer [right]. Howie Herodes [center])
George Crockett introduced Andreea Paine, our newest member – who is from Romania, speaks six languages, and currently works with Goodwill Industries as a Business Service Rep. She lives in Gray. Welcome, Andreea!!
(Photo at right: George Crockett, Andreea Paine and President Bowen)
President Bowen reminded us that Andreea will be joining other new members in wearing a red dot on their name badge for six months, which signifies that they are new members. Be sure to reach out to all our new members.
Mike Fortunato announced that an upcoming project would be the refurbishment of the monument in Andrews Square, in honor of Harry Andrews, the first Portlander killed in WW1. Andrews Square, located at Pine and Clark Streets (near Aurora’s) will be the focal center for a special Veterans’ Day program that Mike and Peter Goffin are spearheading for November 11th. Rotary will be having a pre-event breakfast at the Holiday Inn that day. Watch your emails for further details!
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Janelle LoSciuto and Dillon Bates are the proud parents of a new baby boy (name yet to be decided) that came into our world on Monday, September 14, 2015, at 10:17 p.m., weighing 7 lbs 11 oz. and measuring 20.25 inches long.
Everyone is doing well!
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Posted
on Sep 15, 2015
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Invocator: Russ Burleigh
Program Reporter: John Marr
Bits & Pieces Reporter: Tom Talbott
Registration/Greeter: Rusty Atwood
Sell Meal Tickets: Adam Shepherd
Raffle: Ellen Niewoehner
Badge Box: Loretta Rowe
Collect Meal Tickets: None
Rotary Moment in History: Laura Young
Song Leader: Bill Blount
Pianist: Kathy Grammer
Sgt-at-Arms (Early): Chase Bowker
Sgt-at-Arms (Late): Mac Collins
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Portland Rotary meeting locations for 2015
If you would like to mark your calendars,
we are at the following locations through Sep. 2015:
Sep 18 - Holiday Inn By-the-Bay
Sep 25 - The Clarion Hotel
Oct 2 - Italian Heritage Center
Oct 9 - Holiday Inn By-the-Bay
Oct 16 - Maine Medical Ctr Research Lab
Oct 23 - Holiday Inn By-the-Bay
Oct 30 - The Clarion Hotel
BOLD dates are scheduled Board meeting days.
Any questions, please contact Loretta at: lrowe@maine.rr.com
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Posted by Loretta Rowe
on Sep 15, 2015
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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 the Club Secretary (Loretta Rowe: lrowe@maine.rr.com). Your input will be appreciated.
PROSPECT BUSINESS SPONSOR(S)
Murachanian, Jean Burleigh & Grammer
Parker, Travis T.R.Parker Paul Gore
Woodworks
Varrell, Linda Broadreach Depke & Force
Pub. Relations
Delcourt, Ben MEMIC John Marr
Thank you.
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Posted by Bill Blount
on Sep 15, 2015
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THE ROTARY DOUBLES TENNIS LEAGUE
Fall 2015
Rotary Tennis Fall Session 2015 has begun.
The first week's scores are:
| TEAM 1 |
TEAM 2 |
TEAM 3 |
TEAM 4 |
TEAM 5 |
TEAM 6 |
| Barns |
Blakeslee |
Lowry |
Bourdeau |
Gross |
Seddon |
| Thompson |
Ray |
Noyes |
Hall |
Ingram |
Blount |
| Moore |
Herodes |
Chipman |
Bowker |
Putnam |
Asch |
| Grammer |
Carr |
Jorgensen |
Burleigh |
Sawyer |
L.Young |
| 0 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
bye |
bye |
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Posted by Loretta Rowe
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The meeting minutes of the Portland Rotary Club's Board of Directors are posted on our website the month following their approval. From the "Home Page," click on the "Board Meeting Minutes" in the listing at the left.
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