New Member Classification Talks

President Bill convinced three of our newest members to introduce themselves to the other club members in what was once known as a “classification talk”.

 First up was Pierre Giroux.  Pierre owns the Saco Veterinary Clinic on North Street.  He grew up in Northern NH on a dairy farm, attended UNH for his undergrad program and Ohio State University for Vet School.  He’s been working locally for the past 6 years.  Pierre is happily married with 3 children (15 year old daughter, 13 year old son and a 9 year old daughter).  Pierre found that he had more free time and truly enjoys volunteering and helping in the community.

Next up was Mark Nahorney.  Mark is the Director of Community Relations at UNE where he also spent a number of years as the Dean of Students.  Mark is currently the president of the Biddeford City Theater.  Mark is a transplant from CT.  He married his high school sweetheart and has 3 grown children and a grandson.  Mark said that he had attended Rotary events in the past but didn’t really know what we were about or who we were.  He likes the community building & actions we do as citizens-making a difference.  Mark mentioned that it took him 5 years to complete is undergrad program, attended Boston University and ran a 250 seat pub.

Our final speaker was Conrad Welzel.  Conrad started by thanking Jim Godbout for getting him involved with Rotary.  He has been in the area for 40 years and actually met his wife in a bar in OOB. He has a daughter and a granddaughter.  He has spent the last 25 years working for the Maine Turnpike Authority.  He is the government relations person.  He works on special projects right now which allows him more free time.  He worked at Burger King in Saco when it first opened.  YMCA for several years (don’t blame him if your kids still can’t swim ), did some construction work where he met Carl Goodwin.  Likes to swim, hike and canoe.  His favorite thing is “good eating”.  He expects to retire in 2-5 years and thought this was a great opportunity to get back into the community.

Thank you gentlemen for your bravery in standing in front of this group of Rotarians!  I apologize if I changed any of your history.  We can always set the record straight next week.  Great job by everyone!!