Pledge of Allegiance: By President-Elect Jackson            

Patriotic Song & who led it: Jackson Brown led the meeting     

4 Way Test & who led it:   Roland Gagne    

Invocation (prayer) & who led it:  Joe Moreshead     

President-Elect  Introduces Visiting Rotarians & Guests: None this week

Announcements:  There will be various announcements from the President & possibly other members of the club.  You can always ask for the member’s notes for clarification if needed.  

-Laurie Jo mentioned we are in desperate need of volunteers for the auction. We still need 6 people on the phone lines. She encouraged anyone who is available to show up at 11:30 Sunday and she will assign a job.She offered to train those who are willing to help out.        

-Prayers for Lucie Kay, Her mother in law passed away Monday, March 20.

-Reminder Gov. Lepage will be attending the 3/29 meeting 

-Jim gave a rotary house update- flooring will be installed throughout April

50/50 Drawing:  List the amount and who the winner was.  Sometimes the winner will donate the proceeds back to the club and earmark it for a specific cause.

$ 31   Winner: Earl Goodwin to Red Ribbon        

Sargent At-Arms: Matt Simmons

-Bill Kany- Was fined and actually gave money!

-Roland Gagne spoke of a $7500 contribution that was made to the club

Happy Dollars:

_Bronwyn- Happy that Community Bicycle Center was awarded a 6 year grant to implement a 7th grade to graduation mentoring program. 

-Lawrence Boyle- 2 sons celebrated birthdays

-Conrad- 6 mo old granddaughter was very ill and is now doing well and recovering.

FINES:

Tammy, Bill Kany, Rob Moody, Mark Nahorney, & Jeremy Ray for receiving Reader’s Choice awards, and congrats too!                                                                                                                                                                                                

Speaker Presentation:  

             George Powell visited our Rotary Club today

George is the CEO of Summit Diagnostics, a company that he started in 1988. They perform drug testing, and they have a clear understanding of laws, drug addiction, & recovery. They watch drug related trends. He presented a power point presentation which included everything from how addiction happens, to the effects on a person, to the consequences of drug use. 

Maine has the highest rate of drug use over any other state.

Addiction most typically starts from prescription drugs. This occurs when a patient is prescribed a medication to take for pain and is on it for too long and becomes dependent. 15,000 people die each year from drug overdoses.  78 people die each day in the US from overdoses. They are from prescription drugs, opioids,  stimulants, and central nervous system drugs. Fentanyl, a synthetic opiate, is coming to US from China, and is a huge problem here. Drug screening may be performed via saliva test or a urine test. The machines that scan saliva samples cost around $300,000! The urine sample test kits cost around

$7 and test for 16 different drugs. They can indicate whether a drug is present but won’t tell you  which specific drugs are present. 

George gave a very informative talk and we all learned what a widespread epidemic this has become. James A. said we are all subject to a urine  sample after the meeting *  

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