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Bill K. led us in his final presidential Pledge of Allegiance then asked Andy G. to lead us in the 4 Way Test. James A. shared a short and to the point Invocation for Bill’s last meeting as President.
President Bill introduced President Elect Lucie to introduce visiting Rotarians and guests. Guests were Taryn W., Andrea M., Nathan C., Nicole C., Christine L., and Emily E. Visiting Rotarians were Assistant Governor Suzanne I., Assistant Governor Tony W. and Ted T.
Bill thanked Susan G. for hosting a group of Rotarians at her camp last night who were attending the Change Over event Tuesday night at Camp Hinds and thanked Bernice W. and Lucie K. for bringing the food and drinks. We all left by 10 pm even though the event went until 11:30 pm! Thanks also to Jackson B., Roland G., Karen C., Taryn W. and Doug K. for coming. Bernice was teased a little bit about her speedy driving…34 mph in a 45 but in her defense she said, “but I was talking!”
Carl G. said the final check for the house would be forthcoming and the Rotary/COT house sold for $38,000.
There were no Red Ribbon updates today.
Dana Lane won the 50/50 of $34.
For their last Sergeant at Arms happy dollar and fines extravaganza, Joe M., Karen C., and Keith J. were very prepared!
Happy Dollars:
Heather M. is sad that they lost their car in an accident but happy that her husband is fine and “all his parts are working” – no one asked for details, Laurie Jo is celebrating her 20th anniversary, Mark T. brought a Rotary flag from Newport, VT near the Canadian border and was fined another dollar for having a good time, Joe B. had a 3 hour boat ride with all sorts of weather…and the Skipper and Gilligan, Sarah N. and her husband are expecting their 4th child in December - congratulations!, Jeremy R. is celebrating his 9th anniversary, Tony W. was happy to be at the Change Over last night, really? and happy with Bill’s successful year, Fausto was happy for six friends lending an ear of support, Paul D.’s wife Carol is retiring from UNUM on July 1st, Dana L. celebrated with family at Portland Headlight, Suzanne I. is just happy to be the new District Governor, Matt S. is on vacation for the next 10 days, Bill gave lots of happy dollars - $2 from Rollie so he could eat at ROTM and $5 to be “out of here”.
Fines:
Dana L. 10% for his 50/50 win and $1 for nepotism, Bill for prescription…not too much info about this fine?, Bill for mowing his son’s lawn and not his Dad’s lawn, Karen gave Bill two new SMHC hats since his were so dirty, Heather G. for her belated birthday, Bill since he and Ray D. were “caught”, Bernice for the wrong voicemail message last week, Lucie for her “full moon “ story at camp last night…don’t ask, Jackson for giving Keith the scoop on the full moon story and not Karen, Matt for not helping Bill carry in all his boxes this week, Matt and James A. were both fined for being so enthusiastic about Bill’s last meeting as president…how rude!, Matt, Sarah and Fausto for “the secret”, Bernice for Lucie’s gavel, Dennis for bringing his daughter to the meeting, Roland for sitting by himself out by the lake last night AND for leaving the Change Over before anyone else, Andy for his fancy fanny pack (do they still sell fanny packs?) and for messing up the 4 Way Test with “and” not “or”, Brian for not shaving but Bill can’t really tell the difference, Joe for being disrespectful to all his Sergeant at Arms today, Josh F. for coming to the meeting and another dollar fine for bringing a guest and finally any Rotarian that has not been fined during Bill’s presidency should cough up a dollar now!
Keith gave Bill an extra-large poster of his high school graduation picture, temporary glasses and all! Bill said he never realized how many times that photo would come back to haunt him!
James A. made fudge and passed it around…it was super yummy!
Bill had a few more awards to give out this week:
Fausto P. received the Paul Harris Award AND the Service Above Self award for club participation, for donating food for our events, and for donating money back to the club after events. Congratulations Fausto. You are a great Rotarian.
Andy G. was given the Private Sector Award for making our community better. Bill thanked Andy for all his guidance this year too. Congratulations Andy. We will miss you next year.
Laurie Jo received a Service Above Self Award for the countess hours she puts in as Treasurer. She inherited a mess and has fixed everything. Congratulations and thank you for all you do Laurie Jo.
Bill said that his year ‘flew by’ and he read a passage from “Boys In The Boat” about teamwork and the USA rowing team that won gold in Berlin in 1936. He assured Lucie, Jackson and Bernice that they would not be rowing the boat alone because we all work so well as a team. Bill also thanked all of us for being his TEAM for the past year. Thank you Bill for your leadership, your humor and never missing a meeting! Perfect attendance as President, just like Roland! With a few teary eyes in the crowd, Bill introduced the new Biddeford Saco Rotary President, Lucie Kay.
Lucie was placed in a chair with the banana hat and Bill proceeded tell us all a bit about our next President:
• Lucie had to troll the nursing homes looking for a husband,
• Lucie has two beautiful daughters,
• Lucie is the only person who would ever complain about having to move to a beautiful home in Hills Beach,
• Lucie has tons of vacation time every year,
• Lucie will be explaining for the next year how her pants ended up in the back of Bill’s car,
• Lucie sews Talbots tags in her Gap pants,
• Lucie will be completely gray in one year,
• Lucie can relate very well to our Rotary Club since we don’t pay taxes either,
• Lucie has English as a second language and has repeatedly called Bill names in French!
We all found these factoids quiet humorous! Lucie was given her gavel with the correct year but the wrong name. Thank you Bernice!
Karen brought a gift for Bill. It was an orange and black Biddeford Basketball chair…which was just a joke because he really couldn’t keep it! Bill added that if TA ever goes to Class C, they will play Biddeford again to which Jeremy replied, “We’re Class B!”
Lucie gave Bill his gavel with pin plaque which was correct. YAY! Nice job Bernice! Bill was also presented with a lovely Rotary lamp instead of the traditional Rotary chair for his year of exemplary service.
Thank you, Bill. You made Rotary meetings something to look forward to each week. Lucie has some big shoes to fill but we know she’ll be awesome. Welcome to the helm Lucie.
Meeting adjourned.
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