A Pack of Presidents
Paula T. Olson
THE LAKEWOOD KEY
Lakewood Rotary celebrated President’s Day in rare form. The club was awash in Past Presidents. I don’t dare try to name them all as I’m sure I’ll miss one or two, but I counted at least eight. Our current President Jason was away in Texas, watching his daughter blow away the field in a half marathon. All of our other officers were away at PETS or “how to be a Rotary officer” training school. So we were delighted to have our meeting led by one of our favorite PPs – Jim Rooks. And you’d think he’d never left. He started the meeting on time, asked Bob Peterson to lead us in an invocation and Ralph Lockhart to lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance.
Let’s enjoy some fun facts about our Presidents. James Madison was the shortest and the lightest at 5’4” tall and 100 pounds. Abe Lincoln and Lyndon Johnson were the tallest at 6’4”.
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