In honor of January being Vocational Service Month, the Oxford Hills Rotary Club invited guest speakers to come to its meetings and share their vocation with the members at the First Congregational Church in South Paris.
Each speaker was presented a framed certificate of appreciation, according to a news release from Patty Rice with the rotary club.
Jeff “Pete” Preble of Turner, a past president of the Auburn-Lewiston Rotary Club and brother of Oxford Hills’ past President David Preble, recently shared his vocation as a civil engineer with Wright-Pierce.
Aaron Ouellette of Mechanic Falls, co-owner of Oxford’s Daddy O’s diner, shared how he and his wife Amanda started out in the hospitality industry and how they’ve worked their way up to celebrating 15 years of owning and operating their diner with 22 employees on staff.
Comments are not available on this story. Read more about why we allow commenting on some stories and not on others.
We believe it's important to offer commenting on certain stories as a benefit to our readers. At its best, our comments sections can be a productive platform for readers to engage with our journalism, offer thoughts on coverage and issues, and drive conversation in a respectful, solutions-based way. It's a form of open discourse that can be useful to our community, public officials, journalists and others.
We do not enable comments on everything — exceptions include most crime stories, and coverage involving personal tragedy or sensitive issues that invite personal attacks instead of thoughtful discussion.
You can read more here about our commenting policy and terms of use. More information is also found on our FAQs.
Show less