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From: Mary Delmore <br /> To: Adam Edwards <br /> Cc: LLRC Lona Lake Rowinq <br /> Subject: Support of LLRC <br /> Date: Wednesday,February 26,2020 2:33:48 PM <br /> My profile: <br /> Orono resident for 26 years <br /> Novice master rower with LLRC <br /> Recently 63 yr old retired attorney <br /> Founding and regular user of the Orono Activity Center <br /> Attention Orono Parks Commission, <br /> I have lived in Orono for 26 yrs.and have watched the area evolve with the Highway 12 bypass <br /> project,development of multiple neighborhoods, the shop Long Lake effort and the face lift <br /> associated with the 112 reconstruction project. <br /> Ever since the LLRC started rowing on Long Lake I watched them with keen interest. It is such an <br /> elegant,artful sport that very of us have had an opportunity to try or watch. When working out at <br /> the Orono Community Center I met some master rowers and noticed that the Orono Community Ed <br /> offered an adult learn to row class with LLRC. I put aside my inhibitions and took the class. I was a <br /> recently retired attorney and at 62 and S foot 2"with no prior rowing experience-- I was hardly the <br /> likely recruit. <br /> I was totally hooked after my first time on the water. <br /> The sport is very artful and requires a deceptive amount of technique that will take me years to fully <br /> develop. I am ergging at the Long Lake Fire Department January—March before getting on the <br /> water this spring. Ergging at the LLFD is fine example of a community partnership with LLRC. <br /> I have met a number of new people who live in the community and surrounding area in the Masters <br /> club and everyone is very welcoming and gracious to a novice rower with zero experience. It's been <br /> refreshing to take on a new challenge and push myself out of my comfort zone—and all right in my <br /> back yard. It's not a sport for the faint of heart. <br /> I am confident the LLRC will continue to be a strong community partner and good steward of Long <br /> Lake. You should consider me a representative example of a committed community member <br /> interested in the both the future of Long Lake and the LLRC. I strongly urge you to support _LRC and <br /> provide the public community an opportunity to try rowing. <br /> Watching rowers on the lake is very picturesque and is a unique sport that distinguishes Long Lake. <br /> It should be fostered. <br /> Sincerely, 41111 <br /> Mary Delmore <br />