Waldo County High Sheriff Jason Trundy has been elected president of the Belfast Rotary Club. Inducted at the Club’s June 26 annual meeting, Sheriff Trundy takes the reins of the 70-member Club during its 100th year of providing service to the Belfast community. The Club’s centennial plans include construction of a $200,000 accessible playground at City Park, in cooperation with the City of Belfast.

“This is a legacy project,” said Trundy. “It will be something for the entire community to enjoy for many years to come.”

Silent and live auctions at the Club’s annual dinner raised nearly $4,000 for the playground legacy project. Proceeds from the Club’s August 16 “Evening by the Bay” gala and auctions, the kickoff event of this year’s 17th annual Belfast Harbor Fest celebration hosted by Belfast Rotary, will also support construction of the new playground.

Also honored at the annual dinner were Dorothy Havey, Executive Director of the Belfast Area Chamber of Commerce, and her husband, David McCurdy. The two Club members were named “Rotarians of the Year” in recognition of their continuing service to the Club and the community.

Outgoing Club president Steve Norman, director of the Belfast Free Library, was presented with a Rotary International Paul Harris Fellow award, acknowledging his service to others and the Club’s gift in his name to the Rotary International Foundation for its humanitarian efforts. During his year-long tenure, Norman oversaw the Club’s strategic plan and added ten new members, making it one of the largest and most active Rotary groups in the area.

Belfast Rotary Club’s year-round projects raise and distribute more than $150,000 each year in high school scholarships, support for food pantries and soup kitchens, holiday gifts for more than 200 children from low-income families, donations for community projects and help for families in need.

Belfast Harbor Fest, the fund raising event that will take place August 16, 17 and 18, will launch with “Evening by the Bay,” on Friday evening, Aug. 16, and celebrate the city’s maritime history and traditions. Saturday, Aug. 17 will begin with a 5K road race and blueberry pancake breakfast and continue with activities for adults and children all day. There will be Front Street Shipyard tours, harbor rows and sails, a Come Boating! regatta, craft vendors and exhibitors, a Pinewood Derby wooden car race, live music, food trucks and children’s activities. Harbor Fest concludes Sunday morning, Aug. 18, with the Cardboard Boat Race at the Boathouse beach. For a complete event schedule, or to be a Belfast Harbor Fest sponsor, go to belfastharborfest.com.