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| Congressional candidate Ken Harbaugh keynoted the 2018 Truman-Kennedy Society Breakfast |
SHELBY
– Members of the Truman-Kennedy Society gathered on Saturday, May 19 for their eleventh
annual meeting. The group was organized
in 2008 to perpetuate the memories of Presidents Harry S. Truman and John F.
Kennedy, both of whom were born in the month of May. Persons from across north-central Ohio attended
this year’s gathering.
Making his third visit to the Shelby
area in the past year, Congressional candidate Ken Harbaugh delivered this
year’s keynote address. His name will
appear on the November general election ballot in the sprawling Ohio 7th
Congressional District. It contains all
or parts of 10 counties, including northern Richland County.
Mr. Harbaugh noted that both Presidents Truman and
Kennedy had “a sense of humor that they brought to the job” as the nation’s
leader. He cited two examples:
·
Attributed to
Pres. Truman is this quote: “If you want a friend in Washington, get a dog.”
·
When asked to
explain how he had become a naval hero, Pres. Kennedy quipped laconically,
"It was involuntary. They sank my boat."
On
a more serious note, Mr. Harbaugh decried the constant assaults on immigrants
and reminded the crowd that the United States has been “a nation at war – 17
years now.”
Ken Harbaugh grew up in a military family, the son and
grandson of Air Force combat pilots. He
joined the U.S. Navy, became a pilot, and led reconnaissance missions in the
Middle East and off the North Korean coast.
After his discharge, Ken became a leading advocate for military
veterans, most recently serving as president of Team Rubicon Global, an aid
organization that has trained more than 45,000 military veterans to deploy to
natural disasters in the U.S. and around the world.
Mr. Harbaugh and his wife Annmarie live in Avon in
northern Lorain County with their three young children.
