Nola Propeller Club to Honor Scalise As Maritime Person Of The Year

The New Orleans Propeller Club will honor Rep. Steve Scalise, the U.S. House Majority Whip from Jefferson Parish, La., as its 2018 Maritime Person of the Year. The Propeller Club will hold its 85th annual Maritime Person of the Year Gala October 30 at the New Orleans Downtown Marriott, located near the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center.

The evening will begin with a cocktail reception at 7 p.m., with dinner following at 8 p.m. Registration for the event is $130 per person or $1,000 for a table of eight, with sponsorships available. To register, visit www.propclubnola.org, call 504-779-5671 or email propclubnola@bellsouth.net.

A special hotel rate of $139 per night is also available. To make reservations by October 9, call 800-228-9290.

Scalise represents Louisiana’s First Congressional District, which includes portions of both the south shore and north shore of Lake Pontchartrain, including stretches of both the Mississippi River and Gulf Intracoastal Waterway. He was elected to Congress in 2008.

Scalise is a member of the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce, one of three standing committees in the House. He is also on the Energy Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.

Scalise was shot and critically wounded June 14, 2017, in Alexandria, Va., while participating in a practice for the Republican congressional baseball team in advance of the annual congressional baseball game. The shooter, James Hodgkinson, was shot and later died of wounds suffered in a shootout near the baseball field. In the year since the shooting, Scalise has undergone numerous surgeries.

He returned to the House September 28, 2017, less than four months after the shooting. He was greeted with cheers and an extended standing ovation.