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The Rotator - Archive Apr 13, 2004
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Officers & Directors

      2003-2004

President Greg Bover  2003-04
President Elect Joe Ciolino    2004-05
Treasurer Jon Morse, CPA
Secretary Emritus Samuel J. Miceli
Secretary     Carole Sharoff
Directors

Jim Marr-Club Service 

2005-06

Bruce Horne-Vocational Service  2007-08
Don Sudbay Jr Community-Service       2006-07

Steve Dexter-At Large

Mary Black -At Large

Sinikka Nogelo-International Service       2008-09
 

The Rotary Club of Gloucester, MA, U.S.A.

District 7930 Governor Paul E. Nader Sr.

Chartered 1923

Oldest Fishing Port in the United States

District Website: wwww.Rotary7930.org

 

Missed and Missing... Gaye Brown, Shirley Conway, Tony Corrao, Steve Curcuru, Alex Delis, Steve Dexter, Rick Doucette, John Dugger, Dave McArdle, Jim McKenna, Fran Mondello, Donna Morris, Bob O'Maley, Joe Parisi, Marc Sandler, Julie Sidon, Carole Sharoff, Becky Sumner, and Cayte Ward.  Today's attendance is 36 present with 2 makeups out of 54members for an average of 70%.


 

Meeting Report: Gloucester Rotary Club                             April 13, 2004

 

Visiting Rotarians

      No visiting Rotarians were reported today.

 

Guests of Rotarians

      Charlene White, our speaker today, was David Slade's guest.

 

Interact Club

      Interact members were not present today.

 

Makeups

      Charlene Glynn and Cheryl Collins made up in Rockport.

 

A Rotary Moment

      The next Rotary Moment will be given by Dennis Acker, then Josh Arnold, and David Babson.

 

    

 Birthdays & Anniversaries

      No birthdays or anniversaries were reported today.

 

Vacations

      No vacations were reported today.

 

Happy Thoughts

 

     David Slade was happy his youngest daughter was visiting for a week.

     Bruce Horne was happy to take in five holes at the Rockport Country Club.

     Jim Perry's son has made his decision that Boston University will be his college.  Jim is happy that the decision is finally made.

     Sue Todd was happy to thank us for our expression of sympathy for her loss.

     Scott Chernov was happy to have spent Passover with his family.  Scott told a sad story about an apple pie and unleavened bread for Passover.  

      David McKechnie was happy his nephews are doing well in their career choices.

    

Fines

      President Greg gave out no-tie fines, pin fines, and Supermarket Sweep fines.

 

    Club News

       April 24th is the day we tackle the First Parish Cemetery cleanup.  The Interact Club will also participate in this event.  See Bruce Horne to sign up.

       May 1st is when the Interact Club will be conducting a carwash fundraiser at Gorton's parking lot on Rogers street from 9 am to 1 pm.  Please stop by and support the Interact Club.

       May 1st is also the Freshman/Sophomore Rotary-sponsored Spring Track Meet held at Newell Stadium, starting at 9:30 AM.  Please see George Roark to sign up to help.

       Joe Parisi announced that on May 8th we will be holding our annual fixer-upper at the band stand at Stage Fort Park.  Please check with Joe Paris to sign up.

       May 8th at 6:30 am ( yes AM) will be the "Shop till you Drop" winner run off at Shaws.  Please try to attend .  John Scuccimarra will have some coffee and tasties to help us wake up.  Following Shaws, we all will head to the Bandstand for the cleanup.  (Rotarians try to pack as much into a morning as possible.)

       We will continue our wine and dine around program with a lunch at the Catfish Gill on May 18th.  Please come and tell us how you rate this restaurant, under its new management.

 


Winners and Losers...No won the beverage of choice. Jim Perry won the money, which was donated to the food bank, and Herb Goodick won the flowers.  No winners today in the card raffle.

 

Speakers.... David Slade introduce our guest speaker, Charlene White and her great dane, Brownie. Christine trains these dogs for service to mobility impaired individuals.  Because of the dog's size, they can be put in a harness that will help their owners walk safely.

 

Lunch Rating...   Meals will be rated by 5 stars, with 5 stars being the best. Today we dined on baked fish and salad .  The dinners at my table gave the food 5 stars.  When asked what would improve the meal the diners suggested the meal was perfect.

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