The Rotator - Archive  Apr 14, 2009

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	Officers
	Sinikka Nogelo Ruth Pino Jon Morse, CPA Howard Frisch, CPA Leo Bergeron Rick Doucette Roger Armstrong   Carole Sharoff Joe Ciolino	------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------   ------------ ------------	President President Elect Treasurer Auditor Sergeant At Arms 1st Alternate 2nd Alternate   Secretary     Rotator Editor &  Internet Officer

District 7930 Governor - Thomas R. Elliott  2008-2009

District Web site: www.Rotary7930.org

Missed and Missing... David Babson, Kevin Bacon, Greg Bover, Shirley Conway, Ann-Margaret Ferrante, Bill Flygare, Julie Geary, Terri Jones, Ray Lamont, Dave Marsh, Brian McCook, Dave McKechnie, Steve Noble, Dan Ottenheimer, Barry Pett, John Rando, Maggie Rosa, Bob Ryan, Marc Sandler, Sergey Zemlyanski, Today's attendance is 38 present with 3 makeups out of 67 members for an average of 71%.

     Meeting Report: Gloucester Rotary Club                                         April 14, 2009

 Visiting Rotarians

      Chase Heberle was visiting from the Lakewood, Washington Rotary Club.  Oscar Padgent was visiting from the Topsfield Rotary Club. 

Guests of Rotarians

       Sal Frontiero had Kristen Scott from the American Cancer Society, and our speaker today, as his guest. 

Interact Club

       Interact members were not present today.

Makeups

      David Slade and Kevin McAveenery made up at Interact.  Ed Collard made up in Rockport. 

     Rotarians can now make up on line.  Check out www.rotaryeclubone.org , allow yourself 30 minutes to complete the makeup and make sure you print off a receipt of having completed your on line makeup.  Please hand  your receipt to Carole Sharoff in order for the attendance records to be adjusted. 

 Birthdays & Anniversaries

     Don Sudbay Sr. was reached by phone this week and the group sang (kinda) Happy Birthday to him.  Sue Ellis is celebrating 24 "wonderful" years of marriage.  John Dugger is celebrating 25 years since he started his own architectural firm.   

Vacations

      No vacations were reported today. 

Happy Thoughts

     Jim Cooke was happy to announce he is expecting his 3rd child in 3 years.  Jim admits he needs  to start  looking for a another hobby to keep himself occupied.   Jim Marr was happy to have purchased another new car from Sudbay Motors.  Don paid for the Happy Thought. Bruce Horne was happy to see Sheree DeLorenzo at 3 meetings in a row.  Ouch Bruce! Bruce was also happy to be starting a 10 day vacation.  Christopher Farmer was happy our own Interact Co-President Marcus Busdby has been accepted to Stanford.  Bruce Horne was a concerned father today, being happy that his daughter is moving back to Gloucester.  Bruce is even happier because the move will occur when he is on vacation.  (Maybe your daughter Bruce will cancel her move until you return all rested and tanned with a lot of energy to lift and carry all her stuff?) David Slade was happy to take his oldest granddaughter to her first Red Sox game.  Lilly Rose was a good luck charm for the Sox, who won their game!    Roger Armstrong was happy that the recent Share Music Concert at the Annisquam Village Hall shared 50% of the proceeds with the World War 2 Veterans Memorial and to support homeless veterans.  Julie LaFontaine was happy the Cape Ann Food Pantry has a new name:  Open Door, Feeding People, Changing Lives.  The name change was donated by Mullen Advertising.  President Sinikka was happy to have had a fundraiser for Cape Ann TV in Manchester.  President Sinikka was also proud of her niece for working for a high school in Harlem  The niece started something called the Water Bottle Club.  Sales from the water bottles go to the high school's first scholarship. 

 Fines

     Mike Costello was fined for being himself again today.  Greg Bover had a tour fine.  George Roark had a cell phone fine.  Rotarian's wearing blue jeans today, of which there were many, were fined by President Sinikka.  Members still going to the Elks for our meeting were fined again.  Brad Pierce received a dessert fine.  Rudy Macchi was fined for wearing Mary Black's badge.  Rick Doucette was fined for wearing Sergey Zemlyanski's badge.  Rick justified wearing Serge's name tag because he wanted the badge to see the light of day, since he has been elsewhere on Tuesday lately.  Rotarians also paid a pin fine today.      

    Club News

Save the Dates

April 29...Wednesday 4 PM  Rain Date April 30

• Meet at Stage Fort Park Playground for community area cleanup
• Playground and hill at Stage Fort Park, First Baptist Cemetery, Gus Foote Park, Rotary Traffic Island.
• Lawnmowers, Rakes, Shovels, Weedwackers with sawblade needed
•  Small cookout to follow at 7 PM

May 9...Saturday 7 PM    Rain Date May 16

• Painting of the Stage Fort Park Bandstand
• Tools Needed:  rakes, shovels, brooms, step ladders, and staging.
• Club will provide paint, brushes, gloves, coffee

If you have any questions or concerns please call Tony @ 978-902-8893

The more the merrier, bring a relative, a friend or two - many hands make for lighter work.

    Remember that on May 5 we are not having our meeting in Gloucester, the club will be assembling at a District Meeting at the Danversport Yacht Club on May 7.

    Don Sudbay Jr. is this year's nominee for our Paul Harris Award.  The award is the highest honor Rotary can bestow on a member.  Please take the opportunity to congratulate Don for this special honor.  A Paul Harris dinner will be scheduled, with the dates posted soon.  All Rotarians are expected to attend this special function. 

2008/2009 Speaker Assignments

CLUB MEMBERS

MONTH

DATES FOR SPEAKERS

Frontiero          Pett	April	07-14-21-28
Armstrong	May	05-12-19-26
Langis             LaMont	June	02-09-16-23-30

Scheduled Speakers

                                    April 28  Kristin Galla from the Boston Ballet  

                                    May 12, Mayor Carolyn Kirk on the State of the City

                                    May 19, Rose Fisher on the AGH Cancer Center

                                    May 26  Barbara and Bob Ellis from  "Share the Music"

ABC of Rotary Moment

     Kevin Bacon is up for next Tuesday's  ABC of Rotary Moment, Josh Arnold is first backup, Charlie Foster is the second backup, and the third backup is David Babson. Please have your   ABC of Rotary Moment ready. 

Winners and Losers...   Mike Costello gave an ABC of Rotary Moment, Tony Corrao won the money, and Jon Morse won the flowers.  No winners today in the card raffle.

Speakers....  Sal Frontiero introduced our speaker today, Kristen Scott, the Executive Director of Development 2009 America Cancer Society.  Kristenspoke about the Relay for Life being scheduled this summer at Newell Stadium. 

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