The Rotator - Archive  Apr 19, 2005

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		Officers & Directors		2004-2005
		President		Joe Ciolino 2004-05
		President Elect		Jim Marr     2005-06
		Treasurer		Jon Morse, CPA
		Sargents At Arms		Cheryl Collins Rick Doucette Bruce Nicholls
		Secretary		Carole Sharoff
		Directors	Don Sudbay Jr. -Club Service      2006-07	Sinikka Nogelo Vocational Service  2008-09
			Bruce Horne Community-Service       2007-08	Steve Kaity,           at - Large
			Ruth Pino -International Service       2009-10	Joe Parisi, at-Large
Celebrate 100 Years of Rotary
The Rotary Club of Gloucester, MA, U.S.A.		District 7930 Governor  Donna Marie D'Agostino.
Chartered 1923	Oldest Fishing Port in the United States	District Website: www.Rotary7930.org

Missed and Missing... Dennis Acker, Roger Armstrong, Josh Arnold, Bruce Bain, Mary Black, Joanne Carbone, Kathy Ciluffo, Tony Corrao, Alex Delis, Steve Dexter, Mark Grenier, Mat Langis, Bill Mantz, David Mckechnie, Jim McKenna, David Slade, Becky Sumner, Todd Tanger, and  Sue Todd. Today's attendance is 38 present with 9 makeups out of 56 members for an average of 84%.

Meeting Report: Gloucester Rotary Club                             April 19, 2004

Visiting Rotarians

      Bob Gillis was visiting from the Rockport Club.

Guests of Rotarians

     Jim Marr had Doris Labbe, our guest speaker today, as his guest. Jon Morse had Tom Siemers, the new Administrator at AGH, as his guest.

Interact Club

     Interact members  were not present today due to school vacations.

Makeups

     Gaye Brown and Dave Stotzer made up at Interact.  Carole Sharoff, Ruth Pino, Joe Parisi, Don Sudbay Jr., Joe Ciolino and Jim Marr made up at a District Conference.

A Rotary Moment

    The next  Rotary Moment will be given by Todd Tanger, followed by Sue Todd and Dennis Acker.

 Birthdays & Anniversaries

     No birthdays or anniversaries were reported today.

Vacations

     Rick Doucette went to Philadelphia for a Craft Brewers Convention.

Happy Thoughts

     Bruce Horne was happy the Rockport Golf Course is open for the season.  Brad Pierce was happy  to share a story about the Rotary secret handshake.  Barry Pett was happy the Rotary Bowling meeting was so much fun.  Mike Linquata was happy to be back for the summer.  Mike was also happy to have Dr. Arsenanon as his doctor. Dave Babson was happy to have rescued his hunting camp from the Essex marsh.  John Dugger was happy he did not hit an elderly woman when he was rear ended. John was also happy his daughter Sam did well in a bowling tournament.  Ruth Pino was happy to throw at Joe Parisi the same dinner roll she tossed at him at a District Meeting for making a sexist remark. Joe Paris was happy to have raised 20K at an auction held for Saint Ann School.  Rick Doucette did an outstanding job being the auctioneer. Sinikka Nogelo was happy to have had an opportunity to speak to a younger member of the Costello family recently.  Mike Costello was happy to predict that pigs were going to fly off Thatcher Island when the alcohol ban is lifted in Rockport. (Note - flying pigs were sited Mike, congrats...it has been a long time coming (150 years). Greg Bover was happy he had an opportunity to burn a 3 year accumulation of brush.  Greg is also happy to be giving  a slide show on May 11 on the Switzerland Organ Project.

Fines

    Mike Costello was fined for advertising for volunteers during the blessing.  Steve Kaiity was fined for a not-so-flattering Easter photo.  Sal Fronterio was fined for some shameless self promotions.  Members who did not turn over their raffle money were fined. Joe Parisi was fined for his sexist remark at the District Conference.

    Club News

Thank You Sal Frontiero for taking notes for this week's Rotator!

     April 30th is the date for the cemetery cleanup.  This year we will be assisted by some guests of Sheriff Cousins. 

     May 3 is the date or our next road trip.  The club will be meeting at the Visitor's Center at Stage Fort Park at our usual time.  Mayor John Bell will be  our guest of honor.  Mayor Bell will announce the distribution of the Community Development Block Grants for this year.  Last year we received $10,000 toward our Centennial Project, we are hoping that Mayor Bell will look kindly toward our project again this year.  The rain date will be May 10. 

     May 21 is the date for the band stand cleanup, please circle the date and plan to help out.

 Stage Fort Park Centennial Project

     Please consider signing on as a sponsor of our Centennial Project - The Stage Fort Park Playground Sponsor Levels include - Gold Sponsorship, $1000 will purchase a picnic table, Sliver -$650 will purchase a bench, and Bronze - $400 will purchase a tree. All sponsors will be acknowledged on a display at the playground.

Winners and Losers...Sal Fronterio won the beverage of choice.  Don Sudbay Jr. won the money, and Dave Babson won the flowers.  No winners today in the card raffle.

Speakers....  Doris Labbe spoke about her family's experience dealing with a family member addicted to oxycontin.

Lunch Rating...   Meals will be rated by 5 stars, with 5 stars being the best. Today we dined on pork roast with rice, salad and raspberry shortcake dessert.  The dinners at my table gave the food 5 stars. 

Celebrate Rotary The Rotary International Theme for 2004-2005