The Rotator - Archive  Apr 20, 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 Emeritus		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...Greg Bover, Cheryl Collins, Shirley Conway, Tony Corrao, Steve Curcuru, Alex Delis, Steve Dexter, Rick Ducette, John Dugger, Bruce Horne, Steve Kaity, Bill Mantz, Jim Marr, David McKechnie, Jim McKenna, Fran Mondello, Donna Morris, Bob O'Maley, Jim Perry, Marc Sandler, John Scuccimarra, Julie Sidon, Carole Sharoff, David Slade, and Cayte Ward. Today's attendance is 32 present with 0 makeups out of 54 members for an average of 59%.

Meeting Report: Gloucester Rotary Club                            April 20, 2004

Visiting Rotarians

      No visiting Rotarians were present today.

Guests of Rotarians

      Rotarians had no guests today.

Interact Club

     Interact members were not present today due to school vacation.

Makeups

     No makeups were reported today.

A Rotary Moment

    The next Rotary Moment will be given by Josh Arnold followed by David Babson and Leo Bergeron.

 Birthdays & Anniversaries

     No birthdays or anniversaries were reported today.

Vacations

     No vacations were reported today.

Happy Thoughts

     Sue Todd's 8 year old granddaughter wanted to wear what the boys are wearing for her First Communion.  The issue was resolved in binding arbitration that a dress would be worn but only if it was not going to be "poofy".  A lesson in the "art of making a deal!"

      Brad Pierece was happy to announce that the stork is planning a visit to his daughter's house in 8 months or so.  Congrats to all.

      Jon Morse was happy to be celebrating the end of tax season. Jon was also taking off on vacation, and checked out a Red Sox game on Saturday past.

      Herb Goodick was happy to be the recipient of some club fellowship.  Herb called us a "wonderful gang".  You are a "wonderful guy," Herb..

      Howard Frisch was also happy that tax season is over.  Howard is happy to be leaving for Florida this week.

      Rudy Macchi was happy to be able to pay his tax bill and still be able to afford a vacation.  Rudy, your life is one vacation after another!  Rudy was also happy to present Mike Costello with two books, one "The South Beach Diet" and the second a book on "Rotary Wisdom".  Rudy suggested that Mike put the "Rotary Wisdom" book next to his bed, and to check it out when he has trouble sleeping.

     Don Sudbay Jr. was happy the Cape Ann Bowling Center  had it first regional race-off .

     Joe Parisi was happy about a Red Sox encounter.

     Ruth Pino was happy to have attended a Boston "gala" for Wellspring that raised $500,000.

     Ruth was also happy that she earned the laurel of being one of the top agents in her company.

     Mike Linquata was happy to be back from wintering down south.

     Joe Ciolino was happy to see Mike Costello lobby at the City Council.  Joe said Mike was at his best that night.    

Fines

     Acting President Joe Ciolino fined our resident CPA's to observe the end of tax seasons and for the planned vacations that seem to follow.

     Rudy Macchi was fined for embarrassing Mike Costello with his book presentations.

     Mike Linquata was fined for basking in the sun all winter while we all froze our butts off!

     A pin fine was placed out of respect for President Greg.

    Club News

     May 1st is when the Interact Club will be conducting a car wash 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 Paris announced hat 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 runoff at Shaw's.  Please try to attend.  John Scuccimmara will have some coffee and tastiest to help us wake up.  Following Shaw's, 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 Grill  on May 18th.  Please come and tell us how you rate this restaurant, under new management.

Winners and Losers... No won the beverage of choice.  Mike Linquata won the money, and Leo Bergeron won the flowers.  No winners today in the card raffle.

Speakers....  Josh Arnold gave his classification speech today.

Lunch Rating...   Meals will be rated by 5 stars, with 5 stars being the best. Today we dined on teriyaki steak tips and apple cobbler for dessert.  The dinners at my table gave the food 3 stars.  When asked what would improve the meal the diners suggested a menu change.

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