The Rotator - Archive  Apr 25, 2006

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	Jim Marr Don Sudbay Jr. Jon Morse, CPA Cheryl Collins Rick Doucette Bruce Nicholls Carole Sharoff Joe Ciolino	------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------	President President Elect Treasurer Sergeants At Arms Secretary     Rotator Editor and      Internet Officer

District 7930 Governor - David Fionda

District Web site: www.Rotary7930.org

Missed and Missing... Josh Arnold, David Babson, Bruce Bain, Mary Black, Perry Clark, Shirley Conway, Tony Corrao, Ann Margaret Ferrante, Sal Frontiero, Mark Grenier, Julie LaFontaine, Kevin McAveeney, Bran McCook, David McKechnie, Bruce Nichols, Sinikka Nogelo, David Olson, Joe Parisi, Jim Perry, Bob Ryan, Tom Simers, and Becky Sumner. Today's attendance is 35 present with 3 makeups out of 58 members for an average of 68%.

     Meeting Report: Gloucester Rotary Club                                           April 25, 2006

Visiting Rotarians

    No visiting Rotarians were in attendance today.

Guests of Rotarians

    Barry Pett had guest speakers Vito Calomo and Marcelo Bianconi as his guests today. 

    The clubs welcomed Gloucester Daily Times reporter Patricia Cronin as a guest today.

Interact Club

    Interact members were not present today.

Makeups

    Dave Stotzer made up two times, and Scott Chernov made up once at Interact. 

 Birthdays & Anniversaries

     Mike Costello celebrated his birthday today.  David Kenny and wife are celebrating 24 "wonderful' years of marriage.  John Dugger is celebrating the first time he met his wife. 

Vacations

       Jim Marr went to Foxboro (the city) for the long weekend.  Steve Dexter went to the Island of Nevis, in the British West Indies.  Christopher Farmer went to New York and Long Island.  David Babson went to Saint Kits, Charlene Glynn went to upstate New York,Cheryl Collins went to Saint Petersburg, and David Rose went to Disney World with the Docksider Band.  Howard Frisch took four days off to go antique hunting. 

Happy Thoughts

        Christopher Farmer was happy to have had the opportunity to go trout fishing on his vacation.  John Dugger was happy to have spent two hours at Shaws selling "Shop til you drop" tickets.  Mike Costello was happy to see John Dugger on the mend and not having any type of brace on today. Mike Linquata was happy to have the WW2 memorial installed.  Bruce Horne was happy to have his daughter, who is interested in becoming a dentist, work in Dr. Mike's office for the summer.  Ruth Pino was happy to finally have David Rose back as a member - it took two years for her to convince David to come back.  Ruth is also happy to have gifted her grandchildren with swimming lessons.  Steve Kaity was the proud dad today, announcing yet another production his daughter will be in at Gloucester High School - the production of Charlie Brown is next up for the aspiring actress.  Cheryl Collins was happy to have only gained two pounds during her vacation.  Cheryl is also happy to see her husband Danny did well during the League of Women Voters debate, plus Cheryl was also happy that a state inspector visited her business while she was away on vacation, and the business passed inspection. 

    Fines

             President Jim once again gave out the 'seat belt fine,' and once again the same members paid up.  Don Sudbay paid out for a car key fine. 

     Club News

            The Shop'til You Drop fundraiser is off and running.  Please plan on working the Rotary table at Shaw's Eastern Avenue or Railroad Avenue.  Supplies are kept on location, just take a minute to sign up with Steve Kaity or Leo Bergeron,  or just drop by, check with the store manager,  and start selling whenever you have some free time.  The drawing date is April 30, and the drawing location will be the Gloucester Pride Stride event at Good Harbor Beach.  The shopping spree will be on May 13 at the Eastern Avenue Shaw's at 6:30 in the morning, yes 6:30 am.  The fundraiser is one of our largest, we need participation from all members.  The Stage Fort Park Playground Re-Construction Project will benefit from the money raised. 

      May 6 (Saturday) is the date for us to assemble to maintain the band stand at Stage Fort Park.   This "sprucing up the bandstand" is a yearly event.  The job involves scraping paint, painting, and landscape work.  Members can come for an hour, early or late, just plan on helping out, please!  The work is done in the morning and is completed by noon.

      May 13th is the date for the Rotary Track Meet being held at Beverly High School.  The meet is usually held in Gloucester, but the GHS field is wet so the meet is  going to be held in Beverly.   Rotarians are needed to help out with running the event.  Please see George Roark, who is coordinating the event. 

      May 17 is Paul Harris Dinner this year.  Please join us in honoring Jon Morse, Charlie Foster, and a player to be named by the Interact Club.  Save the date! Check with Joe Parisi to sign up.  New members- this is a very important evening for the club, please come stag, with a spouse or significant other, just make sure you attend. No regular meeting will be held on May 16th due to the Paul Harris Dinner.  

      May 20 is the day for the First Parish Cemetery Cleanup.  The club has taken to cleaning up  this historic cemetery located on Centennial Avenue.  Bruce Horne heads up this project, please see him to sign up. 

       Remember please, President Jim has asked that every member participate in  at least one of these club events. 

      June 6 at 6 PM is the date and time for the last Director's Meeting in President Jim's year.  The meeting is very significant in that the funds we have all been raising this year are disbursed by the club's directors.  The evening will be a pot luck supper. Board Members and  spouses or significant others are encouraged to attend.  The location is Casa Ciolino, 28 High Popples Road. Check with President Jim for details.      

Winners and Losers...  Greg gave a Life Refection today.  George Roark won the money, and Tom Siemers won the flowers.  No winners today in the card raffle.

Speakers....  Barry Pett introduced our guest speakers today to talk about the state of the fishing industry.  Vito Calomo and Marcelo Bianconi spoke about the economics of the fishing industry today.