The Rotator - Archive  Apr 20, 2010

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Club Number 6613	Officers
	Ruth Pino Josh Arnold Jon Morse, CPA Howard Frisch, CPA Leo Bergeron Isaac Wilhelm Carole Sharoff Joe Ciolino	--  --  --  --  --  --  --    --  --	President President Elect Treasurer Auditor Sergeant At Arms Alternate Secretary     Rotator Editor &  Internet Officer

District 7930 Governor - Ingrid Brown  2009-2010

District Web site: www.Rotary7930.org

 Missed and Missing...  Greg Bover, Ed Collard, Jim Cooke, Chris Costello, Steve Dexter, Tom Dexter, Rick Doucette, Meredith Fine, Charlie Foster, Howard Frisch, Sal Frontiero, Terri Jones, Ray Lamont, Jim Marr, Dave Marsh, Brian McCook, Dave McKechnie, John Morris, Steve Noble, Dan Ottenheimer, Barry Pett, Maggie Rosa, Mike Sarraf, Carole Sharoff,

Scott Smith, Kim Spaner, and Todd Tanger.  Today's attendance is 37 present with 2 makeups out of 63 members for an average of 62%.

Meeting Report:  Gloucester Rotary Club                                 April 20, 2010

Visiting Rotarians

No visiting Rotarians were reported today.

Guests of Rotarians

-John Dugger had his newly-minted-licensed-driver-daughter Sam as his guest today.

Interact Club

The Interact club members were not present due to school vacation this week.  

Makeups

Bruce Horne made up in Rockport and George Roark made up online.

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

Birthdays and Anniversaries

No birthdays were reported today.  Sue Ellis is celebrating her 25th wedding anniversary.

Vacations

John Dugger spent 2 days in Vermont.  Dave Stotzer spent 4 rainy days in Maine.

Happy Thoughts

David Slade was happy to go the Boston Marathon this year and look out for a  runner who plans on running 60 marathons this year.  (The Boston race was his 20t; he is running to raise money and autism awareness.)  Julie LaFontaine was happy to be attending this year's Boston Marathon with her husband. Jon Morse was happy to report that he survived April 15th once again.  Eric Noble was happy  he had the opportunity to go see the Boston Marathon and a Red Sox game later that same evening.  David Slade was happy  he is flying to California to see his daughters and grandchildren.

Fines

President Ruth gave everybody attending Rotary today a fine - because she can!

Club News

_{Jon Morse, Bruce Tarr,}

_{Joe Ciolino, Brad Pierce  and Steve Kaity enjoy the Spaghetti Supper.}

_{Here is a pair that will beat any full house.  Tony and Howard working the Spaghetti Supper}

Here's lunch for the next several weeks:

April 27     Sirloin steak tips, basmati rice, Asian vegetables.  Cream puffs for dessert.

May   4      Grilled chicken with island salsa, vegetable medley, roasted sweet potatoes.  Caribbean flan for dessert.

May 11     Stuffed haddock, green beans, salad, rice.  Coconut macaroons for dessert.

May 18     Chicken and broccoli, salad, peach cobbler with whipped cream.

May 25     Sausage with peppers and onions  OR  Hot dogs with peppers and  onions, corn on the cob, coleslaw.  Brownies with vanilla ice cream for dessert.

 2009 / 2010 Speaker Assignments

Speaker Co-Chairs for  April are: Bruce Horne and Steve Noble

April    27    Paul Harris Luncheon

Save the Date

April    27   Paul Harris Luncheon

May      1    Paint and scrape the bandstand at Stage Fort Park - Saturday starting at 6:30 am till12:00 Noon

May     6    Thursday evening starting at 5:30 pm, the 30th Anniversary of Cape Ann Television event will be honoring Sinikka Nogello.

May      8    First Parish Cemetery Cleanup 8 am to ?

May   11  Today is "Significant Other" day at Rotary.  Take the opportunity  to share your Rotary experience with your spouse, partner or "Significant Other" by bringing them to Rotary with you.

May 26th   Paul Harris Night, Wed. 5:30PM at Cruiseport, in lieu of luncheon meeting on Tuesday, May 25th.

ABC of Rotary Moment

Tom Alves is up for next Tuesday's ABC of Rotary Moment, Scott Smith is first backup, Kim Spaner is the second backup, and the third backup is Dave Stotzer. Please have your ABC of Rotary Moment ready.

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Winners and Losers: David Slade gave the Rotary Moment today. Don Sudbay won the $10.00, Julie Geary won the flowers, and no winners in the card raffle today.

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Speaker today: Bruce Horne, introduced out speaker today,  Anne Ronan.  Anne spoke about the Community Preservation Act and how to apply for consideration of your project.

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