The Rotator - Archive  Apr 27, 2010

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	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...  Josh Arnold, Greg Bover, Ed Collard, Tony Corrao, Chris Costello, Rick Doucette, Christopher Farmer, Meredith Fine, Bruce Horne, Ray Lamont, Jon Morse, Dan Ottenheimer, John Rando, Kim Spaner, and Don Sudbay Jr.  Today's attendance is 49 present with 4 makeups out of 64 members for an average of 77%.

Meeting Report:  Gloucester Rotary Club                                April 27, 2010

Visiting Rotarians

Barbara and Bob Ellis, and Chas Kreis were visiting from the Rockport Club.

Guests of Rotarians

Steve Kaity had past member Shirley Conway as his guest today.  Sherre DeLorenzo had her sister as her guest today.  Julie LaFontaine had her co-workers at the Food Pantry as her  guests today.  Sinkka Nogelo had Marty Morgan as her guest today.

Interact Club

The Interact Club members present were senior Sandra Morris, sophomore Sara Sodlowski, freshman Melodie Orrell, and  Matt Bamarito Jr.  Melodie spoke  about her school activities and future school plans.

Makeups

Brian McCook made up in Danvers, Terri Jones made up online, and Bill Flygare made up 2 times at the  Manchester/Essex Club.

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

Mike Costello celebrated his birthday this week.  Steve Noble is remembering that he meet his wife 20 years ago today.

Vacations

Bob and Barb Ellis spent 2 weeks in Hawaii.  Jim Marr and Charlie Foster spent 5 1/2 day at sea cruising the Hawaiian Islands.  Todd Tanger spent some time in New York City, visiting the in-laws.  Chas Kreis visited Micky in Florida, Pat Thorpe went to Portsmouth, New Hampshire, also took in two games at Fenway Park.  Mark Greneir went to New Hampshire for 2 days.  Carole Sharoff spent 2 nights in Newport.  Tom Dexter spent 5 days on vacation.  Scott Smith visited Seattle and Portland, Oregon.

Happy Thoughts

David McKechnie was happy about the grant received by the Shriner's Hospital for Children.

Fines

No fines were issued due to the Paul Harris Ceremony held today.

Club News

Here's lunch for the next several weeks:

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, cole slaw.  Brownies with vanilla ice cream for dessert.

 2009 / 2010 Speaker Assignments

Speaker Co-Chairs for  April are: Charlie Foster and Julie LaFontaine.

May   4     Business Meeting
May 11    Loretta Peres, The Chill Zone
May 18    Mayor Carolyn Kirk
May 25   Jack Vondras, Gloucester Public Health

Save the Date

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. 5:30 at Cruiseport, in lieu of Tuesday, May 25th lunch meeting.

ABC of Rotary Moment

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

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Winners and Losers: Scott Smith gave the Rotary Moment today.  Bob Ellis won the $10.00, Barb Ellis won the flowers, and no winners in the card raffle.

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Speaker Today:   One needs to mark milestones that the Gloucester Rotary Club makes through the years.  Today's lunch was one of those milestones.  As everyone knows,  the Paul Harris Award is the most prestigious award the club can give out.  The awards are given out in two ways: one  is by the selection of a candidate by the Paul Harris Committee (made up of all former Paul Harris Fellows). The second is by donating $1,000 to the Rotary Foundations which many have been doing by giving $100 a year to the Foundation.  Today, Shirley Conway and Sinikka Nogelo  reached that $1000 donation mark. 

Steve Kaity presented Shirley Conway with her medal.  Sinikka Nogelo, a past Paul Harris recipient,  presented  her medal to Marty Morgan for Marty's work on the Food Pantry's Open Bowl Fundraiser.  Congrats to all.

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