The Rotator - Archive  Aug 12, 2003

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		Officers & Directors		2003-2004
		President		Greg Bover
		President Elect		Joe Ciolino
		Treasurer		Jon Morse, CPA
		Secretary		Samuel J. Miceli
		Asst.Secretary		Carole Sharoff
		Directors	Jim Marr- Club Service	Bruce Horne-Vocational Service
			DonSudbayJr.-CommunityService	Steve Dexter-At Large Mary Black -At Large
			Sinikka Nogelo -International Service	Joe Ciolino-Pres. Elect
The Rotary Club of Gloucester, MA, U.S.A.		District 7930 Governor Paul E. Nader Sr.
Chartered 1923	"Where Route 128 Begins"	District Website: wwww.Rotary7930.org

Pancake Breakfast a Big Success !

Meeting Report: Gloucester Rotary Club                             August 12, 2003

Visiting Rotarians

     Oscar Padjen was visiting from the Topsfield Club.     

Guests of Rotarians

    Heidi Dallin, from the Gloucester Stage Company and our guest speaker today, was Bob Ryan's guest.

Interact Club

     Interact members are on school summer break.

Makeups

     No makeups were reported today.

Happy Thoughts

     Scott Chernov was again on the Don Sudbay band wagon.

     Barry Pett was happy to be celebrating the tenth anniversary of his back surgery.

     Barry was also happy to have the Pops Concert go off so successfully (despite the rain!).

     Dennis Acker was the proud daddy and displayed a calendar in which his daughter Maya was featured in a large pumpkin.  Maya is, of course, the baby for the month of October.

     Dennis Acker was also happy Citizens Bank awarded Wellspring House a $25,000 grant.

     Bruce Horne was happy to announce that Gorton's has opened up a new web site called Gorton's Fresh Seafood .com.

     Julie Sidon was happy her farm maple syrup won second place in a Connecticut competition.

Anniversaries & Birthdays

     Greg Bover is celebrating 25 year of marriage today.  Sue Todd was happy to be celebrating 33 "wonderful years" of marriage

     Joe and Joan Ciolino are celebrating starting their 13th year in business at the Weathervane.

Fines

     President Greg fined Alex Dellis for a ice cube mess he made at lunch today.

     Fines were issued to Rotarians who did not wear socks, and/or their Rotary pins today.

     Ruth Pino, George Roark, and Mary Black were fined for being late.

     Joe Parisi was fined for being in the Boston Globe.

Vacations

     Alex Delis spent a week in New Hampshire.

     David McKechnie spent on week on Lake Winnipesaukee with a broken boat and torrential rains.

     Jim McKenna spent a happy week at home bonding with his new baby boy.

     Leo Bergeron was happy to spend 2 weeks at home on vacation.

A Rotary Moment

    The next Rotary Moment will be given by Neil Mathews followed by the week after by Dave McArdle

Club News

     The Gloucester vs. Rockport Rotary  Golf Outing is tentatively scheduled for Thursday, September 11th at 1pm at the Rockport Golf Club.  The cost is yet to be determined.  Please sign up with Bruce Horne. 

Winners and Losers... No won the beverage of choice. George Roark won the money, and Sue Todd won the flowers.  No winners today in the card raffle.

Speakers....  Bob Ryan introduced our guest speaker today, Heidi Dallin from the Gloucester Stage Company.  Heidi talked about the history of the stage company and also about her own career.

Lunch Rating...   Meals will be rated by 5 stars, with 5 stars being the best. Today we dined on chicken caesar rollup with french fries..  The dinners at my table gave the food  5 stars.  When asked what would improve the meal the dinners suggested meal was just fine.

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