The Rotator - Archive  Aug 23, 2005

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	Officers
	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... Dennis Acker, David Babson, Bruce Bain, Mary Black, Kathy Ciluffo, Mike Costello, Steve Dexter, Rick Doucette, Sal Frontiero, Bruce Horne, Steve Kaity, Julie La Fontane, Rudy Macchi, Fran Mondello, Donna Morris, Sinikka Nogelo, Jim Roark, George Roark, Mark Sandler, Julie Sidon, David Slade, and Becky Sumner.  Today's attendance is 37 present with 0 makeups out of 57 members for an average of 65%.

Meeting Report: Gloucester Rotary Club                                                  August 23, 2005

Visiting Rotarians

    Chas Kris and Bob Ellis from the Rockport Club.

Guests of Rotarians

    Shirley Conway had 4 guest from Addison Gilbert Hospital, including our guest speaker today, Steven Laverty.  Jim Marr had Connie Moceri from Seaside Glass as his guest.

Interact Club

    Interact members are on summer vacation.

Makeups

    No makeups were reported today.

 Birthdays & Anniversaries

    Scott Chernov celebrated his birthday today.  Carole Sharoff is celebrating her 13th wedding anniversary; Sue Todd celebrated 35 years, Leo Bergeron celebrated 25 years, and Dave Stotzer is celebrating 1 year (seems much longer!) of wedding bliss.  Joe Parisi celebrated his 23 year anniversary working at the Building Center. Ruth Pino is celebrating her 6th anniversary with Carlson Realty.

Vacations

    Bob Ellis spent 2 months in Ireland.  Cheryl Collins had a Rockport vacation.  David McKechnie spent time at a YMCA family camp, Gaye Brown went to York Beach,  and David Olson went to Mystic Connecticut.      

Happy Thoughts

 Bob Ellis was happy to have attended his first Pancake Breakfast. Roger Armstrong was happy with how the pancake breakfast is so well run.  Sue Todd now has the dubious claim to fame of being only the second woman in our club's history worthy enough to flip pancakes.Charlene Glynn was happy to be back after her maternity leave of absence.  Carole Sharoff was happy to have Charlene back at the club.  Brad Pierce was happy his life experiences have all contributed to him working the beer truck at the Waterfront Festival.    Tony Corrao was happy that all the Rotary Banners made there way safely back home after the breakfast.  John Dugger was happy to catch his first blue fish of the summer.  Cheryl Collins was happy to be closing on house number 2.  Joe Parisi was happy to have the Planning Board sign off on the Riverdale Housing Development.   Greg Bover was happy to be on a cruise.  Charlie Foster was happy the Pancake Breakfast  went so well.  Scott Chernov was happy he had some family visiting last week.  Cheryl Collins was happy that her plumber is back.  David McKechnie was happy that his team ( The Dodgers) won the Little League World Series.  Ruth Pino was happy her family was in town to enjoy the beaches and the shopping.

    Fines

   Scott Chernov was fined for not paying attention to  a stop sign at our local Stop and Shop parking lot.  Scott was also fined for mentioning the Cape Ann Bowling Lanes.

     Club News

   Dates to Remember.... September 6, no regular meeting is scheduled .  (Nor will the board meet that day.) September 29th is the  Past President's Dinner to be held in the Harbor Room  at 8 Norwood Court ( off East Main Street). Please check the calendar section of our web site for more details on the above events.

    President Jim gave a club award to Seaside Glass for all their help in making up screens for the bandstand.  Connie Moceri accepted on behalf of the owners of Seaside Glass.  Don Sudbay Jr. was happy to hand over a check to Sue Todd, CEO of Pathways for Children.

Winners and Losers...  David Kenny won the beverage of choice.  Matthew Langis won the money, and David Olsen won the flowers.  No winners today in the card raffle.

Speakers....  Shirley Conway introduce our guest speaker today, Stephen Laverty, CEO of Northeast Health System.  Mr.. Laverty spoke about the state of the health care system in Massachusetts.