The Rotator - Archive  Aug 5, 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 this Saturday!  August 16TH

Meeting Report: Gloucester Rotary Club                             August 5, 2003

Visiting Rotarians

      Ingrid Brown, President, Kevin Kiely, President-Elect, Harold Beaton, and Bud Curtis all from the Rockport Club.  Mark Grenier was visiting from the Peabody Club.

Guests of Rotarians

      Catherine Henry had Ralph Johnson, our guest speaker, today as her guest.

Interact Club

     Interact members are on summer school break.

Makeups

      No makeups were reported today.

Happy Thoughts

      Scott Chernov had an unpleasant happy thought about his car being a target for sea gull.  Scott, you have to have the attitude in Gloucester that every time you get hit by a seagull it is considered a special blessing from God. Scott, we all know you are special.

      Ingrid Brown, the current President of the Rockport Club, invited everyone to attend their Lobster Fest on Saturday.

       Kevin Kiely invited everybody to the Mary Tyler Moore Lobster Race.  ( the winner  goes in the pot last!)

       Sue Todd was happy to receive a grant to help sexually abused children.

       Pat Thorpe was happy that his bank was, in a recently survey, ranked high for service .

       Marc Sandler was happy to be a new grandfather.  The Sandlers welcomed a baby boy named Aaron. Congrats!

      Bruce Horne was happy his wife has taken off her cast.

      Old Jim Perry is happy that young Jim Perry is home from his recent trip.

      Don Sudbay Jr., was happy to have a new "Mr.Goodwrench" in his employ.  Jim Marr is helping out at the bowling center, assembling "things" for Don "Ed" Sudbay Jr.

      Cheryl Collins was happy to go on the Rotary Social Trip to Salem.  Cheyl enjoyed the cruise.

Anniversaries & Birthdays

      Rick Doucette celebrated his birthday today.  Ruth Pino met her husband 36 years ago today. 

Fines

      President Greg fined all members who did not go on the Rotary Boat Cruise and did not pay the first fine.

      Members who did not help out at the bandstand cleanup were also fined.

      President Greg fined Scot, Julie, and Karl for being late.

      Dave Stotzer was fined for blocking Cameron's parking lot with his car.

      Rockport President-Elect Kevin Kiely was fined for calling the women members of his club "chicks". (Sensitivity training for Kevin sounds like a must.)  

      Jim Marr was fined for having a "free cabinet" on his sidewalk in front of his home. Greg's spy

     insinuated the Jim was saving the cost of a trash sticker, but Jim insisted that he was recycling!

Vacations

     Dennis Acker and daughter Maya built, by Dennis's count, a thousand sand castles on a Cape Cod beach.

     Sal Fronterio went to catch a Red Sox game in Baltimore.

     Steve Dexter spent his vacation on the Annisquam River.

     Pat Thorpe vacationed in Massachusetts and Rhode Island.

     Scott Chernov went  to Long Island,  and Brad Pierce went to Jamaica, Vermont for a family reunion.

     Mike Gigliotti went to Chicago for his induction ceremony into the Plastic Hall of Fame.

     David Babson went to Tangle Wood.

     Jon Morse went to Maine.

A Rotary Moment

    The next Rotary Moment will be given by Bill Mantz followed by the week after by Neil Mattews.

Club News

     August 16 is the Pancake Breakfast.  This one of our biggest fundraisers and all Rotarians are expected to participate.  Please see the master of the Pancake Breakfast, Howard Frisch, to sign up.

Winners and Losers... No won the beverage of choice. Mark Grenier won the money, and Julie Sidon won the flowers.  No winners today in the card raffle.

Speakers....  Catherine Henry introduced our guest speaker today, Ralph Johnson, from Action.  Ralph spoke about the management of Action's Shelter on Main Street.

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

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