The Rotator - Archive  Dec 21, 2004

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		Officers & Directors		2004-2005
		President		Joe Ciolino 2004-05
		President Elect		Jim Marr     2005-06
		Treasurer		Jon Morse, CPA
		Sargents At Arms		Cheryl Collins Rick Doucette Bruce Nicholls
		Secretary		Carole Sharoff
		Directors	Don Sudbay Jr. -Club Service      2006-07	Sinikka Nogello Vocational Service  2008-09
			Bruce Horne Community-Service       2007-08	Steve Kaity,           at - Large
			Ruth Pino -International Service       2009-10	Joe Parisi, at-Large
Celebrate 100 Years of Rotary
The Rotary Club of Gloucester, MA, U.S.A.		District 7930 Governor  Donna Marie D'Agostino.
Chartered 1923	Oldest Fishing Port in the United States	District Website: www.Rotary7930.org

Missed and Missing...  David Babson, Mary Black, Greg Bover, Joanne Carbone, Scott Chernov, Kathy Ciluffo, Alex Delis, Steve Dexter, Howard Frisch, Mark Grenier, Catherine Henry, Bill Mantz, Dave McArdle, Dave McKechnie,  Jim McKenna, Donna Morris, Sinikka Nogello, Bob Ryan, Marc Sandler, John Scuccimarra, Julie Sidon, Don Sudbay Jr., and Becky Sumner.  Today's attendance is 32 present with 2 makeups out of 56 members for an average of 60%.

Meeting Report: Gloucester Rotary Club                            December 21, 2004

Visiting Rotarians

     No visiting Rotarians were reported.

Guests of Rotarians

     Fran Mondello had our guest speaker, Ralph Pino, and State Senator Bruce Tarr as her guests today. 

Interact Club

     Interact members were not present due to school vacation.

Makeups

     Jim Marr made up in Sanibel Florida, and Todd Tanger made up in Manchester/Essex.

A Rotary Moment

    The next Rotary Moment will be given by Donna Morris, followed by Jon Morse and Bruce Nichols.

 Birthdays & Anniversaries

      No birthdays were reported today.  No anniversaries were reported today.

Vacations

      Jim Marr went to Sanibel Island, Florida.

Happy Thoughts

        Jon Morse was happy to have gone to bed and not watched the Pat's go down in flames during the last few minutes of the game. Dave Slade was happy to have had a heating unit replaced. Barry Pett thanked Santa (Rudy Macchi), Senator Bruce Tarr, and WBOQ for helping needy children by collecting over 3000 toys.  Sue Todd was happy the Interact Club donated gifts to Pathways.  Sue was also happy to go to Maine to attend a christening, a birthday, and a confirmation in her family.   Cheryl Collins was happy to have attended the Rotary Holiday Party. 

Fines

   President Joe fined Rudy for parking in a handicap parking space in front of the Post Office.  Tony Corrao was fined for returning a box of nails to the Building Center when the nails were purchased at J. Raymond Smith.

    Club News

Thank You  Charlene Glynn  for taking notes for this week's Rotator!

 Stage Fort Park Centennial Project

     Please consider signing on as a sponsor of our Centennial Project - The Stage Fort Park Playground Sponsor Levels include - Gold Sponsorship, $1000 will purchase a picnic table, Sliver -$650 will purchase a bench, and Bronze - $400 will purchase a tree. All sponsors will be acknowledged on a display at the playground.

Winners and Losers... Barry Pett and Charlene Glynn won the beverage of choice.  Gaye Brown won the money, and President Joe won the flowers.  No winners today in the card raffle.

Speakers....  Fran Mondello introduced our guest speaker, Attorney Ralph Pino.  Ralph is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Shiners Burn Center in Boston. 

Lunch Rating...   Meals will be rated by 5 stars, with 5 stars being the best. Today we dined on vegetable lasagna and salad.  The dinners at my table gave the food 5 stars. 

Celebrate Rotary The Rotary International Theme for 2004-2005