The Rotator - Archive  Feb 16, 2010

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Club Number 6613	Officers
	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...  Roger Armstrong, Greg Bover, Ed Collard, Shirley Conway, Jim Cooke, Sheree DeLorenzo, Rick Doucette, John Dugger, Bill Flygare, Charlie Foster, Mark Grenier, Ray Lamont, Matt Langis, Rudy Macchi, Dave McKechnie, Eric Noble, Sinikka Nogelo, Bob Ryan, David Slade, Kim Spaner, and Todd Tanger.  Today's attendance is 42 present with 2 makeups out of 63 members for an average of 67%.

Meeting Report:  Gloucester Rotary Club                                February 16, 2010

Visiting Rotarians

No visiting Rotarians were in attendance today.

Guests of Rotarians

Sal Frontiero had Tom Alves as his guest.  Carole Sharoff had Dr. Phil Cutter as her guest today.

Interact Club

The Interact club members were not present today due to school vacation.

Makeups

Ed Collard made up on line, and Roger Corbin made up in Bedford.

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

No birthdays were reported today.  Brad Pierce is celebrating 17 "wonderful" years of marriage.  Brad was married on February 14th- a Valentine wedding.    Mike Sarraf is celebrating the anniversary of meeting his wife, which also happened on a Valentine's Day!   George Roark is celebrating the 40th anniversary of living in his house.

Vacations

Barry Pett spent 9 days in Key West.  Christopher Farmer spent 1 day in Philadelphia.  Dan Ottenheimer was happy his wife and children were all in Florida. (Dan is enjoying the quiet, and is rumored to be running with scissors at home.)

Happy Thoughts

Pat Thorpe was happy  the Docksider's concert at Fuller School (sponsored by Bank Gloucester) all went well.  Bruce Horne is happy to have is golf gear on the ready for a Florida vacation.

Fines

Leo Bergerone, our Sargent at Arms, was fined by President Ruth for "insurrection". Leo, next offense could result in facing the firing squad!  Rotarians not wearing boots today were fined.  President Ruth also gave out a blue shirt fine today.  Bruce Horne was fined for not knowing that GHS had a snow day, and his committee all showed up at the high school ( as they were not forewarned by Bruce.)  Tony Corrao was also fined for being a no-show for a meeting at the Rose Baker Senior Center.

Club News

            ^{The Four Elvis Impersonators and Priscilla}

^{"A little less Action, a Little More onversation,"  - an old Elvis song was the Theme of this year's Chamber dinner.} 

^{The Four  Elvii (plural of Elvis?)  and Priscilla were played by Rick Doucette, Bob Gillis, President Ruth, Steve Kaity, and Howard Frisch.} 

^{The Ready for Prime-time players line up for a bow.}

^{Can anyone say "hams"? A good time was had by all.}

Here's lunch for the next several weeks:

February 23  Beef stroganoff with noodles, salad, chocolate fudge pudding with whipped cream

March         2  Dijon chicken salad, chicken with rice soup, grape nut custard

March         9  Shepherd's pie, salad, chocolate cake

March       16  Corned Beef dinner, Irish soda bread, and Irish lemon cake

March       23  President Ruth returns!  Tropical Tuesday - Coconut shrimp with tropical sauce, coconut rice, and mango mousse

March       30  Baked fish, roasted red potatoes, salad, strawberry shortcake

April            6  First Lunch at Cruiseport!  Buttermilk fried chicken, mashed potatoes, salad, fruit with creme fraiche

 2009 / 2010 Speaker Assignments

Speaker Co-Chairs for  February are Rick Doucette and Rudy Macchi.

February 23  Stacy Randell,  WCAF Director

Save the Date

February  23  Food Bank

March 10   GHS Career Exploration

March 23   The club will hold its regular meeting at the Open Door facilities on Emerson Avenue

March 25  An Evening to Remember...the club is sponsoring a fund raiser at Cruiseport featuring the two Gloucester Tenors, Tony Verga,  Vito Calamo, and Linda Amero, plus the Docksiders.  Tickets are $25.00 and starts at 7:00 pm

April 8  Interact will hold a Pizza-Off at Cruiseport to determine who make the best pizza in town!

April 10  Spaghetti Suppper , Saturday April 10th at the Rose Baker Senior Center, the time is 4:00 PM  to 6PM

May 1   Paint and Scrape the Band Stand at Stage Fort Park - Saturday starting at 6:30 AM  till12:00 noon

ABC of Rotary Moment

Sheree DeLorenzo is up for next Tuesday's ABC of Rotary Moment, Barry Pett is first backup, George Roark is the second backup, and the third backup is Maggie Rosa. Please have your ABC of Rotary Moment ready.

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Winners and Losers: Dan Ottenheimer  gave the Rotary Moment today.  Jon Morse won the $10.00, George Roark  won the flowers, and Steve Kaity  won the card raffle today, splitting $874.00 with the club.

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Speaker today: Carole Sharoff and Dr. Phil Cutter presented the plans for the new temple on Middle Street, replacing the structure that was destroyed by fire 2 years ago.  Ground breaking ceremonies are expected for April 18.

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· The Rotary International Theme for 2009-2010

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