The Rotator - Archive  Feb 2, 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...  Greg Bover, Ed Collard, Shirley Conway, Sheree DeLorenzo, Charlie Foster, Sal Frontiero, Ray Lamont, Rudy Macchi, Dave McKechnie, Barry Pett, Todd Tanger, and Isaac Wilhelm.  Today's attendance is 51 present with 1  makeup out of 67 members for an average of  78%.

Meeting Report:  Gloucester Rotary Club                                 February 2, 2010

Visiting Rotarians

Assistant District Governor Alex Ushakoff was visiting from the Beverly Club, Paula Bishop from the Ipswich Club, and Bob Gillis and Alan Battistelli from the Rockport Club.

Guests of Rotarians

Julie Geary had her sister, Lindsey Geary, as her guest.

Interact Club

The Interact club members were not present today.

Makeups

Dan Ottenheimer made up in Rockport.

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

Brian McCook, Dan Ottenheimer and Mark Grenier all celebrated their birthdays this week.  No anniversaries were reported today.

Vacations

Jon Morse spent some time in Naples, Florida.  Christopher Farmer spent 5 days in England.

Happy Thoughts

Brad Pierce was happy to see the Long Beach Hotel (open all year round with reasonable rates! ) in the backdrop of the movie, Edge of Darkness,  a feel good movie (?)  shot in Rockport last summer.  Rick Doucette had two happy moments at the Chamber of Commerce dinner, dressing and undressing President Ruth.  Rick was also happy that President Ruth did not have any wardrobe malfunctions.  (Duct tape never lets you down).  Steve Kaity  was also happy to be  dressing and undressing President Ruth.  President Ruth, how did you wardrobe team end up being an all-male crew?   Dave Stotzer was happy to have purchased a second home at Moosehead Lake, New Hampshire.  John Dugger was so happy  the Cape Ann Chamber's annual birding weekend is finally here.  Julie Geary was happy that the Art Haven buoy auctions raised $3,000.  Julie also managed to buy her grandson's buoy. Bob Gillis was happy to have the Super Bowl this weekend, also Bob wishes he could have been on President Ruth's wardrobe team.  Don Sudbay Jr. was happy that he is not a Toyota dealer.  Julie LaFontaine was happy that the Art Haven Buoy Auction and the Cape Ann YMCA's "Rock-a thon" fundraising events all went well.  Julie was also happy seeing Howard Frisch appearing as Elvis during the Chamber of Commerce dinner.

Fines

President Ruth fined all members who did not attend the Chamber dinner.  Former President Jim Marr took the time to fine President Pino for a pina colada drink. (Had to be there to understand the fine I guess?)

Club News

Here's lunch for the next several weeks:

February   9  Clam Chowder, turkey club, salad, and maybe lemon meringue pie.

February 16  Cheese tortellini in butternut squash sauce, meatballs, salad and Italian icebox cookies.

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 cream fresh.

 2009 / 2010 Speaker Assignments

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

February   9  Rick Doucette will host a the Re-Gift Auction...bring your checkbooks!

February 16  Ann Grasetti GHS

February 23  Stacy Randell WCAF Director

Save the Date

February  23  Food Bank

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            3   Stage Fort Park Spuce Up....Saturday 8:00 am to 12:00 Noon.

April          10  Interact will hold a Pizza-Off at Cruiseport to determine who make the best pizza in town! Saturday from  4:00 to 6:00 pm.

May             1   Paint and Scrape the Band Stand at Stage Fort Park starting at 6:30 am to 12:00 Noon.

ABC of Rotary Moment

Sheree DeLorenzo is up for next Tuesday's ABC of Rotary Moment, Sinikka Nogelo is first backup, Dan Ottenheimer is the second backup, and the third backup is Barry Pett. Please have your ABC of Rotary Moment ready.

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Winners and Losers: Eric Noble gave the Rotary Moment today.  Steve Dexter won the $10.00, Tom Dexter won the flowers, and no winners in the card raffle today.

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Speaker today: President Ruth conducted a business meeting today.  John Morris did his classification speech today.

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· The Rotary International Theme for 2009-2010

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