The Rotator - Archive  Feb 23, 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...  Ed Collard, Chris Costello, Sheree De Lorenzo, Tom Dexter, Bill Flygare, Charlie Foster, Bruce Horne, Terri Jones, Julie LaFontaine, Ray Lamont, Rudy Macchi, John Morris, Jon Morse, Eric Noble, Sinikka Nogelo, Barry Pett, John Rando, Kim Spaner, Becky Sumner,  and Todd Tanger, Today's attendance is 41 present with 0 makeups out of 62 members for an average of 66%.

Meeting Report:  Gloucester Rotary Club                                 February 23, 2010

Visiting Rotarians

Dave was visiting from the Rockport Club.

Guests of Rotarians

Rick Doucette had Josh Hitchcock as his guest today.  Rick also had our speakers today as his guests, Sarah Grow and Stacy Randell.

Interact Club

The Interact club members present today were Maryka Gillis and Erie German. Maryka spoke about her being the club's first foreign exchange student.  Erie talked about herself and family and future goals.

Makeups

No makeups were reported today.

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

Mark Sandler celebrated is birthday today.  David Slade is celebrating 36 "wonderful" years of marriage.

Vacations

Matt Langis spent 7 days in Palm Springs.  Rick Doucette spent 2 days in Boston for Valentine's weekend.  (Rick was in Valentine mode for the weekend, his wife talked him into going to a museum!)  Roger Armstrong went to Atlanta.  Brad Pierce went to the Custom House in Boston.   John Dugger went to Manchester, Vermont.

Happy Thoughts

Rick Doucette was happy the YMCA is ready for their trip to New Oleans to help out with the rebuilding.  Steve Kaity was happy that after 15 years of playing the card raffle, he finally won.  John Dugger was happy the Chamber's  Winter Birding Event  was successful.  David McKechnie was happy  the Shriner's Burn Center Hospital step up to the plate with help for the victims of the Haiti earthquake.

Fines

President  Ruth fined Rotarians who had seconds for  lunch today.

Club News

Here's lunch for the next several weeks:

March         2  Dijon chicken salad, chicken with rice soup, grapenut 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.

March        2  Business Meeting

March        9  Laura Jones, LE, DNH.  Mind Body Nutrition. 

                        Tony Corrao Acting President.

March      16  Iris Weaver.  Josh Arnold Acting President

March      23  Mark Landgren, President of the Open Door Board of Directors. 

                        Our meeting will be held at the Open Door Kitchen on           Emerson Avenue.  President Ruth is back!

March      30  Last meeting at the Elks.

Save the Date

March   2    Board of Directors Meeting

March 10   GHS Career Exploration

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

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

March  27   Polio Plus Recycling Day

March  30   Food Bank Collection

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

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

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 Bob Ryan.   Please have your ABC of Rotary Moment ready.

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Winners and Losers: Maggie Rosa gave the Rotary Moment today.  Sal Frontiero won the $10.00, Roger Corbin  won the flowers, and no winners in the card raffle today.

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Speaker today: Speakers Sarah Grow and Stacey Randell spoke about Wellspring Cape Ann Families, a family support and education center of Wellspring House. They are looking for caring community volunteers to serve a mentors to local parents through weekly visits.

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