The Rotator - Archive  Feb 24, 2004

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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

Missed and Missing... Dennis Acker, Josh Arnold, Mary Black, Shirley Conway, Steve Curcuru, Alex Delis, Steve Dexter, Rick Doucette, Charlene Glynn, Jim Marr, Dave McArdle, Jim McKenna, Fran Mondello, Bob O'Maley, Joe Parisi, Ruth Pino, Marc Sandler, John Scuccimarra, Julie Sidon, Carlole Sharoff, Sue Todd and Cayte Ward.  Today's attendance is 33 present with 0 makeups out of 54 members for an average of 61%

Meeting Report: Gloucester Rotary Club                             February 24, 2004

Visiting Rotarians

     Barbara and Bob Ellis were visiting from the Rockport Club.  

Guests of Rotarians

     John Dugger had our speaker today, Norma Eisenberg, as his guest.

Interact Club

     Interact members present today are: Jaimie Warell, Lilly Linquata, Emily Pecora, and Katie Colby.  Lilly Linquata spoke about what the Interact Club has been planning for future fundraising events- a Bowl-a-Ramma, a May 3rd car wash, and a May 16 participation in the empty bowl fundraiser. Club members also volunteer every Tuesday for the Harvest Meal Program, plus a baby sitting program at the high school. 

     Jamie and Emily spoke to the club about their recent class trip to Germany during spring break.

Makeups

     No makeups were reported today.

Happy Thoughts

     Steve Kaity is happy his daughter is playing the lead in a school production of "Bye Bye Birdie".  Steve also noted this will also be his daughter's first kiss .  A fellow Rotarian reminded daddy Steve that it might be his daughter's first "on stage kiss!"

      Bob Ellis was happy his daughter-in-law is finally taking her bar exam. Good luck!

      Bruce Horne was happy to be in the fish bussiness during Lent.  Gorton's is having its best February ever.

      Barry Pett was happy to have Scott Chernov here today as a visiting Rotarian.  Barry was also happy to sing the praises of Sudbay Motors fine work in repairing a rear end collision accident.

      Joanne Carbone was happy that today was Fat Tuesday.  Joanne, you could never tell it was Fat Tuesday by the size of our lunch.  My table thought we were fasting for Lent!

      David Slade was happy that spring training for baseball has started.

      Scott Chernov was happy to be back  with his loved ones here at Gloucester Rotary!

Anniversaries & Birthdays

      David Slade was happy to have been married for 30 "wonderful" years of marriage. Barbara and  Bob Ellis are celebrating 43 "wonderful" years of marriage. 

      Norma Eisenberg, our guest speaker today, celebrated her birthday.  John Dugger and Rudy Macchi paid her fine.

Fines

      President Greg levied late fines today.

Vacations

      Tony Corrao vacationed in Virginia and Pat Thorpe vacationed in North Conway. Rudy Macchi  vacationed at the Daytona 500 last week.  Rudy makes a yeary pilgrimage to worship the God of NASCAR.  Rudy also brought regards from President George "W" to the club. John Dugger vacationed with daughter Sam, skiing in Vermont. Jon Morse was visiting  new grandchildren in Virginia last week.

A Rotary Moment

    The next Rotary Moment will be given by Julie Sidon again, followed by David Stotzer and Don Sudbay.

Club News

     The club will assemble on May 8th at the Stage Fort Park band stand for the annual fixer-up.  Please sign up with Joe Parisi.

      April 28 is the District Conference.  Officers of the club are asked to attend.  The conference is in Danvers starts at 3:15 pm.  Don Sudbay is putting together a van for a car pool.  Please contact Joe Ciolino to sign up.  The club will pay all expenses for the attendees.

Winners and Losers...No won the beverage of choice. Rudy Macchi won the money, and the flowers were given to the birthday girl, our guest speaker Norma Eisenberg.  No winners today in the card raffle.

Speakers....  John Dugger introduced our guest speaker, Norma Eisenberg, founder of Vision House in Tewksbury.  Vision House is a day care center for adults who have suffered a head trauma.

Lunch Rating...   Meals will be rated by 5 stars, with 5 stars being the best. Today we dined on teriyaki steak tips and vegetables.  The dinners at my table gave the food 3 stars.  When asked what would improve the meal the dinners suggested an increase in portion size.

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