The Rotator - Archive  Feb 27, 2007

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	Officers
	Don Sudbay Jr. Bruce Horne Jon Morse, CPA Roger Armstrong Rick Doucette   Carole Sharoff Joe Ciolino	------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------	President President Elect Treasurer Sergeants At Arms Secretary     Rotator Editor and      Internet Officer

District 7930 Governor - Donna Jean Wayman

District Web site: www.Rotary7930.org

Missed and Missing... Cheryl Collins, Leo Bergeron, John Bjorlie, Mary Black, Shirley Conway, Sal Frontiero, David Kenney, Julie LaFontaine, Jim Perry, George Roark, Marc Sandler, David Sullivan, and Pat Thorpe.   Today's attendance is 46 present with 1 makeup out of 58 members for an average of 78%.

     Meeting Report: Gloucester Rotary Club                                           February  27 , 2007

Visiting Rotarians

    Jay Smith, Don Thrasher, Stephanie Smith and Eleanor Hoy were all visiting from the Rockport Club. 

Guests of Rotarians

     Bruce Horne had our speaker as his guest, Tom Farina, President of C ape Ann Animal Aid.  Howard Frisch had Coral Grande, Director of the Gloucester Council on Aging, as his guest.  Mike Costello's guest was  Dave Marsh. 

Interact Club

     Interact members members were not present today.

Makeups

     Brian McCook made up at the Longmeadow Club.  Rotarians can now make up on line.  Check out www.rotaryeclubone.org , allow yourself 30 minutes to complete the makeup and make sure you print off a receipt of having completed your on line makeup.  Please hand  your receipt to Carole Sharoff in order for the  attendance records to be adjusted. 

                                                                                                                      ^{Chris Costello speaking  about member ship}

 Birthdays & Anniversaries

     Christopher Farmer and Dan Ottenheimer both celebrated their birthdays today. John Dugger is celebrating his mother's birthday.   The always entertaining Don Thrasher is celebrating the not-so-happy anniversary of a slip on some ice and a broken hip.  Sue Ellis is happy to be celebrating her one year anniversary of working here in Gloucester. 

Vacations

    President Don took a short vacation.  Greg Bover took a day with his son to attend an "Esoteric Information" seminar in Boston. Tony Corrao did some schooling in Philadelphia, and was present for a photo shoot of a young family member.  Roger Armstrong went to Washington, DC and Manhattan.  Dan Ottenheimer went to Costa Rica.  Christopher Farmer went to New York City.  Jim Marr was happy to be once again working at the Cape Ann Bowling Lanes . 

                  ^{Bruce Horne gives Mike Luster a check in}

                       ^{support of the Gloucester Little League}

Happy Thoughts

    Dave Stotzer is happy  his mother has decided to live on the North Shore instead of going back to Wisconsin.  Joe Parisi is happy  his daughter (and Interact Co - President) is back from a trip to the Dominican Republic and  a Holy Family Parish Mission to teach young children.  Joe is also happy  his daughter has been accepted at Norwich University.  (Brad Pierce's alma mater)  Josh Arnold is happy to be celebrating the birth of a niece.  Roger Armstrong was happy to have the opportunity to once again visit Washington, DC.  Bruce Horne was happy to be celebrating with the Rotarians of Manchester/Essex Club  their 5th year anniversary.  (Under the guidance of former President Steve Kaity the Gloucester Club started the Manchester/ Essex Club.)  Jay Smith was happy to have an automatic defibrillator available for customers and employees at Ace Hardware.  Rudy Macchi was happy for the Building Center for conducting a heart surgery on checkout # 2 of the Building Center (Gloucester store only). Ruth Pino was happy to have the Second Chamber of Commerce Home and Garden Show be a sell out.  David McKechnie was happy his mother is celebrating her 80th birthday.  Rudy Macchi was happy for Tony Corrao's company, Precision Roofing, and their  winning a national roofing award. 

  Fines

    Don Nicastro was fined for the GDT's winning a prestigious award in the newspaper industry. David McKechnie was fined for a photo in the GDT's. Tony Coraro was fined for a photo in the Chamber of Commerce newsletter.  Howard Frisch was fined for just being "too handsome," as the incident involved a comb, a mirror, and a public place. 

    Club News

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        Save the Date:

April 28, 2007 -  Rotary Second Annual Spaghetti Supper at the Rose Baker Senior Center. 

 ABC of Rotary Moment

     Howard Frisch is up for next Tuesday's  ABC of Rotary Moment, Sal Frontiero is first backup, and Julie Geary is the second backup, third backup is Mark Grenier.  Please have your   ABC of Rotary Moment ready. 

 _{^{Coral Grande accepting a check for $1300 for the}}

                        _{^{Rose Baker Senior Center}}

Winners and Losers...   Ann Margaret Ferrante  gave an ABC of Rotary Moment.  Tony Coraro won the money, and Bruce Horne won the flowers and gave them to our guest, Coral Grande.  No winners today in the card raffle.

Speakers.... Bruce Horne introduced our speaker today, Tom Farina, President of  Cape Ann Animal Aid.  Tom talked about the shelter's building project located on Paw's Lane off Essex Avenue.