The Rotator - Archive  Sep 28, 2004

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		Officers & Directors		2004-2005
		President		Joe Ciolino 2004-05
		President Elect		Jim Marr     2005-06
		Treasurer		Jon Morse, CPA
		Sargents At Arms		Cheryl Collins Rick Doucette
		Secretary		Carole Sharoff
		Directors	Don Sudbay Jr. -Club Service      2006-07	Sinikka Nogello Vocational Service  2008-09
			Bruce Horne Community-Service       2007-08	Steve Kaity            at - Large
			Ruth Pino -International Service       2009-10	Joe Parisi at Large
Celebrate 100 Years of Rotary
The Rotary Club of Gloucester, MA, U.S.A.		District 7930 Governor  Donna Marie D'Agostino.
Chartered 1923	Oldest Fishing Port in the United States	District Website: www.Rotary7930.org

Missed and Missing... Dennis Acker, Joanne Carbone, Scott Chernov, Shirley Conway, Mike Costello, Alex Delis, Charlene Glynn, Catherine Henry, Rudy Macchi, Bill Mantz, David McKechnie, Jim McKenna, Fran Mondello, Jon Morse, Sinikka Nogelo, Marc Sandler, John Scuccimarra, Julie Sidon, Sue Todd and Cayte Ward.  Today's attendance is 36 present with 1 makeups out of 54 members for an average of 68%.

Meeting Report: Gloucester Rotary Club                            September 28, 2004

Visiting Rotarians

      Barbara and Bob Ellis were visiting from the Rockport Club.

Guests of Rotarians

      Kathy Cilluffo was Cheryl Collins guest today.  Tracy O'Neil was Carol Sharoff's guest

Interact Club

     Interact members  present today were;   Kevin Wheeler, Joel Pollock, Emily Donahue and Kristen Hoystradt. The group updated the club with the calendar of events the Interact Club has scheduled.

Makeups

       Bruce Horne made up in Rockport.

A Rotary Moment

    The next  Rotary Moment will be given by Catherine Henry followed by Rudy Macchi and Bill Mantz..

 Birthdays & Anniversaries

     Bruce Nicholls celebrated his birthday today.  Cheryl Collins celebrated 14 "wonderful" years of marriage.

Vacations

      Bob and Barbara Ellis went to Ireland and the Greece during their summer of fun.

Happy Thoughts

       Brad Pierce was happy to have sold another "church condo" .  He is happy he has 2 left out of 14.  Congrats Brad.

       Barry  Pett was happy to be present when the new Police Memorial was set into place 2 hour ago.

       Bob Ellis was happy to be back to  see the Sunday performance of The Cape Ann Symphony.  Bob rated the performance the best  the symphony has ever done.

        Dave Stotzer was happy with this years Interact Club (70 strong) and with the Interact's board of directors.

        Several members won at the chamber raffle last week, they included Mary Black, Howard Frisch, Ruth Pino, Charlie Foster, Carol Sharoff, and Donna Morris.  President Joe fined all the winners so the club could share in the windfall.

        Greg Bover has a neighbor's house for sale and wishes a fellow Rotarian would buy it. Rotarians make good neighbors!

        Jim Marr was happy that a woman was wearing a seatbelt during a car crash that he witnessed.  Seatbelts do save lives.

        Bob Ryan had a good homecoming and was inducted into the Gloucester High School Sport's Hall of Fame.

        Cheryl Collins wanted to know how she went to get her propane tank filled at Foster's and came home with a new grill attached to it.  

Fines

       David Babson was fined for wearing Leo's Bergeron's name tag.

       Chamber raffle winners were all fined by President Joe.

    Club News

Thank you to Bruce Nicholls for taking the notes for this Rotator edition.

     October 5 is the big date that the club is moving to its new venue at the Elk's Lodge on Atlantic Road. The meeting will start next Tuesday at 12:10 PM and end at 1:25 PM for the time being until members can adjust their schedules.

   October 7 is the date for the Gloucester / Rockport Rotary Golf Match.   This highly significant grudge match (take no prisoners) is all in fun (not). Check with our Chief Grudge Master David McKechnie and his two partners crime, Bruce Horne and Bob Ryan for details. 

    Brad Pierce did a wonderful job organizing this years Past President's dinner held last Thursday at The Hearthside in Essex. Thank   A good time was had by all who attended.

Stage Fort Park Centennial Project

     Please consider signing on as a sponsor!  Gold is $1000, Silver $650, Bronze $400.  All sponsors will be acknowledged on a display at the playground.

Winners and Losers...Bruce Nicholls won the beverage of choice. Jim Perry won the money, and Greg Bover won the flowers.  No winners today in the card raffle.

Speakers.... Jim Marr presented Mike Liquate with a check for $500 for the World War II Memorial to be built on the Boulevard next to the bridge.  Mike thanked the club and gave a brief history about Gloucester's men and women who were involved in the service of their country during this time of world war. 

Lunch Rating...   Meals will be rated by 5 stars, with 5 stars being the best. Today we dined on steak tips and rice.  The dinners at my table gave the food 5 stars.  When asked what would improve the meal the diners suggested more vegetables.

Celebrate Rotary The Rotary International Theme for 2004-2005