The Rotator - Archive  Jan 19, 2010

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	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...  Shirley Conway, Jim Cooke, Chris Costello, Sheree DeLorenzo, Steve Dexter, Meredith Fine, William Flygare, Howard Frisch, Julie LaFontaine, Ray Lamont, Brian McCook, Dave McKechnie, Jon Morse, Steve Noble, John Rando, Mike Sarraf, Carol Sharoff, Kim Spaner, and Becky Sumner.  Today's attendance is 44 present with 0 makeups out of 67 members for an average of 66%.

Meeting Report:  Gloucester Rotary Club                                January 19, 2009

Visiting Rotarians

Anne Lewis was visiting from the Rockport Rotary Club.

Guests of Rotarians

Maggie Rosa's husband, Gloucester's Board of Health Chairman Joe Rosa, was her guest today.  Bob Ryan had  niece Hedi Dallin as his guest.  Rick Doucette's guest was our speaker today, Joan Whitney.

Interact Club

The Interact Club members were not present today.

Makeups

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

Julie Geary is celebrating Classic Cooks 30th  year in business.  No birthdays were reported today.

Vacations

Brad Pierce spent 2 days at the Mount Washington resort.  Roger Armstrong spent a week in Florida.  John Dugger spent 2 days in Rochester, Vermont.  Todd Tanger spent a week in San Juan,  Puerto Rico.

Happy Thoughts

Roger Armstrong was happy about the election process.  Rick Doucette was happy with the success of the Rock-a-thon.  Sinikka Nogelo was happy to have a new granddaughter.  Tom Dexter was happy  his two kids left for their last semester in college.  Roger Corbin was happy to receive a clean bill of health during his last checkup.  Julie Geary was happy  her husband had a good time at the Rotary Holiday Party.  David Slade was happy to have his California daughter and granddaughter spring a surprise visit on him.  Ed Collard was happy to have had the opportunity to see the drill competition held recently at GHS.  Tony Corrao was happy to have been stopped by the police on his way home from the Rotary Party for having a light out on his truck - and not getting a ticket.  (Tony had the "well used" vodka luge in the back of his truck at the time.)  Christopher Farmer was happy to be visiting the United Kingdom on Friday.

Fines

President Ruth fined any Rotarians who did not attend the Rotary Holiday Party.  Christopher Farmer was fined for having the idea for the adult holiday party and then not attending. Rotarians who did not vote before Rotary were fined.

Club News

_{Tony Corrao pours some type of liquid as Carole Sharoff checks the ice to make sure it is level and guard against spillage. This was some type of science experiment demonstrated  at the recently held  Holiday Party.  (That's  our story and we are sticking to it!)}

Here's lunch for the next several weeks

January 26   Turkey tetrazzini, salad and a pumpkin roll for dessert

February  2  Super Bowl Tailgating Party with chicken fingers, mozzarella salad, chips and salsa.

 2009 / 2010 Speaker Assignments

Speaker Co-Chairs for January are Howard Frisch and Kim Spanner.

January 26:  Karen Keefe, Massachusetts Relay Community Relations Manager

Save the Date

January 26   Food Bank collection

ABC of Rotary Moment

Sheree DeLorenzo is up for next Tuesday's ABC of Rotary Moment, Ann-Margaret Ferrante is first backup, Brian McCook is the second backup, and the third backup is Eric Noble. Please have your ABC of Rotary Moment ready.

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Winners and Losers: David Marsh gave the Rotary Moment today.  Mike Costello won the $10.00, Ed Collard  won the flowers, and no winners in the card raffle today.

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Speaker today: Rick Doucette introduced our speaker today, Joan Whitney from the Gloucester Board of Health.  Joan has been working on teen substance abuse issues in Gloucester.

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The Rotary International Theme for 2009-2010