The Rotator - Archive  Jan 20, 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... Leo Bergeron, Mary Black, Greg Bover, Scott Chernov, Alex Delis, Catherine Henry, Mill Mantz, David McKechnie, Jim McKenna, Bob O'Maley, Ruth Pino, Marc Sandler, John Scuccimarra, and Julie Sidon, Today's attendance is 41 present with 0 makeups out of 54 members for an average of 75%

Meeting Report: Gloucester Rotary Club                             January 20, 2004

Visiting Rotarians

      Elizabeth Macomber and Linda Kelly from the Beverly Club, Chris Costello from the Manchester/Essex Club, and Allan Battistelli from the Rockport Club.

Guests of Rotarians

     Roger Rilot and Julia Kelly were guests of Howard Frisch, Dave McCardle and Jim Perry's guest was Jim Caukett, the Gloucester Harbor Master, and our guest speaker today.

Interact Club

       No Interact members were present today.

Makeups

     No makeups were reported today.

Happy Thoughts

     Howard Frish was happy and thankful to Jon Morse and Sal Fronterio for helping out the Chamber with a business seminar.

      Sue Todd was happy the city has helped the Pathways program get started today after all their school buses were vandalized.

       Jon Morse was very happy the Patriots won their division championship.  Jon also told a story about their tickets being rejected at the gate for being expired.  Jon's son impressed his dad with his savy negotions with the ticket office to honor the tickets. 

      Barry Pett was happy Rick Doucette set a record for selling "Shop till you drop" tickets at Shaws on Saturday.

       Cheryl Collins was happy to have survived her daughter turning 10 years old.

Anniversaries & Birthdays

     No birthdays or anniverdaries were reported today.

Fines

      Acting President Joe Ciolino fined members who did not plan on attending the Chamber Anniversary Dinner.

      Members not  wearing their Rotary pins were also fined today.

Vacations

      Mike Costello vacationed in Key West.

A Rotary Moment

     The next Rotary Moment will be given by Marc Sandler followed by the week after by John Scuccimarra and Julie Sidon.

Club News

      Chris Costello invited us to join the Manchester/Essex Club and the Beverly Club for a Rotary Comedy Night at the North Shore Music Theater. Please check with Chris for more information.

      Elizabeth Macomber announced that on March 25, the Red Cross will hold an event called "Celebrating Heroes".  Elizabeth also reminded us that the Red Cross has an office at the Addison Gilbert Hospital.

       Allan (Nick the Greek)  Battistelli from the Rockport Rotary is holding 50/50 raffle for the super bowl. Please check with Allan to enter this illegal gambling enterprise.

       Shore Cliff and Rotary are joining forces to staff the kitchen at Open Door Pantry from 4:00 to 6:30 pm on January 28, February 25, and March 24.  The address is at 38 Emerson Avenue.  Please sign up with Shirley Conway and pick a date.

        Mike Costello announced that on February 25, a "team bowling" event to benefit the Seafood Festival will take place at the Cape Ann Bowling Center.

        Cheryl Collins will collect glasses to take to the Dominican Republic.  Please check for your old glasses and give them to Cheryl to distribute to a person in need.

Winners and Losers... Sal Fronterio won the beverage of choice. Tony Corrao won the money, and Rudy Macchi won the flowers.  No winners today in the card raffle.

Speakers....  Dave McArdle introduced our guest speaker today, Jim Caukett, the Gloucester Harbor Master.  Jim updated the group with what is happening in the harbor and river in the past year.

Lunch Rating...   Meals will be rated by 5 stars, with 5 stars being the best. Today we dined on potatoes and baked chicken.  The dinners at my table gave the food 3 stars.  When asked what would improve the meal the dinners suggested serving a larger portion of chicken.

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