The Rotator - Archive  Jan 6, 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... Scott Chernov, John Dugger, Charlene Glynn, Bruce Horne, Bill Mantz, David McKechnie, Jim McKenna, Brad Pierce, Marc Sandler, John Scuccimarra, and  Julie Sidon. Today's attendance is 43 present with 0 makeups out of 54 members for an average of 80%

Meeting Report: Gloucester Rotary Club                     January  6, 2004

Visiting Rotarians

      No visiting Rotarians were reported today.

Guests of Rotarians

      David McArdle and Jim Perry had David Joyner, the new editor of the  Gloucester Daily Times and our guest speaker today, as their guest.

      Jon Morse's wife Carol was his guest today.

Interact Club

     Interact members present today are:  Tommy  Mountain, Beth Phillips, and the speaker for today, Brenda Philips.  Brenda spoke about her high school activities and future college plans.

Makeups

      No makeups were reported today.

Happy Thoughts

       Jon Morse was happy to report that as of Saturday night, he and Carol have two new grandchildren.  Congrats to all!

       Ruth Pino was happy to have all her family at her house for the holidays this year.    Ruth was also happy to have sold the most houses on Cape Ann last year, and being offered the job of office manager.

       George Roark was also happy for Ruth on her promotion.  George does not have to compete against Ruth at the office now.

       Cheryl Collins was happy to be back to work after all the illness going on in the Aparo household.

        Joe Ciolino was happy to have all the politicking done, attending his first City Council meeting of his second term, and getting down to the business of managing the city.

         Steve Kaity was happy that David Stotzer is engaged to his sister-in-law.

Anniversaries & Birthdays

       Don Sudbay Jr., celebrated his birthday today.  No anniversaries were reported today.

Fines

       President Greg fined Rotarians who have not paid up for attending the Holiday Party.

       Late fines were paid by David Slade, Mary Black, and Steve Dexter.

Vacations

        Alex Delis spent the New Year in New Orleans, Howard Frisch went to San Francisco, Steve Kaity went to North Conway, and Cheryl Collins was unhappy to have to cancel her vacation.

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

       President Greg informed the club that the "Shop 'til you Drop" promotion at Shaws Supermarket on Eastern Ave is on again for this year.   Once again, Steve Kaity is running this successful promotion.  Please expect to receive a packet of 40 tickets to either sell or buy, your choice. The promotion is to fund the club's centennial project at the Stage Fort Park Playground, with projected costs  in the vicinity of $40,000.  Rotary International Centennial is in the year 2005.

        George Roark reported that the Rotary Freshman-Sophomore Track Meet held on December 27th went off well.  George thanked the volunteers who helped out at the event.

         The Board of Directors will meet at the C. B. Fisk Company on January 15 at 7:30 am.

Winners and Losers... Leo Bergeron won the beverage of choice but never received it. Joe Parisi won the money, and Mike Costello won the flowers and presented them to the new grandmother, Carol Morse.  No winners today in the card raffle.

Speakers....  David McArdle introduced our guest speaker, David Joiner.  David,  the new editor of the Gloucester Daily Times, discussed the recent changes in the paper format and fielded a number of questions by members.

Lunch Rating...   Meals will be rated by 5 stars, with 5 stars being the best. Today we dined on salad and baked fish.  The dinners at my table gave the food 5 stars.  When asked what would improve the meal the dinners had no suggestions.

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