The Rotator - Archive  Jul 11, 2003

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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, Cheryl Collins, Tom Consolati, Alex Delis, Charlene DuBois, John Dugger, Bruce Horne, Neil Mathews, Fan Mondello, Sinikka Nogelo, Bob O'Maley, James Perry, Bob Ryan, Marc Sandler, and David Stotzer.  Today's attendance is 42 present with 0 makeups out of 54 members for an average of 77%

Meeting Report: Gloucester Rotary Club                             July 8, 2003

Visiting Rotarians

      Turgut Cakiraga, and William Cakiraga from Placetiu, California. William a high school sophomore is the first visiting Interact member for our club.

Guests of Rotarians

      Joe Parisi had his daughter Jessica as his guest today. Sal Fronterio had as his guest Cathrine McManis our guest speaker today.

Interact Club

     Interact members are on summer school break.:

Makeups

     No make ups were reported today.

Happy Thoughts

      Carol Sharoff was happy that her husband was recovering, her father is celebrating his 91 st birthday, and she has a brand new granddaughter.

      Sue Todd was happy that Sal Fronterio was happy to have picked such a good speaker today.

      Josh Arnold was happy to have sent in the final galley proofs for a book that he authored.

      Charlie Foster was happy to be taking advantage of Steve Dexter's challenge to matching money for the  summer symphony concert.

       Joe Ciolino was happy to have walked all of the July 4 Horrible parade with his fellow councilors and not getting booed!

       Tony Corrao was happy that his company won a float in the Horrible Parade this year for the first time.

Anniversaries & Birthdays

     Shirley Conway, John Scuccimarra, Karl Muench and Jessica Parisi all celebrated their birthdays today. Steve and Dawn Dexter are celebrating 38 "wonderful" years of marriage.  Joe Ciolino celebrating his 16th anniversary of first meeting his wife Joan at a July 4th  barbecue.

Fines

      President Greg gave everyone a fine for not wearing their Rotary pins.

Vacations

     Mike Costello vacationed in Florida.

A Rotary Moment

    The next Rotary Moment will be given by Bruce Horne followed by the week after by Bill Mantz.

Club News

    The next meeting will be held at Shorecliff Retirement Home on the corner of Shore and Cliff Road for our July 15 meeting. (next Tuesday).  Please adjust your travel time in order to get across the bridge!

    Tuesday July 29 is the date of the Rededication for the Gus Foot Park.  The meeting will be held at the Gloucester House at 7:30 A.M.. Yes A.M., a breakfast meeting instead of a noon meeting.  The Ribbon Cutting will be at 8:30 A.M. at the park and coffee and cake will served at the restaurant after the ceremony.

     Tuesday July 29 is also the evening that the Cape Ann Rotary Joint Summer Boat Social is scheduled.  The time is at 6:30 P.M.  at Seven Seas Wharf on Rogers Street.  The cost is $20.00 per person for a light buffet, cash bar and a lovely evening. RSVP with Jim Perry or Dennis Acker to sign up.

Winners and Losers...Mike Costello won the beverage of choice but never received it.  Rudy Macchi won the money, and Jessica Parisi won the flowers.  No winners today in the card raffle.

Speakers.... Sal Fronterio introduced out guest speaker today, Cathrine McManis from Child Development and Project Success. 

Lunch Rating...   Meals will be rated by 5 stars, with 5 stars being the best. Today we dined on pasta salad and roast beef sandwich.  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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