The Rotator - Archive  Jun 1, 2010

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Club Number 661	Officers
	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...  Tom Alves, Roger Armstrong, Ed Collard, Jim Cooke, Tony Corrao, Christopher Farmer, Meredith Fine, Howard Frisch, Sal Frontiero, Julie LaFontaine, Ray Lamont, Mike Linquata, David McKechnie, Jon Morse, Steve Noble, Barry Pett, John Rando, Bob Ryan, Marc Sandler, Carole Sharoff, Scott Smith, Kim Spaner, Don Sudbay Jr. and Todd Tanger. Today's attendance is 41 present with 0 makeups out of 64 members for an average of 64%.

Meeting Report:  Gloucester Rotary Club                                 June 1, 2010

Visiting Rotarians

Oscar Padgent was visiting from the Topsfield Club.

Guests of Rotarians

Sinikka Nogelo had the new head of Cape Ann TV as her guest. Ruth Pino had Dean Murray, our speaker today, as her guest.

Makeups

No makeups were reported today.

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

Tom Dexter, John Dugger and Pat Thorpe all celebrated their birthdays today.  No anniversaries were reported today.

Vacations

Rick Doucette spent 3 days in New York city.  Tom Dexter spent 5 days in Pennsylvania.  Roger Corbin visited Ohio.  Sinikka Nogelo spent 3 days between New Found Lake and Williamstown.  Rudy Macchi spent 1 week in Aruba and 1 week in California.  David Babson spent 5 days on Martha's Vineyard.  Eric Noble went to Disney world in Florida.  Jim Marr went to Wells, Maine.  Maggie Rosa was happy to spend 1 day in her garden.

Happy Thoughts

Brad Pierce was happy to have 4 grandchildren playing on tee ball teams, happy he lost 18 pounds, and happy that he once had the opportunity to hear Lena Horne in concert at the Waldorf Astoria.   Brad was also happy to be first in the serving line at the Paul Harris Dinner. Sinikka Nogelo was happy to be having her first official day of retirement today.  Jim Marr was happy to report that two men who broke into his neighbor's house were apprehended by the police.  Jim's son notified police of the break in and kept the men under surveillance until the police arrived.  Julie Geary had an anxiety attack when she smelled wood burning in her house. (Julie had a devastating fire in her house a few years ago.)  Turns out the smoke was coming from the Quebec forest fires.  Greg Bover was a happy man be taking possession of a pre-owned 30 foot sailboat.  Greg was also happy to finally have built the new deck he bought at at a Chamber of Commerce auction a few years ago.  Dan Otteheimer was happy that Tufts had a winning lacrosse game.  Rudy Macchi was happy to have attended a taping of  the Jay Leno Show during his visit to California.  Terri Jones as happy to have sold her home, and purchased a new kayak to play with this summer.  Greg Bover was happy to share the definition of a kayak to a sailboat captain.....speed bumps.  (Terri, just a suggestion stay -  clear of Greg and his boat.)

Fines

Mike Costello was fined for a photo in the Cricket Press

Club News

Here's lunch for the next several weeks:

June 8  -  Italian wedding soup and finger rolls, salad.   Triple berry shortcakes with whipped cream for dessert.

June 15 – Hawaiian Chicken, couscous, salad.  Jell-O with whipped cream for dessert.

June 22 – Fiesta Lunch – Breaded chicken, red potato salad, tomato salad.   Watermelon and Italian cookies for dessert.

June 29 -  Ruth’s Last Meeting as President – Coconut  shrimp, rice and peapods and grilled pineapple.  Lemon squares for dessert.

 2009 / 2010 Speaker Assignments

Speaker Co-Chairs for June are: Jim Marr and David Slade.

June 8    Interact club will be running the meeting.  Bring cash.

Save the Date

June 29 -  Ruth’s Last Meeting as President.

ABC of Rotary Moment

Scott Hitchcock is up for next Tuesday's ABC of Rotary Moment, Don Sudbay Jr.  is first backup, Becky Sumner is the second backup, and the third backup is Todd Tanger.  Please have your ABC of Rotary Moment ready.

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Winners and Losers: David Stotzer  gave the Rotary Moment today.  Pat Thorpe won the $10.00, Sinikka's guest from Cape Ann TV won the flowers, and no winners in the card raffle.

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Speaker today: Dean Murray spoke today about the need for Little League to build another playing field. 

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