The Rotator - Archive  Jun 16, 2009

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	Sinikka Nogelo Ruth Pino Jon Morse, CPA Howard Frisch, CPA Leo Bergeron Rick Doucette Roger Armstrong   Carole Sharoff Joe Ciolino	--  --  --  --  --  --  --    --  --	President President Elect Treasurer Auditor Sergeant At Arms 1st Alternate 2nd Alternate   Secretary     Rotator Editor &  Internet Officer

District 7930 Governor - Thomas R. Elliott  2008-2009

District Web site: www.Rotary7930.org

 Missed and Missing...  Sheree DeLorenzo, Ann Margaret Ferrante, Sal Frontiero, Julie Geary, Terri Jones, Julie LaFontaine, Ray Lamont, Dave Marsh and Becky Sumner.  Today's attendance is 45 present with 2 makeups out of 55 members for an average of 85%.

Meeting Report: Gloucester Rotary Club                                 June 23, 2009

Visiting Rotarians

 Charles Heberle from Lakewood, Washington.  Past Presidents Charlie Currier & Jim Perry.

Guests of Rotarians

      Jim Marr had his wife Pam, Dotty Brown, and Solange Baumann as his guests.  Charlie Foster had his wife Marilyn as his guest.  Jon Morse's wife Carol was his guest. 

Interact Club

      The Interact Club is off for the summer. 

Makeups

      Rudy Macchi made up in Rockport, Roger Corbin made up in Bedford.    

     Rotarians can now make up on line. Check out www.rotaryeclubone.org , allow yourself 30 minutes to complete the makeup and make sure you print off a receipt of having completed your on line makeup.  Please hand  your receipt to Carole Sharoff in order for the attendance records to be adjusted.

Birthdays and Anniversaries

    Bob Ryan and Jim Perry both celebrated their birthdays this week.  Rick Doucette is celebrating his 7th anniversary in Rotary.  David McKechnie is celebrating 23 "wonderful' years of marriage.   Dan Ottenheimer is celebrating 16 "wonderful" years of marriage.  Charlie and Marilyn Foster take the top prize, celebrating 53 "wonderful" years of marriage. 

Vacations

       No vacatons were reported today.

Happy Thoughts

      Josh Arnold was happy his daughter won several scholarships, including our own Rotary Scholarship.  Steve Kaity was happy his son graduated from high school.  Barry Pett was happy his niece Isabel graduated from high school.  Bill Flygare was happy that our own Interact Co-President Marcus Busby withdrew his name from all the scholarships he had applied for in order to give his classmates an opportunity to win.  Marcus won a full scholarship for 4 years to Stanford University.  Good luck Marcus.  Christopher Farmer decided not to go to the final City Council budget review, opting instead for going to a Fleetwood Mac Concert.  As it turns out, the school  budget was unexpectedly  enriched by $200,000 by a unanimous vote of the  City Council that night.  (Maybe we have a pattern here, Christopher?)   Mike Costello had some sort of record that he was proud of, that in 30 years as a member of Rotary Mike never worked a pancake breakfast.  Mike amended his statement, saying that the Waterfront Festival (which Mike invented, along with the wheel...) was what made the pancake breakfast such a success.  President Sinikka thanked Steve Dexter for  having the last director's meeting at his house.  Sinikka was also happy that the amount of funds the club had to distribute has not been reduced even with the declining economy.  Howard Frish was happy that Ann Lewis is always ready to help at the  spaghetti supper and the pancake breakfast. 

Fines

      Brad Pierce was fined for having a Cape Ann Motor Inn cup up on the podium.  David Slade and Brad Pierce were fined for conducting business.  Kim Spaner was fined for a photo of Rick Doucette.  All Rotarians who were medaled today were fined. 

Club News

      President Sinikka will have her last meeting on June 30.  Please try to come to this special meeting to thank  Sinikka for her great year as our president. Reminder: it takes five years going through all the different chairs, and another year  serving as president.  That means a six year commitment to Rotary. 

Save the Date

       June 30, President Sinikka last day.  Special meeting.

2008/2009 Speaker Assignments

ABC of Rotary Moment

Shirley Conway is up for next Tuesday's ABC of Rotary Moment, Roger Corbin is first backup, Tony Corrao is the second backup, and the third backup is Sheree Delorenzo. Please have your  ABC of Rotary Moment  ready

Winners and Losers:  Josh Arnold gave an ABC of Rotary Moment.  David McKechnie won the money, and President Sinikka gave the flowers to our special guest, Ann Lewis. No winners today in the card raffle.

Speaker today: Chas Heberle's grandfather Cap Heberle was one of the original founding members of the Gloucester Rotary Club.  Chas would be the 3rd generation family member to be a Rotarian. 

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