The Rotator - Archive  Mar 16, 2010

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Club Number 6613	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...  Roger Armstrong, Greg Bover, Ed Collard, Roger Corbin, Sheree DeLorenzo, John Dugger, Meredith Fine, Charlie Foster, Howard Frisch, Bruce Horne, Julie LaFontaine, Ray Lamont, Rudy Macchi, Dave Marsh, Steve Noble, Sinikka Nogelo, Barry Pett, Ruth Pino, John Rando, Maggie Rosa, Marc Sandler, Mike Sarraf, Kim Spaner, Don Sudbay Jr. and Isaac Wilhelm.  Today's attendance is 37 present with 0 makeups out of 60 members for an average of 62%.

Meeting Report:  Gloucester Rotary Club                                 March 16, 2010

Visiting Rotarians

No visiting Rotarians were reported today.

Guests of Rotarians

John Morris had a guest today.  Terri Jones had Iris Weaver, our speaker today, as her guest.

Interact Club

The Interact club members present are Michaela Noto, Chase Kelly, and Alisa Gomes.  Chase spoke about all of the Interact's fundraising events.

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

Jon Morse and Sal Frontiero both celebrated their birthdays today.  No anniversaries were reported today.

Vacations

Jim Cooke went to St. Kitts.   Carole Sharoff  went to visit her son's college in  Eli, North Carolina.

Happy Thoughts

Pat Thorpe was happy he was going to have a corned beef and cabbage dinner once again at the Chamber's Irish Sweepstakes event tonight.  Jim Marr was happy the Gloucester Police solved a very old "Cold Case" murder.  David Slade had 2 happy thoughts.

Fines

Acting President Josh gave Christopher Farmer a photo fine for all the pictures he had in the newspapers.  Steve Kaity was accessed a 10% fine on his recent big card raffle winnings.  Steve asked it to be earmarked for the Stage Fort Park playground.

Club News

Here's lunch for the next several weeks:

March       23  President Ruth returns!  Tropical Tuesday - Coconut shrimp with tropical sauce, coconut rice, and mango mousse

March       30  Baked fish, roasted red potatoes, salad, strawberry shortcake.

April            6  First Lunch at Cruiseport!  Buttermilk fried chicken, mashed potatoes, salad, fruit with creme fraiche

 2009 / 2010 Speaker Assignments

Speaker Co-Chairs for  March are: Terri Jones and Don Sudbay Jr.

March      23  Mark Landgren, President of the Open Door Board of Directors. 

Our meeting will be held at the Open Door Kitchen on Emerson Avenue

Also - President Ruth is back!

March      30  Last meeting at the Elks.

Save the Date

March 23   The club will hold its regular meeting at the Open Door facilities on Emerson Avenue

March 25  An Evening to Remember...the club is sponsoring a fund raiser at Cruiseport featuring the two Gloucester Tenors, Tony Verga,  Vito Calamo, and Linda Amero, plus the Docksiders.  Tickets are $25.00 and starts at 7:00 pm

March  27   Polio Plus Recycling Day

March  30   Food Bank Collection

April      8    Interact will hold a Pizza-Off at Cruiseport to determine who make the best pizza in town!

April   10    Spaghetti Supper, Saturday April 10th at the Rose Baker Senior Center, the time is 4:00 to   6:00 pm

April    25   Pride Stride 2010

April    27    Paul Harris Luncheon

May      1    Paint and Scrape the Band Stand at Stage Fort Park - Saturday starting at 6:30 am till12:00 noon

May      6  Thursday evening starting at 5:30 pm.  The 30th Anniversary of Cape Ann Television, an evening honoring Sinikka Nogello

May       11  Today is "Significant Other" day at Rotary.  It is a day to share your Rotary experience with your spouse, partner or "significant other". 

ABC of Rotary Moment

Bob Ryan is up for next Tuesday's ABC of Rotary Moment, Marc Sandler is first backup, Mike Sarraf is the second backup, and the third backup is John Rando. Please have your ABC of Rotary Moment ready.

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Winners and Losers: George Roark gave the Rotary Moment today.  Brad Pierce won the $10.00, Brad Pierce  won the flowers, Bob Ryan won a voucher,  and no winners in the card raffle today.

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Speaker today: Terri Jones introduced our speaker today, Iris Weaver. Iris spoke about the environmental impact of cleaning products.

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