The Rotator - Archive  Mar 2, 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, Ed Collard, Jim Cooke, Roger Corbin, Chris Costello, Steve Dexter, Rick Doucette, Meredith Fine, Bill Flygare, Charlie Foster, Howard Frisch, Terri Jones, Ray Lamont, Rudy Macchi, Jim Marr, Brian McCook, Dave McKechnie, John Morris, Steve Noble, John Rando, Bob Ryan, Marc Sandler, and Pat Thorpe.  Today's attendance is 39 present with 8 makeups out of 62 members for an average of 78%.

Meeting Report:  Gloucester Rotary Club                             March 2, 2010

Visiting Rotarians

Margo Casey was visiting from the Beverly Club.

Guests of Rotarians

No guests of Rotarians were reported today.

Interact Club

The Interact club members present were Arica Aiello, Emily Doucette, and Lousia Brown.  Lousia spoke about herself, family and future goals.

Makeups

Tom Dexter made up in Salem, Ed Collard made up online, Kim Spaner made up in Peabody, Ruth Pino made up twice; once each  in Rockport and Manchester/Essex.  David Slade and Julie Geary made up at Interact.

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

Josh Arnold celebrated his birthday today.  Sheree DeLorenzo was happy to celebrate the one year anniversary of the Seaport Grill at Cruiseport.  Christopher Farmer noted it was Dr. Seuss' birthday today.  Christopher is also still celebrating his college wining the big rugby tournament 44 years ago.

Vacations

Don Sudbay Jr. spent 4 days in Colorado skiing with his daughter.  David Stotzer spent 2 days at a photo convention in Plymouth, Massachusetts.  Brad Pierce went to Biloxi, Mississippi, on a golf outing.  Bruce Horne went to a conference in Orlando.  Kim Spanner spent 7 days in Jamaica.  Tom Dexter went to Pennsylvania for 3 days.

Happy Thoughts

Tom Dexter was happy  his wife Anita joined the Salem Rotary Club.  Tom also reported on a fundraising idea, Change for Change, giving out piggy banks out to members. Josh Arnold was happy to have relaunched his new website for the family's non profit.  Barry Pett was happy to go on the Washington trip protesting NOAA.  Barry was also happy that no one was hurt during the past burst of bad weather.  John Dugger was happy with new information about Adult Onset Diabetes.  George Roark was happy for his Canadian wife, who was very happy about the Olympics and Canada's hockey win over the United States.  Christopher Farmer was happy to have spotted two local falcons, and for the rubber duckie he just received for his birthday. Maggi Rosa was also happy to have two falcons roosting at City Hall.   Sinikka Nogello was very happy that Sheree DeLorenzo was very supportive of her retirement, offering up Cruiseport for the party.  Julie LaFontaine was so happy to have her car detailed this week.  Julie Geary was happy to be participating in Friday's Magnolia Wine Tasting.  Julie was also happy to have finally moved back into their master bedroom 5 years after the fire. Tony Carrao was happy that of the 3800 roofs he has supplied, no one reported any major damage.  Margo Casey was unhappy that her club (Beverly) does not talk about bird sightings.  Greg Bover was happy  the second annual birding weekend went well this year.  Christopher Farmer was happy to be talking about falcons in Gloucester, and Christopher was reminded of Joe Garland wrote a book called The Fish and the Falcon, a bit of Gloucester history.

Fines

Rotarians wearing a white, collared shirt were fined today. Women who were not sitting with any men at their table were fined.

Club News

Here's lunch for the next several weeks:

March         9  Shepherd's pie, salad, chocolate cake

March       16  Corned beef dinner, Irish soda bread, and Irish lemon cake

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 Rick Doucette and Rudy Macchi.

March        9  Laura Jones, LE,DNH.  Mind Body Nutrition. 

                        Tony Corrao, Acting President.

March      16  Iris Weaver.  Josh Arnold, Acting President

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 &  President Ruth is back!

March      30  Last meeting at the Elks.

Save the Date

March   2    Board of Directors Meeting

March 10    GHS Career Exploration

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, event 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 makes the best pizza in town!

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

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.  The evening will be honoring Sinikka Nogello

May      11   Today is "Significant Other" day at Rotary.  Take the opportunity to take your "significant other" to Rotary for lunch.  A day to share your Rotary experience with your, spouse, partner or "significant other". 

ABC of Rotary Moment

Barry Pett is up for next Tuesday's ABC of Rotary Moment, George Roark is first backup, Bob Ryan is the second backup, and the third backup is Marc Sandler. Please have your ABC of Rotary Moment ready.

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Winners and Losers: Sheree DeLorenzo gave the Rotary Moment today.  Greg Bover  won the $10.00, Maggie Rosa won the flowers, and no winners in the card raffle today.

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Speaker today: President Ruth held a business meeting today.

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