The Rotator - Archive  Mar 9, 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...  Ed Collard, Jim Cooke, Roger Corbin, Sheree DeLorenzo, Christopher Farmer, Charlie Foster, Julie Geary, Bruce Horne, Julie LaFontaine, Dave Marsh, John Morris, Jon Morse, Ruth Pino, John Rando, Geroge Roark, Dave Stotzer, Todd Tanger.  Today's attendance is 45 present with 1 makeup out of 58 members for an average of 76%.

Meeting Report:  Gloucester Rotary Club                                 March 9, 2010

Visiting Rotarians

Paula Bishop from the Ipswich Club.

Guests of Rotarians

Sue Ellis had Ted Twombly as her guest today.  Josh Arnold had our speaker today, Ann Grassetti, as his guest.

Interact Club

The Interact club members present today are Matthew Bommarito, Arica Aiello, and Emily Doucette.  Arica spoke to the club.

Makeups

Bll Flygare made up on-line.

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

Chris Costello and Eric Noble celebrated their birthdays today.  David McKechnie is celebrating 25 years in business at Beauport Financials.

Vacations

Terri Jones spent 5 days in San Francisco.  Marc Sandler spent 10 days in Florida.  Leo Bergeron spent 4 days in Daytona Beach.

Happy Thoughts

Bill Flygare was happy his leg surgery went well.  Bill was also happy that Governor Patrick appointed him as a Justice of the Peace, and he can now perform weddings.  Brian McCook was happy that a roof that Precision Roofing installed withstood the 87 MPH wind gust during the last storm.  Greg Bover was happy the Sawyer Free Library's Captain Courageous event went so well.  All locations of the readings had good attendance.  Sue Ellis was happy for the beautiful weather last Saturday and Sunday.  Tony Corrao was happy to have breakfast with Miss Pada.  Rudy Macchi was happy to be well and healthy after his recent operation.  (We are all happy too, Rudy!)

Fines

Acting President Tony Corrao fined Matt Langis and Rick Doucette for photos in the paper.  Mike Costello once again had a cookie fine imposed.  Members who did not give a Happy Thought in the past year were fined.  Sue Ellis had a late fine imposed.

Club News

Here's lunch for the next several weeks:

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      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 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.  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

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

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Winners and Losers: Barry Pett gave the Rotary Moment today.  David Babson won the $10.00, Bob Ryan won the flowers, Don Sudbay Jr. won the anonymous $40.00 gift.  (Jamaican currency, worth about a buck)  and no winners in the card raffle today.

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Speaker today: Ann Grassetti spoke about DECCA and its marketing programs at Gloucester High School.

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