The Rotator - Archive  Mar 2, 2004

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		Officers & Directors		2003-2004
		President		Greg Bover
		President Elect		Joe Ciolino
		Treasurer		Jon Morse, CPA
		Secretary		Samuel J. Miceli
		Asst.Secretary		Carole Sharoff
		Directors	Jim Marr- Club Service	Bruce Horne-Vocational Service
			DonSudbayJr.-CommunityService	Steve Dexter-At Large Mary Black -At Large
			Sinikka Nogelo -International Service	Joe Ciolino-Pres. Elect
The Rotary Club of Gloucester, MA, U.S.A.		District 7930 Governor Paul E. Nader Sr.
Chartered 1923	"Where Route 128 Begins"	District Website: wwww.Rotary7930.org

Missed and Missing... Mary Black, Scott Chernov, Shirley Conway, Steve Curcuru, Alex Delis, Steve Kaity, Rudy Macchi, Bill Mantz, David McKechnie, Jim McKenna, Fran Mondello, Jon Morse, Bob O'Maley, Bob Ryan, Marc Sandler, Julie Sidon, Carole Sharoff, and Becky Sumner.Today's attendance is 37 present with 0 makeups out of 54 members for an average of 68%.

Meeting Report: Gloucester Rotary Club                             March 2, 2004

Visiting Rotarians

      Barbara and Bob Ellis were visiting from the Rockport Club. 

Guests of Rotarians

      Rotarians had no guests today.

Interact Club

     Interact members present today are: Elise McNiff, Jon Blair, and  Emma Delphin. Jon Blair presented  a check for $1000, 20% of the profits from the lobster roll fundraiser, to be used for the Stage Fort Park Playground Centennial Project.

Makeups

      No makeups were reported today.

Happy Thoughts

         Charlene Glynn was happy when she forgot her purse with all her documents and money in in a taxi cab in Paris, and the taxi cab driver returned it to her hotel.

         Josh Arnold was happy to be walking again.  Josh is also happy that his daughter's basketball team finished their season undefeated.

         Barbara and Bob Ellis are happy to be going to Ireland for 5 weeks.

         John Dugger was happy to be selling tickets at Shaw's this week.

         Ruth Pino called fellow Rotarian Tony Carrao to block up the squirrel's winter motel in her church. Tony, as always, completed the mission. Ruth was also happy that Father Bullock, pastor of Sacred Heart Catholic Church,  is on the mend and feeling better. Ruth was also happy to have worked the Open Door kitchen, the bowling event held by the Interact Club to raise foodstuffs, and the honor of becoming a Director in our club.  According to the scheudle,  Ruth will be President in 2009.

       Dennis Acker was happy to announce that he and his wife are purchasing their first house.

       Mike Costello was happy but a little sad that his "baby" boy played in and won his last collegiate basketball game and also scored the most points during the game.  The final score was 76 to 75. 

       Barry Pett was happy that Interact member Jon Blair received a ROTC Navy Scholarship to Purdue.  Barry remembered he also received an ROTC scholarship 35 years ago.

       Cheryl Collins was happy that today feels like spring.

Anniversaries & Birthdays

      Charlene Glynn and Josh Arnold celebrated their birthdays today.  Barbara and Bob Ellis are celebrating 43 "wonderful" years of marriage.  Jim Marr is celebrating his one year anniversary of retirement as our Chief of Police.

Fines

      Members not participating in the Open Door or the Interact Bowling were fined today.

      President Greg also handed out his late fines today.

Vacations

     Charlene Glynn was surprised by her hubby with a birthday trip to Paris.

     David Babson went to Sunny River for some skiing.

     Sue Todd went to Washington on business.

     Joe Paris went skiing with his children and managed to come back in one piece.

A Rotary Moment

    Sue Todd was awarded her Sustaining Member pin by President Greg. 

    The next Rotary Moment will be given by Julie Sidon followed by Don Sudbay Jr., and Becky Sumner.

Club News

     The club will assemble on May 8th at the Stage Fort Park Band Stand for the annual fixer-upper.  Please sign up with Joe Parisi.

      April 28 is the District Conference.  Officers of the club are asked to attend.  The conference is in Danvers and starts at 3:15 pm.  Don Sudbay is putting together a van for a car pool.  Please contact Joe Ciolino to signup. The club will pay all expenses for attendees.

Winners and Losers... Dennis Acker won the beverage of choice. Dave Stotzer won the money, and the flowers.  No winners today in the card raffle.

Speakers....  Joanne Carbone and Donna Morris gave their classification speeches today.

Lunch Rating...   Meals will be rated by 5 stars, with 5 stars being the best. Today we dined on baked haddock and vegetables.  The dinners at my table gave the food 5 stars.  When asked what would improve the meal the dinners suggested it was perfect.

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