The Rotator - Archive  May 4, 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, Jim Cooke,Tony Corrao, Chris Costello, Meredith Fine, Bill Flygare, Steve Kaity, Ray Lamont, Rudy Macchi, Brian McCook, Eric Noble, Steve Noble, John Rando, Marc Sandler, Kim Spaner, Don Sudbay Jr., and  Becky Sumner.  Today's attendance is 45 present with 0 makeups out of 63 members for an average of 71%.

Meeting Report:  Gloucester Rotary Club                               May 4, 2010

Visiting Rotarians

Assistant District Governor Alex Ushakoff visiting from the Beverly Club.

Guests of Rotarians

No guests of Rotarians were reported today.

Interact Club

The Interact club members present are: seniors Aaron Aiello and Mike Sawyer, and freshmen Trina Lafata and Rachel Merchant.  Rachel spoke about her family and future plans.

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

John Morris celebrated his birthday today.  No anniversaries were reported today.

Vacations

Jon Morse spent 10 day in Florida.  Rick Doucette spent 5 days in New Orleans with a group of Y Teens working to help out the city.  Dan Ottenhemier spent a week visiting the Grand Canyon and Sedona, Arizona.  Maggie Rosa spent 2 days in New Hampshire.

Happy Thoughts

Sal Frontiero was happy  the Celtics and the Bruins are both going to the playoffs. Rick Doucette was happy this year's Pride Stride netted $45, 000 in donations this year.  Sinikka Nogelo was happy that an Interact member is now certified at Cape Ann TV to operate a camera.  Roger Corbin is happy to have his 3rd grandson become an Eagle Scout.  Julie LaFontaine was happy she has been invited to Chicago to attend a presentation by Feeding America.  John Dugger was happy to have had a wonderful walk on the beach.  Dave Stotzer was happy he did not get the painting spot "under Jim Marr on a ladder"  at the cleanup.  Jim Marr was happy Steve Dexter enjoyed eating many donuts during the bandstand cleanup.  Maggie Rosa was happy Gloucester has the Mad Hot Ball and Children's Art  Festival were going on this weekend.  Isaac Wilhelm was happy the Rotary Track meet went well.  Christopher Farmer was happy Dr. Tracy as been hired by the Triton School System.  Pat Thorpe was happy he attended a Red Sox game last night.

Fines

Brad Pierce paid a fine for being the first one in line for the buffet each week.  Bruce Horne was fined for almost hitting a fellow Rotarian with his car.  (The Rotarian was in the crosswalk, and Bruce did not stop for him.) Members who did not help out at the track meet, and/or  the Bandstand fix-up were fined.  Howard Frisch paid a photo fine.

Club News

_{President Ruth helped unveil the new bike racks that will be distributed throughout the city.  The bike racks were paid for by a grant the city received.  The grant did not provide payment for freight charges, so the  Gloucester Rotary Club stepped up and provided the funds to pay for the freight.  The bike racks will have the City logo as well as the Rotary logo, promoting health and fitness in our community.} 

Scott Hitchcock is on his second reading to becoming a member.  Scott Smith gave his Classification Speech today. 

Here's lunch for the next several weeks:

May 11     Stuffed haddock. green beans, salad, rice.  Coconut macaroons for dessert.

May 18     Chicken and broccoli, salad, peach cobbler with whipped cream.

May 25     Sausage with peppers and onions  OR  hot dogs with peppers and onions, corn on the cob, cole slaw.  Brownies with vanilla ice cream for dessert.

 2009 / 2010 Speaker Assignments

Speaker Co-Chairs for  April are: Charlie Foster and Julie LaFontaine.

May 11    Loretta Peres, The Chill Zone
May 18    Mayor Carolyn Kirk
May 25   Jack Vondras, Gloucester Public Health

Save the Date

May   11  Today is "Significant Other" day at Rotary.  Take the opportunity  to share your Rotary experience with your spouse, partner or "Significant Other" by bringing them to Rotary with you.

May 26th   Paul Harris Night, Wed. 5:30 at Cruiseport, in lieu of Tuesday, May 25th lunch meeting.

ABC of Rotary Moment

Kim Spanner is up for next Tuesday's ABC of Rotary Moment, Dave Stotzer is first backup, Don Sudbay Jr. is the second backup, and the third backup is Becky Sumner. Please have your ABC of Rotary Moment ready.

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Winners and Losers: Tom Alves gave the Rotary Moment today.  Barry Pett won the $10.00, Charlie Foster won the flowers, and no winners in the card raffle today.

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Speaker today: President Ruth conducted a business meeting today.

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The Rotary International Theme for 2009-2010