The Rotator - Archive  Nov 18, 2003

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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... Dennis Acker, Steve Curcuru, Alex Delis, John Dugger, Catherine Henry, Bill Mantz, Neil Mathews, Dave McArdle, Jim McKenna, Fran Mondello, Joe Parisi, Ruth Pino, Marc Sandler, Dave Stotzer, and Becky Sumner. Today's attendance is 41 present with 0 makeups out of 53 members for an average of 77%

Meeting Report: Gloucester Rotary Club                             November 18, 2003

Visiting Rotarians

       Mark Grenier was visiting from the Peabody Club.    

Guests of Rotarians

        Gene Sutherland, our speaker today, was a guest of "Ricky" Doucette.  George Roark had Bob Roland and J.D. McCeachern as his guest today.  Carole Sharoff had Joan Carbone as her guest today.

Interact Club

     Interact members present today are: Lauren MacDonald, Brittany Lukegord, and Jamie Senior .  Brittany Lukegard spoke to club today about her school activities and her future college plans.

Makeups

       No makeups were reported today.     

Happy Thoughts

       Sinikka Nogelo was happy her husband Joe did not get seriously hurt during a Surf Board Competion in Costa Rica.

       Joe Ciolino was happy the voters of Ward 1 reelected him for 2 more years to represent them on the Gloucester City Council.

       Joe Ciolino was also happy to have Adelphia, Sinnika Nogelo and the league of Woman Voters do such a great job informing the public about the last election. 

       Bruce Horne was happy that his wife's foot is finally healing.  Bruce was happy his father is home after physical therapy for a knee replacement.  Finally, Bruce was happy to have won first prize for his bird carving.  Bruce, you have all kinds of hidden talents!

       Cheryl Collins was happy that both of her children earned straight A's on their last report cards.

       Ruddy Macchi was happy to have successfully negotiated with the good nuns who own the building St.Mels leases for their school.  The sisters have extended St. Mel's lease for another year. Rudy reported the only hitch is that he promised  Mother Superior a night of diner and dancing sometime soon.

       Rudy was also happy he just received his tickets to the 04' Daytona Beach Races.

       David McKechnie was happy to have completed a computer conversion in his office.  David was also happy with how Rudy Macchi enabled the extension of St. Mel's lease. David was also happy to have won a Trivial Pursuit game with Carol Sharoff and Alex Delis.  Carol did not agree with David's winning assessment. We will have Alex Delis settle who the winner actually was.  ( Rotary procedure: "Is it the Truth"?)

        Judy Sidon was happy her mother is turning 87, and that her father was not injured by a car accident involving his living room.

Anniversaries & Birthdays

       Bob O'Maley and Rudy Macchi celebrated their birthdays today.   Steve and Judy Kaity are celebrating 15 "wonderful" years of marriage.  Mike Costello is celebrating 25 "wonderful years at the Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce.  Gay Brown and husband Mark are celebrating 23 "wonderful" years of marriage.  Sinikka and Joe Nogelo are celebrating 36 "wonderful" years of marriage.  Congrats to all!

       Barry Pett was happy to be starting a new job.  Barry is working for the newest gambling ship on Gloucester Harbor. Good luck Barry, it will be great to get you off the streets!

Fines

      Greg Bover fined him self for a photo that appeared in a district newsletter. 

      Jim Marr was fined for a photo in the GDT's.

      Don Sudbay Jr. was fined for having his bowing center mentioned in a article.

      David McKechnie received a late fine.  Brad Pierce was fined for two cell calls.

Vacations

       JIm Parry went to Marco Island.

A Rotary Moment

    The next Rotary Moment will be given by Jim Perry followed by the week after by Barry Pett and Ruth Pino.

Club News

    George Roark presented to Bob Roland and J.D. McCaechern a check for $555 to sponsor the GHS  Freshman/Sophomore Northeast Conference Track Meet.  The Date is December 22, at the Benjamin Smith Field House at GHS.   Our club has been sponsoring this and other track team events for many years.  Volunteers are needed to help out at the meet.  Please check with George Roark to sign up.  

      Mark your calendar for the Holiday Party -  Tuesday, December 9th at 6:30 P.M. at Cameron's Restaurant.  The party is in lieu of a meeting that day.  Check with Jim Marr for details.     

Winners and Losers... No won the beverage of choice.  Interact member won the money, and Jim Perry won the flowers.  Don Sudbay Jr. won today in the card raffle.

Speakers....  "Ricky" Doucette introduced out guest speaker today, Marine Sargent Gene Sutherland.  Gene talked about his experience in Iraq and Kuwaiti during the war and now during the rebuilding.

Lunch Rating...   Meals will be rated by 5 stars, with 5 stars being the best. Today we dined on a ruben sandwich and corn chowder.  The dinners at my table gave the food 3 stars.  When asked what would improve the meal the dinners suggested a larger ruben sandwich.

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