The Rotator - Archive  Nov 23, 2004

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		Officers & Directors		2004-2005
		President		Joe Ciolino 2004-05
		President Elect		Jim Marr     2005-06
		Treasurer		Jon Morse, CPA
		Sargents At Arms		Cheryl Collins Rick Doucette Bruce Nicholls
		Secretary		Carole Sharoff
		Directors	Don Sudbay Jr. -Club Service      2006-07	Sinikka Nogello Vocational Service  2008-09
			Bruce Horne Community-Service       2007-08	Steve Kaity,           at - Large
			Ruth Pino -International Service       2009-10	Joe Parisi, at-Large
Celebrate 100 Years of Rotary
The Rotary Club of Gloucester, MA, U.S.A.		District 7930 Governor  Donna Marie D'Agostino.
Chartered 1923	Oldest Fishing Port in the United States	District Website: www.Rotary7930.org

Missed and Missing...  Josh Arnold, Leo Bergeron, Greg Bover, Gaye Brown, Scott Chernov, Shirley Conway, Alex Delis, John Dugger, Catherine Henry, Steve Kaity, Bill Mantz, Jim Marr, Jim McKenna, Donna Morris, Marc Sandler, John Scuccimarra, Julie Sidon, Todd Tanger, and Cayte Ward.  Today's attendance is 40 present with 1 makeup out of 56 members for an average of 72%.

Meeting Report: Gloucester Rotary Club                             November 23, 2004

Visiting Rotarians

      No visiting Rotarians were present today.

Guests of Rotarians

      Mike Gigliotti had his wife Miriam as his guest today.  Rick Doucette's stepson was his guest today.

Interact Club

       Interact members were not present today.

Makeups

       Dave Stotzer made up at Interact.

A Rotary Moment

    The next  Rotary Moment will be given by David McKechnie, followed by Jim McKenna and Fran Mondello.

 Birthdays & Anniversaries

      Rudy Macchi celebrated his birthday today.  Sinikka and Joe Nogelo celebrated 37 "wonderful" years of marriage.  Nina and Jim Perry celebrated 31 "wonderful" years of marriage.

Vacations

        Dave McArdle went to Florida, Bruce Horne went to Florida, Fran Montello went to New York, and Ruth Pino went to Atlanta.

Happy Thoughts

         Mike Costello was happy  Northwestern won their last game, 24 to 21. Cheryl Collins was happy to be enjoying the ocean view out of our windows today.  Sue Todd had a happy thought about her granddaughter.  Rick Doucette was happy to take his stepson to see Sponge Bob Square Pants, playing at the local cinema.

Fines

          President Joe fined Rotarians who have not had their photos taken for the website.  Fines were also levied for Rotarians who have not filled in their birthdays on the website. Dave Stotzer was fined for coming to Rotary at the end of November with the top down on his convertible.

    Club News

Thank You to George Roark for taking notes for this weeks Rotator

     The Holiday Party will be held at the Cape Ann Bowling Lanes.  Joanne Carbone and Alex Delis are Santa's Elves, planning this year's party.  The date is December 15, from 6:00 to  8:30 PM.  The Holiday Party will be in lieu of a meeting for that week. 

     David McKechnie, representing the Gloucester Little League, was presented with the first check of a 3 year commitment.  $2100 will be paid  in 3 installment checks of $700 for three years.

Stage Fort Park Centennial Project

     Please consider signing on as a sponsor of our Centennial Project - The Stage Fort Park Playground Sponsor Levels include - Gold Sponsorship, $1000 will purchase a picnic table, Sliver -$650 will purchase a bench, and Bronze - $400 will purchase a tree. All sponsors will be acknowledged on a display at the playground.

Winners and Losers... George Roark won the beverage of choice.  Sue Todd  won the money, and Mike Linquata won the flowers. The Classic Cooks pumpkin pie was won by Barry Pett.  Mark Grenier won today in the card raffle.

Speakers....  Joanne Cabone introduced our guest speaker today, Pat Lovone.  Pat spoke about Alzheimer's Disease, its symptoms, and the care of patients afflicted by the disease.

Lunch Rating...   Meals will be rated by 5 stars, with 5 stars being the best. Today we dined on chicken or beef chili and a salad with great desserts.  The dinners at my table gave the food 4 stars. 

Celebrate Rotary The Rotary International Theme for 2004-2005