The Rotator - Archive  Nov 30, 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... Cheryl Collins, Leo Bergeron, Mary Black, Scott Chernov, Shriley Conway, Howard Frisch, Charlene Glynn, Catherine Henry, Bill Mantz, Jim Marr, Jim McKenna, Donna Morris, Marc Sandler, John Scuccimarra, Julie Sidon, Don Sudbay Jr., Pat Thorpe, Sue Todd, and Cayte Ward.  Today's attendance is 39 present with 1 makeup out of 56 members for an average of 71%.

Meeting Report: Gloucester Rotary Club                             November 30, 2004

Visiting Rotarians

      Mark Linsky, a former Junior Rotarian, was visiting from Saratoga, California, and Eleanor Hoy was visiting from the Rockport Club.

Guests of Rotarians

       Joanne Carbone had Juni Van Dyke, our guest speaker for today, as her guest.

Interact Club

     Interact members  present today include; Zack Trotski, Felisha Aiello and John Oliver.

Makeups

     Steve Kaity made up at an Interact Meeting.

A Rotary Moment

    The next  Rotary Moment will be given by Jim McKenna followed by Fran Mondello and Donna Morris.

 Birthdays & Anniversaries

     Jim Perry celebrated his birthday today.  No anniversaries were reported today.

Vacations

     Todd Tanger, Gaye Brown, and Josh Arnold all visited Florida.  John Dugger went to Ohio.

Happy Thoughts

     John Dugger was happy that Ohio State beat Michigan in college football.  Rick Doucete was happy to win a Flag Football Championship after 20 years.  Now Rick can retire a winner.  Barry Pett was happy that the brush was being cut at Stage Fort Park.  Brad Pierce was happy that Joe Parisi saved his receipt for the wrecked chainsaw he purchased at the  Building Center.  Steve Kaity was a proud father, announcing that his daughter won a Sawyer Medal.  Greg Bover was happy to have his son home for Thanksgiving, and unhappy with the poison ivy he picked up at Stage Fort Park. Dave Stotzer was happy the Interact Club made the GDT's front page this week - twice!

Fines

    President Joe fined Tony Corrao and Rudy Macchi for too much chatter during the meeting.  Dave Stotzer was fined for not telling the visiting Interact Club members that the meeting place had changed for this week.  Barry Pett was fined for taking the best parking space the Manor Inn has to offer. Mark Grenier was fined for winning last week's card raffle..

    Club News

Thank You to Barry Pett  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 years'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.  No meeting will be held on December 14.  

        Thank You notes were received from the family of Josh Arnold for our donation to the Arnold Book Trust.  The Cape Ann Food Pantry sent a thank you for our September and October donations. Charlotte Harbor Rotary Foundation, Inc. for Punta Gorda, Forida sent us a big thank you for our donation of $500 to the victims of Hurricane Charley.

 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... No winner of the beverage of choice.  Todd Tanger won the money, and Josh Arnold won the flowers.  No winners today in the card raffle.

Speakers....  Juni Van Dyke, Art Director at the Senior Center, spoke about her 10 years of teaching art to Gloucester seniors.

Lunch Rating...   Meals will be rated by 5 stars, with 5 stars being the best. Today we dined on steak tips, potatoes, asparagus, salad and assorted desserts.  The dinners at my table gave the food 5 stars. 

Celebrate Rotary The Rotary International Theme for 2004-2005