The Rotator - Archive  Nov 9, 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... Dennis Acker, Leo Bergeron, Mary Black, Shirley Conway, Alex Delis, Steve Dexter, Howard Frisch, Catherine Henry, Dave McArdle, David McKechnie, Jim Perry, Becky Sumner, and Cayte Ward.Today's attendance is 43 present with 0 makeups out of 56 members for an average of 76%.

Meeting Report: Gloucester Rotary Club                             November 9, 2004

Visiting Rotarians

      Kathy Morris and Bob Ellis from the Rockport Club.

Guests of Rotarians

       Joanne Carbone had guest speaker Jim Dillon as her guest.  Carol Sharoff  had Bridgette Murray as her  guest.  Jim McKenna had the Gloucester Veterans Agent, Bill McGroty, and Mayor John Bell as his guests today. Mike Costello had his son, Mathew, as his guest today. 

Interact Club

     Interact members  present today include: Lindsey Spear and Sean Pszemny.  Lindsey spoke about her school activities, her parents, and her future goals. 

Makeups

     No makeups were reported today.

A Rotary Moment

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

 Birthdays & Anniversaries

     Bill Mantz celebrated his birthday today.  Steve Kaity celebrated 16 "wonderful" years of marriage.  Sinikka Nogelo first met her husband Joe 39 years ago.  (They were both in nursery school, right Sinikka?)

Vacations

       Bob Ellis went to a non-vacation.

Happy Thoughts

       President Joe was happy his wife Joan did not have any injuries following a fender bender Monday.  Joe was also happy that Joan's consulting business started a five month contract with a new client. Bob Ellis was happy to have been biking down the "other" cape.  Brad Pierce was happy to have a new grandchild in the family - baby Ava is the newest addition. Ruth Pino was happy to have a quote in the Globe, thanks to Mike Costello.  Charlie Foster was happy to be driving a new Sudbay car.  Kathy Ciluffo was happy to have the opportunity to have dined with New York Yankee's coach Joe Torre.  Cheryl Collins was happy to buy some moving boxes from Charlie Foster.  (John Scuccimarra chimed in by saying Cheryl should come to Shaw's for some free boxes!) Jim Marr now knows who the brat was that gave so much trouble on the while he was on the police force. (Tony Corrao).  Mayor John Bell was happy that his daughter delivered twins in the twin city (Minneapolis). Congrats to the Bells.

Fines

     Barry Pett was fined for peeling rubber in his black Cadillac automobile while leaving the Elks after a meeting. (Behavior unbecoming a Rotarian).  Barry denies the incident, since he was listening to the Devil's music playing and could not hear the wheels peel!  Jim McKenna was fined for not listing his birthday on the club's website.  Steve Dexter was fined for a quote in the Times.  Ruth Pino was fined for a quote in the Globe.

    Club News

Thank You Kathy Ciluffo for taking notes for this week's Rotator!

     Joe  Parisi and his playground committee has picked November 22 and December 4 as the last dates we can go to the Stage Fort Playground for a work party for this year.  The time will be from 8 am to 12 pm.  All depends on if the project receives a DEP number - for which we have has been trying to receive for months.  No work can proceed until a number is assigned.  So, please pencil those dates on your calendar. If we receive our DEP number we will proceed.  President Joe will announce if and when we have a number and the go-ahead.

 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... Kathy Ciluffo and Steve Kaity won the beverage of choice.  Bill Mantz won the money and the flowers!  No winners today in the card raffle.

Speakers....Jim  Dillon, a Divorce Mediation Attorney, spoke about divorce options.

Lunch Rating...   Meals will be rated by 5 stars, with 5 stars being the best. Today we dined on chicken Caesar salad and cheese cake for dessert.  The dinners at my table gave the food 5 stars.  When asked what would improve the meal the diners had no suggestions.

Celebrate Rotary The Rotary International Theme for 2004-2005