The Rotator - Archive  Oct 14, 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, Tony Carrao, Steve Curcuru, Alex Delis, Steve Dexter, Rick Doucette, John Dugger, Dave McArdle, Jim McKenna, Fran Mondello, Bob O'Maley, Ruth Pino, Marc Sandler, John Scuccimarra, Julie Sidon, David Slade, and Dave Stotzer. Today's attendance is 41present with 0 makeups out of 54 members for an average of 75%

Meeting Report: Gloucester Rotary Club                             October 14, 2003

Visiting Rotarians

       No visiting Rotarians were reported today. 

Guests of Rotarians

      Mary Black's guest was Christopher Farmer, our guest speaker today and the new Superintendent of Schools for the City of Gloucester.

Interact Club

        Interact members present today are: Jamie Senior, Brittany Lukgard, and Lauren MacDonald.

Makeups

       No makeups were reported today.

Happy Thoughts

      Bruce Horne had a good time at Yawkey Way, entertaining himself after the Red Sox game was canceled because of rain.

      Sinikka Nogelo was happy that the Sox Box Office messed up her tickets.  Sinikka was originally going on the canceled game date but received tickets for the next day instead which ended up a gorgeous day.

      Steve Kaity was happy his daughter received a perfect score of 280 in language arts during her MCAS testing.

      Bruce Horne was happy to have won a 3-club golf tournament and won the low gross score.

      Sinikka Nogelo asked Bruce to forgive her note taking for Joe Ciolino. Evidently, the notes that went into the Rotator portrayed Bruce as a not-so-good golf player.

      Scott Chernov shared the news that the Don Sudbay's Bowling Center received an award as the second best bowling center in New England.  Congrats to the Sudbays.

Anniversaries & Birthdays

       Bruce Horne is celebrating his birthday today.    Joe Parisi celebrated 20 "wonderful" years of marriage.

Fines

        Sinikka Nogelo was fined for a photo in the GDT"s

        Don Sudbay, Shirley Conway, and Dave McArdle were assessed a late fine.

        Members who have not turned in their high school pictures were fined again.

        President Greg fined members who did not have their Rotary pin on today.

Vacations

        Joe and Di Parisi went on a cruise to Bermuda, Dave Babson went to Martha's Vineyard, and Bill Mantz went to Arcadia National Park.

A Rotary Moment

    The next Rotary Moment will be given by Jim McKenna followed by the week after by Sinikka Nogelo and Bob O'Maley

Club News

    Donna Morris was inducted today by President Greg.  Please stop and introduce yourself to Donna and welcome her to the club.  Donna is the new manager at the Banknorth branch on Harbor Loop.

     The board decided to raise the donation for the senior gift giving program from $15 to $20.  The board felt that the quality of the gifts the club gives out need to be upgraded.

     Please remember that the Interact Lobster Roll fundraiser is next Thursday and Friday.  Please call Gay Brown or David Stotzer if your have not yet already ordered your lobster rolls.  Jim Marr still needs volunteers to help deliver the food.  Please check with Jim Marr to schedule yourself for a delivery job.

Winners and Losers... No one won the beverage of choice.  Sinikka Nogelo won the money, and Becky Sumner won the flowers.  Neil Mathews won the card raffle today splitting close to $900 with the club.

Speakers....  Mary Black introduce Christopher Farmer, our new Gloucester Superintendent of Schools,  as our guest speaker today.  Mr. Farmer talked about his past career in the UK and how he decided to move to the US.

Lunch Rating...   Meals will be rated by 5 stars, with 5 stars being the best. Today we dined on New England boiled dinner.  The dinners at my table gave the food 5 stars.  When asked what would improve the meal the dinners no suggestions.

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