The Rotator - Archive  Oct 30, 2007

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	Bruce Horne Sinikka Nogelo Jon Morse, CPA   Rick Doucette   Carole Sharoff Joe Ciolino	------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------	President President Elect Treasurer Sergeants At Arms Secretary     Rotator Editor &  Internet Officer

District 7930 Governor - Julia Phelps

District Web site: www.Rotary7930.org

Missed and Missing... Cheryl Aparo, Josh Arnold, Leo Bergeron, Mike Costello, Ann Margaret Ferrante, Howard Frisch, Julie Geary, David Kenney, Julie LaFontaine, Brian McCook, Tracy O'Neil, Dan Ottenheimer, John Rando, and Don Sudbay, Jr.  Today's attendance is 43 present with 11 makeups out of 57 members for an average of 95%.

     Meeting Report: Gloucester Rotary Club                                          October 30, 2007

Visiting Rotarians

    No visiting Rotarians were reported today.

Guests of Rotarians

   Carol Sharoff had her husband Bill as her guest.  Sinikka Nogelo had Jane Meletello, our speaker, as her guest today.

Interact Club

     Interact members present were  Rosario Testeverde and Emily DeSilva.  Emily spoke  about her school activities and future college goals. 

Makeups

         Brian McCook made up in East Longmeadow, David Slade and Julie Geary made up 3 times at Interact, David Stotzer made up 4 times at Interact.

     Rotarians can now make up on line.  Check out www.rotaryeclubone.org , allow yourself 30 minutes to complete the makeup and make sure you print off a receipt of having completed your on line makeup.  Please hand  your receipt to Carole Sharoff in order for the attendance records to be adjusted. 

 Birthdays & Anniversaries

     Todd Tanger, David Stotzer and Sergey Zemlyanaki all celebrated their birthday this week.  Roger Armstrong is celebrating the 9th anniversary of the opening of his art gallery. 

Vacations

    Rick Doucette was happy to go to New Orleans for a work detail with a group of North Shore Y members.  Jon Morse went to California for 9 days.  Dave Stotzer went to Maine, John Dugger went to Vermont for 24 hours, or 1 day in some circles.  Tony Corraro went to Disney for 7 days.  Dave McKechnie went to Florida. 

Happy Thoughts

   Steve Kaity was happy to be moving back to Gloucester from Rockport.  Roger Armstrong was happy to be hand delivering a painting he had just sold to a customer in New York. Sinikka Nogelo was happy to report the Red Sox won the World Series because the Nogelo's all wore their lucky Red Sox shirts for the games.  President Bruce was happy to have had the opportunity to play the Salem Country Club.  David Slade was happy the California fires are a somewhat safe 1 1/2 miles away from his daughter's condo.  David was also happy to have been a winner at a local auction of a Kurt Schilling / Jonathan Papelbon autographed Red Sox Shirt.  Todd Tanger was happy the games lasted so long because his station, 104.9 FM, played the games.  Mark Grenier was happy to announce the birth of his third child last week.  Sergery Semiyanski was happy he installed a crown (tooth) in one week.  Steve Dexter was happy to receive a check for his card raffle winnings and is going to donate it to the Jackson Family  to help their 18th month old child who just had a heart transplant. 

 Fines

    President Bruce fined Marc Grenier for the suggestion that the Red Sox Ambassador who spoke a few weeks ago was not given enough time to speak. Joe Ciolino had a badge fine. 

    Club News

 . Dean Lavoie gave his classification speech today. 

Pictures of the Week.....

The old traffic island

Down come the dead trees

Second tree is down

Brad Pierce who has been the Rotary's traffic island steward, plants the new trees.

Thank you Brad for taking the time to supervise the reconstruction of our traffic island.  The new island will be landscaped soon; Brad will organize a work crew - stay tuned!

ABC of Rotary Moment

     Dave Stotzer is up for next Tuesday's  ABC of Rotary Moment, Don Sudbay Jr. is first backup, David Sullivan is the second backup, third backup is Becky Sumner.  Please have your   ABC of Rotary Moment ready. 

Winners and Losers...  David Slade gave an ABC of Rotary moment.  Rudy Macchi won the money, and Steve Dexter won the flowers. John Dugger won some old badges.   No winners today in the card raffle.

Speakers....  Sinikka Nogelo introduced Jane Meletello, from SeniorCare, Inc.  Jane spoke about elder services, information and solutions.