The Rotator - Archive  Sep 18, 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... Leo Bergeron, Roger Corbin, Tony Corrao, John Dugger, Sal Frontiero, Steve Kaity, Dave Kenney, Julie LaFontaine, Tracy O'Neil, Mike Sarraf, David Slade, Don Sudbay, and Dave Sullivan.   Today's attendance is 41present with 5 makeups out of 53 members for an average of 86%.

     Meeting Report: Gloucester Rotary Club                                           September 18, 2007

Rotary Bird of the Week

Birds of New England ....Name the Bird!

Visiting Rotarians

     Bob and Barb Ellis were visiting from the Rockport Club. 

Guests of Rotarians

     Dave McKechnie was happy to have his nephew Drew as his guest today. 

Interact Club

     Interact members present today included Josh Salah and Jake Alves.  Josh spoke about himself and his future plans.

Makeups

      Bruce Horne made up in Manchester/Essex, Brian McCook made up in Longmeadow, Julie Geary and David Slade make up at Interact.  David Sullivan made up in Annapolis. 

     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

    David McKechnie celebrated his birthday today.     Cheryl and Danny Aparo are celebrating 17 "wonderful" years of marriage. 

Vacations

    Jim Perry visited California.

Happy Thoughts

    Joe Parisi was very happy  Jim Marr pounded him relentlessly about wearing a seat belt.  Joe was wearing his seatbelt when he received a speeding ticket.  Joe appealed the ticked and the Judge was so impressed that Joe was wearing his seatbelt he dismissed the ticket.  Cheryl Collins was happy her son turned 16 and worked all summer to purchase a Mustang convertible car.  (The exciting part is that her son cannot drive for another 6 months, so until then Cheryl's hair is windswept as she drives about town in her son's convertible.)  Rick Doucette was happy  the Rockport Preservation Act granted $60,000 to refurbish a state park.  The RPA selected the YMCA to administer the money.  David McKechnie is happy his nephew Drew has decided to join  David's firm.  Ruth Pino was happy to be at the new Cruiseport Terminal for our lunch, she was also happy to have witnessed the passing of Gloucester Crossing development after a grueling 8 hour City Council session.  (Ruth, you must have a high pain threshold.) Lastly, Ruth was happy that two candidates on Chronicle were quoting her statement.  One credited her as the source, the  other one did not. 

 Fines

President Bruce fined any member who has been driving a Mercedes car this week.  President Bruce also fined any member riding around in a Mercedes sport convertible, and Jim Marr pleaded guilty to all counts.  The membership was also subjected to a Rotary pin fine today. 

    Club News

      President Bruce announced that Cheryl Collins has resigned from the Board of Directors.  A new director will be named shortly. 

     President Bruce thanked Frank Elliot and Sherry DeLorenzo for hosting our club at the Cruiseport today. 

     Maude Warren from the Open Door Foundation accepted a check from President Bruce.  Maude spoke about how helpful the Interact Club has been with the Open Door Foundation food kitchen through the many years. 

Save the Date:     

District Governor Julia Phelps will be at our October 2nd meeting.   Four new members will be inducted by DG Phelps during her visit that day.  Please try to make this meeting, we need to put our best face forward with some good attendance that day for the District Governor's visit and to welcome the new members.  

This Week's Photo Gallery  ^{_{(Photos by Brad Pierce)}}    

<<<<<< Gloucester's Cruiseport

Interior Shot of the Cruiseport Function Hall >>>>>>>>

Frank Elliott, the creator and owner of the <<<<<<<< Gloucester's Cruiseport

Members who looked at the boat yard next door to the Cruiseport  saw this work in progress and were wondering why this boat was being restored.  Sources tell us this  boat is one of the last WW2 Naval Ships called PT boats(Patrol Torpedo Boats), as in PT109 and JFK.  The Navy built them out of plywood, a new space age material then, so boats could work in mine fields.  The PT boats raided the biggest   warships Japan had in the South Pacific. The ship was built for speed, its only defense,  and armed with torpedoes.  Stripped down you can see the silhouette of a PT Boat.  http://www.ptboats.org/   

 ABC of Rotary Moment

     John Rando is up for next Tuesday's  ABC of Rotary Moment, George Roark is first backup, and Bob Ryan is the second backup, third backup is Marc Sandler Please have your   ABC of Rotary Moment ready. 

Winners and Losers...   Ruth Pino gave an ABC of Rotary Moment.  Charlie Foster won the money, and Becky Sumner won the flowers.  No winners today in the card raffle.

Speakers....  President Bruce introduced our speaker and host Frank Elliot, the owner of the Gloucester Cruiseport.  Frank spoke about his dream of building this facility and what it took to make it a reality.