The Rotator - Archive  Sep 2, 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, Leo Bergeron, Mary Black, Cheryl Collins, Steve Curcuru, Alex Delis, Steve Dexter, Howard Frisch, Bruce Horne, Jim McKenna, Fran Mondello, Jon Morse, Carl Muench, Bob O'Maley, Marc Sandler, John Scuccimarra, Julie Sidon, Sue Todd, Cayte Ward. Today's attendance is 37 present with 0 makeups out of 54 members for an average of 68%

Meeting Report: Gloucester Rotary Club                             September 2, 2003

 Visiting Rotarians

     Mark Grenier of the Peabody Club was visiting today.  The always entertaining Bob Thrasher was visiting from the Rockport  Club.  

Guests of Rotarians

     John Dugger had his daughter, Sam Ornstein, as his guest today.   

Interact Club

     Interact members are on summer school break.

Makeups

     No makeups were reported today

Happy Thoughts

     The always entertaining Bob Thrasher was happy to be a grandfather again.

     Rudy Macchi was also happy to be a grandfather again.  Congrats to both Bob and Rudy.

     John Dugger and daughter Sam are very happy that the bowling alley is now open again.

     Mike Costello was happy Northwestern won it's game.( Nebraska did,  also!)

     Barry Pett was happy that all went well for the visit of the Navy destroyer Oscar Austin during its visit for the schooner festival.

     Rick Doucette was happy that the Y sponsored Cape Ann Road Race went well.

     Tony Carrao was happy to have the "Clean City Kids Program" go well this summer.  The residents and visitors of Gloucester certainly could see the difference in the cleanliness of our city during its busiest time of the year.  Congrats to you and the kids for continuing such a important program for our city.  Tony was also happy to have been invited to brunch on the Oscar Austin when it was in port, and was proud to remember to wear a tie for the event.

Anniversaries & Birthdays

     No birthdays were reported today.  Pat Thorpe reported he and his wife are celebrating 10 "wonderful" years of marriage.  David Babson reported that he and Val are celebrating 31 "wonderful years of marriage." Sal Fronterio is celebrating 4, and Don Sudbay Jr. is celebrating 7 "wonderful" years of marriage.

Fines

       President Greg fined Barry Pett's table for talking business during lunch.  Barry was fined for "dropping a dime" on his table mates.

Vacations

     John Dugger vacationed on the "other cape"

     Catherine Henry went camping in the Sierra Mountains.

     George Roark vacationed at the Wentworth by the Sea Resort.

     Charlene Glynn went to New York.

     Sinikka Nogelo went to the Hamptons.

     Ruth Pino vacationed on Good Harbor Beach.

     David McKechnie spent the week diving, bluefish fishing, and buzzing the destroyer Oscar Austin with his boat.

     A Rotary Moment

    The next Rotary Moment will be given by Neil Mathews, followed by the week after by David McKechnie, and Jim McKenna.

Club News

    The Gloucester vs.. Rockport Golf Outing is tentatively scheduled for Thursday, September 25th at 1 P.M. at the Rockport Golf Club.  The Cost is yet to be determined.  Please sign up with Bruce Horne.   Ringers even remotely associated with our club have been accepted in the past.  This is a must-win competition.  Loosing is not an option!

Winners and Losers...Steve Kaity won the beverage of choice. Ruth Pino won the money, and George Roark won the flowers.  No winners today in the card raffle.

Speakers.... Dr. Charlene D. Glynn, Optometrist, gave her classification speech today. 

Lunch Rating...   Meals will be rated by 5 stars, with 5 stars being the best. Today we dined on salad and baked fish  The dinners at my table gave the food 5 stars.  When asked what would improve the meal the dinners suggested larger portions.

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