The Rotator - Archive  Sep 30, 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

Jim Marr Tests the Waters as Rotary's Acting President!

Meeting Report: Gloucester Rotary Club                             September 30, 2003

Visiting Rotarians

    Peter Mitchell from Vancouver, Canada, Ingrid Brown, President of the Rockport Club, and Mark Grennier of Peabody.  

Guests of Rotarians

    Bill Finch, our guest speaker today, was the guest of Alex Delis. Mike Costello had Donna Morris from Banknorth (and a soon to be Rotarian) as his guest.

Interact Club

     Interact members visiting today include: Lily Linquata, who spoke, Janice Worall, Christian Hoysradt, and Emily Donahue.

Makeups

     No makeups were reported today.

Happy Thoughts

     Bruce Horne was happy to have played at the Ronald McDonald Charity tournament in Walpole.

     John Dugger was happy that Northwestern has trained people so well that they could take a football defeat like the one they received at the hands of Ohio State during one of the school's "worst days" this year. ( Mike C. -  I never put John up to dissing Northwestern, but I love it!)

     Ingrid Brown was pleased the Red Sox start the run for the pennant on October 1st.

     Ruth Pino was happy Jim Marr took charge of the meeting today.

Anniversaries & Birthdays

     Joe Parisi and Howard Frisch and Interact member Lily LInquata all celebrated their birthdays today.  Herb Goodick led the group in song. 

      Josh Arnold celebrated 18 years of marriage.  Sue Todd has been at Child Development for 23 years.  Cheryl Collins is celebrating 13 years of marriage plus Ocean Optical is 9 years old.  Joe Parisi is celebrating the Building Center 100 year anniversary and 20 years of marriage.

Fines

       Bruce Horne was fined for playing nine holes and signing up for eighteen.

       Rudy Macchi was fined and asked to tell evryone a story about some keys.  Evidently, Rudy helped a Rotarian "fix" the battery with keys picked up by accident from another Rotarian.  Sue Todd appreciated the help but Steve Dexter, who the keys belonged to says his key/door opening feature is now broken.  The lesson here:   Match the keys to the correct car and the doors will open!

       Tony Carrao was fined for being in the paper.  There was some talk about a look alike in town

       Mike Costello was also in the paper.

       Don Sudbay, "Sweetie Pie," was fined big time by acting President Jim Marr for  a photo in the GDT's.  Jim Marr claimed executive privilege for his picture.

Vacations

     Charlene Glynn spent a long weekend in wine tasting in Sonoma, California.

A Rotary Moment

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

Club News

    Thank you Sinikka once again for taking notes for me at this meeting.

    TLC in needed at the O'Maley School.  Josh Arnold will contact the School Department and then report back in the next couple of weeks the work that needs to be done and the time table.

     Bob Ryan brought in a photograph of the Gertrude L. Thebaud's trip to Washington, D.C. in 1933 with Congressman A. Piatt Andrew, Ben Pine, Clayton Morrissey and others on board.  Bob also had a photograph of Everett R. Jodrey aboard the Thebaud as well .  The state Fish Pier was dedicated to Mr..Jodrey in 1938.

Winners and Losers... No won the beverage of choice.  Sue Todd won the money, and John Dugger won the flowers.  No winners today in the card raffle.

Speakers....  Alex Delis introduced Bill Finch of Finch and Rose Preservation Consultants.  Bill spoke about the restoration of the Sargent House Museum and presented interesting slides illustrating the detective work done to discover original wall colors and coverings.

Lunch Rating...   Meals will be rated by 5 stars, with 5 stars being the best. (I was not at he meeting, so I cannot report on the meal.)

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