Monday, January 21, 2013

THE GUEST SPEAKERS AT THE JANUARY 23RD ROTARY MEETING ARE IN THE PHOTO ABOVE, LEFT TO RIGHT, LACEY ROOT, MARLEE LINDSTROM AND
TEACHER MINDY ORRIS.    THE TWO STUDENTS TOLD ABOUT THE CAMP THEY ATTENDED THIS PAST SUMMER AT WARTBURG IN WAVERLY, AND SPONSORED BY IOWA ROTARY CLUBS, INCLUDING THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY.
THEY HAD A GREAT TIME!     LACEY IS A JUNIOR AT MAQUOKETA HIGH AND DAUGHTER OF DALE AND SHEILA ROOT AND MARLEE IS A SENIOR AND THE DAUGHTER OF REECE AND SHEILA LINDSTROM.      THE TWO ARE VERY ACTIVE IN CLUB "HOPE" AT MAQUOKETA HIGH AND MINDY HAS BEEN IN CHARGE OF THE CLUB FOR 5 YEARS.    SHE HAS BEEN A TEACHER 11 YEARS AND IN MAQUOKETA 6.   SHE GRADUATED FROM UNI AND ALSO GOT HER
MASTERS AT UNI.    HER HUSBAND IS CRAIG AND THEY HAVE 3 KIDS, OLIVIA AGE 7, EMERY AGE 4 AND HUDSON AGE 1.     MINDY ALSO SPOKE AND SPOKE  MOSTLY ABOUT CLUB HOPE AND THE MANY THINGS THEY HAVE
DONE FOR THE COMMUNITY.   LATE LAST YEAR, THEY SPONSORED A DANCE MARATHON AND RAISED OVER $10,000 FOR THE CHILDREN AT UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS  IN IOWA CITY.   LAST YEAR, THEY EVEN PAINTED THE  FIRE HYDRANTS IN MAQUOKETA  AND CLEANED THE REST ROOMS DURING THE JACKSON COUNTY FAIR.   THERE ARE ABOUT 25 MEMBERS, MOSTLY GIRLS.     THEY ARE RAISING MONEY TO TAKE ANOTHER TRIP TO KENYA THIS SUMMER
AND DO GOOD DEEDS THERE LIKE THEY DID TWO YEARS AGO.

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         THE  MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB
             SILENT AUCTION ITEM OF THE WEEK:
                           CLICK ON PHOTO ABOVE TO ENLARGE IT
  PLACE A BID FOR THE OIL CHANGE SPECIAL AT THE  BRAD DEERY
 AUTO CENTER  IN DOWNTOWN  MAQUOKETA.
AT BRAD DEERY'S, THEY LOOK FORWARD TO SERVICING YOUR VEHICLE....
OR GIVING YOU A TOP TRADE-IN ALLOWANCE  TOWARD  A NEWER MODEL FROM THE LARGEST SELECTION OF NEW AND USED CARS AND PICKUPS IN EASTERN IOWA....OVER 1,000 TO CHOOSE FROM....INCLUDING THE 2013 MOTOR TREND TRUCK OF THE YEAR AND NORTH AMERICAN TRUCK OF THE YEAR....THE 2013 RAM 1500.    TAKE A MINUTE OR TWO FOR A VIRTUAL TEST DRIVE AT www.braddeery.com       IF YOU ARE NOW A BRAD DEERY CUSTOMER....A SINCERE "THANK YOU!"

Oil Change......up to 6  quarts of oil and new filter, check and top-off all fluids, check tires and tire pressure.
A value of $28.95.  
        OPENING BID:  $ 5.00   563-340-9123
                                    10.00   563-678-2832
                                    13.00   563-451-2474 
                                    14.00   563-340-9123 
EMAIL BID TO www.kmaq.com
  
 THE MAQUOKETA ROARY CLUB
             ROTARIAN OF THE WEEK:
DAVE UPDEGRAFF HAS BEEN A MEMBER OF THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB
FOR OVER 10 YEARS.     HE IS A PAST-PRESIDENT OF THE CLUB.    WHEN DAVE IS NOT WORKING AS HUMAN RESOURCES OFFICER FOR OHNWARD
BANKS, HE IS BUSY BEING PRESIDENT OF THE MAQUOKETA AREA CHAMBER
OF COMMERCE OR, TAKING PICTURES FOR HIS PERSONAL WEB SITE, UPDE.NET      SOON.....TAKE A LOOK AT....www.upde.net
HIS OFFICE IS IN THE BUILDING JUST EAST OF THE MAQUOKETA STATE BANK.
STOP IN AND SAY HELLO AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ROTARY AND  HOW YOU CAN BECOME A MEMBER, HE WILL HAVE THE ANSWER AND
INVITE YOU TO ATTEND A MEETING.    DAVE HAS A FAVORITE SAYING:
     "People Rarely Succeed At Anything Unless They Have FUN Doing It."

THE MEMBERS OF THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB THANK  YOU FOR CHECKING HERE AGAIN TODAY.    KEEP WARM, ENJOY IOWA'S GREAT WINTER AND COME BACK AGAIN!











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