MAQUOKETA ROTARIAN DAVE TOOK THIS GREAT PHOTO OF AN EAGLE
FLYING OVER THE MIGHTY MISSISSIPPI UP AT GUTTENBERG THIS PAST WEEKEND.     CLICK-ON THE PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT.

LAST WEEK'S "SILENT AUCTION" VOY THEATRE GIFT CARD WENT FOR
$12....A SAVINGS TO THE BIDDER OF $8.00

SILENT AUCTION THIS WEEK....TWO OHNWARD FINE ARTS TICKETS:

    CLICK-ON THE STORY ABOVE,  LEFT OF SMALL PHOTO, TO ENLARGE
WE HAVE ONE ADVANCE TICKET VALUED AT $25 FOR THE SILENT AUCTION
THIS WEEK.    TO MAKE A BID, SEND EMAIL TO www.kmaq.com

OPENING BID:   $    5.00         563-689-5371
                                10.00         563-590-8837
                                15.00         563-340-9123 

MAQUOKETA ROTARY 
MEMBER OF THE WEEK:

DENNIS HASENBANK HAS BEEN A GOOD MEMBER FOR A LOT OF YEARS AND MAKES JUST ABOUT EVERY ROTARY MEETING.   HE AND HIS WIFE LIVE ON ANGUS COURT IN MAQUOKETA, WHERE HE IS AN EGG BOOKER AND HIS WIFE
DOES SEWING AND ALTERATIONS.

ROTARY NEWS:

LONGTIME ROTARY MEMBER AND EDITOR-PUBLISHER OF THE MAQUOKETA SENTINEL PRESS, DOUG MELVOLD,  GOT MARRIED LAST FRIDAY
NIGHT ON A BEACH IN FLORIDA.    THE PHOTO ABOVE WITH MARY WAS TAKEN AT THE ROTARY CHRISTMAS PARTY IN 2011.     MARY IS FROM  MADISON AND SHE AND DOUG HAVE  PURCHASED A HOME ON NORTH ARCADE STREET IN MAQUOKETA.   THEY WILL MOVE-IN SOMETIME IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS.      DOUG'S SON TIM FLEW TO FLORIDA FOR THE NUPTIALS WHERE HE JOINED DOUG'S MOTHER FRANCIS, WHO IS AGAIN WINTERING IN FLORIDA.
THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB SAYS
CONGRATULATIONS
TO DOUG AND MARY! 

LOWELL CARLSON, RETIRED EDITOR OF THE BELLEVUE HERALD-LEADER,
GAVE THE PROGRAM AT ROTARY FEBRUARY 27TH.     HE TALKED ABOUT
WORKING THE SUMMER OF 1976 IN TEXAS FOR AN INTERESTING
MAN WHO SET OUT TO BUILD MINIATURE WINDMILLS FOR HIS FAMILY AND HIRED LOWELL TO HELP.     THE ELDERLY MAN AND LOWELL BECAME FRIENDS AND SHOWN HERE WAS WINDMILL #5, THE ONE GIVEN TO LOWELL.
IT WAS IN LATE 1976 THAT LOWELL WAS HIRED BY ROBERT MELVOLD TO
BE A REPORTER FOR THE MAQUOKETA NEWSPAPERS.
LOWELL COULD PROBABLY GIVE A DIFFERENT SUBJECT PROGRAM EVERY WEDNESDAY FOR A YEAR. 

THE ROTARY FOUR WAY TEST:
1.   IS IT THE TRUTH?
2.   IS IT FAIR TO ALL CONCERNED?
3.   WILL IT BUILD GOOD WILL AND BETTER       FRIENDSHIPS?
4.   WILL IT BE BENEFICIAL TO ALL CONCERNED?