THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB
SILENT AUCTION ITEM OF THE WEEK:

TWO ADULT TICKETS TO SEE "GODSPELL" ON FEBRUARY 15, 16 OR 17 AT
THE OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER IN MAQUOKETA.    IT WILL BE PRESENTED
BY OHNWARD AND THE PEACE PIPE PLAYERS LITTLE THEATRE GROUP.
"GODSPELL", THE BELOVED CLASSIC FROM STEPHEN SCHWARTZ, THE GRAMMY AND ACADEMY AWARD WINNING COMPOSER OF "WICKED" AND "PIPPIN".    SHOWS AT 7 P.M. FRIDAY AND SATURDAY  AND SUNDAY AFTERNOON AT 2.
ADVANCE TICKETS $15.00 AND AT THE DOOR, $18.00.
STUDENTS, $10 AND AT THE DOOR $12.
ADVANCE TICKETS ARE ON SALE AT OHNWARD, OSTERHAUS PHARMACY
AND MAQUOKETA STATE BANK (MAIN BANK).  

UP FOR AUCTION HERE....TWO ADULT TICKETS WORTH $30.00.

OPENING BID:    $10.00       318-210-9761
                               15.00       563-689-5371
                               17.50       563-652-3208
                               25.00       563-340-9123 

EMAIL YOUR BID TO kmaq@kmaq.com

MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB
CITIZEN OF THE WEEK:

 JACK MARLOWE, LONGTIME SPORTS EDITOR OF THE MAQUOKETA NEWSPAPERS!   NOW (RETIRED) JACK STILL DOES A WEEKLY SPORTS COLUMN.  FRIDAY NIGHT AT THE MCHS GYM, JACK WAS HONORED BY THE
MAQUOKETA SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF EDUCATION.    THE BOARD
PASSED A RESOLUTION NAMING THE SPORTS COMPLEX TO THE SOUTH
OF THE HIGH SCHOOL, THE JACK MARLOW ATHLETIC COMPLEX.  THE AREA INCLUDES THE BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL DIAMONDS, TRACK AND TENNIS COURTS.  SIGNS WILL BE ERECTED AT ALL 3 ENTRANCES AND A SPECIAL
CEREMONY IS SCHEDULED DURING MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND.    JACK STARTED COVERING MAQUOKETA AND AREA SPORTS IN 1962.    HE IS A "GOOGLE" FOR LOCAL SPORTS.    ASK JACK HOW MANY HITS THE CARDINALS GOT IN THEIR GAME AGAINST DEWITT IN 1978 AND HE WILL LET YOU KNOW.
ETC. ETC. ETC.    THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY IS HAPPY TO CONGRATULATE  JACK AND NAME HIM THEIR CITIZEN OF THE WEEK.

ROTARY AT THE KMAQ FARM SHOW:

AGAIN THIS YEAR THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB CO-SPONSORED THE
FRIENDS OF AGRICULTURE AWARDS AT THE FARM SHOW.   THERE WERE
ABOUT A DOZEN ROTARIANS PRESENT FOR THE AWARDS.   ABOVE PRESIDENT SCOTT WARREN SHAKES HANDS  WITH STEVE SCHROEDER
OF BELLEVUE, WHO RECEIVED THE AG PUBLIC SERVICE AWARD.   HE
IS AG TEACHER AND ADVISOR FOR THE BELLEVUE HIGH SCHOOL FFA
CHAPTER.    AT LEFT, COUNTY ASSESOR JOELLE DEPPE WHO TOLD THE
AUDIENCE WHY STEVE EARNED THE AWARD.   AND AT FAR RIGHT, SCOTT
GENT.    BOTH JOELLE AND SCOTT REPRESENTED THE MAQUOKETA 
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AG COMMETTEE.

ABOVE, THE WINNER OF THE AGRI BUSINESS AWARD, TERRY AND NANCY KIEFFER OF PRESTON, FARMERS,  AND OWNERS OF THE  "PLASTICS UNLIMITED" INDUSTRY IN PRESTON, WHICH EMPLOYS 60 PEOPLE THAT MAKE PLASTIC PRODUCTS  FOR FARMING EQUIPMENT ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.    LEFT, SCOTT GENT,  THEN TERRY AND NANCY AND SCOTT WARREN AND BRIAN NABB OF THE MAQUOKETA STATE BANK, WHO PRESENTED FACTS ABOUT THE KIEFFER'S TO THE AUDIENCE.

THE FARMERS OF THE YEAR AWARD WENT TO BOB AND LISA COATES, OF
RURAL DELMAR, WHO HAVE HAD A VERY LARGE DAIRY FARM FOR YEARS.
THEY SOLD THEIR HERD IN JANUARY AND ARE SWITCHING TO BEEF OPERATION.    THEIR DAUGHTER, CALLIE AT FAR LEFT, DID THE INTRODUCTION FOR THE AWARD FOR HER PARENTS.    AT LEFT, CALLIE,
LISA, BOB, SCOTT GENT AND TOM DEVINE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE
MAQUOKETA AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.    EACH AWARD WINNER
RECEIVED A PLAQUE AS SHOWN.
THANKS TO THE ROTARY AND CHAMBER FOR SPONSORING THE 3 AWARDS
SINCE 1990 WHEN THEN ROTARY SECRETARY (NOW DECEASED) BILL
STEWART CAME UP WITH THE IDEA FOR THE AG AWARDS AND CONVINCED
THE ROTARY TO BE A SPONSOR.

        MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB
ROTARIAN OF THE WEEK:

DR. MELVIN "BUD" BERNARD HAS BEEN A ROTARIAN
SINCE MOVING TO MAQUOKETA IN 1950 TO OPEN AN OPTOMETRIST
OFFICE DOWNTOWN.    BUD RETIRED IN HIS LATE 70'S AND THE GOLFER
LIVES IN  HIS HOME OVERLOOKING THE MAQUOKETA COUNTRY CLUB GOLF
COURSE.   HIS WIFE MARILYN DIED A FEW YEARS AGO.   NOW 90, HE STILL DOES A LITTLE DUCK HUNTING.....HIS FAVORITE SPORT.    AND HE HARDLY EVER MISSES A ROTARY MEETING.    BUD WILL RECOMMEND ROTARY TO ANYONE AND EVERYONE!    HE DROVE A TRUCK IN WORLD WAY II AND HAS FOND MEMORIES OF HIS BOYHOOD DAYS IN EAGLE GROVE, IOWA.   MANY
OF YOU PROBABLY REMEMBER WHEN YOU SAT IN HIS OFFICE  EXAMINERS CHAIR AND TOLD HIM WHAT DIRECTION THE "E" WAS POINTING!
HE'S BEEN A 20-20 CITIZEN AND ROTARIAN!

THIS WEEK,  THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB  WILL AGAIN BE CO-SPONSOR OF THE 3 AG AWARDS AT THE KMAQ FARM AND HOME SHOW.    THE CLUB HAS BEEN DOING THIS 1990.