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ROTARY NEWS:

SECRETARY NATE GJERSTAD HAS LEFT CLOVER RIDGE PLACE FOR A NEW POSITION IN THE QUAD CITIES AND HAS RESIGNED FROM ROTARY.

HE WAS A GOOD MEMBER AND WE WILL MISS HIM AND WISH HIM THE BEST IN  HIS NEW JOB.

SILENT AUCTION ITEMS THIS WEEK:

$44.00 VALUE

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TWO TICKETS TO "THE FOUR BITCHIN' BABES" SHOW AT OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER IN MAQUOKETA ON SATURDAY,  SEPTEMBER 7TH,  AT 7 P.M.  TICKETS ARE $22 IN ADVANCE AND CAN BE PURCHASED AT THE

OHNWARD BOXOFFICE FROM 9 A.M. UNTIL 1 P.M.    ALSO AT OSTERHAUS PHARMACY AND THE MAIN BANK OF MAQUOKETA STATE BANK

OPENING BID:   $10.00  563-357-0852

                             15.00 563-689-5371 

                             20.00  563-357-0852

                             22.00  563-689-5371 

                            25.00  563-357-0852 

                            28.00   563-340-9123

EMAIL BID TO kmaq@kmaq.com

AUGUST 14 ROTARY MEETING:

THE PROGRAM AUG 14TH WAS GIVEN BY JACKSON COUNTY ENGINEER CLARK SCHLOTZ (TOP PHOTO) AND JACKSON COUNTY SUPERVISOR, AND FELLOW ROTARIAN, STEVE FLYNN.    BOTH TALKED ABOUT THE NEED FOR A GAS TAX HIKE IN IOWA  (SLOGAN:  A DIME WOULD BE FINE) FOR FUNDS DESPARATLY NEEDED TO   REPAIR AND/OR BUILD NEW ROADS AND

BRIDGES IN JACKSON COUNTY AND ALL OF IOWA.   A DIME A GALLON INCRAEASE WOULD GIVE AN EXTRA $500,000 A YEAR TO  JACKSON COUNTY FOR ROAD AND BRIDGE PROJECTS.   THE GOVERNOR HAS HIS OWN IDEAS AND CONSEQUENTLY, THE MOTOR FUEL TAX ISSUE GOT NO WHERE AGAIN THIS PAST SESSION.   

 

BUSY ROTARIAN BELOW:

YUP....THAT'S OUR OWN FELLOW ROTARIAN PETE ATIENZA BUILDING A HOME IN MAQUOKETA.   HE HAS SOME HELPERS.   HE HAS A HOUSE PLAN TO
GUIDE HIM BUT SAYS HE CHANGES THINGS DAILY.   WHO WOULD HAVE BELIEVED WHEN HE RETIRED,  HE WOULD TRADE HIS RUBBER SURGEON GLOVES FOR CANVAS WORK GLOVES.    THE HOUSE WILL BE FOR SALE.
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 ROTARY MEMBERS HAVE A GREAT LUNCH EVERY WEDNESDAY AT NOON.

JOIN ROTARY AND YOU ALSO

WILL EAT GOOD!