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                 NO SILENT AUCTION ITEM THIS WEEK
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 MAQUOKETA ROTARY MEMBER
 OF THE WEEK: 

SHERRY- ABOVE - STORY COMING, CHECK BACK FOR IT! 

AUGUST 27, 2013 MEETING.....
THERE WERE SEVERAL GUESTS.....

ROTARIAN DOUG MELVOLD BROUGHT HIS MOTHER, FRANCES,  TO THE MEETING SO EVERYONE COULD SING HAPPY 90TH BIRTHDAY TO HER.
HER LATE HUSBAND R.T. "BOB" MELVOLD WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF
OUR CLUB.    SHE WAS RAISED IN CRESCO AND BOB AND FRANCES GOT
MARRIED IN NEW ORLEANS IN 1944.    AFTER WORLD WAR II THEY MOVED
TO MAQUOKETA WHERE THEY BOUGHT ONE OF THE TWO NEWSPAPERS.
THEY  BOUGHT THE SECOND LATER.    THE NEWSPAPER IS STILL RUN BY
DOUG AND THE REST OF THE FAMILY.   

ROTARIAN MARK SHEETS BROUGHT HIS WIFE SUSAN (AND BUSINESS PARTNER IN SHEETS CONSTRUCTION) TO THE MEETING TO ENJOY A ROTARY LUNCH PREPARED BY THE EXCELLENT EAGLE'S COOKS.....MEATLOAF
TODAY.

DOUG MELVOLD ALSO BROUGHT AS HIS GUEST, KELLY GERLACH, HEAD
WRITER AND PHOTOGRAPHER FOR THE SENTINEL-PRESS.  

ROTARIAN NANCY MOORE  (ROTARIAN ROGER STEWART'S LITTLE SISTER)
CELEBRATES HER BIRTHDAY FRIDAY AND SO EVERYONE SANG HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO  HER TOO.   THAT'S LONGTIME ROTARIAN NORM KENNEDY
IN THE BACKGROUND.

ELDRIDGE ROTARIAN BILL TUBBS VISITS US A LOT AND WE LIKE TO SEE HIM.
HIS BROTHER IS ROTARIAN ALAN TUBBS AND HIS LATE FATHER,  EDWARD,
WAS A LONGTIME MAQUOKETA ROTARIAN.    HE IS A VERY ACTIVE
MEMBER OF BOTH THE ELDRIDGE CLUB AND THE ROTARY DISTRICT.

THE PROGRAM TODAY:

WAS GIVEN BY THE MCHS club hOpe!      AT LEFT, MINDY ORRIS,
THE CLUB ADVISER AND MCHS TEACHER.    AT RIGHT, MEMBER MARISA
TILL (SENIOR) WHO WITH MINDY AND 26 OTHER MEMBERS AND CHAPERONES
SPENT 7 DAYS IN AFRICA PLUS 4 MORE DAYS GETTING  HOME AFTER THE
AIRPORT FIRE THERE.   BOTH TOLD WHAT THEY DID ON THE TRIP (HELPING TO BUILD A SCHOOL IN KENYA) AND HOW THANKFUL THE PEOPLE THERE
WERE.     MINDY IS PUTTING TOGETHER A PROGRAM ON THE TRIP  TO PRESENT TO THE PUBLIC THIS FALL. 
 

                                    ROTARY 4-WAY TEST:

                  IS IT THE TRUTH?

                  IS IT FAIR TO ALL
                  CONCERNED?

                  WILL IT BUILD GOOD 
                  WILL AND BETTER
                  FRIENDSHIPS?

                  WILL IT BE BENEFICIAL
                  TO ALL CONCERNED?

JOYCE OSTERT, LONGTIME FRIEND AND LISTENER, PRESENTED ROTARIAN
DENNIS VOY WITH A COOKIE PIZZA THURSDAY MORNING AT KMAQ, FOR
KMAQ'S 55TH ANNIVERSARY WHICH WAS AUGUST 26TH.    JOYCE IS AN
EXPERT BAKER AND COOK AND DOES A REGULAR RECIPE PAGE FOR
THE MAQUOKETA SENTINAL-PRESS.
CLICK-ON PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT.    NO CALORIES IN IT!  
  
ROTARY COLORS:  BLUE & GOLD

TODAY'S MEETING ATTENDANCE OF MEMBERS AND GUESTS WAS THE BEST IN A LONG TIME.

                  THE MAQUOKETA 
                  ROTARY WISHES YOU
                  A SAFE AND HAPPY
                  LABOR DAY!