ROTARY WEEK VOL 3 NO 4

SILENT AUCTION ITEM:

LAST WEEK, WE DID NOT SELL THE OHNWARD TICKET FOR BRANSON SHOW THIS SATURDAY.

IT IS STILL FOR SALE...SO PLACE YOUR BID .. EMAIL IT TO

kmaq@kmaq.com

OPENING BID:    $ 5.00   563-689-5371
                                9.00   563-652-3803

BIDDING STOPS AT NOON SATURDAY

             FROM THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB

HO HO HO....AGAIN THIS YEAR, SEVERAL CLUB
MEMBERS WILL BE "RINGING THE CHRISTMAS
BELL" FOR THE SALVATION ARMY.

ROTARY WEEK VOL 3 NO 3

SILENT AUCTION ITEM THIS WEEK....
A TICKET TO THE BRANSON SHOW IN MAQUOKETA
VALUED AT $22.00

OPENING BID     $

EMAIL YOUR BID TO kmaq@kmaq.com
BIDDING DEADLINE MONDAY AT NOON

HAPPY THANKSGIVING
 FROM THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB

ROTARY WEEK VOL 3 NO 2

SILENT AUCTION THIS WEEK....

IN A CLEAR PLASTIC ZIPPER CARRYING BAG....

A SEARS ROSE SILK KING DUVET COVER SET....BOTTOM SHEET  AND  COVER SHEET AND 2 PILLOW CASES ... SEARS  "BED IN BAG BEDDING"...
VALUE, $39.99

OPENING BID     $10.00    563-689-5371

EMAIL YOUR BID TO kmaq@kmaq.com
BIDDING DEADLINER, NOON MONDAY

THE GUEST SPEAKER AT ROTARY TODAY, NOVEMBER 12TH, WAS GINGER SCHOOP OF ANDREW, AND THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE
  ANNA B. LAWTHER ACADEMY IN MAQUOKETA.
THE ACADEMY IS LOCATED  IN THE ROSENBERG BUILDING JUST NORTH OF OLD CITY HALL.    THE ACADEMY WAS FORMERLY NAMED, THE HILLCREST SCHOOL.     IT WAS THEN, AND IS NOW,  A DIVISION OF HILLCREST FAMILY SERVICES AND IT HAS PRE-SCHOOL TO HIGH SCHOOL CLASSES  FOR SPECIAL NEEDS KIDS OF ALL AGES FROM THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL DISTRICT AND SURROUNDING DISTRICTS.     IT GETS LOTS OF  HELP FROM THE ANDREW AMVETS, THE  MAQUOKETA YMCA, AND METHODIST AND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHES. IT GENERALLY HAS FROM 25 TO 30 STUDENTS EACH YEAR AND IT HAS A STAFF OF 17 AND HAS A NECESSARY HIGH TEACHER TO STUDENT  RATIO.
GINGER IS VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE ACADEMY AND BROUGHT ALONG
SEVERAL STUDENTS WHO YOU COULD TELL, LIKE THE SCHOOL AND GINGER.
HER ACADEMY IS  A REAL ASSET TO MAQUOKETA WITH SO MANY ONE-OF-A-KIND PERSONS AND PLACES.    THANKS TO ROTARIAN ASHER SCHROEDER
FOR SCHEDULING THE PROGRAM ABOUT MAQUOKETA'S ACADEMY.

ROTARY WEEK VOL 3 NO 1

SILENT AUCTION ITEM THIS WEEK.....

THIS CASSEROLE DISH WORTH $13.98

OPENING BID...    $4.00     563-689-4971
                               $10.00   319-480-4266

EMAIL YOUR BID TO  kmaq@kmaq.com
BIDDING DEADLINE, NOON MONDAY

TWICE A  YEAR...ROTARY HIGHWAY CLEAN-UP...

ROTARY OCTOBER COMMUNITY PROJECT:    ROTARIANS KEN WRIGHT, TERRY SLATTERY, AND TED MAZE.   NOT IN PICTURE, BUT ALSO HELPING, DOUG MELVOLD AND FLORIAN STEFFAN.     NOT A BIG A HAUL THIS TIME....WHICH IS GOOD NEWS.
PHOTO BY DOUG MELVOLD

AT ROTARY TODAY:
THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY VOTED TO CONTRIBUTE $500 TO THE MAQUOKETA COMMUNITY CUPBOARD.    ON LEFT, GARY EGGERS, MANAGER OF THE CUPBOARD AND AT RIGHT, PASTOR ERIC SWANSON OF THE MAQUOKETA MINISTERIAL ASSOCIATON, SPONSOR OF THE CUPBOARD.  PASTOR ERIC
SAID MONEY CONTRIBUTED IS USED TO BUY FOOD FROM ST. STEPHEN'S FOOD BANK IN DUBUQUE AT 1/10 OF THE RETAIL VALUE.     THE $500 FROM THE ROTARY WILL BUY $5,000 WORTH OF FOOD.    IN SEPTEMBER, THE CUPBOARD GAVE FOOD TO AN AVERAGE OF 154 FAMILIES (431 INDIVIDUALS) A WEEK.    OVER THE TIME OF ONE MONTH, EACH INDIVIDUAL IS GIVEN ABOUT $5 TO $10 OF FOOD ASSISTANCE.    IF YOU WISH TO DONATE FOOD ITEMS (INSTEAD OF CASH), THESE CANNOT BE PURCHASED IN BULK AND WILL BE VERY MUCH APPRECIATED AT HE CUPBOARD IN THE DAC BUILDING ON WEST PLATT STREET:     CHICK-N-NODLE SOUP, ANY CREAMY SOUP, TOMATO SOUP, PASTA(SPAGHETTI AND MACARONI), CANNED VEGETABLES, AND TOILET PAPER.

GUEST SPEAKER TODAY WAS ANN BURNS OF JACKSON COUNTY CONSERVATON AND SHE TOLD ABOUT THE PRAIRIE CREEK RECREATION AREA AT THE EAST EDGE OF MAQUOKETA, GIVEN TO THE COUNTY BY
THE LATE MAQUOKETA  AUTO DEALER, BOB MARTIN.    TRAILS AND PARKING LOTS HAVE ALREADY BEEN ESTABLISHED BY VOLUNTEERS AND WORK WILL CONTINUE NEXT SPRING MAKING EVERY PART OF THE 250 ACRES A
SITE FOR ALL AGES TO LEARN AND ENJOY NATURE.