ROTARY WEEK VOL 2 NO 13

 NO SILENT AUCTION THIS WEEK

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MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB

AND

MAQUOKETA CHAMBER AG COMMITTEE

ANNUAL

FRIENDS OF AGRICULTURE

AWARDS

12:30 P.M.

THURSDAY

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

PEARSON CENTER

JACKSON COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS

MAQUOKETA

*********ROTARY PROGRAM 1-29********

DAN IS PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER FOR THE HIGHWAY PATROL.
HE AND WIFE AND 4 KIDS LIVE IN PARK
VIEW.   INTERESTING PROGRAM ON HIGHWAY
SAFETY, PLUS. 

ROTARY WEEK (JAN 20-27)

ROTARY SILENT AUCTION

LAST WEEK'S  $22 JIM WAND TICKET WENT FOR $17 TO EARL KEMP OF
SPRAGUEVILLE.

THIS WEEK, A $10 GIFT CARD TO THE VOY 3 THEATRE TO SEE A MOVIE
SOON.       TWO HITS SHOWING NOW:

AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY STARRING JULIA ROBERTS AND MERYL STREEP, RATED R..... AND..... THE NUT JOB, RATED G.

THESE GIFT CARDS ARE AVAILABLE MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AT KMAQ
AND EVENINGS AT THE THEATRE.     MANY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE
SPECIAL BELOW.   

THIS WEEK'S BIDDING BELOW FOR THE $10 GIFT CARE....

OPENING BID:    $3.00    563-689-5371
                             $7.00    563-357-2825
                             $8.00    563-340-9123
                             $9.25    563-590-8837
                                          
EMAIL YOUR BID TO kmaq@kmaq.com

DEADLINE FOR BIDS, MONDAY NOON

ROTARY PROGRAM, JANUARY 22, 2014.

LONGTIME MAQUOKETA ROTARIAN DAVE UPDEGRAPH GAVE THE PROGRAM TODAY ABOUT HIS NEW CAMERA, MOUNTED ON THE "DRONE"  HE IS HOLDING  ABOVE.     NOW, TO GET AN ARIAL PHOTO, NO NEED FOR AN AIRPLANE.   DAVE CAN DO IT WITH HIS "DRONE" AND SPECIAL CAMERA.
THAT'S ROTARIAN DOUG MELVOLD IN THE BACKGROUND.


UPCOMING ROTARY PROGRAMS:
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29TH.....TENTATIVE:   PREZ OBAMA
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5TH.....NO MEETING
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6TH......MEETING AT KMAQ FARM AND HOME SHOW

ROTARY WEEK

SILENT AUCTION THIS WEEK

FOR A $22 ADVANCE TICKET
TO JIM WAND SHOW
AT OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER

 

OPENING BID:    $5.00    563-689-5371

                               7.00    563-590-8837

                             10.00    563-652-3208 

                             11.00    563-340-9123

                             15.00    563-652-3198

                             17.00    563-689-5371

EMAIL YOUR BID TO kmaq@kmaq.com

DEADLINE TO BID, NOON MONDAY JAN 20TH

ROTARY PROGRAM JANUARY 14TH

ROTARIAN (TREASURER) ASHER SCHROEDER (AT THE URGING OF ROTARIAN

ROGER STEWART) GAVE TODAY'S PROGRAM AND IT WAS ABOUT ASHER'S

RECOLLECTIONS OF SERVING IN WORLD WAR II WITH THE FAMED 4TH

INFANTRY DIVISION.  HIS ENTIRE PROGRAM WAS ABOUT THE YEAR 1944.  

HE  WAS WOUNDED LATE THAT YEAR AND TAKEN PRISONER.   THIS WAS IN GERMANY AND HE SERVED WHILE GEN. GEORGE S. PATTON WAS THERE.    TOO BAD HIS  PROGRAM TODAY WAS NOT VIDEO RECORDED.       EVEN THOUGH THE PROGRAM RAN A LITTLE LONG,  EVERY ROTARIAN STAYED AND LISTENED TO THE ENTIRE PROGRAM AND GAVE HIM A "STANDING" THANK-YOU HAND AFTER.     ASHER WILL BE 89 THIS MAY 12TH.

 

NO ROTARY MEETING WEDNESDAY, FEB 5TH...

AND INSTEAD, IT WILL BE THE DAY AFTER, 

 FEBRUARY 6TH AT THE KMAQ FARM & HOME SHOW.

 

NEXT WEEK'S PROGRAM WILL BE GIVEN

BY MAQUOKETA ROTARIAN DAVE UPDEGRAPH, OF

DUBUQUE, LONGTIMNE MAQUOKETA BANKER AND FAMOUS DUBUQUE AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHER.

HE RECENTLY PURCHASED A "DRONE" (ABOVE),

DESIGNED TO TAKE PHOTOS HIGH UP IN THE AIR.  

DAVE JUST POSTED NEW  ''EAGLE" PHOTOS HE

TOOK IN AREA.   JUST "GOOGLE" DAVE UPDEGRAPH TO TAKE YOU TO HIS GREAT SITE.

THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY WAS INFORMED TODAY THAT JOHN FRAMPTON OF CLINTON, MAQUOKETA ROTARY PRESIDENT 10 YEARS AGO, DIED MONDAY.  WHILE IN MAQUOKETA, HE WORKED FOR A MAQUOKETA INDUSTRY.   HE WAS A GREAT GUY AND WAS A VERY GOOD PRESIDENT.

BOB OSTERHAUS AND BUD BURNARD

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO DR. BUD BERNARD....91 YEARS YOUNG, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16TH.    THE MAQUOKETA RETIRED OPTOMITRIST HAS BEEN A MEMBER OF THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB SINCE 1950.    HE ATTENDS THE WEEKLY MEETING EVERY WEDNESDAY NOON.    WAS BORN AND RAISED IN EAGLE GROVE AND WAS A TRUCK DRIVER IN WORLD WAR II.

BOB OSTERHAUS WILL CELEBRATE HIS BIRTHDAY

ON JANUARY 30TH.     WE ALL SANG HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO BUD TODAY AND WILL ALL SING

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO BOB AT JANUARY 29TH MEETING.   NOT THE BEST SINGING, BUT NOT THAT

BAD EITHER.

ROTARY WEEK VOL 2 NO 10 (FIRST 2014 ISSUE)

JANUARY 8, 2014 MEETING

LANNY SIMPSON, JACKSON COUNTY FAIR MANAGER, WAS GUEST SPEAKER AND TOLD WHAT'S COMING UP THIS YEAR AT THE FAIRGROUNDS.

THIS IS YEAR NUMBER 8 FOR HER AS MANAGER.   SHE WAS EXCITED TO

TELL THAT ALL BUT 5 WEEKENDS ARE BOOKED FOR EVENTS THIS YEAR.

BACK THIS YEAR AGAIN, THE WOODCARVERS CONVENTION, STOCK CAR RACING, AND THE JULY 5-DAY COUNTY FAIR.      THIS MONTH, A SATURDAY NIGHT PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING EVENT, SPONSORED BY THE FAIRBOARD.