Wednesday, December 31, 2014
ROTARY WEEK VOL 3 NO 9
BECAUSE OF THE HOLIDAYS....
THERE WAS NO MAQUOKETA ROTARY MEETING DECEMBER 24TH
AND NO MEETING WILL BE HELD DECEMBER 31ST.
FROM THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB!
WE INVITED YOU TO JOIN ROTARY IN 2015.
Friday, December 26, 2014
ROTARY WEEK VOL 3 NO 8
NO SILENT AUCTION ITEM THIS WEEK
NO MEETING THIS WEEK (DEC 24), AND DECEMBER 31ST
THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB WISHES YOU A HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Tuesday, December 16, 2014
ROTARY WEEK VOL 3 NO 7
NO SILENT AUCTION ITEM THIS WEEK.
LAST THURSDAY, MAQUOKETA ROTARIANS COLLECTED OVER $300 RINGING THE BELL FOR THE SALVATION ARMY AT WAL MART.
THIS WEDNESDAY, THE ANNUAL WHITE ELEPHANT CHRISTMAS EVENT AT THE MEETING. THIS MEETING, THE FINAL ONE FO 2014.
AT TODAY'S MEETING (12-17-'14) .....ABOVE, THE TABLE WITH THE WHITE ELEPHANT PACKAGES....18. EVERYTHING FROM HOME MADE CANDY, TO A SANTA RED PURSE. ALL WENT WELL AND EVERYONE SEEMED TO
HAVE A GOOD TIME, WITH LOTS "STEALING".....OR SHOULD WE SAY "TRADING" OF GIFTS. LOTS OF FUN AND LAUGHS.
ABOVE, LURA DANIEL WITH PRESIDENT WARREN. LURA IS OUR COOK AND A GOOD ONE. AND SCOTT ON BEHALF OF THE CLUB, HANDED HER
A CHRISTMAS CARD WITH SOME CHRISTMAS CASH IN IT FROM ALL MEMBERS. SHE LIVES AT RURAL MAQUOKETA-NORTH.
NICE TIE PREZ!
THERE WILL BE NO MEETING DECEMBER 24TH OR 31ST
MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB.
Tuesday, December 9, 2014
ROTARY WEEK VOL 3 NO 6
SILENT AUCTION ITEM THIS WEEK...
A $10 VOY THEATRE GIFT CARD
OPEN BID $8.00 563-689-5371
EMAIL YOUR BID TO kmaq@kmaq.com
DEADLINE TO BID, NOON MONDAY
ROTARY PROGRAM TODAY:
ROTARIAN DWAIN TRENKAMP TALKED
ABOUT THE CHRSITMAS STAR PROGRAM
THAT HE AND BARB MILLER HAVE RUN
FOR 28 YEARS....FIRST STARTED IN 1987.
SINCE THEN, 16,000 THOUSAND CHILDREN AND
SENIORS HAVE BEEN GIVEN PRESENTS OFF
THE TREES AT M-S-B BANK AND US BANK.
THIS YEAR, FOR THE FIRST TIME, THE
NUMBERS ARE DOWN A LITTLE. LAST
YEAR, 450 KIDS WERE SIGNED UP AND THIS
YEAR, 397. THE SENIORS TREE IS ABOUT
THE SAME AS LAST YEAR, 125. THIS IS A
PROJECT OF MAQUOKETA COMMUNITY
SERVICES WHICH ALSO RUNS THE USED
CLOTHING STORE AT DAC ON WEST PLATT.
NEW MEMBER
ADRIENNE WILLIAMSON, AN ATTORNEY WITHTHE PILLERS & RICHMAN LAW OFFICE JUST NORTH
OF THE HURST HOTEL IS THE NEW MEMBER THAT
RECEIVED HER OFFICIAL WELCOME TODAY. SHE
AND HUSBAND ERICK JUST CELEBRATED THEIR
5TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY AND HAVE PURCHSED
A HOME ON WEST QUARRY STREET. THEY HAVE
NO CHILDREN. SHE IS AT THE MAQUOKETA FULL
TIME AND THE OWNERS OF THE FIRM COME TO
MAQUOKETA TO ASSIST HER WHEN NEEDED.
ROTARIAN JOHN GILROY GETS CREDIT FOR BRINGING
HER TO ROTARY MEMBERSHIP. JOHN AT RIGHT, AND
PRESIDENT SCOTT WARREN TO LEFT. NICE TO HAVE
ADRIENNE AS A NEW MEMBER. SHE IS NOW THE 7TH
WOMAN IN THE CLUB. AND WE WELCOME MORE!
ROTARY NEWS
ROTARIAN KIM HUCKSTADT INFORMED
THE CLUB TODAY THAT HE HAS A NEW
JOB, AS AN ASSISTANT PROFESSOR AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA IN
CEDAR FALLS. IF THEY MOVE TO CEDAR
FALLS, WE WILL LOOSE HIM AS A MEMBER.
THAT WOULD NOT BE GOOD.
NEXT ROTARY PUBLIC SERVICE PROJECT
RINGING THE SALVATION ARMY
CHRISTMAS BELL.....
Monday, December 1, 2014
ROTARY WEEK VOL 3 NO 5
NO SILENT AUCTION THIS WEEK
THIS WEEK'S PROGRAM....
ROTARIAN NORM KENNEDY WAS IN CHARGE OF THE PROGRAM TODAY AND
INVITED SCOTT HANSEN OF THE MAQUOKETA POLICE DEPARTMENT TO THE MEETING TO TELL ABOUT HIS JOB AS SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER FOR THE
MAQUOKETA SCHOOL DISTRICT. SCOTT HAS BEEN WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OVER 10 YEARS AND HAS BEEN RESOURCE OFFICER FOR THREE. HE SPENDS MOST OF HIS WEEKLY TIME AT THE MIDDLE AND
HIGH SCHOOLS WITH SOME TIME EACH WEEK ALSO AT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. HE IS ALSO NEARING 20 YEARS IN THE ARMY RESERVES AND
HAS BEEN TWICE CALLED TO DUTY OVERSEAS, INCLUDING A TOUR IN
AFGANISTAN.
ROTARIAN JOHN GILROY THIS WEEK MADE THE MEMBERSHIP ROUND ASKING IF ANYONE HAD GOOD NEWS TO SHARE, AND IF SO, TO DONATE SOME MONEY TO THE SCHOLARSHIP FUND, ALONG WITH THE NEWS. JOHN, LEFT,ACCEPTS A $10 BILL FROM ROTARIAN DENNIS HASENBANK. NORMALLY......THE DONATION IS A DOLLAR OR TWO, BUT DENNIS HAD SPECIAL GOOD NEWS AND WANTED TO GIVE $10. EARLIER THIS WEEK, WHILE ON A VISIT TO CEDAR RAPIDS, HIS WIFE FELL ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL AND THE CAR WENT DOWN AN EMBANKMENT AND....SHE WAS LUCKY AND NOT A SCRATCH.
DENNIS SAID HE VISITED THE SCENE AFTER (SHE WAS DRIVING ALONE) AND FROM WHAT HE COULD SEE, SHE WAS LUCKY TO BE ALIVE.
PRESIDENT SCOTT WAS ABSENT TODAY AND SO CLYDE HARPER FILLED IN.
MEATLOAF, GREEN BEANS, MASHED POTATOES AND PEA SALAD....GAVE EVERYONE ENERGY FOR THE REST OF THE WORK DAY... AND THE MEETING WAS OVER AT 1 P.M.
MAQUOKETA ROTARY PAST PRESIDENTS......
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