Monday, February 23, 2015

ROTARY WEEK VOL 2 NO 17

        
GET READY FOR THE GREEN...........
  
SILENT AUCTION ITEM THIS WEEK.....A HAND-MADE  12 INCH BY 36 INCH TABLE RUNNER VALUED AT $29.99 OR MORE?
BEAUTIFUL....MADE BY ROTARIAN
KAREN SLATTERY

OPENING BID:   $21.00     501-954-2290
                            $25.00     563-652-5515
                            $27.50     563-370-9104

email your bid to:  kmaq@kmaq.com

NEW MEMBER OF OUR CLUB
BRIAN SPANNAGEL OFFICIALLY BECAME A 
MEMBER OF THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB TODAY (2-25-15) WITH A CEREMONY CONDUCTED BY PRESIDENT SCOTT, SHOWN PRESENTING BRIAN WITH HIS NAME TAG TO WEAR AT EACH MEETING. LOOKING ON IS MEMBER BOB OSTERHAUS WHO GETS CREDIT FOR INVITING HIM TO JOIN THE CLUB AND HOSTING HIM AT A COUPLE MEETINGS.    HE IS AN  ATTORNEY COMING FROM DUBUQUE TO MAQUOKETA LAST YEAR AND HIS OFFICE IS AT 114 WEST PLATT STREET, FORMERLY THE OFFICE OF  JUDGE MARK LAWSON.    BRIAN'S PARTNER IS MAGISTRATE JUDGE BRADLEY BOFFELIA.    BRIAN'S WIFE, ANGIE, HAS BEEN FOR 3 YEARS (AND STILL IS)  A PHARMACIST FOR OSTERHAUS PHARMACY.


TODAY'S PROGRAM.....
FOR NEARLY TEN YEARS, BONNIE MITCHELL  HAS BEEN THE MUSEUM CURATOR  FOR THE JACKSON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY.   SHE STARTED WITH THE MAIN MUSEUM ON THE FAIRGROUNDS AND LATER TOOK CHARGE ALSO OF THE NEW CLINTON ENGINES MUSEUM.   AND BOTH HAVE AN ADJACENT BUILDING WITH MORE
HISTORY.    TODAY, SHE TALKED ABOUT THIS YEAR'S SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON HARNESS RACING IN
JACKSON COUNTY'S PAST, INCLUDING
MAQUOKETA BEING THE HOME AND BURIAL PLACE OF "BILLY  THE GREAT" ....CHAMPION LOCAL HARNESS RACING HORSE.   I DOUBT IS THERE IS ANY OTHER STATE OF IOWA COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY THAT IS BIGGER OR MORE ACTIVE THAN OURS.   WE ARE FORTUNATE!   VISIT BOTH JACKSON COUNTY MUSEUMS...OFTEN.   TAKES SOMEONE WITH YOU AND IF YOU ARE NOT A MEMBER, JOIN!    THEN ENJOY FREE ADMISSION ANYTIME AND ENJOY THE
NEWSLETTER. 















                         

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