ROTARY WEEK VOL 3 NO 5

THE DECEMBER 2ND MEETING ATTENDANCE WAS NOT THE BEST, BUT THE GOULASH WAS.
GUEST SPEAKER WAS JOHN BERGE, FORMER
MEMBER, WHO WITH WIFE PATTI AND TWO BOYS
LIVED IN MAQUOKETA IN THE 90'S AND THEN MOVED TO STERLING, ILLINOIS.   PATTI WAS WITH
JOHN AT THE MEETING.   THEY HAD A FOREIGN 
EXCHAGE STUDENT WHEN LIVING IN MAQUOKETA
AND RECENTLY VISITED HER IN SOUTH AFRICA.

JOHN, WHO WAS WITH A CPA FIRM HERE IN MAQUOKETA,  NOW HAS HIS  OWN ACCOUNTING
BUSINESS.   THEIR SON MIKE IS IN THE NAVY,
LIVES IN BETHESDA, AND IS ASSIGNED TO THE USS SPRINGFIELD "TIGER" SUBMARINE AND JOHN SPEND 4 DAYS ON THE "SUB" WITH JOHN AND TODAY'S PROGRAM WAS ABOUT IT.   THE OTHER
SON MATT IS A MD IN ROYAL OAKS, MICHIGAN.
WITH ONE OF THE SONS, THEY HAVE A 2-YEAR-OLD GRANDCHILD.

NO SILENT ACTION ITEM AGAIN THIS WEEK.

WE WILL HAVE ONE NEXT WEEK.

ROTARY WEEK VOL 3 NO 4

HAPPY THANKSGIVING FROM ALL 37 MEMBERS OF

THE MAQUOKTA ROTARY CLUB

NEXT WEEK, WE ARE THANKFUL THAT
WE WILL GROW TO 38 MEMBERS.

AT TODAY'S  MEETING (NOV 25TH) ABE TUBBS OF ANAMOSA WAS THE GUEST OF HIS DAD, ALAN.

NANCY MOORE REPORTED THAT TWO "CHRISTMAS STAR" GIFTS WERE
PURCHASED BY THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB THIS WEEK AT A COST OF $48 AND THE GIFTS WERE WRAPPED AND ARE BACK AT THE BANK AT THE ADULT TREE AND THE KID'S TREE.   A GOOD-DEED BY ROTARY.

NEXT WEDNESDAY, DEC 2ND AT THE MEETING, WE WILL TAKE A COLLECTION
FOR THE CHRISTMAS TIP FOR OUR FOOD STAFF.    GIVE WHAT YOU WISH,
BUT IT IS SUGGESTED A MINIMUM OF$10.

MAQUOKETA ROTARY WILL "RING THE BELL" FOR THE SALVATION ARMY
ON DECEMBER 10TH, AT WAL MART.     EACH MEMBER IS ASKED TO SIGN-UP
TO WORK A HALF-HOUR.    LOOK FOR THE SIGN-UP SHEET AT THE NEXT MEETING.  

THE BOARD MET LAST FRIDAY (ANOTHER BOARD MEMBER IS NEEDED, SO
THINK ABOUT IT) AND THE BOARD IS HAPPY TO PASS ON TO THE MEMBERS
THAT OUR CLUB IS IN GOOD FINANCIAL CONDITION.

GUEST SPEAKER AT TODAY'S MEETING...THE NEW VARSITY BASKETBALL
COACH AT MCH.  HE IS DERRICK ROBERTS, A CLINTON NATIVE.   
THIS YEAR, HE GOT ENGAGED (WEDDING NEXT SUMMER, SHE'S A VET AT BLUE GRASS)....GOT HIS FIRST HEAD COACHING JOB....BOUGHT HIS (THEIR) FIRST HOME....AND LOOKS FORWARD TO HIS FIRST WIN OVER MARION
NEXT TUESDAY.     SAID HE HAS A GOOD  NUMBER OF SENIORS AND A COUPLE BIG GUYS AROUND 6-7.    THEY WILL PLAY FAST UP AND DOWN
THE COURT. 

 

ROTARY WEEK VOL 3 NO 3

IF YOU EVER HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT MAQUOKETA ROTARY ..  YOU CAN CALL OR VISIT SALLY DAVIES AT "CLOVER RIDGE ASSISTED LIVING AND ALZHEIMERS COMMUNITY"  WHERE SHE IS COMMUNITY RELATIONS DIRECTOR.  HER OFFICE PHONE NUMBER IS....563-652-2125 AND HER CELL PHONE NUMBER IS.... Welcome@cloverridge.net

A NEW SIGN ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE EAGLES, FURNISHED  BY PRESIDENT DAVIES, NOW GREETS GUESTS WHO PARK IN THE LOT AND WONDER WHAT DOOR TO TAKE TO GET TO OUR MEETING.
THAT'S FORMER PRESIDENT SCOTT WARREN 
AT THE DOOR.

IT'S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE CHRISTMAS....

A FLASHBACK TO CHRISTMAS 2011 WHEN ROTARIAN JOHN WAS A GOOD BOY AND SANTA WAS GOOD TO JOHN AT THE ROTARY CHRISTMAS PARTY.    WILL SANTA BE GOOD TO JOHN THIS CHRISTMAS?

NO SILENT AUCTION  ITEM THIS WEEK

PAST PRESIDENTS OF MAQUOKETA ROTARY....

THIS WEEK'S PROGRAM........
A CHEMISTRY LESSON (ON ACIDS AND FOODS CAUSING THEM) FROM FELLOW ROTARIAN DR. PETE ATIENZA....

THAT'S PRESIDENT SALLY DANCING TO DR. PETE'S PROGRAM.

TODAY WE SANG HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO TED MAZE WHO CELEBRATES HIS BIRTHDAY THIS SUNDAY.    NEXT WEDNESDAY, ON OUR MEETING DAY,
WILL BE DR. PETE'S BIRTHDAY, BUT
HE WILL NOT BE ATTENDING.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TED AND PETE.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

ROTARY WEEK VOL 3 NO 2

SALLY DAVIES, THE
COMMUNITY RELATIONS COORDINATOR
AT CLOVER RIDGE PLACE 
CAN BE EMAILED AT:   Welcome@cloverridgeplace.net

 THERE WILL BE NO
 SILENT AUCTION ITEM
 THIS WEEK

BILL TUBBS, PUBLISHER OF THE ELDRIDGE NORTH SCOTT PRESS AND 
WILTON-DURANT ADVOCATE NEWS, WAS HONORED OCTOBER 3RD DURING THE NATIONAL NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION 2015 ANNUAL CONVENTION AND TRADE SHOW IN ST. CHARLES, MISSOURI.    HE WAS
PRESENTED WITH THE JAMES O. AMOS AWARD AT THE BUSINESS LUNCHEON, RECOGNIZED AS THE HIGHEST AND MOST DIGNIFIED TRIBUTE TO COMMUNITY JOURNALISM.   THE AMOS AWARD IS PRESENTED TO A WORKING (OR RETIRED) NEWSPAPERMAN WHO HAS
PROVIDED DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
AND LEADERSHIP TO THE COMMUNITY PRESS AND THE LOCAL COMMUNITY.
BILL (A FREQUENT VISITOR TO  MAQUOKETA ROTARY MEETINGS) IS THE BROTHER OF MAQUOKETA ROTARIAN ALAN TUBBS AND
MAQUOKETA FARMER STEVE TUBBS,
AND THEIR LATE FATHER EDWARD TUBBS WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB.   
IN ELDRIDGE, BILL IS A MEMBER OF THE NORTH SCOTT ROTARY AND IS THE EDITOR OF THE ROTARY DISTRICT NEWSPAPER.    HE IS A GRADUATE OF IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY AND HIS JOURNALISM CAREER BEGAN AS AN INTERN AT THE DEWITT OBSERVER AND MAQUOKETA NEWSPAPERS.    IN 1971 HE BECAME PUBLISHER OF THE NORTH SCOTT PRESS IN ELDRIDGE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE LATE ROBERT MELVOLD AND HIS WIFE FRANCIS OF MAQUOKETA AND THE LATE ROBERT PARROTT OF DEWITT.
HIS WIFE LINDA (IN ABOVE PHOTO)
IS CO-PUBLISHER OF THE NORTH SCOTT PRESS, IS A GRADUATE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA AND HER FATHER WAS THE LATE 
L.L. LONG OF MAQUOKETA, A SCHOOL
SUPERINTENDANT.
BILL AND LINDA ARE NOW SOLE OWNERS OF THE TWO COMMUNITY NEWSPAPERS.   
BILL IS VERY ACTIVE IN ROTARY (PAST DISTRICT GOVERNOR) AND HAS ATTENDED OVER 15 INTERNATIONAL ROTARY CONVENTIONS.  
THE AMOS AWARD WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1938 AND THERE HAVE BEEN A FEW OTHER IOWA WINNERS OVER THE YEARS, BUT NONE IN EASTERN IOWA.    IN PHOTO ABOVE, PRESENTING THE AWARD TO BILL AND LINDA, JOHN EDGECOMB OF GENEVA, NEBRASKA, PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION. 
A HIGH AND WELL DESERVED HONOR FOR ELWOOD HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE BILL TUBBS.

FROM  THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY
CLUB .....
CONGRATULATIONS BILL!

AT WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11TH,
VETERAN'S DAY MEETING, RED
HENTON WAS GUEST SPEAKER..
AND TALKED ABOUT HIS WW2 YEARS
IN INDIA.    GOOD TALK WITH SOME 
FUNNY INSERTS.....THANKS TO RED.....
95 AND GOING STRONG.

CLUB NEWS:
WE WILL BE RINGING THE SALVATION ARMY BELL AT WAL MART AGAIN THIS DECEMBER, FOR ONE FULL DAY.
SIGN-UP AT NEXT MEETING.    ROTARIANS TERRY AND KAREN SLATTERY ARE HEADING UP THE COMMUNITY (AND OUR CLUB)
DRIVE AGAIN THIS YEAR.  A BIG JOB.

WE  HAVE A NEW MEMBER OF OUR
CLUB....MORE NEXT WEEK.


































 

ROTARY WEEK VOL 3 NO 1

THIS IS THE FIRST ISSUE OF YEAR 3 FOR THIS WEEKLY ROTARY WEEK
EDITED BY ROTARIAN DENNIS VOY.

SILENT AUCTION ITEM...
TICKET TO MAGGIE MAE CHRISTMAS SHOW AT OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER.

 1 TICKET...$22 VALUE.
 OPENING BID:    $  5.00    563-689-5371
                              $12.00    563-652-3803
                              $14.00    563-340-9123
                          
  EMAIL YOUR BID TO kmaq@kmaq.com
  BY NOON DEADLINE, NOVEMBER 9TH.

ROTARY PROGRAM WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4TH WAS BY FELLOW ROTARIAN BOB OSTERHAUS WHO TALKED ABOUT HIS 50TH ANNIVERSARY IN
MAQUOKETA THIS PAST OCTOBER  AND HOW IT ALL CAME ABOUT.

BEFORE BOB'S TALK, ROTARIAN ROGER STEWART MENTIONED THAT TODAY
(NOV 4) WAS JENNIE AND HIS 64TH WEDDING ANNIVERARY.   THEY WERE MARRIED ON A COLD DAY IN EMMETSBURG AND DROVE INTO A BIG
WINTER STORM THE NEXT DAY IN MISSOURI.