ROTARY WEEK VOL 4 NO 1

PLEASE NOTE ABOVE...

THIS ROTARY WEEK  IS   VOL  4   NO 1     .....THE START OF THE 4TH YEAR FOR THIS WEEKLY REPORT.

I HAVE COMPLETED 156 REPORTS....WITHOUT SKIPPING A WEEK.

IT HAS OVER 51,000 HITS ON THE COUNTER.   THAT MEANS IN THE PAST 3 YEARS,  51,000 TIMES IT HAS BEEN BROUGHT UP AND LOOKED AT. 

COACH KEVIN BOWMAN WAS THE GUEST SPEAKER TODAY.   HE JUST FINISHED HIS 29TH YEAR AS A FOOTBALL COACH AT MAQUOKETA HIGH,
ABOUT HALF AS JV COACH AND OTHER AS VARSITY.     LAST YEAR, WAS A YEAR OF 7  WINS INCLUDING A PLAYOFF VICTORY.   THIS YEAR, JUST ONE WIN, BUT A GOOD ONE BECAUSE IT WAS OVER DEWITT.   
HE SAID NUMBERS ARE SHRINKING IN ALL SPORTS AND SAYS ONE OF THE
REASONS IS THAT KIDS (WITH PARENT BACKING) ARE SPECIALIZING
IN A SPORT.    THEY MAY  START OUT IN AAU IN GRADE SCHOOL IN A SPORT,
LIKE BASKETBALL, AND DECIDE THEY WANT TO DO THAT SPORT ONLY AND
BECOME GOOD IN IT, MAYBE GOOD ENOUGH TO GET A SCHOLARSHIP
FOR THE SPORT.    ALSO, HE SAID YEARS AGO WHEN HE STARTED COACHING, THERE WERE 5 SPORTS IN HIGH SCHOOL, NOW A DOZEN.    RESULT BEING.....NOT ENOUGH KIDS TO GO AROUND.

FELLOW ROTARIAN CLYDE HARPER HAS RETIRED AND HAS MOVED TO
DUBUQUE.    TODAY, HE ATTENDED HIS FINAL MEETING AS A MEMBER.
HE PLANS TO VISIT AS A GUEST NOW AND THEN.    HE HAS BEEN THE MEMBER GIVING THE "BLESSING"  EACH WEEK, A PRAYER JUST AFTER DINNER AND BEFORE THE START OF THE MEETING. .  HE WILL PROBABLY JOIN THE ROTARY CLUB IN DUBUQUE.    WE WILL MISS HIM!

ROTARIAN DENNIS VOY
ROTARY WEEK EDITOR 

ROTARY WEEK VOL 3 NO 52

CHECK BACK LATER IN WEEK.

ROTARY WEEK VOL 3 NO 51

THE OCTOBER 12TH MEETING...

LOW ATTENDANCE...

PRESIDENT SALLY WAS EVEN ABSENT...

THERE WAS NO PROGRAM...

GOOD FOOD!....

AND A REMINDER FROM FELLOW ROTARIAN KEN WRIGHT THAT
THE  HIGHWAY CLEAN-UP BY ROTARY IS THIS SATURDAY MORNING.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE MAQUOKETA OPTIMIST CLUB THAT HAS
REACHED 50  MEMBERS AND IS NOW THE LARGEST SERVICE CLUB
IN TOWN.

ROTARY WEEK VOL 3 NO 50

PROGRAM TODAY BY RYAN DONNELLY, SINCE NOVEMBER, THE  JACKSON
COUNTY EMERGENCY  MEDICAL SERVICES COORDINATOR.    A NATIVE
OF COLFAX, NOW A RESIDENT OF DELMAR.   HE HAS A FAMILY AND LIVES
IN DELMAR AND HIS PRIMARY ATTENTION THESE DAYS IS TO GET
CITIZENS TRAINED TO HANDLE A CARDIAC ARREST.    HELP IS NEEDED
IN 4 MINUTES.   CPR (CHEST) CAN SAVE LIVES, BUT PEOPLE NEED TO BE
TRAINED AND THIS TRAINING CAN BE DONE LOCALLY, INDIVIDUALLY OR
AS A GROUP.    TAKES AN HOUR TO BE TRAINED.  HE HAS AN OFFICE AT
THE JACKSON COUNTY COURT HOUSE.     I'LL HAVE HIS EMAIL AND
CELL PHONE INFO NEXT TIME YOU CHECK BACK HERE.   SORRY THE
PHOTO IS NOT GOOD....WHENEVER GUESTS GIVE THEIR TALK IN FRONT
OF A LIGHT, WINDOW OR WALL, THE RESULT IS AS YOU SEE IT ABOVE.

PLEASE CHECK BACK.