ROTARY WEEK VOL 5 NO 12

ANAMOSA, LIKE MAQUOKETA, IS THE COUNTY SEAT.
THE CITY POPULATION IS A LITTLE LESS THAN MAQUOKETA.
THE ROTARY CLUB IS A LITTLE SMALLER THAN OURS.
BELOW IS AN ARTICLE ABOUT THE CLUB IN THE ANAMOSA NEWSPAPER.
YOUR  EDITIOR THOUGHT IT WOULD BE INTERESTING FOR YOU TO SEE WHAT A  SIMILIAR CLUB  DOES.

FELLOW ROTARIAN DENNIS VOY HAS THE PROGRAM FOR JANUARY 3RD.    IT WILL BE SPECIAL!!    OUR CLUB WILL LEAVE FROM THE DUBUQUE AIRPORT AT 6 A.M. AND FLY TO 
NAPLES, FLORIDA FOR THE NOON MEETING
OF THE NAPLES ROTARY CLUB.       THE GUEST
SPEAKER WILL BE DAVE SCHOENTHALER, 
OF NAPLES, FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA AND A FORMER MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB PRESIDENT.    HE WILL TALK ABOUT WHAT IS LIKE TO LIVE IN A WARM PLACE WHILE THE REST OF THE COUNTRY SUFFERS FROM COLD WEATHER. 
VOY SAID WE ALL WILL BE TAKEN TO THE
BEACH WHERE WE WILL TAKE OFF OUR SHOES AND WALK IN THE HOT SAND.    THEN,  AT 5 P.M.
AFTER A LEMONADE GET TOGETHER WITH THE
NAPLES ROTARIANS, WE WILL BOARD THE PLANE
AND RETURN HERE TO THE TIMBER CITY, WITHOUT LEAVES AT THIS TIME OF YEAR.    FOR THE TRIP,
WE WILL PASS THE HAT AT THE JANUARY 10TH
MEETING AND IF THE AMOUNT COLLECTED IS
NOT ENOUGH, THE CLUB WILL "KICK-IN" THE BALANCE.     AND THEN, ROTARIANS ALL OVER THE
WORLD WILL BE TALKING ABOUT US.

NO MEETING TODAY, DEC. 27TH.

JAN. 3RD FLORIDA TRIP CANCELLED.
NO INTEREST. 

ROTARY DAILY VOL 5 NO 11

ROTARY WEEK VOL 5 NO 10

REGULAR MEETING AT NOON, DECEMBER 13TH.

CHRISTMAS PARTY FROM 5 UNTIL 7  P.M. DECEMBER 14TH AT THE TIMBER  LANES NEW TIMBER CENTER.

NICE PARTY LAST NIGHT....BUT SHORT ON ROTARIANS.
WE ENJOYED IT!
THANKS PRESIDENT BRIAN!

LOTS OF WINE FOR THE GIFT EXCHANGE.

ROTARY WEEK VOL 5 NO 9

TONY WERNKE TALKED TO ROTARY TODAY.    OUR FEDERAL COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY IS "OPERATION NEW VIEW" AND CONSISTS OF DUBUQUE,
DELAWARE AND JACKSON COUNTY.   TONY, WITH OFFICE IN DUBUQUE,
WORKS IN ALL 3 COUNTIES.   THE MAQUOKETA OFFICE (ALSO HOME OF
HEADSTART CLASSROOMS) IS ON EAST QUARRY STREET.     THIS FEDERAL
PROGRAM DEALS WITH POVERTY.     A FAMILY OF 4 WITH INCOME OF
$24,000 OR LESS A YEAR, IS IN POVERTY AND SEVERE POVERTY IS FOR
A FAMILY THAT ONLY HAS HALF THAT INCOME, REPRESENTING 40% OF
JACKSON COUNTY.    AND JACKSON COUNTY IS AN AVERAGE IOWA COUNTY.
"OPERATION NEW VIEW" THIS YEAR HAS HAD 921 APPLICATIONS FOR
ASSISTANCE UNDER AVAILABLE PROGRAMS  AND NOW, THE SIGN-UP IS ON FOR HEATING BILLS ASSISTANCE.   THOSE THAT QUALIFY WILL RECEIVE
FUEL HELP THAT AVERAGES AROUND $500.
FEDERAL HELP FOR THOSE IN POVERTY IMPROVES THEIR HEALTH, BOTH PHYSICAL AND MENTAL.   THERE ARE EVEN WAYS THAT CAN HELP THE
POVERTY FAMILY ACHIEVE HOME OWNERSHIP.

BOB'S GRANDAUGHTER FROM AUSTRALIA, WAS HIS GUEST TODAY.
SHE WAS A ROTARY EXCHANGE STUDENT IN NEW ZEALAND.