ROTARY WEEK VOL 6 NO 8

NO MEETING THIS WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 26TH.

THERE WILL BE  A MEETING, NEXT WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 2ND.

ROTARY WEEK VOL 6 NO 7

OUR CHRISTMAS PARTY WAS HELD...

THIS PAST WEDNESDAY NIGHT,  DECEMBER 19TH...

AT THE HOME OF MR. AND MRS. SCOTT WARREN!

GREAT PARTY...  OUR THANKS TO THE WARREN'S.

SOME PHOTOS TAKEN BY JACOB BILLINGS...

IN THE GIFT EXCHANGE, NANCY GOT THE HOME
BAKED COOKES...BAKED BY FELLOW ROTARIAN
TED STRAIT.

MERRY CHRISTMAS

ROTARY WEEK VOL 6 NO 6

THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CHRISTMAS PARTY WILL BE ON WEDNESDAY,
DECEMBER 19TH AT 5:30 P.M. AT THE HOME OF FELLOW ROTARIAN SCOTT
WARREN, 1000 N. ANGUS COURT.     DINNER SHORTLY AFTER 6 WILL BE POTLUCK.   BRING YOUR SPOUSE OR A GUEST.    A WHITE ELEPHANT GIFT EXCHANGE WILL BE HELD.    ANYONE, INCLUDING SPOUSE OR GUEST  CAN PARTICIPATE BY BRINGING
A WRAPPED GIFT...SOMETHING AROUND THE HOUSE YOU NO LONGER NEED OR WANT, WITH A VALUE AROUND $10.  
THERE WILL NOT BE A REGULAR NOON MEETING DECEMBER 19TH.

AT THE DECEMBER 12TH MEETING THIS WEEK, A COLLECTION WILL BE TAKEN FOR THE ANNUAL TIP FOR THE COOKS/SERVERS.

ROTARY WEEK VOL 6 NO 5

FIRST WEEK OF DECEMBER...

FELLOW ROTARIAN DOUG MELVOLD GAVE THE PROGRAM THIS WEEK AND TALKED ABOUT THE LST 325. THAT'S CLYDE HARPER LISTENING CLOSELY.
THE LST SHIPS WERE WORKHORSES IN WORLD WAR 2.
THOUSANDS WERE MADE, AND THEY WERE USED TO
TRANSPORT TANKS, TRUCKS AND TROOPS.   EACH HAD
ABOUT 8 OFFICERS AND A CREW OF 100 AND THEY
COULD TAKE 150 SOLDIERS TO THEIR DESTINATION.
A LST 325 THIS AUGUST CAME ON THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER FOR TOURS AT BOTH DUBUQUE AND DAVENPORT. BIG CROWDS EVERY DAY.   DOUG WAS A VOLUNTEER
GREETING VISITORS WHEN IT WAS AT DUBUQUE A COUPLE DAYS.    HE HAD GOOD REASON TO VOLUNTEER.    HIS FATHER, THE LATE ROBERT MELVOLD (A FELLOW MAQUOKETA ROTARIAN ALSO)
SERVED ON ONE OF THESE SHIPS ABOUT 1 YEAR
DURING THE WAR.   IN FACT HE WAS CAPTION....KNOWN
AS THE "SKIPPER" TO HIS CREW.      

ROTARY WEEK VOL 6 NO 4

THE PROGRAM, HOST NANCY MOORE, THIS WEDNESDAY, WILL BE STEVE TEBBE, PRESIDENT OF THE JACKSON COUNTY TOURISM ASSOCIATION.
HE WILL TALK ABOUT THAT ORGANIZATION, WITH AN OFFICE IN THE ONE-ROOM SCHOOL HOUSE AS YOU APPROACH SABULA FROM THE WEST ON HIWAY 64.
HE WILL ALSO TALK ABOUT THE  "WHISPERING MEADOWS" CABIN RETREAT HE OWNS AT RURAL SPRINGBROOK.

PROGRAM WAS GOOD, BUT EXPECTED HIM TO TELL
MORE ABOUT JACKSON COUNTY TOURISM 
ASSOCIATION.
AND, CORRECTION, HE WAS PRESIDENT OF IT AT
ONE TIME, NOW IS VP.       DARYL PARKER IS PRESIDENT.

MEATLOAF WAS GOOD.
NANCY'S FREE MINTS ALSO GOOD.

HAPPY NEWS GETTING A LITTLE LONG.

ROTARY WEEK VOL 6 NO 3

IT IS THANKSGIVING WEEK.

NO ROTARY MEETING WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21ST.

NEXT MEETING NOVEMBER 28TH.    GUEST WILL TALK ABOUT THE JACKSON
COUNTY TOURISM ASSOCIATION.  
AND WE WILL BE HEARING ABOUT A ONE-OF-A-KIND JACKSON COUNTY
TOURIST  ATTRACTION AND HIDE-A-WAY.
NANCY MOORE WILL HOST THE PROGRAM.
AND SHE PROMISES A CANDY TREAT FOR ALL.

FROM EVERYONE IN THE MAQUOKETA 80 YEAR-OLD ROTARY CLUB....

ROTARY WEEK VOL 6 NO 2

THE DISTRICT GOVERNOR WILL SPEAK AT ROTARY WEDNESDAY,  AND THERE WILL BE A PROGRAM AS ALWAYS AFTER LUNCH.    TWO PROGRAMS WEDNESDAY.

NICE TURN OUT NOVEMBER 14 MEETING.   DISTRICT
GOVERNOR NEIL FELL FROM HARLAN TALKING TO
THE MEMBERS AND A COUPLE GUESTS.    HE  HAD SOME
ROTARY TRIVIA QUESTIONS WITH "KIT KAT" CANDY
FOR PRIZES.   ENDED UP ASKING EVERYONE TO STAND
AND SAY THE ROTARY 4-WAY TEST.

GOVERNOR FELL SPOKE WHILE EVERYONE ATE AND
MAQUOKETA CITY MANAGER GERALD SMITH TALKED AFTER ABOUT EXTENSIVE SURVEY ON MAQUOKETA'S SHORT AND LONG RANGE FUTURE AND NEEDS......   EVERYTHING FROM POCKET NEIGHBORHOOD WITH
AFFORDABLE NEW HOUSING , TO REBUILDING HIGHWAY 64 THROUGH CITY AND THE NEED FOR A NEW
SOUTH MAIN STREET BRIDGE ON NORTH SIDE OF
WAL MART.

MAQUOKETA ROTARY WILL RING THE SALVATION ARMY BELL AT FAREWAY STORE ON MONDAY, NOV 26.

NO ROTARY MEETING NOV 21, THANKSGIVING EVE.

ROTARY WEEK VOL 6 NO 1

IT'S NOVEMBER 6 ELECTION WEEK!

WITH THIS "ROTARY WEEK".....IT IS THE START OF THE 6TH YEAR OF OUR ROTARY
NEWSLETTER.    ROTARIAN VOY HAS BEEN EDITOR FROM DAY ONE AND NOT
A WEEK HAS BEEN MISSED.
STILL THE  CURRENT ROTARY WEEK EDITOR DENNIS VOY JOINED ROTARY IN 1970....PHOTO BELOW WAS IN THE SEPTEMBER 1970 MAQUOKETA SENTINAL PRESS.

FELLOW ROTARIAN JACK WILLEY AGAIN WAS RE-ELECTED JACKSON COUNTY SUPERVISOR!
CONGRATULATIONS!

HEAD OF THE EXTENSION OFFICE IN MAQUOKETA...
AMBER MATHIESEN...
SPOKE AT ROTARY THIS WEEK.
TOLD ABOUT THE PROPOSED NEW BUILDING TO BE THE
HOME OF EXTENSION (INSTEAD OF THE BASEMENT
OF THE COURTHOUSE) AT THE FAIRGROUNDS, AT A COST
OF 2 1/2 MILLION DOLLARS.

THE DISTRICT GOVERNOR WILL BE AT ROTARY NEXT WEEK.
HE WILL TALK WHILE WE EAT.
AND THE REGULAR PROGRAM WILL BE HELD AFTER.

ROTARY WEEK VOL 5 NO 52

VISITOR AT OCTOBER 31ST MEETING.....

WONDER IF SHE WILL BE VOTED IN AS A NEW MEMBER?

ROTARY WEEK VOL 5 NO 51

THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY 80TH ANNIVERSARY EVENT THIS PAST WEDNESDAY NIGHT....WAS VERY NICE.
THANKS TO ALL WHO WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE EVENING FOOD AND FUN.   IT WAS HELD AT "OAKLAND MILLS"  JUST EAST OF MAQUOKETA.    KALMES CATERING OF ST. DONATUS CATERED THE STUFFED PORK CHOP MEAL.

SALLY DAVIES TOOK SOME PHOTOS......


                                                                           (GUESS SHE FORGOT FILM)

BONNIE MITCHELL WAS THE PROGRAM THIS WEEK, CURATOR OF BOTH MUSEUMS IN MAQUOKETA.
LOTS GOING ON AT THOSE AS USUAL.

ROTARY WEEK VOL 5 NO 50

AT OUR WEDNESDAY, OCT 17 MEETING, THE GUEST SPEAKER WILL BE DISTRICT
GOVERNOR NEIL FELL.  

MORE LATER.

TWO MORE  WEEKS AND THIS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER WILL END 5 YEARS.
BUT, MAY NOT START 6TH YEAR.    EDITOR MAY RETIRE.    ANYONE
WANT TO TAKE OVER WITH VOL 6  NO 1  ??

THIS FRIDAY NIGHT, ROTARY SELLS FOOTBALL TICKETS AT GOODENOW FIELD.



THE DISTRICT GOVERNOR CANCELLED AND WILL RE-SCHEDULE HIS VISIT.

DARN IT...NO SLEEPING AT ROTARY MEETINGS!!

ROTARY WEEK VOL 5 NO 49

FIRE PREVENTION WEEK....

OUR 3 NEW MEMBERS OFFICIALLY INDUCTED AT THE OCT 10TH MEETING.
LEFT TO RIGHT:     NICHOLAS HAHN, NEW
EMPLOYEE WITH OHNWARD BANKS, 
JESSICA JOHNSON AND KAITLIN LUETT,
PHARMACISTS AT OSTERHAUS PHARMACY AND YOUR PREZ, BRIAN.

PROGRAM OCT 10....APRIL BROWN FROM 
OSTERHAUS PHARMACY, TELLING ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE  FLU
SHOT..........SHE IS IN "RESIDENCY" AT
THE PHARMACY.

ROTARY WEEK VOL 5 NO 48

EXTRA EXTRA...
ROTARIAN KAITLIN LUETT IS ENGAGED.
LEVI BURSLAFF PROPOSED TO HER OVER LAST WEEKEND AT THE CONCERT BARN ON CODFISH HOLLOW ROAD.     HE  HAD ARRANGED FOR FRIENDS
AND FAMILY TO BE THERE AND WITNESS THE PROPOSAL.    SHE HAD NO IDEA IT WAS ABOUT TO
HAPPEN......AND SAID YES.    MAQUOKETA ROTARY AND
THE OSTERHAUS PHARMACY FAMILY CAN LOOK FORWARD TO A WEDDING.....SOMETIME.....NO DATE YET.
CONGRATULATIONS KAITLIN.   AND YOU TOO LEVI.
YOU LUCKY GUY!

BELLEVUE ROTARIAN BARB COLLINS WAS AT OUR MEETING TODAY (10-2-18).    SHE AND  HER HUSBAND
DOUG ARE FARM BUREAU AGENTS AND SHE HAS AN
OFFICE IN BELLEVUE.   SHE PROMOTED THE CHUCK
LONG VISIT HER CLUB  IS HAVING.   SEE BELOW.

BILL MUELLER "ENTERTAINED" US AT ROTARY TODAY.
HE TAUGHT 8TH GRADERS FOR OVER 30 YEARS THEN
TAUGHT DRIVER'S ED FOR FOR NEARLY 10 YEARS GIVING LESSONS TO ABOUT A THOUSAND
STUDENTS A YEAR.   HE HAS WRITTEN TWO BOOKS.
HE GAVE A FUNNY TALK ABOUT HIS EARLY YEARS 
LIVING WITH HIS FARM FAMILY WITH 10 BROTHERS AND SISTERS ON THEIR FARM NEAR KENOSHA.    LOTS OF
LAUGHS.   BILL IS FROM DEWITT.

THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY BIG ANNIVERSARY DINNER 
IS COMING SOON....ON A WEDNESDAY NIGHT TAKING
PLACE OF NOON MEETING.    OCTOBER 24TH, AT 
OAKLAND MILLS (FORMERLY COSTELLO'S EAST OF
TOWN)...FROM 5 UNTIL7 P.M.   DINNER FREE FOR
ROTARIAN AND SPOUSE TOO.

GOOD CHICKEN DINNER TODAY.

ROTARY WEEK VOL 5 NO 47

THE PROGRAM THIS WEEK....SEPT 19....RED HENTON.
HIS DAUGHTER JUDY FROM CLINTON CAME WITH HIM.

OUR CLUB GAVE  $5,583  TO THE NEW COMMUNITY CUPBOARD BUILDING.....
ONE-HALF THE PROCEEDS FROM THE REVERSE RAFFLE DINNER.    RIGHT,
RON SCHAEFER OF THE CUPBOARD BUILDING COMMITTEE ACCEPTED THE CHECK FROM PRESIDENT BRIAN.

ROTARY WEEK VOL 5 NO 46

KATILIN LUETT GAVE THE PROGRAM TODAY ABOUT THE PEACE PIPE PLAYERS.
SHE IS SECRETARY FOR THE 50-PLUS-YEAR-OLD LITTLE THEATRE GROUP.

TOMORROW NIGHT IS THE REVERSE RAFFLE ROTARY EVENT...3RD ANNUAL....
AND ALL TICKETS SOLD.
JOHN GILROY AND SALLY DAVIES WILL EMCEE THE EVENT THE CENTER STONE
INN.

PHOTO ABOVE:  BY SALLY DAVIES.

REVERSE RAFFLE WAS BIG SUCCESS!
TWO BIG WINNERS OF $1,000....
FELLOW ROTARIAN ASHER SCHROEDER
AND
MAQUOKETA FARMER LARY BECKER

ROTARY WEEK VOL 5 NO 45

ERICA BARKER, HEALTH AND FITNESS DIRECTOR AT THE YMCA GAVE THE ROTARY PROGRAM TODAY.
SHE'S ALSO THE NEW MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCILWOMAN.
PHOTO BY SCOTT WARREN

REGULAR MEETING NEXT WEDNESDAY.
AND REVERSE RAFFLE DINNER NEXT THURSDAY.
BUSY ROTARY WEEK AHEAD.

ROTARY WEEK VOL 5 NO 44

THIS WEEKEND IS "LABOR DAY" WEEKEND.

THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB IS 80 THIS YEAR.
MARK ON YOUR CALENDAR WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 24TH FOR A BIG CELEBRATION AT OAKLAND MILLS JUST EAST OF MAQUOKETA.
NO NOON MEETING THAT DAY.   EVENING MEETING STARTS AT 5:30 AND
INCLUDES DINNER OF COURSE.    MAYBE GUEST SPEAKER,  PRESIDENT TRUMP.

TODAY (8-29) .. GUEST SPEAKER WAS DEPUTY TERRY
ROLING WITH INTERESTING INFORMATION ABOUT
THE GROWING ATV FANS IN THE COUNTY...OVER 800.
MORE ON WHAT HE SAID ON TODAY'S DENNIS DAILY
REPORT ON  KMAQ HOME PAGE....WWW.KMAQ.COM

PHOTOS BY TREASURER JACOB BILLINGS.

IT WAS ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT ROTARIANS SALLY
AND JOHN WILL CO-EMCEE THE "REVERSE RAFFLE"
EVENT SEPTEMBER 13TH.

ROTARIAN ROGER STEWART WAS CALLED  UP TO
ACCEPT ANOTHER PAUL HARRIS PIN, HIS 2ND
TIME TO BE HONORED FOR HIS CONTRIBUTIONS
TO THE PAUL HARRIS FOUNDATION.

AND HIS SISTER, ROTARIAN NANCY (STEWART) MOORE
WAS HAPPY AS THE CLUB SANG HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO
HER (BIRTHDAY TOMORROW) .. AND SHE POINTED OUT
THAT BROTHER ROGER IS 5 YEARS OLDER THAN HER.

ALSO IN PHOTO ABOVE, THE NICELY COMBED HAIR
OF ROTARIAN VOY AND FELLOW ROTARIAN DOUG
MELVOLD.






  

ROTARY WEEK VOL 5 NO 43

YOUR EDITOR WAS AT THE STATE FAIR SEPTEMBER 15TH.

DID NOT ATTEND ROTARY.

YOUR EDITOR HAS NO IDEA WHAT THE ROTARY PROGRAM WAS THAT  DAY!
SORRY.

THE PROGRAM AUGUST 22NED WAS BY DENNIS VOY....
WHO TALKED ABOUT THE 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF KMAQ, COMING UP ON
AUGUST 26TH.    AND THAT HE HAS BEEN AT KMAQ SINCE AUGUST 19, 1958, A WEEK
BEFORE KMAQ WENT ON THE AIR.
CUPCAKE WITH ICE CREAM ENJOYED AFTER DINNER, BEFORE THE VERY GOOD
PROGRAM.

ABOVE PHOTO BY SALLY DAVIES