Tuesday, January 29, 2019

ROTARY WEEK VOL 6 NO 13



NO ROTARY MEETING THIS WEDNESDAY, JAN 30TH, BECAUSE OF EXTREME
COLD WEATHER.


Monday, January 21, 2019

ROTARY WEEK VOL 6 NO 12

MONDAY A HOLIDAY ... MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY.

IT IS A COLD WEEK IN MAQUOKETA.

IT IS THE WEEK OF COACH BILL FLEMING'S FUNERAL...THIS SATURDAY.
33 YEARS AS COACH OF MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL ... 500 WINS.
SPOKE TO ROTARY MANY TIMES OVER THE YEARS.
BILL ABOVE WITH ROTARIAN NANCY MOORE.
HE DIED LAST WEEK FROM A LONGTIME LUNG PROBLEM, AT THE AGE OF 77.
HE WILL BE BURIED AT MT. HOPE CEMETERY.































MAYOR DON SCHWENKER SPOKE TO ROTARY TODAY.   BECAUSE OF WEATHER,
SPARSE ATTENDANCE.
THE MAYOR SAID THE NOW ESTIMATED $11 MILLION RE-BUILD OF HIGHWAY 64
THROUGH MAQUOKETA MAY NOT GET STARTED UNTIL 2001 AND WILL TAKE
TWO, MAYBE 3 YEARS TO COMPLETE.



Monday, January 14, 2019

ROTARY WEEK VOL 6 NO 11


THIS IS WEEK OF JANUARY 13TH.

LONGTIME KMAQ EMPLOYEE (44 YEARS)  LEIGHTON HEPKER DIED LAST
FRIDAY AND HIS FUNERAL WILL BE THIS THURSDAY AT FIRST LUTHERAN
CHURCH IN MAQUOKETA.    MORE ABOUT HIM ON THE KMAQ WEB SITE.
HE WAS 65 AND WAS HIRED BY FELLOW ROTARIAN DENNIS VOY IN 1975 AS
NEWS AND SPORTS DIRECTOR AND WAS NAMED STATION MANAGER OF
KMAQ IN 1981.

THE ROTARY PROGRAM WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16TH, WAS ABOUT THE
NEW DOG PARK TO GO AT HORSESHOE POND PARK.







ROTARY WEEK VOL 6 NO 10


NO EVENTS TO PROMOTE  THIS WEEK.

GUEST SPEAKER WAS LORI SCHNOOR FROM 
THE USDA OFFICE IN MAQUOKETA.


Wednesday, January 2, 2019

ROTARY WEEK VOL 6 NO 9


IT IS THE FIRST WEEK OF THE NEW YEAR OF 2019

JUST 6 MORE MONTHS OF LEADERSHIP BY PRESIDENT BRIAN   lol

THERE WILL BE  A MEETING TODAY,  WEDNESDAY,
JANUARY 2ND

THE PROGRAM HOST TODAY WAS ROTARIAN
NICK HOCKENBERRY.
BESIDES BEING JACKSON COUNTY'S HEAD OF
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, NICK AND HIS WIFE
ARE PARTNERS IN A MICRO-BREWERY IN BELLEVUE.
THERE ARE TWO OTHER BELLEVUE COUPLES THE 
RUN THE WEEKEND BUSINESS, INCLUDING KELLY HUENEKE, SHOWN HERE.   THE MEETING WENT OVER IN TIME AND THERE WERE MORE QUESTIONS THAN 
GENERATED BY ANY OTHER RECENT PROGRAM.
GUESS IT IS PROOF....MAQUOKETA ROTARIANS
LIKE BEER.
KELLY SAID...FREE SAMPLES AT RIVER RIDGE.