Monday, April 13, 2020

FINAL ROTARY WEEK

I WILL NO LONGER BE DOING ROTARY WEEK AFTER THESE MANY YEARS.

IT HAS BEEN FUN DOING THIS FOR OVER 7 YEARS, BUT I NO LONGER

HAVE THE TIME....AND...I NEED TO CUT BACK MY SCHEDULE A LITTLE.

I WILL BE 81 MAY 4TH, 2020.

HAVE BEEN A MEMBER OF MAQUOKETA ROTARY FOR OVER 50 YEARS
AND WILL CONTINUE AS A MEMBER.

DENNIS VOY


Monday, March 30, 2020

ROTARY WEEK VOL 7 NO 17

ANOTHER WEEK OF THE VIRUS.

NO MEETING OF MAQUOKETA ROTARY AGAIN.

FIRST JACKSON COUNTY RESIDENT ANNOUNCED .....AS BEING TESTED
LAST WEEK..... AND SHE TESTED POSITIVE FOR THE VIRUS.




Wednesday, March 25, 2020

ROTARY WEEK VOL 7 NO 16

NO MAQUOKETA ROTARY MEETING AGAIN

THIS WEEK...

BECAUSE OF  THE WORLD WIDE VIRUS...

IOWA STILL DOING GOOD....


Tuesday, March 17, 2020

ROTARY WEEK VOL 7 NO 15


NO MEETING THIS WEEK.....ORDERS FROM THE IOWA GOVERNOR.      ANY GROUP OVER 10 PEOPLE MUST
NOT GATHER IN SAME ROOM.




Monday, March 9, 2020

ROTARY WEEK VOL 7 NO 14


WEEK OF MARCH 8TH
WEDNESDAY ROGRAM WAS ON PEACE PIPE PLAYERS
UPCOMING PRODUCTION



Wednesday, March 4, 2020

ROTARY WEEK VOL 7 NO 13



FELLOW ROTARIAN JACK HASKEN, A GOOD MEMBER OF THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB SINCE 2009, GAVE THE PROGRAM TODAY, MARCH 4TH.
HE OWNS THE PLASTICS COMPANY OUT IN THE INDUSTRIAL PARK AND TOLD ABOUT
IT.   WAS LOOSING MONEY WHEN HE PURCHASED IT 6 YEARS AGO, AND NOW DOING
VERY WELL.    ANDERSON WINDOWS HIS BIGGEST CUSTOMER.
AND..HE'S A BIG ST. LOUIS CARDINALS FAN!
SMART PLASTICS MAN.
SMART BASEBALL MAN.

THE NO LONGER CALLED "SMARTY PARTY" IS GETTING CLOSE.    IT HAS BEEN SPONSORED BY ROTARY ABOUT 50 YEARS, HONORING THE GRADUATING MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS....AND
THIS YEAR WILL BE ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT, MAY 6TH.    THIS DINNER FOR THE TOP 20 SENIORS, WITH PARENTS, WILL AGAIN BE AT THE 1ST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH STARTING AT 6 P.M.     A ROTARIAN WILL HOST EACH STUDENT AND PARENTS.

PHOTO OF SOME MEMBERS MARCH 4TH.




Wednesday, February 26, 2020

ROTARY WEEK VOL 7 NO 12



BOTH ABE AND TAVEN TOOK MEDALS THE AT STATE WRESTLING TOURNAMENT
LAST WEEK.
ABE TOOD 4TH IN THE  STATE AT 170 POUNDS.
TAVEN TOOK 3RD AT 285 POUNDS.

LAST WEEK'S ROTARY MEETING WAS CANCELLED BECAUSE OUR COOK WAS
ILL.

TODAY, FEB 26TH, THE PROGRAM WAS BONNIE MITCHELL OF THE JACKSON
COUNTY  HISTORICAL SOCIETY, WITH AN UPDATE OF WHAT'S  COMING UP
THERE.

PRESIDENT JACOB INFORMED THE CLUB THAT OUR DISTRICT GOVENOR WOULD
ATTEND OUR APRIL 15TH MEETING.



Tuesday, February 18, 2020

ROTARY WEEK VOL 7 NO 11



IT IS STATE WRESTLING MEET TIME IN DES MOINES AT THE WELLS FARGO ARENA.

MAQUOKETA HAS TWO WRESTLERS COMPETING....ABE MICHEL AT 170 POUNDS
AND TAVEN RICH AT 285 POUNDS.     THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB
CONGRATULATES BOTH AND WISHES THEM THE BEST IN THEIR MATCHES.


THIS WEEK, WE HAD NO MEETING ON FEB.19TH BECAUSE THE COOK WAS
ILL.


Tuesday, February 11, 2020

ROTARY WEEK VOL 7 NO 10

THIS FRIDAY,  HAVE A HAPPY VALENTINES DAY

WE LOVE NEW MEMBERS!
CARE TO JOIN?
TALK TO PRESIDENT JACOB AT DUTRAC!

TODAY'S PROGRAM (2-13)
SALLY DAVIES, MEMBER OF OUR CLUB,
FORMER PAST PRESIDENT IN FACT,
GAVE PROGRAM ON DEMENTIA.
DEMENTIA IS A SYNDROME,  NOT A
DISEASE.    DEMENTIA IS A GROUP
OF SYMPTONS THAT AFFECTS TASKS
SUCH AT MEMORY AND REASONING.
DEMENTIA IS AN UMBRELLA TERM THAT
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE CAN FALL UNDER.












Tuesday, February 4, 2020

ROTARY WEEK VOL 7 NO 9


FIRST WEEK OF FEBRUARY

NO WEDNESDAY MEETING

ROTARIANS ARE URGED TO ATTEND WITH OTHER ROTARIANS.... THE KMAQ
FARM AND HOME SHOW THURSDAY.
LUNCH PAID FOR BY THE CLUB.
THE ROTARY FARM AWARDS WILL BE PRESENTED AT 12:30.











MORE ABOUT WINNERS LATER.



Wednesday, January 29, 2020

ROTARY WEEK VOL 7 NO 8

THIS IS THE LAST WEEK OF JANUARY.

EDITOR WAS NOT AT  JAN 29 MEETING AND WILL
REPORT ON IT WHEN SOMEONE GIVES HIM SOME
INFORMATION.   MAYBE A PHOTO.




Wednesday, January 22, 2020

ROTARY WEEK VOL 7 NO 7


GUEST SPEAKER TODAY(1-22-20) WAS MALLORY SMITH (WORKS FOR THE CITY
AS NEW INSPECTOR) BUT TODAY TALKING ABOUT THE MAQUOKETA LIBRARY
HOMETOWN PRIDE NEW READING CLUB.       IT IS A  NEW COMMUNITY BOOK CLUB
ABOUT THE COMMUNITY.   EACH MONTH FOR 6 MONTHS THE HOMETOWN
PRIDE READS BOOK CLUB WILL READ A DIFFERENT COMMUNITY-THEMED BOOK.
QUESTIONS:   CALL 652-3874 AND TALK TO HER OR STEPHANIE SAGERS.

REMINDER:    THE GUEST SPEAKER AT THE JAN. 29TH MEETING WILL BE
THE MAYOR.
THERE WILL  NOT BE A MEETING ON FEBRUARY 5TH, BUT INSTEAD, ALL
ROTARIANS ARE  URGED TO ATTEND THE THURSDAT FEBRUARY 6TH LUNCH AT THE
KMAQ FARM AND HOME SHOW AT THE FAIRGROUNDS.    ROTARIANS WILL
ENJOY THE BEEF LUNCH (PREPARED ON GRILL BY CATTLEMEN) AND THEN WATCH
THE  ANNUAL 3 FARMER AWARDS PRESENTED, BY THE ROTARY AND AG COMMITTEE OF THE MAQUOKETA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.    THE CLUB WILL PAY FOR THE
LUNCH BY ROTARIANS THAT DAY.




Tuesday, January 14, 2020

ROTARY WEEK VOL 7 NO 6




PRESIDEN JACOB INVITES ROTARIANS TO COME FRIDAY

JAN KAHLER AND BRUCE FISHER SPOKE AT ROTARY TODAY, JAN 15TH, ABOUT JACKSON COUNTY'S NEWEST NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATION AND ONE OF A 
FEW DISTRICTS IN IOWA. 
THE JACKSON COUNTY ENERGY DISTRICT   MISSION ...
CLEANER AND CHEAPER ENERGY.

THINK SOLAR, THINK LED
JAN WORKS FOR MAQUOKETA STATE BANK.    BRUCE'S CAREER WAS IN CHICAGO.    TWO YEARS AGO HE RETIRED AND MOVED BACK TO MAQUOKETA.
THE NATIVE OF MAQUOKETA WAS A 1975 MCHS GRADUATE.
WHAT HE HAD TO SAY MAKES GOOD SENSE(CENTS)!





Wednesday, January 8, 2020

ROTARY WEEK VOL 7 NO 5


THIS WEEK, THE FIRST MEETING (JAN 8TH) OF THE NEW YEAR 2020.    THERE
WERE NO MEETINGS ON DEC 25TH AND JAN 1ST.
ABSENSE MAKES A DIFFERENCE.    SONG LEADER ROTARIAN VOY DID HORRIBLE
JOB OF LEADING EVERYONE IN "MY COUNTRY TIS OF THEE" AND CONSIDERATION
SHOULD BE GIVEN TO REPLACE HIM.


BUT, HIS PHOTO ABOVE CAME OUT PRETTY GOOD.   ROTARIAN DOUG MELVOLD
HOLDING THE 2ND PIN AND GETTING CERTIFICATE FROM PRESIDENT JACOB....FOR ADDING TO HIS PAUL HARRIS FELLOW, MEANING HE HAS CONTRIBUTED OVER THE YEARS, ANOTHER $1,000 TO THE ROTARY FOUNDATION.

THE PROGRAM TODAY WAS PRESENTED BY ABBY STRATHMAN (ABOVE) AND
LESLIE CONNALLY, BOTH OF MAQUOKETA AND BOTH SENIORS AT MCHS.
LAST JULY, THEY ATTENDED THE ROTARY SUMMER EVENT KNOWN AS
RYLA....ROTARY YOUTH LEADERSHIP AWARDS.   IT WAS HELD FOR 4 DAYS
AT GRINNELL COLLEGE AND BOTH RAVED ABOUT IT AND HOPE MORE CAN
ATTEND FROM THIS AREA IN FUTURE YEARS.   IT WAS RYLA #8 FOR IOWA
LAST SUMMER.   IT WAS SPONSORED BY THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB.
ANY QUESTIONS, CONTACT THE GIRLS ABOVE OR ROTARIAN SCOTT WARREN
AT THE MAQUOKETA YMCA.