THE ROTARY CURRENT SILENT AUCTION ITEM:......
FROM KMAQ RADIO....A WHITE SANGEAN AM-FM PORTABLE RADIO.   KMAQ DOES NOT SELL THESE BUT WILL SPECIAL ORDER IT FOR ANYONE THAT WANTS TO GET KMAQ AM OR FM MORE CLEARLY IN THEIR HOME.  MOST PEOPLE OUT IN THE FRINGE AREA CAN GET KMAQ LOUD AND CLEAR ON THEIR CAR OR PICK-UP RADIO, BUT NOT AS GOOD IN THEIR HOME.   CAR AND TRUCK RADIOS ARE HIGH QUALITY, HAVE AN OUTSIDE ANTENNA AND ARE ALWAYS AWAY FROM ELECTRICAL INTERFERENCE.     AND MOST HOME RADIOS ARE INEXPENSIVE, PURCHASED MANY YEARS AGO, FOR AROUND $20.    IT IS NO WONDER THEY DON'T DO THE JOB.   THESE DAYS, PEOPLE ARE PAYING OVER $500, MAYBE OVER $1,000 FOR A GOOD TV SET, YET ARE LISTENING TO KMAQ HOURS A DAY WITH AN INFERIOR RADIO. SO, THE SILENT-AUCTION RADIO WITH A RETRACTABLE ANTENNA AND QUALITY-BUILDT, IS LIKED BY EVERYONE WE ORDER IT FOR.    IT HAS A SUGGESTED RETAIL PRICE OF $69.95.    SOMETIMES ON THE INTERNET, IT WILL BE LESS IF YOU CARE TO ORDER IT THERE.     THE AUCTION RADIO WE HAVE  HERE AT KMAQ FOR THE TOP BIDDER TO PICK UP.

 TO MAKE A BID, EMAIL IT TO kmaq@kmaq.com

OPENING BID:    $10.00     563-652-3208
                               14.00     563-590-8837
                               18.00     563-689-6791
                               25.00     563-652-4833 
                               30.00     563-689-5371 
                               35.00     563-689-6791  
                               40,00     563-689-5371  
                                            
ADDITIONAL BIDS SHOULD BE AT LEAST $4 HIGHER.    BIDDING WILL END
AFTER THE HOLIDAY, ON MONDAY, JANUARY 7TH AT 12 NOON.

THE ROTARY CURRENT CITIZEN OF THE WEEK:
OUR CITIZEN OF THE WEEK IS MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER  MINDY ORRIS.  SHE IS THE ADVISOR FOR THE VERY ACTIVE STUDENT CLUB, KNOWN AS CLUB HOPE.  IT HAS HAD MANY GOOD PROJECTS THIS PAST YEAR, ENDING WITH THE DECEMBER 15TH  2ND ANNUAL MINI-DANCE MARATHON THAT RAISED OVER $10,000 FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA CHILDREN'S MIRACLE NETWORK.    THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB THANKS MINDY ORRIS FOR HER LEADERSHIP AND WORK BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY AND THE ROTARY (AND MINDY TOO) THANKS THE 46 MEMBERS OF CLUB HOPE FOR ANOTHER JOB WELL DONE. 

THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB MEMBER OF THE WEEK:  DOUG MELVOLD, ABOVE,  IS ANOTHER LONGTIME MEMBER.
HIS DAD WAS ALSO.    DOUG IS THE PUBLISHER-EDITOR OF THE MAQUOKETA SENTINAL-PRESS.    HE HAS A MARRIED SON, TIM, WHO LIVES IN DUBUQUE AND IS ON THE UNIVERSITY OF DUBUQUE STAFF.   NO GRANDCHILDREN.
DOUG IS ALSO AN OPTIMIST MEMBER.      LIKE TO JOIN ROTARY?  THE CLUB IS LOOKING FOR MORE MEMBERS.     GIVE DOUG A CALL....HE WOULD BE HAPPY TO "HOST" YOU AT AN UPCOMING WEDNESDAY NOON MEETING SO YOU COULD LEARN MORE ABOUT BEING A MEMBER.   

                THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB MEMBERS WISH YOU A
                HAPPY NEW YEAR!