Monday, January 28, 2013

                   THE MAQUOKETA 
             ROTARIAN OF THE WEEK
FLORIAN STEFFEN IS SHOWN ABOVE AT HIS DESK IN THE MAQUOKETA MAQUOKETA STATE BANK.    HIS TITLE:  OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT & CCO.
FLORIAN HAS BEEN A MEMBER OF THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY FOR OVER 30 YEARS AND IS A PAST-PRESIDENT.     HE'S A GOOD MEMBER, AND HARDLY EVER MISSES A WEDNESDAY MEETING AT THE EAGLE CLUBS ON HIGHWAY 65 EAST.   LIKE ALL ROTARIANS, HE LIKES THE EAGLES HOME COOKING.    FLORIAN WILL BE THE FIRST TO TELL  YOU..."IT'S  FUN THE BE IN ROTARY"....WHERE EACH WEEK MEMBERS MEET FOR GOOD FOOD, FELLOWSHIP  AND ENJOY AN INTERESTING SHORT PROGRAM.     AND, HAVE THE SATISFACTION OF DOING GOOD THINGS FOR THE COMMUNITY.    JOIN ROTARY AND SOON YOUR PHOTO WILL BE RIGHT HERE AND YOU TOO WILL BE FELLING GOOD ABOUT BEING A ROTARIAN.   CLICK-ON PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT.
          MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB
               CITIZEN OF THE WEEK
ANY IDEA WHAT IT MIGHT BE LIKE TO BE THE CEO OF A 24/7 HOSPITAL?
NOW, DOUBLE THAT!     YES, THINK ABOUT BEING CEO OF TWO 24/7
HOSPITALS AT THE SAME TIME, 20 MINUTES APART.     CURT COLEMAN ABOVE
IS THAT PERSON AND DOING DOUBLE IS GOOD REASON TO  MAKE HIM THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CITIZEN OF THE WEEK.    HE HAS BEEN DOING THIS ON AN INTERIM  BASIS SINCE LAST JULY AND  AND TWO WEEKS AGO, WAS NAMED PERMANENT CEO OF BOTH.     HE HAS BEEN MAQUOKETA'S CEO SINCE 1999 WHEN HE CAME HERE FROM THE SPENCER HOSPITAL.    HE HAS AN OFFICE IN BOTH HOSPITALS AND WILL BE SPENDING TIME AT BOTH, EACH WEEK.   BOTH ARE AFFILIATED WITH GENESIS HEALTH SYSTEM OF DAVENPORT.    HE HAS A UNIVERSITY OF IOWA BS AND MASTERS DEGREE
IN HOSPITAL HEALTH AND ADMINISTRATION.

                    THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY
             SILENT AUCTION ITEM OF THE WEEK
PLACE YOUR BID NOW ON THE  KITCHEN BOWL SET SHOWN BY A LONGTIME EMPLOYEE AT OSTERHAUS  PHARMACY ON WEST PLATT STREET MAQUOKETA, GENI CARR.   GENI AND HUSBAND DARROLD LIVE IN FULTON, NOT TOO FAR NORTH OF MAQUOKETA, AND THE  BOYHOOD HOME OF RED HENTON.   THIS YELLOW SET INCLUDES 2  CERAMIC MIXING BOWLS, THAT ARE DISHWASHER AND MICROWAVE SAFE, THE LARGE BOWL IS 9 INCHES, AND THE MEDIUM IS A 7 INCH BOWL.    3  INCH HIGH, 4-INCH LONG  RAMKINS ALSO ARE DISHWASHABLE SAFE.     THE SET HAS A VALUE OF $55.20.    OSTERHAUS PHARMACY IS OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK WITH SEVERAL PHARMACISTS AND FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE, A DRIVE-UP WINDOW.   THE STORE FEATURES OVER THE COUNTER DRUGS AND A COMPLETE LINE OF HEALTH SUPPLIES FROM WHEEL CHAIRS, TO SPEICIAL SHOES FOR ACHING FEET AND A FULL LINE OF HEALTH AND BEAUTY SUPPLIES.     THE GIFT DEPARTMENT HAS SOMETHING FOR ANY BIRTHDAY AND ANNIVERSARY, IN EVERY PRICE RANGE. 
        AND CANDY FOR YOUR VALENTINE TOO. 
OPENING BID:       $   5.00   563-652-6414
                                $ 15.00   563-212-6270
                                                $ 20.00   563-689-5371
EMAIL YOUR BID TO:     www.kmaq.com
      
THE ROTARY PROGRAM TODAY (1-30-2013) WAS PRESENTED BY MICHELLE 
TURNER OF THE JACKSON COUNTY SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT OFFICE ON EAST PLATT STREET IN MAQUOKETA AND WAS ABOUT THE Tete des Morts Creek Watershed Project IN NORTHERN JACKSON COUNTY. MICHELLE (WRITING GRANTS) HAS BROUGHT MILLIONS TO THE COUNTY
FOR WATER CONSERVATION PROJECTS.   THEN SHE IS THE ADMINISTRATOR
OF THE PROJECT.   SHE ALSO TOLD EVERYONE TO CIRCLE FEBRUARY 20TH
ON THEIR CALENDAR FOR "Conservation AgStravagansa!" AT THE FAIRGROUNDS IN MAQUOKETA....FROM 10 AM UNTIL 7 PM.    FREE WITH
MANY PRESENTATIONS AND GUEST SPEAKERS.   
AND WE ALL SANG HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO BOB OSTERHAUS, RETIRED
PHARMACIST, LEGISLATOR  AND LONGTIME ROTARIAN.
HE IS 82 TODAY  AND WIFE ANN BAKED SOME CHOCOLATE CUPCAKES FOR EVERYONE.    YES, THEY WERE GOOD!   THE PHOTO OF MICHELLE AND BOB
WAS TAKEN BY ROTARIAN DAVE UPDEGRAFF.     DAVE IS AN EXCELLENT
PHOTOGRAPHER AND HIS PHOTOGRAPHY WEB SITE IS:   www.upde.net
HE ALSO HAS A NEW THING GOING, CALLED PROJECT 365.   HE IS TAKING
AT LEAST ONE PHOTO A DAY AND PLACING IT ON THIS WEB SITE OF HIS:
www.upde.net/A-365.htm    AND YES, HE HAS A BLOG:   updedesignsblog.com
NEXT WEEK, WE WILL BE SINGING  HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO HIM AS HE WILL BE
CELEBRATING HIS 66TH FEBRUARY 8TH.

THERE WERE TWO GUESTS AT ROTARY TODAY: 
KENT FUGLSANG, MANAGER OF THE MAQUOKETA INDUSTRY SONAC IN
MAQUOKETA'S INDUSTRIAL PARK,  WAS THE GUEST OF ROTARIAN NANCY MOORE.   KENT IS HER SON-IN-LAW.
AND...
KRISTI BECKER OF BECKER VETERINARY CLINIC IN MAQUOKETA.   SHE
WAS THE GUEST OF ROTARIAN MARK SHEETS, OWNER OF SHEET'S 
CONSTRUCTION IN MAQUOKETA.     
    
     
THE BEST TO YOU AND YOURS FROM   THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY! 











 
         


  

       










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