THIS IS GUEST WEEK FOR THE  MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB.
GO TO BOTTOM OF THIS WEEK'S ROTARY REPORT
TO SEE PHOTOS TAKEN AT THE SPECIAL MEETING
WEDNESDAY, MAY 1ST.  
THIS WEEK'S REGULAR WEDNESDAY MEETING WILL BE A SPEICIAL MEETING AT CAMP SHALOM NORTHWEST OF MAQUOKETA ON THE CAVES ROAD... AT NOON.   USE EITHER ENTRANCE.
FREE DINNER AT JACKSON COUNTY'S ONLY CAMP (AND A NICE ONE)
FOR ANYONE INTERESTED IN SEEING THE CAMP AND LEARNING MORE
ABOUT ROTARY.     AND THERE WILL BE A SPECIAL EVENING PARTY FOR
THE CLUB MEMBERS AND NEW MEMBERS LATER IN MAQUOKETA.   AND
NEW MEMBERS (INCLUDING PHOTO) WILL BE FEATURED HERE ON THE
ROTARY WEB PAGE DURING MAY.    WE WOULD LIKE YOU TO  JOIN ROTARY!   FOR MEN AND WOMEN.
YOU WILL ENJOY BEING A MEMBER OF ROTARY!  

THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB
SILENT AUCTION ITEM OF THE WEEK
A TICKET A MONTH FOR THE SEASON AT THE 61 DRIVE-IN THEATRE SOUTH
OF MAQUOKETA.    ANY TICKET NOT USED THIS YEAR WILL CARRY OVER UNTIL 2014.    SIX ADMISSIONS WITH A VALUE OF $45.00

WHENEVER THE 61 DRIVE-IN THEATRE HAS A FAMILY MOVIE, KIDS LOVE
THE FREE RIDES BEFORE SHOWTIME.    THERE IS ALSO A SWING SET,
SAND BOX AND VOLLEYBALL AREA.    AND MANY FAMILIES LIKE TO TAILGATE  ON THE GRASS IN FRONT OF YOUR THEIR CAR.    BRING LAWN CHAIRS AND
A PORTABLE RADIO WHEN YOU COME.     A FUN LOW COST NIGHT
FOR A FAMILY WITH TWO HIT MOVIES....AT THE DRIVE-IN.    FOR SHOW TIMES, 24 HOURS A DAY, CALL 563-652-3535.     AND GIFT CARDS TO THE DRIVE-IN
MAKE PERFECT BIRTHDAY GIFTS AND ARE AVAILABLE AT THE DRIVE-IN,
AT THE DOWNTOWN VOY 3 THEATRE AND AT KMAQ.

OPENING BID:    $ 5.00   563-212-6270
                              10.00   563-340-9123
                              15.00   563-652-2500
                              20.00   563-689-5371 
EMAIL YOUR BID TO kmaq@kmaq.com

THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB
ROTARIAN OF THE WEEK

SCOTT WARREN IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE MAQUOKETA AREA FAMILY YMCA.    HE HAS BEEN IN YMCA WORK MOST OF  HIS LIFE....STARTING IN THE MIDWEST, THEN IN FLORIDA AND NOW IN MAQUOKETA.      AND HE IS PRESIDENT OF THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB.    HE WILL BE GLAD TO SIGN YOU UP WITH A Y MEMBERSHIP..... AND/OR SIGN YOU UP AS A MEMBER OF ROTARY.    JUST STOP BY AND VISIT HIM AT THE Y... WHERE HE WOULD LIKE TO GIVE YOU A TOUR OF THE FACILITY.

UPDATE ON SPECIAL MEETING FOR INVITED GUESTS HELD WEDNESDAY,
MAY 1ST AT CAMP SHALOM: 
ROTARIAN AL TUBBS WAS IN CHARGE OF TODAY'S GUEST-DAY, ASSISTED BY
PRESIDENT SCOTT WARREN. THERE WAS A NICE TURNOUT IN THE MAIN BUILDING AND DINING ROOM OF CAMP SHALOM.   A BEAUTIFUL BUILDING JUST ENLARGED.

FIRST BELOW, SEVERAL PHOTOS OF ALL THAT ATTENDED.    THEN SOME PHOTOS OF CAMP SHALOM.

BILL TUBBS ABOVE, ATTENDS MANY MAQUOKETA ROTARY MEETINGS BUT
HAS BEEN A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE ELDRIDGE CLUB AND HAS BEEN
INVOLVED WITH ROTARY ON THE DISTRICT LEVEL.   HE GAVE A PRESENTATION ON WHAT ROTARY STANDS FOR, AND WHAT IT DOES. 

TOM BLEY, ABOVE, IS THE NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF CAMP SHALOM.
PREVIOUSLY, HE HAD SERVED ON ITS BOARD FOR 6 YEARS.   HE GAVE A
POWER-POINT PRESENTATION ABOUT THE CAMP, ESTABLISHED BY ST. PAUL'S LUTHERAN CHURCH IN DAVENPORT IN1978 AND IN RECENT YEARS, NOW OPERATING ALONE AS A NON-PROFIT NON-DENOMINATIONAL CAMP.
THE 311 ACRES CAMP IS LOCATED JUST OFF THE CAVES ROAD AND BORDERS THE MAQUOKETA RIVER.    IT HAS AN ANNUAL BUDGET OF $700,000 AND SERVES OVER 900 YOUTH EACH SUMMER.     IT IS OPEN YEAR-AROUND
AND FOR ADULTS AS WELL AS YOUTH.    IT CAN BE RENTED FOR FAMILY  REUNIONS, CLASS  REUNIONS, ETC.     FOR OVER NIGHT CAMPING, THERE
ARE FACILITIES FOR 80 ADULTS.   THE LAST THREE YEARS, OVER $750,000 HAS BEEN SPENT ON IMPROVEMENTS, INCLUDING A NEW SHOWER BUILDING AND AN ADDITION TO THE PROGRAM CENTER-DINING ROOM.     IT SERVES
ALL FAITHS AND THE ONE TRUE MISSION IS TO BE A PLACE TO NURTURE THE HOLLY SPIRIT IN YOUTH.      NO, IT DOES NOT HAVE A SWIMMING POOL, BUT
HAS  A GOOD ARRANGEMENT WITH THE MAQUOKETA FAMILY YMCA TO USE THE Y POOL FOR A $10,000 ANNUAL FEE....A FEE THAT IS FAR LESS THAN THE COST OF OPERATING ITS OWN POOL.

                      MAIN BUILDING ABOVE AT THE CAMP AND DINING ROOM

                          ONE OF THE OUTDOOR CLASSROOMS ABOVE

                                      THE NEW SHOWER BUILDING ABOVE

                                ABOVE,  A COUPLE OF MANY SMALL CABINS
                      VISIT THE CAMP SOMETIME SOON...
                     VISITORS ARE WELCOME!
HAVE YOU PURCHASED A ROTARY DUCK YET?     PRESIDENT SCOTT OR ANY MEMBER CAN SELL YOU ONE....OR STOP AT KMAQ FOR ONE.

THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY HIGHWAY CLEAN-UP, DONE TWICE-A-YEAR, WAS DONE THIS PAST SATURDAY, APRIL 27TH.    A GOOD TURN-OUT OF MEMBERS.    KEN WRIGHT IS THE CHAIRMAN OF THIS PROJECT EACH YEAR AND THANKS THE  FOLLOWING FOR HELPING SATURDAY.   
JOHN GILROY....TED MAZE....FLORIAN STEFFEN....DOUG MELVOLD....SCOTT
WARREN....BOB OSTERHAUS....AND KEN WRIGHT.      

                         REMEMBER TO INCLUDE......
 THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB
              FLY-IN, DRIVE-IN BREAKFAST 
                       ON FATHER'S DAY.

MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB
CITIZENS OF THE WEEK

                                  (CLICK-ON PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT)
MEET THE GUYS THAT RAN THE MAQUOKETA CITY SNOWPLOWS AND
SALT TRUCKS THIS PAST WINTER.     THANK GOODNESS, THE SEASON
IS OVER.   THEY DID A GREAT JOB PLOWING THE STREETS AND KEEPING
THEM SAFE.    LEFT TO RIGHT WITH NUMBER OF SERVICE YEARS:
KRAIG KRUSE (1)....RANDY CROUCH (25+)....KEVIN KILBURG (14)....
JOHN HOPSON (11)....PAT BAILEY (5) AND FRANK ELLENZ, PUBLIC
WORKS DIRECTOR FOR THE CITY (2).
THANKS FROM THE ROTARY AND THE CITIZENS OF MAQUOKETA FOR
A JOB WELL DONE....ESPECIALLY THE SECOND HALF WHICH WAS WORSE
THAN USUAL.

THE MAQUOKET ROTARY CLUB
SILENT AUCTION ITEM OF THE WEEK
 
    (CLICK ON CERTIFICATE TO READ IT)
THIS $105 CERTIFICATE IS FOR THREE ONE HOUR PERSONAL TRAINING
SESSIONS WITH YMCA STAFF MEMBER, ERICIA BARKER.

OPENING BID:   $20.00       563-652-3198

TO PLACE BID, EMAIL IT TO kmaq@kmaq.com

MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB
ROTARIAN OF THE WEEK

MEET WILL RENNER, THE YOUNGEST MEMBER OF ROTARY.
WILL HAS BEEN A MEMBER FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND AGAIN THIS 
JUNE WILL BE CHAIRMAN OF OUR FATHER'S DAY FLY-IN, DRIVE-IN 
BREAKFAST.   HE SELLS INSURANCE FOR FARM BUREAU.

THE WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24TH MEETING

BRIELLE REICKS OF MAQUOKETA TALKED TO THE CLUB FOR A FEW MINUTES ABOUT HER RUNNING IN THE PITTSBURGH MARATHON ON SUNDAY, MAY 5TH.
THE RUN IS TO INCREASE AWARENESS AND RAISE MONEY TO ELIMINATE
NEONATAL TETANUS.   THE RUN IS BEING SPONSORED BY KIWANIS AND
UNICEF.     FACTS:   1 BABY DIES EVERY 9 MINUTES FROM TETANUS.
160 BABIES DIE EACH DAY.     3 DOSES OF TETANUS VACCINE GIVES
IMMUNITY FROM TETANUS.    JUST $1.80 FOR 3 DOSES PROTECTS 1 WOMAN AND HER FUTURE BABIES.    FOR MORE INFORMATION, GO TO www.TheEliminateProject.org
Follow Brielle's RUN to Eliminate MNT on Facebook.     ANYONE WISHING TO
PLEDGE MONEY PER MILE CAN PICK UP A PLEDGE CARD AT MSB WHERE
BRIELLE WORKS.    THE RUN IS 26 MILES.     THEN RETURN THE PLEDGE CARD TO BRIELLE REICKS,  116 N. ELIZA STREET, MAQUOKETA.    ANY
QUESTIONS ,CALL HER AT 563-652-4573.

THE MAIN PROGRAM AT ROTARY TODAY WAS ABOUT THE JACKSON COUNTY VETERANS AFFAIRS OFFICE AT THE COURT HOUSE.   IT IS OPEN ABOUT 20 HOURS A WEEK AND IS A FREE SERVICE FOR ALL  VETERANS.   IF THEY NEED
HELP, THE OFFICE IS THERE.   LARRY BRAMER WAS THE DIRECTOR AND
RETIRED.   RETIRED BELLEVUE PRINCIPAL JR. MILLER (SECOND PHOTO UP)
WAS TEMPORARILY IN CHARGE AND THIS WEEK, TAKING OVER THE OFFICE,
(IN PHOTO ABOVE) TERRY CREEGAN OF MAQUOKETA.      THEY BOTH
EXPLAINED THE MANY THINGS THEY CAN DO FOR VETERANS.     IF  YOU ARE A VETERAN, STOP IN AND HAVE A VISIT WITH TERRY.

WILL CAN SELL YOU A DUCK....ANY MEMBER CAN....AND THAT DUCK MAY
EARN YOU SOME CASH!  

UPCOMING ROTARY REMINDERS:  

THIS SATURDAY MORNING AT 9, THE ROTARY WILL DO THEIR TWICE-A-YEAR HIGHWAY CLEAN-UP PROJECT.
KEN WRIGHT IS IN CHARGE, AND MEMBERS ARE URGED TO HELP.
MEET AT THE HURSTVILLE INTERPRETIVE CENTER  BY 9.    AN HOUR OR SO WILL DO IT.

THE NEXT MEETING ... WEDNESDAY MAY 1ST WILL BE AT NOON AT CAMP SHALOM ON THE CAVES ROAD.   SHOULD BE FUN.  BRING A GUEST.

MAY 8TH IS THE SCHOLAR DINNER FOR TOP 20 MHS SENIORS AT THE
METHODIST CHURCH, STARTING AT 6.    

THANKS FOR COMING BACK FOR A VISIT TO THE ROTARY WEB SITE!






 

  

             FLASH:          ROTARIAN ASHER SCHROEDER HAS SOLD ALL TWENTY  OF HIS DUCKS..AND ROTARIAN CLYDE HARPER SOLD EIGHT ......AND  NANCY
MOORE SOLD SIX.       A GOOD START!
 MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB 
SILENT-AUCTION ITEM FOR THE WEEK
LAST WEEK, WE HAD TWO AUCTION ITEMS AND BOTH SOLD AT A BARGAIN PRICE TO TWO PEOPLE.

THIS WEEK'S SILENT-AUCTION CERTIFICATE WILL TAKE YOU DOWN THIS
HALL ON THE SECOND FLOOR OF THE HISTORIC DECKER HOTEL IN
MAQUOKETA, TO ROOM 212.

THIS IS ROOM 212 WHERE THE CERTIFICATE IS GOOD FOR AN OVER-NIGHT
STAY IN THIS BEAUTIFUL ROOM.    BROTHERS MIKE AND CHRIS QUILTY
ARE NEW OWNERS OF THE HOTEL AND RESTAURANT.    IN THIS PHOTO
IS SHARON QUILTY, WIFE OF MIKE.    

HERE IS SHARON AGAIN, IN THE SAME ROOM TO THE LEFT AS YOU ENTER
THE ROOM.     YOU CAN BID ON THIS ROOM..... A $79.95 VALUE.     THERE
ARE 17  ROOMS, ALL BEAUTIFUL, IN DIFFERENT PRICE RANGES, STARTING
AT $69.95.   ALL WITH BEAUTIFUL NEW BATHROOMS.   ALL WITH NEW FLAT-SCREEN TV'S.

ENJOY A NIGHT SOON AT THE DECKER!   OR HAVE YOUR VISITiNG GUESTS STAY THERE!    OR SUGGEST THE DECKER TO FRIENDS!

THEIR NEW PHONE NUMBER IS 563-652-1875

AS ALWAYS...CLICK-ON ALL 3 DECKER PHOTOS ABOVE TO ENLARGE THEM.

OPENING BID:     $25.00    563-652-2576
                               50.00     515-289-2850

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

         MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB
CITIZEN OF THE WEEK

JOEL HAGEN (WITH HIS WIFE KATHILENE ABOVE)
           HE WAS THE MUSIC DIRECTOR FOR THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL
PRODUCTION OF "SEUSSICAL" PRESENTED THIS PAST WEEKEND AT THE OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER IN MAQUOKETA.
IT WAS A GREAT SHOW!
IT FEATURED A TALENTED BUNCH OF MCHS STUDENTS....INCLUDING:
NEIL LICHTER, KELLY NEWEL, JAKE HOPSON, HANNAH GRUENWALD, HUNTER  HESSONG, CATHERINE BETTAG, AMELIA HINCH, MATT HOTVEDT, ELIZABETH McCLIMON, VERONICA GOLDYN, HALEY TRACY, LANDON AUNAN, TRENT BOLLMAN, BEAU BOWMAN, BLAIS RICHARDS, PETER LYON, ZACH FISHWILD, COLLIN SCHNEWEIS, JENNA BREITBACH, LAUREN CLAEYS, RACHEL ROHWEDDER, ANNIE DENG, LAURA DAVISON, ASHLEA BEAM, MIRANDA BENHART, CHRISTINE NEWELL, AND SARAH TABOR.
          THE DRAMA DIRECTOR WAS RACHAEL HAGEN, SISTER OF JOEL AND A GRADUATE OF IOWA STATE IN PIANO PERFORMANCE.   SHE TEACHES
ADJUNCT PIANO AT LORAS COLLEGE, IS THE ACCOMPANIST FOR THE LORAS CHOIR AND WORKS ALSO AT KEPHART'S MUSIC CENTER.
LAST BUT NOT LEAST...
          THE BAND DIRECTOR OF THE "SEUSSICAL" BAND  (13 STRONG) WAS KENT CRAWFORD.
WHAT A SHOW...WHAT TALENT...WHAT CAN ROTARY SAY?  
A HUGE THANK YOU!

          MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB
ROTARIAN OF THE WEEK

AL TUBBS
LONGTIME MEMBER OF ROTARY AND CEO OF OHNWARD BANKS, WHICH INCLUDES THE MAQUOKETA STATE BANK.    FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION.

APRIL 17TH MEETING:    

HOLLY PARMER SPOKE AT ROTARY AND TALKED ABOUT HURRICANE SANDY
THAT HIT THE EASTERN U.S.A. LAST OCTOBER.   SHE IS A DISASTER RED CROSS VOLUNTEER WITH THE GATEWAY CHAPTER OF THE RED CROSS
HEADQUARTERED IN CLINTON.    THERE ARE 9 FROM JACKSON COUNTY.
THEY ARE:   HOLLY, BARB PESTKA, NORMA ROUND, DIANE HENRY, TOM PETAROS, RACHAEL PARMER, JOAN BOLLMAN, VICKIE MIENEKE, AND GLENDA MILLER.    GLENDA IS FROM BELLEVUE AND THE OTHERS ARE FROM MAQUOKETA.     THEY CAN PUT THEIR NAME IN TO RESPOND TO A DISASTER
ANYWHERE IN THE COUNTRY, WITH 24  HOUR NOTICE.     WHEN HURRICANE
SANDY HIT, HOLLY, BARB AND NORMA WERE ON CALL AND WENT TO SERVE
FOR 3 WEEKS IN EARLY NOVEMBER.    HOLLY TOLD ABOUT THEIR WORK
AND EXPERIENCES THERE.   GOOD PROGRAM!    RED CROSS NEEDS MY
NEXT CONTRIBUTION AND YOURS TOO WHEN YOU CAN.   CLICK-ON PHOTO
TO ENLARGE IT.     HURRICANE SANDY WAS HUGE....THE SECOND LARGEST
EVER....AND RED CROSS WAS READY AS ALWAYS.  

YOUR NAME IN THE  STUB ABOVE (CLICK-ON IT TO ENLARGE IT) WILL MAKE
YOU A DUCK OWNER AND THEN YOU WILL BE RACING YOUR DUCK AT THE
YMCA SWIMMING POOL JUNE 21.      AND THAT DUCK MAY WIN YOU $500 OR $100.    AL TUBBS CAN SELL YOU A DUCK OR BUY ONE FROM ANY MEMBER OF ROTARY, OR ANY MEMBER OF THE HIGH SCHOOL club hOpe.
YES...THE DUCK SALE IS ON!











 

MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB
            SILENT AUCTION ITEMS OF THE WEEK

TWO ITEMS THIS WEEK, SHOWN ABOVE.  CLICK-ON  THEM TO READ THEM.     DAVE RAMSEY HAS ONE OF THE BIGGEST CALL-IN RADIO SHOWS IN THE
COUNTRY.    DAVE THIS WEEK AT THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS CONVENTION IN LAS VEGAS WAS INDUCED INTO THE NAB HALL OF FAME.    RAMSEY, WHOSE PERSONAL MONEY MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS AIRS ON MORE THAN 500 RADIO STATIONS ALSO RECEIVED THE NAB MARCONI AWARD IN 2009.
AND BELOW, FOR A BOY (OR GIRL) 10 AND OVER, A SKY STUNT PLANE.
THE TWO ITEMS WILL BE SOLD SEPARATELY OR TOGETHER, WHICHEVER MAKES THE ROTARY MORE MONEY.

THESE AUCTION ITEMS ARE FROM THE FOLKS AT MAQUOKETA FINANCIAL GROUP ON THE CORNER,  AT 805 WEST PLATT STREET ACROSS THE STREET FROM "DOLLAR GENERAL" IN MAQUOKETA.  
THE FOLKS THERE CAN HELP YOU WITH INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL ADVICE.    KERRY SCHEPERS, PAUL MILLER AND THEIR TEAM ARE READY TO HELP YOU.   THEY START THE CONVERSATION....BY LISTENING.   THEIR MOST
IMPORTANT FUNCTION IS TO HELP FAMILIES AND BUSINESSES ACHIEVE THEIR LIFETIME FINANCIAL GOALS.   STOP IN, OR CALL THEM AT 652-3513.
THE BOOK HAS A VALUE OF $24.99 AND THE PLANE,  $41.00
OPENING BID:

BOOK ....                      $ 7.00      563-689-6715

SKY STUNT ....            $10.00      563-357-8495
                                       15.00      563-212-6270

BOTH ITEMS   ....        $

EMAIL YOUR BID(S) TO  kmaq@kmaq.com

MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB
CITIZENS OF THE WEEK  

LEFT TOM, RIGHT CHRIS, QUILTY       THESE BROTHERS BOUGHT,  HAVE SAVED AND HAVE  RE-OPENED THE DECKER HOTEL AND RESTUARANT IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA.    HAD THEY NOT COME LONG, THE BUILDING
WOULD HAVE BEEN EMPTIED AND CHANGED INTO APARTMENTS.
THE ROTARY CLUB MEMBERS "THANK YOU" TOM AND CHRIS!

THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB
ROTARIAN OF THE WEEK

MARK SHEETS IS ONE OF THE NEWEST MEMBERS OF ROTARY AND NOW IS AT THE WEDNESDAY NOON MEETING ALMOST EVERY WEEK.   IF YOU HAVE A BUILDING JOB IN MIND, NEW OR REMODELING, FARM, HOME OR BUSINESS, GIVE MARK AT CALL OR STOP IN AT HIS OFFICE JUST WEST, ON THE CORNER, OF THE HIGHWAYS 61 AND 64 INTERSECTION.    HE WAS BORN AND RAISED IN MAQUOKETA, THE SON OF BOB AND RUTH SHEETS.

APRIL 9TH ROTARY MEETING:

JEN BECK OF DUBUQUE WAS THE GUEST SPEAKER.   SHE IS A FULLTIME
CANCER SOCIETY EMPLOYEE AND TALKED ABOUT THE UPCOMING "RELAY
FOR LIFE" IN JACKSON COUNTY.

PASTOR ERIK ELKIN ATTENDED HIS LAST MAQUOKETA ROTARY MEETING
AND GAVE HIS FINAL LONG TABLE PRAYER.    HE WILL BE GOING UP TO
MINNESOTA SOON TO BE A LEAD PASTOR FOR A LUTHERAN CHURCH.
FOR OVER A DOZEN YEARS, HE HAS BEEN THE DIRECTOR OF CAMP SHALOM
NORTHWEST OF MAQUOKETA.    HE BROUGHT WITH HIM (LEFT) HIS
SUCCESSOR AT THE CAMP, TOM BLEY (PRONOUCED BLY) OF LONG GROVE.
HE KNOWS THE CAMP WELL AND HAS SERVED AS THE CAMP'S BOARD
PRESIDENT.     WE ARE HOPING HE WILL JOIN THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY
CLUB.     GOOD LUCK ERIK AND KEEP THOSE SERMONS SHORT!

 JOIN ROTARY...BOOST MAQUOKETA...HAVE FUN!
THE NEXT PERSON TO JOIN ROTARY WILL RECEIVE TWO TUESDAY TICKETS A MONTH FOR A YEAR, TO THE VOY THEATRES....A VALUE OF
$120.00
YOU MUST SIGN-UP WITH MARK SHEETS!

AND IN CASE YOU FORGOT....THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB REMINDS YOU THAT.....
        APRIL SHOWERS BRING MAY FLOWERS!

















 


       

MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB
SILENT AUCTION ITEM OF THE WEEK

                                         (CLICK-ON BAG ABOVE TO ENLARGE IT)
FROM WELTER SEED & HONEY CO.
AT 17724 HIGHWAY 136, ONSLOW, IOWA....BID ON THIS 25# BAG OF ALL PURPOSE LAWNSEED.    WELTER SEED OFFERS THE WIDEST SELECTION OF SEED IN THE TRI-STATE AREA.      CONTACT THEM FOR ALL OF YOUR SEED NEEDS.     CALL KAREN KNEPPER TOLL FREE AT 1-800-470-3325.

RETAIL VALUE OF THE ABOVE BAG,  $48

OPENING BID:     $  5.00   563-652-2500
                                20.00   563-652-5956
                                25.00   563-652-6414

EMAIL YOUR BID TO kmaq@kmaq.com

MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB
ROTARIAN OF THE WEEk

                      CLICK-ON PHOTO OF NANCY TO ENLARGE IT
NANCY JO MOORE
NANCY HAS BEEN A ROTARIAN FOR NEARLY 15 YEARS AND IS A PAST PRESIDENT.   SHE IS CURRENTLY ON BOARD OF DIRECTORS.    SHE ISONE OF TWO WOMEN IN THE CLUB AND ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO, WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FIRST "MEN WHO COOK" DINNER IN MAQUOKETA, THAT WAS SPONSORED BY THE ROTARY AND THREE OTHER CLUBS.   SHE IS SHOWN HERE AT HER OFFICE AT KEN MOORE RENTALS.    SHE DATES A VERY NICE YOUNGER MAN.
WHEN NANCY STARTED AND RAN "SUNSHINE SCHOOL" FOR MANY YEARS, SHE WROTE 
SEVERAL KID'S  SONGS FOR THE KIDS TO LEARN
AND SING.    ONE WAS "KATY THE CATERPILLAR".
LISTEN TO IT BELOW.     YOU HAVE TO "CLICK-ON"
DOWNLOAD FIRST.....THEN CLICK-ON OK!


    


THE BASEBALL SEASON IS HERE!

MANY MAQUOKETA ROTARIANS ARE ST. LOUIS CARDINALS FANS.

SOME ARE  STILL CHICAGO CUBS FANS

GO CARDINALS!

SOME ROTARIANS DON'T LIKE BASEBALL!

IN ANY CASE, THE BASEBALL SEASON IS A GOOD TIME TO HIT A HOME RUN AND JOIN ....
THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB.