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!