Monday, June 24, 2013

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MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB
SILENT AUCTION ITEM OF THE WEEK
THE OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER IN  MAQUOKETA AND THE PEACE PIPE      PLAYERS IN MAQUOKETA WILL              PRESENT "GUYS AND DOLLS"  ON        FRIDAY, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY,          JULY 19TH, 20TH AND 21ST.                    
EVENING PERFORMANCE AT 7 P.M.        FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AND A               MATINEE PEFORMANCE AT 2 P.M. ON    SUNDAY.     YOU CAN NOW BID ON 2    
TICKETS VALUED AT $30.00.

OPENING BID:     $ 5.00  563-340-9123
                                 10.00   563-357-3492
                                 15.00   563-219-4280
                                 15.00   563-357-3061
                                 20.00   563-689-5371
                                 23.00   563-MIKE
                                 25.00   563-689-6239
                                 26.00   563-357-3061    
                               
 EMAIL YOUR BID TO kmaq@kmaq.com

THANKS TO ALL ROTARIANS WHO HELPED WITH
THE ANNUAL ICE CREAM SOCIAL AND BAND     CONCERT AT THE FAIRGROUNDS LAST WEDNESDAY NIGHT.    THANKS ALSO TO JAY KAHN AND THE MAQUOKETA COMMUNITY BAND
FOR THE GREAT MUSIC..... AND THANKS TO ALL
THE SENIORS WHO ATTENDED.      LAST  BUT NOT LEAST, THANKS TO TED MAZE FOR BEING 
CHAIRMAN OF THE ROTARY EVENT AGAIN THIS
YEAR.    THE ROTARY HAS HELD THIS EVENT, 
EVERY YEAR, SINCE THE FIRST ONE IN 1976 
DURING MAQUOKETA'S WEEK-LONG CELEBRATION
OF OUR COUNTRY'S 200TH BIRTHDAY.     




 










Friday, June 21, 2013

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Monday, June 17, 2013

R O T A R Y    R O T A R Y   R O T A R Y   R O T A R Y   R O T A R Y    R O T A R Y

THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB
SILENT AUCTION ITEM THIS WEEK
  A FUN CARD FOR THE 2013 JACKSON COUNTY FAIR IN MAQUOKETA.
  THE CARD LETS YOU GO TO THE FAIR EVERY DAY AT A BIG SAVINGS!
  DAILY ADMISSION TO THE FAIR FOR ADULTS IS $10
  THE FUN CARDS SELLS FOR $25  (YOU SAVE $25)....
   AND ARE ON SALE AT ALL JACKSON COUNTY BANKS AND AT THE
   FAIRBOARD OFFICE ON THE FAIRGROUNDS.    BELOW, MORE      INFO ABOUT THE FAIR.  CLICK ON THE POSTER TO ENLARGE IT.

OPENING BID:  $    5.00     563-652-2772
                                 6.00     563-357-8934
                                 7.00     563-652-2772
                               18.00     563-652-5956
                               20.00     563-212-2313
                               22.00     563-689-5372
                               23.00     563-652-2772    
EMAIL YOUR BID TO kmaq@kmaq.com


********************************************************************--NEW ------MEMBERS-NEW MEMBERS-NEW MEMBERS-------
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IT IS NOW OFFICIAL, TOM BLEY AND KAREN AND TERRY SLATTERY ARE NOW NEW MEMBERS OF THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB.   THE DISTRICT GOVERNOR CONDUCTED THE CEREMONY AND PRESENTED THEM WITH
THEIR "NEW MEMBER" PACKET AND MEMBERSHIP LAPEL PIN.
DISTRICT GOVERNOR JILL OLSEN OF MT. VERNON IS SHOWN WITH TOM,
THE NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF CAMP SHALOM, RURAL MAQUOKETA.
FOR JILL, IT WAS HER FINAL MEETING AS DISTRICT GOVERNOR.  
KAREN AND TERRY HOLDING THEIR PACKET.    KAREN'S FATHER, THE LATE
JOHN FAGERLAND, WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB.     TERRY IS RETIRED FROM ALCOHA AND KAREN IS A RETIRED RN AND
THEY HAVE 7  GRANDCHILDREN.

WELCOME...KAREN, TERRY AND TOM!


MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB
ROTARIAN OF THE WEEK
TED MAZE HAS BEEN A ROTARIAN FOR A LONG, LONG TIME AND FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, HE HAS BEEN THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ANNUAL 
ICE CREAM SOCIAL.   CLICK-ON THE
PHOTO ABOVE WITH ALL THE INFO
YOU NEED ABOUT THIS YEAR'S  JUNE
DAIRY MONTH EVENT, THE 38TH ANNUAL.    TED WAS THE LONGTIME OWNER OF THE MAQUOKETA LUMBER COMPANY, NOW OWNED BY HIS SON MARK.   

THE FATHER'S DAY FLY-IN, DRIVE-IN
MAQUOKETA ROTARY BREAKFAST WAS A BIG SUCCESS.   THANKS TO ALL WHO ATTENDED!  

THE MAQUOKTA ROTARY DUCK RACE IS THIS FRIDAY NIGHT, JUNE 21ST, (ALWAYS THE FIRST DAY OF SUMMER) AT THE YMCA  SWIMMING POOL.
THE RACE WILL BE BROADCAST ON 
KMAQ-AM 1320 AT 6 P.M.    DUCKS ARE
STILL ON SALE AT KMAQ.

NEW MEMBERS ARE ALWAYS WELCOME!   CONSIDER JOINING THE
MAQUOKETA ROTARY!   HAVE FUN!
AND MAKE MAQUOKETA BETTER! 












      

Monday, June 10, 2013

 
       ROTARY PROGRAM-JUNE 12TH
THE GUEST SPEAKER SHOWN ABOVE WAS ASSISTANT JACKSON COUNTY
ATTORNEY, AMANDA LASSENC.    SHE HAS BEEN COUNTY ATTORNEY
SARA DAVENPORT'S ASSISTANT THE PAST 4 MONTHS.    SHE GREW UP
IN THE DUBUQUE AREA AND GOT HER BA DEGREE IN MINNESOTA AND ALSO WENT TO LAW SCHOOL IN MINNESOTA AND GOT HER LAW DEGREE THERE.
SHE DOES A VARIETY OF LEGAL WORK, FROM FENCE DISPUTES TO
TRAFFIC VIOLATION HEARINGS.   CLICK-ON PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT.
         MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB
SILENT AUCTION ITEM OF THE WEEK
THIS PAT COSTELLO PRINT (11 BY 14 INCHES) INCLUDING FRAME, WAS DONATED FOR THE AUCTION BY ROTARIAN JOHN GILROY,  PART-OWNER OF THE CPA FIRM MINER GILROY AND MEAD CPA NEXT TO GOODWILL STORE IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA.    PHOTO TAKEN AT AN ANGLE TO ELIMINATE A GLARE.    VALUE UNKNOWN!   

OPENING BID:    $  5.00   hobcobble
                               10.00   563-689-5371
                               12.50   hobcobble(jeff)
                               13.00   563-689-5371 
                               15.00   563-249-9761
EMAIL YOUR BID TO kmaq@kmaq.com
BIDDING ENDS AT NOON, MONDAY, JUNE 17TH.
        MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB
ROTARIAN OF THE WEEK


TOM BLEY IS A NEW MEMBER OF OUR CLUB AND WE ARE VERY HAPPY
TO HAVE  HIM.    HE IS THE NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR CAMP SHALOM NORTH WEST OF MAQUOKETA,  JUST OFF THE CAVES ROAD.    STOP OUT AND MEET TOM AND HE WILL GIVE YOU A QUICK TOUR OF THIS VERY NICE MAQUOKETA CAMP.    SUMMERTIME IS THE BUSY TIME OF THE YEAR FOR CAMPS AND TOM WILL ENJOY EVERY MINUTE.    THIS SERIOUS
PHOTO TAKEN AT A ROTARIAN MEETING AT THE CAMP.   HE ALSO HAS A NICE
SMILE.
THE RACE IS GETTING CLOSE!    BUY YOUR DUCK FROM ANY ROTARIAN OR AT KMAQ.    THEY WILL ALSO BE ON SALE AT THE ROTARY FATHER'S DAY
BREAKFAST.    YOUR DUCK MAY WIN YOU $500.    AND THERE WILL ALSO BE NINE $100 WINNERS.
CLICK ON ABOVE AND BELOW TO ENLARGE

DON'T MISS THE ROTARY BREAKFAST!
HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!
















Monday, June 3, 2013

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ROTARY PROGRAM JUNE 5
THE HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL WAS THE GUEST SPEAKER.     WITH HIM, ONE OF TWO SENIORS THAT HAVE ENOUGH CREDITS TO ENTER COLLEGE THIS FALL AS A JUNIOR, MAINLY BECAUSE WE HAVE THE CLINTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE BUILDING RIGHT NEXT TO THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL.     A BUILDING THAT CAME ABOUT THANKS TO A MAJOR INTEREST AND CONTRIBUTION BY THE LATE JOHN FAGERLAND, MAQUOKETA BANKER (MSB), ROTARIAN AND PAST ROTARY PRESIDENT.     NOTE THE CHART
ABOVE.  (CLICK-ON IT TO ENLARGE IT)   MAQUOKETA IS A LEADER IN
PRE-COLLEGE CREDITS BY HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.  

THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB
SILENT AUCTION ITEM
THIS 3-FOOT BY 5-FOOT IOWA FLAG WAS DONATED FOR THIS WEEK'S SILENT AUCTION BY FORMER IOWA STATE SENATOR AND ROTARIAN  ROGER STEWART.      IT WAS FLOWN AT THE IOWA STATE CAPITOL ON FEB  5, 2010.   IT HAS A VALUE OF AT AROUND $25.00.     FLY IT AT YOUR HOME ON HOLIDAYS  HERE IN THE HAWKEYE STATE.     OR, IT WOULD BE NICE FOR AN IOWAN NOW LIVING OUT OF STATE.

OPENING BID   $10.00      563-212-6270
                             15.00      563-689-5371
                             20.00      315-224-9700
                             21.50      563-872-3073
MAKE BID TO kmaq@kmaq.com
DEADLINE FOR BIDDING, NOON, MONDAY, MARY 10TH!

MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB
ROTARIANS OF THE WEEK: 

AGAIN THIS WEEK, ROTARIAN WIVES ARE BEING INTRODUCED HERE.   WE APPRECIATE THEIR
SUPPORT OF ROTARY! 
MRS. CLYDE HARPER ON LEFT.   THAT'S CLYDE IN THE MIDDLE.    RIGHT, MRS. NORM KENNEDY.
PHOTO TAKEN AT THE CLUB'S CHRISTMAS PARTY.

COMING:
IMPORTANT ROTARY DATES.....

DUCK SALE AT THEISEN'S AND WAL MART ON SATURDAY, JUNE 15TH.

FATHER'S DAY DRIVE-IN, FLY-IN FATHER'S DAY
BREAKFAST (7 AM-12 NOON) AT THE AIRPORT ON SUNDAY, JUNE 16TH.

FRIDAY, JUNE 21ST, THE FIRST DAY OF SUMMER
DUCK RACE AT 6 P.M. THE MAQUOKETA YMCA
SWIMMING POOL.    BUY A DUCK FOR $5 FROM ANY ROTARIAN (AND AT KMAQ) AND YOU MAY WIN
$500 OR $100.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26TH, THE 38TH ANNUAL ROTARY SENIOR CITIZEN ICE CREAM WITH CAKE
SOCIAL AND BAND CONCERT,  FEATURING THE
TIMBER CITY BAND, DIRECTED BY JAY KAHN. 
EAT 5:30-5:45 AND THE CONCERT AT 6:00 P.M.    FREE TO ALL MAQUOKETA-AREA SENIORS ON THE LAWN AT THE FAIRGROUNDS IN MAQUOKETA.    

JOIN THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB...AND...

HAVE FUN AND DO GOOD THINGS FOR MAQUOKETA.      MEN AND WOMEN MEMBERS 
ARE VERY WELCOME.      SPECIAL MEMBERSHIP RATE FOR A COUPLE.   CONTACT SCOTT AT THE Y OR DENNIS AT KMAQ FOR MORE INFORMATION.