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 MAQUOKETA ROTARY MEMBER
 OF THE WEEK: 

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AUGUST 27, 2013 MEETING.....
THERE WERE SEVERAL GUESTS.....

ROTARIAN DOUG MELVOLD BROUGHT HIS MOTHER, FRANCES,  TO THE MEETING SO EVERYONE COULD SING HAPPY 90TH BIRTHDAY TO HER.
HER LATE HUSBAND R.T. "BOB" MELVOLD WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF
OUR CLUB.    SHE WAS RAISED IN CRESCO AND BOB AND FRANCES GOT
MARRIED IN NEW ORLEANS IN 1944.    AFTER WORLD WAR II THEY MOVED
TO MAQUOKETA WHERE THEY BOUGHT ONE OF THE TWO NEWSPAPERS.
THEY  BOUGHT THE SECOND LATER.    THE NEWSPAPER IS STILL RUN BY
DOUG AND THE REST OF THE FAMILY.   

ROTARIAN MARK SHEETS BROUGHT HIS WIFE SUSAN (AND BUSINESS PARTNER IN SHEETS CONSTRUCTION) TO THE MEETING TO ENJOY A ROTARY LUNCH PREPARED BY THE EXCELLENT EAGLE'S COOKS.....MEATLOAF
TODAY.

DOUG MELVOLD ALSO BROUGHT AS HIS GUEST, KELLY GERLACH, HEAD
WRITER AND PHOTOGRAPHER FOR THE SENTINEL-PRESS.  

ROTARIAN NANCY MOORE  (ROTARIAN ROGER STEWART'S LITTLE SISTER)
CELEBRATES HER BIRTHDAY FRIDAY AND SO EVERYONE SANG HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO  HER TOO.   THAT'S LONGTIME ROTARIAN NORM KENNEDY
IN THE BACKGROUND.

ELDRIDGE ROTARIAN BILL TUBBS VISITS US A LOT AND WE LIKE TO SEE HIM.
HIS BROTHER IS ROTARIAN ALAN TUBBS AND HIS LATE FATHER,  EDWARD,
WAS A LONGTIME MAQUOKETA ROTARIAN.    HE IS A VERY ACTIVE
MEMBER OF BOTH THE ELDRIDGE CLUB AND THE ROTARY DISTRICT.

THE PROGRAM TODAY:

WAS GIVEN BY THE MCHS club hOpe!      AT LEFT, MINDY ORRIS,
THE CLUB ADVISER AND MCHS TEACHER.    AT RIGHT, MEMBER MARISA
TILL (SENIOR) WHO WITH MINDY AND 26 OTHER MEMBERS AND CHAPERONES
SPENT 7 DAYS IN AFRICA PLUS 4 MORE DAYS GETTING  HOME AFTER THE
AIRPORT FIRE THERE.   BOTH TOLD WHAT THEY DID ON THE TRIP (HELPING TO BUILD A SCHOOL IN KENYA) AND HOW THANKFUL THE PEOPLE THERE
WERE.     MINDY IS PUTTING TOGETHER A PROGRAM ON THE TRIP  TO PRESENT TO THE PUBLIC THIS FALL. 
 

                                    ROTARY 4-WAY TEST:

                  IS IT THE TRUTH?

                  IS IT FAIR TO ALL
                  CONCERNED?

                  WILL IT BUILD GOOD 
                  WILL AND BETTER
                  FRIENDSHIPS?

                  WILL IT BE BENEFICIAL
                  TO ALL CONCERNED?

JOYCE OSTERT, LONGTIME FRIEND AND LISTENER, PRESENTED ROTARIAN
DENNIS VOY WITH A COOKIE PIZZA THURSDAY MORNING AT KMAQ, FOR
KMAQ'S 55TH ANNIVERSARY WHICH WAS AUGUST 26TH.    JOYCE IS AN
EXPERT BAKER AND COOK AND DOES A REGULAR RECIPE PAGE FOR
THE MAQUOKETA SENTINAL-PRESS.
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ROTARY COLORS:  BLUE & GOLD

TODAY'S MEETING ATTENDANCE OF MEMBERS AND GUESTS WAS THE BEST IN A LONG TIME.

                  THE MAQUOKETA 
                  ROTARY WISHES YOU
                  A SAFE AND HAPPY
                  LABOR DAY!








 
      

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ROTARY MEETING:  AUGUST 21ST
THE PROGRAM WAS GIVEN BY KHRISTIAN BECKER (DVM) OF RURAL DELMAR, OWNER OF BECKER VETERINARY CLINIC ON EAST PLATT STREET IN
MAQUOKETA.   HE WAS RAISED ON A FARM SOUTH OF MAQUOKETA, GRADUATED FROM MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL IN 1990 AND HAS BEEN A VET
FOR 16 YEARS HERE, AFTER GRADUATING FROM IOWA STATE UNVIERSITY.   HE AND WIFE KRISTI
HAVE TWO CHILDREN.    HE TREATS BOTH LARGE AND SMALL ANIMALS.     C-SECTIONS ARE QUITE
COMMON NOW FOR DOGS.   IN FACT, YESTERDAY  HE HAD ONE WITH 15 PUPPIES AND ONE IS SCHEDULED THAT WILL BE FOR 14.    AT THEIR HOME, THE BECKER'S HAVE 2 DOGS AND 2 CATS.

WE HAVE ANOTHER PERSON JOINING MAQUOKETA ROTARY.    WILL ANNOUNCE HIS NAME SOON.
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ROTARY NEWS:

SECRETARY NATE GJERSTAD HAS LEFT CLOVER RIDGE PLACE FOR A NEW POSITION IN THE QUAD CITIES AND HAS RESIGNED FROM ROTARY.

HE WAS A GOOD MEMBER AND WE WILL MISS HIM AND WISH HIM THE BEST IN  HIS NEW JOB.

SILENT AUCTION ITEMS THIS WEEK:

$44.00 VALUE

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TWO TICKETS TO "THE FOUR BITCHIN' BABES" SHOW AT OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER IN MAQUOKETA ON SATURDAY,  SEPTEMBER 7TH,  AT 7 P.M.  TICKETS ARE $22 IN ADVANCE AND CAN BE PURCHASED AT THE

OHNWARD BOXOFFICE FROM 9 A.M. UNTIL 1 P.M.    ALSO AT OSTERHAUS PHARMACY AND THE MAIN BANK OF MAQUOKETA STATE BANK

OPENING BID:   $10.00  563-357-0852

                             15.00 563-689-5371 

                             20.00  563-357-0852

                             22.00  563-689-5371 

                            25.00  563-357-0852 

                            28.00   563-340-9123

EMAIL BID TO kmaq@kmaq.com

AUGUST 14 ROTARY MEETING:

THE PROGRAM AUG 14TH WAS GIVEN BY JACKSON COUNTY ENGINEER CLARK SCHLOTZ (TOP PHOTO) AND JACKSON COUNTY SUPERVISOR, AND FELLOW ROTARIAN, STEVE FLYNN.    BOTH TALKED ABOUT THE NEED FOR A GAS TAX HIKE IN IOWA  (SLOGAN:  A DIME WOULD BE FINE) FOR FUNDS DESPARATLY NEEDED TO   REPAIR AND/OR BUILD NEW ROADS AND

BRIDGES IN JACKSON COUNTY AND ALL OF IOWA.   A DIME A GALLON INCRAEASE WOULD GIVE AN EXTRA $500,000 A YEAR TO  JACKSON COUNTY FOR ROAD AND BRIDGE PROJECTS.   THE GOVERNOR HAS HIS OWN IDEAS AND CONSEQUENTLY, THE MOTOR FUEL TAX ISSUE GOT NO WHERE AGAIN THIS PAST SESSION.   

 

BUSY ROTARIAN BELOW:

YUP....THAT'S OUR OWN FELLOW ROTARIAN PETE ATIENZA BUILDING A HOME IN MAQUOKETA.   HE HAS SOME HELPERS.   HE HAS A HOUSE PLAN TO
GUIDE HIM BUT SAYS HE CHANGES THINGS DAILY.   WHO WOULD HAVE BELIEVED WHEN HE RETIRED,  HE WOULD TRADE HIS RUBBER SURGEON GLOVES FOR CANVAS WORK GLOVES.    THE HOUSE WILL BE FOR SALE.
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 ROTARY MEMBERS HAVE A GREAT LUNCH EVERY WEDNESDAY AT NOON.

JOIN ROTARY AND YOU ALSO

WILL EAT GOOD! 

 

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ROTARIAN DENNIS VOY'S PROGRAM AT ROTARY TODAY HAD TO DO WITH
THE LAKEHURST DAM THAT HAS BEEN ON THE MAQUOKETA RIVER
FOR AROUND 60 YEARS.     IT HAS TWO GENERATORS THAT COULD SUPPLY
A SMALL TOWN WITH ALL THE ELECTRICITY IT NEEDS.    WHAT IS PRODUCED THESE DAYS IS SOLD TO A FIRM IN CEDAR RAPIDS.    THE GUEST SPEAKER ABOVE, WAS PETE SCHULTZ, WHO HAS BEEN THE MANAGER OF THE DAM JUST OVER 4 YEARS.    HE IS A NATIVE OF WISCONSIN AND HIS WIFE WORKS AT THE WESTSIDE OFFICE OF THE MAQUOKETA STATE BANK.     THEY LIVE IN THE RANCH HOME UP BY THE DAM, SUPPLIED BY THE OWNERS OF THE DAM.
FOR SOME WEATHER SITUATIONS, IT IS A DAY AND NIGHT JOB.    THE OWNER
AND HIS SON ARE FROM WISCONSIN AND THEY HAVE QUITE A FEW 
DAMS IN WISCONSIN, ILLINOIS  AND 3 IN IOWA.   THE OTHER TWO ARE IN ANAMOSA AND IOWA FALLS.    THEY ARE PROFITABLE,  BUT THEIR ANNUAL PROFIT DEPENDS ON GOOD WEATHER.     PETE IS THE LONE  FULLTIME EMPLOYEE, BUT THERE IS A PART TIME PERSON FOR WHEN NEEDED.    OTHERWISE,   PETE DOES IT ALL, INCLUDING MOWING THE LAWN AND FEEDING THE  20 OR SO DUCKS HE IS RAISING TO ENTERTAIN VISITORS TO THE DAM AND RIVER.   YES, GUESTS ARE WELCOME TO STOP BY AND LOOK AT THE DAM AND WALK TO THE OTHER SIDE.    ANYTIME BETWEEN 8 A.M. AND
8 P.M.    TOURS FOR STUDENTS ARE GIVEN WITH ADVANCE NOTICE.
THERE ARE SOME STRICT RULES POSTED THAT EVERYONE NEEDS TO
ABIDE BY.     A GOOD INTERESTING PROGRAM AGAIN TODAY.   THANKS TO PETE FOR GIVING IT!

NOT ONLY IS ROTARY FUN....YOU MEET A LOT OF PEOPLE AND LEARN NEW THINGS ALMOST EVERY WEEK.     JOIN ROTARY AND BE HAPPY!