VOL 1 NO 52

NO SILENT AUCTION ITEM THIS WEEK

THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY 75TH 
ANNIVERSARY DINNER WILL BE ON
WEDNESDAY NIGHT, NOVEMBER 20TH.
LONGTIME ROTARIAN AND PAST DISTRICT GOVERNOR BILL TUBBS WILL BE THE GUEST SPEAKER.  HE IS
EDITOR OF THE NORTH SCOTT PRESS IN ELDRIDGE, WHERE HE LIVES.   
HE WAS RAISED ON A RURAL ELWOOD FARM AND HIS BROTHER ALAN  IS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF 
MAQUOKETA ROTARY.

OCTOBER 30TH
ROTARY PROGRAM 

THE GUEST SPEAKER WAS ANITA O'HARA OF DES MOINES, A VICE-PRESIDENT, WITH 28 YEARS OF
SERVICE,  WITH THE IOWA NATIONAL NATURAL HERITAGE FOUNDATION, MADE UP OF 7,000 MEMBERS IN THE STATE.    THE FOUNDATION WAS ESTABLISHED TO PROTECT AND RESTORE IOWA'S LAND, WATER AND WILD.    IN JACKSON COUNTY, THE FOUNDATION HAS BEEN INVOLVED WITH 12 PROJECTS AND 1,800 ACRES.

GUEST AT ROTARY TODAY (OCT 30TH)....

BILLY COAKLEY.    HE WAS THE GUEST OF ROTARIAN KEN WRIGHT, A MAQUOKETA ATTORNEY FOR 45 YEARS.    BILLY IS KEN'S NEW ASSOCIATE.   HE IS NO STRANGER TO MAQUOKETA AS HE HAS BEEN A MEMBER OF THE MAQUOKETA POLICE
DEPARTMENT FOR 12 YEARS.    THE LAST 3 YEARS, PART-TIME WHILE GETTING HIS LAW DEGREE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA.   HE STARTED WITH KEN WRIGHT ATTORNEY EARLIER THIS MONTH.   HIS WIFE IS THE FORMER TINA TILL OF ANDREW, WHO IS WORKING TOWARD HER MASTERS DEGREE IN MEDICINE TO BE A NURSE PRACTIONER.    THE COUPLE HAVE NO CHILDREN.  KEN CAME TO MAQUOKETA TO JOIN ROTARIAN ATTORNEY J.E. GOODENOW IN HIS LAW OFFICE.  HE LATER WENT ON HIS OWN, WITH AN OFFICE ON THE CORNER IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA, NEXT TO WHERE BOB'S BARBER SHOP IS NOW.    THE BRICK BUILDING HE IS IN NOW HAS A  LAW FIRM HISTORY GOING BACK TO 1880 WHEN THE LATE AL KECK'S FATHER STARTED IN PRACTICE.    IT LATER WAS KECK AND KECK ATTORNEYS.   STILL LATER, THE FATHER DIED AND ALAN WAS NAMED A JUDGE.   HIS WIFE PHOEBE STILL LIVES IN MAQUOKETA AND RECENTLY TURNED 90.   NEXT CAME  THE LATE  DENNIS ROBERSON INTO THE BUILDING, ALSO A MAQUOKETA ROTARIAN.   WHEN HE DIED YOUNG, HIS DAUGHTER DEB, AN ATTORNEY, RAN THE PRACTICE AND WHEN SHE DECIDED TO LEAVE THE COMMUNITY, KEN PURCHASED THE BUILDING. 
GOSH, HOPE I GOT THIS ALL RIGHT.    ANYWAY,
NICE TO HAVE A NEW LAWYER IN TOWN AND NICE
TO KNOW KEN WILL CONTINUE AS A LAWYER AND
ROTARIAN.   WHO KNOWS, MAYBE BILLY WILL
JOIN.   THAT WOULD ALSO BE NICE.

ROTARY, THE CLUB THAT HAS THE BEST-IN-THE-
AREA TRASH COLLECTORS ALONG THE  HIGHWAY.
THEY DID THEIR TWICE-A-YEAR HIGHWAY 61 CLEANUP LAST SATURDAY.    ROTARY...GETS THINGS DONE AND SERVES THE COMMUNITY WITH HEART, HANDS AND SMILES. 
(ORANGE FOR HALLOWEEN AND PUMPKINS)










 
 

ROTARY WEEK VOL 1 NO 51

MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB
SILENT AUCTION ITEM THIS WEEK

A $10 VOY THEATRE GIFT CARD

USE IT TUESDAY NIGHT WHICH IS BARGAIN NIGHT, ALL SEATS $5
USE IT WEDNESDAY NIGHT, FREE POPCORN NIGHT
WHAT'S SHOWING, 24 HOURS A DAY, CALL 652-3535
GIFT CARDS ARE AVAILABLE AT KMAQ DAYTIME HOURS
ENJOY A MOVIE SOON...ON THE BIG SCREENS AT THE VOY 3 THEATRE

                       OPENING BID:    $5.00   689-5371

EMAIL YOUR BID TO kmaq@kmaq.com
DEADLINE TO BID:   NOON MONDAY

ROTARY PROGRAM - OCTOBER 23RD....

BONNIE MITCHELL, CURATOR FOR THE JACKSON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND IT'S TWO MUSEUMS.     SHE WAS THE GUEST OF ROTARIAN ROGER STEWART AND IN LINE WITH THIS YEAR'S 175TH ANNVERSARY OF MAQUOKETA, SHE TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THE EARLY LEADERS OF THE COMMUNITY.     THANKS BONNIE FOR A GOOD PROGRAM!    SHE INVITED ROTARY MEMBERS TO THE SOCIETY ANNUAL HARVEST DINNER
ON SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 3RD AT PEARSON HALL AT THE FAIRGROUNDS.
BEEF AND CHICKEN DINNER CATERED BY THE CORNER STOP OF
SPRAGUEVILLE.    $11.00 IN ADVANCE, $12.00 AT THE DOOR.    AT THE
EVENT, THEY WILL ALSO CELEBRATE THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE
PRESTON TIMES AND NAME NEW MEMBERS TO THEIR HALL OF FAME.
TOM DEVINE'S GRANDPA ED BLACK STARTED THE NEWSPAPER.   BONNIE BROUGHT ALONG A PHOTO OF THE CLINTON ENGINES MUSEUM TAKEN
BY MARCELLA HENEKE.

IT IS A NIGHT TIME PHOTO AND MY SCANNER HAD A PROBLEM SCANNING THE DARKNESS.    NICE PHOTO ANYWAY.   VISIT THE MUSEUM SOON....A GREAT TRIBUTE TO A GREAT LITTLE ENGINE THAT MANY OF YOU HAD A HAND
IN MANUFACTURING YEARS AGO.

ABOVE, THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY MEMBERS THAT ATTENDED THE

OCT 23RD MEETING WEARING SOMETHING PURPLE IN  HONOR OF

 ROTARY'S WORK TO ERADICATE POLIO WORLDWIDE.

LEFT TO RIGHT:   ROGER STEWART, BOB OSTERHAUS, CLYDE HARPER

KAREN SLATTERY, TERRY SLATTERY,  SHORTY STEVE FLYNN,

NANCY MOORE,  PRESIDENT SCOTT WARREN  AND FLORIAN STEFFEN

   BACK MAQUOKETA, JOIN ROTARY

ROTARY WEEK VOL 1 NO 50

 

NO SILENT AUCTION ITEM THIS WEEK!

ROTARY PROGRAM:   OCTOBER 16TH

 

THE GUEST SPEAKER TODAY WAS JACK HASKEN, PRESIDENT/CEO

OF JACKSON MFG.,INC. IN MAQUOKETA.

THE COMPANY IS A CUSTOM PLASTIC INJECTION, CONTRACT

ASSEMBLY MANUFACTURER, THAT PRODUCES A FULL LINE OF NYLON

ADJUSTMENT/CONTROL KNOBS.   IT ALSO PRODUCES PLASTIC SCREEN

ROLLER ASSEMBLIES, GOLF YARDAGE MARKERS, APPLIANCE SCREW

PLUGS AND OIL DRAIN PLUGS.     JACK AND HIS WIFE  PURCHASED

THE INDUSTRY EARLY THIS YEAR.   HE HAS  10 EMPLOYEES AND HIS GOAL

IS TO DOUBLE ORDERS THE FIRST YEAR AND ADD SOME ADDITIONAL

EMPLOYEES.   THE ADDRESS IS 500 JACOBSEN DRIVE IN

MAQUOKETA.  WEB SITE:  www.Jackson-Mfg.com  AND THE PHONE

NUMBER IS 563-652-2222.        HE LIVES IN DUBUQUE.

ROTARY WEEK VOL 1 NO 49

ROTARY SILENT

  AUCTION ITEM THIS WEEK

OVER 20 YEARS AGO, AND FOR 10 YEARS, THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY

CLUB (AS A FUND RAISING PROJECT) HAD A PLATE OF THE

YEAR WITH A LOCAL BUILDING.    THIS WEEK, WE HAVE THE SAMPLE

PLATE FROM THE COMPANY AND ON IT....THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL

WHICH IS NOW PART OF THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.    THIS SAMPLE

PLATE WAS IN RED ON WHITE AND THE ONLY ONE IN THAT COLOR.

THIS SAMPLE WAS APPROVED AND USED BUT ALL PLATES FOR SALE

HAD A BROWN COLOR ON WHITE.    THE ONE FOR THE SILENT AUCTION

THIS WEEK IS THE RED SAMPLE, FOUND RECENTLY WITH SOME OTHER

MAQUOKETA ROTARY ITEMS.     IT IS A COLLECTOR'S PLATE-PLUS.

THEY SOLD FOR $10 THOSE 10 YEARS.    THIS ONE HAS A VALUE

TODAY OF 10 TIMES THAT.     IF  YOU ATTENDED HIGH SCHOOL IN THIS

BUILDING, YOU WILL WANT TO MAKE YOUR BID RIGHT NOW.

OPENING BID..   $    5.00     563-652-2500

                             $ 30.00      563-652-4361

                             $ 32.00      563-590-8837

EMAIL YOUR BID TO kmaq@kmaq.com

BIDDING DEADLINE, NOON MONDAY

ROTARY PROGRAM OCTOBER 9TH

AFTER THE BEEF STEW LUNCH

SCOTT DYKSTRA, PARK RANGER OF THE MAQUOKETA CAVES

STATE PARK GAVE THE PROGRAM AND SAID IT HAS BEEN

ANOTHER GOOD YEAR AT THE PARK.    THOUSANDS OF VISITORS

AND A FULL RV CAMPGROUND EVERY WEEKEND.  

THE FREE FAMILY PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN VERY POPULAR.  HE

COMMENDED HIS SUMMER EMPLOYEES AND THE FRIENDS

OF THE MAQUOKETA CAVES GROUP FOR THEIR HELP AND

SAID THERE WOULD BE ANOTHER SPRING BREAKFAST

AT THE PARK NEXT YEAR.     THE FIRST YEAR, 200 ATTENDED.

THIS YEAR, DESPITE BAD WEATHER, IT DREW OVER 300.

NOT ONLY IS DENNIS HASENBANK IS GOOD ROTARIAN, HE IS ALSO A GOOD
MEMBER OF THE HELION MASONIC LODGE #36 A.F. & A.M.    HERE HE IS
SERVING BREAKFAST AT THE BELGIAN WAFFLE BREAKFAST SUNDAY.
DELICIOUS BREAKFAST AS ALWAYS.

NEXT ROTARY PROJECT

 SELLING TICKETS AT THE

MAQUOKETA-SOLON FOOTBALL

GAME ON OCTOBER 18TH

MAQUOKETA ROTARY, 75 YEARS OLD THIS YEAR

HISTORICAL NOTES

FIRST MEETING MARCH 9, 1938

CHARTER NIGHT APRIL 4,1938

17 MEMBERS

JOHN HARRISON FIRST PRESIDENT

(FURNITURE AND MORTICIAN)

JULY 1, HE RE-ELECTED TO FULL 1 YEAR TERM