Monday, February 3, 2014

ROTARY WEEK


THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB 
MEETING THIS WEEK WILL BE THURS. (FEB 6, 2014)
AT THE KMAQ FARM AND HOME SHOW

THE "FRIENDS OF AGRICULTURE" 3 AWARDS WILL BE PRESENTED ON STAGE
AT 12:30 THURSDAY AND AGAIN THIS YEAR, SPONSORED BY THE
MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB AND THE AG COMMITTEE OF THE MAQUOKETA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

MAQUOKETA ROTARIAN ASHER SCHROEDER GAVE HIS TALK ABOUT SERVING IN WORLD WAR II AT MAQUOKETA STATE BANK LAST FRIDAY.    HE HAD GIVEN IT THE WEEK BEFORE AT THE REGULAR WEDNESDAY ROTARY MEETING.    ROTARIAN DENNIS VOY DID A VIDEO OF IT AND YOU CAN VIEW THAT VIDEO ON THE MAQUOKETA VFW WEB SITE.    JUST "GOOGLE" MAQUOKETA VFW AND THERE IT IS.   OR "GOOGLE" ROTARIAN DAVID UPDEGRAPH'S WEB SITE AND THE VIDEO IS THERE TOO.    IT IS ABOUT 45 MINUTES LONG.
ABOVE PHOTO IS OF DAVE AND CONNIE TJARKS AT THEIR  HOME IN
TENNESSEE.   CONNIE STOPPED IN AT KMAQ MONDAY.     THEY ARE UP THIS WAY VISITING FRIENDS IN JACKSON COUNTY AND IOWA CITY.     THEY HAVE
LIVED IN A RURAL HOME THEY PURCHASED A  YEAR AGO OCTOBER
NEAR LIBERTY, A TOWN OF 350.    IT IS A ONE-STORY 4-BEDROOM AND DEN HOME, IN THE MIDDLE OF A CLUSTER OF TREES AND THERE IS A LARGE SHOP BUILDING WITH IT, WHERE DAVE DOES HIS WOODWORKING.    THEY LIKE IT VERY MUCH DOWN THERE AND THE WEATHER IS MILDER THAN WE HAVE.     SHE PLAYS CARDS IN A CLUB EVERY MONDAY AND STILL RUNS HER
HERB WEB SITE, "KNOT ENOUGH THYME".   SHE MISSES ROTARY AND
WANTED DENNIS TO SAY "HI" TO ALL THE MEMBERS.    THEY LIVE AT 3300 PEA RIDGE ROAD, LIBERTY.   PHONE 563-249-2664.   EMAIL:  cktfarm@gmail.com

LATER IN WEEK, COME BACK HERE TO SEE SOME PHOTOS FROM THE FARM AND HOME SHOW.

NO  AUCTION ITEM THIS WEEK.

THE PROGRAM AT ROTARY WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, WILL BE
GIVEN BY BEN KOBER, JACKSON COUNTY ZONING ADMINISTRATOR.




 














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