ROTARY WEEK VOL 2 NO 43

NO SILENT AUCTION THIS WEEK

PROGRAM THIS WEEK...

TODAY'S (WEDNESDAY) ROTARY PROGRAM WAS GIVEN BY JULIE FURNE OF MAQUOKETA.      SHE WORKS OUT OF THE ASAC OFFICE IN THE SMILES ON MAIN DENTAL OFFICE BUILDING AND SINCE NOVEMBER,  HAS BEEN WORKING ON A  DRUG FREE COMMUNITY PROGRAM FUNDED WITH A FEDERAL GRANT.    INTERESTING PROGRAM ON THE DRUG PROBLEMS IN
JACKSON COUNTY.    HER WORK  DEALS MAINLY WITH MARIJUANA.  
SHE KNOWS HER SUBJECT WELL AND SHE WILL TELL YOU THAT THERE IS
A BIG PROBLEM WITH DRUGS IN THIS AREA.     HARD TO BELIEVE...THERE ARE TWO BUSINESS PLACES IN THE COUNTY WHERE DRUG PARAPHERNALIA  IS SOLD RIGHT OVER COUNTER.     SHE WILL BE GLAD TO GIVE A PROGRAM FOR YOUR CLUB.

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    PROGRAM FOR ROTARY TODAY,      AUG 19.....

MEET TOM GRUENWALD....WHO IS THE NEW
ACTIVITIES DIRECTOR FOR GRADES 7-12
IN MAQUOKETA.   THE LOST NATION NATIVE
STARTED HIS CAREER AT NORTHEAST AT
GOOSELAKE, THEN TO THE TIPTON SCHOOL DISTRICT AND NOW MAQUOKETA.    HE SAID
HE IS IMPRESSED WITH THE FACILITIES IN
OUR DISTRICT.   HE IS STARTING A NEW
STUDENT ATHLETIC COUNCIL TO FIND WAYS
TO GET BETTER STUDENT ATTENDANCE AT
ATHLETIC EVENTS.    HE HAS A DAUGHTER
THAT IS A SENIOR AT MIDLAND HIGH SCHOOL AND A MIDDLE SCHOOL SON THAT WILL
ATTEND SCHOOL HERE.   HE'S A BASKETBALL
PLAYER.

GUEST  AT ROTARY TODAY
SALLY DAVIES THE NEW PR DIRECTOR AT
CLOVER RIDGE RETIREMENT COMMUNITY IN MAQUOKETA.
BECAUSE TODAY IS NATIONAL LEMONADE DAY, SHE PRESENTED A BOTTLE TO EACH ROTARIAN.   THE FIRST LEMONADE DAY WAS IN  HOUSTON, TEXAS IN 2007.     NATIONWIDE, KIDS ARE HAVING LEMONADE STANDS (WITH THE HELP OF A PARENT MENTOR) TO LEARN THE  UPS AND DOWNS OF OPERATING THEIR OWN BUSINESS.    AND THERE IS A KID'S CONTEST TOO.    CHECK WITH SALLY FOR MORE ON KIDS AND LEMONADE, INCLUDING A FREE KIT FOR OPENING

A  LEMONADE STAND.

TICKETS FOR THE BIG EVENT BELOW ARE AVAILABLE FROM ANY MEMBER OF THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB....

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NEW MEMBER..

CHRIS HOOVER,  NEW SUPT. OF MAQUOKETA SCHOOL DISTRICT, WAS
WELCOMED OFFICIALLY TODAY BY ROTARY PRESIDENT SCOTT WARREN.
AT RIGHT, THE MAN  HE SUCCEEDED, KIM HUCKSTADT.    KIM WAS HIS
SPONSOR INTO ROTARY, IN OTHER WORDS, THE ROTARIAN THAT ASKED
HIM TO JOIN THE CLUB.       IN A FEW YEARS, CHRIS ALSO WILL HAVE A FEW
GRAY HAIRS.

GUEST AT TODAY'S MEETING:

AT LEFT, CHUCK CURRENT, WHO HAS COME BACK TO HIS HOMETOWN TO
JOIN OHNWARD BANK CORP.     OHNWARD OWNS MAQUOKETA STATE BANK
AND MANY OTHERS.    IN HIGH SCHOOL AT MAQUOKETA, CHUCK WAS AN
MOC STUDENT EMPLOYEE.  

PROGRAM AT ROTARY TODAY
TWO STUDENTS FROM MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL THIS PAST JULY 13-18 ATTENDED THE ROTARY RYLA WEEK-LONG ANNUAL EVENT FOR
STUDENTS.    RYLA STANDS FOR ROTARY YOUTH LEADER AWARDS.   THE
TWO GIRLS WERE NOMINATED BY HIGH SCHOOL CLUB hHope ADVISOR
MINDY ORRIS AND THEIR EXPENSES PAID FOR BY THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY
CLUB.     THE CAMP WAS HELD ON THE CAMPUS OF GRINNELL COLLEGE.

ABOVE, MADISON LAPKE, DAUGHTER OF BONNIE LAPKE AND TOM LAPKE.
SHE WILL BE A SENIOR THIS YEAR AT MCHS.  

ABOVE, JULIA DILTZ, DAUGHTER OF JANET AND KENT DILTZ.     SHE WILL BE
A JUNIOR STARTING THIS MONTH.
BOTH GIRLS TOLD MAQUOKETA ROTARIANS THEY ENJOYED THEIR WEEK
VERY MUCH AND LEARNED A LOT.

ROTARIAN DENNIS VOY (ROTARY NEWS EDITOR) TOOK SOME CANDID
SHOTS AT THE MEETING TODAY.

FIRST WEEK OF AUGUST

NO AUCTION ITEMS THIS WEEK.