ROTARY WEEK VOL 3 NO 1

SILENT AUCTION ITEM THIS WEEK.....

THIS CASSEROLE DISH WORTH $13.98

OPENING BID...    $4.00     563-689-4971
                               $10.00   319-480-4266

EMAIL YOUR BID TO  kmaq@kmaq.com
BIDDING DEADLINE, NOON MONDAY

TWICE A  YEAR...ROTARY HIGHWAY CLEAN-UP...

ROTARY OCTOBER COMMUNITY PROJECT:    ROTARIANS KEN WRIGHT, TERRY SLATTERY, AND TED MAZE.   NOT IN PICTURE, BUT ALSO HELPING, DOUG MELVOLD AND FLORIAN STEFFAN.     NOT A BIG A HAUL THIS TIME....WHICH IS GOOD NEWS.
PHOTO BY DOUG MELVOLD

AT ROTARY TODAY:
THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY VOTED TO CONTRIBUTE $500 TO THE MAQUOKETA COMMUNITY CUPBOARD.    ON LEFT, GARY EGGERS, MANAGER OF THE CUPBOARD AND AT RIGHT, PASTOR ERIC SWANSON OF THE MAQUOKETA MINISTERIAL ASSOCIATON, SPONSOR OF THE CUPBOARD.  PASTOR ERIC
SAID MONEY CONTRIBUTED IS USED TO BUY FOOD FROM ST. STEPHEN'S FOOD BANK IN DUBUQUE AT 1/10 OF THE RETAIL VALUE.     THE $500 FROM THE ROTARY WILL BUY $5,000 WORTH OF FOOD.    IN SEPTEMBER, THE CUPBOARD GAVE FOOD TO AN AVERAGE OF 154 FAMILIES (431 INDIVIDUALS) A WEEK.    OVER THE TIME OF ONE MONTH, EACH INDIVIDUAL IS GIVEN ABOUT $5 TO $10 OF FOOD ASSISTANCE.    IF YOU WISH TO DONATE FOOD ITEMS (INSTEAD OF CASH), THESE CANNOT BE PURCHASED IN BULK AND WILL BE VERY MUCH APPRECIATED AT HE CUPBOARD IN THE DAC BUILDING ON WEST PLATT STREET:     CHICK-N-NODLE SOUP, ANY CREAMY SOUP, TOMATO SOUP, PASTA(SPAGHETTI AND MACARONI), CANNED VEGETABLES, AND TOILET PAPER.

GUEST SPEAKER TODAY WAS ANN BURNS OF JACKSON COUNTY CONSERVATON AND SHE TOLD ABOUT THE PRAIRIE CREEK RECREATION AREA AT THE EAST EDGE OF MAQUOKETA, GIVEN TO THE COUNTY BY
THE LATE MAQUOKETA  AUTO DEALER, BOB MARTIN.    TRAILS AND PARKING LOTS HAVE ALREADY BEEN ESTABLISHED BY VOLUNTEERS AND WORK WILL CONTINUE NEXT SPRING MAKING EVERY PART OF THE 250 ACRES A
SITE FOR ALL AGES TO LEARN AND ENJOY NATURE.