ROTARY WEEK VOL 3 NO 9

BECAUSE OF THE HOLIDAYS....

THERE WAS NO MAQUOKETA ROTARY MEETING DECEMBER 24TH

AND NO MEETING WILL BE HELD DECEMBER 31ST.

FROM THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB!

WE INVITED YOU TO JOIN ROTARY IN 2015.

ROTARY WEEK VOL 3 NO 8

NO SILENT AUCTION ITEM THIS WEEK


NO MEETING THIS WEEK (DEC 24),  AND  DECEMBER 31ST

THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB WISHES YOU A  HAPPY NEW YEAR!

ROTARY WEEK VOL 3 NO 7

         NO SILENT AUCTION ITEM THIS WEEK.

LAST THURSDAY, MAQUOKETA ROTARIANS COLLECTED OVER $300 RINGING THE BELL FOR THE SALVATION ARMY AT WAL MART.

 THIS WEDNESDAY, THE ANNUAL WHITE ELEPHANT CHRISTMAS EVENT AT THE MEETING.     THIS MEETING, THE FINAL ONE FO  2014.  

AT TODAY'S MEETING (12-17-'14) .....ABOVE, THE TABLE WITH THE WHITE ELEPHANT PACKAGES....18.     EVERYTHING FROM HOME MADE CANDY, TO A SANTA RED PURSE.    ALL WENT WELL AND EVERYONE SEEMED TO
HAVE A GOOD TIME, WITH LOTS "STEALING".....OR SHOULD WE SAY "TRADING" OF GIFTS.     LOTS OF FUN AND LAUGHS.    

ABOVE, LURA DANIEL WITH PRESIDENT WARREN.    LURA IS OUR COOK AND A GOOD ONE.   AND  SCOTT ON BEHALF OF THE CLUB, HANDED HER
A CHRISTMAS CARD WITH SOME CHRISTMAS CASH IN IT FROM ALL MEMBERS.     SHE LIVES  AT RURAL MAQUOKETA-NORTH.
        NICE TIE PREZ!  

THERE WILL BE NO MEETING DECEMBER 24TH OR 31ST

MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB.

ROTARY WEEK VOL 3 NO 6

                                   
                                     SILENT AUCTION ITEM THIS WEEK...
                             
                                     A $10 VOY THEATRE GIFT CARD

                               
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                                    EMAIL YOUR BID TO kmaq@kmaq.com
                                    DEADLINE TO BID, NOON MONDAY
                 
                                    ROTARY PROGRAM TODAY:

          

                                   

ROTARIAN DWAIN TRENKAMP TALKED

ABOUT THE CHRSITMAS STAR PROGRAM

THAT HE AND BARB MILLER HAVE RUN

FOR 28 YEARS....FIRST STARTED IN 1987.

SINCE THEN, 16,000 THOUSAND CHILDREN AND

SENIORS HAVE BEEN GIVEN PRESENTS OFF

THE TREES AT M-S-B BANK AND US BANK.

THIS YEAR, FOR THE FIRST TIME, THE 

NUMBERS ARE DOWN A LITTLE.   LAST

YEAR, 450 KIDS WERE SIGNED UP AND THIS

YEAR, 397.   THE SENIORS TREE IS ABOUT

THE SAME AS LAST YEAR, 125.   THIS IS A 

PROJECT OF MAQUOKETA COMMUNITY

SERVICES WHICH ALSO RUNS THE USED

CLOTHING STORE AT DAC ON WEST PLATT.

NEW MEMBER

                               ADRIENNE WILLIAMSON, AN ATTORNEY WITH
                           THE PILLERS & RICHMAN LAW OFFICE JUST NORTH
                            OF THE HURST HOTEL IS THE NEW MEMBER THAT
                           RECEIVED HER OFFICIAL WELCOME TODAY.   SHE
                           AND HUSBAND ERICK JUST CELEBRATED THEIR
                           5TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY  AND HAVE PURCHSED
                           A HOME ON WEST QUARRY STREET.  THEY  HAVE
                           NO CHILDREN.   SHE IS AT THE MAQUOKETA FULL
                           TIME AND THE OWNERS OF THE FIRM COME TO
                           MAQUOKETA TO ASSIST HER WHEN NEEDED.  
                           ROTARIAN JOHN GILROY GETS CREDIT FOR BRINGING
                           HER TO ROTARY MEMBERSHIP.   JOHN AT RIGHT, AND
                           PRESIDENT SCOTT WARREN TO LEFT.    NICE TO HAVE
                           ADRIENNE AS A NEW MEMBER.   SHE IS NOW THE 7TH
                           WOMAN IN THE CLUB.     AND  WE WELCOME MORE!

                                           ROTARY NEWS                     

                                   ROTARIAN KIM HUCKSTADT INFORMED
                                   THE CLUB TODAY THAT HE  HAS A NEW
                                   JOB, AS AN ASSISTANT PROFESSOR AT THE
                                   UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA IN   
                                   CEDAR FALLS.    IF THEY MOVE TO CEDAR
                                    FALLS, WE WILL LOOSE HIM AS A MEMBER.
                                    THAT WOULD NOT BE GOOD.

                                    NEXT ROTARY PUBLIC SERVICE PROJECT      
                                    RINGING THE SALVATION ARMY
                                    CHRISTMAS BELL.....

ROTARY WEEK VOL 3 NO 5

        NO SILENT AUCTION THIS WEEK


THIS WEEK'S PROGRAM....

ROTARIAN NORM KENNEDY WAS IN CHARGE OF THE PROGRAM TODAY AND
INVITED SCOTT HANSEN OF THE MAQUOKETA POLICE DEPARTMENT TO THE MEETING TO TELL ABOUT HIS JOB AS SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER FOR THE
MAQUOKETA SCHOOL DISTRICT.     SCOTT HAS BEEN WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OVER 10 YEARS AND  HAS BEEN RESOURCE OFFICER FOR THREE.   HE SPENDS MOST OF HIS WEEKLY TIME AT THE MIDDLE AND
HIGH SCHOOLS WITH SOME TIME EACH WEEK ALSO AT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.    HE IS ALSO NEARING 20 YEARS IN THE ARMY RESERVES AND
HAS BEEN TWICE CALLED TO DUTY OVERSEAS, INCLUDING A TOUR IN
AFGANISTAN.

ROTARIAN JOHN GILROY THIS WEEK MADE THE MEMBERSHIP ROUND ASKING IF ANYONE HAD GOOD NEWS TO SHARE, AND IF SO,  TO DONATE SOME MONEY TO THE SCHOLARSHIP FUND, ALONG WITH THE NEWS.    JOHN, LEFT,ACCEPTS A $10 BILL FROM ROTARIAN DENNIS HASENBANK.   NORMALLY......THE DONATION IS A DOLLAR OR TWO, BUT DENNIS HAD SPECIAL GOOD NEWS AND WANTED TO GIVE $10.   EARLIER THIS WEEK, WHILE ON A VISIT TO CEDAR RAPIDS, HIS WIFE FELL ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL AND THE CAR WENT DOWN AN EMBANKMENT AND....SHE WAS LUCKY AND NOT A SCRATCH.
DENNIS SAID HE VISITED THE SCENE AFTER (SHE WAS DRIVING ALONE) AND FROM WHAT HE COULD SEE, SHE WAS  LUCKY TO BE ALIVE.

PRESIDENT SCOTT WAS ABSENT TODAY AND SO  CLYDE HARPER FILLED IN.

MEATLOAF, GREEN BEANS, MASHED POTATOES AND PEA SALAD....GAVE EVERYONE ENERGY FOR THE REST OF THE  WORK DAY... AND THE MEETING WAS OVER AT 1 P.M.

MAQUOKETA ROTARY PAST PRESIDENTS......