VOL 3 NO 9 AND NO 10

THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB IS ON A HOLIDAY BREAK AND WILL  NOT HAVE A MEETING ON DECEMBER 23RD OR DECEMBER 30TH.

THE NEXT MEETING WILL BE ON JANUARY 6TH.

FROM ALL 39 MEMBERS OF THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB....

MERRY CHRISTMAS

AND

ROTARY WEEK VOL 3 NO 8

STILL TIME TO BID ON THE NEW YEARS EVE TICKET TO OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER.
THE BIDING ENDS AT 12 NOON MONDAY, DECEMBER 21ST.


BELOW....NEW MEMBER JIM ENGLAND!   WHAT YOU SEE BELOW IS A SHORT MOVIE THAT WAS TAKEN BY MISTAKE .....INSTEAD OF A STILL PHOTO.    IT SHOWS PRESIDENT SALLY GIVING JIM THE STORY ABOUT ROTARY AND THE WELCOME TO THE CLUB ON 12-16-2015.   FELLOW ROTARIAN ROGER STEWART IS AT LEFT AND WAS THE PERSON TO
INVITE JIM TO JOIN THE CLUB.    YOU MIGHT SAY
ROGER IS JIM'S "SPONSOR".   JIM AND HIS
WIFE PAM BAHR OWN AND OPERATE THE WOOD
PRODUCTS INDUSTRY IN THE INDUSTRIAL PARK,
AND THEIR WOOD PRODUCTS FOR THE HOME HAVE BEEN MADE HERE IN MAQUOKETA FOR MANY YEARS AND ARE SOLD ALL OVER THE 
WORLD.       DON'T PUSH THE ARROW BELOW...IT 
WILL JUST MAKE THE IMAGE SMALLER.

THE ANNUAL MAQUOKETA ROTARY "WHITE ELEPHANT GIFT EXCHANGE"  WAS HELD AFTER
WEDNESDAY'S (DEC 16TH) REGULAR MEETING.
ROTARIAN "ROTARY WEEK" EDITOR DENNIS VOY
TOOK SOME PHOTOS, A COUPLE A LITTLE OUT
OF FOCUS, BUT YOU GET THE PICTURE THAT 
ALL HAD A NICE TIME.   

JOHN WITH SANTA SHORTS

A SERIOUS MOMENT AND BOB WAS NOT REALLY SLEEPING, JUST DREAMING ABOUT A HAWKEYE
ROSE BOWL WIN.     LOOK CLOSELY AND YOU WILL 
SEE THAT JACK IN UPPER RIGHT HAND CORNER
IS SMILING.

JUDY HOLDING LOTTERY TICKETS...WHICH TURNED OUT TO BE MOST POPULAR GIFT OF THE DAY, EXCHANGING  HANDS SEVERAL TIMES.     SEE...BOB IS WIDE AWAKE NOW.

THE GENTLEMAN ON THE FAR RIGHT IS A RELATIVE OF DR. PETE ATIENZA, AND IS FROM THE PHILLIPINES AND HAS BEEN VISITING THE CLUB OFTEN WITH PETE, BELOW.

  

JUDY LOST HER LOTTERY TICKETS TO SOMEONE ELSE, AND SO GOT TO OPEN ANOTHER GIFT, A
FIGURE MADE OF FORKS AND SPOONS.

NEW MEMBER JIM ENGLAND GOT A GIANT CANDY BAR.   

HE LOST THE CANDY BAR LATER AND GOT A 
HAWKEYE CARRY BAG INSTEAD.

MARK WAS IN CHARGE OF THE GIFT EXCHANGE
AND GOT A BOB UECKER BOBBLE-HEAD.

JUST LIKE MARK WAS NOT HAPPY WITH HIS GIFT, SCOTT ALSO DID NOT LIKE WHAT HE CALLED
A HAWKEYE PURSE.   

THE PREZ LOOKS HAPPY WITH THE GIFT CERTIFICATE.

I GOT A $10 BILL AND WAS ABLE TO  KEEP IT...
NANCY GOT A LANTERN AWAY FROM SOMEONE.
SORRY TO SAY, THERE WERE 14 "SCROOGE" 
MEMBERS THAT DID NOT COME TO THE PARTY.
THEY GET A BAG OF COAL LATER.

MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM SANTA SALLY AND HER
BUNCH OF ROTARY ELVES.

ROTARY WEEK VOL 3 NO 6 AND NO 7

CONGRATULATIONS TO JACK HASKEN, THE NEW MEMBER OF THE
MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB BOARD.

WE WILL BE ANNOUNCING A NEW MEMBER SOON, WHEN PRESIDENT
SALLY BRINGS THE PAPERWORK TO
A MEETING.    LOL

THURSDAY, DEC 10TH....ROTARY RINGS THE SALVATION ARMY BELL AT WAL MART.

OUR WHITE ELEPHANT GIFT DAY.... AT ROTARY MEETING...DEC. 16TH.
BRING A GIFT OF SOME SORT WORTH AROUND $10.   PLEASE WRAP IT.

OUR CURRENT SILENT AUCTION ITEM
.....A NEW YEAR'S EVE TICKET TO
OHNWARD FINE ARTS...

OPENING BID:   $5.00...563-689-5371
                          $ 10.00...563-652-9995

EMAIL YOUR BID TO kmaq@kmaq.com

BIDDING DEADLINE, NOON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 21ST

NO MEETING DECEMER 23RD  AND  30TH

DAVID VOY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ESTABLISHING THE KMAQ
(& ROTARY DAILY) WEB SITES AND MAINTAINS THEM.   HE RECEIVES
A SMALL PAYMENT MONTHLY FOR ADS THAT SURROUND THE
SITES.    THIS WEEK ONE MORNING, THERE APPEARED A ROTARY AD
ON OUR ROTARY DAILY SITE.....

INTERESTING, BECAUSE THE ROTARY INTERNATIONAL CLEAN WATER PROJECT HAS NEVER BEEN BROUGHT UP AT A LOCAL MEETING.

ROTARY WEEK VOL 3 NO 5

THE DECEMBER 2ND MEETING ATTENDANCE WAS NOT THE BEST, BUT THE GOULASH WAS.
GUEST SPEAKER WAS JOHN BERGE, FORMER
MEMBER, WHO WITH WIFE PATTI AND TWO BOYS
LIVED IN MAQUOKETA IN THE 90'S AND THEN MOVED TO STERLING, ILLINOIS.   PATTI WAS WITH
JOHN AT THE MEETING.   THEY HAD A FOREIGN 
EXCHAGE STUDENT WHEN LIVING IN MAQUOKETA
AND RECENTLY VISITED HER IN SOUTH AFRICA.

JOHN, WHO WAS WITH A CPA FIRM HERE IN MAQUOKETA,  NOW HAS HIS  OWN ACCOUNTING
BUSINESS.   THEIR SON MIKE IS IN THE NAVY,
LIVES IN BETHESDA, AND IS ASSIGNED TO THE USS SPRINGFIELD "TIGER" SUBMARINE AND JOHN SPEND 4 DAYS ON THE "SUB" WITH JOHN AND TODAY'S PROGRAM WAS ABOUT IT.   THE OTHER
SON MATT IS A MD IN ROYAL OAKS, MICHIGAN.
WITH ONE OF THE SONS, THEY HAVE A 2-YEAR-OLD GRANDCHILD.

NO SILENT ACTION ITEM AGAIN THIS WEEK.

WE WILL HAVE ONE NEXT WEEK.

ROTARY WEEK VOL 3 NO 4

HAPPY THANKSGIVING FROM ALL 37 MEMBERS OF

THE MAQUOKTA ROTARY CLUB

NEXT WEEK, WE ARE THANKFUL THAT
WE WILL GROW TO 38 MEMBERS.

AT TODAY'S  MEETING (NOV 25TH) ABE TUBBS OF ANAMOSA WAS THE GUEST OF HIS DAD, ALAN.

NANCY MOORE REPORTED THAT TWO "CHRISTMAS STAR" GIFTS WERE
PURCHASED BY THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB THIS WEEK AT A COST OF $48 AND THE GIFTS WERE WRAPPED AND ARE BACK AT THE BANK AT THE ADULT TREE AND THE KID'S TREE.   A GOOD-DEED BY ROTARY.

NEXT WEDNESDAY, DEC 2ND AT THE MEETING, WE WILL TAKE A COLLECTION
FOR THE CHRISTMAS TIP FOR OUR FOOD STAFF.    GIVE WHAT YOU WISH,
BUT IT IS SUGGESTED A MINIMUM OF$10.

MAQUOKETA ROTARY WILL "RING THE BELL" FOR THE SALVATION ARMY
ON DECEMBER 10TH, AT WAL MART.     EACH MEMBER IS ASKED TO SIGN-UP
TO WORK A HALF-HOUR.    LOOK FOR THE SIGN-UP SHEET AT THE NEXT MEETING.  

THE BOARD MET LAST FRIDAY (ANOTHER BOARD MEMBER IS NEEDED, SO
THINK ABOUT IT) AND THE BOARD IS HAPPY TO PASS ON TO THE MEMBERS
THAT OUR CLUB IS IN GOOD FINANCIAL CONDITION.

GUEST SPEAKER AT TODAY'S MEETING...THE NEW VARSITY BASKETBALL
COACH AT MCH.  HE IS DERRICK ROBERTS, A CLINTON NATIVE.   
THIS YEAR, HE GOT ENGAGED (WEDDING NEXT SUMMER, SHE'S A VET AT BLUE GRASS)....GOT HIS FIRST HEAD COACHING JOB....BOUGHT HIS (THEIR) FIRST HOME....AND LOOKS FORWARD TO HIS FIRST WIN OVER MARION
NEXT TUESDAY.     SAID HE HAS A GOOD  NUMBER OF SENIORS AND A COUPLE BIG GUYS AROUND 6-7.    THEY WILL PLAY FAST UP AND DOWN
THE COURT. 

 

ROTARY WEEK VOL 3 NO 3

IF YOU EVER HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT MAQUOKETA ROTARY ..  YOU CAN CALL OR VISIT SALLY DAVIES AT "CLOVER RIDGE ASSISTED LIVING AND ALZHEIMERS COMMUNITY"  WHERE SHE IS COMMUNITY RELATIONS DIRECTOR.  HER OFFICE PHONE NUMBER IS....563-652-2125 AND HER CELL PHONE NUMBER IS.... Welcome@cloverridge.net

A NEW SIGN ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE EAGLES, FURNISHED  BY PRESIDENT DAVIES, NOW GREETS GUESTS WHO PARK IN THE LOT AND WONDER WHAT DOOR TO TAKE TO GET TO OUR MEETING.
THAT'S FORMER PRESIDENT SCOTT WARREN 
AT THE DOOR.

IT'S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE CHRISTMAS....

A FLASHBACK TO CHRISTMAS 2011 WHEN ROTARIAN JOHN WAS A GOOD BOY AND SANTA WAS GOOD TO JOHN AT THE ROTARY CHRISTMAS PARTY.    WILL SANTA BE GOOD TO JOHN THIS CHRISTMAS?

NO SILENT AUCTION  ITEM THIS WEEK

PAST PRESIDENTS OF MAQUOKETA ROTARY....

THIS WEEK'S PROGRAM........
A CHEMISTRY LESSON (ON ACIDS AND FOODS CAUSING THEM) FROM FELLOW ROTARIAN DR. PETE ATIENZA....

THAT'S PRESIDENT SALLY DANCING TO DR. PETE'S PROGRAM.

TODAY WE SANG HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO TED MAZE WHO CELEBRATES HIS BIRTHDAY THIS SUNDAY.    NEXT WEDNESDAY, ON OUR MEETING DAY,
WILL BE DR. PETE'S BIRTHDAY, BUT
HE WILL NOT BE ATTENDING.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TED AND PETE.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

ROTARY WEEK VOL 3 NO 2

SALLY DAVIES, THE
COMMUNITY RELATIONS COORDINATOR
AT CLOVER RIDGE PLACE 
CAN BE EMAILED AT:   Welcome@cloverridgeplace.net

 THERE WILL BE NO
 SILENT AUCTION ITEM
 THIS WEEK

BILL TUBBS, PUBLISHER OF THE ELDRIDGE NORTH SCOTT PRESS AND 
WILTON-DURANT ADVOCATE NEWS, WAS HONORED OCTOBER 3RD DURING THE NATIONAL NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION 2015 ANNUAL CONVENTION AND TRADE SHOW IN ST. CHARLES, MISSOURI.    HE WAS
PRESENTED WITH THE JAMES O. AMOS AWARD AT THE BUSINESS LUNCHEON, RECOGNIZED AS THE HIGHEST AND MOST DIGNIFIED TRIBUTE TO COMMUNITY JOURNALISM.   THE AMOS AWARD IS PRESENTED TO A WORKING (OR RETIRED) NEWSPAPERMAN WHO HAS
PROVIDED DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
AND LEADERSHIP TO THE COMMUNITY PRESS AND THE LOCAL COMMUNITY.
BILL (A FREQUENT VISITOR TO  MAQUOKETA ROTARY MEETINGS) IS THE BROTHER OF MAQUOKETA ROTARIAN ALAN TUBBS AND
MAQUOKETA FARMER STEVE TUBBS,
AND THEIR LATE FATHER EDWARD TUBBS WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB.   
IN ELDRIDGE, BILL IS A MEMBER OF THE NORTH SCOTT ROTARY AND IS THE EDITOR OF THE ROTARY DISTRICT NEWSPAPER.    HE IS A GRADUATE OF IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY AND HIS JOURNALISM CAREER BEGAN AS AN INTERN AT THE DEWITT OBSERVER AND MAQUOKETA NEWSPAPERS.    IN 1971 HE BECAME PUBLISHER OF THE NORTH SCOTT PRESS IN ELDRIDGE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE LATE ROBERT MELVOLD AND HIS WIFE FRANCIS OF MAQUOKETA AND THE LATE ROBERT PARROTT OF DEWITT.
HIS WIFE LINDA (IN ABOVE PHOTO)
IS CO-PUBLISHER OF THE NORTH SCOTT PRESS, IS A GRADUATE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA AND HER FATHER WAS THE LATE 
L.L. LONG OF MAQUOKETA, A SCHOOL
SUPERINTENDANT.
BILL AND LINDA ARE NOW SOLE OWNERS OF THE TWO COMMUNITY NEWSPAPERS.   
BILL IS VERY ACTIVE IN ROTARY (PAST DISTRICT GOVERNOR) AND HAS ATTENDED OVER 15 INTERNATIONAL ROTARY CONVENTIONS.  
THE AMOS AWARD WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1938 AND THERE HAVE BEEN A FEW OTHER IOWA WINNERS OVER THE YEARS, BUT NONE IN EASTERN IOWA.    IN PHOTO ABOVE, PRESENTING THE AWARD TO BILL AND LINDA, JOHN EDGECOMB OF GENEVA, NEBRASKA, PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION. 
A HIGH AND WELL DESERVED HONOR FOR ELWOOD HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE BILL TUBBS.

FROM  THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY
CLUB .....
CONGRATULATIONS BILL!

AT WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11TH,
VETERAN'S DAY MEETING, RED
HENTON WAS GUEST SPEAKER..
AND TALKED ABOUT HIS WW2 YEARS
IN INDIA.    GOOD TALK WITH SOME 
FUNNY INSERTS.....THANKS TO RED.....
95 AND GOING STRONG.

CLUB NEWS:
WE WILL BE RINGING THE SALVATION ARMY BELL AT WAL MART AGAIN THIS DECEMBER, FOR ONE FULL DAY.
SIGN-UP AT NEXT MEETING.    ROTARIANS TERRY AND KAREN SLATTERY ARE HEADING UP THE COMMUNITY (AND OUR CLUB)
DRIVE AGAIN THIS YEAR.  A BIG JOB.

WE  HAVE A NEW MEMBER OF OUR
CLUB....MORE NEXT WEEK.