Monday, January 26, 2015

ROTARY WEEK VOL 2 NO 13



ROTARY NEWS:
SALLY DAVIES WILL BE THE NEXT MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB PRESIDENT AND WILL START HER DUTIES JULY 1, 2015.

ROTARY SILENT AUCTION ITEM:
DONATED BY ROTARIAN AL TUBBS
THIS AGRI-FAB GARDEN CART SELLS (NEW)  ON THE INTERNET FOR $99.50.
THE ONE ABOVE FOR OUR SILENT AUCTION IS USED BUT LIKE NEW.
PERFECT FOR THE GARDEN SEASON AHEAD.

OPENING BID:      $10.00      563-652-7147
                                 12.50       no phone, just email 
                                 40.00      563-652-0596
                                 51.00      563-590-8837      
                                                 
EMAIL YOUR BID TO kmaq@kmaq.com
Bidding deadline, noon Monday

LAST WEEK'S PAIR OF SLIPPERS DID NOT SELL.





















Monday, January 19, 2015

ROTARY WEEK VOL 2 NO 12

     SILENT AUCTION ITEM THIS WEEK


        A LOVELY PAIR OF SLIPPERS 
MEDIUM SIZE 7/8
                          VALUE $9.95


OPENING BID:   $

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

  THE ROTARY CLUB WOULD LOVE
TO HAVE YOU AS A MEMBER!
CALL LOVELY SCOTT TO JOIN! 






    

Monday, January 12, 2015

ROTARY WEEK VOL 2 NO 11



LAST WEEK'S SILENT AUCTION CONTINUES THIS WEEK UNTIL 10 A.M
THIS SATURDAY, JANUARY 17TH.

ONE TICKETS ($22.00) VALUE TO THE ROCK AND ROLL SHOW THIS
SATURDAY NIGHT (JAN 17TH)  AT OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER, 7 P.M. SHOW


   OPENING BID:    $10.00     563-652-5956
                                 11.00     563-689-5371 
                                 15.00     563-652-5956
                                 16.00     563-689-5371
 
   EMAIL YOUR  BID TO kmaq@kmaq.com

    ROTARY PROGRAM, JANUARY 14 
JACK MELVOLD, SON AND R.B. AND BETH MELVOLD OF MAQUOKETA AND
A JUNIOR AT THE  UNIVERSITY OF IOWA, GAVE THE PROGRAM TODAY ON HIS
ONE  YEAR OF STUDY LAST YEAR IN SOUTH AMERICA.    HE LIVED IN BUENOS AIRES,  ARGENTINA, A CITY OF 15-MILLION, STAYING WITH 3  "HOST" FAMILIES.    HE IS A "SPANISH MAJOR" AND IN BUENOS AIRES, SINCE FEW SPOKE ENGLISH, HE HAD TO SPEAK SPANISH ALL THE TIME AND
WAS ABLE TO DO IT BECAUSE HE HAD TAKEN SPANISH COURSES SEVERAL SEMESTERS AT IOWA.    HE GAVE A VERY INTERESTING PROGRAM TELLING HOW HE GAINED MUCH IN ARGENTINA AND HAD LOTS OF FUN TOO.  THE ECONOMY THERE HELPED HIM,  AS AMERICAN DOLLARS WENT A LONG WAY WITH SOUTH AMERICAN PESOS.    NOW HE'S BUSY BACK IN IOWA, DRIVING A CAMPUS BUS MORNINGS AND AFTERNOONS IN ADDITION TO HIS CLASSES.   
















Wednesday, January 7, 2015

ROTARY WEEK VOL 3 NO 10


THE SILENT AUCTION ITEM THIS WEEK
ONE TICKET TO THE ABOVE SHOW ON SATURDAY, JANUARY 17TH AT OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER IN MAQUOKETA.   THIS SHOW WILL TAKE YOU ON A JOURNEY TO THE GREATEST ERA IN ROCK N' ROLL
MUSIC.  ADVANCE TICKETS FOR THE 7 P.M. SHOW ARE $22.    BUY THEM AT OSTERHAUS PHARMACY.

OPENING BID on ROTARY TICKET....
                $10.00    563-652-5956  

BIDDING DEADLINE AT 10 A.M. JANUARY 17TH
EMAIL YOUR BID TO kmaq@kmaq.com

THE FIRST MEETING OF THE NEW YEAR WAS HELD WEDNESDAY JANUARY 7TH.
GUEST SPEAKER WAS TOM GAFFIGAN, MANAGER
OF THE MAQUOKETA MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC UTILITY.     HE HAD THAT POSITION IN HARLAN FOR 17 YEARS, RETIRED IN 2011 AND DIDN'T LIKE RETIREMENT, SO TOOK MAQUOKETA JOB LAST
YEAR.  

DON'T LIKE BEING COLD?   JOIN THE
RED HOT MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB!