Tuesday, April 28, 2015

ROTARY WEEK VOL 2 NO 26


        SILENT AUCTION AT BOTTON

NO NOON MEETING MAY 6TH.

SCHOLARSHIP DINNER WEDNESDAY NIGHT MAY 6TH AT 6 P.M. AT THE
METHODIST CHURCH.

THIS WEEK'S AUCTION ITEM

A TICKET
 TO  OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER 
IN MAQUOKETA...
TO SEE...
ADVANCE TICKET,  $25.00

OPENING BID HERE...
$

EMAIL YOUR BID TO
 kmaq@kmaq.com

BIDDING DEADLINE, NOON, WEDNESDAY
MAY 6TH.







Tuesday, April 21, 2015

ROTARY WEEK VOL 2 NO 25


NEXT MEETING
APRIL 22ND

NO MEETING
APRIL 29TH

NO MEETING
MAY 6TH


ROTARY ANNUAL MCHS
SCHOLARSHIP DINNER AT
METHODIST CHUCH
(TOP 20 STUDENTS)
MAY 6TH
6 P.M.
THE DINNER MAY 6TH WILL BE
THE 55TH ANNUAL





SILENT AUCTION ITEM
BAR-B-Q TIME AGAIN
VALUE $11.99

OPEN BID             $6.00
563-340-9123

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

APRIL 22ND MEETING
A PRETTY GOOD ATTENDANCE AGAIN TODAY FOR THE MEETING AND SPAGETTI LUNCH.   BACK AFTER A LONG FLORIDA VISIT, SEMI-RETIRED ROTARIAN FLORIAN STEFFEN (HE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE SOME DUTIES AT M-S-B) AND BACK AFTER THE LONG INCOME TAX SEASON, JOHN GILROY.    ABSENT AND ON ASSINGNMENT WAS PRESIDENT SCOTT WARREN.   
THE GUEST SPEAKER WAS TREVIS MAYFIELD OF MAQUOKETA, THE NEW OWNER/PUBLISHER OF THE NEWSPAPERS IN MAQUOKETA, BELLEVUE AND
DEWITT.
TREVIS WAS THE GUEST TODAY OF ROTARIAN DOUG MELVOLD (RIGHT) WHOSE FAMILY SOLD THE PAPERS TO THE MAYFIELDS ABOUT 7 MONTHS AGO.   HE TOLD ABOUT HIS PAST AND PLANS FOR THE PAPERS, STRESSING THE IMPORTANCE OF A GOOD STAFF.    I SUBSCRIBE TO ALL 3 PAPERS AND HAVE NOTICED SOME GOOD CHANGES AND ALL 3  LOOK GOOD AND SEEM TO BE DOING WELL WITH ADS.
BOTH DOUG AND TREVIS FORGOT TO INTRODUCE NANCY
MAYFIELD WHO IS VERY MUCH INVOLVED WITH THE PUBLICATION OF THE 3 PAPERS.   MAYBE SHE CAN COME BACK AGAIN SOMETIME AND TELL HER SIDE OF THE BUSINESS.   OUR 6 OR 7 FEMALE MEMBERS WOULD ESPECIALLY
LIKE THAT.    ONE THING IS CERTAIN!   NANCY LOVES SPAGETTI AND TREVIS
DOESN'T. 


















Wednesday, April 15, 2015

ROTARY WEEK VOL 2 NO 24



NO SILENT AUCTION THIS WEEK


WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15TH PROGRAM
HEATHER MOORE....THE NEW DIRECTOR OF SUNSHINE PRESCHOOL AND DAYCARE IN MAQUOKETA.
NOT REALLY NEW BECAUSE SHE HAS BEEN A BOARD MEMBER FOR 4 YEARS.
SHE IS EXCITED ABOUT HER NEW JOB.     THERE ARE CURRENTLY JUST OVER 100 KIDS ATTENDING SUNSHINE AND THE BOARD CHALLENGED HER
TO ENROLL ANOTHER 50 IN SIX MONTHS.     BELOW, MORE INFORMATION,
INCLUDING THE SUMMER PROGRAM.    AND, SHE INVITED ALL ROTARIANS
TO THE NEWLY ANNOUNCED SUNSHINE FATHER'S DAY BREAKFAST
AT THE MAQUOKETA AIRPORT ON FATHER'S DAY, JUNE 21...A NEW IMPORTANT FUNDRAISER FOR SUNSHINE.

Tuesday, April 7, 2015

ROTARY WEEK VOL 2 NO 23


NO SILENT AUCTION ITEM THIS WEEK

      ROTARY PROGRAM WED. APR. 8 
MATT OSTERHAUS OF MAQUOKETA SPOKE ON HIS YEAR AS PRESIDENT
OF THE AMERICAN PHARMACISTS ASSOCIATION.    THE APA WAS STARTED IN 1852 AND TODAY HAS 62,000 MEMBERS WITH HEADQUARTERS ON THE MALL
AT WASHINGTON, D.C. AND THE ONLY ORGANIZATION WITH THEIR OWN BUILDING ON THE MALL.     AFTER THIS COMING YEAR AS EX-PRESIDENT ON THE NATIONAL BOARD, MATT WILL HAVE FINISHED 9 YEARS FROM GOING ON THE BOARD TO WHERE HE WILL BE A YEAR FROM NOW.   IN APRIL, HE
LEFT OFFICE AS PRESIDENT AT THE CONVENTION IN SAN DIEGO.    HE
HAS TRAVELED EXTENSIVLY THIS PAST YEAR, IN THE USA AND ABROAD.
HIS DAD WAS PRESIDENT ALSO AND BOB AND MATT WERE THE 4TH FATHER-SON OFFICERS OVER THE ASSOCIATION HISTORY.    A HIGH HONOR
FOR BOB.   A HIGH HONOR FOR MATT.    BOTH INFORMED MANY, MANY
PEOPLE OVER THE YEARS ABOUT A SMALL TOWN IN IOWA CALLED MAQUOKETA...AND HOW TO PRONOUNCE IT.     MATT SAID HE WILL ALSO BE
PRETTY BUSY WITH THE ASSOCIATION  DURING HIS FINAL YEAR ON THE BOARD.  
 
    












Wednesday, April 1, 2015

ROTARY WEEK VOL 2 NO 22


NO SILENT AUCTION ITEM THIS WEEK

APRIL 1ST MEETING...
THE PROGRAM THIS WEEK WAS GIVEN BY THE TWO LADIES ABOVE FROM
CRESTRIDGE CARE CENTER, UP ON THE HILL NEXT TO THE  FIRST UNITED
METHODIST CHURCH ON WESLEY DRIVE, IN MAQUOKETA.
LEFT IS THE MANAGER JUDY TUCKER OF DAVENPORT WHO  HAS BEEN
WITH CRESTRIDGE SINCE OCTOBER 2014.    AT RIGHT IS ACTIVITIES DIRECTOR AMANDA MORTENSEN OF MAQUOKETA.       CRESTRIDGE IS
OWNED BY JERRY AND NANCY VOYNA OF CLIVE AND THEY HAVE
10 NURSING HOMES.    CRESTRIDGE HAS ROOMS FOR 75 RESIDENTS AND
CURRENTLY HAVE 66 RESIDENTS.

THE ANNUAL MAQUOKETA ROTARY SCHOLARSHIP DINNER HAS BEEN SCHEDULE FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT, MAY 6, 2015, AT THE METHODIST 
CHURCH, HONORING THE TOP 20 MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES OF
2015 AND THEIR PARENTS.    EVERY ROTARIAN WILL HOST A  STUDENT
AND THEIR PARENTS THAT NIGHT AND INTRODUCE THEM.

THERE WILL BE NO REGULAR NOON MEETING ON MAY 6TH BECAUSE OF
THE DINNER THAT NIGHT FOR THE SCHOLARS.