ROTARY WEEK VOL 4 NO 10

NO MAQUOKETA ROTARY MEETING DECEMBER 28, 2016

BUT..THE EDITOR OF THIS "ROTARY WEEK" GOOFED
IN LAST WEEK'S "ROTARY WEEK".

THERE WAS A DECEMBER 21 MEETING.
AND BECAUSE OF THE "GOOF-UP" ... ATTENDANCE
WAS LOW.   

THE MEETING FEATURED FELLOW ROTARIAN NIC HOCKENBERRY AND HIS BOSS DAVE HEIAR FROM THE JACKSON COUNTY ECONOMIC ALLIANCE
OFFICE IN THE "SMILES ON MAIN" BUILDING
IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA.

PRESIDENT SALLY SAYS IT WAS A GOOD  PROGRAM
AND SHE IS SORRY THAT MANY DID NOT HEAR IT.

FROM PRESIDENT SALLY, THE ROTARY BOARD AND
ALL THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB MEMBERS!

ROTARY WEEK VOL 4 NO 9

NO MAQUOKETA ROTARY MEETING DECEMBER 21

NO MAQUOKETA ROTARY MEETING DECEMBER 28


SALVATION ARMY BELL RINGING, DECEMBER 22


NICE ARTICLE ON ROTARIAN ASHER SCHROEDER IN JANUARY 2017 ROTARY MAGAZINE

ROTARY WEEK VOL 4 NO 8

YUP....THAT'S OUR PRESIDENT!

SHE HELPED RUN THE SHOW (WHITE ELEPHANT
EXCHANGE) TODAY AT ROTARY.
LAST NIGHT, SHE HELPED RUN THE SHOW AT
THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY SOUP AND BASKET
AUCTION AT CLINTON ENGINES MUSEUM.
TUESDAY NOON SHE HELPED RUN THE SHOW
AT THE CHAMBER CHRISTMAS DINNER.

SHE'S EVERYWHERE...
JUST LIKE SANTA!
PHOTO BY ROTARIAN NORM KENNEDY
















 

ROTARY WEEK VOL 4 NO 7

GUEST TODAY AT ROTARY,  OUR DISTRICT GOVERNOR JIM COLOFF
OF CEDAR FALLS.     THE GOVERNOR IS RESPONSIBLE FOR VISITING EVERY
CLUB IN HIS DISTRICT DURING HIS ONE YEAR OF OFFICE.    TODAY, WE
WERE CLUB #49 WITH FOUR CLUBS TO GO.     I HAVE HEARD A LOT OF
DISTRICT GOVERNORS OVER THE YEARS, AND HIS PRESENTATION WAS ONE
OF THE BEST EVER, IF NOT THE BEST.    HIS SIMPLE  ANSWER ON HOW TO
GET A NEW MEMBER...."ASK A PERSON TO JOIN!"    IF THAT PERSON IS ONE
WHO LIKES MEETING PEOPLE, WANTS TO DO THINGS TO BETTER THE COMMUNITY AND WANTS TO HAVE FUN TOO, HE (SHE) WILL JOIN.
DISTRICT GOVENOR COLOFF OWNS SEVERAL RADIO STATIONS, AND IS THE
FATHER OF 3, WITH THE OLDEST BEING A FRESHMAN AT IOWA.    

THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY NEXT COMMUNITY PROJECT.....RINGING THE
SALVATION ARMY BELL AT THE FAREWAY STORE ON THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22ND.    AGAIN THIS YEAR, ROTARIANS TERRY AND KAREN SLATTERY ARE
AGAIN HEADING THIS UP FOR....NOT ONLY OUR CLUB....BUT FOR  THE
ENTIRE COMMUNITY.      QUITE A JOB!    AND THEY DO IT RIGHT!






















 

ROTARY WEEK VOL 4 NO 6

THE ROTARY WREATH THAT WAS ON DISPLAY AT OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER THROUGH  SUNDAY.

FELLOW ROTARIAN KEN WRIGHT WILL BE
WINTERING IN ARIZONA STARTING DECEMBER 11TH AND UNTIL APRIL.    IN THE PAST, BARB FOR
HEALTH REASONS, WINTERED THERE AND KEN 
WOULD VISIT HER A FEW TIMES.    NOT THIS YEAR..
HE WILL LEAVING THE OFFICE IN CHARGE OF HIS
ASSOCIATE AND STAYING WITH BARB FOR THE
ENTIRE WINTER.    KEN NEVER MISSES A ROTARY
MEETING AND WE'LL MISS HIM.   LUCKY GUY...
NO SNOW IN ARIZONA.    OH YES..THE PHOTO GOES BACK A FEW YEARS.

ANOTHER PHOTO OF THE PAST.    LOOK AT ALL
THAT BLACK HAIR AMD THE BIG BLACK GLASSES.
MISSED YOU WEDNESDAY AT THE MEETING TED...
COME BACK SOON.

ROTARY WEEK VOL 4 NO 5

NO ROTARY MEETING NOVEMBER 23

NO ROTARY MEETING DECEMBER 14
ROTARY CHRISTMAS DINNER-PARTY DECEMBER 14TH IN EVENING AT
THE EAGLES.

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22...ROTARY
RINGS THE SALVATION ARMY BELL. 

ROTARY WEEK VOL 4 NO 4

THERE WILL BE NO MEETING WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23RD, THANKSGIVING EVE.

MAQUOKETA ROTARY WILL RING THE BELL FOR THE SALVATION ARMY ON
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22ND.

THE HOLIDAY SOCIAL IS FREE TO
MEMBERS AND THEIR SPOUSE
OR GUEST.

                                                                                                                                      

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HO HO HO

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ROTARY WEEK VOL 4 NO 3

ROTARIANS PUTTING A PUZZLE TOGETHER?    NEVER BEFORE.      JACK, TERRY AND JOHN AND GUEST MARK GARMAN    MARK IS A CPA AND HAS
JOINED MINOR, GILROY AND MEADE CPA FIRM IN MAQUOKETA.   HE IS AN ALGONA NATIVE, UNI GRAD WITH MAJOR IN ACCOUNTING, AND HAS A FIANCE'

NORM, SCOTT, BOB AND KEN....MAKING PROGRESS.

ROGER,  DOUG AND MARK....ALMOST DONE.

ASHER, TED, NANCY AND MARLA....LAST PIECE IS IN.

THE "PUZZLE" PROGRAM WAS GIVEN BY SARA AND  HAD TO DO WITH
OUR CLUB AND HOW WE CAN PUT PIECES TOGETHER FOR A BETTER CLUB.

ROTARY WEEK VOL 4 NO 2

LUNCH...VISIT...LAUGH...LEARN...
4 REASONS TO JOIN MAQUOKETA ROTARY
COMES AND VISIT A MEETING SOON....
MOST IMPORTANT....
WE DO GOOD THINGS FOR THE COMMUNITY!

THE PROGRAM TODAY WAS BY BRAD BOFFELI, OF
THE LAW PARTNERSHIP OF BOFFELI AND
SPANNAGEL, AT 114 W. PLATT STREET IN 
MAQUOKETA.    BRIAN SPANNAGEL IS A 
MEMBER OF OUR CLUB AND HE ARRANGED TO
HAVE HIS PARTNER SPEAK ABOUT MAJESTY
COURTS.     BRAD IS A PART TIME MAJESTY
JUDGE FOR (ALONG WITH JOHN KEYS, BELLEVUE ATTORNEY) JACKSON COUNTY.   HAS HELD
THE POSITION FOR NEARLY 4 YEARS, ABOUT
THE SAME TIME BOTH BRAD AND BRIAN OPENED
THEIR OFFICE IN MAQUOKETA.  THEY PURCHASED THE MARK LAWSON LAW FIRM AND BUILDING THAT
IS LOCATED ON WEST PLATT, A SHORT DISTANCE
FROM MAIN STREET, WHEN LAWSON OF BELLEVUE
BECAME A FULLTIME JUDGE.    BRAD CONDUCTS
MAJESTY COURT EVERY OTHER WEEK.   HE HAS
HAS AS FEW AS 2 APPEAR IN HIS COURT IN A WEEK, TO AS MANY AS 25.
THE PHOTO TAKEN OF  HIM WHEN GIVING HIS 
INTERESTING TALK TODAY, FOR SOME UNKNOWN
REASON, WAS NOT IN THE CAMERA.   THE DISC
HAS BEEN TAKEN OUT AND A NEW ONE IS NOW
IN THE ROTARY WEEK CAMERA.   

THINK ROTARY CHRISTMAS PARTY!    
IT WILL BE ON WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14TH AT THE EAGLES, WITH SPOUSES AS GUESTS.   NO NOON MEETING THAT DAY.   A FUN NIGHT IS BEING PLANNED AND MORE INFORMATION WILL BE COMING.   RESERVE THAT NIGHT FROM 5:30 UNTIL 
8:30.












 
 

ROTARY WEEK VOL 4 NO 1

PLEASE NOTE ABOVE...

THIS ROTARY WEEK  IS   VOL  4   NO 1     .....THE START OF THE 4TH YEAR FOR THIS WEEKLY REPORT.

I HAVE COMPLETED 156 REPORTS....WITHOUT SKIPPING A WEEK.

IT HAS OVER 51,000 HITS ON THE COUNTER.   THAT MEANS IN THE PAST 3 YEARS,  51,000 TIMES IT HAS BEEN BROUGHT UP AND LOOKED AT. 

COACH KEVIN BOWMAN WAS THE GUEST SPEAKER TODAY.   HE JUST FINISHED HIS 29TH YEAR AS A FOOTBALL COACH AT MAQUOKETA HIGH,
ABOUT HALF AS JV COACH AND OTHER AS VARSITY.     LAST YEAR, WAS A YEAR OF 7  WINS INCLUDING A PLAYOFF VICTORY.   THIS YEAR, JUST ONE WIN, BUT A GOOD ONE BECAUSE IT WAS OVER DEWITT.   
HE SAID NUMBERS ARE SHRINKING IN ALL SPORTS AND SAYS ONE OF THE
REASONS IS THAT KIDS (WITH PARENT BACKING) ARE SPECIALIZING
IN A SPORT.    THEY MAY  START OUT IN AAU IN GRADE SCHOOL IN A SPORT,
LIKE BASKETBALL, AND DECIDE THEY WANT TO DO THAT SPORT ONLY AND
BECOME GOOD IN IT, MAYBE GOOD ENOUGH TO GET A SCHOLARSHIP
FOR THE SPORT.    ALSO, HE SAID YEARS AGO WHEN HE STARTED COACHING, THERE WERE 5 SPORTS IN HIGH SCHOOL, NOW A DOZEN.    RESULT BEING.....NOT ENOUGH KIDS TO GO AROUND.

FELLOW ROTARIAN CLYDE HARPER HAS RETIRED AND HAS MOVED TO
DUBUQUE.    TODAY, HE ATTENDED HIS FINAL MEETING AS A MEMBER.
HE PLANS TO VISIT AS A GUEST NOW AND THEN.    HE HAS BEEN THE MEMBER GIVING THE "BLESSING"  EACH WEEK, A PRAYER JUST AFTER DINNER AND BEFORE THE START OF THE MEETING. .  HE WILL PROBABLY JOIN THE ROTARY CLUB IN DUBUQUE.    WE WILL MISS HIM!

ROTARIAN DENNIS VOY
ROTARY WEEK EDITOR 

ROTARY WEEK VOL 3 NO 52

CHECK BACK LATER IN WEEK.

ROTARY WEEK VOL 3 NO 51

THE OCTOBER 12TH MEETING...

LOW ATTENDANCE...

PRESIDENT SALLY WAS EVEN ABSENT...

THERE WAS NO PROGRAM...

GOOD FOOD!....

AND A REMINDER FROM FELLOW ROTARIAN KEN WRIGHT THAT
THE  HIGHWAY CLEAN-UP BY ROTARY IS THIS SATURDAY MORNING.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE MAQUOKETA OPTIMIST CLUB THAT HAS
REACHED 50  MEMBERS AND IS NOW THE LARGEST SERVICE CLUB
IN TOWN.

ROTARY WEEK VOL 3 NO 50

PROGRAM TODAY BY RYAN DONNELLY, SINCE NOVEMBER, THE  JACKSON
COUNTY EMERGENCY  MEDICAL SERVICES COORDINATOR.    A NATIVE
OF COLFAX, NOW A RESIDENT OF DELMAR.   HE HAS A FAMILY AND LIVES
IN DELMAR AND HIS PRIMARY ATTENTION THESE DAYS IS TO GET
CITIZENS TRAINED TO HANDLE A CARDIAC ARREST.    HELP IS NEEDED
IN 4 MINUTES.   CPR (CHEST) CAN SAVE LIVES, BUT PEOPLE NEED TO BE
TRAINED AND THIS TRAINING CAN BE DONE LOCALLY, INDIVIDUALLY OR
AS A GROUP.    TAKES AN HOUR TO BE TRAINED.  HE HAS AN OFFICE AT
THE JACKSON COUNTY COURT HOUSE.     I'LL HAVE HIS EMAIL AND
CELL PHONE INFO NEXT TIME YOU CHECK BACK HERE.   SORRY THE
PHOTO IS NOT GOOD....WHENEVER GUESTS GIVE THEIR TALK IN FRONT
OF A LIGHT, WINDOW OR WALL, THE RESULT IS AS YOU SEE IT ABOVE.

PLEASE CHECK BACK.

ROTARY WEEK VOL 3 NO 49

FELLOW ROTARIANS ROGER STEWART AND ASHER SCHROEDER AT THE
DEMOCRATIC HALL OF FAME DINNER SUNDAY NIGHT AT ST. DONATUS.
ASHER WAS INDUCTED INTO THE HALL OF FAME FOR HIS YEARS (MANY
YEARS AGO) WHEN HE WAS JACKSON COUNTY ATTORNEY FOR 3 TERMS.
ROGER, FORMER DEMOCRATIC STATE SENATOR, PRESENTED THE PLAQUE
TO ASHER.

ASHER WITH PRESIDENT JOHNSON WHEN HE WAS APPOINTED A  U.S.
ATTORNEY FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FIOWA.

A 1936 FELLOW ROTARIAN AND A 1936 JOHN DEERE TRACTOR.    TAKEN
SUNDAY DURING COUNTY-WIDE BARN TOUR.  TRACTOR BELONGS TO
STEVE TRENKAMP JUST EAST OF PRESTON.    ROTARIAN BELONGS TO THE
MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB.  

ROTARY WEEK VOL 3 NO 48

THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB WILL SELL TICKETS AT BOTH GATES FOR THE DEWITT GAME.    SHOULD BE THE BIGGEST CROWD OF THE SEASON AND SHOULD BE A  GOOD GAME.

THE PROGRAM TODAY, SEPT 21, WAS GIVE BY
FORMER MAQUOKETA ROTARY PRESIDENT, BRAD
MILLER. 

HE IS STILL A ROTARIAN, MEMBER OF EAST POLK
ROTARY NEAR DES MOINES.   THE FAMILY LEFT
MAQUOKETA IN 2004.   WHILE HERE, HIS WIFE PAM SCHROEDER WAS ASSOCIATE PASTOR AT 1ST. LUTHERAN CHURCH IN MAQUOKETA AND HE FOR A TIME WAS PASTOR AT BETHLEHEM LUTHERAN IN LOST NATION.    HE NOW HAS A DOCTOR'S DEGREE IN CHURCH GROWTH AND TRAVELS THE WORLD.
HAS SPENT SOME TIME IN IRAQ AND TALKED MUCH ABOUT IT AND ISIS.    HE WAS THE GUEST OF JIM ENGLAND (1ST. LUTHERAN MEMBER) AND
ANYONE WANTING MORE INFORMATION ABOUT
DR. MILLER MIGHT CALL JIM.   BRAD GAVE AN
INTERESTING PROGRAM.

ROTARY WEEK VOL 3 NO 47

THE  REVERSE RAFFLE  EVENT LAST FRIDAY NIGHT WAS A BIG SUCCESS AND FUN!

SCOTT GOT THIS GAME STARTED A COUPLE YEARS AGO....HE TOOK CHARGE OF GAME 2 AND OUR 3RD ANNUAL ....FRIDAY ...WAS HIS BABY ALSO.    THANKS SCOTT!     WELL DONE!     LOTS OF WORK.   AT THIS WEDNESDAY'S MEETING WE WILL GET A REPORT ON MONEY RAISED FRIDAY NIGHT FOR COMMUNITY PROJECT.

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14TH MEETING

GUEST SPEAKER WAS SALLY SCHROEDER, DAUGHER-IN-LAW OF FELLOW
ROTARIAN ASHER SCHROEDER.    SALLY AND HER HUSBAND BILL, IN JULY,
WHEN ON A GROUP TOUR TO CUBA.     HOT WEATHER.   BUT THEY HAD
A GOOD TRIP AND ARE GLAD THEY WENT.   SHE SHOWED LOTS OF
PHOTOGRAPHS.     BILL   ALSO WAS AT THE TODAY'S MEETING.

AND ASHER'S BROTHER AND BRIDE WERE AT THE MEETING.    I SAY
"BRIDE" BECAUSE TOMORROW (15TH) IS THEIR 60TH WEDDING
ANNIVERSARY.   I TOOK THE PHOTO BELOW SUNDAY AFTERNOON AT
THE "ROCK THE PARK" CONCERT IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA.
KARL GRADUATED FROM MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL IN 1949...WAS IN THE
AIR FORCE...GOT HIS BA AT IOWA AND WAS THE ADMINISTRATOR OF
THE JACKSON COUNTY PUBLIC HOSPITAL IN THE MID 80'S AND EARLY 90'S.
ELENOR GRADUATED FROM DELMAR HIGH SCHOOL AND WAS A TEACHER.
THEY HAVE 5 CHILDREN AND NOW LIVE IN ARIZONA.

NO FINAL FIGURES YET ON PROFIT FROM THE "REVERSE RAFFLE".   BUT
WORD IS...IT WILL HAVE A "NET" LARGER THAN THE FIRST TWO.   THE
3RD ANNUAL WILL BE WELL OVER $5,000.    WE WILL GET FINAL FIGURES
NEXT WEDNESDAY.