NEXT MEETING OF MAQUOKETA ROTARY...
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2016...
AND PRESIDENT SALLY WILL NOT BE THERE (3 CHEERS)...
FILLING IN FOR HER, PRESIDENT-ELECT ADRIENNE WILLIAMSON.....
SILENT AUCTION ITEM:
STILL ONE WEEK TO BID ON THE DINNER WITH
OUR PRESIDENT.
SEE LAST WEEK'S "ROTARY WEEK".
NO BIDDER YET!
DEADLINE TO BID: MONDAY NOON, FEB 29TH
JOHN GILROY'S BIRTHDAY IS SUNDAY, FEB. 28TH
NORM KENNEDY'S BIRTHDAY IS MARCH 1ST
PROGRAM WEDNESDAY, FEB 24TH....
IS THE THERAPY DOG HE TRAINED FOR DON CARSON AT "CARSON CELEBRATION OF LIFE CENTER" IN MAQUOKETA. ALLIE IS A GOLDEN
DOOGLE, A BREED THAT HAS BECOME A VERY POPULAR DOG AND A DOG THAT DOES NOT SHED. THE DOG IS SITTING ON A SPECIAL DOG STAND THAT IS MANUFACTURED AND SOLD AROUND THE WORLD BY DAVE BLAKE OF MAQUOKETA. JAYSON AND HIS WIFE CARRIE STARTED THEIR BUSINESS A YEAR AGO, AT THEIR RURAL HOME LOCATED BETWEEN ANDREW AND BELLEVUE NEAR MILL CREEK. THEIR FIRST YEAR OF BUSINESS HAS BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL AND THEY ARE HAPPY THEY ARE IN IT, EVEN THOUGH JAYSON SAYS IT IS A 7-DAY A WEEK JOB. HE AS WORKED WITH OVER 200 DOGS THIS FIRST YEAR.
AND I'M SURE HE WOULD BE GLAD TO GIVE THE PROGRAM AT OTHER
CLUBS IN THE AREA. HE AND CARRIE HAVE TWO BOYS, AGE 3 AND 4 AND
THEY HAVE 7 DOGS OF THEIR OWN, SIX BIRD DOGS. JAYSON TRAINS DOGS
AT HIS PLACE OR AT THE OWNER'S HOME, ALSO BOARDS DOGS, AND SELLS THEM TOO. JAYSON SAID THE DAVE BLAKE STAND IS TERRIFIC FOR TRAINING DOGS AND FOR USE AFTER, AND FOREVER. DOGS TAKE TO IT AND BEING ON IT IS LIKE BEING AT ITS HOME, VERSUS LYING ON A FLOOR OR CHAIR OR WHATEVER. FOR MORE ABOUT THE ROWAN FAMILY BUSINESS, "GOOGLE" K-9 COMFORT IN BELLEVUE AND UP WILL COME
THEIR VERY NICE WEB SITE.
BILL TUBBS, MR. ROTARY OF EASTERN IOWA, WHO LIVES IN ELDRIDGE AND IS PUBLISHER OF THE NORTH SCOTT PRESS. IN HIS HAND, THE 1966 BOOK
THAT WAS USED BY HIS DAD (THE LATE ED TUBBS OF MAQUOKETA) TO
KEEP A DIARY. ED DID THIS FROM 1950 UNTIL HE DIED A FEW YEARS
AGO. FROM THIS LEDGER BOOK, BILL TODAY READ HIS DAD'S ENTRY ABOUT TOURNAMENT BASKETBALL 50 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK WHEN ELWOOD HIGH SCHOOL'S BASKETBALL TEAM WENT UNDEFEATED INTO TOURNAMENT PLAY AND ADDED A COUPLE MORE WINS INCLUDING DEFEATING MAQUOKETA, AS ED SAID, EASILY WITH NO PROBLEM. BILL WAS THE CENTER ON THAT ELWOOD TEAM AND ONE OF THE PLAYERS ON THE MAQUOKETA TEAM WAS DON MEYER. THE ELWOOD GYM IS NOW USED BY A MAN WHO REBUILDS CORVETTE SPORTS CARS. DELMAR ALSO
HAD A HIGH SCHOOL THOSE YEARS, WITH A GYM. THE TWO HIGH SCHOOLS JOINED TO FORM THE DELWOOD SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE DELMAR GYM IS STILL USED TO PLAY ELEMENTARY BASKETBALL.
