ROTARY WEEK VOL 3 NO 36

FRESHMAN CONGRESSMAN ROB BLUM (R) OF DUBUQUE SPOKE TO THE
ROTARY TODAY, JUNE 29TH.   GOOD VOICE!   GOOD IDEAS!    AGE 61 AND RUNNING FOR RE-ELECTION.      IN SHORT, TO SOLVE MANY U.S. PROBLEMS,
A MUCH STRONGER ECONOMY IS HIS ANSWER.
BLUM BROUGHT TWO STAFF MEMBERS WITH HIM AND WE ALSO HAD
5 GUESTS FROM OHNWARD BANK MAQUOKETA HEADQUARTERS....SUMMER INTERNS.   

IT IS THE WEEK FOR THE ANNUAL
MAQUOKETA ROTARY
ICE CREAM SOCIAL & BAND CONCERT
WED.   5:00 P.M.    ROTARY MEMBERS COME TO WORK TO FAIRGROUNDS
             5:30     SENIORS ARRIVE AND GO TO LINE FOR CAKE AND ICE CREAM
             6:00     BAND CONCERT WITH JAY KAHN AND COMMUNITY BAND AT 6

SARA PINION OF MAQUOKETA (RETIRED SCHOOL SUPERINTENDANT) IS
A MEMBER OF THE MARION ROTARY CLUB, AND ALSO  ATTENDS MANY OF OUR MEETINGS AND WE ARE ALWAYS GLAD TO SEE HER.    LAST WEEK, SHE
OFFERED FOR SALE, RAFFLE TICKETS FROM THE MARION CLUB.  
SEVERAL MAQUOKETA ROTARIANS PURCHASED A CHANCE LAST WEEK.
SINCE THEN, THE DRAWING WAS HELD IN MARION AND ONE OF THE WINNERS WAS MAQUOKETA ROTARIAN DENNIS VOY, WINNING FIVE $100
BILLS.   AND DURING THE "HAPPY TODAY" SEGMENT OF MEETING, HE
GAVE ONE OF THE BILLS TO THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY SCHLORSHIP FUND.

THE ICE CREAM SOCIAL AND BAND CONCERT WAS HELD WITH PERFECT WEATHER, GREAT CAKE AND ICE CREAM AND BAND MUSIC BY
JAY KAHN AND THE TIMBER CITY COMMUNITY BAND.    TURN OUT  WAS
DOWN A LITTLE FROM PREVIOUS YEARS.    THANKS TO TED MAZE FOR
AGAIN BEING CHAIRMAN FOR THE EVENT.
FOR MORE PHOTOS, GO TO THE KMAQ HOME PAGE AND CLICK-ON THE
DAILY  REPORT FOR FRIDAY.

ROTARY WEEK VOL 3 NO 35

PAUL TABOR, OWNER OF "TABOR HOME WINERY" AT BALDWIN, SPOKE TO
THE ROTARY TODAY.    THIS IS THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE WINERY.
THE FIRST YEAR, IT PRODUCED 3,000 GALLONS OF WINE  AND THIS PAST YEAR, 11,500.    THERE WERE AROUND 20 WINERIES IN IOWA 20 YEARS AGO, AND NOW AROUND 100.    TABOR'S IS ONE OF THE 5 LARGEST.
GRAPES GROW WELL IN IOWA BUT THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH ACRES OF
GRAPES TO MEET THE NEEDS OF ALL THE WINERIES.     WINE HAS ABOUT
TWICE THE AMOUNT OF ALCOHOL AS BEER DOES.     DRINK SLOWLY,
MODERATELY.      AND YES..IT IS GOOD FOR YOUR HEART.     MOST WINE
IN IOWA IS SOLD LOCALLY TO CUSTOMERS IN THE  AREA.  

NEXT WEDNESDAY....DOUBLE-DUTY DAY FOR MAQUOKETA ROTARIANS!.
MEETING AT NOON AS ALWAYS WITH CONGRESSMAN BLUM THE GUEST
SPEAKER AND THE ICE CREAM SOCIAL IN THE EVENING AT THE FAIR GROUNDS.    ROTARIANS SHOULD REPORT AT 5:00 P.M.   THE SENIORS
WILL COME AT 5:30 AND IMMEDIATELY WILL BE SERVED ICE CREAM AND
CAKE.   AND THE MAQUOKETA COMMUNITY BAND, DIRECTED BY JAY KAHN,
WILL PUT ON THE CONCERT AT 6:00 P.M.

THE ROTARY IS FUN....VISIT OUR NEXT NOON WEDNESDAY MEETING AT
THE EAGLES CLUB ON EAST PLATT....AND WHEN YOU ARE READY....
CONSIDER JOINING.   YOU WILL BE MOST WELCOME.

ROTARY WEEK VOL 3 NO 34

NICK HOCKENBERG WAS GUEST AT MEETING TODAY AND IS JOINING OUR CLUB.     HE IS 2ND IN COMMAND AT "JACKSON COUNTY ECONOMIC ALLIANCE" WITH OFFICES IN THE "SMILES ON MAIN" BUILDING IN DOWNTOWN
MAQUOKETA.     HE'S A ROCK CLIMBER!

PROGRAM TODAY AT ROTARY (6-15) WAS BY TOM GAFFIGAN, MANAGER OF
MAQUOKETA MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC UTILITY (MMEU).   HE HAS BEEN IN
ELECTRIC GENERANTING AND DISTRIBUTION FOR OVER 40 YEARS.
HE KNOWS HIS STUFF!    LUCKY TO HAVE HIM IN MAQUOKETA.    LOTS OF
INTERESTING THINGS GOING ON AT MMEU.   ALL GOOD AND PROFITABLE.
CHECK OUT THEIR NEW IMPROVED WEB SITE AND READ ABOUT IT. 

ROTARY WEEK VOL 3 NO 33

MORE LATER IN WEEK...CHECK BACK.    GET READY FOR A HEAT SPELL THIS
WEEKEND.,