ROTARY WEEK VOL 3 NO 45

ROTARIAN TOM BLEY HAD THE PROGRAM TODAY AND BROUGHT

BEN CARLSON, ABOVE.   TOM IS DIRECTOR OF CAMP SHALOM

NORTHWEST OF MAQUOKETA OFF THE CAVES ROAD, A LONGTIME

POPULAR CHRISTIAN CAMP FOR KIDS.   BEN, A NATIVE OF MINNESOTA, HAS BEEN COMING TO THE CAMP FOR ABOUT A DOZEN YEARS.    AND

HE HAS GRADUATED FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA AND DURING

SUMMERS, HAS HELPED OUT AT THE CAMP.    HE WAS THINKING

OF TEACHING, BUT LATE LAST SUMMER, TOM TALKED HIM INTO

BEING THE CAMP'S FULL TIME PAID PROGRAM DIRECTOR AND HE ACCEPTED

AND IS JUST FINISHING UP HIS FIRST SUMMER IN THE POSITION.

HE LOVES HIS JOB.    AND TOM HAS NOTHING BUT PRAISE FOR

HIM.    THIS SUMMER, DURING THE 9 WEEKS OF ONE-WEEK

CAMPS, THEY HAD SOMETHING NEW...AN AHDD CAMP FOR KIDS (WITH DISABILITIES) IN  7TH 8TH AND 9TH GRADE.   IT WAS WELL LIKED BY THE KIDS AND PARENTS.     TOM RECENTLY MET AND HAD A GOOD DISCUSSION WITH CHARLIE BECKER OF CAMP CURAGEOUS NEAR MONTICELLO.   CHARLIE SUGGESTED THEY ESTABLISH AN "ADULT WITH DISABILITIES" CAMP

AND SO ....PLANS ARE IN THE WORKS.    TOM ALSO  HAS HAD A REQUEST FOR ANOTHER AHD CAMP NEXT YEAR FOR YOUNGER KIDS AND HE AND

BEN ARE GOING AHEAD WITH THAT IDEA.    YES, THERE IS SOME

DAILY BIBLE STUDY AND BEN HAS NUMBEROUS STORIES ABOUT

KIDS COMING TO CAMP WHO NEVER WENT TO CHURCH, BUT AFTER

CAMP SHALOM...ARE STARTING TO GO... AND BUILD FAITH. 

THE CAMP OPERATES YEAR AROUND.   TOURS ARE WELCOME,

BUT YOU MUST CALL AHEAD AND SCHEDULE A TIME.   TOM OR BEN

WOULD ALSO BE HAPPY TO GIVE A TALK TO YOUR CLUB...JUST CALL.

MAQUOKETA IS LUCKY TO HAVE SUCH A NICE CAMP ONLY MINUTES

FROM TOWN.     GREAT BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES!   THEY USE THE MAQUOKETA YMCA POOL TOO.   AND THE CAMP IS GROWING IN POPULARITY.

PRESIDENT SALLY ....PRESENTING FELLOW ROTARIAN TED MAZE WITH

HIS PAUL HARRIS FELLOWSHIP TIMES-2 PIN.    THIS MEANS

HE HAS CONTRIBUTED....NOW RECEIVED A 2ND PAUL HARRIS

FELLOWSHIP.    EACH $1,000 CONTRIBUTION TO THE LONGTIME

LION'S FOUNDATION IS REGISTERED AS FIRST TIME, THEN TIMES-2,

TIMES-3, ETC.

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BOB GAVIN AND BUDDY ATIENZA GAVE THE PROGRAM ON RE-DOING GOODENOW FIELD,  BY FALL OF 2018.    THEY WERE THE GUESTS OF JEREMY BLAIR, AT RIGHT, RUNNING THE POWER-POINT COMPUTER.    FOR MORE..GOOGLE
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BELOW...THE GUEST SPEAKERS AT TODAY'S MEETING...

PRESTON NATIVE ANDREA FELLER AT LEFT AND
CHRISTENE CAVES. 

IF YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW NEEDS A JOB...OR BETTER JOB...WITH FREE TRAINING, ANDREA CAN  HELP.     SHE IS AT THE CLINTON COMMUNITY
COLLEGE CAMPUS BUILDING NEXT TO MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL EVERY TUESDAY AND THURSDAY.    OR, SEE PAM ANY WEDNESDAY AT THE MAQUOKETA PUBLIC LIBRARY.

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PRESIDENT SALLY WAS NOT AT MEETING TODAY.   FILLING IN FOR HER AND DOING GOOD JOB WAS BOARD MEMBER JACK HASKEN.
HE REPORTED THE "REVERSE RAFFLE" IS  GOING WELL, WITH RECORD SPONSORS AND GOOD TICKET  SALES (ALMOST SOLD OUT) FOR THE EVENING DINNER AND RAFFLE....ON SEPTEMBER 9TH.

ROTARIAN DAVE UPDEGRAPH (LOOKING MEAN) 
ABOVE WAS ALSO GUEST SPEAKER TODAY, TALKING ABOUT HIS LONGTIME  HOBBY, PHOTOGRAPHY.    DURING "I'M HAPPY FOR"  PART OF MEETING, HE PRESENTED $21.00 FOR 16 YEARS WITH OHNWARD BANC SHARES AND 5 ROTARY PAUL HARRIS FELLOWSHIPS.    HE IS SEMI-RETIRED FROM OHNWARD (HOLDING COMPANY OF MAQUOKETA STATE BANK) WITH OFFICE  IN OHNWARD'S OWN OFFICE BUILDING JUST EAST OF THE OF M-S-B.       HE BROUGHT AS HIS GUEST TODAY, FRAN LUETT, UPPER RIGHT CORNER, WHO IS THE NEW OHNWARD PROJECTS MANAGER.    SHE HAS BEEN WITH OHNWARD A DOZEN YEARS OR MORE AND MOVED TO MAQUOKETA FOR THIS POSITION.
DAVE STILL LIVES WITH WIFE IN DUBUQUE (WHERE HE SHOOTS MOST OF HIS PHOTOS) AND HE HAS
A DAUGHTER AND SON-IN-LAW AND 3 GRANDKIDS.
ABOVE IN LOWER LEFT CORNER, ROTARIAN ROGER
STEWART WHO THIS YEAR IS CELEBRATING HIS 50TH YEAR WITH MAQUOKETA STATE BANK,   MANY YEARS FULLTIME, NOW PART-TIME AND SPORTING
A BRAND NEW ANKLE.    HE DID NOT HAVE $50 FOR
HAPPY POT, BUT A COUPLE FELLOW ROTARIANS
KICKED IN A COUPLE DOLLARS AND THERE IS
REASON TO BELIEVE HE MAY GET A LOAN AND
KICK-IN THE FULL 50 AT A LATER TIME.
GOOD PROGRAM....DAVE IS AN EXCELLET
PHOTOGRAPHER, AND AN EX-PRESIDENT OF THE
MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB.

 

13 OF OUR CURRENT MEMBERSHIP HAS SERVED

AS PRESIDENT AT LEAST ONE YEAR.

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GUESTS AT TODAYS (8-2) MEETING:

REGULAR GUEST BILL TUBBS (NORTH SCOTT ROTARY) TODAY BROUGHT WITH HIM, RICH McCLIMON WHO GRADUATED WITH BILL AT ELWOOD HIGH
SCHOOL.  THE TWO ARE STARTING NOW TO HELP PLAN THIR 50TH CLASS
RE-UNION NEXT SUMMER.

FATHER HILAIRE OF FLORIDA, WHO CAME TO AMERICA FROM HAITTI
IN 2008 AND FOR THE LAST 3 YEARS, HAS BEEN WITH THE CATHOLIC CHURCH WHERE FOLLOW ROTARIAN FLORIAN STEFFAN AND KAREN NOW "WINTER" IN FLORIDA.   HE IS HAVING A GOOD TIME VISITING THE STEFFANS
IN MAQUOKETA  AND BELLELVUE, WHERE KAREN AND FLORIAN NOW LIVE,
OVERLOOKING THE LOCK AND DAM ON THE MIGHTY MISSISSIPPI.

TWO MCHS STUDENTS WERE AT TODAY'S MEETING TO TELL ABOUT THEIR RECENT ATTENDANCE AT A SUMMER CAMP FOR YOUTH LEADERS, HOSTED
ANNUALLY BY IOWA ROTARY, AND THIS YEAR AT GRINNELL COLLEGE.
B. METH AND C. BECKER SAID THEY HAD A GOOD TIME, AND LEARNED A LOT.    THE CAMP IS SPONSORED EVERY SUMMER BY THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY.

JULIE FURNE WHO HEADS OUR LOCAL ASAC (ALCOHOL AND SUBSTANCE  ABUSE) TOLD OF THE GROWTH OF HEROIN USAGE IN MAQUOKETA AND
EASTERN IOWA.     EASTERN IOWA (WHERE USE IS THE HIGHEST IN IOWA) IS STARTING TO GET FEDERAL HELP TO DEAL WITH THIS PROBLEM.    ASK HER TO GIVE  A PROGRAM FOR YOUR GROUP OR ORGANIZATION AND YOU WILL BE SHOCKED ABOUT THIS DRUG AND THE LOCAL PROBLEMS.

YOU RAH RAH....LOCAL FOOTBALL GAMES ARE GETTING CLOSE AND
THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY HAS BEEN ASKED TO AGAIN SELL TICKETS AT
ONE OF THE CARDINAL GAMES.     OUR NIGHT IS FRIDAY, OCT 7TH.   SIGN-UP
AND HELP.

OUR MEETING ROOM WAS ABOUT FULL TODAY, WITH AROUND 30 PRESENT.
THE CLUB WAS GLAD TO SEE ROTARIAN ROGER STEWART BACK.   HE COULD NOT ATTEND THE LAST 6 WEEKS  AFTER  HE HAD AN ANKLE REPLACEMENT...
YES ANKLE AND ALL WENT WELL.