ROTARY WEEK VOL 3 NO 41

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.