ROTARY WEEK VOL 4 NO 28

PRESIDENT SALLY HELD A NICE CEREMONY AT TODAY'S (4-26-17) MEETING
TO WELCOME 4 NEW MEMBERS AND PRESENT THEM WITH THEIR MEMBER
CERTIFICATE.    THEY ARE:  LEFT TO RIGHT:   NIC HOCKENBERRY, JACOB BELLINGS, TED STRAIGHT, AND MARK GARMAN.
SHE ALSO ANNOUNCED THAT THERE ARE TWO MORE MEN THAT WILL BE
JOINING SOON AND THAT SARA PINION IS THINKING OF TRANSFERRING
HER MEMBERSHIP FROM THE MARION CLUB, TO MAQUOKETA ROTARY.
ENCOURAGE HER!
OUR MEMBERSHIP IS NOW 34 AND COULD GROW TO 37 SOON.
BRIAN SPANNAGEL HAS CONSENTED TO BE THE NEW MAQUOKETA PRESIDENT EFFECTIVE JULY 1, WHEN PRESIDENT SALLY ENDS ANOTHER
(HER 2ND) YEAR AT THE TOP.    SHE HAS DONE A VERY GOOD JOB!!
OH...CAN'T FORGET THAT JACOB BELLINGS IS OUR NEW TREASURER-ELECT,
BEING TRAINED NOW BY ASHER SCHROEDER (WHO HAS DONE A SUPER JOB FOR MANY YEARS AS TREASURER)  AND OFFICIALLY  TAKES OFFICE
JULY 1ST, WHEN OUR NEW PRESIDENT ASSUMES COMMAND.

NEW ROTARIAN NICK HOCKENBERRY WORKING SATURDAY AT PRAIRIE CREEK.

SATURDAY, ROTARIANS HELPING WITH FENCE REMOVAL AT PRAIRIE CREEK.  IN THE MIDDLE, CONSERVATION DIRECTOR DARYL PARKER.
ANOTHER PHOTO FROM SATURDAY...,.

ROTARIAN SCOTT WARREN (TWICE PAST PRESIDENT) AND...NOT A ROTARIAN,
RAY MARTIN, BUT ALSO HELPING SATURDAY AT PRAIRIE CREEK.

WE HAD A VERY GOOD PROGRAM TODAY BY PAM BAHR (WIFE OF FELLOW ROTARIAN JIM ENGLAND) ABOUT A GROUP OF WOMEN AT FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH (A COUPLE FROM OTHER CHURCHES) HELPING REFUGEE CAMPS IN TWO COUNTRIES.

THEY  VOLUNTEER FOR "LUTHERAN WORLD RELIEF", A WORLD-WIDE
ORGANIZATION THAT HAS EFFECTED THE "LIVES" OF 500,000 REFUGEES
IN 18 COUNTRIES, DOING IT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS.
IN 2016, MEETING ONCE A WEEK AT FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH, THEY MADE 248 SIXTY-BY EIGHTY-INCH FULLSIZE QUILTS...153 SCHOOL KITS WITH
MANY ITEMS TO USE IN SCHOOL....125 BABY KITS FOR NEW MOMS WITH
BABIES FROM 6 MONTHS TO 2 YEARS, INCLUDING A CUTE KNITTED BABY
SWEATER AND CAP.....311 PERSONAL KITS WITH MANY ADULT EVERY DAY NEEDS....AND 42 FABRIC KITS.     WHAT A JOB THESE LADIES DO, YEAR AFTER
YEAR.   PAM WILL BE HAPPY TO GIVE A "PROGRAM" TO YOUR CHURCH OR
COMMUNITY CLUB.    AND THEY CAN ALWAYS USE MORE PEOPLE TO HELP
WITH THEIR VOLUNTEER WORK.

ROTARY WEEK VOL 4 NO 27

FELLOW ROTARIAN JOHN GILROY GAVE THE PROGRAM TODAY ON HOW TO SAVE MORE MONEY REGARDING YOUR IRS TAXES.

OVER 300 PEOPLE WILL BE HEARING FELLOW ROTARIAN ASHER SCHROEDER
GIVE A SPEACH IN CEDAR RAPIDS.

PRESIDENT SALLY WILL DRIVE ASHER TO CEDAR RAPIDS MAY 22ND AND
THERE IS ROOM IN FOR ANYONE ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND.

DENNIS VOY

ROTARY WEEK VOL 4 NO 26

ROTARY MEETING THIS WEEK AT  CAMP SHALOM, RUN BY FELLOW ROTARIAN TOM BLEY.

THE DINING ROOM AT CAMP SHALOM..
KITCHEN UP A COUPLE STEPS IN    BACK AND TO LEFT.  

TOM AT RIGHT AND TWO STAFF FULL-TIME MEMBERS.

    (ACROSS FROM  HIM AND BEHIND)
NICE CAMP, OFF CAVES ROAD JUST NORTHWEST OF MAQUOKETA, STARTED BY ST. PAUL'S LUTHERAN 
CHURCH  AT DAVENPORT BUT NOW
RUN INDEPENDENTLY, NON DENOMINATIONAL, AND STILL WITH
SUPPORT OF ST. PAUL'S. TOM HAS
BEEN MANAGER FOR SEVERAL YEARS.

GUEST SPEAKER TODAY WAS ANN McGLYNN, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS FOR ST. PAUL'S
LUTHERAN CHURCH IN DAVENPORT.
SHE TALKED ABOUT A REFUGE FAMILY ST. PAUL'S IS HELPING RESETTLE FROM UGANDA, THROUGH A PARTNERSHIP WITH WORLD RELIEF OF MOLINE.   THE FAMILY INCLUDES A MOTHER (NOELA) AND SIX CHILDREN.
THEY ARE DOING WELL, LIVING IN A HOME OFFERED BY A ST. PAUL MEMBER.   NOELA IS WORKING AS DISHWASHER AT A BAKERY AND ATTENDING ENGLISH LESSON CLASS.   ALL OF THE CHILDREN ARE IN SCHOOL OR DAYCARE.    EMAIL TOM IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT CAMP SHALOM OR ST. PAUL'S REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT MINISTRY, AT TPBLEY@ME.COM

ROTARY WEEK VOL 4 NO 25

SOME ROTARY MEMBERS MAY REMEMER "CITIZEN OF THE WEEK", DONE
BY ROTARIAN VOY.    FIRST ONE WAS NOV 17, 2003 AND FINAL ONE WAS
IN EARLY MARCH, 2005.   IT WAS A LOT OF WORK, BUT POPULAR.   THERE WAS ONE EVERY WEEK, NEVER MISSED.    COPIES ARE SOMEWHERE AT
KMAQ.    ABOVE IS LISTED ROTARY'S OLD WEB SITE.    DOROTHY JONES
AND DOLORES KLEIN ARE NO LONGER LIVING.

WENDY SCOTT GAVE THE PROGRAM TODAY, APRIL 5TH AND TOLD ABOUT
HER BUSINESS, "RONANN'S FLORAL SHOP AND GARDEN CENTER" ON
WEST PLATT IN MAQUOKETA, AT THEIR NEW LOCATION AND BUILDING
NEXT TO TACO JOHNS.     THE BUSINESS IS 62 YEARS OLD,  AND WAS       STARTED BY  HER PARENTS, RON AND ANN MEADE.   SHE REALLY LIKES
HER NEW BUILDING AND GIFT SHOPPE AND HAS HAD MANY GREAT
COMMENTS FROM HER CUSTOMERS.    SHE HAS 5 FULLTIME EMPLOYEES
AND SEVERAL PART TIME AND SADLY MENTIONED THAT HER LONGTIME
EMPLOYEE, DUNES SCHROEDER, RECENTLY WAS DIAGNOSED WITH
PANCREATIC CANCER.     THEREFORE IS NOW WORKING JUST A COUPLE
HOURS A DAY WHILE RECEIVING TREATMENT.  

SCOTT, DID YOU REALLY EAT ALL OF IT?
THERE WAS DESSERT TOO! 

NEXT WEDNESDAY, WE MEET AT CAMP SHALOM.
11:45.
RSVP TO 309-230-4043 BY MONDAY, THE 10TH.