ROTARY WEEK VOL 4 NO 46

KERRY TALKED ABOUT THE ALZHEIMER'S WALK SEPT 30TH....AND TWO RAFFLES....

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IT IS GETTING CLOSE!
A BIG FUN NIGHT OF THE YEAR!
TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE FROM ANY MAQUOKETA ROTARIAN INCLUDING ROTARIAN DENNIS VOY AT KMAQ.

SAMI CLASEN GAVE PROGRAM TODAY ON THE NEW EVENTS CENTER ADDED
TO TIMBER LANES IN MAQUOKETA.    SHE IS MANAGER OF THE CENTER, OWNED BY HER  DAD,  LOUIE.    IT IS OPEN NOW AND AS OF YESTERDAY, ALREADY 8 WEDDINGS HAVE BEEN BOOKED FOR IT, WHICH SEATS 500.

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RYLA......
ROTARY YOUTH LEADERSHIP AWARDS

NATIVE MAQUOKETAN LINDA NUDD, OF BELLEVUE,
AND MEMBER OF THE BELLEVUE ROTARY CLUB, 
HAS BEEN VERY ACTIVE WITH RYLA FOR YEARS.
BIG EVENT EVERY SUMMER, IS THE RYLA SUMMER
CAMP AT GRINNELL, COLLEGE, ATTENDED BY
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS FAR AND WIDE AND AGAIN THIS YEAR BY TWO FROM MHS.

THE TWO GAVE TODAY'S PROGRAM, TELLING ABOUT THE SUMMER EVENT THEY ATTENDED.
LEFT IS XAVIER PESTANA, SON OF JULIE AND STEPHEN "STEVEN" DODSON AND A SENIOR THIS
YEAR AT MAQUOKETA HIGH.   AT RIGHT, SIDNEY
MICHEL, DAUGHTER OF TARA AND MITCH MICHEL AND A JUNIOR THIS YEAR AT MCHS.   BOTH ENJOYED THE SUMMER CAMP AND ARE GOING TO
BE BIG SUPPORTERS OF RYLA. 

GUEST TODAY, KATHY PEZLEY, ROTARIAN AT ELDRIDGE AND WITH EASTERN IOWA COMMUNITY COLLEGE.    SHE LIVES IN DAVENPORT.

ANOTHER GUEST TODAY, ST. REP. ANDY McKEAN
OF ANAMOSA 

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BONNIE MITCHELL GAVE THE PROGRAM TODAY (AUG 9) ON THE DEPOT.

SUNDAY, SEPT 10....THE GRAND OPENING OF THE DEPOT.
PUT IT ON YOUR CALENDAR.

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JACKSON MANUFACTURING IS OWNED BY JACK HASKINS, A RESIDENT OF DUBUQUE, AND A MEMBER OF THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB.    HE
PURCHASED THE PLASTIC MOLDING COMPANY FROM DAC (NOW KNOWN AS,  "IMAGINE THE POSSIBILITIES") IN 2013.   THE COMPANY UP ON THE CORNER HILL ON JACOBSEN DRIVE WAS ESTABLSHING IN 1981.    IN EARLY YEARS,
IT HAD AS MANY AS 85 EMPLOYEES WHEN THEY WERE DOING SOME CONTRACT WORK FOR A VERY LARGE COMPANY.    NOW, THERE ARE AROUND 15-20 EMPLOYEES.    TODAY, ROTARY TOURED THE FACTORY.   

JACK'S OFFICE, BUT HE WAS NOT PRESENT TODAY AS HE HAD A PREVIOUS ENGAGEMENT.   THANKFULLY, MARY RUPP WAS THERE AND GAVE THE TOUR.
SHE HAS BEEN WITH THE COMPANY FOR OVER 25 YEARS AND IS JACK'S RIGHT HAND (WO)MAN.
THAT'S MARY, POINTING OUT THE PLASTIC ITEMS THEY MAKE, INCLUDING MANY KNOBS AND STORM DOOR ROLLER ASSEMBLIES.      
FOR THE DOORS, SEVERAL PARTS MAKE UP THE ASSEMBLY AND THESE PARTS ARE ASSEMBLED BY EMPLOYEES FROM "IMAGINE THE POSSIBILITIES".

REMEMBER, YOU CAN ENLARGE EACH PHOTO BY CLICKING ON IT.
ABOVE, WORKERS AT THE  ROTATING TABLE.    EACH PERSON ADDS A PART TO THE ASSEMBLY AS IT TURNS IN FRONT OF THEM.

BIG BUILDING

OFFICE AREA

EMPLOYEES WORK MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY AND CAN WORK 20 TO 40 HOURS A WEEK.   MARY
AND JACK ALSO WORK FRIDAY MORNINGS.
BY PURCHASING THE FACTORY, JACK (WITH MARY'S HELP) SAVED PLANT FROM CLOSING SEVERAL YEARS AGO AND IT IS NOW DOING WELL.

MEETING ADJOURNED AFTER AN ICECREAM TREAT
FOR ALL 17 ROTARIANS ON THE TOUR.