ROTARY WEEK VOL 2 NO 24

NO SILENT AUCTION THIS WEEK


WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15TH PROGRAM

HEATHER MOORE....THE NEW DIRECTOR OF SUNSHINE PRESCHOOL AND DAYCARE IN MAQUOKETA.
NOT REALLY NEW BECAUSE SHE HAS BEEN A BOARD MEMBER FOR 4 YEARS.
SHE IS EXCITED ABOUT HER NEW JOB.     THERE ARE CURRENTLY JUST OVER 100 KIDS ATTENDING SUNSHINE AND THE BOARD CHALLENGED HER
TO ENROLL ANOTHER 50 IN SIX MONTHS.     BELOW, MORE INFORMATION,
INCLUDING THE SUMMER PROGRAM.    AND, SHE INVITED ALL ROTARIANS
TO THE NEWLY ANNOUNCED SUNSHINE FATHER'S DAY BREAKFAST
AT THE MAQUOKETA AIRPORT ON FATHER'S DAY, JUNE 21...A NEW IMPORTANT FUNDRAISER FOR SUNSHINE.

ROTARY WEEK VOL 2 NO 23

NO SILENT AUCTION ITEM THIS WEEK

      ROTARY PROGRAM WED. APR. 8 

MATT OSTERHAUS OF MAQUOKETA SPOKE ON HIS YEAR AS PRESIDENT
OF THE AMERICAN PHARMACISTS ASSOCIATION.    THE APA WAS STARTED IN 1852 AND TODAY HAS 62,000 MEMBERS WITH HEADQUARTERS ON THE MALL
AT WASHINGTON, D.C. AND THE ONLY ORGANIZATION WITH THEIR OWN BUILDING ON THE MALL.     AFTER THIS COMING YEAR AS EX-PRESIDENT ON THE NATIONAL BOARD, MATT WILL HAVE FINISHED 9 YEARS FROM GOING ON THE BOARD TO WHERE HE WILL BE A YEAR FROM NOW.   IN APRIL, HE
LEFT OFFICE AS PRESIDENT AT THE CONVENTION IN SAN DIEGO.    HE
HAS TRAVELED EXTENSIVLY THIS PAST YEAR, IN THE USA AND ABROAD.
HIS DAD WAS PRESIDENT ALSO AND BOB AND MATT WERE THE 4TH FATHER-SON OFFICERS OVER THE ASSOCIATION HISTORY.    A HIGH HONOR
FOR BOB.   A HIGH HONOR FOR MATT.    BOTH INFORMED MANY, MANY
PEOPLE OVER THE YEARS ABOUT A SMALL TOWN IN IOWA CALLED MAQUOKETA...AND HOW TO PRONOUNCE IT.     MATT SAID HE WILL ALSO BE
PRETTY BUSY WITH THE ASSOCIATION  DURING HIS FINAL YEAR ON THE BOARD.  

 

    

ROTARY WEEK VOL 2 NO 22

NO SILENT AUCTION ITEM THIS WEEK

APRIL 1ST MEETING...

THE PROGRAM THIS WEEK WAS GIVEN BY THE TWO LADIES ABOVE FROM
CRESTRIDGE CARE CENTER, UP ON THE HILL NEXT TO THE  FIRST UNITED
METHODIST CHURCH ON WESLEY DRIVE, IN MAQUOKETA.
LEFT IS THE MANAGER JUDY TUCKER OF DAVENPORT WHO  HAS BEEN
WITH CRESTRIDGE SINCE OCTOBER 2014.    AT RIGHT IS ACTIVITIES DIRECTOR AMANDA MORTENSEN OF MAQUOKETA.       CRESTRIDGE IS
OWNED BY JERRY AND NANCY VOYNA OF CLIVE AND THEY HAVE
10 NURSING HOMES.    CRESTRIDGE HAS ROOMS FOR 75 RESIDENTS AND
CURRENTLY HAVE 66 RESIDENTS.

THE ANNUAL MAQUOKETA ROTARY SCHOLARSHIP DINNER HAS BEEN SCHEDULE FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT, MAY 6, 2015, AT THE METHODIST 
CHURCH, HONORING THE TOP 20 MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES OF
2015 AND THEIR PARENTS.    EVERY ROTARIAN WILL HOST A  STUDENT
AND THEIR PARENTS THAT NIGHT AND INTRODUCE THEM.

THERE WILL BE NO REGULAR NOON MEETING ON MAY 6TH BECAUSE OF
THE DINNER THAT NIGHT FOR THE SCHOLARS.

ROTARY WEEK VOL 2 NO 21

THIS WEEK, THE SILENT AUCTION ITEM  REMAINS TO BE, THE GARDEN CART OF LAST WEEK, VALUED AT AROUND OR ABOVE $100.00.

AS OF MONDAY MORNING, MARCH 23RD, THE  HIGHEST BID WAS $25.00

GO TO LAST WEEK'S REPORT IF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN A PHOTO OF IT.

BIDDING ON CART WILL DEFINITELY END AT 12 NOON, MONDAY, MAR. 30TH.

EMAIL YOUR BID TO kmaq@kmaq.com

HIGH BID NOW (3-26)..........$35.00      563-590-8837
                           (3-28)..........  40.00      563-212-5090
                           (3-30)..........  45.00      563-543-9604

CHECK BACK LATER THIS WEEK AND THERE MAY BE MORE HERE ON
THIS WEEK'S ROTARY WEEK.

ROTARY WEEK VOL 2 NO 20

 SILENT AUCTION ITEM

FOR SPRING YARD WORK

DONATED BY ROTARIAN

ALAN TUBBS

LIKE NEW

WORTH AT LEAST

$100

OPENING BID...

$10   563-593-0719

$15   563-689-5371 

$25   563-212-5090

EMAIL YOUR YOUR BID TO

kmaq@kmaq.com

BIDDING DEADLINE....

MONDAY,  MARCH 30

12:00 NOON

WED. MAR 18 ROTARY PROGRAM.....

NANCY AND DALE KILBURG OF MAQUOKETA VISITED VIET NAM

IN DECEMBER TO ATTEND THE WEDDING OF THEIR VIET NAM FOREIGH EXCHANGE STUDENT OF 10 YEARS AGO.   THEY SPENT 3 WEEKS THERE AND SHOWED SOME GREAT PICTURES THEY TOOK.

EARL KEMP, PROFESSIONAL COOK IN MAQUOKETA AND RESIDENT OF SPRAGUEVILLE,  BOUGHT THE ROTARY LUCKY "LUCK OF THE IRISH" LOTTERY TICKETS (5) AND SCRATCHED THEM OFF AT KMAQ.

HE BOUGHT THE $10 TICKETS FOR $8.

THANKS EARL!

KATE CARINDER, FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA AND A FORMER MAQUOKETA ROTARIAN, VISITED TOKYO RECENTLY AND WAS A GUEST AT A ROTARY MEETING THERE.   THAT'S HUSBAND BILL ON HER LEFT.   SHE WAS WITH THE

JACKSON COUNTY EXTENSION OFFICE  WHEN LIVING HERE.

WHY, BECAUSE YOU WILL ENJOY WEDNESDAY LUNCH EACH WEEK WITH SOME FRIENDLY PEOPLE WHO ARE HAVING FUN PROMOTING 

MAQUOKETA AND HELPING IN VARIOUS WAYS

TO MAKING MAQUOKETA A BETTER TOWN AND HELPING CITIZENS TO BE BETTER CITIZENS.  

STOP IN AT KMAQ AND TALK TO DENNIS VOY ABOUT JOINING ROTARY!

    

ROTARY WEEK VOL 2 NO 19

THE   SILENT AUCTION ITEM THIS WEEK IS A PACKAGE OF 5 IOWA LOTTERY TICKETS COSTING $10.....BUT WITH THE "LUCK OF THE IRISH" THEY WILL(MAY) BRING THE OWNER HUNDREDS OF $'s

TICKETS DONATED BY KMAQ

THE WINNER WILL PICK UP AND SCRATCH-OFF  THE  5 ON

TUESDAY, ST. PATRICK'S DAY(NOT BEFORE).  THESE 5 LUCKY TICKETS IN REALITY ARE WORTH FAR MORE THAN $10.00 BUT ANY AND ALL BIDS WILL BE APPRECIATED BY THE ROTARY.

KMAQ LOCAL NEWS, SPORTS, WEATHER, ST. LOUIS CARDINALS BASEBALL AND GOOD MUSIC! 

 

OPENING LUCKY BID ON LOTTERY TICKETS

$4.00   563-689-5371 

$7.00   563-652-2500

$8.00   563-340-9123

EMAIL YOUR BID TO kmaq@kmaq.com

DEADLINE NOON MONDAY

 

IF YOU WIN SOME CASH, YOU WILL HAVE

TO COME BACK TO KMAQ TO GET YOUR

PICTURE TAKEN WITH THE WINNING TICKET

AND THE PHOTO WILL BE ON NEXT WEEK'S ROTARY DAILY 

ROTARY PROGRAM MAR 11

GOOD PROGRAM BY

BOB KIRSCHBAUM, THE NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE       AMERICAN RED CROSS.   HE SERVES 17 COUNTIES, INCLUDING OUR AREA.

HE IS A RETIRED ELEMENTARY PRINCIPAL.     HE HAS TRAVELED NATIONWIDE SPEAKING ABOUT READING, AND THE RED CROSS....IS ALSO A MAGICIAN & MOTIVATIONAL

SPEAKER.  HE LOOKS FORWARD TO

MORE SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS AND CAN BE REACHED AT HIS CELL PHONE NUMBER 712-253-1578. 

THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY IS TAKING APPLICATIONS NOW FOR THEIR ANNUAL SCHOLARSHIPS.   AN 

APPLICATION FORM IS BELOW....

  

 THE LAST COUPLE YEARS, ONLY ABOUT 10 HAVE APPLIED FOR THE

MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB SCHOLARSHIPS AND THIS YEAR THERE ARE 4 INSTEAD OF 2. 

PASS THE WORD!

ROTARY WEEK VOL 2 NO 18

THIS WEEK'S SILENT AUCTION ITEM....

ONE ADVANCE TICKET TO THIS AMERICAN ENGLISH CONCERT AT THE
OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER ON MARCH 14TH AT 7 P.M.
$25 TICKET.   AT THE DOOR $30.    ADVANCE TICKETS AT THE OHNWARD
BOXOFFICE MORNINGS OR AT THE MAQUOKETA STATE BANK MAIN BANK
OR AT OSTERHAUS PHARMACY.

OPENING BID     $5.00     563-689-5371
                             15.00     563-590-8337

EMAIL YOUR BID TO kmaq@kmaq.com
DEADLINE TO BID, NOON MONDAY

TODAY'S MARCH 4TH PROGRAM AT ROTARY.....

AMBER GAVE AN INTERESTING INFORMATIVE TALK ON THE MANY MANY WAYS JACKSON COUNTY'S IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY EXTENSION AND OUTREACH OFFICE IN MAQUOKETA SERVES THE PUBLIC.    SMALL STAFF,
GOOD VOLUNTEERS, AND A BUSY SCHEDULE ALWAYS..... WORKING FROM
THE OFFICE IN THE COURTHOUSE BASEMENT.     4-H AND MASTER GARDNERS, TWO OF THEIR POPULAR PROGRAMS.

SURE THE ROTARIANS ARE FANS OF THE CARDINALS AND THE POPULAR
STATION THAT BROADCAST THE GAMES ALL  YEAR.

THERE IS A SPECIAL PRICE FOR ROTARIANS.

DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME BEGINS THIS SUNDAY,MARCH 8TH.   SATURDAY NIGHT, SET YOUR CLOCKS AHEAD ONE  HOUR.

IT IS GETTING CLOSER!