ROTARY WEEK VOL 3 NO 50

PROGRAM TODAY BY RYAN DONNELLY, SINCE NOVEMBER, THE  JACKSON
COUNTY EMERGENCY  MEDICAL SERVICES COORDINATOR.    A NATIVE
OF COLFAX, NOW A RESIDENT OF DELMAR.   HE HAS A FAMILY AND LIVES
IN DELMAR AND HIS PRIMARY ATTENTION THESE DAYS IS TO GET
CITIZENS TRAINED TO HANDLE A CARDIAC ARREST.    HELP IS NEEDED
IN 4 MINUTES.   CPR (CHEST) CAN SAVE LIVES, BUT PEOPLE NEED TO BE
TRAINED AND THIS TRAINING CAN BE DONE LOCALLY, INDIVIDUALLY OR
AS A GROUP.    TAKES AN HOUR TO BE TRAINED.  HE HAS AN OFFICE AT
THE JACKSON COUNTY COURT HOUSE.     I'LL HAVE HIS EMAIL AND
CELL PHONE INFO NEXT TIME YOU CHECK BACK HERE.   SORRY THE
PHOTO IS NOT GOOD....WHENEVER GUESTS GIVE THEIR TALK IN FRONT
OF A LIGHT, WINDOW OR WALL, THE RESULT IS AS YOU SEE IT ABOVE.

PLEASE CHECK BACK.

ROTARY WEEK VOL 3 NO 49

FELLOW ROTARIANS ROGER STEWART AND ASHER SCHROEDER AT THE
DEMOCRATIC HALL OF FAME DINNER SUNDAY NIGHT AT ST. DONATUS.
ASHER WAS INDUCTED INTO THE HALL OF FAME FOR HIS YEARS (MANY
YEARS AGO) WHEN HE WAS JACKSON COUNTY ATTORNEY FOR 3 TERMS.
ROGER, FORMER DEMOCRATIC STATE SENATOR, PRESENTED THE PLAQUE
TO ASHER.

ASHER WITH PRESIDENT JOHNSON WHEN HE WAS APPOINTED A  U.S.
ATTORNEY FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FIOWA.

A 1936 FELLOW ROTARIAN AND A 1936 JOHN DEERE TRACTOR.    TAKEN
SUNDAY DURING COUNTY-WIDE BARN TOUR.  TRACTOR BELONGS TO
STEVE TRENKAMP JUST EAST OF PRESTON.    ROTARIAN BELONGS TO THE
MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB.  

ROTARY WEEK VOL 3 NO 48

THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB WILL SELL TICKETS AT BOTH GATES FOR THE DEWITT GAME.    SHOULD BE THE BIGGEST CROWD OF THE SEASON AND SHOULD BE A  GOOD GAME.

THE PROGRAM TODAY, SEPT 21, WAS GIVE BY
FORMER MAQUOKETA ROTARY PRESIDENT, BRAD
MILLER. 

HE IS STILL A ROTARIAN, MEMBER OF EAST POLK
ROTARY NEAR DES MOINES.   THE FAMILY LEFT
MAQUOKETA IN 2004.   WHILE HERE, HIS WIFE PAM SCHROEDER WAS ASSOCIATE PASTOR AT 1ST. LUTHERAN CHURCH IN MAQUOKETA AND HE FOR A TIME WAS PASTOR AT BETHLEHEM LUTHERAN IN LOST NATION.    HE NOW HAS A DOCTOR'S DEGREE IN CHURCH GROWTH AND TRAVELS THE WORLD.
HAS SPENT SOME TIME IN IRAQ AND TALKED MUCH ABOUT IT AND ISIS.    HE WAS THE GUEST OF JIM ENGLAND (1ST. LUTHERAN MEMBER) AND
ANYONE WANTING MORE INFORMATION ABOUT
DR. MILLER MIGHT CALL JIM.   BRAD GAVE AN
INTERESTING PROGRAM.

ROTARY WEEK VOL 3 NO 47

THE  REVERSE RAFFLE  EVENT LAST FRIDAY NIGHT WAS A BIG SUCCESS AND FUN!

SCOTT GOT THIS GAME STARTED A COUPLE YEARS AGO....HE TOOK CHARGE OF GAME 2 AND OUR 3RD ANNUAL ....FRIDAY ...WAS HIS BABY ALSO.    THANKS SCOTT!     WELL DONE!     LOTS OF WORK.   AT THIS WEDNESDAY'S MEETING WE WILL GET A REPORT ON MONEY RAISED FRIDAY NIGHT FOR COMMUNITY PROJECT.

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14TH MEETING

GUEST SPEAKER WAS SALLY SCHROEDER, DAUGHER-IN-LAW OF FELLOW
ROTARIAN ASHER SCHROEDER.    SALLY AND HER HUSBAND BILL, IN JULY,
WHEN ON A GROUP TOUR TO CUBA.     HOT WEATHER.   BUT THEY HAD
A GOOD TRIP AND ARE GLAD THEY WENT.   SHE SHOWED LOTS OF
PHOTOGRAPHS.     BILL   ALSO WAS AT THE TODAY'S MEETING.

AND ASHER'S BROTHER AND BRIDE WERE AT THE MEETING.    I SAY
"BRIDE" BECAUSE TOMORROW (15TH) IS THEIR 60TH WEDDING
ANNIVERSARY.   I TOOK THE PHOTO BELOW SUNDAY AFTERNOON AT
THE "ROCK THE PARK" CONCERT IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA.
KARL GRADUATED FROM MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL IN 1949...WAS IN THE
AIR FORCE...GOT HIS BA AT IOWA AND WAS THE ADMINISTRATOR OF
THE JACKSON COUNTY PUBLIC HOSPITAL IN THE MID 80'S AND EARLY 90'S.
ELENOR GRADUATED FROM DELMAR HIGH SCHOOL AND WAS A TEACHER.
THEY HAVE 5 CHILDREN AND NOW LIVE IN ARIZONA.

NO FINAL FIGURES YET ON PROFIT FROM THE "REVERSE RAFFLE".   BUT
WORD IS...IT WILL HAVE A "NET" LARGER THAN THE FIRST TWO.   THE
3RD ANNUAL WILL BE WELL OVER $5,000.    WE WILL GET FINAL FIGURES
NEXT WEDNESDAY.

ROTARY WEEK VOL 3 NO 46

THE ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION COORDINATOR FOR JACKSON
COUNTY CONSERVATION, JESSICA WAGENER,  SPOKE TO ROTARY WEDNESDAY ABOUT THE NEW PRAIRIE CREEK RECREATIONAL AREA.      THE 273 ACRE PARK IS AT THE EAST EDGE OF MAQUOKETA AND WAS GIVEN
(IN HIS WILL) TO THE COUNTY, BY BOB MARTIN, LONGTIME AUTO DEALER
WITH HIS DAD, AND A PAST MAQUOKETA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE PRESIDENT.

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.

ROTARY WEEK VOL 3 NO 44

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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