ROTARY WEEK VOL 5 NO 18

THIS IS THE WEEK OF THE 21st ANNUAL KMAQ FARM AND HOME SHOW.

NO REGULAR MEETING WEDNESDAY.

ROTARIANS ARE  URGED TO ATTEND SHOW THURSDAY NOON FOR LUNCH
(PAID BY CLUB) AND WATCH THE ROTARY AG AWARDS PRESENTATION.

AMBER MATHIESEN OF MAQUOKETA, COUNTY EXTENSION DIRECTOR,
WAS NAMED PUBLIC SERVICE AWARD WINNER AND INTRODUCED BY
DEAN ENGEL, OF MAQUOKETA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AG COMMITTEE, ALSO A SPONSOR OF THE AWARDS.

THE AGRI-BUSINESS AWARD WENT TO TREVIS AND NANCY MAYFIELD,
OWNERS OF THE NEWSPAPERS IN MAQUOKETA, DEWITT AND BELLEVUE,
SALLY DAVIES MADE THE PRESENTATION.

THE FARMER OF YEAR AWARD WENT TO THE GRAVERT APPLE ORCHARD
FARM NEAR GREEN ISLAND/SABULA.    THEY FARM APPLES FROM  AROUND
600 TREES.    OWNERS DIANE GRAVERT AND HER DAUGHTER LAURA     LARABEE ABOVE AND AT LEFT, AMBER MATHIESEN PRESENTED THE
AWARD.
ALL WINNERS WILL RECEIVE A PLAQUE,    THIS WAS THE 29TH
YEAR FOR THE AWARDS, STARTED BY THE LATE BILL STEWART, WHO
WAS THE ROTARY SECRETARY BACK IN 1990.

ROTARY WEEK VOL 5 NO 17

THERE WAS NO VOL 5  NO 16  ROTARY WEEK.
THERE WAS A MEETING...
BUT THERE  ALSO WAS NO GUEST SPEAKER, BUT FELLOW ROTARIAN
NICK HOCKENBERRY GAVE AN UPDATE ON HIS WORK IN HIS OFFICE.

CHECK BACK LATER THIS WEEK, WEEK OF JANUARY 28TH.

BACK....

PROGRAM TODAY WAS BY FELLOW ROTARIAN DOUG MELVOLD AND WIFE
MARY, ABOUT THEIR DECEMBER TRIP TO THE HOLY LAND WITH VISITS
TO ISRAEL, JORDAN AND EGYPT.

GOOD PROGRAM.   THEY HAD A GREAT TRIP. 

BOB OSTERHAUS STANDS TO THANK EVERYONE FOR SINGING HAPPY
BIRTHDAY TO HIM (BIRTHDAY YESTERDAY) AND TO INTRODUCE HIS
GUEST, A PHARMACIST AT OSTERHAUS PHARMACY AND OUR PRESIDENT'S
WIFE, DR. ANGELLA SPANNAGEL.

NO MEETING AT NOON NEXT WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2018  BECAUSE OF THE KMAQ FARM AND HOME.     MEMBERS WERE ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND
THE FARM SHOW THURSDAY, THE 8TH, THE DAY ROTARY PRESENTS THE
FRIENDS OF AGRICULTURE 3 ANNUAL AWARDS.    ROTARY WILL PAY FOR
THE MEMBER'S LUNCHEON OF BURGERS-PLUS.    IT WILL BE BEEF DAY
THURSDAY.

ROTARY WEEK VOL 5 NO 15

THE 2018 KMAQ FARM AND HOME SHOW IS FEB 7TH AND 8TH.
THE FRIENDS OF AGRICULTURE AWARDS WILL BE PRESENTED OVER
THE NOON HOUR THURSDAY, THE 8TH, AND  PRESENTED BY ROTARY
AS WE HAVE DONE THE PAST 20-PLUS YEARS.    MAQUOKETA ROTARY
GET LOTS OF GOOD PUBLICITY FROM THIS.
AS IN PAST YEARS, THERE WILL BE NO REGULAR MEETING ON WEDNESDAY,
FEB 7TH BUT ROTARIANS ARE URGED TO GO TO THE FARM SHOW
ON THURSDAY WHEN THE ROTARY PLAQUES ARE PRESENTED.
ALL WHO ATTEND THE LUNCH THURSDAY WILL NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR
LUNCH AS THE CLUB WILL PAY THE BILL FOR ALL WHO ATTEND.
ROTARY TURN-OUT FOR THE LUNCH IS GENERALLY LOW.    PUT IT ON
YOUR CALENDAR FOR FEB 8TH, AND MAYBE INSTEAD OF JUST 10 OR
SO ATTENDING, WE CAN LOOK FOR AROUND 20 ROTARY MEMBERS  ATTENDING.

ALAINA LANZ WAS THE SPEAKER TODAY (1-17-18) AT ROTARY....THE MAQUOKETA PUBLIC LIBRARY LIBRARIAN THE PAST 7-8 YEARS.
SHE IS LEAVING IN MARCH AND SHE AND HER HUSBAND ARE MOVING
TO ONE OF THEIR FAVORITE PLACES, FRANCE, IN A SMALL RURAL TOWN,
NOT FAR FROM A FISHING POND.    SHE HAS DONE A GOOD JOB AND
ROTARY WISHES THEM WELL.   A SEARCH IS UNDERWAY FOR HER
REPLACEMENT. 

ROTARY WEEK VOL 5 NO 14

2000 DUCKS OWNED BY THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY MAY BE MOVED FROM
THE KMAQ GARAGE TO A KMAQ STORAGE BUILDING.    BUT ROTARIAN
NANCY MOORE THINGS WE SHOULD BRING BACK THE DUCK RACE
FOR JUST ONE YEAR, WITH PROCEEDS FOR SOMETHING SPECIAL.
THEN MOVE THE DUCKS BACK TO STORAGE.    ANY OTHER THOUGHTS?
SELL THE DUCKS FOR 3 DUCKS FOR  $10 WITH A CHANCE TO WIN $1,000 AND
THERE COULD BE A MINIMUM PROFIT OF $5,000.    LIKE IN PAST....THE
RACE WOULD BE THE FIRST DAY OF SUMMER IN JUNE.

AT ROTARY TODAY (1-10-18) NO ONE MENTIONED THE DUCKS.   SO, NO
ONE READ THE ABOVE OR IF THEY DID, HAVE NO INTEREST.  

TODAY'S PROGRAM AT ROTARY, WAS PRESENTED BY BRADY WHITNEY, (DELMAR NATIVE) A RECENT ENGINEERING GRADUATE OF IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY.... HE IS VERY SMART.    SHOWN WITH HIM, HIS HOMEMADE 7 PAGE WOODEN BOOK PUZZLE THAT IS NOW OF INTEREST TO WEB PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD.   MANY WILL SOLVE THE PUZZLE.    MANY WILL TRY.
HIS LINCOLN LOGS TO RICHES STORY IS BEYOND MOST.    YOUR ROTARY WEEK EDITOR WOULD LIKE TO TELL MORE, BUT TOO PUZZLED TO DO SO.

ROTARY WEEK VOL 5 NO 13

DR. JACOB HAYWARD SPOKE AT ROTARY TODAY (1-3-18).    IN AUGUST,
HE OPENED MAQUOKETA EYE CARE, AT THE CORNER OF MAIN AND
PLATT STREETS, WHERE U.S. CELLULAR WAS LOCATED.    HE ALSO HAS
DEWITT EYE CARE WITH TWO OPTOMITRISTS THERE.   HE HAS PRACTICED
GOING ON 4 YEARS.    THE MAQUOKETA OFFICE FOR NOW IS OPEN TUESDAY
THROUGH FRIDAY, AND HE SEES MOST OF THE PATIENTS HERE.
HE IS A NATIVE OF MAQUOKETA AND HIS PARENTS ARE TOO.   HIS DAD
IS ON THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD.    JACOB AND HIS  WIFE HAVE
A 10-MONTH OLD AND LIVE IN DEWITT.   ALL 3 ARE HAWKEYE FANS, AS JACOB ATTENDED IOWA FOR SEVERAL YEARS. 

ROTARY WEEK VOL 5 NO 12

ANAMOSA, LIKE MAQUOKETA, IS THE COUNTY SEAT.
THE CITY POPULATION IS A LITTLE LESS THAN MAQUOKETA.
THE ROTARY CLUB IS A LITTLE SMALLER THAN OURS.
BELOW IS AN ARTICLE ABOUT THE CLUB IN THE ANAMOSA NEWSPAPER.
YOUR  EDITIOR THOUGHT IT WOULD BE INTERESTING FOR YOU TO SEE WHAT A  SIMILIAR CLUB  DOES.

FELLOW ROTARIAN DENNIS VOY HAS THE PROGRAM FOR JANUARY 3RD.    IT WILL BE SPECIAL!!    OUR CLUB WILL LEAVE FROM THE DUBUQUE AIRPORT AT 6 A.M. AND FLY TO 
NAPLES, FLORIDA FOR THE NOON MEETING
OF THE NAPLES ROTARY CLUB.       THE GUEST
SPEAKER WILL BE DAVE SCHOENTHALER, 
OF NAPLES, FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA AND A FORMER MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB PRESIDENT.    HE WILL TALK ABOUT WHAT IS LIKE TO LIVE IN A WARM PLACE WHILE THE REST OF THE COUNTRY SUFFERS FROM COLD WEATHER. 
VOY SAID WE ALL WILL BE TAKEN TO THE
BEACH WHERE WE WILL TAKE OFF OUR SHOES AND WALK IN THE HOT SAND.    THEN,  AT 5 P.M.
AFTER A LEMONADE GET TOGETHER WITH THE
NAPLES ROTARIANS, WE WILL BOARD THE PLANE
AND RETURN HERE TO THE TIMBER CITY, WITHOUT LEAVES AT THIS TIME OF YEAR.    FOR THE TRIP,
WE WILL PASS THE HAT AT THE JANUARY 10TH
MEETING AND IF THE AMOUNT COLLECTED IS
NOT ENOUGH, THE CLUB WILL "KICK-IN" THE BALANCE.     AND THEN, ROTARIANS ALL OVER THE
WORLD WILL BE TALKING ABOUT US.

NO MEETING TODAY, DEC. 27TH.

JAN. 3RD FLORIDA TRIP CANCELLED.
NO INTEREST. 

ROTARY DAILY VOL 5 NO 11