ROTARY WEEK VOL 2 NO 48

SILENT AUCTION ITEM...

ANOTHER TICKET TO THE FOUR PREPS SHOW.     LAST WEEK'S TICKET WAS SOLD TO AT A SAVINGS OF $8.00

THE ADVANCE TICKET IS WORTH $25.00.

 

OPENING BID:    

$13.00        563-340-9123

$15.00       563-590-8837

$16.00       563-689-5371

EMAIL YOUR BID TO

kmaq@kmaq.com

BIDDING DEADLINE

NOON, MONDAY 

MAQUOKETA ROTARY PROGRAM

WEDNESDAY, SEPT 30

BONNIE MITCHELL

CURATOR

JACKSON COUNTY MUSEUMS 

SEPTEMBER 30TH WE WILL WELCOME A NEW

MEMBER TO MAQUOKETA ROTARY.    SHE IS THE

NEW LOCAL MANAGER OF DUTRAC 

COMMUNITY CREDIT UNION, ACROSS FROM THEISEN'S ON HIGHWAY 64 WEST, MAQUOKETA.

WELCOME BLAIRE FRANCIS!

PHOTO LATER.

THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY WILL SELL TICKETS AT GOODENOW FIELD ON OCTOBER 16TH....THE

NIGHT MAQUOKETA HOSTS DEWITT.    FLORIAN

STEFFAN IS CHAIRPERSON FOR THIS PUBLIC

SERVICE PROJECT. 

YOUR EDITOR (VOY) WAS NOT AT MEETING WEDNESDAY, BUT WAS

TOLD BONNIE MITCHELL DID A NICE PROGRAM ON THE JACKSON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY.     ROTARIAN SCOTT TOOK A PHOTO OF BONNIE AT THE MEETING....EMAILED IT TO ROTARY WEEK....AND SOMEHOW, IT WAS LOST BY THE EDITOR.    SORRY.

ROTARY WEEK VOL 2 NO 47

SILENT AUCTION THIS WEEK.....

ONE TICKET ($25 VALUE) TO THE ABOVE SHOW.

OPENING BID:    $15.00   563-652-3289
                               17.00   563-689-5371

EMAIL YOUR BID TO kmaq@kmaq.com
NAME NOT REQUIRED, BUT GIVE YOUR PHONE NUMBER
BIDDING DEADLINE,  MONDAY NOON SEPTEMBER 28TH


WANT TO EMAIL A FELLOW ROTARIAN?
BELOW, THE EMAIL ADDRESS FOR EACH (I THINK)
MAQUOKETA ROTARIAN.   IF YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS IS NOT LISTED HERE, EMAIL IT TO kmaq@kmaq.com
MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA TO PRINT THIS LIST
OF EMAILS FOR QUICK REFERENCE.

ROTARY PROGRAM ON SEPTEMBER 23RD....

PROGRAM WAS GIVEN BY JACKSON COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISOR MEMBER LARRY
McDEVITT.    ANSWERED LOTS OF QUESTIONS ON
COUNTY MATTERS.

ROTARY WEEK VOL 2 NO 46

FIRST, BIG NEWS:    BLAIRE FRANCIS HAS JOINED OUR CLUB.    SHE IS THE NEW MANAGER OF THE LOCAL DUTRAC COMMUNITY CREDIT OFFICE ON WEST PLATT STREET.    SHE HAS BEEN WITH DUTRAC FOR OVER 15 YEARS.    I WILL HAVE A PHOTO OF HER NEXT WEEK.

MORE BIG NEWS:   Last week's fundraiser REVERSE RAFFLE was a good success and will net our club around $4,000.... about $1,000 over our first one a year ago.

DENNIS VOY HOSTED TODAY'S (SEPT 16) PROGRAM AND IT WAS SUE SANDBERG.....  
 
SUE IS CHAIRPERSON OF THE CITY OF MAQUOKETA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT COMMISSION AND HAS BEEN A MEMBER OF THE 5 MEMBER
COMMISSION FOR 15 YEARS.      IT MEETS MONTHLY AT THE AIRPORT.     HER HUSBAND IS
DR. SAM (RETIRED).  THEY HAVE LIVED IN MAQUOKETA SINCE 1981.   SHE IS RETIRED FROM HER JOB (FOR 22 YEARS) IN THE LAB AT THE MAQUOKETA HOSPITAL.   SAM AND SUE  HAVE TWO DAUGHTERS.    ONE LIVES HERE AND THE OTHER
WITH HER HUSBAND IN THE COUNTRY OF LUXEMBOURG.    NO GRANDCHILDREN.    THE 
MAQUOKETA AIRPORT RECEIVES 70 TO 90%
OF FINANCING FROM THE STATE FOR FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT.    LOTS OF IMPROVEMENTS HAVE
BEEN MADE OVER THE YEARS AND MORE COMING.
THERE ARE 3 BUILDINGS....THE OFFICE WITH TWO
HANGARS AND TWO BUILDINGS RENTED FOR
AROUND 10 OTHER PLANES.    THE RUNWAY HAS
A FAIRLY NEW SURFACE, AND WILL BE EXTENDED
500 FEET, TO 3,800.    THE GRAVEL ROAD LEADING
TO THE AIRPORT WILL BE MOVED NEXT YEAR TO
THE WEST, AND HOPEFULLY WILL BE HARD SURFACED.    THE EXTRA LAND FOR IT HAS BEEN
PURCHASED.    A FIELD-SPRAYING COMPANY IS
LOCATED IN THE MAIN BUILDING AND SELLING PLANE FUEL IS A MAIN SOURCE OF INCOME, ALONG WITH RENTALS.   CHARTER SERVICE WAS
AVAILABLE UNTIL LAST YEAR, UNTIL THE MAN 
RETIRED AND CLOSED THE BUSINESS. 

NO SILENT AUCTION THIS WEEK.   THE ROTARY IS
ALWAYS LOOKING FOR DONATED ITEMS FOR THE
AUCTION.   THOSE BUSINESS PLACES THAT 
PARTICIPATE GET GOOD PUBLICITY ON THIS
WEB SITE AND HELP THE ROTARY WITH THEIR
COMMUNITY PROJECTS.    IF YOU WOULD  LIKE TO
DONATE AN ITEM FOR THE SILENT AUCTION, CALL
OR SEE ROTARIAN DENNIS VOY.    OR EMAIL HIM
AT kmaq@kmaq.com    WE ARE WAITING FOR OUR
FIRST USED CAR.

NEXT ROTARY PROJECT....SELLING TICKETS AT A MAQUOKETA HOME FOOTBALL GAME

NEXT WEEK'S PROGRAM....STEVE FLYNN, HOST

LAST PROGAM OF MONTH....HOST, NANCY MOORE AND GUEST SPEAKER BONNIE MITCHELL OF 
HISTORICAL SOCITY.

 

ROTARY WEEK VOL 2 NO 45

SEPT 9TH MEETING...28 IN ATTENDANCE AND THE DISTRICT GOVERNOR WAS PRESENT....

DIST. GOV. JOE IS FROM CEDAR FALLS AND CALLS HIMSELF "CHIEF" FOR OUR DISTRICT'S 54 CLUBS AND 2,800 MEMBERS.    HE SAID HIS JOB IS TO
INSPIRE AND THAT HE DID WITH HIS TALK ABOUT ROTARY.   HE'S A HUNGARIAN AND CAME TO AMERICA WHEN 9 YEARS OLD.   HE PRESENTED BOTH ROTARIANS JOHN GILROY AND BOB OSTERHAUS WITH A PAUL HARRIS FOUNDATION
PLUS-1 PIN.

ONE OF OUR GUESTS TODAY...

JIM ENGLAND, WHO FOR MANY YEARS HAS (ALONG WITH WITH HIS WIFE PAM BAHR) OWNED AND OPERATED THE WOOD PRODUCTS COMPANY IN THE INDUSTRIAL PARK.  HE BRIEFLY TOLD SOME THINGS ABOUT THE PLANT.

ANOTHER GUEST WAS GARY PENNISTON OF THE BELLEVUE ROTARY CLUB, INVITING US TO A
FALL SOCIAL GATHERING AND FISH FRY AT THE LODGE OF THE BELLEVUE STATE PARK,STARTING AT 5 P.M. ON SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2015.  THERE WERE TWO OTHER ROTARIANS WITH HIM.

SILENT AUCTION THIS WEEK...
2  TICKETS TO OHNWARD FINE ARTS
CENTER TO SEE .. 

VALUE OF $40.00
OPENING BID....$
EMAIL YOUR BID TO kmaq@kmaq.com
4 p.m. MONDAY IS  BIDDING DEADLINE

THE 2ND ANNUAL MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB 
REVERSE RAFFLE  
WAS HELD LAST NIGHT, SEPT. 10TH

BELOW, THE TWO BIG WINNERS, EACH $1,000...

GARY DREW AND SHERRY CAMPBELL.

SORRY FOR THE POOR PHOTO....AS YOU CAN SEE, I MOVED THE CAMERA WHEN TAKING PICTURE.

ROTARY WEEK VOL 2 NO 44

THIS WEEK'S  SILENT AUCTION ITEM...

A TICKET (FOR TWO) TO THE ROTARY
REVERSE RAFFLE...

$75 VALUE.

OPENING BID...
$10.00    563-652-6978
  15.00    563-652-6210
  25.00    563-249-6495


EMAIL YOUR BID TO:
kmaq@kmaq.com
BIDDING DEADLINE:  NOON
TUESDAY, SEPT. 8TH.


GUEST SPEAKER SEPT 2ND

GARY EGGERS, WHO IS IN CHARGE OF THE MAQUOKETA COMMUNITY CUPBOARD.    IT IS LOCATED ON WEST PLATT STREET, IN THE DAC
BUILDING, AND IS OPEN EVERY FRIDAY MORNING TO GIVE FOOD TO THOSE NEED FOOD.  

ROTARY WEEK VOL 2 NO 43

SILENT AUCTION ITEMS THIS WEEK.

A COUPLE TICKETS TO THE JOHNNY CASH LEGENDS SHOW.

WORTH $44.00

OPENING BID:  $10.00  563 652 5414
                             15.00  563 357 8495

 

EMAIL YOUR BID TO

kmaq@kmaq.com

BID DEADLINE

MONDAY NOON, AUG 31

 MORE COMING FOR THIS WEEKS

ROTARY WEEK...CHECK BACK

PROGRAM, AUG 26TH

SARA DAVENPORT, JACKSON COUNTY ATTORNEY THE PAST 7 YEARS, TELLING ABOUT HER WORK.

GUESTS AT ROTARY:   JACK HASKINS, OWNER MANAGER OF JACKSON MFG IN MAQUOKETA.

BLAIR FRANCIS, NEW MANAGER OF THE DUTRAC CREDIT OFFICE, W. PLATT, MAQUOKETA.
SHE IS A NATIVE OF DAVENPORT AND LIVING NOW AT DEWITT.

ROTARY WEEK VOL 2 NO 42

ANOTHER GOOD PROGRAM TODAY (AUG 19TH) AT THE  ROTARY MEETING....

PAM SCHOENTHALER (RN) AND WITH THE LOCAL
HOSPITAL TO TALK ABOUT ..
IPOST....
WHICH STANDS FOR IOWA PHYSICIAN ORDERS 
FOR THE SCOPE OF TREATMENT.    IT DIRECTS CARE IN A MEDICAL CRISIS.    IT IS NOT REQUIRED, ALWAYS VOLUNTARY.    IT TELLS EMERGENCY STAFF, SUCH AS EMTs, THE TYPE OF CARE THAT IS WANTED OR NOT WANTED IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION.   ONE NEEDS TO FILL OUT A SIMPLE FORM...THAT THEN BELONGS WITH THE PERSON WHO FILLED IT OUT   THAT IPOST FORM IS A MEDICAL ORDER RECOGNIZED STATEWIDE AND THAT IS APPROPRIATE FOR ANY INDIVIDUAL WHO IS FRAIL, ELDERLY, OR WHO HAS A CHRONIC OR SERIOUS MEDICAL CONDITION, REGARDLESS OF AGE.    CONTACT PAM FOR MORE INFORMATION
ABOUT IPOST AND A BLANK FORM TO READ AND POSSIBLY FILL OUT, NOW OR LATER.  
IPOST, A WAY TO MAKE YOUR OWN LEGAL, BINDING CHOICE ABOUT YOUR END OF LIFE MEDICAL CARE.
(PHOTO BY CHUCK CURRENT) 
    FROM EVERYONE IN MAQUOKETA ROTARY......
HAVE A GOOD WEEK!