ROTARY WEEK VOL 3 NO 1

THIS IS THE FIRST ISSUE OF YEAR 3 FOR THIS WEEKLY ROTARY WEEK
EDITED BY ROTARIAN DENNIS VOY.

SILENT AUCTION ITEM...
TICKET TO MAGGIE MAE CHRISTMAS SHOW AT OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER.

 1 TICKET...$22 VALUE.
 OPENING BID:    $  5.00    563-689-5371
                              $12.00    563-652-3803
                              $14.00    563-340-9123
                          
  EMAIL YOUR BID TO kmaq@kmaq.com
  BY NOON DEADLINE, NOVEMBER 9TH.

ROTARY PROGRAM WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4TH WAS BY FELLOW ROTARIAN BOB OSTERHAUS WHO TALKED ABOUT HIS 50TH ANNIVERSARY IN
MAQUOKETA THIS PAST OCTOBER  AND HOW IT ALL CAME ABOUT.

BEFORE BOB'S TALK, ROTARIAN ROGER STEWART MENTIONED THAT TODAY
(NOV 4) WAS JENNIE AND HIS 64TH WEDDING ANNIVERARY.   THEY WERE MARRIED ON A COLD DAY IN EMMETSBURG AND DROVE INTO A BIG
WINTER STORM THE NEXT DAY IN MISSOURI.

 

ROTARY WEEK VOL 2 NO 52

THE LAST UPDATE FOR "ROTARY WEEK" WAS ON OCTOBER 29, 2015

AT THE OCTOBER 28th  MEETING,  PRESIDENT SALLY CONDUCTED THE MEETING USING THE  CLUB'S  PA SYSTEM.     IT WORKED GOOD AND WILL BE GOOD FOR GUEST SPEAKERS TO USE ALSO. 

ONE OF THE NEWEST MEMBERS, JUDY TUCKER GAVE THE PROGRAM ON  HOSPICE.     OF INTEREST WAS THE FACT THAT NOW, HOSPICE IS NOT JUST FOR THE LAST DAYS OF LIFE, BUT CAN BE HELPFUL MUCH EARLIER AND EVEN PROLONG LIVES.

EVERY ROTARIAN HAS A NAME TAG AND IT DOES NO GOOD IN THE BOX ....SO, STARTING AT THE NEXT MEETING, THOSE WHO DO NOT WEAR
THEIR TAG FOR THE MEETING WILL BE
FINED $1. 

 

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TWENTY FIVE YEARS AGO, IN 1989,  WHEN H.D. KEELEY WROTE THIS FOR THE JACKSON COUNTY HISTORY BOOK, THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB HAD 59 MEMBERS.
TODAY WE HAVE 38.      OF THE 59, 10 ARE STILL MEMBERS.    31 OF THE 59 ARE NO LONGER LIVING.

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OUR NEW MEMBER OF THE
MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB....

PRESIDENT SALLY READS THE ROTARY WELCOME MESSAGE TO JACK HASKINS AS ADRIENNE WILLIAMSON LOOKS ON.   ADRIENNE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR INVITING HIM TO BE A MEMBER, AND IS THEREFORE HIS ROTARIAN SPONSOR. JACK OWNS JACKSON MANUFACTURE ON JACOBSON DRIVE IN THE INDUSTRIALPARK.

THE ROTARY PROGRAM TODAY WAS GIVEN BY
LONGTIME EDUCATOR BILL MUELLER, WHO
TAUGHT GOVERNMENT AND HISTORY AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL BUT NOW IS THE DRIVER'S ED
INSTRUCTOR.     

HE HAS ABOUT 250 STUDENTS NOW AND HAS WRITTEN A BOOK THAT JUST CAME OFF THE PRESS AND IS FOR SALE FOR $16.00.

SILENT AUCTION THIS WEEK:    TWO TICKETS ($10 TOTAL) TO SEE THE "WAR ROOM" ON MONDAY OCTOBER 19TH OR MONDAY OCTOBER 26TH
AT THE VOY THEATRE.    EITHER 2 P.M. OR 7 P.M. SHOW EACH DAY.    IT IS A TWO-HOUR MOVIE.

 OPENING BID:     $

Email your bid to kmaq@kmaq.com

BIDDING DEADLINE NOON MONDAY

WE NOW HAVE 38 MEMBERS OF THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB.

A YEAR AGO TODAY WE HAD 33.

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THE PROGRAM TODAY (OCT 7TH) WAS GIVEN BY PASTOR STEPHANY HASKINS OF THE UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST AND  MARILYN DEAN.

THIS PAST AUGUST, THE TWO AND FOUR OTHERS FROM MAQUOEKTA FLEW TO Port-au-Prince, Haiti  AND FOR 7 DAYS, GOT A LOOK AT HAITI  AND
THEIR SAD ECONOMY THAT INCLUDES NO ELECRICITY, RUNNING WATER, ETC.
   
NEW MEMBER OF ROTARY BLAIRE FRANCIS WAS
OFFICIALLY WELCOMED TODAY BY PRESIDENT SALLY, AND WITH THE WELCOME CAME HER ROTARY PIN.

BLAIRE AT RIGHT LIVES IN DEWITT AND IS THE
MANAGER OF DUTRAC COMMUNITY CREDIT UNION
ON W. PLATT, MAQUOKETA.

              NEW.....

 UPDATED....

NO SILENT AUCTION THIS WEEK.

REMINDER... 
THE ROTARY SELLS TICKETS AT THE
OCT 16TH CARDINAL FOOTBALL GAME.

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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.