THE ANNUAL FIRST-DAY-OF-SUMMER MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB DUCK
RACE WAS HELD LAST NIGHT IN THE MAQUOKETA YMCA SWIMMING POOL.
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE HISTORY OF THE RACE, ONE PERSON HAD TWO
WINNING DUCKS.
THE FIRST PLACE DUCK WAS RACED BY CAROL DODDS
OF IOWA UNIVERSITY AVENUE IN MAQUOKETA. SHE WINS $1,000.
SECOND PLACE WENT TO LONNIE HERMAN OF 174TH AVENUE, MAQUOKETA.
THE SECOND THRU 6TH PLACE DUCKS ALL WON $100.
THIRD PLACE WAS TAKEN BY DEB SCANLON OF R. R. 2, MAQUOKETA.
FOURTH PLACE, WENT TO PAM MANDERSCHEID OF NORTH JONES AVENUE
IN MAQUOKETA.
FIFTH PLACE BY SALLY FELTEN OF COUNTRY CLUB DRIVE, MAQUOKETA....
AND 6TH PLACE, THE REPEAT WINNER WAS DEB SCANLON.
ROTARIAN DENNIS VOY, CHAIRMAN OF THE DUCK RACE, SAID PROCEEDS
FROM THE RACE WILL BE USED FOR SCHOLARSHIPS AND COMMUNITY
PROJECTS SPONSORED BY THE MAQUKETA ROTARY.
THE NEXT ROTARY EVENT WILL BE THE ANNUAL ICE-CREAM SOCIAL AND
BAND CONCERT FOR SENIOR CITIZENS AT THE FAIRGROUNDS IN
MAQUOKETA ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT, JUNE 30TH. THE TIMBER CITY
COMMUNITY BAND, DIRECTED BY JAY KAHN, WILL AGAIN PROVIDE THE MUSIC
FOR THE FREE OUTDOOR EVENT, OPEN TO ALL SENIOR CITIZENS IN THE
MAQUOKETA AREA.
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