Monday, June 21, 2010

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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