77 TODAY....79 TOMORROW....MID 80'S FRIDAY AND IN 90'S SATURDAY AND
SUNDAY.

POLICE BLOTTER: JAMES SCHUELLER ON EAST LOCUST REPORTED THAT
AN AMERICAN FLAG AND IOWA FLAG...AND POLES...WERE TAKEN OVER
THE WEEKEND.

KEVIN FLENKER SAID SOMEONE TOOK GAS OUT OF HIS TRUCK TANK OVER
THE WEEKEND. IT WAS PARKED IN THE 100 BLOCK OF NORTH STREET AND SOMEONE DRILLED A HOLE IN THE TANK AND EMPTIED IT.

KAYLA DELONG ON EAST MAPLE STREET SAID SOMEONE CHALKED HER VEHICLE
TUESDAY NIGHT.

AND BILL COAKLEY ON SOUTH VERMONT SAID SOMEONE CHALKED OR
PUT YOGURT ON HIS CAR LAST NIGHT.

TABOR WINERY OF BALDWIN RECEIVED 3 MEDALS IN THE MID-AMERICAN WINE COMPETITION IN DES MOINES.

THE NEW HARRY POTTER MOVIE STARTS FRIDAY.
THE VOY THEATRE AND THE 61 DRIVE-IN WILL BOTH HAVE A SNEAK
EARLY SHOWING OF IT AT MIDNIGHT THURSDAY NIGHT.

MAQUOKETA'S FIRST TOURNAMENT BOY'S BASEBALL GAME IS
FRIDAY NIGHT AND WILL BE BROADCAST ON KMAQ-FM AND OUR
WEB SITE.

HAVE A NICE NIGHT AND THURSDAY.

DENNIS VOY

JUST GOT BACK FROM THE WEEKLY ROTARY CLUB MEETING ABOUT AN
HOUR AGO. THE MEETING WAS CONDUCTED BY NEW PRESIDENT CONNIE
TJARKS AND FOLLOWED A DELICIOUS ROAST BEEF DINNER. THE GUEST
SPEAKER AT RIGHT IN PHOTO WAS MIKE NICKESON OF RURAL MAQUOKETA,
THE NEW MANAGER OF MAQUOKETA MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC LIGHT AND POWER.
HE STARTED HIS TALK BY GIVING A DEMONSTRATION ON HOW MUCH ELECTRICTY IS USED TO FOR A REGULAR BULB AND ONE OF THE NEW
CURLY BULBS YOU SEE AT WAL MART OR GASSER'S TRUE VALUE. ROTARIAN
(CPA ) JOHN GILROY READ THE METER WHILE EACH BULB WAS LIT.
THE WINNER, NO SURPRISE, THE NEWER MODEL BY AT LEAST AN 80% SAVINGS.
AND HE GAVE ALL KINDS OF INTERESTING INFORMATION ON ELECTRICITY
AND HOW IT RELATES TO MAQUOKETA'S PROBLEM OF..... "HIGHER COST
ELECTRICITY THAN WE WOULD LIKE". HE HAS LOTS OF IDEAS AND WE
SHOULD SEE LOWER BILLS SOMETIME DOWN THE ROAD. HE WOULD BE
GLAD TO SPEAK TO ANY OTHER ORGANIZATION AND YOU CAN JUST CALL
HIM AT HIS OFFICE IN CITY HALL. SUBSTITUTE WIND POWER FOR THE
CITY? USE THAT CHEAP WIND? COULD BE DONE. BUT WOULD PROBABLY
COST A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS TO DO IT HERE IN THE TIMBER CITY.
FORGET THAT IDEA! BUT, HE BELIEVES THE PROPOSED WIND TURBINE
AT THE YMCA WILL PAY OFF AND BE GOOD FOR THE CITY.
HE KNOWS THE ELECTRICITY BUSINESS! LEARNED MUCH WHILE WORKING
MANY YEARS FOR ALLIANT ENERGY. HE HAS A BIG CHALLENGE HERE!
BUT, DID NOT KNOW THAT MMEU HAS $6-MILLION DOLLARS IN THE RESERVE
ACCOUNT! INTERESTING MONTHS AHEAD ... AND TRY ONE OF THOSE
NEW CURLY BULBS SOON. BUT, DON'T THROW THEM IN THE TRASH CAN!
AND TRY NOT TO BREAK ONE...THEY HAVE A GAS INSIDE! NOT GOOD FOR
YOU,BUT THE GAS WON'T KILL YOU!
CLICK-ON THREE PHOTOS TO ENLARGE THEM.
DENNIS VOY

ROTARIAN KIM HUCKSTADT (LEFT) ASKED ANDY CROZIER TO BE HIS GUEST
TODAY AT ROTARY AT THE EAGLES CLUB. ANDY IS THE NEW SUPERINTENDENT FOR THE ANDREW SCHOOL DISTRICT, WHICH THIS FALL
WILL BE KINDERGARDEN THROUGH 8TH GRADE. THE HIGH SCHOOL KIDS
(LIKE WITH DELWOOD DISTRICT) WILL COME TO MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL.
THIS IS THE FIRST JOB AS SUPERINTENDENT FOR ANDY. HE IS FROM
DONELSON, IOWA AND GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL THERE. AFTER
COLLEGE, HE WORKED IN CEDAR RAPIDS FOR THE GRANT WOOD MEA.
I FORGOT TO ASK ABOUT HIS FAMILY. HOPE HE LIKED ROTARY AND MAYBE
JOIN THE CLUB. WE NEED SOME MORE MEBERS. ROTARY'S NEW WEB
SITE IS WWW.MAQUOKETAROTARY.ORG. CHECK IT OUT.
CLICK ON ALL THREE PHOTOS TO ENLARGE THEM.
DENNIS VOY

ALSO GUESTS AT ROTARY TODAY (HOSTED BY LONGTIME MEMBER AND
CLUB TREASURER, ASHER SCHROEDER).......BILL AND KATE CARINDER
THEY LIVED IN MAQUOKETA MANY YEARS AND ARE HOME FOR THE SATURDAY
WEDDING OF THEIR DAUGHTER, AUBREY, TO STEVE FERGUSON, SON OF JEFF
AND ANNE FERGUSON OF MAQUOKETA. THE CARINDERS MOVED TO IOWA
CITY A FEW YEARS AGO, BUT NOW LIVE IN SAN DIEGO WHERE KATE IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE MERCY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION. SHE IS
IN FACT, THE HEAD OF TWO SCRIPPS MERCY HOSPITAL FOUNDATIONS.
AND BILL IS WITH ACG PRODUCTS OF MILWAUKEE, A WORLD WIDE SALES
ORGANIZATION SELLING SPECIALIZED PRODUCTS, LIKE VOLCANIC ASH FOR
INSTANCE. IN SALES, HE TRAVELS AROUND THE WORLD MONTHLY. KATE SAYS HE IS HOME ABOUT ONE WEEK OF EACH MONTH. BOTH ENJOY THEIR
WORK. THEY STILL OWN A RIVER-FRONT LOT IN MAQUOKETA AND THEIR
HOME IN IOWA CITY. ....MANY OF YOU REMEMBER KATE AS THE
4-H LEADER HERE IN JACKSON COUNTY.....AND NOW YOU KNOW HOW HER LIFE HAS CHANGED THE PAST YEARS. NICE TO SEE THEM AT ROTARY. KATE IS
A ROTARIAN IN SAN DIEGO THAT HAS OVER 300 MEMBERS.
DENNIS VOY