TOOK MY CAMERA ALONG TO ROTARY MEETING TODAY. WE HAD A PROGRAM
TODAY ON THE "MAQUOKETA ART EXPERIENCE" IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA.
TOP PHOTO IS SHEILLAH BENTLEY, AN ACTIVE VOLUNTEER AT MAE.
HER ARTISTIC ABILITY INCLUDES HER "EGG ART" DISPLAY AT MAE.
NEXT PHOTO DOWN IS AMANDA RODENBORN .... ANOTHER VOLUNTEER AND
CURRENTLY DESIGNING A NEW WEB SIGHT FOR MAE THAT WILL BE PUT UP ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB SOON, WITH LOTS OF NEW FACTS AND FEATURES.
NEXT, DOWN, SCOTT WARREN, WHO RUNS THE YMCA IN MAQUOKETA AND
WILL BE ROTARY'S NEXT PRESIDENT JULY 1ST. LAST WEEKEND, HE ATTENDED
A ROTARY ORIENTATION EVENT ON HOW TO BE A GOOD PRESIDENT, SO ALL
ARE EXPECTING BIG THINGS FROM SCOTT. NEXT PHOTO DOWN IS OF
CONNIE TJARKS, CURRENT ROTARY PRESIDENT. SHE HAS HER OWN INTERNET
BUSINESS AT www.knotenoughthyme.com
AND THE BUTTON PHOTO IS OF THE POSTER PASSED OUT TODAY TELLING ABOUT A SPECIAL WEEKEND AT MAE LATE THIS MONTH. THEY ARE DOING SOME EXCITING THINGS THESE DAYS AT THE MAE LOCATION (FORMERLY OSTERHAUS PHARMACY BUILDING) AND THEY WANT YOU TO STOP AND SEE HOW MAQUOKETA IS WORKING TO BE A TOP ART AND CULTURE CENTER FOR THE TRI-STATE AREA. SOMEDAY, ROSE FRANTZEN'S FAMOUS "PORTRAIT OF MAQUOKETA" WILL BE THE KEY ATTRACTION AT THE ART CENTER. THOSE PORTRAITS ARE NOW (FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD)ON DISPLAY AT THE FIGGE ART MUSEUM IN DAVENPORT.
AT MAE, ALL AGES ARE GETTING ACTIVE IN ART, INCLUDING A LOT OF KIDS.
CLICK-ON PHOTOS TO ENLARGE THEM.
DENNIS VOY