Tuesday, February 12, 2013

ST. MARK'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH  "SHROVE TUESDAY"  SUPPER WAS HELD LAST NIGHT AT THE CHURCH FELLOWSHIP HALL IN MAQUOKETA AND AFTER , AT 7 P.M., THE ANNUAL QUILT RAFFLE DRAWING  DRAWING WAS HELD.      THE QUILT IS SHOWN HERE, ALONG WITH JEAN HEISTER WHO MADE IT.   JEAN,  A LONGTIME EXPERT QUILT MAKER HAS BEEN DOING ONE ANNUALLY AS A FUND RAISER PROJECT FOR THE CHURCH.    SHE SPENT ABOUT 10 WEEKS DOING IT.    THIS ONE HAD EXTRA SPECIAL MEANING AS THE QUILT WAS MADE  IN HONOR OF THE MEMORY OF BOBBIE WHITMER.    THE QUILT WAS NAMED "BOBBIE'S BASKET".    IT  WAS MADE WITH LEFT OVER MATERIAL THAT BOBBIE (DECEASED) HAD NOT USED FOR  HER QUILTING AND HER HUSBAND,
FORMER PASTOR AT ST. MARK'S (NOW LIVING IN DEWITT) DONATED THE MATERIAL FOR THIS  YEAR'S QUILT MADE BY JEAN.
AND HERE'S THE WINNER:     BETH SAGERS OF STANTON, MINNESOTA.
PHOTO BY DENNIS VOY

TODAY'S TUESDAY DAILY REPORT IS BELOW!