THIS MORNING, HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE (CLOSE TO A THOUSAND)

ATTENDED THE ANNUAL "FIREHOUSE

BREAKFAST" AT THE FIRE STATION,

SPONSORED BY THE MAQUOKETA FIRE DEPARTMENT.   IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL MORNING FOR THE BREAKFAST.   IT IS ONE OF THE LARGEST AND BEST-ORGANIZED EVENTS IN THE CITY.   PANCAKES, SAUSAGE, EGGS, APPLE SAUCE AND BEVERAGES.   YES...I HAD MY CAMERA ALONG AND TOOK THE

PHOTOS BELOW, WHICH YOU CAN ENLARGE BY CLICKING-ON-THEM.

AND THEN NANCY AND I WENT TO THE

FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH FOR A SPECIAL  EVENT....SO BE SURE AND

SEE PHOTOS BELOW THE FIREHOUSE PHOTOS, TAKEN AT THE CHURCH.

THERE ALSO, IS A "FIRST"

FOR THE MY "DAILY REPORT"....

A SHORT VIDEO.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK. GOOD BYE!
DENNIS VOY

THE SPECIAL "INSTALATION SERVICE"  FOR THE

NEW PASTOR OF 1ST LUTHERAN CHURCH IN

MAQUOKETA WAS HELD AT 10:00 THIS MORNING.

HE IS ERICK SWANSON AND HIS WIFE IS CHRISTY.

THEY HAVE TWO GROWN SONS.   HE COMES TO

MAQUOKETA FROM A LUTHERAN CHURCH HE SERVED IN BURLINGTON.   HE REPLACES GERALD

GJERDE AS "LEAD"  PASTOR.   GJERDE RETIRED

1  1/2 YEARS AGO.    PASTOR JUDY HEINRICH CONTINUES AS ASSOCIATE PASTOR AT THE CHURCH.   AFTER THE ONE-HOUR SERVICE, THERE

WAS A CONGREGATION DINNER IN THE SOCIAL

ROOM.  CLICK-ON THE PHOTOS TO ENLARGE THEM.
 THE BOTTOM PHOTO IS A VIDEO.....CLICK-ON THE ARROW IN LEFT CORNER TO START SHORT VIDEO.
MY FIRST EVER VIDEO ON THE DAILY REPORT.
DENNIS VOY

COOL THIS MORNING... UPPER 40'S...BUT IT WARMED UP TODAY TO 67.
WEEKEND WILL BE NICE.

THE JACKSON COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ACCEPTED THE LOW BID
FOR GAS AND DIESEL FUEL FROM RIVER VALLEY ENERGY IN BELLEVUE.
THE BID LETTING HAD BEEN POSTPONED FROM THE PREVIOUS WEEK TO ALLOW ENGINEER CLARK SCHLOZ TO LOOK INTO USING BIODIESEL FUEL.
SCHLOZ SAID HE CHECKED WITH 14 COUNTIES.   SIX DID NOT USE BIODIESEL.
FIVE ARE USING IT.   THREE WERE USING IT AND HAVE RETURNED TO REGULAR DIESEL.      THE LOW BID FOR BIODIESEL FUEL WAS $451,850.
THE LOW BID FROM RIVER VALLEY FOR DIESEL AND GAS WAS $452,395.

TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY IS FREE FISHING WEEKEND IN IOWA.
ANYONE CAN FISH WITHOUT A FISHING LICENSE.

THE ANNUAL BIG MAQUOKETA FIRE DEPARTMENT BREAKFAST IS
SUNDAY AT THE FIRE STATION, FROM 7 A.M. UNTIL 12 NOON.
PANCAKES AND MORE...$6 AND KIDS $4

HAPPY JUNE 1ST....HAVE SOME MILK THIS WEEKEND....IT IS
JUNE DAIRY MONTH.
OR ENJOY SOME CHEESE.
OR ICE CREAM.

HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY

MORE PROGRESS IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA.   TOP PHOTO SHOWS THE TWO BUILDING "FRONTS" THAT WERE RE-DONE.    AND OTHER PHOTOS ARE A CLOSE-UP VIEW OF BOTH STORE FRONTS.    THE ONE TO THE LEFT IS
FOR  RENT AND KIRBY'S IS THE OTHER.    I DON'T KNOW WHO OWNS THE
BUILDING AND IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE NEW LOOK, BUT WHOEVER IT
IS....NICE JOB....THANK YOU.
CLICK-ON PHOTOS TO ENLARGE THEM
DENNIS VOY

WE GOT OVER AN INCH OF RAIN  AFTER MIDNIGHT THROUGH AROUND NOON
TODAY....NICE SLOW, SOAKING RAIN.  AND IT IS COLD TODAY...IN 50'S.
GOOD FORECAST FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK AND WEEKEND.

THE JACKSON COUNTY TRANSFER STATION NORTH OF ANDREW WILL BE
REBUILT, BUT IT COULD BE SIX MONTHS BEFORE THE FACILITY IS OPEN FOR
BUSINESS.   IN THE MEANTIME, HAULERS AND RESIDENTS WHO  HAVE GARBAGE MUST TAKE IT TO THE CLINTON COUNTY LANDFILL.
THE WASTE AUTHORITY BOARD MET THIS MORNING AND MANY DECISIONS
HAVE TO BE POSTPONED UNTIL THE INSURANCE ADJUSTER COMPLETES
A REPORT. HE WAS AT THE SITE TODAY.     THE BUILDING IS INSURED FOR $500,000 AND ANOTHER $20,000 FOR CONTENTS.

GOOD NEWS!   ....   THIS YEAR, MAQUOKETA WILL HAVE FIREWORKS ON THE NIGHT OF JULY 4TH.    I'LL HAVE MORE ABOUT THIS LATER.

THE FIRST PARADE OF THE SUMMER IS TOMORROW NIGHT AT PRESTON, KICKING OFF THE FIREMEN'S ANNUAL TWO DAY CELEBRATION AT TWO-GOOD
PARK.

NEXT WEEK, THE ANNUAL GARAGE SALE, JUNE 4-9, SPONSORED BY THE
HISTORICAL SOCIETY AT BOYER HALL ON THE FAIRGROUNDS.'
THERE ARE TWO WEB SITES:   www.jciahs.com AND www.clintonengines.com

AND THE ANNUAL WOODCARVER'S CONVENTION IS JUNE 10-17 AT THE FAIRGROUNDS.   NEARLY 250-300 PROFESSIONAL WOODCARVERS WILL BE CARVING, ATTENDING SEMINARS AND GIVING DEMONSTRATIONS.
THERE WILL BE TIMES FOR THE PUBLIC TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON.
MORE LATER.

THE MAQUOKETA FAMILY YMCA HAS RECEIVED A $3,000 GRANT FROM THE MINNESOTA TWINS FOUNDATION.    AFTER HEARING ABOUT DEWITT'S SUCCESSFUL APPLICATION, THE MAQUOKETA Y APPLIED AND RECEIVED THE GRANT WHICH WILL BE USED TO PURCHASE OUTDOOR FENCING FOR A BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL DIAMOND AND A NEW PITCHING MOUND FOR
THE SENIOR DIAMOND.    VOLUNTEERS WILL BE NEEDED TO DO THE
WORK.

SUMMER IS GETTING CLOSER!   20 DAYS!    ARE YOU READY FOR SUMMER?

DENNIS VOY

SUNNY BUT COOL TODAY...HIGH OF 65.    RAIN TONIGHT AND TOMORROW.

BIG STORY TODAY.....THE JACKSON COUNTY TRANSFER STATION NORTH OF ANDREW WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE THIS MORNING.     THE AGENCY THAT OVERSEES THE STATION WILL HAVE AN EMERGENCY BOARD MEETING TOMORROW MORNING.    FIRE CHEIF MARK BECK, WHO IS ALSO THE
LANDFILL ADMINISTRATOR SAID THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE IS  NOT KNOWN.
FIREFIGHTERS FROM 8 DEPARTMENTS WERE CALLED TO ASSIST
ANDREW AND WERE AT THE SCENE ABOUT 4 HOURS.     HAULERS WILL NOW NEED TO HAUL THE GARBAGE TO THE LANDFILLS IN DUBUQUE AND
CLINTON.    CLINTON HAS BEEN NOTIFIED AND IS READY TO ACCEPT THE EXTRA GARBAGE.

THE MAQUOKETA HOSPITAL PLANS TO INCREASE RATES BEGINNING
JULY 1ST.....A 6 PERCENT INCREASE.   THE REASON....INFLATION, BAD
DEBT AND EXTRA COSTS FACING THE HOSPITAL.

THE MAQUOKETA BOYS BASEBALL TEAM WON A DOUBLE HEADER
OVER WEST DUBUQUE LAST NIGHT HERE IN MAQUOKETA.

THE CARDINAL GIRL'S SOCCER TEAM LOST TO DEWITT IN TOURNAMENT
PLAY LAST NIGHT AND HAVE ENDED THEIR SEASON.   THEY ENDED UP WITH 8 WINS AND 6 LOSSES.

RAN INTO DOC YANDA AT POST OFFICE THIS AFTERNOON.   THIS IS
HIS 50TH YEAR IN MAQUOKETA.    NOT RETIRED...HE STILL ENJOYS GOING
TO WORK EVERY DAY.      EARLIER,I  RAN INTO JUDY MICHEL THERE...ONE DAUGHTER LIVES IN OKLAHOMA CITY AND OTHER AT SARATOGA SPRINGS,
NEW YORK.   NEITHER IS MARRIED AND JUDY, RETIRED, ENJOYS VISITING
THEM AS OFTEN AS SHE CAN.   

THANKS FOR CHECKING IN!
IF YOU WOULD EMAIL ME...I COULD INCLUDE
INTERESTING THINGS ABOUT MANY OF YOU...RIGHT HERE.
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DENNIS VOY  

THE NEW DIGITAL PROJECTOR AND SOUND SYSTEM AT THE VOY 1 THEATRE!
NO FILM!   THE MOVIE COMES IN ON A SMALL HARD DRIVE.    THE PICTURE
ON THE SCREEN IS VERY SHARP AND STEADY...  AND THE SYSTEM RUNS BY ITSELF....NO ONE EVER NEEDS TO GO INTO THE ROOM!     SO FAR, WE LIKE IT!!   WE WILL CONVERT THE OTHER TWO AUDITORIUMS AS SOON AS 35MM FILM IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE, WHICH WILL BE IN ANOTHER YEAR OR TWO.
CLICK-ON PHOTOS TO ENLARGE THEM.
DENNIS VOY

NICE SUNNY DAY TODAY, BUT VERY WINDY.  HIGH WAS 75.
NEEDED RAIN COMING IN A COUPLE DAYS.
WEEKEND FORECAST IS LOOKING VERY GOOD.

REMEMBER A FEW MONTHS AGO, MIKE FRANZEN WAS SHOT AT HIS GARAGE DOOR, BY AN INTRUDER TRYING TO GET INTO  HIS GARAGE NORTH OF BALDWIN?
ANOTHER INCIDENT NORTHWEST OF MAQUOKETA EARLY THIS MORNING.
DON ROWAN, 175TH STREET, WAS SHOT IN HIS BICEPT AND TREATED AND
RELEASED AT THE MAQUOKETA HOSPITAL.   REPORTS SHOW ROWAN'S WIFE, ANNETTE, CALLED THE LAW CENTER SAYING HER HUSBAND WENT TO CHECK
ON NOISES HE HEARD IN THE GARAGE AREA AND THAT HER HUSBAND
HAD BEEN SHOT.       THE INTRUDER(S) FLED THE SCENE.
THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES BY THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND THE IOWA DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION.

THE O'CONNOR-REGENWETHER V.F.W POST 3633 IN MAQUOKETA IS 75 YEARS OLD THIS JUNE.    A 75TH ANNIVERSARY EVENT HAS BEEN SCHEDULED FOR SATURDAY, JUNE 9TH, ACCORDING TO  POST COMMANDER TOM WATTERS OF (FULTON) RURAL MAQUOKETA.    WATTERS SAID THE ANNIVERSARY WILL
START AT 11:00 A.M. WITH A SERVICE AT MOUNT HOPE CEMETERY AND THAT WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A LUNCH AND PROGRAM AT THE EAGLES CLUB ON HIGHWAY 64 EAST, MAQUOKETAA.   THERE WERE 47 CHARTER MEMBERS FOR THAT FIRST MEETING IN 1937.   THEY WERE:
DENNIS AHERN...FRED ALLEN...FRANK BEATON...FRED BEERS...JAY BURKEY...
OTTO BURNS...FRANK BAKER...JOHN BUSCH...CHRIS BECK...GEORGE BROWN...EARL CAREY...PETER CLARK...ELDON CURRIE...LEONARD EDSON...WILLIAM EVERETTS...EZRA EDWARDS...ROY FINK...JOHN FRANK...RALPH GEE...ED GREEN...EMIL GRUENWALDT...HAROLD HARFORD...HOWARD HOFFMAN...ANTON JAN...JURGEN JEPSEN...EDWARD KIRCHOFF...ANKER KLEIS...ARTHUR KNORR...DANIEL McDONALD...FRANK McCUTCHEON...VERNON MARTIN...FRANK MILLER...JESSIE MILLER...EMIL MOELLER...WILLIAM RANKIN...JOHN SCHUMANN...WILLIAM SCHWARTZ...JOSEPH SCOBY...CHARLES SHELDON...OTTO SORENSEN...ALLIE TEMPLETON...HENRY TURK...CARL WERDEN...CLIFFORD WATTERS...PETER WEIRUP, JR...LEONARD WHERRY AND ED WING.
ALL CHARTER MEMBERS ARE DECEASED.    RELATIVES STILL LIVING,
OR FRIENDS, ARE ASKED TO CALL WATTERS AT  563-652-4375 WITH ANY
INFORMATION THAT COULD BE READ THAT DAY OF THE ANNIVERSARY.

TAKE CARE!

DENNIS VOY

ANDY CLARK IS ONE OF MAQUOKETA'S PRETTY GOOD GOLFERS!    AND FOR AWHILE, HE WILL BE CLASSIFIED AS THE "BEST"!    SATURDAY, AT THE MAQUOKETA COUNTRY CLUB COURSE, PLAYING IN A 2-PERSON BEST-SHOT
TOURNAMENT, HE STARTED ON HOLE #7 AND THREE HOLES LATER, ON THE PAR 3 #9 HOLE, HE GOT A HOLE-IN-ONE.
IT WAS 175 YARDS AND HE USED HIS 7 WOOD.     THE CELEBRATING HAD TO WAIT AS THEY STILL HAD 15 HOLES TO PLAY.    HE WAS PLAYING WITH ARDIE
BEHRENS AND THEY DID WIN MONEY, TAKING 1ST PLACE IN THE "SECOND
FLIGHT" WITH A SCORE OF 70 PAR.     ACCORDING TO HIS WIFE CHERYL WHO GAVE ME THIS STORY, ANDY HAD BEEN CLOSE BEFORE, BUT THIS WAS HIS
FIRST HOLE-IN-ONE.     ANDY MANAGES MAQUOKETA INN BEHIND
McDONALDS AND CHERYL IS OFFICE MANAGER FOR THE MAQUOKETA AREA
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.     CONGRATULATIONS ANDY!
CELL PHONE PHOTO BY ARDIE BEHRENS
DENNIS VOY

YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, NANCY AND I WERE DRIVING EAST ON EAST
LOCUST STREET AND THERE IT WAS....THE FIRST LEMONADE STAND OF
THE SEASON.   I ALWAYS STOP AT A KID'S STAND.      POURING THE
LEMONADE AT LEFT, COLIN WHITNEY.    HOLDING THE PAPER CUP, HIS
SISTER, BROOKE WHITNEY.     KNEELING, AT RIGHT, THEIR HELPER WHEN
NEEDED, MATT DONAHUE.    GREAT LEMONDADE.   FAST AND FRIENDLY
SERVICE.      I LIKE THE SIGN TOO.
CLICK-ON PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT.
DENNIS VOY

MATTHEW DAVID CLARK AND KELSIE JO THOMPSON WERE MARRED SATURDAY AT CEDAR RAPIDS.     HE'S MATT TO US...AND HE'S THE VOICE OF MAQUOKETA CARDINAL FOOTBALL AND BASKETBALL GAMES ON KMAQ-FM.    AND KELSIE GOES TO EVERY GAME WITH  HIM AND KEEPS SCORE.    BOTH WORK AT CEDAR RAPADS, WHERE THEY WILL LIVE.     BOTTOM PHOTO, HE DANCES WITH MOM LISA.     I  DIDN'T GET A PHOTO OF DAD, DAVE, DANCING.    LISA AND DAVE LIVE IN MAQUOKETA AND MATT GRADUATED FROM MCHS.
KELSIE'S FAMILY IS IN CEDAR RAPIDS.    BEAUTIFUL WEDDING! 

CONGRATULATIONS AND BEST WISHES TO MATT AND KELSIE.

DENNIS VOY    

MEMORIAL DAY 2012

IN MAQUOKTA...

LOOK AND READ

BELOW!

CLICK-ON PHOTOS TO ENLARGE THEM!

CLICK-ON THE PHOTOS BELOW
TO ENLARGE THEM.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK!

DENNIS VOY