Thursday, April 29, 2004
SUNNY THIS MORNING..MOSTLY CLOUDY THIS AFTERNOON..HIGH OF 82. YESTERDAY WAS 87.
THE CITY COUNCIL FINANCE COMMITTEE MET THIS MORNING...AND THEY ARE GOING TO RECOMMEND TO THE WHOLE COUNCIL AT NEXT MONDAY NIGHTS REGULAR MEETING...THAT THE CITY TAKE THE ARC ISSUE TO THE PUBLIC IN THE NOVEMBER ELECTION, FOR $1.25 MILLION DOLLARS. THE THREE MEMBERS THIS MORNING SAID THEY WANT THE CITY TO VOTE ON THE ISSUE. IT WILL TAKE A 60% YES VOTE TO PASS. THE TOTAL PROJECT WOULD BE OVER $4 MILLION AND WOULD INCLUDE AN INDOOR POOL, GYM, AND FITNESS CENTER.
A GIRL BORN TUESDAY TO RYAN AND AMY BECK OF PEORIA. GRANDPARENTS ARE DENNIS AND MARY BECK OF MAQUOKETA. THIS IS THEIR FIRST GRANDCHILD.
WELL KNOWN BALDWIN RESIDENT, WILLIE ROHWEDDER, AGE 76, DIED TUESDAY. HE WAS FORMER MAYOR AND COUNCILMAN, SERVING IN CITY GOVERNMENT A TOTAL OF 30 YEARS AND WAS ON THE FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR 48.
BETTY JANE OSTERT, AGE 69, DIED LAST NIGHT AT MERCY HOSPITAL IN DUBUQUE. SHE AND HUSBAND FARMED FOR MANY YEARS NEAR MAQUOKETA. SURVIVORS INCLUDE: HUSBAND, RICHARD, AND 3 CHILDREN....SHERRY KEENEY OF ELWOOD....TERRY OSTERT OF MAQUOKETA....AND TINA BRUNDAGE OF MAQUOKETA....ALSO 10 GRANDCHILDREN.
RAY HASENBANK, AGE 90, OF CLARENCE DIED LAST SATURDAY. SURVIVORS INCLUDE HIS SON, DENNIS, OF MAQUOKETA...ALSO HIS WIFE, IRENE AND 2 OTHER CHILDREN.
GEORGE MOORE CELEBRATED HIS 80TH BIRTHDAY YESTERDAY. HE IS A RETIRED MAQUOKETA MAIL CARRIER.
3 SONS....DAVID LIVES IN JANESVILLE, PHILLIP IN MADISON AND ALAN IN PHILADELPHIA.
HE AND LOIS HAVE 6 GRANDCHILDREN. WAS BIG BOY SCOUT LEADER FOR MANY YEARS.
TAKE CARE.
DENNIS VOY
THE CITY COUNCIL FINANCE COMMITTEE MET THIS MORNING...AND THEY ARE GOING TO RECOMMEND TO THE WHOLE COUNCIL AT NEXT MONDAY NIGHTS REGULAR MEETING...THAT THE CITY TAKE THE ARC ISSUE TO THE PUBLIC IN THE NOVEMBER ELECTION, FOR $1.25 MILLION DOLLARS. THE THREE MEMBERS THIS MORNING SAID THEY WANT THE CITY TO VOTE ON THE ISSUE. IT WILL TAKE A 60% YES VOTE TO PASS. THE TOTAL PROJECT WOULD BE OVER $4 MILLION AND WOULD INCLUDE AN INDOOR POOL, GYM, AND FITNESS CENTER.
A GIRL BORN TUESDAY TO RYAN AND AMY BECK OF PEORIA. GRANDPARENTS ARE DENNIS AND MARY BECK OF MAQUOKETA. THIS IS THEIR FIRST GRANDCHILD.
WELL KNOWN BALDWIN RESIDENT, WILLIE ROHWEDDER, AGE 76, DIED TUESDAY. HE WAS FORMER MAYOR AND COUNCILMAN, SERVING IN CITY GOVERNMENT A TOTAL OF 30 YEARS AND WAS ON THE FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR 48.
BETTY JANE OSTERT, AGE 69, DIED LAST NIGHT AT MERCY HOSPITAL IN DUBUQUE. SHE AND HUSBAND FARMED FOR MANY YEARS NEAR MAQUOKETA. SURVIVORS INCLUDE: HUSBAND, RICHARD, AND 3 CHILDREN....SHERRY KEENEY OF ELWOOD....TERRY OSTERT OF MAQUOKETA....AND TINA BRUNDAGE OF MAQUOKETA....ALSO 10 GRANDCHILDREN.
RAY HASENBANK, AGE 90, OF CLARENCE DIED LAST SATURDAY. SURVIVORS INCLUDE HIS SON, DENNIS, OF MAQUOKETA...ALSO HIS WIFE, IRENE AND 2 OTHER CHILDREN.
GEORGE MOORE CELEBRATED HIS 80TH BIRTHDAY YESTERDAY. HE IS A RETIRED MAQUOKETA MAIL CARRIER.
3 SONS....DAVID LIVES IN JANESVILLE, PHILLIP IN MADISON AND ALAN IN PHILADELPHIA.
HE AND LOIS HAVE 6 GRANDCHILDREN. WAS BIG BOY SCOUT LEADER FOR MANY YEARS.
TAKE CARE.
DENNIS VOY
Wednesday, April 28, 2004
SUNNY, WINDY AND OVER 80 TODAY.
JUST GOT BACK FROM HAVING A CAVITY FILLED BY DR. LEO BIEHL IN MY ONLY REMAINING WISDOM TOOTH.
PIECE OF CAKE. LEO HAS BEEN IN MAQUOKETA SINCE 1959. I CAME IN 1958 AND MY FIRST VISIT TO HIM WAS IN MAY OF 1960....HAD A CAVITY FILLED FOR $8.00. HE IS WORKING TWO DAYS A WEEK NOW, IN THE NEW BEAUTIFUL
OFFICE OPENED LAST YEAR BY DR. BUDDY ATIENZA. WHERE THE PASTIME THEATRE WAS MANY YEARS AGO.
LEO AND HIS WIFE LOIS HAVE ALSO OWNED THE DAIRY QUEEN SINCE 1974....BOUGHT IT 30 YEARS AGO. THEY
JUST RETURNED FROM A TRIP TO SPAIN WITH DAUGHTER, SON-IN-LAW AND TWO GRANDKIDS. THEY WERE TRAVELING ON A TRAIN IN SPAIN AT THE EXACT TIME OF THE HORIBLE BOMING THERE. BEFORE THEIR DESTINATION, THEIR TRAIN WAS STOPPED, AND THEY HAD TO TRANSFER TO ANOTHER TRAIN AND WENT BACK TO WHERE THEY STARTED. ANYWAY, HE SAID THEY HAD A GREAT TIME IN SPAIN. YES, WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT THE ST. LOUIS CARDINALS AS HE ALSO HAS BEEN A BIG CARDINAL FAN FOR MOST OF HIS LIFE. THE CARDINALS ARE ONLY PLAYING 500 BALL THESE DAYS.....BUT THEY'LL GET BETTER.
FORMER JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPUTY, DICK WARD, ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT HE WILL BE A CANDIDATE FOR COUNTY SHERIFF, RUNNING FOR THE OFFICE AS AN INDEPENDENT IN THE NOVEMBER ELECTION. SHERIFF RUSS KETTMAN, DEMOCRAT, IS SEEKING RE-ELECTION. THERE IS NO REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE. HE SAID HE IS RUNNING BECAUSE HE WANTS TO TAKE THE POLITICS OUT OF THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND LAW ENFORCEMENT. WARD SERVED AS A DEPUTY AND MAQUOKETA POLICE OFFICER FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS, LEAVING THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT LAST YEAR.
WARD SAID HE WILL NOT SEEK A RAISE IF HE IS ELECTED AND SAID HE WOULD LIKE TO SEE A REDUCTION IN THE NUMBER OF STAFF AND DEPUTIES. HE WANTS DEPUTIES TO LIVE IN VARIOUS QUADRANTS OF THE COUNTY AND PATROL IN THAT AREA WHERE THEY LIVE. HE SAID MOST OF THE DEPUTIES NOW LIVE IN MAQUOKETA AND THE BELLEVUE AREA.
NO TIME FOR MORE, SORRY.
DENNIS VOY
JUST GOT BACK FROM HAVING A CAVITY FILLED BY DR. LEO BIEHL IN MY ONLY REMAINING WISDOM TOOTH.
PIECE OF CAKE. LEO HAS BEEN IN MAQUOKETA SINCE 1959. I CAME IN 1958 AND MY FIRST VISIT TO HIM WAS IN MAY OF 1960....HAD A CAVITY FILLED FOR $8.00. HE IS WORKING TWO DAYS A WEEK NOW, IN THE NEW BEAUTIFUL
OFFICE OPENED LAST YEAR BY DR. BUDDY ATIENZA. WHERE THE PASTIME THEATRE WAS MANY YEARS AGO.
LEO AND HIS WIFE LOIS HAVE ALSO OWNED THE DAIRY QUEEN SINCE 1974....BOUGHT IT 30 YEARS AGO. THEY
JUST RETURNED FROM A TRIP TO SPAIN WITH DAUGHTER, SON-IN-LAW AND TWO GRANDKIDS. THEY WERE TRAVELING ON A TRAIN IN SPAIN AT THE EXACT TIME OF THE HORIBLE BOMING THERE. BEFORE THEIR DESTINATION, THEIR TRAIN WAS STOPPED, AND THEY HAD TO TRANSFER TO ANOTHER TRAIN AND WENT BACK TO WHERE THEY STARTED. ANYWAY, HE SAID THEY HAD A GREAT TIME IN SPAIN. YES, WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT THE ST. LOUIS CARDINALS AS HE ALSO HAS BEEN A BIG CARDINAL FAN FOR MOST OF HIS LIFE. THE CARDINALS ARE ONLY PLAYING 500 BALL THESE DAYS.....BUT THEY'LL GET BETTER.
FORMER JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPUTY, DICK WARD, ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT HE WILL BE A CANDIDATE FOR COUNTY SHERIFF, RUNNING FOR THE OFFICE AS AN INDEPENDENT IN THE NOVEMBER ELECTION. SHERIFF RUSS KETTMAN, DEMOCRAT, IS SEEKING RE-ELECTION. THERE IS NO REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE. HE SAID HE IS RUNNING BECAUSE HE WANTS TO TAKE THE POLITICS OUT OF THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND LAW ENFORCEMENT. WARD SERVED AS A DEPUTY AND MAQUOKETA POLICE OFFICER FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS, LEAVING THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT LAST YEAR.
WARD SAID HE WILL NOT SEEK A RAISE IF HE IS ELECTED AND SAID HE WOULD LIKE TO SEE A REDUCTION IN THE NUMBER OF STAFF AND DEPUTIES. HE WANTS DEPUTIES TO LIVE IN VARIOUS QUADRANTS OF THE COUNTY AND PATROL IN THAT AREA WHERE THEY LIVE. HE SAID MOST OF THE DEPUTIES NOW LIVE IN MAQUOKETA AND THE BELLEVUE AREA.
NO TIME FOR MORE, SORRY.
DENNIS VOY
Tuesday, April 27, 2004
SUNNY THIS MORNING, MOSTLY CLOUDY THIS AFTERNOON....62 TODAY'S HIGH.
APRIL RAINFALL SO FAR, 1.9 INCHES....COMPARED TO 3.5 LAST APRIL.
21 RESUMES HAVE BEEN SENT IN FOR THE CHIEF OF POLICE JOB IN MAQUOKETA. THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL HOPE TO HAVE A NEW CHEIF BY JULY 1ST.
A FIRE SUNDAY NIGHT ABOUT 8 ON ESGATE ROAD AND SAVED BY HER DOG, WAS JEAN RIVER BUCHNER, AGE 51, WHO WAS AWAKENED BY HER DOG. SHE THEN SAW THE FLAMES AND CALLED 9-1-1 AND ESCAPED WITHOUT INJURY. ANOTHER DOG DIED IN THE FIRE, WITH ESTMATED DAMAGES TO THE HOME OF $80,000. THE HOME WAS OWNED BY JEAN BUCHNER OF MAQUOKETA.
MAQUOKETA AND ANDREW FIREMEN WERE AT THE SCENE ABOUT 2 HOURS. THE FIRE IS BELIEVED TO BE ELECTRICAL.
BOY, BORN LAST FRIDAY TO LINDSAY AND MICHAEL METCALF OF PLEASANTVILLE. GRANDPARENTS ARE VERN AND CINDY POLL OF MAQUOKETA.
LARRY MYERS, AGE 63, DIED LAST THURSDAY, FOLLOWING A 3 OR 4 YEAR BATTLE WITH CANCER. HE WAS THE EXTENSION DIRECTOR FOR JACKSON COUNTY UNTIL EARLIER THIS YEAR. STARTED THE JOB IN 1997.
SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, JOAN AND TWO SONS. STARTED THE MASTER GARDNERS PROGRAM IN JACKSON COUNTY.
HE WAS IN THE AIR FORCE AFTER COLLEGE, THEN PRACTICED LAW AND WENT WITH IOWA EXTENSION IN THE 90'S.
WAS WELL LIKED BY THE 4-H KIDS AND LEADERS.
WILMER LARY, 91, DIED MONDAY AT THE LOCAL HOSPTIAL. WELL KNOW AG DEALER IN DELMAR. AVID GOLFER
TOO. HIS BUSINESS, FARMERS SUPPLY COMPANY, IS BEING RUN BY HIS SON, JOHN.
RETIRING MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL GUIDANCE COUNSELOR, OWEN THORSON, 30 YEARS IN MAQUOKETA, IS THE
MAQUOKETA ROTARY "CITIZEN OF THE WEEK". STARTING TOMORROW, YOU CAN GO TO THE ROTARY WEB SITE AND SEE A PICTURE AND READ ABOUT HIS CAREER. www.maquoketa-rotary.org
DAVE RETTIG WAS THE GUEST SPEAKER AT THE MAQUOKETA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MONTHLY LUNCH TODAY AT THE COUNTRY CLUB. HE IS SON OF DARREL AND SHARON AND THE HARVARD GRAD HAS JOINED THE FAMILY BUSINESS AS CEO. THEY HAVE A HUGE EGG BUSINESS, LOCATED IN NORTHWESTERN IOWA AND WITH OFFICES HERE IN MAQUOKETA.
DARREL HAS BEEN IN THE BUSINESS MOST OF HIS LIFE AND SHARON HAS HER OWN CAREER AS AN INVESTMENT BROKER HERE IN TOWN.
MISSY GERLACH, A SENIOR AT MCHS, HAS BEEN AWARDED A $2,000 SCHOLARSHIP FROM THE GRAND LODGE OF IOWA.
SHE WAS ONE OF 60 IOWA HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS SELECTED TO RECEIVE A SCHOLARSHIP FROM THE 890 APPLICANTS.
FOUR CANDIDATES FOR HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL HAVE BEEN INTERVIEWED. THEY WILL BE CUT TO TWO AND IT IS HOPED THOSE TWO NAMES CAN BE NAMED NEXT MONDAY NIGHT. ONE OF THOSE WILL START WORK THIS SUMMER.
LELAND G. KROLIC, AGE 83, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED LAST FRIDAY. HE FIRST TRAVELED ACROSS AMERICA WITH A CARNIVAL AND THEN WORKED AT VARIOUS JOBS IN MAQUOKETA. HE IS SURVIVED BY 7 CHILDREN...JOHN OF DALLAS, GA....SALLY OF DES MOINES....MARY OF DUBUQUE.....RUTH OF DES MOINES.....RALPH OF DES MOINES....SUSAN OF BERNARD.....AND EDNA OF DES MOINES.
THANKS FOR THE VISIT.
DENNIS VOY
APRIL RAINFALL SO FAR, 1.9 INCHES....COMPARED TO 3.5 LAST APRIL.
21 RESUMES HAVE BEEN SENT IN FOR THE CHIEF OF POLICE JOB IN MAQUOKETA. THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL HOPE TO HAVE A NEW CHEIF BY JULY 1ST.
A FIRE SUNDAY NIGHT ABOUT 8 ON ESGATE ROAD AND SAVED BY HER DOG, WAS JEAN RIVER BUCHNER, AGE 51, WHO WAS AWAKENED BY HER DOG. SHE THEN SAW THE FLAMES AND CALLED 9-1-1 AND ESCAPED WITHOUT INJURY. ANOTHER DOG DIED IN THE FIRE, WITH ESTMATED DAMAGES TO THE HOME OF $80,000. THE HOME WAS OWNED BY JEAN BUCHNER OF MAQUOKETA.
MAQUOKETA AND ANDREW FIREMEN WERE AT THE SCENE ABOUT 2 HOURS. THE FIRE IS BELIEVED TO BE ELECTRICAL.
BOY, BORN LAST FRIDAY TO LINDSAY AND MICHAEL METCALF OF PLEASANTVILLE. GRANDPARENTS ARE VERN AND CINDY POLL OF MAQUOKETA.
LARRY MYERS, AGE 63, DIED LAST THURSDAY, FOLLOWING A 3 OR 4 YEAR BATTLE WITH CANCER. HE WAS THE EXTENSION DIRECTOR FOR JACKSON COUNTY UNTIL EARLIER THIS YEAR. STARTED THE JOB IN 1997.
SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, JOAN AND TWO SONS. STARTED THE MASTER GARDNERS PROGRAM IN JACKSON COUNTY.
HE WAS IN THE AIR FORCE AFTER COLLEGE, THEN PRACTICED LAW AND WENT WITH IOWA EXTENSION IN THE 90'S.
WAS WELL LIKED BY THE 4-H KIDS AND LEADERS.
WILMER LARY, 91, DIED MONDAY AT THE LOCAL HOSPTIAL. WELL KNOW AG DEALER IN DELMAR. AVID GOLFER
TOO. HIS BUSINESS, FARMERS SUPPLY COMPANY, IS BEING RUN BY HIS SON, JOHN.
RETIRING MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL GUIDANCE COUNSELOR, OWEN THORSON, 30 YEARS IN MAQUOKETA, IS THE
MAQUOKETA ROTARY "CITIZEN OF THE WEEK". STARTING TOMORROW, YOU CAN GO TO THE ROTARY WEB SITE AND SEE A PICTURE AND READ ABOUT HIS CAREER. www.maquoketa-rotary.org
DAVE RETTIG WAS THE GUEST SPEAKER AT THE MAQUOKETA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MONTHLY LUNCH TODAY AT THE COUNTRY CLUB. HE IS SON OF DARREL AND SHARON AND THE HARVARD GRAD HAS JOINED THE FAMILY BUSINESS AS CEO. THEY HAVE A HUGE EGG BUSINESS, LOCATED IN NORTHWESTERN IOWA AND WITH OFFICES HERE IN MAQUOKETA.
DARREL HAS BEEN IN THE BUSINESS MOST OF HIS LIFE AND SHARON HAS HER OWN CAREER AS AN INVESTMENT BROKER HERE IN TOWN.
MISSY GERLACH, A SENIOR AT MCHS, HAS BEEN AWARDED A $2,000 SCHOLARSHIP FROM THE GRAND LODGE OF IOWA.
SHE WAS ONE OF 60 IOWA HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS SELECTED TO RECEIVE A SCHOLARSHIP FROM THE 890 APPLICANTS.
FOUR CANDIDATES FOR HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL HAVE BEEN INTERVIEWED. THEY WILL BE CUT TO TWO AND IT IS HOPED THOSE TWO NAMES CAN BE NAMED NEXT MONDAY NIGHT. ONE OF THOSE WILL START WORK THIS SUMMER.
LELAND G. KROLIC, AGE 83, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED LAST FRIDAY. HE FIRST TRAVELED ACROSS AMERICA WITH A CARNIVAL AND THEN WORKED AT VARIOUS JOBS IN MAQUOKETA. HE IS SURVIVED BY 7 CHILDREN...JOHN OF DALLAS, GA....SALLY OF DES MOINES....MARY OF DUBUQUE.....RUTH OF DES MOINES.....RALPH OF DES MOINES....SUSAN OF BERNARD.....AND EDNA OF DES MOINES.
THANKS FOR THE VISIT.
DENNIS VOY
Friday, April 23, 2004
PARTY SUNNY DAY....60 DEGREE WEATHER THESE DAYS.
A TORNADO HIT DELMAR EARLIER THIS WEEK, WITH MOST DAMAGE AT ONE
FARM WEST OF DELMAR. NO ONE INJURED.
THE CITY COUNCIL AT A "COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE" MEETING LAST NIGHT
(NOT A MEETING WHERE A VOTE COULD BE TAKEN) AGREED TO PUT
$1.5 MILLION DOLLARS TOWARD THE ARC PROJECT, CONSISTING OF A
NEW INDOOR POOL, GYM, EXERCISE WALKWAY AND WORKOUT AREA.
THE TOTAL COST WILL BE $5 MILLION. MOST CALLERS THIS MORNING
ON KMAQ'S "JUST TALK" SHOW WERE AGAINST THE CITY DOING THIS.
I'VE ALWAYS SAID, ITS A BAD IDEA FOR A BAD LOCATION. BUT, WE'LL SEE AND I'LL KEEP YOU POSTED.
GOT A NICE EMAIL FROM FORMER MAQUOKETA RESIDENT, JOHN EGLI.
WORKED IN LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THEN RETIRED FROM THE IOWA DOT.
NOT SURE WHERE THEY ARE LIVING NOW, BUT THINK IT IS IN WASHINGTON, IOWA. WHAT PROMPTED HIS EMAIL WAS THE STORY ABOUT THE JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT PLAN TO ADD A DOG FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT. HE SAID HIS SON, PAUL, IS A K-NINE OFFICER IN FRANKLIN, TENNESSEE. AND HIS DOG RECENTLY RETIRED, AND HE IS WORKING WITH HIS SECOND DOG NOW. JOHN SAYS HE HOPES THEY GET THE DOG IN JACKSON COUNTY. BY THE WAY, THEY ARE TAKING DONATIONS TO GET THE DOG...AND CHECKS CAN BE MADE OUT TO THE JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND SEND TO THE LAW ENFORCEMENT CENTER, MAQUOKETA, IOWA, 52060.
JUST MARK ON THE CHECK THAT IT IS FOR THE DOG FUND.
THE MAQUOKETA LIBRARY IS MISSING 108 VHS TAPES AND WANTS THEM BACK.
IT COST NOTHING TO CHECK OUT MOVIES. THOSE MISSING ARE VALUED AT ABOUT $1,800.....MOSTLY CLASSIC FILMS. APPARENTLY THEY HAVE PUT IN PLACE A BETTER SYSTEM TO PREVENT HIS FROM HAPPENING AGAIN.
JACKSON COUNTY PUBLIC HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATOR CURT COLEMAN HAS RECEIVED A STATE HONOR. THE IOWA HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION AT THEIR BIG MEETING IN DES MOINES WEDNESDAY NIGHT, GAVE COLEMAN THE YOUNG EXECUTIVE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD.
ALBERTA TRACY, AGE 88, OF MAQUOKETA DIED MONDAY AT FINLEY HOSPITAL IN DUBUQUE. SHE WAS A HOMEMAKER. SURVIVED BY 5 CHILDREN, INCLUDING RON TRACY OF MAQUOKETA AND MARY JO WILLIAMS OF MAQUOKETA AND A STEP-SON, DYLON TRACY OF MAQUOKETA.
RONALD "RON" FRICK, 51, OF MAQUOKETA DIED SUDDENLY MONDAY AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. HE WORKED FOR THE PACIFIC COAST FEATHER COMPANY AND ALSO HIDE-CO IN MAQUOKETA AND RECENTLY WORKED AS A PART-TIME JANITOR FOR THE SCHOOLS. HE WAS A VIETMAN VET (US NAVY) AND IS
SURVIVED BY HIS MOTHER, MAXINE FRICK AND 1 SISTER.
RUTH EVELYN KUPER, AGE 79, OF BELLEVUE DIED MONDAY. SURVIVORS INCLUDE A SON, WILLIAM OF MAQUOKETA.
JACK JONES, MANAGER OF THE VOY THEATRES SINCE 1975, IS CELEBRATING THE BIG 5-0 TODAY. HAPPY BIRTHDAY JACK.
A GIRL BORN YESTERDAY IN MINNESOTA TO JIM AND SARAH MONNER OF ROBBINSDALE, MINNESOTA. THE GRANDPARENTS ARE JOHN AND JOYCE MONNER OF MAQUOKETA.
HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
A TORNADO HIT DELMAR EARLIER THIS WEEK, WITH MOST DAMAGE AT ONE
FARM WEST OF DELMAR. NO ONE INJURED.
THE CITY COUNCIL AT A "COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE" MEETING LAST NIGHT
(NOT A MEETING WHERE A VOTE COULD BE TAKEN) AGREED TO PUT
$1.5 MILLION DOLLARS TOWARD THE ARC PROJECT, CONSISTING OF A
NEW INDOOR POOL, GYM, EXERCISE WALKWAY AND WORKOUT AREA.
THE TOTAL COST WILL BE $5 MILLION. MOST CALLERS THIS MORNING
ON KMAQ'S "JUST TALK" SHOW WERE AGAINST THE CITY DOING THIS.
I'VE ALWAYS SAID, ITS A BAD IDEA FOR A BAD LOCATION. BUT, WE'LL SEE AND I'LL KEEP YOU POSTED.
GOT A NICE EMAIL FROM FORMER MAQUOKETA RESIDENT, JOHN EGLI.
WORKED IN LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THEN RETIRED FROM THE IOWA DOT.
NOT SURE WHERE THEY ARE LIVING NOW, BUT THINK IT IS IN WASHINGTON, IOWA. WHAT PROMPTED HIS EMAIL WAS THE STORY ABOUT THE JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT PLAN TO ADD A DOG FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT. HE SAID HIS SON, PAUL, IS A K-NINE OFFICER IN FRANKLIN, TENNESSEE. AND HIS DOG RECENTLY RETIRED, AND HE IS WORKING WITH HIS SECOND DOG NOW. JOHN SAYS HE HOPES THEY GET THE DOG IN JACKSON COUNTY. BY THE WAY, THEY ARE TAKING DONATIONS TO GET THE DOG...AND CHECKS CAN BE MADE OUT TO THE JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND SEND TO THE LAW ENFORCEMENT CENTER, MAQUOKETA, IOWA, 52060.
JUST MARK ON THE CHECK THAT IT IS FOR THE DOG FUND.
THE MAQUOKETA LIBRARY IS MISSING 108 VHS TAPES AND WANTS THEM BACK.
IT COST NOTHING TO CHECK OUT MOVIES. THOSE MISSING ARE VALUED AT ABOUT $1,800.....MOSTLY CLASSIC FILMS. APPARENTLY THEY HAVE PUT IN PLACE A BETTER SYSTEM TO PREVENT HIS FROM HAPPENING AGAIN.
JACKSON COUNTY PUBLIC HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATOR CURT COLEMAN HAS RECEIVED A STATE HONOR. THE IOWA HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION AT THEIR BIG MEETING IN DES MOINES WEDNESDAY NIGHT, GAVE COLEMAN THE YOUNG EXECUTIVE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD.
ALBERTA TRACY, AGE 88, OF MAQUOKETA DIED MONDAY AT FINLEY HOSPITAL IN DUBUQUE. SHE WAS A HOMEMAKER. SURVIVED BY 5 CHILDREN, INCLUDING RON TRACY OF MAQUOKETA AND MARY JO WILLIAMS OF MAQUOKETA AND A STEP-SON, DYLON TRACY OF MAQUOKETA.
RONALD "RON" FRICK, 51, OF MAQUOKETA DIED SUDDENLY MONDAY AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. HE WORKED FOR THE PACIFIC COAST FEATHER COMPANY AND ALSO HIDE-CO IN MAQUOKETA AND RECENTLY WORKED AS A PART-TIME JANITOR FOR THE SCHOOLS. HE WAS A VIETMAN VET (US NAVY) AND IS
SURVIVED BY HIS MOTHER, MAXINE FRICK AND 1 SISTER.
RUTH EVELYN KUPER, AGE 79, OF BELLEVUE DIED MONDAY. SURVIVORS INCLUDE A SON, WILLIAM OF MAQUOKETA.
JACK JONES, MANAGER OF THE VOY THEATRES SINCE 1975, IS CELEBRATING THE BIG 5-0 TODAY. HAPPY BIRTHDAY JACK.
A GIRL BORN YESTERDAY IN MINNESOTA TO JIM AND SARAH MONNER OF ROBBINSDALE, MINNESOTA. THE GRANDPARENTS ARE JOHN AND JOYCE MONNER OF MAQUOKETA.
HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
Monday, April 19, 2004
WARM, VERY WARM, OVER WEEKEND...COOLER TODAY...SUNSHINE AND CLOSE TO 60.
ONE CAR ACCIDENT FRIDAY NIGHT ABOUT 11.....OVER A MILE EAST OF MAQUOKETA ON 233RD AVENUE AND 32ND STREET. NICHOLAS CROUCH, 18, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS CHARGED WITH DRIVING WHILE LICENSE SUSPENDED, FAILURE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL AND POSSESSION OF ALCOHOL UNDER AGE. HE WAS DRIVING AND LOST CONTROL, WENT INTO THE OPPOSITE DITCH AND ROLLED...COMING TO REST ON THE SIDE OF CAR. A PASSENGER, DEBRA CALLISON, AGE 15, WAS TAKEN TO LOCAL HOSPITAL AND ANOTHER PASSENGER, ZACHARY BOWLING, REFUSED TREATMENT. DAMAGES LISTED AT $5,000 TO CROUCH'S 95 CHEVY.
DISTRICT COURT NEWS: A FORMER EMPLOYEE OF THE SINCLAIR STATION ON EAST PLATT IN MAQUOKETA, JULIE KUNDE, 41, OF OXFORD JUNCTION, WAS CHARGED WITH TAKING NEARLY $5,000 FORM THE BUSINESS. SHE WAS ARRESTED FRIDAY AND WAS PLACED IN JAIL WITH A $32,500 CASH BOND.
ABOUT 90 PEOPLE PARTICIPATED IN THE FIRST TRIVIA DAY YESTERDAY AT THE FAIGROUNDS, SPONSORED BY THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND THE FAIRBOARD.
THE CLARK TEAM WON FIRST PLACE. ANOTHER WILL BE HELD ON MAY 23RD, AGAIN AT THE FAIRGROUNDS.
CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.
NO DEATHS OR BIRTHS.
THE ROTARY CLUB "CITIZEN OF THE WEEK" IS ST. REP. BOB OSTERHAUS, WHO IS COMPLETING HIS 9TH AND FINAL SESSION IN DES MOINES THIS WEEK. A PICTURE AND STORY ON HIM IS ON THE ROTARY WEB SITE...www.maquoketa-rotary.org.
ALSO ON THE SITE, SOME OTHER INTERESTING ENTRIES, INCLUDING A STORY ON
BEL TUBBS AND A NEW COLOR PICTURE OF ONE OF THE 3,500 ROTARY DUCKS SET TO RACE ON JUNE 21ST.
BY THE WAY, STOCK CAR RACING STARTED WITH A BIG CROWD THIS PAST SATURDAY NIGHT.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
ONE CAR ACCIDENT FRIDAY NIGHT ABOUT 11.....OVER A MILE EAST OF MAQUOKETA ON 233RD AVENUE AND 32ND STREET. NICHOLAS CROUCH, 18, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS CHARGED WITH DRIVING WHILE LICENSE SUSPENDED, FAILURE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL AND POSSESSION OF ALCOHOL UNDER AGE. HE WAS DRIVING AND LOST CONTROL, WENT INTO THE OPPOSITE DITCH AND ROLLED...COMING TO REST ON THE SIDE OF CAR. A PASSENGER, DEBRA CALLISON, AGE 15, WAS TAKEN TO LOCAL HOSPITAL AND ANOTHER PASSENGER, ZACHARY BOWLING, REFUSED TREATMENT. DAMAGES LISTED AT $5,000 TO CROUCH'S 95 CHEVY.
DISTRICT COURT NEWS: A FORMER EMPLOYEE OF THE SINCLAIR STATION ON EAST PLATT IN MAQUOKETA, JULIE KUNDE, 41, OF OXFORD JUNCTION, WAS CHARGED WITH TAKING NEARLY $5,000 FORM THE BUSINESS. SHE WAS ARRESTED FRIDAY AND WAS PLACED IN JAIL WITH A $32,500 CASH BOND.
ABOUT 90 PEOPLE PARTICIPATED IN THE FIRST TRIVIA DAY YESTERDAY AT THE FAIGROUNDS, SPONSORED BY THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND THE FAIRBOARD.
THE CLARK TEAM WON FIRST PLACE. ANOTHER WILL BE HELD ON MAY 23RD, AGAIN AT THE FAIRGROUNDS.
CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.
NO DEATHS OR BIRTHS.
THE ROTARY CLUB "CITIZEN OF THE WEEK" IS ST. REP. BOB OSTERHAUS, WHO IS COMPLETING HIS 9TH AND FINAL SESSION IN DES MOINES THIS WEEK. A PICTURE AND STORY ON HIM IS ON THE ROTARY WEB SITE...www.maquoketa-rotary.org.
ALSO ON THE SITE, SOME OTHER INTERESTING ENTRIES, INCLUDING A STORY ON
BEL TUBBS AND A NEW COLOR PICTURE OF ONE OF THE 3,500 ROTARY DUCKS SET TO RACE ON JUNE 21ST.
BY THE WAY, STOCK CAR RACING STARTED WITH A BIG CROWD THIS PAST SATURDAY NIGHT.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
Friday, April 16, 2004
88 TODAY, A NEW RECORD. OLD RECORD OF 85 SET IN 1896 IN MAQUOKETA.
FAITH COMMUNITY CHURCH ON SUMMIT STREET NEAR THE HIGH SCHOOL, HAS STARTED WORK ON A TWO STORY MULTI-PURPOSE ADDITION TO THE CHURCH.
DENNIS KLOFT, 50, OF MAQUOKETA DIED THIS MORNING AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL AFTER A LONG BATTLE WITH CANCER. HE WORKED AT CATAPILAR PLANTS IN THE QUAD CITIES AND PONTIAC, ILLINOIS AND RETIRED IN 2003. HE IS SURVIVED BY 2 SONS, JASON OF CEDAR RAPIDS AND RYAN OF BELLEVUE, HIS MOTHER MARIAN OF MAQUOKETA AND 4 BROTHERS...DAVID, DARWIN, AND DUANE OF MAQUOKETA AND DEAN OF DELMAR.
MAQUOKETA'S 4-TIME STATE MEDALIST DANE PAPE WILL WRESTLE IN COLLEGE AT IOWA, FULLFILLING A DREAM OF HIS. HIS BROTHER COLE ALSO WRESTLES FOR THE HAWKEYES AND IS A JUNIOR.
HAPPY 80TH BIRTHDAY TODAY TO MAXINE O'CONNELL OF MAQUOKETA. SHE HAS 8 CHILDREN AND 21 GRANDCHILDREN.
HAPPY 49TH ANNIVERSARY TODAY TO RON AND SHIRLEY MILLER IN MESA, ARIZONA.
HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
FAITH COMMUNITY CHURCH ON SUMMIT STREET NEAR THE HIGH SCHOOL, HAS STARTED WORK ON A TWO STORY MULTI-PURPOSE ADDITION TO THE CHURCH.
DENNIS KLOFT, 50, OF MAQUOKETA DIED THIS MORNING AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL AFTER A LONG BATTLE WITH CANCER. HE WORKED AT CATAPILAR PLANTS IN THE QUAD CITIES AND PONTIAC, ILLINOIS AND RETIRED IN 2003. HE IS SURVIVED BY 2 SONS, JASON OF CEDAR RAPIDS AND RYAN OF BELLEVUE, HIS MOTHER MARIAN OF MAQUOKETA AND 4 BROTHERS...DAVID, DARWIN, AND DUANE OF MAQUOKETA AND DEAN OF DELMAR.
MAQUOKETA'S 4-TIME STATE MEDALIST DANE PAPE WILL WRESTLE IN COLLEGE AT IOWA, FULLFILLING A DREAM OF HIS. HIS BROTHER COLE ALSO WRESTLES FOR THE HAWKEYES AND IS A JUNIOR.
HAPPY 80TH BIRTHDAY TODAY TO MAXINE O'CONNELL OF MAQUOKETA. SHE HAS 8 CHILDREN AND 21 GRANDCHILDREN.
HAPPY 49TH ANNIVERSARY TODAY TO RON AND SHIRLEY MILLER IN MESA, ARIZONA.
HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
Thursday, April 15, 2004
TODAY'S HIGH WAS 76...
THIS IS PART 2 FOR TODAY, THURSDAY. DON'T FORGET TO READ THE FIRST THURSDAY
REPORT BELOW THIS ONE.
THE JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT IS LOOKING FOR DONATIONS TO GET A DOG TO HELP IN INVESTIGATIONS. THE DEPARTMENT WOULD LIKE TO ESTABLISH A CANINE UNIT. THE DOG WILL COST $15,000.
DARLENE BENNETT, 78, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED TUESDAY EVENING AT UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS.
SURVIVORS INCLUDE 4 CHILDREN, INCLUDING ROBIN BENNETT OF MAQUOKETA.
SHE WAS A FARMWIFE.
ROBERT "BOB" DRUM, 62, OF MAQUOKETA DIED YESTERDAY AT UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS.
HE WAS AN AUTO MECHANIC....WORKED FOR CARL'S DX AND LATER BARTEN AUTO AND ALSO DID CONSTRUCTION WORK AND WAS A SEMI TRUCK DRIVER. SURIVORS INCLUDE 4 CHILDREN, INCLUDING WENDY MANG OF MAQUOKETA AND RON RIORDAN OF MAQUOKETA. ALSO A SISTER IN MAQUOKETA, CONNIE CRESSEY.
THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS TENNIS TEAM DEFEATED MT. VERNON YESTERDAY, 9 TO 0.
HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.
DENNIS VOY
THIS IS PART 2 FOR TODAY, THURSDAY. DON'T FORGET TO READ THE FIRST THURSDAY
REPORT BELOW THIS ONE.
THE JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT IS LOOKING FOR DONATIONS TO GET A DOG TO HELP IN INVESTIGATIONS. THE DEPARTMENT WOULD LIKE TO ESTABLISH A CANINE UNIT. THE DOG WILL COST $15,000.
DARLENE BENNETT, 78, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED TUESDAY EVENING AT UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS.
SURVIVORS INCLUDE 4 CHILDREN, INCLUDING ROBIN BENNETT OF MAQUOKETA.
SHE WAS A FARMWIFE.
ROBERT "BOB" DRUM, 62, OF MAQUOKETA DIED YESTERDAY AT UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS.
HE WAS AN AUTO MECHANIC....WORKED FOR CARL'S DX AND LATER BARTEN AUTO AND ALSO DID CONSTRUCTION WORK AND WAS A SEMI TRUCK DRIVER. SURIVORS INCLUDE 4 CHILDREN, INCLUDING WENDY MANG OF MAQUOKETA AND RON RIORDAN OF MAQUOKETA. ALSO A SISTER IN MAQUOKETA, CONNIE CRESSEY.
THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS TENNIS TEAM DEFEATED MT. VERNON YESTERDAY, 9 TO 0.
HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.
DENNIS VOY
PARTLY SUNNY, WINDY AND IN THE 70'S TODAY.
THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOR JACKSON COUNTY DROPPED A LITTLE IN MARCH.
IT WAS THEN AT 7.8 PERCENT, DOWN FROM 8.1 IN FEBRUARY AND 9 A YEAR AGO MARCH.
THE JACKSON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY ANNUAL "VOLUNTEERS" LUNCHEON WAS HELD OVER THE NOON HOUR TODAY AT THE MAQUOKETA COUNTRY CLUB AND I WAS THERE.
FLANKED BY JEAN BUCHNER TO MY LEFT AND KELLY GERLACH TO MY RIGHT. JEAN IS
THE WIDOW OF LONGTIME MAQUOKETA PHARMACIST JIM BUCHNER AND IS A VERY TALENTED VOLUNTEER FOR THE MUSEUM, ESPECIALLY HER ART ABILITIES. SHE HAS DONE BARN, SCHOOL AND CHURCH PAINTINGS LOVED BY EVERYONE. SHE'LL BE 85 THIS NOVEMBER BUT LOOKS AND ACTS LIKE SOMEONE DECADES YOUNGER. GREAT GAL.
KELLY IS A DARN GOOD WRITER FOR THE MAQUOKETA SENTINEL PRESS AND WAS BORN AND RAISED IN THE SPRAGUEVILLE AREA AND GRADUATED FROM BELLEVUE HIGH SCHOOL.
ANYWAY, BACK TO THE LUNCHEON. THE EMCEE WAS ASHER SCHROEDER, WHO IS
PRESIDENT OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY. HE READ THE NAMES OF THE MANY FROM THE COUNTY THAT VOLUNTEER THEIR SERVICES OFTEN DURING THE YEAR, MOSTLY AS WORKERS AT THE MUSEUM ON THE MAQUOKETA FAIGROUNDS. AND .. AGAIN THIS YEAR, THE TUBBS FAMILY TOOK THE OCCASSION TO NAME THE "GRACE TUBBS MEMORIAL SUMMIT" AWARD WINNER. THIS YEAR'S ANNUAL VOLUNTEER TUBBS AWARD WAS GIVEN BY STEVE TUBBS AND WAS PRESENTED TO, ASHER SCHROEDER. ASHER IS A 1942 GRADUATE OF MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL AND SERVED IN THE U.S. ARMY FROM AFTER, FROM 1942 TO 1945. IT WAS IN 1945 THAT HE WAS WOUNDED AND TAKEN AS A PRISONER OF WAR. HE WAS LIBERATED AFTER 5 MONTHS AND THEN LEFT THE SERVICE TO ATTEND, AND GRADUATE WITH A LAW DEGREE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA IN 1950. HE PRACTICED LAW IN MAQUOKETA FROM 1950 TO 1967 AND THEN WENT ON TO BE A U.S. AND FEDERAL ATTORNEY UNTIL RETIREMENT IN 1987. HE CAME BACK TO LIVE IN MAQUOKETA THEN AND HAS BEEN ACTIVE IN THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY, ROTARY CLUB AND THE DOMOCRATIC PARTY EVER SINCE. HIS WIFE DIED ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO. HE HAS 3 SONS AND THEY SURPRISED HIM AND ATTENDED THE EVENT TODAY. THE YOUNGEST, DAVID, IS ATTENDED CLARK COLLEGE IN DUBUQUE. AND THE MIDDLE SON, JOHN, IS THE COUNTY ATTORNEY FOR KEOKUK COUNTY. THE OLDEST SON, BILL, WORKS FOR THE STATE OF IOWA LICENSE DIVISION AND LIVES IN ANKENY. ASHER HAS 3 GRANDCHILDREN, PLUS 1 ON THE WAY AND ALSO HAS A GREAT GRANDCHILD. HIS SON, JOHN SPOKE, AND SAID THE GREATEST PRIDE AND APPRECIATION ARISES FROM HIS DEDICATION AND DEVOTION TO FAMILY. HE SAID .. A LITTLE CHOKED UP... THAT DAD IS THE BEST OF US. HE IS WHAT WE OUGHT AND STRIVE TO BE. ED TUBBS GAVE ASHER A CRYSTAL CLOCK AND A CHECK FOR HIS FAVORITE ORGANIZATION IN THE AMOUNT OF $500. ASHER SAID HE WOULD IMMEDIATELY ENDORSE THE CHECK OVER THE THE
HISTORICAL SOCIETY. A NICE HONOR TODAY TO A NICE GUY AND MY FRIEND, ASHER
SCHROEDER. AT 78, HE'LL BE WORKING FOR THE BETTERMENT OF MAQUOKETA FOR
ANOTHER 10 YEARS AT LEAST. THIS WAS THE 6TH YEAR FOR THE "GRACE TUBBS MEMORIAL AWARD". I KNOW..THIS WAS A LITTLE LONGER THAN NORMAL FOR THIS REPORT...BUT WELL DESERVED.
HAVE TO GO AND DO THE BINGO SHOW NOW...AND WILL HAVE A SHORT ADDITIONAL REPORT AT ABOUT 6 TONIGHT, SO COME BACK THEN.
DENNIS VOY
THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOR JACKSON COUNTY DROPPED A LITTLE IN MARCH.
IT WAS THEN AT 7.8 PERCENT, DOWN FROM 8.1 IN FEBRUARY AND 9 A YEAR AGO MARCH.
THE JACKSON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY ANNUAL "VOLUNTEERS" LUNCHEON WAS HELD OVER THE NOON HOUR TODAY AT THE MAQUOKETA COUNTRY CLUB AND I WAS THERE.
FLANKED BY JEAN BUCHNER TO MY LEFT AND KELLY GERLACH TO MY RIGHT. JEAN IS
THE WIDOW OF LONGTIME MAQUOKETA PHARMACIST JIM BUCHNER AND IS A VERY TALENTED VOLUNTEER FOR THE MUSEUM, ESPECIALLY HER ART ABILITIES. SHE HAS DONE BARN, SCHOOL AND CHURCH PAINTINGS LOVED BY EVERYONE. SHE'LL BE 85 THIS NOVEMBER BUT LOOKS AND ACTS LIKE SOMEONE DECADES YOUNGER. GREAT GAL.
KELLY IS A DARN GOOD WRITER FOR THE MAQUOKETA SENTINEL PRESS AND WAS BORN AND RAISED IN THE SPRAGUEVILLE AREA AND GRADUATED FROM BELLEVUE HIGH SCHOOL.
ANYWAY, BACK TO THE LUNCHEON. THE EMCEE WAS ASHER SCHROEDER, WHO IS
PRESIDENT OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY. HE READ THE NAMES OF THE MANY FROM THE COUNTY THAT VOLUNTEER THEIR SERVICES OFTEN DURING THE YEAR, MOSTLY AS WORKERS AT THE MUSEUM ON THE MAQUOKETA FAIGROUNDS. AND .. AGAIN THIS YEAR, THE TUBBS FAMILY TOOK THE OCCASSION TO NAME THE "GRACE TUBBS MEMORIAL SUMMIT" AWARD WINNER. THIS YEAR'S ANNUAL VOLUNTEER TUBBS AWARD WAS GIVEN BY STEVE TUBBS AND WAS PRESENTED TO, ASHER SCHROEDER. ASHER IS A 1942 GRADUATE OF MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL AND SERVED IN THE U.S. ARMY FROM AFTER, FROM 1942 TO 1945. IT WAS IN 1945 THAT HE WAS WOUNDED AND TAKEN AS A PRISONER OF WAR. HE WAS LIBERATED AFTER 5 MONTHS AND THEN LEFT THE SERVICE TO ATTEND, AND GRADUATE WITH A LAW DEGREE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA IN 1950. HE PRACTICED LAW IN MAQUOKETA FROM 1950 TO 1967 AND THEN WENT ON TO BE A U.S. AND FEDERAL ATTORNEY UNTIL RETIREMENT IN 1987. HE CAME BACK TO LIVE IN MAQUOKETA THEN AND HAS BEEN ACTIVE IN THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY, ROTARY CLUB AND THE DOMOCRATIC PARTY EVER SINCE. HIS WIFE DIED ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO. HE HAS 3 SONS AND THEY SURPRISED HIM AND ATTENDED THE EVENT TODAY. THE YOUNGEST, DAVID, IS ATTENDED CLARK COLLEGE IN DUBUQUE. AND THE MIDDLE SON, JOHN, IS THE COUNTY ATTORNEY FOR KEOKUK COUNTY. THE OLDEST SON, BILL, WORKS FOR THE STATE OF IOWA LICENSE DIVISION AND LIVES IN ANKENY. ASHER HAS 3 GRANDCHILDREN, PLUS 1 ON THE WAY AND ALSO HAS A GREAT GRANDCHILD. HIS SON, JOHN SPOKE, AND SAID THE GREATEST PRIDE AND APPRECIATION ARISES FROM HIS DEDICATION AND DEVOTION TO FAMILY. HE SAID .. A LITTLE CHOKED UP... THAT DAD IS THE BEST OF US. HE IS WHAT WE OUGHT AND STRIVE TO BE. ED TUBBS GAVE ASHER A CRYSTAL CLOCK AND A CHECK FOR HIS FAVORITE ORGANIZATION IN THE AMOUNT OF $500. ASHER SAID HE WOULD IMMEDIATELY ENDORSE THE CHECK OVER THE THE
HISTORICAL SOCIETY. A NICE HONOR TODAY TO A NICE GUY AND MY FRIEND, ASHER
SCHROEDER. AT 78, HE'LL BE WORKING FOR THE BETTERMENT OF MAQUOKETA FOR
ANOTHER 10 YEARS AT LEAST. THIS WAS THE 6TH YEAR FOR THE "GRACE TUBBS MEMORIAL AWARD". I KNOW..THIS WAS A LITTLE LONGER THAN NORMAL FOR THIS REPORT...BUT WELL DESERVED.
HAVE TO GO AND DO THE BINGO SHOW NOW...AND WILL HAVE A SHORT ADDITIONAL REPORT AT ABOUT 6 TONIGHT, SO COME BACK THEN.
DENNIS VOY
Wednesday, April 14, 2004
SUNNY AND AROUND 70 TODAY.
MAQUOKETA ASSISTANT POLICE CHIEF CRAIG JACKSON HAS BEEN NAMED INTERIM CHIEF, AND WILL HAVE THE TITLE UNTIL A NEW CHIEF HAS BEEN NAMED.
RETIRED CHIEF BOB ANDERSEN IS THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY "CITIZEN OF THE WEEK".
A PICTURE AND STORY APPEARS AT www.maquoketa-rotary.org.
LAST WEEK'S "CITIZEN OF THE WEEK" WAS DOUG LARSON, WHO HAS RETIRED FROM THE FARM SERVICE AGENCY OFFICE IN MAQUOKETA. YOU CAN SEE PICTURE AND STORY ON HIM BY CLICKING TO PAST "CITIZENS". GO TO STORY ON BOB ANDERSEN, AND AT THE BOTTOM OF THAT STORY, IS THE PLACE TO "CLICK" TO ALL HONORED BEFORE THIS WEEK.
STOCK CAR RACING STARTS THIS SATURDAY NIGHT IN MAQUOKETA. HOT LAPS ATA 5 P.M. AND THE FIRST RACE AT 6 P.M.
THERE HAVE BEEN 48 APPLICATIONS FOR THE JOB OF HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL IN MAQUOKETA. THEY HOPE TO HIRE AND HAVE THE PERSON WORKING BY AUGUST 1ST.
VERL HOWELL ROLLED A 300 GAME AT TIMBER LANES MONDAY NIGHT IN THE BEST LEAGUE IN TOWN. BEST GAME BEFORE FOR HIM WAS A 289. HE'S A SALESMAN FOR ROTMAN MOTORS.
LILLIE ANDERSEN, 98, OF BALDWIN, DIED MONDAY MORNING AT HER HOME.
SURVIVORS INCLUDE A DAUGHTER IN MAQUOKETA, MARIE MILLER.
GIB HANSEN, AGE 90, OF MAQUOKETA, FORMERLY OF GOOSE LAKE, DIED YESTERDAY AT CRESTRIDGE NURSING HOME. HIS SPEICIAL FRIEND IN MAQUOKETA WAS HELEN KINRADE.
ROMER'S BAKERY IS NOW "SWEET THINGS BAKERY". NEW SIGN PUT UP THIS WEEK
BY MAQUOKETA'S POPULAR SIGN MAN JIM GERONZIN. LONG TIME SIGN MAN LARRY HAGER AND WIFE MOVED TO THE QUAD CITIES.
IF YOU WANT TO COME TO MAQUOKETA TO OPEN UP A RESTAURANT, THE FORMER KFC BUILDING IS FOR SALE FOR $79,000. CHEAP! BIG LOT....LOTS OF PARKING....GOOD WOODED VIEW TO NORTH....HIGHLY VISABLE FROM 4-LANE 61....BIG SIGN OUT FRONT....RIGHT NEXT TO HEAVY TRAFFIC GENERATOR, "PIZZA HUT"....AND AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY. COULD BE USED FOR MANY OTHER BUSINESSES. CHEAPER THAN RENTING. RUHL AND RUHL IN MAQUOKETA HAS THE LISTING, VI YEAGER, REALTOR.
HOW DID THIS MAKE MY DAILY REPORT? DEAN TILTON AND I HAVE IT FOR SALE!
MAQUOKETA BOY'S GOLF TEAM BEAT WEST DUBUQUE YESTERDAY ON THE LOCAL MAQUOKETA COUNTRY CLUB COURSE....156 TO 176. CO-MEDALISTS WERE CARDINALS STEVE FERGUSON AND JACK OSTERHAUS, WITH 37'S. AND, THE MAQUOKETA GIRL'S
GOLF TEAM ALSO WON YESTERDAY AT HIDDEN HILLS COURSE, BEATING PLEASANT VALLEY, 165 TO 181. BROOKE DAVIS WAS MEDALIST WITH A 37. NIKKI GOODELL SHOT AT 40 AND JORDAN DAVIS, A 41.
KMAQ ANNOUNCER JIM SAUNDERS BROKE A BONE JUST BELOW HIS KNEE IN A FREAK FALL AT HIS HOME LAST WEEK AND TODAY WAS RELEASED FROM FINLEY HOSPITAL IN DUBUQUE. HAD TO HAVE A PLATE PUT IN AND WILL BE GONE FOR A COUPLE MORE WEEKS. EVERYONE HAS TO FILL IN FOR HIM THESE DAYS.
WE NOW HAVE A "PAST EMPLOYEE OF KMAQ" GUEST BOOK. IF YOU EVER WORKED FOR KMAQ, GO TO THE KMAQ HOME PAGE, CLICK TO "MEET THE STAFF" AND AT THE BOTTOM OF PAGE, YOU CAN GO TO THE GUEST BOOK. THE BOOK DOESN'T TAKE LONG MESSAGES AT THIS TIME, BUT WE PLAN TO GET A DIFFERENT ONE THAT WILL TAKE ENTRIES OF ANY LENGTH.
MILDRED BOCK, 91, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED APRIL 8TH AT LOCAL HOSPITAL.
SURVIVORS INCLUDE 2 DAUGHTERS, MARLIS OF MARSHALLTOWN AND BEVERLY OF CHURCHVIEW, VIRGINIA AND ONE SON, BLAINE BOCK OF MAQUOKETA.
TALKED TO ST. REP. BOB OSTERHAUS THIS MORNING ON PHONE FROM CAPITOL IN DES MOINES. THE HOUSE WAS IN SESSION UNTIL 12:40 THIS MORNING. HE SAYS THE HOUSE MAY ADJOURN THIS FRIDAY, BUT COULD GO INTO NEXT WEEK. LAST WEEK, HIS PIERS "ROASTED" HIM AND TWO OTHER RETIRING HOUSE MEMBERS AT A DES MOINES HOTEL DINNER. I MENT TO GET TO IT, BUT HAD TO SKIP IT.
RUMOR HAS IT, THE "FAREWAY" STORE IS LOOKNG FOR LAND ON PLATT STREET FOR A NEW STORE TO REPLACE THEIR OLD ONE DOWNTOWN.
THE ST. LOUIS CARDINALS JUST LOST 11 TO 1 TO HOUSTON AND SO FAR, THE CARDS ARE OFF TO A BAD START. GAME WAS JUST ON KMAQ-FM.
THAT'S IT FOR TODAY.
MORE TOMORROW, MAYBE. I'M REALLY BUSY, BUSY, BUSY.
DENNIS VOY
MAQUOKETA ASSISTANT POLICE CHIEF CRAIG JACKSON HAS BEEN NAMED INTERIM CHIEF, AND WILL HAVE THE TITLE UNTIL A NEW CHIEF HAS BEEN NAMED.
RETIRED CHIEF BOB ANDERSEN IS THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY "CITIZEN OF THE WEEK".
A PICTURE AND STORY APPEARS AT www.maquoketa-rotary.org.
LAST WEEK'S "CITIZEN OF THE WEEK" WAS DOUG LARSON, WHO HAS RETIRED FROM THE FARM SERVICE AGENCY OFFICE IN MAQUOKETA. YOU CAN SEE PICTURE AND STORY ON HIM BY CLICKING TO PAST "CITIZENS". GO TO STORY ON BOB ANDERSEN, AND AT THE BOTTOM OF THAT STORY, IS THE PLACE TO "CLICK" TO ALL HONORED BEFORE THIS WEEK.
STOCK CAR RACING STARTS THIS SATURDAY NIGHT IN MAQUOKETA. HOT LAPS ATA 5 P.M. AND THE FIRST RACE AT 6 P.M.
THERE HAVE BEEN 48 APPLICATIONS FOR THE JOB OF HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL IN MAQUOKETA. THEY HOPE TO HIRE AND HAVE THE PERSON WORKING BY AUGUST 1ST.
VERL HOWELL ROLLED A 300 GAME AT TIMBER LANES MONDAY NIGHT IN THE BEST LEAGUE IN TOWN. BEST GAME BEFORE FOR HIM WAS A 289. HE'S A SALESMAN FOR ROTMAN MOTORS.
LILLIE ANDERSEN, 98, OF BALDWIN, DIED MONDAY MORNING AT HER HOME.
SURVIVORS INCLUDE A DAUGHTER IN MAQUOKETA, MARIE MILLER.
GIB HANSEN, AGE 90, OF MAQUOKETA, FORMERLY OF GOOSE LAKE, DIED YESTERDAY AT CRESTRIDGE NURSING HOME. HIS SPEICIAL FRIEND IN MAQUOKETA WAS HELEN KINRADE.
ROMER'S BAKERY IS NOW "SWEET THINGS BAKERY". NEW SIGN PUT UP THIS WEEK
BY MAQUOKETA'S POPULAR SIGN MAN JIM GERONZIN. LONG TIME SIGN MAN LARRY HAGER AND WIFE MOVED TO THE QUAD CITIES.
IF YOU WANT TO COME TO MAQUOKETA TO OPEN UP A RESTAURANT, THE FORMER KFC BUILDING IS FOR SALE FOR $79,000. CHEAP! BIG LOT....LOTS OF PARKING....GOOD WOODED VIEW TO NORTH....HIGHLY VISABLE FROM 4-LANE 61....BIG SIGN OUT FRONT....RIGHT NEXT TO HEAVY TRAFFIC GENERATOR, "PIZZA HUT"....AND AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY. COULD BE USED FOR MANY OTHER BUSINESSES. CHEAPER THAN RENTING. RUHL AND RUHL IN MAQUOKETA HAS THE LISTING, VI YEAGER, REALTOR.
HOW DID THIS MAKE MY DAILY REPORT? DEAN TILTON AND I HAVE IT FOR SALE!
MAQUOKETA BOY'S GOLF TEAM BEAT WEST DUBUQUE YESTERDAY ON THE LOCAL MAQUOKETA COUNTRY CLUB COURSE....156 TO 176. CO-MEDALISTS WERE CARDINALS STEVE FERGUSON AND JACK OSTERHAUS, WITH 37'S. AND, THE MAQUOKETA GIRL'S
GOLF TEAM ALSO WON YESTERDAY AT HIDDEN HILLS COURSE, BEATING PLEASANT VALLEY, 165 TO 181. BROOKE DAVIS WAS MEDALIST WITH A 37. NIKKI GOODELL SHOT AT 40 AND JORDAN DAVIS, A 41.
KMAQ ANNOUNCER JIM SAUNDERS BROKE A BONE JUST BELOW HIS KNEE IN A FREAK FALL AT HIS HOME LAST WEEK AND TODAY WAS RELEASED FROM FINLEY HOSPITAL IN DUBUQUE. HAD TO HAVE A PLATE PUT IN AND WILL BE GONE FOR A COUPLE MORE WEEKS. EVERYONE HAS TO FILL IN FOR HIM THESE DAYS.
WE NOW HAVE A "PAST EMPLOYEE OF KMAQ" GUEST BOOK. IF YOU EVER WORKED FOR KMAQ, GO TO THE KMAQ HOME PAGE, CLICK TO "MEET THE STAFF" AND AT THE BOTTOM OF PAGE, YOU CAN GO TO THE GUEST BOOK. THE BOOK DOESN'T TAKE LONG MESSAGES AT THIS TIME, BUT WE PLAN TO GET A DIFFERENT ONE THAT WILL TAKE ENTRIES OF ANY LENGTH.
MILDRED BOCK, 91, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED APRIL 8TH AT LOCAL HOSPITAL.
SURVIVORS INCLUDE 2 DAUGHTERS, MARLIS OF MARSHALLTOWN AND BEVERLY OF CHURCHVIEW, VIRGINIA AND ONE SON, BLAINE BOCK OF MAQUOKETA.
TALKED TO ST. REP. BOB OSTERHAUS THIS MORNING ON PHONE FROM CAPITOL IN DES MOINES. THE HOUSE WAS IN SESSION UNTIL 12:40 THIS MORNING. HE SAYS THE HOUSE MAY ADJOURN THIS FRIDAY, BUT COULD GO INTO NEXT WEEK. LAST WEEK, HIS PIERS "ROASTED" HIM AND TWO OTHER RETIRING HOUSE MEMBERS AT A DES MOINES HOTEL DINNER. I MENT TO GET TO IT, BUT HAD TO SKIP IT.
RUMOR HAS IT, THE "FAREWAY" STORE IS LOOKNG FOR LAND ON PLATT STREET FOR A NEW STORE TO REPLACE THEIR OLD ONE DOWNTOWN.
THE ST. LOUIS CARDINALS JUST LOST 11 TO 1 TO HOUSTON AND SO FAR, THE CARDS ARE OFF TO A BAD START. GAME WAS JUST ON KMAQ-FM.
THAT'S IT FOR TODAY.
MORE TOMORROW, MAYBE. I'M REALLY BUSY, BUSY, BUSY.
DENNIS VOY
Friday, April 09, 2004
Monday, April 05, 2004
NICE TODAY..SUNNY AND IN THE 60'S.
CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.
SCHOOL BOARD MEETING TONIGHT ALSO.
SO..WILL HAVE STORIES FROM BOTH OF THOSE FOR YOU THIS WEEK.
BETTY ZIRKELBACH CELEBRATED HER 85TH BIRTHDAY TODAY.
"WHOLLY SCRAP" BUSINESS IN MAQUOKETA MOVED OVER THE WEEKEND FROM NORTH MAIN STREET TO THE CORNER OF SOUTH MAIN AND PLEASANT STREETS, WHERE "THE BOOK DEPOT" WAS AND WHERE YEARS AGO, "RINGLEP HARDWARE" WAS.
THE "LAZY J" MOTEL IS CLOSED AND I HEARD HAS BEEN SOLD, BY TOM PECKOSH.
MORE LATER WHEN I GET THE FULL REPORT ON THIS.
THE LONGTIME OFFICE BUILDING OF DR. LEO BIEHL ON NORTH MAIN STREET
HAS BEEN SOLD. AGAIN, MORE LATER.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.
SCHOOL BOARD MEETING TONIGHT ALSO.
SO..WILL HAVE STORIES FROM BOTH OF THOSE FOR YOU THIS WEEK.
BETTY ZIRKELBACH CELEBRATED HER 85TH BIRTHDAY TODAY.
"WHOLLY SCRAP" BUSINESS IN MAQUOKETA MOVED OVER THE WEEKEND FROM NORTH MAIN STREET TO THE CORNER OF SOUTH MAIN AND PLEASANT STREETS, WHERE "THE BOOK DEPOT" WAS AND WHERE YEARS AGO, "RINGLEP HARDWARE" WAS.
THE "LAZY J" MOTEL IS CLOSED AND I HEARD HAS BEEN SOLD, BY TOM PECKOSH.
MORE LATER WHEN I GET THE FULL REPORT ON THIS.
THE LONGTIME OFFICE BUILDING OF DR. LEO BIEHL ON NORTH MAIN STREET
HAS BEEN SOLD. AGAIN, MORE LATER.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
Thursday, April 01, 2004
55 YESTERDAY, 53 TODAY AND LOOKING FOR 60-DEGREE WEATHER TOMORROW.
YESTERDAY WAS DEADLINE FOR FILING FOR COUNTY OFFICES. THERE WILL BE ONE NOVEMBER CONTEST IN JACKSON COUNTY. CURRENT REPUBLICAN SUPERVISOR DAVID KENDALL OF BELLEVUE WILL BE OPPOSED BY DEMOCRAT LARRY KOOS OF LAMOTTE.
BOTH COUNTY INCUMBENT AUDITOR MIKE COTTON AND COUNTY SHERIFF RUSS KETTMAN, A DEMOCRAT, WILL HAVE NO COMPETITION IN THE PRIMARY. COTTON IS FROM SABULA AND KETTMAN FROM BELLEVUE.
FIRECALL THIS MORNING AND THE RESIDENTS OF THE APARTMENT WERE EVACUATED AFTER SMOKE FILLED THE UPPER APARTMENT AT 112 S. ELIZA. ASST. FIRE CHIEF AL MUHLHAUSEN SAID SOMEONE WAS MOVING INTO THE APARTMENT. THE POWER HAD BEEN OFF AND THERE WERE ITEMS ON THE KITCHEN STOVE. WHEN THE POWER WAS TURNED ON IN THE APARTMENT, THE BURNER WAS ON AND CAUGHT MATERIALS ON FIRE, CAUSING THE SMOKE. THE APARTMENT IS BEING RENTED BY LANDON USHER AND THE BUILDING OWNER IS TOM HARE.
THE PEACE PIPE PLAYERS LITTLE THEATRE GROUP WILL PUT ON THE MUSICAL "GYPSY" IN JUNE AND AUDITIONS FOR THE MUSICAL WILL TAKE PLACE THIS SATURDAY. VETERAN PPP DIRECTOR JOHN RANDOLPH BURROW WILL DIRECT AND THE MUSICAL DIRECTOR WILL BE ANNE PITCHER HAWKS.
ON THE HOME PAGE OF KMAQ, www.kmaq.com, YOU CAN CLICK ON THE "MEET THE EMPLOYEES" PAGE AND SEE A PICTURE OF ALL THE STAFF MEMBERS OF KMAQ, INCLUDING PICTURES OF THREE FAIRLY NEW EMPLOYEES, ROBERT BRUNO, HIS SON JOE, AND NATE CLASEN. NATE IS MY GRANDSON. AND AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE, A NEW "PAST EMPLOYEE GUEST BOOK" HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED. IF YOU EVER WORKED FOR KMAQ, BE SURE TO MAKE AN ENTRY.
ON KMAQ'S REGULAR "GUEST BOOK" THESE DAYS, SOME POLITICAL ENTRIES.
YES...NOT THE PLACE FOR THOSE, BUT LIKE MANY OTHERS NOT MENT FOR IT.....THE BEST THING TO DO IS IGNORE THEM....AND CONTINUE ON WITH WHAT THE BOOK IS MENT FOR.
THE LONG ENTRIES YOU AND I DON'T CARE FOR CAN BE SKIPPED OVER AND SOON DISAPPEAR. SO AGAIN...THE BEST ADVICE..."IGNORE-DON'T COMMENT-AND GO ON WITH YOUR ENTRY".
NO BIRTHS OR DEATHS.
AN ELEPHANT WAS SEEN RUNNING DOWN THE HIGHWAY, OLD 61, THIS AFTERNOON.
BOB LARKEY AND SOME OF HIS MEN ROUNDED IT UP AND HAVE IT AT THE MAQUOKETA SALES COMPANY. GOING TO PUT IN ON NEXT WEDNESDAY'S SALE.
ST. LOUIS CARDINAL BASEBALL STARTS MONDAY AFTERNOON ON KMAQ.....THE CARDINALS HOST THE BREWERS AND PRESIDENT BUSH WILL THROW OUT THE FIRST PITCH.
HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.
DENNIS VOY...
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APRIL FOOLS ON THE ELEPHANT STORY.
YESTERDAY WAS DEADLINE FOR FILING FOR COUNTY OFFICES. THERE WILL BE ONE NOVEMBER CONTEST IN JACKSON COUNTY. CURRENT REPUBLICAN SUPERVISOR DAVID KENDALL OF BELLEVUE WILL BE OPPOSED BY DEMOCRAT LARRY KOOS OF LAMOTTE.
BOTH COUNTY INCUMBENT AUDITOR MIKE COTTON AND COUNTY SHERIFF RUSS KETTMAN, A DEMOCRAT, WILL HAVE NO COMPETITION IN THE PRIMARY. COTTON IS FROM SABULA AND KETTMAN FROM BELLEVUE.
FIRECALL THIS MORNING AND THE RESIDENTS OF THE APARTMENT WERE EVACUATED AFTER SMOKE FILLED THE UPPER APARTMENT AT 112 S. ELIZA. ASST. FIRE CHIEF AL MUHLHAUSEN SAID SOMEONE WAS MOVING INTO THE APARTMENT. THE POWER HAD BEEN OFF AND THERE WERE ITEMS ON THE KITCHEN STOVE. WHEN THE POWER WAS TURNED ON IN THE APARTMENT, THE BURNER WAS ON AND CAUGHT MATERIALS ON FIRE, CAUSING THE SMOKE. THE APARTMENT IS BEING RENTED BY LANDON USHER AND THE BUILDING OWNER IS TOM HARE.
THE PEACE PIPE PLAYERS LITTLE THEATRE GROUP WILL PUT ON THE MUSICAL "GYPSY" IN JUNE AND AUDITIONS FOR THE MUSICAL WILL TAKE PLACE THIS SATURDAY. VETERAN PPP DIRECTOR JOHN RANDOLPH BURROW WILL DIRECT AND THE MUSICAL DIRECTOR WILL BE ANNE PITCHER HAWKS.
ON THE HOME PAGE OF KMAQ, www.kmaq.com, YOU CAN CLICK ON THE "MEET THE EMPLOYEES" PAGE AND SEE A PICTURE OF ALL THE STAFF MEMBERS OF KMAQ, INCLUDING PICTURES OF THREE FAIRLY NEW EMPLOYEES, ROBERT BRUNO, HIS SON JOE, AND NATE CLASEN. NATE IS MY GRANDSON. AND AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE, A NEW "PAST EMPLOYEE GUEST BOOK" HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED. IF YOU EVER WORKED FOR KMAQ, BE SURE TO MAKE AN ENTRY.
ON KMAQ'S REGULAR "GUEST BOOK" THESE DAYS, SOME POLITICAL ENTRIES.
YES...NOT THE PLACE FOR THOSE, BUT LIKE MANY OTHERS NOT MENT FOR IT.....THE BEST THING TO DO IS IGNORE THEM....AND CONTINUE ON WITH WHAT THE BOOK IS MENT FOR.
THE LONG ENTRIES YOU AND I DON'T CARE FOR CAN BE SKIPPED OVER AND SOON DISAPPEAR. SO AGAIN...THE BEST ADVICE..."IGNORE-DON'T COMMENT-AND GO ON WITH YOUR ENTRY".
NO BIRTHS OR DEATHS.
AN ELEPHANT WAS SEEN RUNNING DOWN THE HIGHWAY, OLD 61, THIS AFTERNOON.
BOB LARKEY AND SOME OF HIS MEN ROUNDED IT UP AND HAVE IT AT THE MAQUOKETA SALES COMPANY. GOING TO PUT IN ON NEXT WEDNESDAY'S SALE.
ST. LOUIS CARDINAL BASEBALL STARTS MONDAY AFTERNOON ON KMAQ.....THE CARDINALS HOST THE BREWERS AND PRESIDENT BUSH WILL THROW OUT THE FIRST PITCH.
HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.
DENNIS VOY...
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APRIL FOOLS ON THE ELEPHANT STORY.
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