Monday, August 30, 2004
IT RAINED SATURDAY, UNTIL MID AFTERNOON. SUNDAY, A PERFECT DAY AND TODAY NOT BAD EITHER, WITH A HIGH OF 82.
SATURDAY, THE MAQUOKETA FFA MEATS EVALUATION TEAM WENT TO THE STATE MEET AT AMES AND DID VERY WELL, TAKING 4TH PLACE IN THE STATE (OUT OF 23 TEAMS) AND GETTING A GOLD RANKING.
ON THE TEAM, SLOAN FELTEN, JEREMY SPAIN, DUSTIN SCHAU AND DREW BURMAHL.
ALSO SATURDAY AT AMES, THE LIVESTOCK JUDGING TEAM WAS CROWNED "THE STATE CHAMPION BEEF TEAM". ON THE MAQUOKETA FFA LIVESTOCK JUDGING TEAM...CRYSTAL WATTERS, JENNIFER LYONS, ZACH KINRADE AND BRANDT WILMS.
BOTH TEAMS ARE COACHED BY GARY BRUNS. NICE JOB AND CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 8 FFA MEMBERS AND COACH GARY. THE LIVESTOCK JUDGING TEAM WILL NOW TAKE A SHORT BREAK AND THEN START TO PREPARE FOR LATE FALL AND EARLY WINTER JUDGING.
THE MAQUOKETA VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED TO AN ANHYDROUS AMMONIA LEAK AT 8:20 SUNDAY NIGHT AT EBERHART FARM CENTER IN MAQUOKETA...ON EAST MAPLE STREET. A TANK HAD A MINOR LEAK WHICH CAUSED A SMAL VAPOR CLOUD IN THE AREA. THE CLOUD DISSIPATED QUICKLY AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES.
FIVE MEN CELEBRATING A BACHELOR PARTY ENDED UP IN JAIL SATURDAY NIGHT AFTER A FIGHT BROKE OUT AT SHAKER'S PERFORMING ARTS CENTER NEAR LAMOTTE. THEY WERE FROM GUTTENBERG, CEDAR RAPIDS AND IOWA CITY. THE GROOM ALLEGEDLY GRABBED AT SOME DANCERS AND THE FIGHT STARTED.
A GIRL WAS BORN LAST FRIDAY MORNING AT ST. LUKES IN CEDAR RAPIDS TO MATT AND ALICIA HAYES OF FAIRFAX. GRANDPARENTS ARE DAVID AND DARLENE HAYES OF MAQUOKETA AND GREAT GRAND PARENTS ARE LOLA HAYES AND MARV AND HELEN BRADY, ALL OF MAQUOKETA.
SERVICES ARE PENDING AT LAHEY FUNERAL HOME IN MAQUOKETA FOR BONITA BERTSCH, 88, OF MAQUOKETA. SHE DIED THIS MORNING AT FINLEY HOSPITAL IN DUBUQUE.
BEL TUBBS, A POPULAR SENIOR VOLUNTEER HERE IN MAQUOKETA, IS THIS WEEK'S MAQUOKETA ROTARY CITIZEN OF THE WEEK. SEE A PHOTO AND STORY ABOUT HER AT www.maquoketa-rotary.org.
THANKS FOR THE VISIT.
DENNIS VOY
SATURDAY, THE MAQUOKETA FFA MEATS EVALUATION TEAM WENT TO THE STATE MEET AT AMES AND DID VERY WELL, TAKING 4TH PLACE IN THE STATE (OUT OF 23 TEAMS) AND GETTING A GOLD RANKING.
ON THE TEAM, SLOAN FELTEN, JEREMY SPAIN, DUSTIN SCHAU AND DREW BURMAHL.
ALSO SATURDAY AT AMES, THE LIVESTOCK JUDGING TEAM WAS CROWNED "THE STATE CHAMPION BEEF TEAM". ON THE MAQUOKETA FFA LIVESTOCK JUDGING TEAM...CRYSTAL WATTERS, JENNIFER LYONS, ZACH KINRADE AND BRANDT WILMS.
BOTH TEAMS ARE COACHED BY GARY BRUNS. NICE JOB AND CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 8 FFA MEMBERS AND COACH GARY. THE LIVESTOCK JUDGING TEAM WILL NOW TAKE A SHORT BREAK AND THEN START TO PREPARE FOR LATE FALL AND EARLY WINTER JUDGING.
THE MAQUOKETA VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED TO AN ANHYDROUS AMMONIA LEAK AT 8:20 SUNDAY NIGHT AT EBERHART FARM CENTER IN MAQUOKETA...ON EAST MAPLE STREET. A TANK HAD A MINOR LEAK WHICH CAUSED A SMAL VAPOR CLOUD IN THE AREA. THE CLOUD DISSIPATED QUICKLY AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES.
FIVE MEN CELEBRATING A BACHELOR PARTY ENDED UP IN JAIL SATURDAY NIGHT AFTER A FIGHT BROKE OUT AT SHAKER'S PERFORMING ARTS CENTER NEAR LAMOTTE. THEY WERE FROM GUTTENBERG, CEDAR RAPIDS AND IOWA CITY. THE GROOM ALLEGEDLY GRABBED AT SOME DANCERS AND THE FIGHT STARTED.
A GIRL WAS BORN LAST FRIDAY MORNING AT ST. LUKES IN CEDAR RAPIDS TO MATT AND ALICIA HAYES OF FAIRFAX. GRANDPARENTS ARE DAVID AND DARLENE HAYES OF MAQUOKETA AND GREAT GRAND PARENTS ARE LOLA HAYES AND MARV AND HELEN BRADY, ALL OF MAQUOKETA.
SERVICES ARE PENDING AT LAHEY FUNERAL HOME IN MAQUOKETA FOR BONITA BERTSCH, 88, OF MAQUOKETA. SHE DIED THIS MORNING AT FINLEY HOSPITAL IN DUBUQUE.
BEL TUBBS, A POPULAR SENIOR VOLUNTEER HERE IN MAQUOKETA, IS THIS WEEK'S MAQUOKETA ROTARY CITIZEN OF THE WEEK. SEE A PHOTO AND STORY ABOUT HER AT www.maquoketa-rotary.org.
THANKS FOR THE VISIT.
DENNIS VOY
Sunday, August 29, 2004
NOW, JUST DOING A TEST.
BELOW, TWO AUDIO REPORTS....SENT TODAY....
THE TOP ONE IS A REPEAT OF THE ONE BELOW....
OH, BY THE WAY, DID I TELL YOU THAT .. IN GOLF.. LARRY DAVIS HAD A HOLE IN ONE HERE IN TOWN A FEW DAYS AGO?
ALSO...DID I TELL YOU THAT CHARLIE EASTERLY IS THE MAQUOKETA COUNTRY CLUB CHAMPION. WON THE MATCH IN 36 HOLES OVER JEFF FERGUSON. THIS WAS ABOUT THE 4TH TIME FOR CHARLIE. BOTH ARE VERY GOOD GOLFERS.
AND DID I TELL YOU THERE IS A NEW BAKERY IN TOWN? LYNDA'S BAKED GOODS...AT 704 EAST QUARRY STREET...PHONE 652-4834?
TEST IS OVER.
BE BACK TOMORROW.
DENNIS VOY
BELOW, TWO AUDIO REPORTS....SENT TODAY....
THE TOP ONE IS A REPEAT OF THE ONE BELOW....
OH, BY THE WAY, DID I TELL YOU THAT .. IN GOLF.. LARRY DAVIS HAD A HOLE IN ONE HERE IN TOWN A FEW DAYS AGO?
ALSO...DID I TELL YOU THAT CHARLIE EASTERLY IS THE MAQUOKETA COUNTRY CLUB CHAMPION. WON THE MATCH IN 36 HOLES OVER JEFF FERGUSON. THIS WAS ABOUT THE 4TH TIME FOR CHARLIE. BOTH ARE VERY GOOD GOLFERS.
AND DID I TELL YOU THERE IS A NEW BAKERY IN TOWN? LYNDA'S BAKED GOODS...AT 704 EAST QUARRY STREET...PHONE 652-4834?
TEST IS OVER.
BE BACK TOMORROW.
DENNIS VOY
Thursday, August 26, 2004
THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL TODAY...AND 85 THE HIGH....DIDN'T MAKE 90 AS PREDICTED. HAD A QUARTER INCH OF RAIN YESTERDAY. WE NEED MORE HERE IN TOWN AND MAY WELL GET IT TONIGHT AT WE ARE UNDER A TORNADO WATCH.
IN THE NOVEMBER ELECTION, HERE IN JACKSON COUNTY, WE WILL HAVE A COUPLE RACES. SUPERVISOR DAVID KENDALL OF BELLEVUE, WILL BE OPPOSED BY LARRY "BUCK" KOOS OF BELLEVUE. YESTERDAY WAS THE DEADLINE FOR FILING. SHERIFF RUSS KETTMAN OF BELLEVUE WILL BE OPPOSED BY FORMER , RETIRED DEPUTY, DICK WARD OF MAQUOKETA, WHO WILL RUN AS AN INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE. AND AUDITOR MIKE COTTON OF SABULA WILL BE OPPOSED BY M. JOELL DEPPE OF MAQUOKETA.
SUPT. KIM HUCKSTADT IS THE ROTARY "CITIZEN OF THE WEEK". STORY AND PHOTO AT www.maquoketa-rotary.org
BRIAN AND SUE KONRARDY ANNOUNED THIS WEEK THAT THEY WILL BE BUILDING A TRUCK STOP/
CONVENIENCE STORE OUT BY THE NEW COMFORT INN MOTEL, AT THE SOUTH EDGE OF MAQUOKETA.
AND THERE WILL ALSO BE A NEW RESTAURANT, BUT THAT PART NOT FINALIZED YET.
CONSTRUCTION SHOULD START THIS FALL YET.
A 6TH HOME IS GOING UP IN THE SUBDIVISION AROUND THE NEW GOLF COURSE SOUTH OF MAQUKETA.
THE CITY COUNCIL AWARDED A CONTRACT THIS WEEK TO PAVE THE STREET IN FRONT OF THE NEW TACO JOHNS RESTAURANT, WEST OF THE HIGHWAY 64-61 INTERSECTION. IT SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY OCTOBER 1ST.
GOT AN EMAIL THIS WEEK SAYING THAT RON AND BARB VEIT CELEBRATED THEIR 50TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY ON AUGUST 22ND. THE PARTY WAS HELD IN DENVER, COLORADO, AT THE HOME OF THEIR SON TOM, AND HIS WIFE, LYNETTE. ALSO AT THE CELEBRATION, SON STEVE, DAUGHTER LISA AND HER HUSBAND DAVID, DAUGHTER RONELLE AND HUSBAND DEAN AND THEIR CHILDREN KYLE AND CARRIE.
KMAQ CELEBRATED BIRTHDAY #46 TODAY. KMAQ-AM WENT ON THE AIR FOR THE FIRST FULL DAY OF BROADCASTING ON AUGUST 26, 1958. I WAS HERE AND IT WAS A FUN DAY. HEARD FROM BOTH THE FIRST OWNER, NATE GOETZ IN FLORIDA AND THE FIRST MANAGER, BOB BROWN,IN WISCONSIN. BOTH A RETIRED FROM A LONG CAREER IN RADIO. TWO OWNERS AND TWO EMPLOYEES ON THE ORIGINAL STAFF ARE NO LONGER LIVING.
THE MAQUOKETA CARDINALS OPEN UP THE FOOTBALL SEASON AT DECORAH TOMORROW NIGHT.
THREE HOUSES WERE TORN DOWN THIS MONTH FOR PARKING LOTS. THE ONE TORN DOWN JUST WEST OF THE FORMER CARL RYAN BARBER SHOP WILL BE A PARKING LOT FOR MAQUOKETA STATE BANK. THE ONE
TORN DOWN ON THE CORNER ACROSS THE STREET, WEST OF THE TELEPHONE OFFICE, WILL BE A NEW OFFICE BUILDING WITH PARKING FOR MAQUOKETA STATE BANK, AND THE ONE TORN DOWN ON ARCADE STREET NEXT DOOR TO THE HOSPITAL MAINTENACE BUILDING , WILL BE A HOSPITAL STAFF PARKING LOT.
NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE WITH THE FORMER CLINTON ENGINES OFFICE BUILDING ALL SUMMER LONG.
IT STILL HAS MOST OF ITS WINDOWS OUT. THE LAWN AROUND HAS BEEN CLEANED UP. I'M NOT SURE IF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY HAS TITLE TO THE PROPERTY YET. THE PLANS ARE TO MAKE IT A MUSEUM.
I GUESS IT HAS BEEN BETTER THAN A WEEK SINCE THERE HAS BEEN A LOCAL DEATH. VERY UNUSUAL.
THE CLOSED, UNPASSABLE COUNTY ROAD OFF HIGHWAY 61, GOING WEST (FROM ACROSS HIGHWAY 61 FROM THE NEW HURSTVILLE INTERPRETIVE CENTER) IS BEING REBULDT AND WILL BE ANOTHER ROAD GOING UP TO THE MAQUOKETA CAVES STATE PARK.
THANKS FOR THE VISIT.
DENNIS VOY
IN THE NOVEMBER ELECTION, HERE IN JACKSON COUNTY, WE WILL HAVE A COUPLE RACES. SUPERVISOR DAVID KENDALL OF BELLEVUE, WILL BE OPPOSED BY LARRY "BUCK" KOOS OF BELLEVUE. YESTERDAY WAS THE DEADLINE FOR FILING. SHERIFF RUSS KETTMAN OF BELLEVUE WILL BE OPPOSED BY FORMER , RETIRED DEPUTY, DICK WARD OF MAQUOKETA, WHO WILL RUN AS AN INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE. AND AUDITOR MIKE COTTON OF SABULA WILL BE OPPOSED BY M. JOELL DEPPE OF MAQUOKETA.
SUPT. KIM HUCKSTADT IS THE ROTARY "CITIZEN OF THE WEEK". STORY AND PHOTO AT www.maquoketa-rotary.org
BRIAN AND SUE KONRARDY ANNOUNED THIS WEEK THAT THEY WILL BE BUILDING A TRUCK STOP/
CONVENIENCE STORE OUT BY THE NEW COMFORT INN MOTEL, AT THE SOUTH EDGE OF MAQUOKETA.
AND THERE WILL ALSO BE A NEW RESTAURANT, BUT THAT PART NOT FINALIZED YET.
CONSTRUCTION SHOULD START THIS FALL YET.
A 6TH HOME IS GOING UP IN THE SUBDIVISION AROUND THE NEW GOLF COURSE SOUTH OF MAQUKETA.
THE CITY COUNCIL AWARDED A CONTRACT THIS WEEK TO PAVE THE STREET IN FRONT OF THE NEW TACO JOHNS RESTAURANT, WEST OF THE HIGHWAY 64-61 INTERSECTION. IT SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY OCTOBER 1ST.
GOT AN EMAIL THIS WEEK SAYING THAT RON AND BARB VEIT CELEBRATED THEIR 50TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY ON AUGUST 22ND. THE PARTY WAS HELD IN DENVER, COLORADO, AT THE HOME OF THEIR SON TOM, AND HIS WIFE, LYNETTE. ALSO AT THE CELEBRATION, SON STEVE, DAUGHTER LISA AND HER HUSBAND DAVID, DAUGHTER RONELLE AND HUSBAND DEAN AND THEIR CHILDREN KYLE AND CARRIE.
KMAQ CELEBRATED BIRTHDAY #46 TODAY. KMAQ-AM WENT ON THE AIR FOR THE FIRST FULL DAY OF BROADCASTING ON AUGUST 26, 1958. I WAS HERE AND IT WAS A FUN DAY. HEARD FROM BOTH THE FIRST OWNER, NATE GOETZ IN FLORIDA AND THE FIRST MANAGER, BOB BROWN,IN WISCONSIN. BOTH A RETIRED FROM A LONG CAREER IN RADIO. TWO OWNERS AND TWO EMPLOYEES ON THE ORIGINAL STAFF ARE NO LONGER LIVING.
THE MAQUOKETA CARDINALS OPEN UP THE FOOTBALL SEASON AT DECORAH TOMORROW NIGHT.
THREE HOUSES WERE TORN DOWN THIS MONTH FOR PARKING LOTS. THE ONE TORN DOWN JUST WEST OF THE FORMER CARL RYAN BARBER SHOP WILL BE A PARKING LOT FOR MAQUOKETA STATE BANK. THE ONE
TORN DOWN ON THE CORNER ACROSS THE STREET, WEST OF THE TELEPHONE OFFICE, WILL BE A NEW OFFICE BUILDING WITH PARKING FOR MAQUOKETA STATE BANK, AND THE ONE TORN DOWN ON ARCADE STREET NEXT DOOR TO THE HOSPITAL MAINTENACE BUILDING , WILL BE A HOSPITAL STAFF PARKING LOT.
NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE WITH THE FORMER CLINTON ENGINES OFFICE BUILDING ALL SUMMER LONG.
IT STILL HAS MOST OF ITS WINDOWS OUT. THE LAWN AROUND HAS BEEN CLEANED UP. I'M NOT SURE IF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY HAS TITLE TO THE PROPERTY YET. THE PLANS ARE TO MAKE IT A MUSEUM.
I GUESS IT HAS BEEN BETTER THAN A WEEK SINCE THERE HAS BEEN A LOCAL DEATH. VERY UNUSUAL.
THE CLOSED, UNPASSABLE COUNTY ROAD OFF HIGHWAY 61, GOING WEST (FROM ACROSS HIGHWAY 61 FROM THE NEW HURSTVILLE INTERPRETIVE CENTER) IS BEING REBULDT AND WILL BE ANOTHER ROAD GOING UP TO THE MAQUOKETA CAVES STATE PARK.
THANKS FOR THE VISIT.
DENNIS VOY
Friday, August 20, 2004
78 the high today...with sunny skie.
YMCA OFFICIALS were in Maquoketa last night at City Hall to talk about their organization. About 15 local citizens were in attendance and after discussion, it was agreed that a free feasibility study by the YMCA would be a good idea, to determine if local residents of Maquoketa would use a YMCA in Maquoketa. There is one in Clinton and Dubuque.
The Jackson County Democratic Party called a special convention last night and nominated Jo-Ell Deppe of Andrew as a candidate for Jackson County Auditor, to oppose Republican Incumbent, Mike Cotton in November.
Deppe ran four years ago, and was defeated by Cotton. She is a CPA and lives in Andrew.
The parents of a 4-year-old Delmar girl who died in a fire in February have been sentenced to 10 years each in prizon. Judge David Schoenthaler denied requests for probation for Shalene Peterson and her husband, Damon Petersen. The parents cried and apologized for their role in their daughter,Eve's death. In February she was left in her home in Delmar, with a burning candle, while her parents were next door.
The jobless rate in Jackson County in July was down from June, down to 4.8 percent. Last July it was 6.6 percent.
Mark and Catherine Jorgensen Anderson of Minneapolis are parents of a girl born Tuesday in Minneapolis.
Maternal grandparents are Charles and Jeanne Jorgensen of Maquoketa.
Have a nice weekend.
Dennis Voy
YMCA OFFICIALS were in Maquoketa last night at City Hall to talk about their organization. About 15 local citizens were in attendance and after discussion, it was agreed that a free feasibility study by the YMCA would be a good idea, to determine if local residents of Maquoketa would use a YMCA in Maquoketa. There is one in Clinton and Dubuque.
The Jackson County Democratic Party called a special convention last night and nominated Jo-Ell Deppe of Andrew as a candidate for Jackson County Auditor, to oppose Republican Incumbent, Mike Cotton in November.
Deppe ran four years ago, and was defeated by Cotton. She is a CPA and lives in Andrew.
The parents of a 4-year-old Delmar girl who died in a fire in February have been sentenced to 10 years each in prizon. Judge David Schoenthaler denied requests for probation for Shalene Peterson and her husband, Damon Petersen. The parents cried and apologized for their role in their daughter,Eve's death. In February she was left in her home in Delmar, with a burning candle, while her parents were next door.
The jobless rate in Jackson County in July was down from June, down to 4.8 percent. Last July it was 6.6 percent.
Mark and Catherine Jorgensen Anderson of Minneapolis are parents of a girl born Tuesday in Minneapolis.
Maternal grandparents are Charles and Jeanne Jorgensen of Maquoketa.
Have a nice weekend.
Dennis Voy
Wednesday, August 18, 2004
CLOUDY AND COOL TODAY. A SHORT LIGHT SHOWER AROUND NOON. HIGH OF 74. NO RAIN TOMORROW, BUT FRIDAY ....AND LOOKS LIKE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY WILL BE REALLY NICE AGAIN.
REAL ESTATE NEWS....DEAN AND KAREN TILTON HAVE THEIR HOME LISTED FOR SALE....AND THIS WEEK, THEIR NEIGHBORS, DR. PAUL AND DORIS BROWN PUT THEIR HOME UP FOR SALE. THEY HAVE LIVED IN IT SINCE THEY BUILDT IT IN 1962.
THE GAS COMPANY IN MAQUOKETA (AQUILA) IS NOT INTERESTED IN HAVING THE CITY OR MAQUOKETA MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC BUY THEM OUT. THEY... A GROUP OF ABOUT 7...TOLD THE COUNCIL THAT THEY WANT TO STAY IN BUSINESS HERE, MONDAY NIGHT AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING. THEY PAY NO
FRANCISE FEE TO THE CITY NOW. THEY NEXT WILL MEET WITH THE MMEU BOARD NEXT.
MAQUOKETA HAS HAD GAS SINCE THE LATE 50'S.
NO LOCAL DEATHS TO REPORT.....NONE FOR SEVERAL DAYS.
NO REPORT TOMORROW. MAYBE FRIDAY.
TAKE CARE.
DENNIS VOY
REAL ESTATE NEWS....DEAN AND KAREN TILTON HAVE THEIR HOME LISTED FOR SALE....AND THIS WEEK, THEIR NEIGHBORS, DR. PAUL AND DORIS BROWN PUT THEIR HOME UP FOR SALE. THEY HAVE LIVED IN IT SINCE THEY BUILDT IT IN 1962.
THE GAS COMPANY IN MAQUOKETA (AQUILA) IS NOT INTERESTED IN HAVING THE CITY OR MAQUOKETA MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC BUY THEM OUT. THEY... A GROUP OF ABOUT 7...TOLD THE COUNCIL THAT THEY WANT TO STAY IN BUSINESS HERE, MONDAY NIGHT AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING. THEY PAY NO
FRANCISE FEE TO THE CITY NOW. THEY NEXT WILL MEET WITH THE MMEU BOARD NEXT.
MAQUOKETA HAS HAD GAS SINCE THE LATE 50'S.
NO LOCAL DEATHS TO REPORT.....NONE FOR SEVERAL DAYS.
NO REPORT TOMORROW. MAYBE FRIDAY.
TAKE CARE.
DENNIS VOY
Tuesday, August 17, 2004
BRIGHT AND SHINY TUESDAY MORNING IN MAQUOKETA. LOOKING FOR A HIGH AROUND 80 TODAY.
YESTERDAY AFTERNOON WE HAD A LIGHT RAIN AND LAST NIGHT AROUND 9 P.M., WE HAD A THUNDERSTORM GO THROUGH .....AND TOTAL RAIN IN THE LAST 24 HOURS, JUST 22/100 OF AN INCH. NOT ENOUGH.
I HAVE BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS BRINGING UP THE PROGRAM TO DO THIS DAILY REPORT. LAST NIGHT, AGAIN, IT WOULD NOT WORK. ALSO LAST NIGHT, DID AN AUDIO REPORT, AND IT DIDN'T GO UP ON THE WEB.
NOW THIS MORNING, I THOUGHT I'D TRY....AND ALL IS OK AND I CAN DO THIS. SOMETIMES I THINK AROUND 5:30 EVENINGS IS THE WRONG THING TO DO ANYTHING ON THE INTERNET. I MAY HAVE TO CHANGE THESE REPORTS TO MID-AFTERNOON OR MORNINGS.
ANN BURNS, NATURALIST FOR THE CONSERVATION BOARD, IS THE ROTARY "CITIZEN OF THE WEEK" ON www.maquoketa-rotary.org
CITY COUNCIL AND SCHOOL BOARD MEETING LAST NIGHT. THE SCHOOL BOARD TOURED THE AREA WHERE THE NEW TRACK AND TENNIS COURTS CONSTRUCTION IS GOING ON. THINGS ARE MOVING ALONG QUICKLY ON THE TRACK AND SIX NEW TENNIS COURTS. THE TRACK SHOULD COME IN UNDER BUDGET ESTIMATE OF $250,000 AND THE TENNIS COURTS, BECAUSE OF SOIL PROBLEMS, MAY COME IN ABOVE THE ESTIMATED PRICE TAG OF $180,000.
AT THE COUNCIL MEETING LAST NIGHT, MEMBERS SET A SPECIAL MEETING FOR NEXT MONDAY TO LOOK AT BIDS FOR PAVING 43RD STREET, IN FRONT OF THE NEW TACO JOHNS RESTAURANT.
TWO MAQUOKETA RESIDENTS WERE HONORED WITH LIFESAVING AWARDS FRIDAY AT THE IOWA STATE FAIR.
DUANE KLOFT RECEIVED A VALOR AWARD AND WENDIE LEEPER RECEIVED A MERITORIOUS AWARD. BOTH WERE HONORED FOR THEIR EFFORTS IN HELPING A MAN WHO WAS CLINGING TO A BOAT AT LAKEHURST DAM AT MAQUOKETA BACK ON FEBRUARY 28, 2003. GOV. VILSACK GAVE AWARDS FRIDAY TO 19 IOWANS.
IT HAS BEEN SEVERAL DAYS SINCE WE HAVE HAD A MAQUOKETA DEATH. NOTHING FROM THE TWO MAQUOKETA FUNERAL HOMES.
SATURDAY NIGHT, SAGE ROSENFELS, FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA (PARENTS LIVE JUST NORTH OF TOWN) THREW A TOUCHDOWN PASS (ONLY TOUCHDOWN) IN MIAMI'S EXHIBITION NFL FOOTBALL WIN. HE WAS 7 FOR 9 IN PASSES. GOOD WAY TO START THE SEASON.
ANOTHER NEW HOME GOING UP BY PRAIRIE CREEK GOLF COURSE, WHICH HAS BUILDING LOTS AROUND THE EDGE OF COURSE. FIVE HOMES OUT THERE NOW.
WILL TRY TO HAVE ANOTHER REPORT LATER TODAY.
HAVE A GOOD TUESDAY.
DENNIS VOY
YESTERDAY AFTERNOON WE HAD A LIGHT RAIN AND LAST NIGHT AROUND 9 P.M., WE HAD A THUNDERSTORM GO THROUGH .....AND TOTAL RAIN IN THE LAST 24 HOURS, JUST 22/100 OF AN INCH. NOT ENOUGH.
I HAVE BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS BRINGING UP THE PROGRAM TO DO THIS DAILY REPORT. LAST NIGHT, AGAIN, IT WOULD NOT WORK. ALSO LAST NIGHT, DID AN AUDIO REPORT, AND IT DIDN'T GO UP ON THE WEB.
NOW THIS MORNING, I THOUGHT I'D TRY....AND ALL IS OK AND I CAN DO THIS. SOMETIMES I THINK AROUND 5:30 EVENINGS IS THE WRONG THING TO DO ANYTHING ON THE INTERNET. I MAY HAVE TO CHANGE THESE REPORTS TO MID-AFTERNOON OR MORNINGS.
ANN BURNS, NATURALIST FOR THE CONSERVATION BOARD, IS THE ROTARY "CITIZEN OF THE WEEK" ON www.maquoketa-rotary.org
CITY COUNCIL AND SCHOOL BOARD MEETING LAST NIGHT. THE SCHOOL BOARD TOURED THE AREA WHERE THE NEW TRACK AND TENNIS COURTS CONSTRUCTION IS GOING ON. THINGS ARE MOVING ALONG QUICKLY ON THE TRACK AND SIX NEW TENNIS COURTS. THE TRACK SHOULD COME IN UNDER BUDGET ESTIMATE OF $250,000 AND THE TENNIS COURTS, BECAUSE OF SOIL PROBLEMS, MAY COME IN ABOVE THE ESTIMATED PRICE TAG OF $180,000.
AT THE COUNCIL MEETING LAST NIGHT, MEMBERS SET A SPECIAL MEETING FOR NEXT MONDAY TO LOOK AT BIDS FOR PAVING 43RD STREET, IN FRONT OF THE NEW TACO JOHNS RESTAURANT.
TWO MAQUOKETA RESIDENTS WERE HONORED WITH LIFESAVING AWARDS FRIDAY AT THE IOWA STATE FAIR.
DUANE KLOFT RECEIVED A VALOR AWARD AND WENDIE LEEPER RECEIVED A MERITORIOUS AWARD. BOTH WERE HONORED FOR THEIR EFFORTS IN HELPING A MAN WHO WAS CLINGING TO A BOAT AT LAKEHURST DAM AT MAQUOKETA BACK ON FEBRUARY 28, 2003. GOV. VILSACK GAVE AWARDS FRIDAY TO 19 IOWANS.
IT HAS BEEN SEVERAL DAYS SINCE WE HAVE HAD A MAQUOKETA DEATH. NOTHING FROM THE TWO MAQUOKETA FUNERAL HOMES.
SATURDAY NIGHT, SAGE ROSENFELS, FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA (PARENTS LIVE JUST NORTH OF TOWN) THREW A TOUCHDOWN PASS (ONLY TOUCHDOWN) IN MIAMI'S EXHIBITION NFL FOOTBALL WIN. HE WAS 7 FOR 9 IN PASSES. GOOD WAY TO START THE SEASON.
ANOTHER NEW HOME GOING UP BY PRAIRIE CREEK GOLF COURSE, WHICH HAS BUILDING LOTS AROUND THE EDGE OF COURSE. FIVE HOMES OUT THERE NOW.
WILL TRY TO HAVE ANOTHER REPORT LATER TODAY.
HAVE A GOOD TUESDAY.
DENNIS VOY
Friday, August 13, 2004
A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN MAQUOKETA....SUNNY....NO HUMIDITY....HIGH OF 72 WITH A LIGHT BREEZE. I RAN INTO A LADY DOWNTOWN AND SHE SAID....."ON A SCALE OF 1 TO 10...TODAY IS A 15.
CHECK THE MAQUOKETA CHAMBER WEB SITE FOR SOME GREAT PICTURES OF THE RAGBRAI EVENT IN MAQUOKETA TWO WEEKS AGO. TAKEN BY DAVE UPDEGRAPH. www.maquoketachamber.com
LOTS OF OTHER THINGS TO READ ON THAT WEB SITE TOO, INCLUDING CHAMBER NEWSLETTERS.
I WENT OUT TO THE NEW HURSTVILLE INTREPRETIVE CENTER TODAY AND GOT A TOUR BY
NATURALIST ANN BURNS OF MAQUOKETA. A BEAUTIFUL BUILDING. THE DEDICATION AND OPEN HOUSE IS A WEEK FROM TOMORROW (SATURDAY) AND WE WILL BE COVERING IT "LIVE" ON KMAQ. I TOOK MY NEW VERY SMALL PANOSONIC DIGITAL AUDIO, VIDEO AND STILL CAMERA AND TOOK SOME PICTURES. THERE ARE TWO PICTURES OF THE CENTER ON DENNIS' DAILY PHOTOS ON THE KMAQ HOME PAGE. THE ONE OF DARYL PARKER OF BELLEVUE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, WAS TAKEN BY ME, AND IT ISN'T THE BEST. I AM NOT COMFORTABLE WITH THE CAMERA YET, AND THE PICTURE PROVES IT. THE CAMERA TAKES MUCH BETTER PHOTOS...BUT DECIDED TO PUT THE PICTURE UP ANYWAY. IT IS OF DARYL ON THE WALKWAY JUST BEFORE THE MAIN ENTRANCE. ANOTHER PICTURE, TAKEN BY DAVE VOY, IS ALSO THERE. MUCH MORE HAS BEEN DONE SINCE THAT ONE WAS TAKEN. ANYWAY, I KNOW WHAT I DID WRONG WITH THE CAMERA. WE WILL BE PUTTING UP QUITE A FEW PICTURES THAT I'LL TAKE AT THE OPEN HOUSE. ALSO, ANN BURNS WILL BE NEXT WEEK'S ROTARY "CITIZEN OF THE WEEK" AND I'LL HAVE A PICTURE OF HER AND STORY ON THE ROTARY WEB SITE ON MONDAY. THE BUILDING IS GOING TO BE TERRIFIC FOR MAQUOKETA IN MANY WAYS. MORE ABOUT IT NEXT WEEK ......AND THE NEXT TIME YOU COME TO MAQUOKETA, BE SURE ON MAKE PLANS TO TAKE A TOUR OF IT. IT WILL ALSO BE MAQUOKETA'S NEW TOURIST INFORMATION CENTER.
A BAD ACCIDENT SOUTH OF WELTON LAST NIGHT, THANKFULLY, NO FATALITY AND NO ONE FROM MAQUOKETA.
KMAQ HAD A STORY TODAY ON THE NEW O'REILLY AUTO PARTS STORE WHICH OPENED ON JULY 30TH IN THE FORMER TRUE VALUE BUILDING ON WEST PLATT STREET, JUST WEST OF JACK AND JILL. THE CHAIN IS BASED IN ST. LOUIS AND HAS 1, 183 STORES. BRIAN BOWLING OF MAQUOKETA IS THE STORE MANAGER. HE WAS TRAINED AT THE LARGE O'REILLY STORE IN DAVENPORT. HE SAYS ABOUT 6,500 SQUARE FOOT OF THE BUILDING IS BEING USED WITH ABOUT A 50-50 SPLIT INVOLDING PARTS BEHIND THE COUNTER AS WELL AS DISPLAY MERCHANDISE. IN ADDITION TO BOWLING, THE STORE HAS 4 FULLTIME EMPLOYEES AND 1 PARTTIME. IT IS OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK.
WES AND JANET GILBERT OF SHENANDOAH ARE PARENTS OF A GIRL BORN SATURDAY AT THE CLARINDA HOSPITAL. GRAND-PARENTS ARE RON AND CHERYL HEINRICH OF MAQUOKETA.
AND..I HAVE A CORRECTION TO MAKE. THE NEW GRANDCHILD FOR BOB AND ANN OSTERHAUS
IS GRANDCHILD NUMBER 26, NOT 27.
NO MAQUOKETA DEATHS TO REPORT....IN FACT....WE HAD NONE AT ALL ON THE KMAQ LOCAL NEWS TODAY.
HAVE A NICE WEEKEND. AND YES, BOB OSTERHAUS SAYS YOU ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND THE ANNUAL
DEMOCRATIC RIBEYE STEAK FRY AT THE KALMES RESTAURANT IN ST. DONATUS SATURDAY LATE AFTERNOON. $25 A TICKET OR $40 A COUPLE. BOB SOLD ME TWO TICKETS TODAY. SEVERAL CANDIDATES WILL BE THERE. WINDY KALMES IS A GREAT CHEF.
THANKS FOR THE VISIT.
ARE YOU ALL ABLE TO GET THE AUDIO REPORT WHEN I DO IT? LET ME KNOW HOW YOU LIKE THOSE.
DENNIS VOY
CHECK THE MAQUOKETA CHAMBER WEB SITE FOR SOME GREAT PICTURES OF THE RAGBRAI EVENT IN MAQUOKETA TWO WEEKS AGO. TAKEN BY DAVE UPDEGRAPH. www.maquoketachamber.com
LOTS OF OTHER THINGS TO READ ON THAT WEB SITE TOO, INCLUDING CHAMBER NEWSLETTERS.
I WENT OUT TO THE NEW HURSTVILLE INTREPRETIVE CENTER TODAY AND GOT A TOUR BY
NATURALIST ANN BURNS OF MAQUOKETA. A BEAUTIFUL BUILDING. THE DEDICATION AND OPEN HOUSE IS A WEEK FROM TOMORROW (SATURDAY) AND WE WILL BE COVERING IT "LIVE" ON KMAQ. I TOOK MY NEW VERY SMALL PANOSONIC DIGITAL AUDIO, VIDEO AND STILL CAMERA AND TOOK SOME PICTURES. THERE ARE TWO PICTURES OF THE CENTER ON DENNIS' DAILY PHOTOS ON THE KMAQ HOME PAGE. THE ONE OF DARYL PARKER OF BELLEVUE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, WAS TAKEN BY ME, AND IT ISN'T THE BEST. I AM NOT COMFORTABLE WITH THE CAMERA YET, AND THE PICTURE PROVES IT. THE CAMERA TAKES MUCH BETTER PHOTOS...BUT DECIDED TO PUT THE PICTURE UP ANYWAY. IT IS OF DARYL ON THE WALKWAY JUST BEFORE THE MAIN ENTRANCE. ANOTHER PICTURE, TAKEN BY DAVE VOY, IS ALSO THERE. MUCH MORE HAS BEEN DONE SINCE THAT ONE WAS TAKEN. ANYWAY, I KNOW WHAT I DID WRONG WITH THE CAMERA. WE WILL BE PUTTING UP QUITE A FEW PICTURES THAT I'LL TAKE AT THE OPEN HOUSE. ALSO, ANN BURNS WILL BE NEXT WEEK'S ROTARY "CITIZEN OF THE WEEK" AND I'LL HAVE A PICTURE OF HER AND STORY ON THE ROTARY WEB SITE ON MONDAY. THE BUILDING IS GOING TO BE TERRIFIC FOR MAQUOKETA IN MANY WAYS. MORE ABOUT IT NEXT WEEK ......AND THE NEXT TIME YOU COME TO MAQUOKETA, BE SURE ON MAKE PLANS TO TAKE A TOUR OF IT. IT WILL ALSO BE MAQUOKETA'S NEW TOURIST INFORMATION CENTER.
A BAD ACCIDENT SOUTH OF WELTON LAST NIGHT, THANKFULLY, NO FATALITY AND NO ONE FROM MAQUOKETA.
KMAQ HAD A STORY TODAY ON THE NEW O'REILLY AUTO PARTS STORE WHICH OPENED ON JULY 30TH IN THE FORMER TRUE VALUE BUILDING ON WEST PLATT STREET, JUST WEST OF JACK AND JILL. THE CHAIN IS BASED IN ST. LOUIS AND HAS 1, 183 STORES. BRIAN BOWLING OF MAQUOKETA IS THE STORE MANAGER. HE WAS TRAINED AT THE LARGE O'REILLY STORE IN DAVENPORT. HE SAYS ABOUT 6,500 SQUARE FOOT OF THE BUILDING IS BEING USED WITH ABOUT A 50-50 SPLIT INVOLDING PARTS BEHIND THE COUNTER AS WELL AS DISPLAY MERCHANDISE. IN ADDITION TO BOWLING, THE STORE HAS 4 FULLTIME EMPLOYEES AND 1 PARTTIME. IT IS OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK.
WES AND JANET GILBERT OF SHENANDOAH ARE PARENTS OF A GIRL BORN SATURDAY AT THE CLARINDA HOSPITAL. GRAND-PARENTS ARE RON AND CHERYL HEINRICH OF MAQUOKETA.
AND..I HAVE A CORRECTION TO MAKE. THE NEW GRANDCHILD FOR BOB AND ANN OSTERHAUS
IS GRANDCHILD NUMBER 26, NOT 27.
NO MAQUOKETA DEATHS TO REPORT....IN FACT....WE HAD NONE AT ALL ON THE KMAQ LOCAL NEWS TODAY.
HAVE A NICE WEEKEND. AND YES, BOB OSTERHAUS SAYS YOU ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND THE ANNUAL
DEMOCRATIC RIBEYE STEAK FRY AT THE KALMES RESTAURANT IN ST. DONATUS SATURDAY LATE AFTERNOON. $25 A TICKET OR $40 A COUPLE. BOB SOLD ME TWO TICKETS TODAY. SEVERAL CANDIDATES WILL BE THERE. WINDY KALMES IS A GREAT CHEF.
THANKS FOR THE VISIT.
ARE YOU ALL ABLE TO GET THE AUDIO REPORT WHEN I DO IT? LET ME KNOW HOW YOU LIKE THOSE.
DENNIS VOY
Thursday, August 12, 2004
WARMER TODAY..65.
WARMER WEEKEND STILL COMING!
MAQUOKETA STILL HAS NOT HIRED A NEW POLICE CHIEF. THE PERSONELL COMMITTEE IS MEETING TOMMORROW AFTERNOON TO POSSIBLE CONUCT AN INTERVIEW WITH ONE OF THE SIX CANDIDATES THAT WERE CERTIFIED TO THE MAYOR.
THE MAQUOKETA POLICE DEPARTMENT IS INVESTIGATING A BURGLARY WHICH WAS REPORTED TO THEM AROUND 8 LAST NIGHT. CECILIA BUEHL, OF 700 PERSHING ROAD, TIMBER CITY TRAILER COURT, TOLD POLICE SOMONE HAD ENTERED HER MOBILE HOME DURING THE DAY AND TAKEN WERE 9 GLASS PANES AND 6 FLORESCENT LIGHT FIXTURES. A SCREEN DOOR ALSO DAMAGED AND TOTAL VALUE OF DAMAGE WAS LISTED AT $460.
ALSO, YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, JOSH MERCADO TOLD POLICE SOMEONE HAD THROWN A ROCK BREAKING A WINDOW ON A LIGHT GREEN ESCORT. NO DAMAGE ESTIMATE WAS GIVEN.
AND A FEW DAYS AGO, SOMEONE THREW A ROCK THRU A WINDOW AT THE MAQUOKETA STATE BANK MAIN BUILDING DOWNTOWN, ACROSS THE PARKING LOT, FROM KMAQ.
ON THE STORK REPORT, A GIRL BORN TUESDAY MORNING TO AMY AND JOHN MOISAN OF WOODBURY, CONNECTTICUT. GRANDPARENTS ARE BOB AND ANN OSTERHAUSE OF MAQUOKETA....THEIR 27TH
GRANDCHILD.
AND THAT'S IT FOR A THURSDAY.
TAKE IT EASY.
DENNIS VOY
WARMER WEEKEND STILL COMING!
MAQUOKETA STILL HAS NOT HIRED A NEW POLICE CHIEF. THE PERSONELL COMMITTEE IS MEETING TOMMORROW AFTERNOON TO POSSIBLE CONUCT AN INTERVIEW WITH ONE OF THE SIX CANDIDATES THAT WERE CERTIFIED TO THE MAYOR.
THE MAQUOKETA POLICE DEPARTMENT IS INVESTIGATING A BURGLARY WHICH WAS REPORTED TO THEM AROUND 8 LAST NIGHT. CECILIA BUEHL, OF 700 PERSHING ROAD, TIMBER CITY TRAILER COURT, TOLD POLICE SOMONE HAD ENTERED HER MOBILE HOME DURING THE DAY AND TAKEN WERE 9 GLASS PANES AND 6 FLORESCENT LIGHT FIXTURES. A SCREEN DOOR ALSO DAMAGED AND TOTAL VALUE OF DAMAGE WAS LISTED AT $460.
ALSO, YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, JOSH MERCADO TOLD POLICE SOMEONE HAD THROWN A ROCK BREAKING A WINDOW ON A LIGHT GREEN ESCORT. NO DAMAGE ESTIMATE WAS GIVEN.
AND A FEW DAYS AGO, SOMEONE THREW A ROCK THRU A WINDOW AT THE MAQUOKETA STATE BANK MAIN BUILDING DOWNTOWN, ACROSS THE PARKING LOT, FROM KMAQ.
ON THE STORK REPORT, A GIRL BORN TUESDAY MORNING TO AMY AND JOHN MOISAN OF WOODBURY, CONNECTTICUT. GRANDPARENTS ARE BOB AND ANN OSTERHAUSE OF MAQUOKETA....THEIR 27TH
GRANDCHILD.
AND THAT'S IT FOR A THURSDAY.
TAKE IT EASY.
DENNIS VOY
Wednesday, August 04, 2004
STRONG WINDS AND RAIN LAST NIGHT...85/100 OF AN INCH....ELECTRICITY OFF 3HOURS.
HIGH OF 80 TODAY.
MILDRED GOEPFERT, AGE 89, FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA DIED MONDAY. SURVIVORS INCLUDE A SISTER,
ARMILLA MANGLER-KYARSGAARD OF MAQUOKETA.
I'LL BE IN WISCONSIN FOR 3 DAYS....NEXT REPORT WILL PROBABLY BE MONDAY.
DENNIS VOY
HIGH OF 80 TODAY.
MILDRED GOEPFERT, AGE 89, FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA DIED MONDAY. SURVIVORS INCLUDE A SISTER,
ARMILLA MANGLER-KYARSGAARD OF MAQUOKETA.
I'LL BE IN WISCONSIN FOR 3 DAYS....NEXT REPORT WILL PROBABLY BE MONDAY.
DENNIS VOY
Monday, August 02, 2004
RAIN THIS MORNING, SUNNY, HOT AND HUMID THIS AFTERNOON.
TAKE TWO VIDEO STORE ON SOUTH JONES WAS BROKEN INTO OVER THE WEEKEND AND CASH BOXES WITH ABOUT $300 WERE TAKEN.
MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL MEETS TONIGHT.
THE JACKSON COUNTY FAIR ENDED UP ITS 5-DAY RUN WITH MORE THAN 1,500 OVER LAST YEAR.
TOTAL ATTENDANCE, 17,115.
THE $500 CASH DRAWING WENT TO BILL TACK OF DEWITT LAST NIGHT AT THE FAIR.
THE TRIVIA CONTEST WINNER YESTERDAY AT THE FAIR WAS DUANE WESTPHAL OF MAQUOKETA.
THE WINNER OF THE FAIRBOARD'S QUILT DRAWING WAS LUCRECA SCHOENHUR OF MAQUOKETA.
THE TWO VEHICLE ACCIDENT FRIDAY DURING RAGBRAI IN MAQUOKETA....AT THE INTERSECTION OF WEST PLATT AND MCKINSEY DRIVE INVOLVED A DRIVER FROM KALONA AND THE OTHER FROM TWIN LAKES, WISCONSIN. THE KALONA DRIVER WAS CHARGED WITH OWI AND THE WISCONSIN DRIVER WITH STOP SIGN VIOLATION. FOUR PEOPLE WERE TAKEN INJURED, ALL FROM THE WISCONSIN 2003 FORD EXPLORER, WHICH RECEIVED $8,000 IN DAMAGES. THE PICKUP TRUCK HAD $4,000 IN DAMAGES.
COURT NEWS: JEFFREY HARKIN, AGE 34, OF MAQUOKETA WAS ARRESTED EARLY SATURDAY MORNING FOR OWI.
DAVID WILLGUS, AGE 46, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS CHARGED WITH PUBLIC INTOXICATION DURING THE RAGBRAI CELEBRATION DOWNTOWN.
SERVICES ARE PENDING AT CARSON AND SON FUNERAL HOME IN MAQUOKETA FOR SALLY LOU RALFS, AGE 73, FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA AND FOR LAURA L. IRWIN, AGE 51, OF MAQUOKETA.
HAD LUNCH TODAY AT THE NEW TACO JOHNS WITH BOB OSTERHAUS. HE REPORTS HIS TRIP TO THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION WAS A GOOD ONE....HE AND ANN ENJOYED IT....AND WERE HOME FRIDAY IN TIME TO HOST SOME RAGBRAI BIKERS ON THEIR LAWN.
JAKE BICKFORD AND I WERE IN AT KRISTINO'S PIZZA FOR A COKE THIS AFTERNOON , ON THE CORNER OF MAIN AND PLATT (WHERE THE DRUGS STORE WAS FOR MANY YEARS) AND THEY NEVER CLOSED FRIDAY NIGHT
DURING RAGBRAI....BUSY ALL NIGHT LONG. THEY SAID THAT BIKERS WERE STILL BIKING INTO MAQUOKETA AFTER MIDNIGHT.
THE ROTARY CITIZEN OF THE WEEK IS DR. CLAY RISSER, AGE 105 , TOMORROW. A RECENT COLOR PHOTO OF HIM AND A NICE STORY, IS AT THE ROTARY WEB SITE...www.maquoketa-rotary.org
O'REILLEY'S NEW AUTO PARTS STORE OPENED OVER THE WEEKEND, ON WEST PLATT STREET.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
TAKE TWO VIDEO STORE ON SOUTH JONES WAS BROKEN INTO OVER THE WEEKEND AND CASH BOXES WITH ABOUT $300 WERE TAKEN.
MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL MEETS TONIGHT.
THE JACKSON COUNTY FAIR ENDED UP ITS 5-DAY RUN WITH MORE THAN 1,500 OVER LAST YEAR.
TOTAL ATTENDANCE, 17,115.
THE $500 CASH DRAWING WENT TO BILL TACK OF DEWITT LAST NIGHT AT THE FAIR.
THE TRIVIA CONTEST WINNER YESTERDAY AT THE FAIR WAS DUANE WESTPHAL OF MAQUOKETA.
THE WINNER OF THE FAIRBOARD'S QUILT DRAWING WAS LUCRECA SCHOENHUR OF MAQUOKETA.
THE TWO VEHICLE ACCIDENT FRIDAY DURING RAGBRAI IN MAQUOKETA....AT THE INTERSECTION OF WEST PLATT AND MCKINSEY DRIVE INVOLVED A DRIVER FROM KALONA AND THE OTHER FROM TWIN LAKES, WISCONSIN. THE KALONA DRIVER WAS CHARGED WITH OWI AND THE WISCONSIN DRIVER WITH STOP SIGN VIOLATION. FOUR PEOPLE WERE TAKEN INJURED, ALL FROM THE WISCONSIN 2003 FORD EXPLORER, WHICH RECEIVED $8,000 IN DAMAGES. THE PICKUP TRUCK HAD $4,000 IN DAMAGES.
COURT NEWS: JEFFREY HARKIN, AGE 34, OF MAQUOKETA WAS ARRESTED EARLY SATURDAY MORNING FOR OWI.
DAVID WILLGUS, AGE 46, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS CHARGED WITH PUBLIC INTOXICATION DURING THE RAGBRAI CELEBRATION DOWNTOWN.
SERVICES ARE PENDING AT CARSON AND SON FUNERAL HOME IN MAQUOKETA FOR SALLY LOU RALFS, AGE 73, FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA AND FOR LAURA L. IRWIN, AGE 51, OF MAQUOKETA.
HAD LUNCH TODAY AT THE NEW TACO JOHNS WITH BOB OSTERHAUS. HE REPORTS HIS TRIP TO THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION WAS A GOOD ONE....HE AND ANN ENJOYED IT....AND WERE HOME FRIDAY IN TIME TO HOST SOME RAGBRAI BIKERS ON THEIR LAWN.
JAKE BICKFORD AND I WERE IN AT KRISTINO'S PIZZA FOR A COKE THIS AFTERNOON , ON THE CORNER OF MAIN AND PLATT (WHERE THE DRUGS STORE WAS FOR MANY YEARS) AND THEY NEVER CLOSED FRIDAY NIGHT
DURING RAGBRAI....BUSY ALL NIGHT LONG. THEY SAID THAT BIKERS WERE STILL BIKING INTO MAQUOKETA AFTER MIDNIGHT.
THE ROTARY CITIZEN OF THE WEEK IS DR. CLAY RISSER, AGE 105 , TOMORROW. A RECENT COLOR PHOTO OF HIM AND A NICE STORY, IS AT THE ROTARY WEB SITE...www.maquoketa-rotary.org
O'REILLEY'S NEW AUTO PARTS STORE OPENED OVER THE WEEKEND, ON WEST PLATT STREET.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
Sunday, August 01, 2004
SUNDAY REPORT CONTINUES...THIS IS 3
THE JACKSON COUNTY FAIR HAS BEEN GOING GOOD. ATTENDANCE IS UP AND MAY BE BEST IN SEVEAL YEARS. WEDNESDAY NIGHT PARADE WAS GOOD...AND LONG.
THURSDAY NIGHT, RAIN CAME, AND CANCELLED THE BUDDY JEWEL COUNTRY SHOW. THEY HAD ABOUT A THOUSAND IN GRANDSTAND AT 8 WHEN THEY HAD TO CANCEL, BUT BUDDY WENT OUT INTO GRANDSTAND WITH A COUPLE BAND MEMBERS AND WITHOUT PA, SANG IN THE CENTER OF GRANDSTAND AND THEN AT BOTH ENDS...SO HE WAS NICE ENOUGHT TO DO THAT....AND THEN SIGNED AUTOGRAPHS FOR A COUPLE HOURS AFTER.
FRIDAY NIGHT TRACTOR AND TRUCK PULL WAS BIG AND LAST NIGHT, A FULL GRANDSTAND, PLUS, FOR THE STOCK CAR RACES.
ASHLEY SCHNOOR, 2004 MCHS GRAD, AND DAUGHTER OF RODNEY AND SHERRY SCHNOOR OF MAQUOEKTA, SHOWED THE GRAND CHAMP STEER YESTERAY.
TONIGHT, THE BULL RIDING SHOW. THEY HAVE BEEN GIVING AWAY CASH EVERY NIGHT...DIFFERENT AMOUNTS...AND TONIGHT, ONE PERSON WILL GET $500.
THEY HAVE A NEW BOOK ON THE HISTORY OF THE FAIR (CELEBRATING 150 THIS YEAR) AND YOU CAN BUY ONE FOR $7. EMAIL ME AND I'LL TAKE YOUR ORDER.
GENE AUTRY WAS THE MAIN ENTERTAINER IN 1977, OR MAYBE 78. SHOJI TABUCHI, NUMBER ONE SINGER IN BRANSON NOW, WAS THE ENTERTAINER HERE IN 1974. I AND KMAQ, HAVE BEEN COVERING THE FAIR SINCE THE 1959 FAIR. WE WERE IN A TENT THAT FIRST YEAR AND WERE CELEBRATING OUR 1ST ANNIVERSARY WITH A DRAWING FOR FREE RADIOS. JAN GARBER'S ORCHESTRA WAS A FEATURED ACT THEN. ADMISSION WAS $1. NOW IT IS $6 BUT YOU CAN BUY A FUN-SAVER CARD IN ADVANCE OF THE SALE FOR A GOOD SAVINGS ON DAILY ADMISSION. THE FAIR HERE IS A GOOD ONE....MUCH BIGGER AND MORE TO DO THAN THAT FIRST ONE I WENT TO IN 1959. MORE PERMANENT BUILDINGS NOW. IF YOU HAVE STORIES TO SHARE ABOUT THE FAIR, DO SO ON THE KMAQ GUEST BOOK.
SO MUCH FOR THE FAIR, FOR NOW.
ONE DEATH. GALEN BURKEY, AGE 83, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED THURSDAY. HE WORKED FOR THE MAQUOKETA MUNICIPAL UTILITY PLANT OFR 23 YEARS. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, ARLENE AND SEVERAL CHILDREN. RON,MIKE AND GARY LIVE HERE IN TOWN.
I'M NOT SURE I MENTIONED IN EARLIER REPORT THAT FRIDAY AFTERNOON AT 12:30, LARRY MCCLOY OF MAQUOKETA ACCIDENTALLY RAN HIS CAR INTO THE WALL AT THE MAQUOKETA STATE BANK WEST SIDE OFFICE PARKING AREA. FOOT MUST HAVE SLIPPED TO ACCELERATOR INSTEAD OF BRAKE. HE WORKS FOR ME AT THE THEATRE, BUT I HAVE NOT YET TALKED TO HIM. HIS WIFE, LIZ AND GRANDSON WERE WITH HIM AND NO INJURIES. THE CAR WENT
RIGHT INTO THE BUILDING AND STOPPED WHEN IT HIT THE VALUT WALL.
FULL HOUSE LAST NIGHT AT THE DRIVE-IN. IN FACT, HAD TO TURN AWAY A LOT OF CARS.
IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL NIGHT AND PEOPLE ARE DOING LOTS OF THINGS THESE DAYS, AS THE SUMMER VACATION IS FAST COMING TO A CLOSE. I STARTED AT 5:30 YESTERDAY MORNING HERE AT THE STATION AND LEFT THE DRIVE-IN JUST BEFORE MIDNIGHT LAST. LONG DAY. AT 65, I HAVE NO TROUBLE DOING THIS, BUT I'M NOT SURE I'LL BE ABLE TO STAND THIS WHEN I'M 80.
SPEAKING OF AGE....GRAND-DAUGHTER CASSIE OF BETTENDORF IS 7 TODAY. HAPPY BIRTHDAY CASSIE. WILL BE DOWN AT 2 THIS AFTERNOON FOR YOUR PARTY. SHE IS RICK AND SHERI'S DAUGHTER.
WELL..SORRY FOR THE LENGTHY REPORT.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
THE JACKSON COUNTY FAIR HAS BEEN GOING GOOD. ATTENDANCE IS UP AND MAY BE BEST IN SEVEAL YEARS. WEDNESDAY NIGHT PARADE WAS GOOD...AND LONG.
THURSDAY NIGHT, RAIN CAME, AND CANCELLED THE BUDDY JEWEL COUNTRY SHOW. THEY HAD ABOUT A THOUSAND IN GRANDSTAND AT 8 WHEN THEY HAD TO CANCEL, BUT BUDDY WENT OUT INTO GRANDSTAND WITH A COUPLE BAND MEMBERS AND WITHOUT PA, SANG IN THE CENTER OF GRANDSTAND AND THEN AT BOTH ENDS...SO HE WAS NICE ENOUGHT TO DO THAT....AND THEN SIGNED AUTOGRAPHS FOR A COUPLE HOURS AFTER.
FRIDAY NIGHT TRACTOR AND TRUCK PULL WAS BIG AND LAST NIGHT, A FULL GRANDSTAND, PLUS, FOR THE STOCK CAR RACES.
ASHLEY SCHNOOR, 2004 MCHS GRAD, AND DAUGHTER OF RODNEY AND SHERRY SCHNOOR OF MAQUOEKTA, SHOWED THE GRAND CHAMP STEER YESTERAY.
TONIGHT, THE BULL RIDING SHOW. THEY HAVE BEEN GIVING AWAY CASH EVERY NIGHT...DIFFERENT AMOUNTS...AND TONIGHT, ONE PERSON WILL GET $500.
THEY HAVE A NEW BOOK ON THE HISTORY OF THE FAIR (CELEBRATING 150 THIS YEAR) AND YOU CAN BUY ONE FOR $7. EMAIL ME AND I'LL TAKE YOUR ORDER.
GENE AUTRY WAS THE MAIN ENTERTAINER IN 1977, OR MAYBE 78. SHOJI TABUCHI, NUMBER ONE SINGER IN BRANSON NOW, WAS THE ENTERTAINER HERE IN 1974. I AND KMAQ, HAVE BEEN COVERING THE FAIR SINCE THE 1959 FAIR. WE WERE IN A TENT THAT FIRST YEAR AND WERE CELEBRATING OUR 1ST ANNIVERSARY WITH A DRAWING FOR FREE RADIOS. JAN GARBER'S ORCHESTRA WAS A FEATURED ACT THEN. ADMISSION WAS $1. NOW IT IS $6 BUT YOU CAN BUY A FUN-SAVER CARD IN ADVANCE OF THE SALE FOR A GOOD SAVINGS ON DAILY ADMISSION. THE FAIR HERE IS A GOOD ONE....MUCH BIGGER AND MORE TO DO THAN THAT FIRST ONE I WENT TO IN 1959. MORE PERMANENT BUILDINGS NOW. IF YOU HAVE STORIES TO SHARE ABOUT THE FAIR, DO SO ON THE KMAQ GUEST BOOK.
SO MUCH FOR THE FAIR, FOR NOW.
ONE DEATH. GALEN BURKEY, AGE 83, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED THURSDAY. HE WORKED FOR THE MAQUOKETA MUNICIPAL UTILITY PLANT OFR 23 YEARS. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, ARLENE AND SEVERAL CHILDREN. RON,MIKE AND GARY LIVE HERE IN TOWN.
I'M NOT SURE I MENTIONED IN EARLIER REPORT THAT FRIDAY AFTERNOON AT 12:30, LARRY MCCLOY OF MAQUOKETA ACCIDENTALLY RAN HIS CAR INTO THE WALL AT THE MAQUOKETA STATE BANK WEST SIDE OFFICE PARKING AREA. FOOT MUST HAVE SLIPPED TO ACCELERATOR INSTEAD OF BRAKE. HE WORKS FOR ME AT THE THEATRE, BUT I HAVE NOT YET TALKED TO HIM. HIS WIFE, LIZ AND GRANDSON WERE WITH HIM AND NO INJURIES. THE CAR WENT
RIGHT INTO THE BUILDING AND STOPPED WHEN IT HIT THE VALUT WALL.
FULL HOUSE LAST NIGHT AT THE DRIVE-IN. IN FACT, HAD TO TURN AWAY A LOT OF CARS.
IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL NIGHT AND PEOPLE ARE DOING LOTS OF THINGS THESE DAYS, AS THE SUMMER VACATION IS FAST COMING TO A CLOSE. I STARTED AT 5:30 YESTERDAY MORNING HERE AT THE STATION AND LEFT THE DRIVE-IN JUST BEFORE MIDNIGHT LAST. LONG DAY. AT 65, I HAVE NO TROUBLE DOING THIS, BUT I'M NOT SURE I'LL BE ABLE TO STAND THIS WHEN I'M 80.
SPEAKING OF AGE....GRAND-DAUGHTER CASSIE OF BETTENDORF IS 7 TODAY. HAPPY BIRTHDAY CASSIE. WILL BE DOWN AT 2 THIS AFTERNOON FOR YOUR PARTY. SHE IS RICK AND SHERI'S DAUGHTER.
WELL..SORRY FOR THE LENGTHY REPORT.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
SUNDAY... CONTINUES WITH PART 2.
NEXT, A REPORT ON RAGBRAI. IT WAS A WILD AND FUN FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT IN MAQUOKETA.
THE 10-15-THOUSAND BIKERS STARTED ARRIVING AROUND 10 A.M. BUT MOST CAME IN DURING THE MID-AFTERNOON HOURS. THEY ENTERED MAQUOKETA FROM THE WEST ON HIGHWAY 64 AND TURNED ON TO SUMMITT STREET ACROSS FROM OBIE'S RESTAURANT (MANY YEARS AGO,THE TANGO) AND HEADED UP THE THE HIGH SCHOOL, MORE OR LESS THE STARTING POINT IN MAQUOKETA. ALL ALONG THE STREETS WERE SIGNS DIRECTING THEM TO THEIR GROUP SITE, AS MOST BIKERS ARE WITH GROUPS, WITH A GIVEN NAME.
MOST IMMEDIATELY SET UP THERE TENT. MOST TENTS WERE IN SEVERAL DISIGNATED AREAS, BUT MANY HAS MADE ARRANGEMENTS TO SET UP IN PRIVATE YARDS. NANCY AND I HAD 14 IN OUR BACK YARR (A VERY NICE GROUP BY THE WAY) AND ALL THEY WANTED WAS TO USE OUR BASEMENT SHOWER AND BATHROOM. SOME GROUPS, LIKE ACCROSS THE STREET FROM US, HAS MADE ARRANGEMENTS FOR PORTA-POTTIES. THERE WERE HUNREDS OF THOSE IN TOWN AND SOME ARE STILL STANDING AROUND WAITING TO BE PICKED-UP. THE DOWNTOWN AREA STARTED GETTING BUSY AROUND 4 P.M. AND WAS
PACKED STARTING AROUND 7. MOST OF THE FOOD STANDS WERE ON THE CLOSED STREET IN FRONT OF THE LIBRARY....MUST HAVE BEEN 20 STANDS. THEN, IN THE CITY PARKING LOT EAST OF THE COURT HOUSE, WAS THE BEER GARDEN, WITH TWO ROCK BANDS. IT GOT REALLY BUSY AROUND 8:30 P.M. AND HAD TO SHUT DOWN AT 10:45. I HEARD THAT IT TOOK IN AROUND $23,000. IT WAS A MILLER-LITE GARDEN. AT $3 A CAN, THE GROSS GROWS QUICKLY. THEY ATE WELL. THE BOOSTER STAND AT THE HIGH SCHOOL SOLD OUT. TWO RESTAURANTS DOWNTOWN SOLD OUT OF FOOD CLOSED EARLY. THREE OR MORE CHURCHS SOLD OUT EARLY. LITTLE TROUBLE. A COUPLE OF ALCOHOL RELATED ARRESTS AND ONE OWI.
THERE WAS A TWO-CAR ACCIDENT BY SUPPORT PEOPLE IN TOWN AND IT HAPPENED OUT ON MCKINSEY DRIVE AND THERE WERE 3 IN EACH CAR AND SOME WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL, BUT I HAVE NOT HEARD IF THEY HAD SERIOUS INJURIES. AT THE MILLER LITE GARDEN, THEY HAD A DRAWING FOR A USED, BUT REALLY NICE BUS, AND IT WAS WON BY A BIKING GROUP IN DUBUQUE. SEVERAL BUSES WERE BUSY ALL NIGHT HAULING PEOPLE (FOR $2) TO SEVERAL DROP -OFF PLACES, INCLUDING A STOP AT THE MAQUOKETA CAVES STATE PARK.
SO, ALTHOUGH I'LL BE HEARING MORE ABOUT RAGBRAI THIS WEEK, MY SENSE IS....IT WAS A BIG SUCCESS HERE IN MAQUOKETA. WE HEARD OF NUMEROUS COMMENTS BY BIKERS SAYING MAQUOKETA WAS THE BEST STOP OF THE WEEK, FOR FACILITIES AND ORGANIZATION. HOPLEFULLY,THEY'LL ALL COME BACK AND VISIT JACKSON COUNTY AGAIN. THEY WERE FROM ALL 50 STATES AND SEVERAL FOREIGN COUNTRIES.
KMAQ ... LEIGHTON HEPKER AND I...DID MANY REMOTE BROADCASTS FROM AROUND TOWN BRINGING LISTENERS THE COLOR OF RAGB RAI. AND SON DAVID VOY, TOOK HUNDREDS OF PICTURES FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT AND YOU CAN SEE THEM AT www.maquoketa.com
AND..ALL THIS GOING ON FRIDAY WHILE THE JACKSON COUNTY FAIR WAS ALSO IN PROGRESS HERE IN TOWN....AND KMAQ WAS BROADCASTING (YES LEIGHTON AND I) EVERY HALF HOUR FROM IT
MORE ABOUT THE FAIR NEXT, BUT I'LL POST THIS PART NOW AND THE NEXT WILL BE PART 3.
NEXT, A REPORT ON RAGBRAI. IT WAS A WILD AND FUN FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT IN MAQUOKETA.
THE 10-15-THOUSAND BIKERS STARTED ARRIVING AROUND 10 A.M. BUT MOST CAME IN DURING THE MID-AFTERNOON HOURS. THEY ENTERED MAQUOKETA FROM THE WEST ON HIGHWAY 64 AND TURNED ON TO SUMMITT STREET ACROSS FROM OBIE'S RESTAURANT (MANY YEARS AGO,THE TANGO) AND HEADED UP THE THE HIGH SCHOOL, MORE OR LESS THE STARTING POINT IN MAQUOKETA. ALL ALONG THE STREETS WERE SIGNS DIRECTING THEM TO THEIR GROUP SITE, AS MOST BIKERS ARE WITH GROUPS, WITH A GIVEN NAME.
MOST IMMEDIATELY SET UP THERE TENT. MOST TENTS WERE IN SEVERAL DISIGNATED AREAS, BUT MANY HAS MADE ARRANGEMENTS TO SET UP IN PRIVATE YARDS. NANCY AND I HAD 14 IN OUR BACK YARR (A VERY NICE GROUP BY THE WAY) AND ALL THEY WANTED WAS TO USE OUR BASEMENT SHOWER AND BATHROOM. SOME GROUPS, LIKE ACCROSS THE STREET FROM US, HAS MADE ARRANGEMENTS FOR PORTA-POTTIES. THERE WERE HUNREDS OF THOSE IN TOWN AND SOME ARE STILL STANDING AROUND WAITING TO BE PICKED-UP. THE DOWNTOWN AREA STARTED GETTING BUSY AROUND 4 P.M. AND WAS
PACKED STARTING AROUND 7. MOST OF THE FOOD STANDS WERE ON THE CLOSED STREET IN FRONT OF THE LIBRARY....MUST HAVE BEEN 20 STANDS. THEN, IN THE CITY PARKING LOT EAST OF THE COURT HOUSE, WAS THE BEER GARDEN, WITH TWO ROCK BANDS. IT GOT REALLY BUSY AROUND 8:30 P.M. AND HAD TO SHUT DOWN AT 10:45. I HEARD THAT IT TOOK IN AROUND $23,000. IT WAS A MILLER-LITE GARDEN. AT $3 A CAN, THE GROSS GROWS QUICKLY. THEY ATE WELL. THE BOOSTER STAND AT THE HIGH SCHOOL SOLD OUT. TWO RESTAURANTS DOWNTOWN SOLD OUT OF FOOD CLOSED EARLY. THREE OR MORE CHURCHS SOLD OUT EARLY. LITTLE TROUBLE. A COUPLE OF ALCOHOL RELATED ARRESTS AND ONE OWI.
THERE WAS A TWO-CAR ACCIDENT BY SUPPORT PEOPLE IN TOWN AND IT HAPPENED OUT ON MCKINSEY DRIVE AND THERE WERE 3 IN EACH CAR AND SOME WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL, BUT I HAVE NOT HEARD IF THEY HAD SERIOUS INJURIES. AT THE MILLER LITE GARDEN, THEY HAD A DRAWING FOR A USED, BUT REALLY NICE BUS, AND IT WAS WON BY A BIKING GROUP IN DUBUQUE. SEVERAL BUSES WERE BUSY ALL NIGHT HAULING PEOPLE (FOR $2) TO SEVERAL DROP -OFF PLACES, INCLUDING A STOP AT THE MAQUOKETA CAVES STATE PARK.
SO, ALTHOUGH I'LL BE HEARING MORE ABOUT RAGBRAI THIS WEEK, MY SENSE IS....IT WAS A BIG SUCCESS HERE IN MAQUOKETA. WE HEARD OF NUMEROUS COMMENTS BY BIKERS SAYING MAQUOKETA WAS THE BEST STOP OF THE WEEK, FOR FACILITIES AND ORGANIZATION. HOPLEFULLY,THEY'LL ALL COME BACK AND VISIT JACKSON COUNTY AGAIN. THEY WERE FROM ALL 50 STATES AND SEVERAL FOREIGN COUNTRIES.
KMAQ ... LEIGHTON HEPKER AND I...DID MANY REMOTE BROADCASTS FROM AROUND TOWN BRINGING LISTENERS THE COLOR OF RAGB RAI. AND SON DAVID VOY, TOOK HUNDREDS OF PICTURES FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT AND YOU CAN SEE THEM AT www.maquoketa.com
AND..ALL THIS GOING ON FRIDAY WHILE THE JACKSON COUNTY FAIR WAS ALSO IN PROGRESS HERE IN TOWN....AND KMAQ WAS BROADCASTING (YES LEIGHTON AND I) EVERY HALF HOUR FROM IT
MORE ABOUT THE FAIR NEXT, BUT I'LL POST THIS PART NOW AND THE NEXT WILL BE PART 3.
A HOT AND HUMID SUNDAY IN MAQUOKETA...IN THE 80'S FOR SURE!
I HAVE BEEN BUSY!
JUST GOT HERE TO OFFICE, AFTER ATTENDING CHURCH WITH NANCY. WHAT'S NEW AT FIRST LUTHERAN? PASTOR PAM SCHROEDER WILL BE LEAVING WITHIN A YEAR. HER HUSBAND, BRAD, ALSO A LUTHERAN MINISTER, HAS ACCEPTED A CALL TO DES MOINES AND THE FAMILY WILL MOVE THERE. PASTOR PAM, WHO HAS BEEN THE ASSOCIATE PASTOR HERE FOR SEVERAL YEARS, WILL BE LOOKING FOR A CALL TO A CHURCH IN THE DES MOINES AREA. WILL HATE TO SEE HER LEAVE. NANCY AND I SAT BEHIND BUDDY AND MYRNA OLSON. BUDDY WAS FORMER CHIEF OF POLICE HER.....WHILE I WAS MAYOR IN THE EARLY 70'S, HE WAS THE BEST CHEIF I EVER HAD. HE AND HIS SON JAY OWN AND OPERATE A SECURITY FIRM FROM THEIR HOME NORTH OF TOWN, THAT HAS CLIENTS ALL OVER, WIRED BY PHONE LINES TO MONIOR BUSINESS FIRMS AND HOMES. BUDDY, LIKE ME, DOESN'T SING LOUD. AND HE DID NOT WEAR A TIE. NOT UNUSUAL THESE DAYS. I, PASTOR GJERDE AND RON RATH WERE THE ONLY THREE IN CHURCH WEARING A TIE. RON IS MORTICIAN WITH CARSON AND SON FUNERAL HOME IN MAQUOKETA. MORTICIANS
ALWAYS WEAR TIES OF COURSE. EVEN JAKE BICKFORD, OWNER OF BILL MOLER'S MEN'S WEAR IN MAQUOKETA WAS IN CHURCH TODAY, WITHOUT A TIE. HE AND JUDY HAD 3 GRANDKIDS WITH THEM FROM INDIANA. BRIAN'S KIDS, WHILE THEY ARE ON VACATION. A WEEK AGO YESTERDAY, I WAS
TO NICOLE CLAUSING'S WEDDING IN WAVERLY, AND IN THE PEWS, ONLY I AND A COUPLE OTHERS WORE A TIE TO THE WEDDING. I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THAT, BUT I DO HAVE SOME OF THE SPORTY OUTFITS WORN THESE DAYS TO CHURCH. IN OTHER WORDS, SOME GO TOO FAR AND ARE TOO CASUAL.
DURING THE KIDS SERMON TODAY, HE ATE ONE M & M AT A TIME, JOKING WITH THE KIDS ABOUT HOW HE LIKED ALL THE DIFFERENT COLORS OF M & M'S..... HE JUST KEPT EATING THEM...ALONE....UNTIL THEY WERE GONE. THEN WENT ON TO TALK ABOUT "SHARING". CLEVER KID'S SERMON. OH YEA...HE HAD LITTLE BAGS OF M & M'S FOR THEM AFTER, TO TAKE HOME. HE REGULAR SERMON WAS ABOUT
"MATERIALISM", AND HOW IT CAUSES MANY FAMILY PROBLEMS. SO MUCH ABOUT CHURCH.
APPRORIATE, RIGHT? SINCE THIS IS SUNDAY. ATTENDANCE WAS DOWN...ALWAYS IS DURING SUMMER.
PASTOR GJERDE'S WIFE WORKS FOR ST.PAUL LUTHERAN IN DAVENPORT AND FOR THAT REASON, THEY LIVE HALF-WAY BETWEEN, IN DEWITT.
PART 2 OF THIS SUNDAY REPORT CONTINUES ABOVE. SINCE I AM HAVING SOME COMPUTER PROBLESM I BEST POST THIS BEFORE I LOOSE IT,AND THEN CONTINUE.
I HAVE BEEN BUSY!
JUST GOT HERE TO OFFICE, AFTER ATTENDING CHURCH WITH NANCY. WHAT'S NEW AT FIRST LUTHERAN? PASTOR PAM SCHROEDER WILL BE LEAVING WITHIN A YEAR. HER HUSBAND, BRAD, ALSO A LUTHERAN MINISTER, HAS ACCEPTED A CALL TO DES MOINES AND THE FAMILY WILL MOVE THERE. PASTOR PAM, WHO HAS BEEN THE ASSOCIATE PASTOR HERE FOR SEVERAL YEARS, WILL BE LOOKING FOR A CALL TO A CHURCH IN THE DES MOINES AREA. WILL HATE TO SEE HER LEAVE. NANCY AND I SAT BEHIND BUDDY AND MYRNA OLSON. BUDDY WAS FORMER CHIEF OF POLICE HER.....WHILE I WAS MAYOR IN THE EARLY 70'S, HE WAS THE BEST CHEIF I EVER HAD. HE AND HIS SON JAY OWN AND OPERATE A SECURITY FIRM FROM THEIR HOME NORTH OF TOWN, THAT HAS CLIENTS ALL OVER, WIRED BY PHONE LINES TO MONIOR BUSINESS FIRMS AND HOMES. BUDDY, LIKE ME, DOESN'T SING LOUD. AND HE DID NOT WEAR A TIE. NOT UNUSUAL THESE DAYS. I, PASTOR GJERDE AND RON RATH WERE THE ONLY THREE IN CHURCH WEARING A TIE. RON IS MORTICIAN WITH CARSON AND SON FUNERAL HOME IN MAQUOKETA. MORTICIANS
ALWAYS WEAR TIES OF COURSE. EVEN JAKE BICKFORD, OWNER OF BILL MOLER'S MEN'S WEAR IN MAQUOKETA WAS IN CHURCH TODAY, WITHOUT A TIE. HE AND JUDY HAD 3 GRANDKIDS WITH THEM FROM INDIANA. BRIAN'S KIDS, WHILE THEY ARE ON VACATION. A WEEK AGO YESTERDAY, I WAS
TO NICOLE CLAUSING'S WEDDING IN WAVERLY, AND IN THE PEWS, ONLY I AND A COUPLE OTHERS WORE A TIE TO THE WEDDING. I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THAT, BUT I DO HAVE SOME OF THE SPORTY OUTFITS WORN THESE DAYS TO CHURCH. IN OTHER WORDS, SOME GO TOO FAR AND ARE TOO CASUAL.
DURING THE KIDS SERMON TODAY, HE ATE ONE M & M AT A TIME, JOKING WITH THE KIDS ABOUT HOW HE LIKED ALL THE DIFFERENT COLORS OF M & M'S..... HE JUST KEPT EATING THEM...ALONE....UNTIL THEY WERE GONE. THEN WENT ON TO TALK ABOUT "SHARING". CLEVER KID'S SERMON. OH YEA...HE HAD LITTLE BAGS OF M & M'S FOR THEM AFTER, TO TAKE HOME. HE REGULAR SERMON WAS ABOUT
"MATERIALISM", AND HOW IT CAUSES MANY FAMILY PROBLEMS. SO MUCH ABOUT CHURCH.
APPRORIATE, RIGHT? SINCE THIS IS SUNDAY. ATTENDANCE WAS DOWN...ALWAYS IS DURING SUMMER.
PASTOR GJERDE'S WIFE WORKS FOR ST.PAUL LUTHERAN IN DAVENPORT AND FOR THAT REASON, THEY LIVE HALF-WAY BETWEEN, IN DEWITT.
PART 2 OF THIS SUNDAY REPORT CONTINUES ABOVE. SINCE I AM HAVING SOME COMPUTER PROBLESM I BEST POST THIS BEFORE I LOOSE IT,AND THEN CONTINUE.
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