HAPPY NEW YEAR!
IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN IOWA TODAY...SUNNY AND HIGH OF 41. RAIN AND SLEET IN FORECAST FOR TOMORROW.
AN ORDINANCE IS BEING DISCUSSED FOR EASTERN IOWA COUNTIES, INCLUDING JACKSON AND CLINTON, TO RESTRICT THE SALE OF PSEUDOPHEDRINE, WHICH IS A MAJOR INGREDIENT IN MAKING METHMPHETEAMINE. IT IS INCLUDED IN MANY COLD MEDICINES AND THE ORDINACE WOULD REQUIRE RETAILERS TO LIMIT THE SALE OF THE COLD MEDICINE DRUG TO BE SOLD FROM BEHIND THE COUNTER AT DRUG STORES AND RETAILERS WOULD ALSO BE LIMITED TO THE SALE OF TWO PACKAGES A DAY, PER PERSON AND A PHOTO ID WOULD ALSO BE REQUIRED.
ILLINOIS HAS ENACTED SIMILAR RESTRICTIONS AND JACKSON COUNTY ATTORNEY JOHN KIES SAID HE DOESN'T WANT JACKSON COUNTY TO BECOME THE HAVEN FOR DRUG MAKERS IF OTHER COUNTIES ARE MAKING RESTRICTIONS.
PUBLIC HEARINGS ARE PLANNED FOR JANUARY BEFORE A FINAL ORDINANCE IS PASSED.
FORMER MAQUOKETA AND IOWA STATE QUARTERBACK SAGE ROSENFELS IS
EXPECTED TO BE THE STARTING QUARTERBACK THIS SUNDAY FOR THE MIAMI DOLPHINS. EVERYONE IN IOWA IS EXCITED ABOUT THAT. HIS PARENTS LIVE JUST A SHORT DISTANCE NORTH OF MAQUOKETA. I'M SURE THEY'LL BE AT THE GAME
THIS SUNDAY, WHICH STARTS AT NOON.
AT THE SUPERVORS MEETING IN MAQUOKETA THIS WEEK, MIKE COTTON WAS RECOGNIZED FOR SERVING JACKSON COUNTY 29 YEARS IN THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE, MOST OF THOSE YEARS AS AUDITOR. HE WAS DEFEATED IN THE NOVEMBER ELECTION. HIS OFFICE STAFF PRESENTED HIM WITH HIS DESK CHAIR, WASTE BASKET AND LETTER HOLDER, ALONG WITH A POCKET WATCH. ALSO RECOGNIZED, WAS BUTCH WATTERS, WHO IS RETIRING AFTER 27 YEARS IN THE MAINTENACE DEPARTMENT AT THE COURTHOUSE.
D.L. STEVENS, AGE 87, OF MAQUOKETA DIED LAST NIGHT AT UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS. HE WAS A FARMER AND WAS A REGISTERED HEREFORD CATTLEMAN AND IN FACT, WAS A PAST-PRESIDENT OF THE IOWA HEREFORD ASSOCIATION.
HIS SURVIVORS INCLUDE SONS FRANK AND DAVID IN MAQUOKETA AND CLIFF IN DEWITT.
THE NEW GNOMAD COFFEE SHOP OPENED TODAY ON NORTH MAIN STREET IN MAQUOKETA, IN THE LOCATION THAT FOR MANY YEARS WAS BOB'S BARBER SHOP.
THE OWNERS ARE LUKE HALEY AND TONY SCHMIDT. THEY HAVE WORKED THE LAST TWO MONTHS GETTING THE BUILDING READY FOR BUSINESS. I AND JAKE BICKFORD TOOK OUR COFFEE BREAK THERE THIS AFTERNOON AND TOOK A QUICK TOUR. THE FRONT PART OF BUILDING IS WHERE THERE ARE SEVERAL TABLES AND CHAIRS FOR COFFEE (AND LATER SANDWICHS AND PASTRIES) E PATRONS TO SIT.
MIDWAY BACK, IS A COMPUTER ROOM WHERE ONE CAN ACCESS THE INTERNET AND DO SOME WEB SEEKING OR CHECKING OF EMAIL , AND AT THE REAR OF THE BUILDING, THERE I S A SMALL STAGE AREA WITH SOME RESTORED MOVIE THEATRE SEATS, WHERE "LIVE" MUSIC WILL BE ENJOYED. GOOD LUCK TO LUKE AND TONY.
JAKE AND I HAD REGULAR COFFEE, BUT MANY FLAVORS TO CHOOSE FROM.
HOPE 2004 WAS GOOD FOR YOU AND THAT 2005 WILL BE EVEN BETTER.
AGAIN..HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM NANCY AND I.... AND THE STAFF OF KMAQ
AND THE VOY THEATRES.
DENNIS VOY
Wednesday, December 29, 2004
SUNNY THIS MORNING, MOSTLY CLOUDY THIS AFTERNOON.
HIGH TODAY 33. RAIN IS IN THE FORECAST WITH STILL WARMER WEATHER COMING.
CHARLOTTE RESIDENTS CAN DRINK THEIR CITY WATER AGAIN...FIRST TIME SINCE DECEMBER 1ST.
ITS THE HOLIDAY SEASON...NO SCHOOL...FEW MEETINGS....NO BIRTHS...NO DEATHS....NO SPORTS...
AND SO...LITTLE OR NO NEWS...
THE "CITIZENS OF THE WEEK" THIS WEEK ARE 3 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO EARLIER THIS MONTH, GOT THEIR EAGLE SCOUT AWARD. READ ABOUT THEM AT www.maquoketa-rotary.org
HOW ABOUT THE IOWA STATE CYCLONES...WINNING THEIR BOWL GAME LAST NIGHT?
RADIO BINGO STARTS ON KMAQ JANUARY 17TH...FOR 17 WEEKS. LOTS OF PLAYERS ARE WAITING.
THE KMAQ ANNUAL FARM AND HOME SHOW THIS YEAR IS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, FEBRUARY
3RD AND 4TH...AT THE JACKSON COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS.
CHAD HEINZEL (SON OF MR. AND MRS. JERRY HEINZEL OF MAQUOKETA) WAS IN MAQUOKETA TODAY
TO GIVE A PROGRAM AT THE NEW HURSTVILLE INTREPRETIVE CENTER. HE IS A PROFESSOR OF GEOLOGY AT MINOT STATE UNIVERSITY AND THE BROWN BAG LUNCH AT NOON WAS A BIG SUCCESS. THEY HAD TO SET UP ADDITIONAL CHAIRS AND TABLES. HIS TALK DEALT WITH THE HURSTVILLE AREA MAKEUP, FAMOUS A HUNDRED YEARS AGO FOR THE LIMESTONE QUARRIES THERE.
THANKS FOR THE VISIT.
DENNIS VOY
HIGH TODAY 33. RAIN IS IN THE FORECAST WITH STILL WARMER WEATHER COMING.
CHARLOTTE RESIDENTS CAN DRINK THEIR CITY WATER AGAIN...FIRST TIME SINCE DECEMBER 1ST.
ITS THE HOLIDAY SEASON...NO SCHOOL...FEW MEETINGS....NO BIRTHS...NO DEATHS....NO SPORTS...
AND SO...LITTLE OR NO NEWS...
THE "CITIZENS OF THE WEEK" THIS WEEK ARE 3 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO EARLIER THIS MONTH, GOT THEIR EAGLE SCOUT AWARD. READ ABOUT THEM AT www.maquoketa-rotary.org
HOW ABOUT THE IOWA STATE CYCLONES...WINNING THEIR BOWL GAME LAST NIGHT?
RADIO BINGO STARTS ON KMAQ JANUARY 17TH...FOR 17 WEEKS. LOTS OF PLAYERS ARE WAITING.
THE KMAQ ANNUAL FARM AND HOME SHOW THIS YEAR IS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, FEBRUARY
3RD AND 4TH...AT THE JACKSON COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS.
CHAD HEINZEL (SON OF MR. AND MRS. JERRY HEINZEL OF MAQUOKETA) WAS IN MAQUOKETA TODAY
TO GIVE A PROGRAM AT THE NEW HURSTVILLE INTREPRETIVE CENTER. HE IS A PROFESSOR OF GEOLOGY AT MINOT STATE UNIVERSITY AND THE BROWN BAG LUNCH AT NOON WAS A BIG SUCCESS. THEY HAD TO SET UP ADDITIONAL CHAIRS AND TABLES. HIS TALK DEALT WITH THE HURSTVILLE AREA MAKEUP, FAMOUS A HUNDRED YEARS AGO FOR THE LIMESTONE QUARRIES THERE.
THANKS FOR THE VISIT.
DENNIS VOY
Sunday, December 26, 2004
A BRIGHT AND SHINY DAY-AFTER CHRISTMAS....BEAUTIFUL DAY IN MAQUOKETA.
AND, WE HAVE A WHITE CHRISTMAS. SNOW FELL LATE CHRISTMAS EVE, SOME CHRISTMAS DAY, AND SOME LAST NIGHT...AND WE HAVE AROUND AN INCH OF SNOW ON THE GROUND TODAY. AND IT IS STARTING TO MELT ALREADY WITH THE TEMPERATURE IN THE 20'S AND THE SUN SHINING.
SNOW PLOWS WERE OUT, MOSTLY FOR SANDING INTERSECTIONS. I DID SOME SHOVELING AT KMAQ, HOME, AND GRANDMA MEYERS. LARRY MCCOY DOES THE
THEATRE. SPEAKING OF THEATRE....NANCY, I AND GRANDAUGHTER SARA WENT TO SEE "MEET THE FOCKERS" LAST NIGHT. HILARIOUS! YOU KNOW, I VERY SELDOM URGE YOU TO SEE A MOVIE, EVEN THOUGH MOVIES HAVE BEEN A BIG PART OF MY LIFE SINCE 1972. (RADIO SINCE 1958)...BUT, YOU MUST SEE THIS MOVIE!!!
IF YOU ARE READING THIS AND LIVE HERE AROUND MAQUOKETA, BE SURE TO DRIVE OUT ON HIGHWAY 64 EAST, JUST OUT A SHORT WAY, AND SEE THE BIG, FANTASTIC CHRISTMAS DISPLAY BY PAUL AND DIANE BRADY. I HAVE BEEN IN MAQUOKETA 46 YEARS, AND THIS IS THE FINEST DISPLAY MAQUOKETA HAS EVER HAD.
DAVE UPDEGRAFF OF DUBUQUE THIS PAST WEEK PASSED HIS CERTIFICATION TEST ADMINISTERED BY THE HUMAN RESOURCE INSTITUTE, AND HAS EARNED A SENIOR PROFESSIONAL HUMAN RESOURCE DESIGNATION. HE IS VICE-PRESIDENT AND CHIEF HUMAN RESOURCE OFFICER AT MAQUOKETA STATE BANK AND ALSO FOR ITS HOLDING COMPANY, OHNWARD BANCSHARES, INC. DAVE, MARRIED AND THE FATHER OF TWO CHILDREN, IS A PAST-PRESIDENT OF THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB AND IS CURRENTLY A BOARD MEMBER FOR THE SUNSHINE PRE-SCHOOL AND DAYCARE CENTER IN MAQUOKETA. HE HAS BEEN WITH MAQUOKETA STATE BANK ADN OHNWARD FOR ABOUT 6 YEARS. CONGRATULATIONS FELLOW ROTARIAN AND FRIEND, DAVE UPDEGRAPH. IT WAS QUITE A GRIND ... THE COURSE STARTED MONTHS AGO, INVOLVED MUCH NIGHT STUDY AT HOME AND CLASSES IN THE QUAD CITIES, CAPPED OFF WITH A NEARLY 5 HOUR EXAM THAT MANY FAIL THE FIRST TIME...BUT NOT DAVE. HE NOW WEARS A LAPEL PIN SIGNIFIER OF THE HIGHEST ACHIEVEMENT POSSIBLE IN THE HUMAN RESOURCES PROFESSION.
WANT TO COME BACK THIS SUMMER FOR THE JACKSON COUNTY FAIR? OF COURSE YOU KNOW...
IT WILL BE BIGGER AND BETTER THAN EVER. THE DATES THIS YEAR: JULY 27-31, 05.
THE NEW COFFEE SHOP DOWNTOWN OPENS THIS WEEK. THE PAPER IS OFF THE FRONT WINDOW AND IT LOOKS VERY NICE INSIDE. MORE LATER.
ANOTHER NEW HOME IS GOING UP AT THE NEW GOLF COURSE AND IN FACT, THEY ARE WORKING ON IT TODAY. I HAVE MENTIONED BEFORE...MAQUOKETA HAS HAD AROUND 40 NEW HOME STARTS THIS YEAR.....A VERY GOOD NUNBER.
ATTENDED TWO CHRISTMAS EVE SERVICES FRIDAY NIGHT...7 PM AT THE METHODIST CHURCH (FIRST TIME FOR ME THERE, AND IT WAS NICE) AND TO LUTHERAN SERVICE AT 11, ALSO VERY NICE. NEARLY FULL HOUSE AT BOTH. METHODIST ALSO HAD ONE AT 9 AND LUTHERANS ONE EARLIER AT 4 AND 6.
NANCY'S MOTHER BELONGS TO THE METHODIST CHURCH AND WENT ALONG WITH HER TO HER SERVICE THIS YEAR.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
AND, WE HAVE A WHITE CHRISTMAS. SNOW FELL LATE CHRISTMAS EVE, SOME CHRISTMAS DAY, AND SOME LAST NIGHT...AND WE HAVE AROUND AN INCH OF SNOW ON THE GROUND TODAY. AND IT IS STARTING TO MELT ALREADY WITH THE TEMPERATURE IN THE 20'S AND THE SUN SHINING.
SNOW PLOWS WERE OUT, MOSTLY FOR SANDING INTERSECTIONS. I DID SOME SHOVELING AT KMAQ, HOME, AND GRANDMA MEYERS. LARRY MCCOY DOES THE
THEATRE. SPEAKING OF THEATRE....NANCY, I AND GRANDAUGHTER SARA WENT TO SEE "MEET THE FOCKERS" LAST NIGHT. HILARIOUS! YOU KNOW, I VERY SELDOM URGE YOU TO SEE A MOVIE, EVEN THOUGH MOVIES HAVE BEEN A BIG PART OF MY LIFE SINCE 1972. (RADIO SINCE 1958)...BUT, YOU MUST SEE THIS MOVIE!!!
IF YOU ARE READING THIS AND LIVE HERE AROUND MAQUOKETA, BE SURE TO DRIVE OUT ON HIGHWAY 64 EAST, JUST OUT A SHORT WAY, AND SEE THE BIG, FANTASTIC CHRISTMAS DISPLAY BY PAUL AND DIANE BRADY. I HAVE BEEN IN MAQUOKETA 46 YEARS, AND THIS IS THE FINEST DISPLAY MAQUOKETA HAS EVER HAD.
DAVE UPDEGRAFF OF DUBUQUE THIS PAST WEEK PASSED HIS CERTIFICATION TEST ADMINISTERED BY THE HUMAN RESOURCE INSTITUTE, AND HAS EARNED A SENIOR PROFESSIONAL HUMAN RESOURCE DESIGNATION. HE IS VICE-PRESIDENT AND CHIEF HUMAN RESOURCE OFFICER AT MAQUOKETA STATE BANK AND ALSO FOR ITS HOLDING COMPANY, OHNWARD BANCSHARES, INC. DAVE, MARRIED AND THE FATHER OF TWO CHILDREN, IS A PAST-PRESIDENT OF THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB AND IS CURRENTLY A BOARD MEMBER FOR THE SUNSHINE PRE-SCHOOL AND DAYCARE CENTER IN MAQUOKETA. HE HAS BEEN WITH MAQUOKETA STATE BANK ADN OHNWARD FOR ABOUT 6 YEARS. CONGRATULATIONS FELLOW ROTARIAN AND FRIEND, DAVE UPDEGRAPH. IT WAS QUITE A GRIND ... THE COURSE STARTED MONTHS AGO, INVOLVED MUCH NIGHT STUDY AT HOME AND CLASSES IN THE QUAD CITIES, CAPPED OFF WITH A NEARLY 5 HOUR EXAM THAT MANY FAIL THE FIRST TIME...BUT NOT DAVE. HE NOW WEARS A LAPEL PIN SIGNIFIER OF THE HIGHEST ACHIEVEMENT POSSIBLE IN THE HUMAN RESOURCES PROFESSION.
WANT TO COME BACK THIS SUMMER FOR THE JACKSON COUNTY FAIR? OF COURSE YOU KNOW...
IT WILL BE BIGGER AND BETTER THAN EVER. THE DATES THIS YEAR: JULY 27-31, 05.
THE NEW COFFEE SHOP DOWNTOWN OPENS THIS WEEK. THE PAPER IS OFF THE FRONT WINDOW AND IT LOOKS VERY NICE INSIDE. MORE LATER.
ANOTHER NEW HOME IS GOING UP AT THE NEW GOLF COURSE AND IN FACT, THEY ARE WORKING ON IT TODAY. I HAVE MENTIONED BEFORE...MAQUOKETA HAS HAD AROUND 40 NEW HOME STARTS THIS YEAR.....A VERY GOOD NUNBER.
ATTENDED TWO CHRISTMAS EVE SERVICES FRIDAY NIGHT...7 PM AT THE METHODIST CHURCH (FIRST TIME FOR ME THERE, AND IT WAS NICE) AND TO LUTHERAN SERVICE AT 11, ALSO VERY NICE. NEARLY FULL HOUSE AT BOTH. METHODIST ALSO HAD ONE AT 9 AND LUTHERANS ONE EARLIER AT 4 AND 6.
NANCY'S MOTHER BELONGS TO THE METHODIST CHURCH AND WENT ALONG WITH HER TO HER SERVICE THIS YEAR.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
Thursday, December 23, 2004
ZERO AGAIN LAST NIGHT....SUNNY AND COLD TODAY.
ANOTHER SCROOGE STORY. SOMEONE TOOK A SLEIGH AND REINDEER AND THE POWER CORD FROM THE LAUREL BAKER HOME AT 18730 FULTON ROAD IN MAQUOKETA. VALUE OF THE STOLEN MERCHANDISE, $120.00.
(WARNING: BEWARE OF CONTENT OF THIS STORY) IN JACKSON COUNTY MAGISTRATE COURT, 21 YEAR OLD JUSTIN GALLOWAY AND 21 YEAR OLD BRIAN WILHELM, BOTH OF MAQUOKETA, WERE CHARGED WITH ASSAULT CAUSING INJURY.
MAQUOKETA POLICE SAY THE PAIR, ALONG WITH BRIAN HOPSON AND CHRIS MAINS, KICKED ADAM BEARCE IN THE HEAD, BREAKING HIS JAW AND TEARING HIS EAR FROM HIS HEAD, DURING A FIGHT THAT HAPPENED AT 9:30 THE NIGHT OF NOVEMBER 25TH AT 206 N. DEARBORN.
LOTS OF TALK GOING ON BY MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND BUSINESSMEN ABOUT DOWNTOWN PARKING IN MAQUOKETA. THERE ARE SOME SPECIAL 15-MINUTE ZONES, THERE ARE MOSTLY 2-HOUR ZONES AND THERE WAS A REQUEST FOR SOME 30-MINUTE ZONES. AND THERE IS A NEED FOR MORE PARKING IN GENERAL. BUT, LIMITS IS THE BIG ISSUE THESE DAYS. AND ALL AGREE, IF THE PARKING IS NOT POLICED, NOTHING WILL WORK TO THE BETTERMENT OF PARKING. THE LATEST PROPOSAL, BY A COMMITTEE OF THE COUNCIL WOULD HAVE MADE THE WEST SIDE OF MAIN STREET 30 MINUTE SPACE AND THE EAST SIDE OF MAIN, 2-HOUR SPACES. NO ACTION TAKEN AND MORE MEETINGS ARE COMING. I THINK THEY SHOULD POUND A POLE IN THE PAVEMENT AT THE END OF EACH PARKING SPACE AND ON THAT POLE, MOUNT SOME KIND OF MACHINE WITH A TIMER ON IT AND A SLOT FOR INSERTING A COIN.
THAN FOR SO MUCH MONEY, THE SHOPPER COULD PARK FOR SO MANY MINUTES.
THEN THEY COULD HIRE A POLICEMAN WITH A 3-WHEEL MOTORCYCLE AND HE COULD GO UP AND DOWN THE STREETS TO SEE IF ANY VEHICLE WAS PARKING WERE THE TIMER HAD RUN OUT. IF A....LET'S CALL IT A METER.....IS RUN OUT, THE PERSON WITH THE VEHICLE PARKED THERE COULD BE GIVEN AN ENVELOPE TICKET AND TOLD TO PLACE A FINE IN THAT ENVELOPE. AND THEN PLACE THE ENVELOPE AT A COLLECTION BOX ON EACH SIDE OF THE STREET. THE MONEY FROM THESE FINES COULD THEN BE USED TO PAY THE SPECIAL POLICEMEN.
MAYBE SOMEONE HAS THOUGHT ABOUT THIS BEFORE. OH WELL, I'LL KEEP YOU POSTED ON MAQUOKETA DOWNTOWN PARKING PROBLEM.
JUST A FEW YEARS AGO, WE HAD SPECIAL HITCHING POSTS (NO METER) AROUND TOWN WHERE THE AMISH COULD TIE UP THEIR HORSE AND BUGGY. NO MORE AMISH AROUND, SO THOSE ARE GONE.
THERE, I STRETCHED THIS REPORT OUT A LITTLE, SO IT WOULDN'T BE TOO SHORT.
I PLAN TO HAVE A SHORT REPORT TOMORROW FOR CHRISTMAS EVE....SO LEAVE ME SOME COOKIES AND MILK (MILLER TYPE) FOR WHEN I VISIT YOUR HOME TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
HAPPY LAST MINUTE SHOPPING.
DENNIS VOY
ANOTHER SCROOGE STORY. SOMEONE TOOK A SLEIGH AND REINDEER AND THE POWER CORD FROM THE LAUREL BAKER HOME AT 18730 FULTON ROAD IN MAQUOKETA. VALUE OF THE STOLEN MERCHANDISE, $120.00.
(WARNING: BEWARE OF CONTENT OF THIS STORY) IN JACKSON COUNTY MAGISTRATE COURT, 21 YEAR OLD JUSTIN GALLOWAY AND 21 YEAR OLD BRIAN WILHELM, BOTH OF MAQUOKETA, WERE CHARGED WITH ASSAULT CAUSING INJURY.
MAQUOKETA POLICE SAY THE PAIR, ALONG WITH BRIAN HOPSON AND CHRIS MAINS, KICKED ADAM BEARCE IN THE HEAD, BREAKING HIS JAW AND TEARING HIS EAR FROM HIS HEAD, DURING A FIGHT THAT HAPPENED AT 9:30 THE NIGHT OF NOVEMBER 25TH AT 206 N. DEARBORN.
LOTS OF TALK GOING ON BY MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND BUSINESSMEN ABOUT DOWNTOWN PARKING IN MAQUOKETA. THERE ARE SOME SPECIAL 15-MINUTE ZONES, THERE ARE MOSTLY 2-HOUR ZONES AND THERE WAS A REQUEST FOR SOME 30-MINUTE ZONES. AND THERE IS A NEED FOR MORE PARKING IN GENERAL. BUT, LIMITS IS THE BIG ISSUE THESE DAYS. AND ALL AGREE, IF THE PARKING IS NOT POLICED, NOTHING WILL WORK TO THE BETTERMENT OF PARKING. THE LATEST PROPOSAL, BY A COMMITTEE OF THE COUNCIL WOULD HAVE MADE THE WEST SIDE OF MAIN STREET 30 MINUTE SPACE AND THE EAST SIDE OF MAIN, 2-HOUR SPACES. NO ACTION TAKEN AND MORE MEETINGS ARE COMING. I THINK THEY SHOULD POUND A POLE IN THE PAVEMENT AT THE END OF EACH PARKING SPACE AND ON THAT POLE, MOUNT SOME KIND OF MACHINE WITH A TIMER ON IT AND A SLOT FOR INSERTING A COIN.
THAN FOR SO MUCH MONEY, THE SHOPPER COULD PARK FOR SO MANY MINUTES.
THEN THEY COULD HIRE A POLICEMAN WITH A 3-WHEEL MOTORCYCLE AND HE COULD GO UP AND DOWN THE STREETS TO SEE IF ANY VEHICLE WAS PARKING WERE THE TIMER HAD RUN OUT. IF A....LET'S CALL IT A METER.....IS RUN OUT, THE PERSON WITH THE VEHICLE PARKED THERE COULD BE GIVEN AN ENVELOPE TICKET AND TOLD TO PLACE A FINE IN THAT ENVELOPE. AND THEN PLACE THE ENVELOPE AT A COLLECTION BOX ON EACH SIDE OF THE STREET. THE MONEY FROM THESE FINES COULD THEN BE USED TO PAY THE SPECIAL POLICEMEN.
MAYBE SOMEONE HAS THOUGHT ABOUT THIS BEFORE. OH WELL, I'LL KEEP YOU POSTED ON MAQUOKETA DOWNTOWN PARKING PROBLEM.
JUST A FEW YEARS AGO, WE HAD SPECIAL HITCHING POSTS (NO METER) AROUND TOWN WHERE THE AMISH COULD TIE UP THEIR HORSE AND BUGGY. NO MORE AMISH AROUND, SO THOSE ARE GONE.
THERE, I STRETCHED THIS REPORT OUT A LITTLE, SO IT WOULDN'T BE TOO SHORT.
I PLAN TO HAVE A SHORT REPORT TOMORROW FOR CHRISTMAS EVE....SO LEAVE ME SOME COOKIES AND MILK (MILLER TYPE) FOR WHEN I VISIT YOUR HOME TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
HAPPY LAST MINUTE SHOPPING.
DENNIS VOY
Wednesday, December 22, 2004
ZERO LAST NIGHT,...A HIGH OF 10 TODAY. TONIGHT, BELOW ZERO.
THE MAQUOKETA CARDINAL GIRL'S BASKETBALL TEAM LOST TO DEWITT
LAST NIGHT IN OVERTIME.
DAWN NELSON PURCHASED A 27-INCH TV YESTERDAY AT WALMART AS A GIFT. SHE PUT IT IN THE BACK OF HER PICKUP. ON HER WAY HOME, SHE STOPPED BREIFLY AT THEISEN'S AND WHEN SHE CAME OUT OF THE STORE, SOMEONE HAD TAKEN THE TV, VALUED AT $200.
ONA MAE DENLINGER, 73, OF WYOMING DIED THIS MORNING. SHE FARMED WITH HER HUSBAND ON THE FAMILY FARM FOR 53 YEARS. SURVIVORS INCLUDE A DAUGHTER, LUANN HARA OF MAQUOKETA AND A BROTHER, DEAN BOWMAN OF MAQUOKETA.
KEEP WARM!
DENNIS VOY
THE MAQUOKETA CARDINAL GIRL'S BASKETBALL TEAM LOST TO DEWITT
LAST NIGHT IN OVERTIME.
DAWN NELSON PURCHASED A 27-INCH TV YESTERDAY AT WALMART AS A GIFT. SHE PUT IT IN THE BACK OF HER PICKUP. ON HER WAY HOME, SHE STOPPED BREIFLY AT THEISEN'S AND WHEN SHE CAME OUT OF THE STORE, SOMEONE HAD TAKEN THE TV, VALUED AT $200.
ONA MAE DENLINGER, 73, OF WYOMING DIED THIS MORNING. SHE FARMED WITH HER HUSBAND ON THE FAMILY FARM FOR 53 YEARS. SURVIVORS INCLUDE A DAUGHTER, LUANN HARA OF MAQUOKETA AND A BROTHER, DEAN BOWMAN OF MAQUOKETA.
KEEP WARM!
DENNIS VOY
Tuesday, December 21, 2004
LIGHT SNOW FELL IN MAQUOKETA LAST NIGHT...JUST A TRACE. WINDY AND COLD TODAY. FORECAST IS FOR 5-BELOW CHRISTMAS EVE. POOR SANTA.
MAQUOKETA WRESTLERS TOOK 4TH PLACE IN THE DEWITT TOURNAMENT LAST SATURDAY.
THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS PLAY AT DEWITT TONIGHT.
GARY DREW IS THE CITIZEN OF THE WEEK....READ ABOUT HIM AT www.maquoketa-rotary.org
SOMEONE DUMPED PETROLEUM INTO MAQUOKETA'S WASTEWATER STYSTEM OVER THE WEEKEND, CAUSING SOME PROBLEMS.
THREE BALDWIN RESIDENTS WERE ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH CONSPIRACY TO MANUFACTURE METH, POSSESSION OF METH PRECURSORS AND POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA.
ROBERT "KELLY" TACKET, JR...WHO WAS KILLED IN THE AUTO ACCIDENT FRIDAY NIGHT JUST NORTH OF MAQUOKETA, IS SURVIVED BY HIS MOTHER, JANICE BELL OF MAQUOKETA, HIS FATHER AND STEPMOTHER IN MISSOURI, AND HIS SPECIAL FRIEND, CHARLA WAITE OF MAQUOKETA, WHO WAS ALSO IN THE ACCIDENT.
HE WAS AN EX-MARINE AND WORKED FOR A FIRM IN CAMANCHE.
RICHARD STETLER, 78, OF OXFORD JUNCTION, DIED TODAY AT THE VA HOSPITAL.
SURVIVORS INCLUDE A SON IN MAQUOKETA, WILLIAM STETLER.
THERE WILL BE A COMMUNITY CHRISTMAS DINNER CHRISTMAS DAY AT THE EAGLES CLUB IN MAQUOKETA, ON EAST PLATT, SPONSORED BY THE EAST IRON HILL COMMUNITY CHURCH.
THE KMAQ-VOY THEATRES CHRISTMAS PARTY WAS HELD LAST NIGHT AT THE CIRCLE C IN LAMOTTE. NICE PLACE. VERY GOOD FOOD.
NEW DOWNTOWN COFFEE SHOP OPENS VERY SOON.
ANOTHER CONCERT TONIGHT AT THE NEW OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER.
MORE PICTURES (OF THE LOBBY), TAKEN BY CHARLOTTE MEYER, ARE ON HER WEB SITE. WORTH GOING TO..... JUST TO SEE THE WOOD WALL ART PIECE DONE BY JIM GERONZIN OF MAQUOKETA. ADDRESS IS: www.geocities.com/cherokeegs/MeyerPix/Ohnward
THANKS FOR CHECKING IN AGAIN.
SORRY SOME OF YOU HAVE TO BE MISSING THIS CRISP, COOL WEATHER....THE KIND OF WEATHER THAT HAS GIVEN ME A GOOD PRE-CHRISTMAS COLD.
DENNIS VOY
MAQUOKETA WRESTLERS TOOK 4TH PLACE IN THE DEWITT TOURNAMENT LAST SATURDAY.
THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS PLAY AT DEWITT TONIGHT.
GARY DREW IS THE CITIZEN OF THE WEEK....READ ABOUT HIM AT www.maquoketa-rotary.org
SOMEONE DUMPED PETROLEUM INTO MAQUOKETA'S WASTEWATER STYSTEM OVER THE WEEKEND, CAUSING SOME PROBLEMS.
THREE BALDWIN RESIDENTS WERE ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH CONSPIRACY TO MANUFACTURE METH, POSSESSION OF METH PRECURSORS AND POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA.
ROBERT "KELLY" TACKET, JR...WHO WAS KILLED IN THE AUTO ACCIDENT FRIDAY NIGHT JUST NORTH OF MAQUOKETA, IS SURVIVED BY HIS MOTHER, JANICE BELL OF MAQUOKETA, HIS FATHER AND STEPMOTHER IN MISSOURI, AND HIS SPECIAL FRIEND, CHARLA WAITE OF MAQUOKETA, WHO WAS ALSO IN THE ACCIDENT.
HE WAS AN EX-MARINE AND WORKED FOR A FIRM IN CAMANCHE.
RICHARD STETLER, 78, OF OXFORD JUNCTION, DIED TODAY AT THE VA HOSPITAL.
SURVIVORS INCLUDE A SON IN MAQUOKETA, WILLIAM STETLER.
THERE WILL BE A COMMUNITY CHRISTMAS DINNER CHRISTMAS DAY AT THE EAGLES CLUB IN MAQUOKETA, ON EAST PLATT, SPONSORED BY THE EAST IRON HILL COMMUNITY CHURCH.
THE KMAQ-VOY THEATRES CHRISTMAS PARTY WAS HELD LAST NIGHT AT THE CIRCLE C IN LAMOTTE. NICE PLACE. VERY GOOD FOOD.
NEW DOWNTOWN COFFEE SHOP OPENS VERY SOON.
ANOTHER CONCERT TONIGHT AT THE NEW OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER.
MORE PICTURES (OF THE LOBBY), TAKEN BY CHARLOTTE MEYER, ARE ON HER WEB SITE. WORTH GOING TO..... JUST TO SEE THE WOOD WALL ART PIECE DONE BY JIM GERONZIN OF MAQUOKETA. ADDRESS IS: www.geocities.com/cherokeegs/MeyerPix/Ohnward
THANKS FOR CHECKING IN AGAIN.
SORRY SOME OF YOU HAVE TO BE MISSING THIS CRISP, COOL WEATHER....THE KIND OF WEATHER THAT HAS GIVEN ME A GOOD PRE-CHRISTMAS COLD.
DENNIS VOY
Saturday, December 18, 2004
ITS A CLOUDY, WINDY SATURDAY.
THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS BEAT MARION LAST NIGHT, 49 TO 25.
HERE IN TOWN, THE MAQUOKETA BOYS LOST TO MARION, 61 TO 50.
A MAQUOKETA MAN WAS KILLED IN A ONE-CAR ACCIDENT AROUND 10 LAST NIGHT ON THE HURSTVILLE ROAD JUST NORTH OF MAQUOKETA. HE SWERVED TO AVOID TWO DEER OVER-BRAKED
AND ROLLED HIS CAR. HE HAD TO BE EXTRICATED BY MECHANICAL MEANS FROM THE VEHICLE, AND WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE. HE IS ROBERT "KELLY" TACKETT, JR. AGE 27, OF MAQUOKETA.
HE HAD 3 PASSENGERS. TWO WERE TREATED AND RELEASED AT THE HOSPITAL AND THE OTHER REFUSED TREATMENT. THE OTHER THREE IN THE CRASH WERE: CHARLA WAITE, 22....RACHEL WAGNER, 21 AND MICHAEL SUMMERS, 27.
THE DEDICATION PROGRAM FOR THE NEW OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER WAS HELD LAST NIGHT, WITH ABOUT 400 ATTENDING. SEE COLOR PHOTOS AT www.kmaq.com AND CLICK ON DENNIS ' DAILY PHOTOS. THERE ARE ABOUT 7 PHOTOS NOW AND I MAY ADD SOME LATER TODAY OR THIS WEEKEND.
IT IS A BEAUTIFUL PLACE!!!
I'M GOING TO THERE AGAIN TONIGHT, WITH NANCY AGAIN, TO SEE THE ADVENT SING.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND!!
DENNIS VOY
THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS BEAT MARION LAST NIGHT, 49 TO 25.
HERE IN TOWN, THE MAQUOKETA BOYS LOST TO MARION, 61 TO 50.
A MAQUOKETA MAN WAS KILLED IN A ONE-CAR ACCIDENT AROUND 10 LAST NIGHT ON THE HURSTVILLE ROAD JUST NORTH OF MAQUOKETA. HE SWERVED TO AVOID TWO DEER OVER-BRAKED
AND ROLLED HIS CAR. HE HAD TO BE EXTRICATED BY MECHANICAL MEANS FROM THE VEHICLE, AND WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE. HE IS ROBERT "KELLY" TACKETT, JR. AGE 27, OF MAQUOKETA.
HE HAD 3 PASSENGERS. TWO WERE TREATED AND RELEASED AT THE HOSPITAL AND THE OTHER REFUSED TREATMENT. THE OTHER THREE IN THE CRASH WERE: CHARLA WAITE, 22....RACHEL WAGNER, 21 AND MICHAEL SUMMERS, 27.
THE DEDICATION PROGRAM FOR THE NEW OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER WAS HELD LAST NIGHT, WITH ABOUT 400 ATTENDING. SEE COLOR PHOTOS AT www.kmaq.com AND CLICK ON DENNIS ' DAILY PHOTOS. THERE ARE ABOUT 7 PHOTOS NOW AND I MAY ADD SOME LATER TODAY OR THIS WEEKEND.
IT IS A BEAUTIFUL PLACE!!!
I'M GOING TO THERE AGAIN TONIGHT, WITH NANCY AGAIN, TO SEE THE ADVENT SING.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND!!
DENNIS VOY
Friday, December 17, 2004
MOSTLY SUNNY AND COLD TODAY. HIGH OF 38.
THE MAQUOKETA WRESTLERS BEAT MARION HERE LAST NIGHT, WITH CASEY STAURT GETTING A PIN IN THE FINAL MATCH TO GIVE MAQUOKETA A 39 TO 36 WIN.
THEY ARE IN THE SABER TOURNAMENT TOMORROW.
THE BASKETBALL TEAMS PLAY MARION TONIGHT...THE BOYS HERE, THE GIRLS ON THE ROAD.
THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN JACKSON COUNTY INCREASED TO 5.9 PERCENT IN NOVEMBER, UP FROM 4.8 IN OCTOBER.
MARY KAY ROTH, 61, DIED AFTER AN EXTENDED ILLNESS WEDNESDAY AT HOME, RURAL BELLEVUE, NEAR GREEN ISLAND. SURVIVORS INCLUDE A DAUGHTER, LAURIE STEINES OF MAQUOKETA AND A BROTHER BARNEY MCAFFEE OF MAQUOKETA.
YEARS AGO, THERE WAS A CASEYS CONVENIENCE STORE ON EAST PLATT. THEN IT CHANGED TO A SINCLAIR STATION. THIS WEEK, IT IS BACK TO A CASEY'S.
I HEARD THAT THE PLAN IS TO BUILD A NEW STORE BEHIND THE OLD ONE, AND THEN TEAR THE OLD BUILDING DOWN.
THEY STARTED MOVING DIRT THIS WEEK FOR THE NEW TRAVEL PLAZA AT THE SOUTH EDGE OF MAQUOKETA, NEAR THE NEW COMFORT INN. BRIAN KONRARDY
IS THE LEAD LOCAL PERSON IN THIS PROJECT, WHICH IS TO BE A CONVENIENCE STORE, TRUCK PLAZA AND A RESTAURANT. THE LAND NEEDS GRADING FIRST AND THAT IS WHAT STARTED THIS WEEK.
I HEAR TWO FURNITURE STORES ARE INTERESTED IN EXPANDING IN MAQUOKETA NOW THAT OWL FURNITURE WILL BE CLOSED IN A SHORT TIME, FOLLOWING THE GOING-OUT-BUSNIESS SALE.
THE INVITED GUESTS UNVEILING OF THE OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER IS TONIGHT ON EAST PLATT STREET. THE NEW 840 SEAT THEATRE WILL HAVE THE FIRST EVENT TOMORROW NIGHT....A SOLD-OUT ADVENT SING.
HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
THE MAQUOKETA WRESTLERS BEAT MARION HERE LAST NIGHT, WITH CASEY STAURT GETTING A PIN IN THE FINAL MATCH TO GIVE MAQUOKETA A 39 TO 36 WIN.
THEY ARE IN THE SABER TOURNAMENT TOMORROW.
THE BASKETBALL TEAMS PLAY MARION TONIGHT...THE BOYS HERE, THE GIRLS ON THE ROAD.
THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN JACKSON COUNTY INCREASED TO 5.9 PERCENT IN NOVEMBER, UP FROM 4.8 IN OCTOBER.
MARY KAY ROTH, 61, DIED AFTER AN EXTENDED ILLNESS WEDNESDAY AT HOME, RURAL BELLEVUE, NEAR GREEN ISLAND. SURVIVORS INCLUDE A DAUGHTER, LAURIE STEINES OF MAQUOKETA AND A BROTHER BARNEY MCAFFEE OF MAQUOKETA.
YEARS AGO, THERE WAS A CASEYS CONVENIENCE STORE ON EAST PLATT. THEN IT CHANGED TO A SINCLAIR STATION. THIS WEEK, IT IS BACK TO A CASEY'S.
I HEARD THAT THE PLAN IS TO BUILD A NEW STORE BEHIND THE OLD ONE, AND THEN TEAR THE OLD BUILDING DOWN.
THEY STARTED MOVING DIRT THIS WEEK FOR THE NEW TRAVEL PLAZA AT THE SOUTH EDGE OF MAQUOKETA, NEAR THE NEW COMFORT INN. BRIAN KONRARDY
IS THE LEAD LOCAL PERSON IN THIS PROJECT, WHICH IS TO BE A CONVENIENCE STORE, TRUCK PLAZA AND A RESTAURANT. THE LAND NEEDS GRADING FIRST AND THAT IS WHAT STARTED THIS WEEK.
I HEAR TWO FURNITURE STORES ARE INTERESTED IN EXPANDING IN MAQUOKETA NOW THAT OWL FURNITURE WILL BE CLOSED IN A SHORT TIME, FOLLOWING THE GOING-OUT-BUSNIESS SALE.
THE INVITED GUESTS UNVEILING OF THE OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER IS TONIGHT ON EAST PLATT STREET. THE NEW 840 SEAT THEATRE WILL HAVE THE FIRST EVENT TOMORROW NIGHT....A SOLD-OUT ADVENT SING.
HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
Wednesday, December 15, 2004
15 last night...partly sunny today and a high of 38.
Land values again went up in 2004, compared to 2003. The average value of an acre of farmland in Iowa increased $354 an acre, to an all-time high of $2,629. The annual survey was conducted by Iowa State University. In Jackson County, the land value in 2004 was $2,427 an acre, up from $2,122 last year, a 14.4 percent increase. Someone with a 200 acre farm in Jackson County, had in increase in value of his/her farm of around $60,000. Scott County again has the highest per acre value of $4,167....breaking the $4,000 barrier for first time ever.
Low interest rates and a good crop yield in 2003 were two major factors in the better than 12-percent increase statewide.
School Board news: Next semester, the MCHS Future Farmers of America Program will see a switch in duties.
Jennifer Nabb and Gary Bruns will switch places. Bruns will become the FFA advisor and Nabb will be the Assistant FFA advisor. The request for the change came from the two, according to High School Principal Bill Walters. He said there were extinuating circumstances for the change, but declined to elabaorate.
The cattle that were reported missing yesterday near Bellevue have been found. They were found in a neighbor's field. No explanation was given.
John "Hawk" Bean of Maquoketa, age 77, died yesterday at a Davenport Hospital.
He is survived by his wife, Kathleen Been and 2 daughters, Cecelia in Davenport and Rachelle in Bettendorf. He was an electrician for Maquoketa Municipal Electric, retiring in 1992.
Mary Kay Roth, 61, of Bellevue, died this morning after an extended illness. Survivors include a daughter, Laurie Steines of Maquoketa and a brother, Barney McAfee of Maquoketa.
Shane Bock of Des Moines and formerly of Maquoketa, died Tuesday at Crestridge Nursing Home in Maquoketa after an extended illness. He got his law degree from Drake Law School in 1986 and worked for the Iowa Supreme Court and later for the Iowa Court of Appeals.
He won an award twice for being "Iowa's best piano player". He is survived by his mother, Gisele Bock of Maquoketa.
The Clinton County breakfast forthe Clinton-area people who winter in Arizona, will be held this year the 3rd Saturday in January and February at the Sunland Villaage Restaurant in East Mesa, Arizona. Reservations are required. Anyone who has ever lived in Clinton County is welcome to attend. I own a drive-in theatre in Clinton County. Wonder if I qualify.
Sign-up with Shirley Miller at 480-654-2535.
Thanks for checking in again.
Take Care.
Dennis Voy
Land values again went up in 2004, compared to 2003. The average value of an acre of farmland in Iowa increased $354 an acre, to an all-time high of $2,629. The annual survey was conducted by Iowa State University. In Jackson County, the land value in 2004 was $2,427 an acre, up from $2,122 last year, a 14.4 percent increase. Someone with a 200 acre farm in Jackson County, had in increase in value of his/her farm of around $60,000. Scott County again has the highest per acre value of $4,167....breaking the $4,000 barrier for first time ever.
Low interest rates and a good crop yield in 2003 were two major factors in the better than 12-percent increase statewide.
School Board news: Next semester, the MCHS Future Farmers of America Program will see a switch in duties.
Jennifer Nabb and Gary Bruns will switch places. Bruns will become the FFA advisor and Nabb will be the Assistant FFA advisor. The request for the change came from the two, according to High School Principal Bill Walters. He said there were extinuating circumstances for the change, but declined to elabaorate.
The cattle that were reported missing yesterday near Bellevue have been found. They were found in a neighbor's field. No explanation was given.
John "Hawk" Bean of Maquoketa, age 77, died yesterday at a Davenport Hospital.
He is survived by his wife, Kathleen Been and 2 daughters, Cecelia in Davenport and Rachelle in Bettendorf. He was an electrician for Maquoketa Municipal Electric, retiring in 1992.
Mary Kay Roth, 61, of Bellevue, died this morning after an extended illness. Survivors include a daughter, Laurie Steines of Maquoketa and a brother, Barney McAfee of Maquoketa.
Shane Bock of Des Moines and formerly of Maquoketa, died Tuesday at Crestridge Nursing Home in Maquoketa after an extended illness. He got his law degree from Drake Law School in 1986 and worked for the Iowa Supreme Court and later for the Iowa Court of Appeals.
He won an award twice for being "Iowa's best piano player". He is survived by his mother, Gisele Bock of Maquoketa.
The Clinton County breakfast forthe Clinton-area people who winter in Arizona, will be held this year the 3rd Saturday in January and February at the Sunland Villaage Restaurant in East Mesa, Arizona. Reservations are required. Anyone who has ever lived in Clinton County is welcome to attend. I own a drive-in theatre in Clinton County. Wonder if I qualify.
Sign-up with Shirley Miller at 480-654-2535.
Thanks for checking in again.
Take Care.
Dennis Voy
Monday, December 13, 2004
YESTERDAY AND LAST NIGHT...WE WERE HIT BY HIGH WINDS, WHICH CAUSED SOME PROBLEMS, BUT NOTHING MAJOR IN MAQUOKETA. TODAY, NOT QUITE AS WINDY AND A HIGH OF 25. WE ARE EXPECTING TO GO DOWN TO AROUND 6-9 ABOVE TONIGHT. FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR...THAT'S COLD.
STILL NO SNOW ON THE GROUND.
THE MAQUOKETA CARDINAL BOY'S BASKETBALL TEAM LOST TO DEWITT FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY, MAQUOKETA FINISHED 3RD IN THE ZIMMERMAN WRESTLING TOURNAMENT AT THE MCHS GYM.
PAM CRAWFORD, MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL VOCAL MUSIC TEACHER, IS THE ROTARY CITIZEN OF THE WEEK THIS WEEK. READ ABOUT HER AT www.maquoketa-rotary.org
AN IOWA CITY WOMAN, AGE 31, HAD TO BE EXTRICATED FROM HER 99 TOYOTA SUV AT ABOUT 7 THIS MORNING NORTH OF MAQUOKETA NEAR FULTON. THE RESCUE SQUAD HAD TO TEAR THE ROOF OFF THE VEHICLE TO FREE HER AND SHE WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. THE DEPUTY SAID HER INJURIES WERE NOT LIFE THREATENING. SHE WAS DRIVING NORTH ON HIGHWAY 61 AND APPARENTLY HER TIRE BLEW AND THE TOYOTA LEFT THE ROAD AND FLIPPED END OVER END INTO THE DITCH.
A MAQUOKETA MAN WAS CAUGHT WITH SOME TOOLS HE ALLEGEDLY TOOK FROM CONNELL SUPPLY COMPANY IN MAQUOKETA. CORY HOOVER, 22, WAS CHARGED WITH BURGLARY IN THE 3RD DEGREE AND POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHENALIA. THE ARREST AROUND 2 AM SATURDAY.
MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD MEETING TONIGHT.
JACKIE LANE, AGE 72, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED THIS MORNING AT HER H OME AFTER A LONG ILLNESS.
SHE WORKED AT CARSON PHARMACY AND BOB'S AUTO BEFORE RETIRING.
SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER HUSBAND, ROBERT "RED" LANE, 2 SONS, BOB LANE, JR. OF MAQUOKETA AND KEN LANE OF MAQUOKETA....3 GRANDCHILDREN, 1 STEP-SON AND A SISTER, MAXINE COUNTRYMAN OF MAQUOKETA.
THANKS FOR CHECKING IN. HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
STILL NO SNOW ON THE GROUND.
THE MAQUOKETA CARDINAL BOY'S BASKETBALL TEAM LOST TO DEWITT FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY, MAQUOKETA FINISHED 3RD IN THE ZIMMERMAN WRESTLING TOURNAMENT AT THE MCHS GYM.
PAM CRAWFORD, MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL VOCAL MUSIC TEACHER, IS THE ROTARY CITIZEN OF THE WEEK THIS WEEK. READ ABOUT HER AT www.maquoketa-rotary.org
AN IOWA CITY WOMAN, AGE 31, HAD TO BE EXTRICATED FROM HER 99 TOYOTA SUV AT ABOUT 7 THIS MORNING NORTH OF MAQUOKETA NEAR FULTON. THE RESCUE SQUAD HAD TO TEAR THE ROOF OFF THE VEHICLE TO FREE HER AND SHE WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. THE DEPUTY SAID HER INJURIES WERE NOT LIFE THREATENING. SHE WAS DRIVING NORTH ON HIGHWAY 61 AND APPARENTLY HER TIRE BLEW AND THE TOYOTA LEFT THE ROAD AND FLIPPED END OVER END INTO THE DITCH.
A MAQUOKETA MAN WAS CAUGHT WITH SOME TOOLS HE ALLEGEDLY TOOK FROM CONNELL SUPPLY COMPANY IN MAQUOKETA. CORY HOOVER, 22, WAS CHARGED WITH BURGLARY IN THE 3RD DEGREE AND POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHENALIA. THE ARREST AROUND 2 AM SATURDAY.
MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD MEETING TONIGHT.
JACKIE LANE, AGE 72, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED THIS MORNING AT HER H OME AFTER A LONG ILLNESS.
SHE WORKED AT CARSON PHARMACY AND BOB'S AUTO BEFORE RETIRING.
SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER HUSBAND, ROBERT "RED" LANE, 2 SONS, BOB LANE, JR. OF MAQUOKETA AND KEN LANE OF MAQUOKETA....3 GRANDCHILDREN, 1 STEP-SON AND A SISTER, MAXINE COUNTRYMAN OF MAQUOKETA.
THANKS FOR CHECKING IN. HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
Monday, December 06, 2004
A HALF INCH OF RAIN LAST NIGHT IN MAQUOKETA. TODAY, CLOUDY AND IN THE 40'S.
TWO MEN ARE IN THE JACKSON COUNTY JAIL AND ARE ACCUSED OF DAMAGING STONES AT MT. HOPE CEMETERY IN MAQUOKETA, ALONG WITH THEFTS, INCLUDING THE THEFT OF 3 VEHICLES. CHARGED WERE RANDY WEIMERSKIRCH, 24 AND JOHN MILDER, AGE 23, BOTH OF 209 1/2 EAST MAPLE STREET IN MAQUOKETA.
THE 47 GRAVE STONE MARKERS COST FOR REPAIRS HAS BEEN ESTIMATED AT ANYWHERE FROM 30 TO 60 THOUSAND DOLLARS. THE TWO ALLEGEDLY STOLE 3 CARS THE NIGHT OF NOVEMBER 17TH AND LATER WALKED THROUGH MT. HOPE CEMETERY AND POLICE SAY THEY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED THE 47 STONES.
POLICE SAY THEY ALSO TOOK A CHAINSAW AND WEED EATER FROM 406 PERSHING ROAD THE NIGHT OF NOVEMBER 30TH AND SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT, THEIR VEHICLE WAS STOPPED AND FOUND IN IT, 3 RIFLES TAKEN FROM FROM ANDREW AND 8 AIR NAIL GUNS, ALL VALUED AT $9,200. ALSO, MILDER IS ACCUSED OF CAUSING A POSSIBLE FRACTURE OF THE WRIST TO HIS SISTER, JAMIE WEIMERSKIRCH AT 5:50 P.M. NOVEMBER 30TH. BOTH ARE BEING HELD IN JAIL ON $50,000 CASH BOND.
THE ROTARY "CITIZEN OF THE WEEK" IS WELL KNOWN PROFESIONAL ARTIST, ROSE FRANTZEN FROM MAQUOKETA. A PHOTO AND STORY IS ON THE ROTARY WEB SITE, www.maquoketa-rotary.org
THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL 50TH ANNUAL ADVENT SING TO BE HELD AT THE NEW OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER IS SOLD OUT. THERE ARE NO TICKETS AVAILABLE FOR THE DECEMBER 18TH PERFORMANCE. THE CONCERT WILL FEATURE CURRENT HIGH SCHOOL SINGERS AND ALUMNI SINGERS. THE NEW AUTITORIUM SEATS OVER 800 AND THIS WILL BE THE FIRST PERFORMANCE IN IT.
THE NIGHT BEFORE, A DEDICATION WILL BE HELD FOR INVITED GUESTS.
CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT. WAGES AND WATER RATES ARE ON THE AGENDA.
IN MAGISTRATES COURT: NOAH MOSES, AGE 23, NOW OF CEDAR RAPIDS,
WAS CHARGED WITH SERIOUS ASSAULT AFTER HE HIT A WOMAN AT 12:45 SATURDAY MORING ON EAST PLESANT IN MAQUOKETA. HE ALSO KNOCKED OUT HER TOOTH. THIS WAS AFTER HE HAD TAKEN 3 BOTTLES OF BOOZE FROM DICK'S SUPERMARKET AND A BOTTLE OF ALCOHOL ALSO FROM J R'S WINE AND SPIRITS.
DURING HIS ARREST, MOSES DID NOT OBEY ORDERS AND WALKED AWAY FROM OFFICER DARREN RISINGER. HE WAS CAPTURED 2 BLOCKS AWAY.
ALSO, IN MAGISTRATES COURT, ANGELA PARKER, AGE 25, WAS CHARGED AFTER SHE HIT HER HUSBAND IN THE FACE AROUND 7:30 SUNDAY MORNING AT 612 WEST PLATT STREET IN MAQUOKETA.
THE FUNERAL SERVICE FOR DR. CLAY RISSER, 105, WILL BE THIS SATURDAY.
FRIDAY NIGHT, THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS DEFEATED GILBERTSVILLE DON BOSCO IN THE WAMAC CONFERENCE OPENER,HERE IN MAQUOKETA, 57 TO 2 6. THEY ARE NOW 1 AND 0 IN THE LEAGUE AND 2 AND 1 OVERALL.
THE BOYS ALSO FRIDAY NIGHT HERE, BEAT GILBERTSVILLE, 68 TO 27.
BUT THEN, SATURDAY NIGHT, AT DUBUQUE, THEY LOST TO DUBUQUE SENIOR, 75 TO 43. THEIR RECORD IS NOW 1 AND 0 IN THE WAMAC AND 1 AND 2 OVERALL.
THE PLAT UP AT MANCHESTER TOMORROW NIGHT.
THE MAQUOKETA WRESTLERS FINISHED IN 6TH PLACE IN A TOURNAMENT SATURDAY AT INDEPENDENCE. THE CARDINALS HAD NO CHAMPIONS. DARRON FULSANG AND JON POLL BOTH FINISHED SECOND. BOBBY KIRK, PICKED UP A 3RD AND JARRETT FRANZEN AND CASEY STUART EACH PLACED 4TH IN THE DAY INTO NIGHT TOURNAMENT.
MARTY BALLIU AT 110 WEST MONROE STREET , HAS ANOTHER GREAT CHRISTMAS DISPLAY, INCLUDING SANTA'S WORKSHOP WITH ANIMATED ELFS.
THE MAQUOKETA OPTIMIST MEMBERS ARE AGAIN SELLING TREES IN THE MCDONALDS LOT, AT $25 EACH.
TERM CITY FURNITURE AND APPLIANCE HAS MOVED FROM MAIN STREET TO A BIGGER LOCATION ON EAST PLATT, IN THE STORE THAT FOR MANY YEARS WAS HOME TO THE HARRIS PENROSE COMPANY. PART OF THEIR NEW LOCATION WAS HOME TO THE MAQUOKETA STATE BANK WHEN IT FIRST STARTED UP IN 1958.
THE STORE SELLS AND ALSO WILL RENT TO OWN.
SANTA COMES TO MAQUOKETA THURSDAY NIGHT. THERE WILL BE A 3-HOUR SPEICIAL EVENT DOWNTOWN THAT NIGHT, FROM 5 UNTIL 8, FEATURING HORSE AND WAGON RIDES, AND MORE.
A YEAR AGO TODAY WE HAD 5 INCHES OF NEW SNOW ON THE GROUND AND THAT WAS ALL THE SNOW WE GOT IN DECEMBER.
MANY ARE READY AND WAITING FOR SOME SNOW....IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR BUSINESS AND WOULD
GET MORE IN A CHRISTMAS MOOD FOR BUYING. HO HO HO...WE NEED SOME SNOW.
THANKS FOR THE VISIT AND HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
TWO MEN ARE IN THE JACKSON COUNTY JAIL AND ARE ACCUSED OF DAMAGING STONES AT MT. HOPE CEMETERY IN MAQUOKETA, ALONG WITH THEFTS, INCLUDING THE THEFT OF 3 VEHICLES. CHARGED WERE RANDY WEIMERSKIRCH, 24 AND JOHN MILDER, AGE 23, BOTH OF 209 1/2 EAST MAPLE STREET IN MAQUOKETA.
THE 47 GRAVE STONE MARKERS COST FOR REPAIRS HAS BEEN ESTIMATED AT ANYWHERE FROM 30 TO 60 THOUSAND DOLLARS. THE TWO ALLEGEDLY STOLE 3 CARS THE NIGHT OF NOVEMBER 17TH AND LATER WALKED THROUGH MT. HOPE CEMETERY AND POLICE SAY THEY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED THE 47 STONES.
POLICE SAY THEY ALSO TOOK A CHAINSAW AND WEED EATER FROM 406 PERSHING ROAD THE NIGHT OF NOVEMBER 30TH AND SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT, THEIR VEHICLE WAS STOPPED AND FOUND IN IT, 3 RIFLES TAKEN FROM FROM ANDREW AND 8 AIR NAIL GUNS, ALL VALUED AT $9,200. ALSO, MILDER IS ACCUSED OF CAUSING A POSSIBLE FRACTURE OF THE WRIST TO HIS SISTER, JAMIE WEIMERSKIRCH AT 5:50 P.M. NOVEMBER 30TH. BOTH ARE BEING HELD IN JAIL ON $50,000 CASH BOND.
THE ROTARY "CITIZEN OF THE WEEK" IS WELL KNOWN PROFESIONAL ARTIST, ROSE FRANTZEN FROM MAQUOKETA. A PHOTO AND STORY IS ON THE ROTARY WEB SITE, www.maquoketa-rotary.org
THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL 50TH ANNUAL ADVENT SING TO BE HELD AT THE NEW OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER IS SOLD OUT. THERE ARE NO TICKETS AVAILABLE FOR THE DECEMBER 18TH PERFORMANCE. THE CONCERT WILL FEATURE CURRENT HIGH SCHOOL SINGERS AND ALUMNI SINGERS. THE NEW AUTITORIUM SEATS OVER 800 AND THIS WILL BE THE FIRST PERFORMANCE IN IT.
THE NIGHT BEFORE, A DEDICATION WILL BE HELD FOR INVITED GUESTS.
CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT. WAGES AND WATER RATES ARE ON THE AGENDA.
IN MAGISTRATES COURT: NOAH MOSES, AGE 23, NOW OF CEDAR RAPIDS,
WAS CHARGED WITH SERIOUS ASSAULT AFTER HE HIT A WOMAN AT 12:45 SATURDAY MORING ON EAST PLESANT IN MAQUOKETA. HE ALSO KNOCKED OUT HER TOOTH. THIS WAS AFTER HE HAD TAKEN 3 BOTTLES OF BOOZE FROM DICK'S SUPERMARKET AND A BOTTLE OF ALCOHOL ALSO FROM J R'S WINE AND SPIRITS.
DURING HIS ARREST, MOSES DID NOT OBEY ORDERS AND WALKED AWAY FROM OFFICER DARREN RISINGER. HE WAS CAPTURED 2 BLOCKS AWAY.
ALSO, IN MAGISTRATES COURT, ANGELA PARKER, AGE 25, WAS CHARGED AFTER SHE HIT HER HUSBAND IN THE FACE AROUND 7:30 SUNDAY MORNING AT 612 WEST PLATT STREET IN MAQUOKETA.
THE FUNERAL SERVICE FOR DR. CLAY RISSER, 105, WILL BE THIS SATURDAY.
FRIDAY NIGHT, THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS DEFEATED GILBERTSVILLE DON BOSCO IN THE WAMAC CONFERENCE OPENER,HERE IN MAQUOKETA, 57 TO 2 6. THEY ARE NOW 1 AND 0 IN THE LEAGUE AND 2 AND 1 OVERALL.
THE BOYS ALSO FRIDAY NIGHT HERE, BEAT GILBERTSVILLE, 68 TO 27.
BUT THEN, SATURDAY NIGHT, AT DUBUQUE, THEY LOST TO DUBUQUE SENIOR, 75 TO 43. THEIR RECORD IS NOW 1 AND 0 IN THE WAMAC AND 1 AND 2 OVERALL.
THE PLAT UP AT MANCHESTER TOMORROW NIGHT.
THE MAQUOKETA WRESTLERS FINISHED IN 6TH PLACE IN A TOURNAMENT SATURDAY AT INDEPENDENCE. THE CARDINALS HAD NO CHAMPIONS. DARRON FULSANG AND JON POLL BOTH FINISHED SECOND. BOBBY KIRK, PICKED UP A 3RD AND JARRETT FRANZEN AND CASEY STUART EACH PLACED 4TH IN THE DAY INTO NIGHT TOURNAMENT.
MARTY BALLIU AT 110 WEST MONROE STREET , HAS ANOTHER GREAT CHRISTMAS DISPLAY, INCLUDING SANTA'S WORKSHOP WITH ANIMATED ELFS.
THE MAQUOKETA OPTIMIST MEMBERS ARE AGAIN SELLING TREES IN THE MCDONALDS LOT, AT $25 EACH.
TERM CITY FURNITURE AND APPLIANCE HAS MOVED FROM MAIN STREET TO A BIGGER LOCATION ON EAST PLATT, IN THE STORE THAT FOR MANY YEARS WAS HOME TO THE HARRIS PENROSE COMPANY. PART OF THEIR NEW LOCATION WAS HOME TO THE MAQUOKETA STATE BANK WHEN IT FIRST STARTED UP IN 1958.
THE STORE SELLS AND ALSO WILL RENT TO OWN.
SANTA COMES TO MAQUOKETA THURSDAY NIGHT. THERE WILL BE A 3-HOUR SPEICIAL EVENT DOWNTOWN THAT NIGHT, FROM 5 UNTIL 8, FEATURING HORSE AND WAGON RIDES, AND MORE.
A YEAR AGO TODAY WE HAD 5 INCHES OF NEW SNOW ON THE GROUND AND THAT WAS ALL THE SNOW WE GOT IN DECEMBER.
MANY ARE READY AND WAITING FOR SOME SNOW....IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR BUSINESS AND WOULD
GET MORE IN A CHRISTMAS MOOD FOR BUYING. HO HO HO...WE NEED SOME SNOW.
THANKS FOR THE VISIT AND HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
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