Wednesday, July 14, 2004

83 THE HIGH TODAY...NICE DAY.

THE NEW MANAGER OF THE JACKSON COUNTY FARM SERVICE AGENCY IS TOM LANE. HE TAKES OVER THE JOB NEXT WEEK VACATED BY THE RETIREMENT THIS PAST SPRING OF DOUG LARSEN.
HE HAS BEEN A SHARED FSA MANAGER THE LAST 15 YEARS, SERVING BOTH HENRY AND LEE COUNTIES.
NOW..HE'S COMING BACK HOME. HIS PARENTS ARE LELAND AND JEANNETTE LANE OF PRESTON AND
HIS WIFE IS THE FORMER ROBIN DAVISON OF MAQUOKETA. THEY HAVE 3 DAUGHTERS.

THE SIX FINALSTS FOR MAQUOKETA POLICE CHEIF HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED AND INCLUDE 3 MEN ON THE FORCE....CRAIG JACKSON, BRAD KORANDA AND BOB SIMONSON.

ON THE POLICE BLOTTER....ELMER KRUMVIEDE AT 203 SO. MAIN STREET REPORTED SOMEONE KICKED-IN THE DOOR TO HIS APARTMENT.

MAQUOKETA POLICE FOUND A SADDLED HORSE THIS MORNING ON WEST APPLE AFTER ITS OWNER HAD EARLIER REPORTED IT WAS GONE. JED HINZ TOLD POLICE HE TIED UP THE HORSE AT THE WET SPOT BAR ON EAST PLATT AT 3 A.M. THE HORSE APPARENTLY GOT LOOSE AND WAS FOUND BY POLICE AT 7:30 THIS MORNING.

A FORMER MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCILMAN DIED MONDAY WHILE VACATIONING IN WISCONSIN.
GARY BUDD, AGE 69, FROM CAMANCHE, SERVED ON THE MAQUOKETA COUNCIL AND WAS ACTIVE IN THE MAQUOKETA JAYCEE CLUB OVER 30 YEARS AGO, WHEN HE WAS THE LOCAL TELEPHONE MANAGER.
HE RETIRED FROM U.S. WEST IN 1993. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, ORMA, 5 SONS AND 1 DAUGHTER AND 20 GRANDCHILDREN.

KEEP OUT OF TROUBLE.

DENNIS VOY

WELL...HOW ABOUT THAT.
NOT ONLY DID THE TEST SHOW UP...BUT SO DID THE TUESDAY REPORT.
IT IS 8 A.M. AND A BEAUTIFUL WEDNESDAY MORNING IN MAQUOKETA. NO RAIN, HIGH AROUND 80-85 TODAY, SO SHOULD BE A GOOD ONE...AND THE REST OF THE WEEK LOOKS GOOD TOO.
MAQUOKETA HAD A POWER FAILURE LAST NIGHT WITH SOME HOUSES WITHOUT POWER UP TO 90 MINUTES.
THEY WILL TRY TODAY TO FIND OUT WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS.
IN BUSINESS NEWS, LOOKS LIKE BOTH O'REILLEY'S AUTO PARTS AND TACO JOHNS ARE CLOSE TO BEING READY TO OPEN, BOTH ON WEST PLATT STREET.
TWO WEEKS FROM TODAY IS THE JACKSON COUNTY FAIR. NO, I HAVE NOT HEARD WHO THE PARADE MARSHALL IS.
ENJOY WEDNESDAY, JULY 14TH. WILL TRY TO HAVE SOMETHING MORE FOR YOU LATER TODAY.
DENNIS VOY
THIS IS A TEST. HAD A LONG REPORT TUESDAY NIGHT, BUT IT IS NOT HERE THIS MORNING, SO SOMETHING WENT WRONG. REASON FOR THIS TEST