Friday, September 30, 2005

BEAUTIFUL DAY TODAY...HIGH OF 73.

NICE HOMECOMING PARADE THIS AFTERNOON....AND THE GAME IS TONIGHT. IF WE WIN,
I'LL HAVE THE SCORE FOR YOU TOMORROW. WEST DELAWARE IS RANKED IN THE TOP 10 IN THE STATE AND IS 4 AND 0.

CARDINAL SCHOOL WILL GET ANOTHER THERAPY DOG NEXT MONTH. THE SCHOOL HAD ONE SEVERAL YEARS AGO AND IT DIED IN 2002. DIANA THOMAS, A SPECIAL NEEDS ASSOCIATE AT CARDINAL, WILL HAVE THE DOG LIVING WITH HER FAMILY. THE DOG WILL SPEND PART OF HER DAY IN A CLASSROOM FOR PRE-SCHOOLERS WITH A VARIETY OF DISABILITIES AND THE OTHER PART OF HER DAY WILL BE IN A CLASSROOM FOR SEVERE AND PROFOUNDLY HANDICAPPED CHILDREN. PRINCIPAL SUZANNE BATY TOLD THE SCHOOL BOARD THIS WEEK AT THEIR REGULAR MEETING THAT WITH THE PREVIOUS DOG, THERE WAS A CHILD WHO DID NOT COMMUNICATE WELL WITH ADULTS, BUT WOULD SPEAK TO THE DOG. THE NEW DOG WILL BE CALLED RETTA.

BETTY GRAVERT, AGE 75, OF DEWITT, WHO GREW UP IN MAQUOKETA, DIED YESTERDAY AT THE HOSPITAL IN DAVENPORT. SHE IS SURVIVED BY SON JEFF AND DAUGHTER MARILYN.
HER LATE HUSBAND WAS ELDON AND HER LATE SISTER WAS NADINE BECK OF MAQUOKETA.

HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY

Wednesday, September 28, 2005

IT RAINED A LOT IN MAQUKETA TODAY. COLD TOO.

A MAQUOKETA MAN BACKED INTO A NEIGHBOR'S CARPORT YESTERDAY MORNING.
WILLAIM FORREST, 78, WAS BACKING FROM A PRIVATE DRIVE ON YALE AVENUE AND BACKED ACROSS THE STREET AND INTO THE CARPORT OF A MOBILE HOME OWNED BY TODD BARKER. $1,000 DAMAGE EACH, TO THE CAR AND THE CARPORT.

POLICE BLOTTER: ERIN MOORE REPORTED SOMEONE SPRAY PAINTED WORDS ON HER VEHICLE WHILE PARKED ON NORTH MAIN STREET.
AND..PHYLLIS EDWARDS REPORTED SOMEONE RAN INTO HER VAN MONDAY WHILE PARKED AT THE EAGLES CLUB.
LYLE DUHME REPORTED HIS RURAL MAILBOX WAS HIT AND LISTED THE DAMAGE AT $100.

TARA TALLMAN OF MAQUKETA IS THE MOTHER OF A BOY BORN A WEEK AGO AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. GRANDMOTHER IS DEB GOODWIN OF MAQUOKETA.

SERVICES ARE PENDING AT CARSON'S FOR BRIAN FIX, AGE 44, WHO DIED TODAY AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. SURVIORS INCLUDE HIS PARENTS, RICHARD AND FAYE FIX OF MAQUOKETA. THE FULL OBITURARY SHOULD BE UP LATER TODAY OR TOMORROW AT www.carsonandson.com

THE HOMECOMING PARADE IS AT 2 FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA. FOLLOWED BY THE ANNUAL TAILGATE PARTY AT THE MAQUOKETA STATE BANK, SPONSORED BY MSB AND DICK'S SUPERMARKET.

AND SO IT GOES.

TAKE CARE.

DENNIS VOY

Tuesday, September 27, 2005

BEAUTIFUL DAY TODAY...HIGH OF 77.

RAIN FORCAST FOR TOMORROW.

MAQUOKETA SCHOOL DISTRICT ENROLLMENT THIS YEAR, UP 22 STUDENTS OVER LAST YEAR......1,665 STUDENTS.

MARY BARTELS WAS ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD
LAST NIGHT. ANN HAWKS, NAMED VICE-PRESIDENT.

LONGTIME CARDINAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPAL SUZANNE BATEY HAS ANNOUNCED THAT SHE WILL RETIRE IN JUNE NEXT YEAR. SHE HAS BEEN AT CARDINAL SCHOOL SINCE 1980, FIRST AS A KINDERGARDEN TEACHER. SHE HAS BEEN PRINCIPAL THE PAST 20 YEARS.

MARY ROWAN, 77, OF MAQUOKETA DIED SUNDAY AT HER HOME.
SHE IS SURVIVED BY 5 DAUGHTERS, ALL IN CLINTON AND 6 SONS, INCLUDING
ED, DON AND ALLEN IN MAQUOKTA. CHECK LAHEY FUNERAL HOME WEB SITE FOR FULL OBITURARY.

ALSO, LONGTIME TEACHER AND COACH, DICK DAVIS, AGE 73, OF MAQUOKETA DIED YESTERDAY. HE HAS HAD HEART PROBLEMS FOR SEVERAL YEARS. MOST OF HIS YEARS OF TEACHING WERE IN ILLINOIS. HE WAS MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL COACH FOR 7 YEARS, RETIRING AFTER THE 99 SEASON. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE ALICE. A FULL OBITURARY CAN BE READ AT LAHEY FUNERAL HOME WEB SITE.

THANKS FOR CHECKING IN AGAIN.

DENNIS VOY

Monday, September 26, 2005

LOTS OF RAIN OVER THE WEEKEND.
THIS MORNING, CLOUDY...... AND SUNNY THIS AFTERNOON, WITH A HIGH OF 69 TODAY.

MAQUOKETA'S FOOTBALL TEAM BEAT ANAMOSA FRIDAY NIGHT, 36 TO 0.
THIS FRIDAY NIGHT, IS HOMECOMING AND THE CARDINALS HOST WEST DELAWARE, MANCHESTER.
HEATHER WHITE WAS VOTED HOMECOMING QUEEN. SHE IS THE DAUGHTER OF DONNA AND MYRON WHITE. THE HOMECOMING KING IS ERIC MCCREEDY, SON OF CINDY GODDARD.

THE AUTOMATIC STOP AND GO LIGHTS AT OLIVE AND PLATT WILL BE CHANGED NEXT MONDAY.
THE IOWA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION GAVE APPROVAL TO HAVING THE TRAFFIC LIGHTS
BE ALL GREEN FOR PLATT STREET TRAFFIC AND FLASHING RED FOR TRAFFIC ON OLIVE.
THEN AFTER TWO WEEKS, THE LIGHTS WILL BE SHUT OFF AND BAGS WILL COVER THEM.
THE TRAFFIC LIGHTS WILL NOT BE REMOVED UNTIL IT HAS BEEN DECIDED THAT THE NEW PLAN IS WORKING WELL.

THE TIMBER LANES SIGN ON EAST PLATT STREET CAUGHT ON FIRE EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.
APPARENTLY CAUSED BY AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM. IT WAS GUTTED BY THE FIRE.
FIREMEN WERE CALLED AND EXTINGUISHED IT QUICKLY.

65 PEOPLE WALKED IN THE ALZHEIMER'S MEMORY WALK SATURDAY IN MAQUOKETA AND RAISED OVER
$6,000.

THERE'S A MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD MEETING TONIGHT.

THE JACKSON COUNTY PUBLIC HOSPITAL BOARD MEETS TUESDAY AT 4:30 AND AN UPDATE WILL BE GIVEN ON THE HOSPTITAL'S PROPOSED NAME AND LOGO CHANGE.

MARY ROWAN, 77, OF MAQUOKETA DIED SUNDAY AT HER HOME.
AND MADELON ROMER, AGE 85, DIED THIS MORNING AT FINLEY HOSPITAL IN DUBUQUE.
BOTH OBITUARYS CAN BE READ AT www.carsonandson.com

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

DENNIS VOY













Thursday, September 22, 2005

82 TODAY....IN THE 70'S THE REST OF THE WEEK.

A 2-CAR ACCIDENT YESTERDAY AFTERNOON ON WEST PLATT. FRANK MITCHELL, 41, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS DRIVING ON PLATT AND HELEN STEWART, 86, OF MAQUOKETA, TRIED TO CROSS IN FRONT OF HIM AND WAS HIT BY HIS TRUCK. HELEN WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR NON INCAPACITATING
INJURIES. $8,500 DAMAGE TO HER CAR AND THE TRUCK, OWNED BY MITCHELL-MASKREY FEEDS, RECEIVED ABOUT $850 DAMAGE. STEWART WAS CHARGED.

AN APPRAISAL FIRM HAS TOLD THE JACKSON COUNTY SUPERVISORS THAT THE PLACE THE VALUE OF THE ANDREW JACKSON CARE FACILITY AND LAND AT $782,000. THE SUPERVIORS THINK THAT IS LOW AND WERE EXPECTED THE FIGURE TO BE OVER A MILLION DOLLARS. TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS NEXT MONTH WILL GIVE CITIZENS INPUT AS TO THE FUTURE OF THE BUILDING AND LAND.

IT IS NOW OFFICIALLY FALL....HAVE A GOOD SEASON....

STOP BY TOMORROW.

DENNIS VOY

Wednesday, September 21, 2005

SUNNY AND HOT TODAY...HIGH 88.
COOLER WEATHER BEGINS TOMORROW.

THE KMAQ WEB CAM IS WORKING AGAIN! GO TO THE KMAQ HOME PAGE AND CLICK ON THE
PICTURE OF MAIN STREET. YOU SHOULD SEE THE POST OFFICE AND THE MAQUOKETA STATE BANK TIME AND TEMPERATURE SIGN. REMEMBER, YOU MAY HAVE TO HIT THE REFRESH KEY EVERY FEW SECONDS WHILE VIEWING MAIN STREET. WITH MANY COMPUTERS, THIS HAPPENS AUTOMATICALLY.

ON THE POLICE BLOTTER: SCOTT WIRTH CONSTRUCTION TOLD POLICE A FLAT BED TRAILER CONTAINING $500 WORTH OF FOAM INSULATION WAS TAKEN FROM THEIR SHOP AT 410 NORTH ELIZA STREET. THE TRAILER ITSELF WAS VALUED AT $10,000.

JOHN RINGEN AT 104 COLGATE AVENUE IN MAQUOKETA TOLD POLICE THAT $118 WAS TAKEN FROM HIS HOME SOMETIME LAST FRIDAY.

A NEWLY FORMED GROUP CALLED THE MAQUOKETA COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION WILL BE HOSTING THEIR FIRST EVENT ON FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30TH. RIGHT AFTER THE HOMECOMING GAME THAT NIGHT, ALL MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI AND FRIENDS ARE INVITED TO A
"MIXER" AT THE DECKER HOTEL LOUNGE. THE NEW GROUP HAS BEEN STARTED TO GIVE MORE SUPPORT TO THE SCHOOLS. THE GROUP WILL SOON HAVE A WEB SITE UP AND RUNNING. FORMING THE NEW GROUP ... KEVIN BOWMAN, DON CARSON, BOB GAVIN, BRIAN MOORE, KERRY SHEPERS, CHAD SPECHT AND DOUG KNICKREHM.

A SUCCESSFUL BLOOD DRIVE WAS HELD TODAY AT THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL GYM, SPONSORED BY THE BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONALS OF AMERICA CHAPTER AT THE HIGH SCHOOL. DURING THE5-HOUR LONG DRIVE, A TOTAL OF 88 UNITS OF BLOOD WERE COLLECTED.

CHELSEA BECK, AGE 87, OF MAQUOKETA DIED YESTERDAY AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL.
SURVIVORS INCLUDE A SON AND A DAUGHTER AND STEP-CHILDREN, INCLUDING TOM CHRISTOFFERSEN OF MAQUOKETA. HE WAS A FARMER AND RETIRED IN 1979.

MAQUOKETA HOSTS ANAMOSA THIS FRIDAY NIGHT IN HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL. THEY ALSO ARE
0 AND 3 THIS SEASON. A WEEK LATER, FOR HOMECOMING, WEST DELAWARE (MANCHESTER) WILL BE
HERE.

TAKE IT EASY.

DENNIS VOY



Monday, September 19, 2005

HOT TODAY...86.
HAD 11/100 ON AN INCH OF RAIN AT 4:30 THIS MORNING.
COOLER WEATHER COMING FRIDAY.

MAQUOKETA LOST THEIR FOOTBALL GAME AT MT. VERNON FRIDAY NIGHT, AND THEIR RECORD IS NOW 0 AND 3.

MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.

JACKSON COUNTY'S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN AUGUST WAS
4.8 PERCENT, UP FROM 4.4 IN JULY.

THERE WAS A TWO VEHICLE ACCIDENT LAST NIGHT ON HIGHWAY 61 JUST PAST THE SUMMIT STREET OVERPASS.
LOTS OF EMERGENCY VEHICLES WERE THERE. BUT, NO INFORMATION WAS AVAILABLE TODAY BECAUSE TEH MAQUOKETA POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS DECLINED TO PROVIDE THE ACCIDENT REPORT SAYING THERE ARE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE DRIVERS.

25 PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN LAST WEEK AROUND MAQUOKETA ARE NOW UP ON THE KMAQ HOME PAGE....JUST CLICK ON THE CAMERA.

NO OBITUARYS AT ALL TODAY IN THE KMAQ NEWS REPORT.
RARELY HAPPENS.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

DENNIS VOY
35 TO 21.

Friday, September 16, 2005

NICE DAY AGAIN...HIGH OF 79.

THE MAQUOKETA ATHLETIC BOOSTERS CLUB
IS HAVING A RAFFLE FOR A 2004 PT CRUISER.
THE DRAWING WILL BE FRIDAY, SEPTEMER 30TH DURING THE HOME FOOTBALL GAME.
TICKETS ARE $20 AND IF YOU WANT A CHANCE,
SEND YOUR CHECK TO THE MAQUOKETA ATHLETIC BOOSTER, % KMAQ, BOX 940, MAQUOKETA, IA. 52060. THE ORGANIZATION DOES A LOT FOR THE ATHLETIC DEPARTMENTS AT MCHS.

THE NEW WINDOWS..OVER 1,000..ARE IN AT THE FORMER CLINTON ENGINES OFFICE BUILDING AND SOON, THE GROUNDS WILL BE SEEDED AND TREES WILL BE PLANTED.

MAQUOKETA POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING THE THEFT OF A 2000 WHITE CAVALIER WEDNESDAY NIGHT FROM J & S AUTO ON EAST PLATT STREET.

ELSIE C. BOCK, 92, OF BALDWIN DIED YESTERDAY AT THE MAQUOKETA CARE CENTER. SURVIVORS INCLUDE TWO CHILDREN, INCLUDING NANCY ROCKWELL OF MAQUOKETA. THE COMPLETE OBITUARY CAN BE READ AT www.carsonandson.com

AFTER SOME PRODDING, JERRY RASMUSSEN OF MAQUOKETA, HAS AGREED TO WRITE ABOUT
"ONE-OF-A-KIND" RESIDENTS IN MAQUOKETA OVER THE YEARS. NOW, HE NEEDS YOUR HELP. IF YOU RECALL CERTAIN MAQUOKETA RESIDENTS, WRITE A SHORT STORY ABOUT THEM AND SEND IT TO JERRY AT 1605 BLAIR COURT,
MAQUOKETA, 52060. OR EMAIL JERRY AT
jerraz@wilinet.net
STIPULATIONS: THE PERSON MUST NO LONGER BE LIVING (JERRY DOESN'T WANT TO BE SUED) AND...KEEP YOUR SCRIPT LESS THAN 100 WORDS PER PERSON. MAQUOKETA HAS HAD MANY, MANY ONE-OF-A-KIND CITIZENS OVER THE YEARS AND IT WILL BE FUN TO READ ABOUT THEM IN JERRY'S NEW BOOK.

I TOOK A BUNCH OF DIGITAL PICTURES THIS WEEK OF THINGS GOING ON IN MAQUOKETA.
SOON, THEY WILL BE PUT UP ON "DENNIS' DAILY PHOTOS" ON THE KMAQ HOME PAGE. JUST
CLICK ON THE PHOTO OF THE CAMERA.

HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND. IF MAQUOKETA WINS THEIR FOOTBALL GAME TONIGHT AT MT. VERNON, I'LL HAVE THE SCORE UP HERE SATURDAY. BOTH TEAMS GO INTO ACTION TONIGHT WITH A RECORD OF 0 AND 2.

DENNIS VOY

Thursday, September 15, 2005

COOL TODAY....NO SUNSHINE..HIGH OF 72.

JACKSON COUNTY HAS BEEN DESIGNATED AS A DISASTER AREA BY THE USDA BECAUSE OF DROUGHT CONDITIONS THIS YEAR AND IS NOW ELIGIBLE FOR LOW-INTEREST EMERGENCY LOANS. WE ARE ONE OF 16 COUNTIES ELIGIBLE.

THE FARMER THAT WAS IN A TRACTOR ACCIDENT NORTH OF PRESTON YESTERDAY WAS TREATED AND RELEASED FROM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS.

ORVILLE HAGER, 75, OF BELLEVUE DIED THIS MORNING. SURVIVORS INCLUDE A DAUGHTER IN MAQUOKETA, DIANE FRETT.

JIM AND SARA BREEDEN CELEBRATE THEIR 50TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY TOMORROW.

TAKE CARE AND COME BACK AGAIN TOMORROW.

DENNIS VOY

Wednesday, September 14, 2005

BEAUTIFUL DAY TODAY..HIGH OF 79. GOT 11/100 OF AN INCH OF RAIN YESTERDAY.

THIS AFTERNOON, A FARM WORKER WAS IN A TRACTOR ACCIDENT AT THE GLEN SPRANK DAIRY FARM 6 MILES NORTH OF PRESTON.
CRAIG PORTZ, AGE 50, OF CLINTON, WAS AIRLIFTED TO UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS IN IOWA CITY. NO CONDITION REPORT AVAILABLE, AS HOSPITALS NO LONGER GIVE THOSE OUT TO THE MEDIA. PORTZ AND THE TRACTOR FELL ABOUT 15 TO 20 FEET OVER THE SIDE OF A SILAGE PILE AND THE TRACTOR LANDED ON PORTZ.

MAQUOKETA COMMUNITY SCHOOL STUDENTS WILL NOT BE GOING ON MANY FIELD TRIPS IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS. THAT WAS DECIDED AT THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING MONDAY NIGHT, TO SAVE ON FUEL COSTS.

LOW TURN-OUT AS EXPECTED FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION YESTERDAY IN MAQUOKETA, MAINLY BECAUSE THERE WAS NO CONTEST. THE TWO INCUMBANTS WERE ELECTED AND THE PPEL FUNDING WAS APPROVED BY THE VOTERS.

A FEW DAYS AGO I MENTIONED ON THIS REPORT THAT A NEW HOME WAS BEING BUILDT ON SUMMIT STREET IN MAQUOKETA. THE CONSTRUCTION FIGURE I MENTIONED CAME OUT OF CHATTER AT THE REGULAR MORNING COFFEE GROUP SESSION. AND YES, NOT EVERYTHING IS "GOSPEL" AT THESE. SO, NOT TO BE MISLEADING, I NEED TO MENTION THAT THE FIGURE QUOTED HERE HAS NO BASIS....AND THAT THE HOME WILL BE A NICE ONE, BUT LESS COSTLY THAN I MENTIONED. WHEN A LIST OF ROUTINE BUILDING PERMITS IS PUBLISHED, MORE ACCURATE FIGURES ARE LISTED FOR THOSE INTERESTED.

THE MAQUOKETA CARDINALS PLAY FOOTBALL AT MOUNT VERNON THIS FRIDAY NIGHT.

LAST NIGHT, THE MAQUOKETA VOLLEYBALL TEAM LOST, 3 GAMES TO NONE, TO 7TH RATED DEWITT CENTRAL, AT DEWITT.

THANKS FOR CHECKING IN.

DENNIS VOY

Monday, September 12, 2005

JUST HAD A HOT WEATHER WEEKEND...90 TODAY. LOOKING FOR 90 TOMORROW, THEN RAIN TOMORROW NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY AND MUCH COOLER WITH NO RAIN THE REST OF THE WEEK.

MAQUOKETA LOST THEIR FOOTBALL GAME AT MONTICELLO FRIDAY NIGHT AND THE CARDINALS ARE NOW 0 AND 2.

SCHOOL BOARD ELECTIONS IN IOWA TOMORROW.
MAQUOKETA'S HAS TWO BOARD MEMBERS RUNNING FOR RE-ELECTION, WITH NO OPPOSITON....ANNE HAWKS AND BILL SCHWENKER. ALSO ON THE BALLOT, THE RENEWAL OF THE 67-CENT PHYSICAL PLANT AND EQUIPMENT LEVY. POLLS OPEN FROM NOON UNTIL 8 P.M.

THERE IS A SCHOOL BOARD MEETING TONIGHT.

ROSEMARY A. STEINES, AGE 42, OF MAQUOKETA DIED SATURDAY AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. SHE HAD BEEN EMPLOYED FOR SEVERAL YEARS AT THE HOSPITAL AND IS SURVIVED BY HER MOTHER, ROBERTA, OF MAQUOKETA. ALSO A BROTHER MIKE STEINES OF PRESTON.

JOHN "JACK" CASAD, AGE 84, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED TODAY AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. HIS COMPLETE OBITUARY CAN BE READ AT
www.laheys.com

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

DENNIS VOY

Friday, September 09, 2005

YESTERDAY WAS CLOUDY AND WE GOT 15/100 OF AN INCH OF RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON. SUNNY AND WARM TODAY, HIGH MID 80'S AND TOMORROW AND SUNDAY, AROUND 90 IS PREDICTED. HOT ALSO THE FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK.

THE KMAQ WEB CAM IS NOT WORKING. WE THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE THE TV CAMERA ITSELF, BUT NOW HAVE DISCOVERED IT IS WORKING. SO THE PROBLEM IS ELSWHERE. WE WILL KEEP TRYING TO GET IT WORKING AGAIN. THE MAQUOKETA POST OFFICE AND MAQUOKETA STATE BANK TIME/TEMP SIGN IS STILL THERE.

A MAQUOKETA WOMAN RECEIVED UNKNOWN INJURIES AFTER SHE HIT A VEHICLE WITH HER BICYCLE THAT SHE WAS RIDING ON WEST PLATT STREET TUESDAY MORNING. IDA MAE MATTHIESEN WAS RIDING HER BIKE DOWN THE SIDEWALK AND HIT A VEHICLE OWNED BY A CENTRAL CITY WOMAN. MATTHIESEN WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL HOSPITAL.

THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL THIS WEEK VOTED NOT TO RETURN $100,000 TO THE STATE WHICH HAD BEEN DESIGNATED FOR A RIVER WALKING TRAIL ALONG THE MAQUOKETA RIVER. THE COUNCIL WILL LOOK AT OTHER OPTIONS TO USE THE MONEY INSTEAD OF FOR THE PAVED TRAIL. WHATEVER PROJECT IS SELECTED, WILL REQUIRE AN EQUAL MATCH OF LOCAL FUNDS.

A $700,000 HOME IS GOING UP ON WEST SUMMIT STREET IN MAQUOKETA.

IOWA PLAYS IOWA STATE TOMORROW IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL AT AMES.

MAQUOKETA PLAYS AT MONTICELLO TONIGHT...A NON-DISTRICT GAME.

NO DEATHS OR BIRTHS.

HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY

Tuesday, September 06, 2005

NICE TODAY..HIGH 87. RAIN IN FORECAST TONIGHT, TOMORROW AND THEN A HOT, DRY FORECAST FOR THE WEEKEND.

BIG STORY TODAY! THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
MET THIS MORNING AND MIKE BORMANN FROM PRESTON ASKED THE SUPERVISORS IF THE JACKSON COUNTY CARE FACILITY NORTH OF ANDREW COULD BE USED AS LIVING QUARTERS FOR 40 PEOPLE FROM LOUISIANA. BORMANN, REPRESENTING AREA KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS MEMBERS, IS HEADING UP A GROUP WHO PLAN TO GO DOWN TO NEW ORLEANS AREA TO TAKE FOOD, AND WATER TO KC MEMBERS DOWN THERE AND THEN THEY WOULD OFFER TO BRING BACK ABOUT 40 PEOPLE, INCLUDING CHILDREN.
SUPERVISORS DISCUSSED COSTS, TRANSPORTATION FOR THE PEOPLE, SCHOOLS,
AND WANT MORE INFORMATION ON ANY STATE OR FEMA FUNDING THAT MIGHT BE AVAILABLE.
A SPECIAL MEETING MAY BE CALLED LATER THIS WEEK, AS SOON AS ROB DEEGAN, COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR, GETS MORE INFORMATION.

HELEN AND CHRIS PETAROS HAVE SOLD THEIR GREEK RESTAURANT IN SILVIS, AFTER 38 YEARS OF OPERATION, SO THEY CAN RETIRE. THEY BOTH ARE FROM GREECE AND BEFORE GOING TO THE QUAD CITIES, WORKED AT THE POPULAR GREEN MILL RESTAURANT IN MAQUOKETA, FOR GEORGE PETAROS, BROTHER OF CHRIS. NEPHEWS TOM PETAROS AND SISTER GEORGIA, STILL LIVE HERE IN TOWN.

THE MAQUOKETA CLASS OF 1945 WILL BE HOLDING THEIR 60TH REUNION THIS WEEKEND IN MAQUOLETA. HELEN HUTE AND GAYLE STICKLEY ARE IN HEADING UP THE EVENT.

DEAN AND KAREN TILTON, WHO RECENTLY MOVED FROM MAQUOKETA TO THE VILLAGES, FLORIDA, WERE IN A GOLF CART PARADE OVER THE WEEKEND, OF 3,500 GOLF CARTS. THE CITIZENS OF THE VILLAGES SET OUT TO BREAK THE GUINESS BOOK OF WORLD RECORDS, OF 1,700 GOLF CARTS IN A PARADE. KAREN AND DEAN DROVE THEIR NEW IOWA HAWKEYE CART IN THE 4-HOUR EVENT AND IF YOU KNOW THE TILTON'S, YOU NOW KNOW A COUPLE PEOPLE WHO HOLD A RECORD IN GUINESS. THEY ARE VERY MUCH ENJOYING THEIR NEW HOME AND LIVING IN FLORIDA. LET ME KNOW IF YOU WOULD LIKE THEIR EMAIL ADDRESS.

THE MAQUOKETA FOOTBALL TEAM PLAYS AT MONTICELLO THIS FRIDAY NIGHT.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

DENNIS VOY

Friday, September 02, 2005

ANOTHER NICE DAY.

JACKSON COUNTY MAY HAVE TO SPEND A WAD OF MONEY FOR NEW VOTING MACHINES. THE CURRENT ONES, PURCHASED ABOUT 8 YEARS AGO, WORK FINE, BUT ARE NOT APPROVED BY THE STATE........BUMMER!

A FUND DRIVE HAS BEEN ORGANIZED FOR SHERRY WATTERS OF NEW ORLEANS, AND FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA. SHE IS A "JUDGE" DOWN THERE AND IS A VICTIM OF HURRICAN KATRINA. PARENTS ARE LOUIE AND ELAINE WATTERS OF MAQUOKETA. SHE WAS A MCHS GRADUATE.

NO DEATHS OR BIRTHS.

HAVE A NICE HOLIDAY WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY

Thursday, September 01, 2005

WEATHER HAS BEEN NICE .. STILL ON WARM SIDE... AND SHOULD BE GOOD THRU THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND AHEAD.

GAS PRICES ARE GOING UP IN MAQUOKETA TOO.

THE NEW TRAVEL MART CONVENIENCE STORE AND TRUCK STOP IS OPEN....24 HOURS A DAY, JUST SOUTH OF TOWN. I HAD A TOUR THE OTHER NIGHT AND IT IS LARGE AND VERY NICE.
THERE IS A RESTUARANT WITH COOK ON DUTY 24 HOURS.
RIGHT NOW, THREE RESTAURANT BOOTHS, BUT MORE ON ORDER. THERE IS A SPECIAL DINING AND TV ROOM FOR TRUCKERS, AND NEXT TO IT, TWO "FOR TRUCKERS ONLY" REST ROOMS AND TWO TRUCKER SHOWER ROOMS AND A WASHER/DRYER.
ALSO INTERNET HOOKUP DESK. THERE IS A WALK-IN BEER COOLER AND BEVERAGE COOLER. THE AUTO GAS PUMPS ARE TO THE EAST SIDE OF BUILDING AND THE TRUCK PUMPS ARE WEST OF THE BUILDING. ALSO TO THE WEST, A TRUCK SCALE.
TO THE NORTH, A PARKING SPACE FOR SEMI-TRUCKS.

IOWA'S FIRST LADY,CHRISTIE VILSACK, IS COMING TO THE MAQUOKETA LIBRARY TO READ TO KIDS, ON SEPT.27TH AT 7 P.M. THE BOOK DISCUSSION WILL ALSO BE OPEN TO ANYONE.

A FUND DRIVE STARTED TODAY FOR HURRICAN VICTUMS. THE GOAL FOR JACKSON COUNTY, $200,000....TO BE RAISED IN SEPTEMBER. MAKE CHECKS PAYABLE TO THE AMERICAN RED CROSS AND DROP THE CHECK OFF AT ANY JACKSON COUNTY BANK OR MAIL THE CHECK TO KMAQ, BOX 940, MAQUOKETA, IOWA 52060.

JAMES BELLER OF MAQUOKETA, WON $20,000 RECENTLY PLAYING LUCKY HAND INSTANT-SCRATCH GAME IN THE IOWA LOTTERY. THIS IS NOT THE JAMES BELLER THAT WAS A LONGTIME BARBER. HE IS NO LONGER LIVING.

VANDALIZM REPORT: JAKE HAYWARD OF 1205 EAST PLATT REPORTED HIS APARTMENT DOOR WAS KICKED-IN, WINDOWS BROKEN, AND SIDING DAMAGED....TOTAL DAMAGE ABOUT $1,000.

MAXINE J. WILCOX, AGE 83, OF MAQUOKETA DIED YESTERDAY AT THE MAQUOKETA CARE CENTER. SERVICES PENDING AT CARSON'S....www.carsonandson.com

MAQUOKETA FOOTBALL TEAM HAS THIS FRIDAY NIGHT OFF.

THANKS FOR CHECKING IN

DENNIS VOY