NICE DAY IN MAQUOKETA.

THE MAQUOKETA CARDINALS BEAT DEWITT LAST NIGHT, 27 TO 17.
THEY ENDED THE SEASON WITH A DISTRICT RECORD OF 4 AND 3 AND AN OVERALL RECORD OF 4 AND 5. AND...2 OR 3 OF THEIR LOSSES WERE TO TOP 10 TEAMS.

ROBERT T. MELVOLD, 87, DIED ABOUT 8 LAST NIGHT AT THE JACKSON COUNTY PUBLIC HOSPITAL EXTENDED CARE UNIT , OF CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE. HE HAD BEEN AT THE CARE UNIT FOR QUITE A FEW MONTHS, AND
HAD HIS COMPUTER NEXT TO HIS BED. HIS LAST WEEKLY COLUMN APPEARED IN TODAY'S MAQUOKETA SENTINEL-PRESS, AND HAD TO DO WITH THE CHICAGO WHITE SOX. HE WROTE SOME GREAT COLUMNS AND I AND MANY, MANY READERS WILL MISS THEM. HE HAD A FANTASIC MEMORY ABOUT.....EVERYTHING. HE GRADUATED FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA IN 1940 AND HE AND HIS WIFE, FRANCIS (NATIVES OF CRESCO) , CAME TO MAQUOKETA IN APRIL OF 1946 AND PURCHASED THE THEN 14-YEAR OLD MAQUOKETA COMMUNITY PRESS. SOON AFTER, HE PURCHASED THE OTHER PAPER, THE 92-YEAR OLD JACKSON SENTINEL.
HE ALSO OWNED THE BELLEVUE HERALD-LEADER AND WAS PAST PART-OWNER OF THE DEWITT OBSERVER AND PAST OWNER OF THE NORTH SCOTT PRESS.
OVER THE YEARS, I TALKED TO HIM OFTEN AT MAQUOKETA ROTARY MEETINGS. HE WAS A LONGTIME ROTARIAN. MY LAST VISIT WITH HIM WAS IN JULY AT THE HOSPITAL. I HAD MENT TO GO BACK AGAIN, BUT, SORRY TO SAY, NEVER DID MAKE IT. WE JOKED OFTEN ABOUT WHICH NEWS MEDIA WAS BETTER, NEWSPAPER OR RADIO. REALLY SOMETHING..... NEARLY 60 YEARS AS A NEWSPAPERMAN AND
COMMUNITY LEADER. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE AND AND SIX CHILDREN.
MAQUOKETA LOST A "GIANT" OF A CITIZEN LAST NIGHT. SERVICES ARE PENDING AND I WILL HAVE MORE INFORMATION NEXT WEEK.

A MAQUOKETA RESTUARANT HAS BEEN SOLD. AND THE LAKEHURST DAM HAS BEEN SOLD. MORE NEXT WEEK..... CHECK IN DAILY.

THE OVEFR 25 PHOTOS OF THE HURST HOTEL RENOVATION WORK ARE NOW UP ON THE KMAQ WEB SITE....CLICK ON THE CAMERA.

HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY