NICE SUNNY DAY..HIGH OF 40.
MAQUOKETA BOYS HOST MANCHESTER WEST DELAWARE TONIGHT AND THE GIRLS PLAY UP THERE.
THE LOCAL PRESIDENT OF US BANK IN MAQUOKETA, GARY BAILEY,WAS FOUND DEAD IN HIS APARTMENT THIS MORNING, FROM AN APPARENT HEART ATTACK. HE WAS RENTING NOW AND PLANNED TO BE MARRIED LATER THIS YEAR AND THEN PURCHASE A HOME HERE. A REAL SHOCKER, AS HE WAS THOUGHT TO BE IN EXCELLENT HEALTH....LIKED TO BICYCLE, ETC. I DON'T KNOW HIS AGE, BUT SUPPOSE IN HIS 50'S. HE HAD BEEN VERY ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY SINCE COMING HERE IN MAY OF LAST YEAR. WAS A MEMBER OF THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB AND KIWANIS CLUB. HE HAD BEEN IN BANKING MOST OF HIS LIFE. HAVE NO IDEA WHERE THE FUNERAL WILL BE.
MAQUOKETA POLICE OFFICER SCOTT HANSEN RETURNS TO DUTY TOMORROW EVENING. HE STARTED WITH THE DEPARTMENT IN JULY 2003. AFTER ABOUT A YEAR, HE WAS CALLED UP WITH HIS NATIONAL GUARD UNIT. HE LEFT FOR DUTY IN AUGUST OF 2004 AND FIRST SERVED IN OKLAHOMA AND THEN SPENT MORE THAN A YEAR IN IRAQ. HIS RETURN BRINGS THE MAQUOKETA POLICE DEPARTMENT UP TO FULL STAFF.
THANKS FOR CHECKING IN.
DENNIS VOY
Monday, January 30, 2006
AN INCH AND A HALF OF RAIN OVER THE WEEKEND IN MAQUOKETA.
TODAY, LIGHT SNOW THIS MORNING AND A HIGH ONLY IN THE MID 30'S.
IN BASKETBALL, THE MAQUOKETA BOYS HAD TWO OVERTIME WINS THIS PAST WEEKEND. FRIDAY NIGHT, THE BEAT VINTON 56 TO 54 THERE, AND SATURDAY NIGHT, AT HOME, DEFEATED DUBUQUE HEMPSTEAD, 61 TO 55.
THEY ARE NOW 7 AND 7 FOR THE SEASON.
THE MAQUOKETA GIRSL SPLIT....WINNING FRIDAY NIGHT AT HOME, OVER VINTON, 51 TO 46, A WAMAC CONFERENCE WIN AND SATURDAY NIGHT, THEY LOST AT MOUNT PLEASANT, A NON-CONFERENCE LOSS, 44 TO 40.
THEIR OVERALL RECORD NOW IS 6 AND 11.
THE WRESTLERS TOOK PART IN THE WAMAC CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT SATURDAY AT WESTERN DUBUQUE AND FINISHED IN 8TH PLACE.
THE BEST SHOWING FOR THE CARDINALS WAS A SECOND PLACE BY HEAVYWEIGHT DAN DUHME.
THE MAQUOKETA COUNCIL PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION WILL RECOMMEND TO THE FULL COUNCIL, THAT A STATE BID BE EXCEPTED, INSTEAD OF BUYING LOCALLY. THE SPECIFICATIONS THIS YEAR CALLED FOR A LARGER CAR BECAUSE OF TALLER AND LARGER OFFICERS WHO HAVE DIFFICULTY FITTING INTO A SMALLER CHEVY SQUAD CAR.
ONLY THE STATE BID MATCHED THE SPECS AND THE COST WILL BE $20,134 FOR A POLICE PACKAGE FORD.
SHORTY ALES, 92, FORMERLY OF LOST NATION, AND LONGTIME SERVICE STATION OWNER THERE, DIED FRIDAY AT CEDAR RAPIDS. HIS IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE HELEN, AND A DAUGHTER. HE WAS A FIREMEN IN LOST NATION FOR OVER 60 YEARS, INCLUDING CHIEF AND WAS MAYOR TWICE, FOR A TOTAL OF OVER A DOZEN YEARS.
SHORTY ALLEN OF MAQUOKETA IS 84 TODAY. LONGTIME MUSICIAN.
HE MOTHER AND DAD WERE BOTH JANITORS FOR KMAQ WHEN THE STATION WAS STILL UPSTAIRS IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA.
WILLIAM EFFERDING, 96, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED THURSDAY EVENING AT CRESTRIDGE NURSING HOME. SERVICES ARE PENDING AT LAHEY FUNERAL HOME IN MAQUOKETA.
"ANNIE" WAS REALLY LIKED BY EVERYONE I TALKED TO. IT WAS PUT ON AT THE OHNWARD NEW AUDITORIUM FRIDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHTS AND NEAR FULL HOUSES BOTH NIGHTS. IT WILL BE PRESENTED AGAIN SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
TODAY, LIGHT SNOW THIS MORNING AND A HIGH ONLY IN THE MID 30'S.
IN BASKETBALL, THE MAQUOKETA BOYS HAD TWO OVERTIME WINS THIS PAST WEEKEND. FRIDAY NIGHT, THE BEAT VINTON 56 TO 54 THERE, AND SATURDAY NIGHT, AT HOME, DEFEATED DUBUQUE HEMPSTEAD, 61 TO 55.
THEY ARE NOW 7 AND 7 FOR THE SEASON.
THE MAQUOKETA GIRSL SPLIT....WINNING FRIDAY NIGHT AT HOME, OVER VINTON, 51 TO 46, A WAMAC CONFERENCE WIN AND SATURDAY NIGHT, THEY LOST AT MOUNT PLEASANT, A NON-CONFERENCE LOSS, 44 TO 40.
THEIR OVERALL RECORD NOW IS 6 AND 11.
THE WRESTLERS TOOK PART IN THE WAMAC CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT SATURDAY AT WESTERN DUBUQUE AND FINISHED IN 8TH PLACE.
THE BEST SHOWING FOR THE CARDINALS WAS A SECOND PLACE BY HEAVYWEIGHT DAN DUHME.
THE MAQUOKETA COUNCIL PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION WILL RECOMMEND TO THE FULL COUNCIL, THAT A STATE BID BE EXCEPTED, INSTEAD OF BUYING LOCALLY. THE SPECIFICATIONS THIS YEAR CALLED FOR A LARGER CAR BECAUSE OF TALLER AND LARGER OFFICERS WHO HAVE DIFFICULTY FITTING INTO A SMALLER CHEVY SQUAD CAR.
ONLY THE STATE BID MATCHED THE SPECS AND THE COST WILL BE $20,134 FOR A POLICE PACKAGE FORD.
SHORTY ALES, 92, FORMERLY OF LOST NATION, AND LONGTIME SERVICE STATION OWNER THERE, DIED FRIDAY AT CEDAR RAPIDS. HIS IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE HELEN, AND A DAUGHTER. HE WAS A FIREMEN IN LOST NATION FOR OVER 60 YEARS, INCLUDING CHIEF AND WAS MAYOR TWICE, FOR A TOTAL OF OVER A DOZEN YEARS.
SHORTY ALLEN OF MAQUOKETA IS 84 TODAY. LONGTIME MUSICIAN.
HE MOTHER AND DAD WERE BOTH JANITORS FOR KMAQ WHEN THE STATION WAS STILL UPSTAIRS IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA.
WILLIAM EFFERDING, 96, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED THURSDAY EVENING AT CRESTRIDGE NURSING HOME. SERVICES ARE PENDING AT LAHEY FUNERAL HOME IN MAQUOKETA.
"ANNIE" WAS REALLY LIKED BY EVERYONE I TALKED TO. IT WAS PUT ON AT THE OHNWARD NEW AUDITORIUM FRIDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHTS AND NEAR FULL HOUSES BOTH NIGHTS. IT WILL BE PRESENTED AGAIN SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
Friday, January 27, 2006
51 TODAY, BUT RAIN AND COOLER WEATHER THIS WEEKEND.
THE MAQUOKETA CARDINAL WRESTLERS BEAT VINTON LAST NIGHT
AT DYERSVILLE, 45 TO 24. WINS FOR MAQUOKETA BY: CASEY STUART,
DARON FUGLSANG, AARON KOPPES, ANDREW KOPPES, JOSH BREEDEN,
ANDREW MCNAMEE AND DAN DUHME
AND,THE CARDINALS ALSO BEAT DYERSVILLE BECKMAN, 57 TO 18.
WINS BY: CASEY STUART, DARON FUGLSANG, TONY SCHILTZ, AARON HELZER, BILLY KIRK, AARON KOPPES, ANDREW KOPPES, BOBBY KIRK, ANDREW MCNAMEE, AND DAN DUHME.
A FREAK ACCIDENT YESTERDAY AFTERNOON RESULTED IN THREE VEHICLES BEING DAMAGED, BUT NO ONE WAS DRIVING. TWO PARKED VEHICLES,, ONE OWNED BY JAMES WYLIE OF MAQUOKETA AND THE OTHER BY JOHN MCAULIFFE OF DELMAR, WERE PARKED FACING NORTH ON ELIZA. A TRUCK WITH TRAILER ATTACHED WAS PARKED FACING NORTH AND OWNED BY ROY WARD OF MAQUOKETA. A TRACTOR WAS BEING LOADED ON THE TRAILER AND THE BACK OF WARD'S TRUCK. HOWEVER, THE TRACTOR WAS SO HEAVY THAT IT CAUSED THE WHEELS OF THE TRUCK TO LIFT UP AND THAT CAUSED THE TRUCK TO ROLL FORWARD INTO THE MCAULIFFE VEHICLE AND IT THEN HIT THE WYLIE VEHICLE AND SEVERAL THOUSAND DOLLARS IN TOTAL DAMAGE. NO CHARGES FILED.
BECAUSE OF THE HIGHER COST OF ELECTRICITY AND NATURAL GAS,
THE CITY OF MAQUOKETA NEEDS TO MAKE UP A $125,000 DEFICIT IN THE 2005-2006 BUDGET. BUT, THE FINANCE COMMITTEE IS GOING TO RECOMMEND TO THE FULL COUNCIL TO TAKE MONEY OUT OF THE RESERVE FUND INSTEAD OF RAISING TAXES.
A 20 YEAR OLD MAN, MATTHEW SCHMIDT OF MAQUOKETA, WAS SENTENCED TO 30 DAYS IN JAIL, 28 SUSPENDED, ON CHARGES OF ASSAULT.
HE WAS FINED $96. SHERIFF DEPUTY ED CLARK SAID SCHMIDT HIT JOSH OSTERN IN THE HEAD WITH A PUMPKIN ON NOV. 20TH IN RURAL MAQUOKETA.
THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS AND BOYS BASKETBALL TEAMS PLAY VINTON TONIGHT.
ERIC BAYLES, GRANDSON OF DOTTIE BAYLES OF MAQUOKETA AND DONNA AND ALDEN BROWN OF MAQUOKETA, COMPLETED 12 WEEKS OF BASIC TRAINING AT THE MARINE CORP RECRUIT DEPOT IN SAND DIEGO EARLIER THIS MONTH. HE IS NOW MARINE CORPS PRIVATE ERIC BAYLES.
HIS DAD IS MARK BAYLES, WHO IS AN ELECTRICIAN OUT EAST.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
THE MAQUOKETA CARDINAL WRESTLERS BEAT VINTON LAST NIGHT
AT DYERSVILLE, 45 TO 24. WINS FOR MAQUOKETA BY: CASEY STUART,
DARON FUGLSANG, AARON KOPPES, ANDREW KOPPES, JOSH BREEDEN,
ANDREW MCNAMEE AND DAN DUHME
AND,THE CARDINALS ALSO BEAT DYERSVILLE BECKMAN, 57 TO 18.
WINS BY: CASEY STUART, DARON FUGLSANG, TONY SCHILTZ, AARON HELZER, BILLY KIRK, AARON KOPPES, ANDREW KOPPES, BOBBY KIRK, ANDREW MCNAMEE, AND DAN DUHME.
A FREAK ACCIDENT YESTERDAY AFTERNOON RESULTED IN THREE VEHICLES BEING DAMAGED, BUT NO ONE WAS DRIVING. TWO PARKED VEHICLES,, ONE OWNED BY JAMES WYLIE OF MAQUOKETA AND THE OTHER BY JOHN MCAULIFFE OF DELMAR, WERE PARKED FACING NORTH ON ELIZA. A TRUCK WITH TRAILER ATTACHED WAS PARKED FACING NORTH AND OWNED BY ROY WARD OF MAQUOKETA. A TRACTOR WAS BEING LOADED ON THE TRAILER AND THE BACK OF WARD'S TRUCK. HOWEVER, THE TRACTOR WAS SO HEAVY THAT IT CAUSED THE WHEELS OF THE TRUCK TO LIFT UP AND THAT CAUSED THE TRUCK TO ROLL FORWARD INTO THE MCAULIFFE VEHICLE AND IT THEN HIT THE WYLIE VEHICLE AND SEVERAL THOUSAND DOLLARS IN TOTAL DAMAGE. NO CHARGES FILED.
BECAUSE OF THE HIGHER COST OF ELECTRICITY AND NATURAL GAS,
THE CITY OF MAQUOKETA NEEDS TO MAKE UP A $125,000 DEFICIT IN THE 2005-2006 BUDGET. BUT, THE FINANCE COMMITTEE IS GOING TO RECOMMEND TO THE FULL COUNCIL TO TAKE MONEY OUT OF THE RESERVE FUND INSTEAD OF RAISING TAXES.
A 20 YEAR OLD MAN, MATTHEW SCHMIDT OF MAQUOKETA, WAS SENTENCED TO 30 DAYS IN JAIL, 28 SUSPENDED, ON CHARGES OF ASSAULT.
HE WAS FINED $96. SHERIFF DEPUTY ED CLARK SAID SCHMIDT HIT JOSH OSTERN IN THE HEAD WITH A PUMPKIN ON NOV. 20TH IN RURAL MAQUOKETA.
THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS AND BOYS BASKETBALL TEAMS PLAY VINTON TONIGHT.
ERIC BAYLES, GRANDSON OF DOTTIE BAYLES OF MAQUOKETA AND DONNA AND ALDEN BROWN OF MAQUOKETA, COMPLETED 12 WEEKS OF BASIC TRAINING AT THE MARINE CORP RECRUIT DEPOT IN SAND DIEGO EARLIER THIS MONTH. HE IS NOW MARINE CORPS PRIVATE ERIC BAYLES.
HIS DAD IS MARK BAYLES, WHO IS AN ELECTRICIAN OUT EAST.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
Thursday, January 26, 2006
A SUNNY DAY IN MAQUOKETA....UPPER 40'S...TOMORROW 50 OR ABOVE.
ALFRED EHL, FORMER MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCILMAN AND COUNTY SUPERVISOR CELEBRATED HIS 85TH BIRTHDAY THE OTHER DAY.
THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS LOST TO DEWITT TUESDAY NIGHT, HERE IN TOWN. PRETTY GOOD GAME. THE
NIGHT BEFORE, THE DEWITT BOYS HOSTED THE CARDS AND WON BY 5 POINTS.
THE CARDINAL WRESTLERS ARE IN ACTION TONIGHT AT DYERSVILLE AGAINST DYERSVILLE AND VINTON.
THE NEW "PREMIER FURNITURE STORE" IN MAQUOKETA WILL BE OPENING SOON. THE SIGN IS UP. THE DELIVERY TRUCK IS IN THE FRONT PARKING LOT. IT OPENS IN SAME BUILDING ON NORTH MAIN STREET THAT WAS "BETTER HOMES" AND LATER, "OWL FURNITURE" STORES FOR MANY YEARS. AND BEFORE FURNITURE, IT WAS MAQUOKETA'S FIRST SUPER MARKET. DURING THOSE YEARS, HIGHWAY 61 WENT RIGHT PAST THE BUILDING.
CATS WOULD BE TREATED LIKE DOGS UNDER A PROPOSED MAQUOKETA CITY ORDINANCE. IN OTHER WORDS, THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT A CAT ORDINANCE FOR MAQUOKETA. WE ALREADY HAVE ONE FOR DOGS.
POLICE CHEIF BRAD KORANDA WAS INSTRUCTED TO GET A COPY OF DEWITT'S ORDIANCE AND A FEW OTHERS FROM THIS AREA AND REPORT BACK TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE WHICH IS LOOKING THE POSSIBLE CAT ORDINANCE FOR THE TIMBER CITY. BRAD ESTIMATES THERE ARE 1,800 PETS IN MAQUOKETA.
ON KMAQ'S WEB SITE....www.kmaq.com....THERE IS NOW FULL INFORMATION ON KMAQ'S UPCOMING.FARM AND HOME SHOW....THE MAY KMAQ TRAVEL BUS TRIP TO BRANSON....AND THE BRASCHLER MUSIC SHOW OF BRANSON PERFORMANCE, HERE IN MAQUOKETA, AT THE NEW OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER, AND HOSTED BY KMAQ. ALSO, LAST WEEK'S "JUST TALK" SHOW IS UP ON THE WEB SITE, HOSTED BY LEIGHTON HEPKER.
MORE TALK ABOUT RENOVATING AND EXPANDING THE MAQUOKETA FIRE STATION. IT WAS DISCUSSED AGAIN YESTERDAY AT THE PUBLIC SAVETY MEETING.
STUDENTS GRADUATING FROM MAQUOKETA HIGH IN 2009 WILL BE REQUIRED TO TAKE MORE ENGLISH AND SCIENCE.
120 UNITS OF BLOOD GIVEN YESTERDAY AT THE HIGH....EXCEEDING THEIR GOAL OF 85.
CAROL CARPENTER, AGE 68, DIED WEDNESDAY AT HER HOME IN CORALVILLE. SURVIVED BY A SISTER, SUE SPALDING IN MAQUOKETA AND A BROTHER, DAVID SCHOENTHALER, OF BETTENDORF.
THANKS FOR CHECKING IN.
DENNIS VOY
ALFRED EHL, FORMER MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCILMAN AND COUNTY SUPERVISOR CELEBRATED HIS 85TH BIRTHDAY THE OTHER DAY.
THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS LOST TO DEWITT TUESDAY NIGHT, HERE IN TOWN. PRETTY GOOD GAME. THE
NIGHT BEFORE, THE DEWITT BOYS HOSTED THE CARDS AND WON BY 5 POINTS.
THE CARDINAL WRESTLERS ARE IN ACTION TONIGHT AT DYERSVILLE AGAINST DYERSVILLE AND VINTON.
THE NEW "PREMIER FURNITURE STORE" IN MAQUOKETA WILL BE OPENING SOON. THE SIGN IS UP. THE DELIVERY TRUCK IS IN THE FRONT PARKING LOT. IT OPENS IN SAME BUILDING ON NORTH MAIN STREET THAT WAS "BETTER HOMES" AND LATER, "OWL FURNITURE" STORES FOR MANY YEARS. AND BEFORE FURNITURE, IT WAS MAQUOKETA'S FIRST SUPER MARKET. DURING THOSE YEARS, HIGHWAY 61 WENT RIGHT PAST THE BUILDING.
CATS WOULD BE TREATED LIKE DOGS UNDER A PROPOSED MAQUOKETA CITY ORDINANCE. IN OTHER WORDS, THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT A CAT ORDINANCE FOR MAQUOKETA. WE ALREADY HAVE ONE FOR DOGS.
POLICE CHEIF BRAD KORANDA WAS INSTRUCTED TO GET A COPY OF DEWITT'S ORDIANCE AND A FEW OTHERS FROM THIS AREA AND REPORT BACK TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE WHICH IS LOOKING THE POSSIBLE CAT ORDINANCE FOR THE TIMBER CITY. BRAD ESTIMATES THERE ARE 1,800 PETS IN MAQUOKETA.
ON KMAQ'S WEB SITE....www.kmaq.com....THERE IS NOW FULL INFORMATION ON KMAQ'S UPCOMING.FARM AND HOME SHOW....THE MAY KMAQ TRAVEL BUS TRIP TO BRANSON....AND THE BRASCHLER MUSIC SHOW OF BRANSON PERFORMANCE, HERE IN MAQUOKETA, AT THE NEW OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER, AND HOSTED BY KMAQ. ALSO, LAST WEEK'S "JUST TALK" SHOW IS UP ON THE WEB SITE, HOSTED BY LEIGHTON HEPKER.
MORE TALK ABOUT RENOVATING AND EXPANDING THE MAQUOKETA FIRE STATION. IT WAS DISCUSSED AGAIN YESTERDAY AT THE PUBLIC SAVETY MEETING.
STUDENTS GRADUATING FROM MAQUOKETA HIGH IN 2009 WILL BE REQUIRED TO TAKE MORE ENGLISH AND SCIENCE.
120 UNITS OF BLOOD GIVEN YESTERDAY AT THE HIGH....EXCEEDING THEIR GOAL OF 85.
CAROL CARPENTER, AGE 68, DIED WEDNESDAY AT HER HOME IN CORALVILLE. SURVIVED BY A SISTER, SUE SPALDING IN MAQUOKETA AND A BROTHER, DAVID SCHOENTHALER, OF BETTENDORF.
THANKS FOR CHECKING IN.
DENNIS VOY
Tuesday, January 24, 2006
WINDY....AFTERNOON SUNSHINE AND A HGH OF 40 TODAY.
THE MAQUOKETA BOYS LOST TO DEWITT LAST NIGHT BY 5 POINTS...GOOD GAME.
TONIGHT, HERE IN TOWN, THE CARDINAL GIRLS PLAY DEWITT. EARLIER THIS SEASON, MAQUOKETA HAD AN UPSET WIN OVER DEWITT, A RANKED TEAM. THE GAME WILL BE ON KMAQ-FM TONIGHT.
THE IOWA GAME ON KMAQ-AM TONIGHT.
ABOUT 50 MEMBERS ATTENDED THE ANNUAL BREAKFASAT MEETING THIS MORNING AT THE DECKER HOTEL RESTAURANT. JAKE BICKFORD, LONGTIME MAQUOKETA BUSINESSMAN, RECEIVED THE PRESIDENT'S AWARD. HE STARTED AT BILL MOLER'S CLOTHING STORE IN 1959 AND BOUGHT THE STORE IN 1981. HE WAS CHAMBER PRESIDENT IN 1977.
THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S AWARDED WAS PRESENTED TO OUT-GOING PRESIDENT, BRIAN HINTGEN. HE CAME TO MAQUOKETA SIX YEARS AGO WITH ALLIANCE PIPELIND AND STILL WORKS FOR THEM PLUS IS A PARTNER IN THE NEW TRAVEL MART AT THE SOUTH EDGE OF MAQUOKETA. STURTZ, WHO RETIRED AT THE END OF THE YEAR AS CHAMBER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, WAS PRESENTED WITH A GIFT BASKET FEATURING MAQUOKETA PRODUCTS.
RICK PRULL, M-S-B BANKER, IS THE NEW PRESIDENT
OF THE CHAMBER. GOING OFF THE BOARD, HINTGEN, BRIAN AUNAN AND ANNETTE SOHL. THE THREE NEW MEMBERS OF THE BOARD ARE JULIE MOORE, DEAN SHAUF AND CARRI GILSON.
THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT IS INVESTIGATING AN INCIDENT AT THE TERRY AND DIANE WUESTENBERG RESIDENCE ON THE MAQUOKETA CAVES ROAD. DIANE REPORTED SHE HEARD 3 OR 4 SHOTS WHILE DOING CHORES SUNDAY LATE AFTERNOON. IT IS BELIEVED THE SHOTS WERE FIRED BY A 22 FROM LONG RANGE. ONE OF THE BULLETS ENTERED THE MACHINE SHED WHERE SHE WAS WORKING AND LODGED IN A HORSE TRAILER. SEVERAL HORSES WERE LOCATED NEAR THE SHED AND ONE WAS STRUCK BY A BULLET. IT WAS STRUCK IN THE SHOULDER AND IS EXPECTED TO RECOVER. THE SHERIFF THINKS SOMEONE MIGHT HAVE PULLED OFF THE HIGHWAY AND MAY HAVE BEEN SHOOTING AT A DEER AND THE BULLET STRAYED.
TWO MAQUOKETA MEN WERE CHARGED IN DAVENPORT IN CONNECTION WITH THE PURCHASE OF 608 PILLS CONTAINING PSEUDOEPHEDRIN THAT WAS INTEDED TO BE USED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF METH. MICHAEL R. MILLER, AGE 48 OF GERMAN STREET AND SHAWN M. BESLER, 32, OF NORTH ANDERSON STREET, WERE ARRESTED LAST FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EACH FACE TWO COUNTS OF DRUG POSSESSION IN SCOTT COUNTY DISTRICT COURT. THE TWO REMAINED IN SCOTT COUNTY JAIL YESTERDAY ON $139,750 BOND EACH.
THE MAQUOKETA MEA RECENTLY ASKED FOR A $1,500 RAISE ON A BEGINNING TEACHER'S BASE SALARY AND YESTERDAY, THE BOARD OFFERED A $200 RAISE.
THE FIRST TWO MEETINGS BETWEEN THE GROUPS ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND NOW BOTH SIDES AGREED TO CONTINUE BEHIND CLOSED DOORS, AS ALLOWED BY LAW. THE DISTRICT IS ALSO PROPOSIGN A MAJOR CHANGE IN THE HEALTH INSURACE PROGRAM FOR SCHOOL EMPLOYEES. MORE LATER ON THIS.
AT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT BANQUET THIS PAST SATURDAY NIGHT IN MAQUOKETA, FIRE CHEIF MARK BECK REPORTED THE NUMBER OF FIRE CALLS IN MAQUOKETA WAS WERE FEWER IN 2005 THAN IN PREVIOUS YEARS. THERE WERE 68 CALLS AND 39 RESCUE CALLS LAST YEAR. BOTH, THE LOWEST NUMBER IN YEARS. HE REPORTED THE AVERAGE RESPONSE TIME LAST YEAR WAS 7 MINUTES AND THERE WERE AN AVERAGE OF 11 FIREFIGHTERS PER CALL.
BECK ALSO SAID THE DEPARTMENT RECEIVED A $24,000 FEMA GRANT FOR A NEW BREATHING AIR COMPRESSOR. THE OLD ONE IS OVER 20 YEARS OLD.
NO SERVICE AWARDS WERE PRESENTED SATURDAY NIGHT AND THE ANNUAL LEO CLASEN AWARD WAS PRESENTED TO FIREMAN ROBERT EDWARDS.
THE CHEIF WILL BE ATTENDING A MEETING TOMORROW AFTERNOON WITH THE COUNCIL PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE AND TO BE DISCUSSED WILL BE A NEW ROOF OR REPAIRS TO THE FIRE STATION AND ALSO A POSSIBLE FIRE STATION ADDITION.
DALE EASTON, 87, OF JOHNSTON, IOWA,DIED YESTERDAY. HE WAS BORN IN MAQUOKETA, THE SON OF DALE AND MARTHA EASTON. HE AND HIS FATHER OPERATED A GROCERY STORE IN MAQUOKETA, WHERE KMAQ IS NOW LOCATED. HE LEFT MAQUOKETA TO GO WITH HY-VEE AND RETIRED WITH THEM IN 1982.
I PURCHASED THE KMAQ BUILDING IN 1969 FROM HIS MOTHER. HE IS SURVIVED BY FOUR DAUGHTERS, THREE GRANDCHILDREN AND TWO SISTERS IN MAQUOKETA, GERALDIN PITHAM AND LAURA MANIS.
THANKS FOR CHECKING IN.
I'M OFF TO THE BOY SCOUT SOUP SUPPER TONIGHT AT THE VFW POST HOME.
DENNIS VOY
THE MAQUOKETA BOYS LOST TO DEWITT LAST NIGHT BY 5 POINTS...GOOD GAME.
TONIGHT, HERE IN TOWN, THE CARDINAL GIRLS PLAY DEWITT. EARLIER THIS SEASON, MAQUOKETA HAD AN UPSET WIN OVER DEWITT, A RANKED TEAM. THE GAME WILL BE ON KMAQ-FM TONIGHT.
THE IOWA GAME ON KMAQ-AM TONIGHT.
ABOUT 50 MEMBERS ATTENDED THE ANNUAL BREAKFASAT MEETING THIS MORNING AT THE DECKER HOTEL RESTAURANT. JAKE BICKFORD, LONGTIME MAQUOKETA BUSINESSMAN, RECEIVED THE PRESIDENT'S AWARD. HE STARTED AT BILL MOLER'S CLOTHING STORE IN 1959 AND BOUGHT THE STORE IN 1981. HE WAS CHAMBER PRESIDENT IN 1977.
THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S AWARDED WAS PRESENTED TO OUT-GOING PRESIDENT, BRIAN HINTGEN. HE CAME TO MAQUOKETA SIX YEARS AGO WITH ALLIANCE PIPELIND AND STILL WORKS FOR THEM PLUS IS A PARTNER IN THE NEW TRAVEL MART AT THE SOUTH EDGE OF MAQUOKETA. STURTZ, WHO RETIRED AT THE END OF THE YEAR AS CHAMBER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, WAS PRESENTED WITH A GIFT BASKET FEATURING MAQUOKETA PRODUCTS.
RICK PRULL, M-S-B BANKER, IS THE NEW PRESIDENT
OF THE CHAMBER. GOING OFF THE BOARD, HINTGEN, BRIAN AUNAN AND ANNETTE SOHL. THE THREE NEW MEMBERS OF THE BOARD ARE JULIE MOORE, DEAN SHAUF AND CARRI GILSON.
THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT IS INVESTIGATING AN INCIDENT AT THE TERRY AND DIANE WUESTENBERG RESIDENCE ON THE MAQUOKETA CAVES ROAD. DIANE REPORTED SHE HEARD 3 OR 4 SHOTS WHILE DOING CHORES SUNDAY LATE AFTERNOON. IT IS BELIEVED THE SHOTS WERE FIRED BY A 22 FROM LONG RANGE. ONE OF THE BULLETS ENTERED THE MACHINE SHED WHERE SHE WAS WORKING AND LODGED IN A HORSE TRAILER. SEVERAL HORSES WERE LOCATED NEAR THE SHED AND ONE WAS STRUCK BY A BULLET. IT WAS STRUCK IN THE SHOULDER AND IS EXPECTED TO RECOVER. THE SHERIFF THINKS SOMEONE MIGHT HAVE PULLED OFF THE HIGHWAY AND MAY HAVE BEEN SHOOTING AT A DEER AND THE BULLET STRAYED.
TWO MAQUOKETA MEN WERE CHARGED IN DAVENPORT IN CONNECTION WITH THE PURCHASE OF 608 PILLS CONTAINING PSEUDOEPHEDRIN THAT WAS INTEDED TO BE USED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF METH. MICHAEL R. MILLER, AGE 48 OF GERMAN STREET AND SHAWN M. BESLER, 32, OF NORTH ANDERSON STREET, WERE ARRESTED LAST FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EACH FACE TWO COUNTS OF DRUG POSSESSION IN SCOTT COUNTY DISTRICT COURT. THE TWO REMAINED IN SCOTT COUNTY JAIL YESTERDAY ON $139,750 BOND EACH.
THE MAQUOKETA MEA RECENTLY ASKED FOR A $1,500 RAISE ON A BEGINNING TEACHER'S BASE SALARY AND YESTERDAY, THE BOARD OFFERED A $200 RAISE.
THE FIRST TWO MEETINGS BETWEEN THE GROUPS ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND NOW BOTH SIDES AGREED TO CONTINUE BEHIND CLOSED DOORS, AS ALLOWED BY LAW. THE DISTRICT IS ALSO PROPOSIGN A MAJOR CHANGE IN THE HEALTH INSURACE PROGRAM FOR SCHOOL EMPLOYEES. MORE LATER ON THIS.
AT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT BANQUET THIS PAST SATURDAY NIGHT IN MAQUOKETA, FIRE CHEIF MARK BECK REPORTED THE NUMBER OF FIRE CALLS IN MAQUOKETA WAS WERE FEWER IN 2005 THAN IN PREVIOUS YEARS. THERE WERE 68 CALLS AND 39 RESCUE CALLS LAST YEAR. BOTH, THE LOWEST NUMBER IN YEARS. HE REPORTED THE AVERAGE RESPONSE TIME LAST YEAR WAS 7 MINUTES AND THERE WERE AN AVERAGE OF 11 FIREFIGHTERS PER CALL.
BECK ALSO SAID THE DEPARTMENT RECEIVED A $24,000 FEMA GRANT FOR A NEW BREATHING AIR COMPRESSOR. THE OLD ONE IS OVER 20 YEARS OLD.
NO SERVICE AWARDS WERE PRESENTED SATURDAY NIGHT AND THE ANNUAL LEO CLASEN AWARD WAS PRESENTED TO FIREMAN ROBERT EDWARDS.
THE CHEIF WILL BE ATTENDING A MEETING TOMORROW AFTERNOON WITH THE COUNCIL PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE AND TO BE DISCUSSED WILL BE A NEW ROOF OR REPAIRS TO THE FIRE STATION AND ALSO A POSSIBLE FIRE STATION ADDITION.
DALE EASTON, 87, OF JOHNSTON, IOWA,DIED YESTERDAY. HE WAS BORN IN MAQUOKETA, THE SON OF DALE AND MARTHA EASTON. HE AND HIS FATHER OPERATED A GROCERY STORE IN MAQUOKETA, WHERE KMAQ IS NOW LOCATED. HE LEFT MAQUOKETA TO GO WITH HY-VEE AND RETIRED WITH THEM IN 1982.
I PURCHASED THE KMAQ BUILDING IN 1969 FROM HIS MOTHER. HE IS SURVIVED BY FOUR DAUGHTERS, THREE GRANDCHILDREN AND TWO SISTERS IN MAQUOKETA, GERALDIN PITHAM AND LAURA MANIS.
THANKS FOR CHECKING IN.
I'M OFF TO THE BOY SCOUT SOUP SUPPER TONIGHT AT THE VFW POST HOME.
DENNIS VOY
Monday, January 23, 2006
CLOUDY AND COLD TODAY...HIGH OF 28.
THIS REPORT HAD A RECORD NUMBER OF READERS OVER THE WEEKEND...
733.
THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL CARDINAL BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM
SATURDAY NIGHT DEFEATED BENTON COMMUNITY HERE ON THE MCHS
GYM FLOOR....WINNING BY 19 POINTS....THEIR 4TH WIN IN A ROW.
THE BOYS PLAY AT DEWITT TONIGHT. THAT GAME WILL BE CLOSER...AND WILL BE BROADCAST TONIGHT ON KMAQ FM.
THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM LOST UP IN DUBUQUE SATURDAY NIGHT TO DUBUQUE WAHLERT. THEY PLAY AT DEWITT TOMORROW NIGHT.
THE MAQUOKETA WRESTLERS WERE IN A TOURNAMENT IN CLINTON SATURDAY....21 TEAMS AND THEY FINISHED IN 11TH PLACE.
MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD MEETING TONIGHT.
A MAQUOKETA MAN WAS CHARGED WITH DRUNK DRIVING FOLLOWING A ONE-VEHICLE ACCIDENT EARLY YESTERDAY MORNING IN CLINTON COUNTY. TIMOTHY LUCAS, AGE 40, WAS NOT INJURED. HIS VEHICLE LANDED ON ITS TOP AND HE WAS UNABLE TO RELEASE HIMSELF FROM THE SEAT BELT AND HAD TO WAIT FOR SOMEONE TO GET HIM OUT.
$5,000 DAMAGE TO HIS 2002 JEEP.
CANDY AND CURTIS BAHNSEN HAD A GIRL EARLY LAST TUESDAY MORNING AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL.
A CORRECTION: HELEN KEENEY'S OLDEST SON IS BRIAN, NOT RYAN.
HE MARRIED PAM BROWN. THANKS TO ONE OF MY READERS IN SAVAGE, MINNESOTA FOR THIS CLARIFICATION.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
THIS REPORT HAD A RECORD NUMBER OF READERS OVER THE WEEKEND...
733.
THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL CARDINAL BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM
SATURDAY NIGHT DEFEATED BENTON COMMUNITY HERE ON THE MCHS
GYM FLOOR....WINNING BY 19 POINTS....THEIR 4TH WIN IN A ROW.
THE BOYS PLAY AT DEWITT TONIGHT. THAT GAME WILL BE CLOSER...AND WILL BE BROADCAST TONIGHT ON KMAQ FM.
THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM LOST UP IN DUBUQUE SATURDAY NIGHT TO DUBUQUE WAHLERT. THEY PLAY AT DEWITT TOMORROW NIGHT.
THE MAQUOKETA WRESTLERS WERE IN A TOURNAMENT IN CLINTON SATURDAY....21 TEAMS AND THEY FINISHED IN 11TH PLACE.
MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD MEETING TONIGHT.
A MAQUOKETA MAN WAS CHARGED WITH DRUNK DRIVING FOLLOWING A ONE-VEHICLE ACCIDENT EARLY YESTERDAY MORNING IN CLINTON COUNTY. TIMOTHY LUCAS, AGE 40, WAS NOT INJURED. HIS VEHICLE LANDED ON ITS TOP AND HE WAS UNABLE TO RELEASE HIMSELF FROM THE SEAT BELT AND HAD TO WAIT FOR SOMEONE TO GET HIM OUT.
$5,000 DAMAGE TO HIS 2002 JEEP.
CANDY AND CURTIS BAHNSEN HAD A GIRL EARLY LAST TUESDAY MORNING AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL.
A CORRECTION: HELEN KEENEY'S OLDEST SON IS BRIAN, NOT RYAN.
HE MARRIED PAM BROWN. THANKS TO ONE OF MY READERS IN SAVAGE, MINNESOTA FOR THIS CLARIFICATION.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
Saturday, January 21, 2006
IT SNOWED IN MAQUOKETA YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AND LAST NIGHT.....6 INCHES....THE MOST IN IOWA.
IT WILL DISAPPEAR TODAY AND TOMORROW AS TEMPS WILL BE IN THE 30'S TODAY AND AROUND 40 SUNDAY.
WE NEEDED THE GROUND MOISTURE.
THE MAQUOKETA BALL GAMES WERE POSTPONED BECASUE OF THE SNOW. THE BOYS GAMES VERSUS BENTON COMMUNITY WILL BE MADE-UP TODAY AT THE MCHS GYM.....5 PM FOR SOPHOMORE GAME...VARSITY AT 6:30. THE GIRLS GAME AT BENTON WILL BE MADE UP LATER. TODAY, THE GIRLS PLAY UP AT DUBUQUE WAHLERT...5 PM...AND 6:30 P.M.
THE MAQUOKETA WRETLERS LOST TO DEWITT THURSDAY NIGHT, HERE, 41 TO 24. GETTING PINS FOR MAQUOKETA....BILLY KIRK , ADAM PAPE AND DAN DUHME.
THERE WILL BE A PROM EXPO SUNDAY, JAN.22ND,
AT THE COMFORT INN, AT THE SOUTH EDGE OF MAQUOKETA. NOON 'TIL 4, WITH STYLE SHOW AT 12:30. TEN AREA SCHOOLS PARTICIPATING IN THE STYLE SHOW. ADMISSION IS FREE. CALL JAKE BICKFORD IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
CLINTON COUNTY IS LOOKING FOR SOMEONE IN A WHITE PICK-UP THAT DUMPED 3 PUPPIES IN A CREEK
ON JANUARY 10TH AT 4 P.M. CORNER OF 335TH AVENUE AND 175TH STREETS. A WITNESS SAW A MALE GET OUT OF THE PICK-UP, GRAB A BAG FROM IT, AND THROW IT INTO THE CREEK, WITH 8 INCHES OF WATER IN THE CREEK. AFTER THE GUY LEFT, THE WITNESS WENT OVER AND FOUND THE 3 PUPPIES IN THE BAG.
MAQUOKETA POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A BURGLARY.
SOMEONE BROKE INTO THE COMMUNITY SERVICES STORE, BACK DOOR, AT 105 NO. MAIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND TOOK $35 IN CASH.
THERE WERE MORE SUICIDES THAN NORMAL ... SEVEN...IN JACKSON COUNTY IN 2005. THAT REPORT GIVEN TO THE SUPERVISORS THIS WEEK BY COUNTY MEDICAL EXAMINER, DR. PAUL KOOB.
STATE SENATOR ROGER STEWART, DEMOCRAT, PRESTON FARMER AND LONGTIME MAQUOKETA BANKER, WILL RUN FOR RE-ELECTION THIS NOVEMBER.
AND HE WILL HAVE A STRONG OPPONENT. THE MAYOR OF CLINTON FOR THE PAST 10 YEARS, LAMETTA WYNN, CLINTON'S FIRST BLACK MAYOR, WILL RUN AS A REPUBLICAN TO OPPOSE ROGER. SHE HAS BEEN A NURSE FOR 30 YEARS, WAS ON THE CLINTON SCHOOL BOARD FOR 12 YEARS AND ON THE STATE SCENE, SERVED ON THE VISION IOWA BOARD. WILL BE AN INTERESTING RACE BETWEEN HER AND ROGER.
THE MAQUOKETA FIRE DEPARTMENT ANNUAL REPORT WAS PRESENTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL THIS WEEK.
MARK BECK HAS BEEN RE-ELECTED CHIEF. HE MADE TEH FOLLOWING APPOINTMENTS.....AL MUHLHAUSEN, ASSISTANT CHIEF....JEFF MORTIZ, DEPUTY CHIEF....MUHLHAUSEN AND DOUG GONNER, TRAINING.....CAPTAINS, TERRY RUBEL, MIKE SNYDER AND BRENT PAULS.....BOB LANE, JR, NAMED LIEUTENANT AND JERRY WEIS SAFETY OFFICER. RICK SCHMIDT IN CHARGE OF FIRE PREVENTION, PETE SCHUELLER, SECRETARY....MATT TRANEL, TREASURER....AND JAMES CONNOLLY IN CHARGE OF RECORDS.....MAINTENANCE, MUHLHAUSEN AND JERRY BOWEN AND CUSTONDIAN, ROBERT EDWARDS. THANKS TO THE FIREMEN FOR THE GREAT JOB THEY DO HERE IN MAQUOEKTA.
HELEN KEENEY RETIRED DECEMBER 31ST AFTER WORKING 40 YEARS AT MITCHELL-MASKREY
FEED STORE IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA. HELEN ALSO RAISED 3 SONS, RYAN, BRENT AND BRAD.
THE MAQUOKETA AREA FOUNDATION HAS ANNOUNCED THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR 2006. THEY ARE:
JAKE BICKFORD, MARILYN OSTERHAUS, TOM BREUCH,
MONA REICHLING, ASHER SCHROEDER, AND CHUCK WOLF, ALL OF MAQUOKETA AND DICK KUNAU OF PRESTON. THE FOUNDATION WAS STARTED BY BOB OSTERHAUS IN 1982 AND IS GROWING IN ASSETS.
THIS PAST YEAR ALONE, IT AWARDED OVER $95,000 IN GRANTS AND OVER $74,000 IN SCHOLARSHIPS.
THE ATHLETIC BOOSTERS BREAKFAST IS TOMORROW MORNING AT THE MCHS CAFETERIA, OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND THE CONSERVATION FRIENDS OF CONSERVATION SOUP SUPPER IS TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND EVENING AT THE NEW HURSTVILLE INTREPRETIVE CENTER. OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
IOWA PLAYS MICHIGAN STATE TODAY AND THE HAWKEYE WOMEN PLAY MINNESOTA TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND BOTH GAMES ON KMAQ-FM.
TWO HOMES IN MAQUOKETA, LISTED FOR A LONG TIME, WERE SOLD THIS WEEK. AND THE KFC BUILDING HAS BEEN SOLD AND WILL NOT BE A KFC RESTAURANT. SORRY, NO NAMES TODAY, BUT YOU CAN EMAIL ME IF YOU REALLY WANT TO KNOW.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
IT WILL DISAPPEAR TODAY AND TOMORROW AS TEMPS WILL BE IN THE 30'S TODAY AND AROUND 40 SUNDAY.
WE NEEDED THE GROUND MOISTURE.
THE MAQUOKETA BALL GAMES WERE POSTPONED BECASUE OF THE SNOW. THE BOYS GAMES VERSUS BENTON COMMUNITY WILL BE MADE-UP TODAY AT THE MCHS GYM.....5 PM FOR SOPHOMORE GAME...VARSITY AT 6:30. THE GIRLS GAME AT BENTON WILL BE MADE UP LATER. TODAY, THE GIRLS PLAY UP AT DUBUQUE WAHLERT...5 PM...AND 6:30 P.M.
THE MAQUOKETA WRETLERS LOST TO DEWITT THURSDAY NIGHT, HERE, 41 TO 24. GETTING PINS FOR MAQUOKETA....BILLY KIRK , ADAM PAPE AND DAN DUHME.
THERE WILL BE A PROM EXPO SUNDAY, JAN.22ND,
AT THE COMFORT INN, AT THE SOUTH EDGE OF MAQUOKETA. NOON 'TIL 4, WITH STYLE SHOW AT 12:30. TEN AREA SCHOOLS PARTICIPATING IN THE STYLE SHOW. ADMISSION IS FREE. CALL JAKE BICKFORD IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
CLINTON COUNTY IS LOOKING FOR SOMEONE IN A WHITE PICK-UP THAT DUMPED 3 PUPPIES IN A CREEK
ON JANUARY 10TH AT 4 P.M. CORNER OF 335TH AVENUE AND 175TH STREETS. A WITNESS SAW A MALE GET OUT OF THE PICK-UP, GRAB A BAG FROM IT, AND THROW IT INTO THE CREEK, WITH 8 INCHES OF WATER IN THE CREEK. AFTER THE GUY LEFT, THE WITNESS WENT OVER AND FOUND THE 3 PUPPIES IN THE BAG.
MAQUOKETA POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A BURGLARY.
SOMEONE BROKE INTO THE COMMUNITY SERVICES STORE, BACK DOOR, AT 105 NO. MAIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND TOOK $35 IN CASH.
THERE WERE MORE SUICIDES THAN NORMAL ... SEVEN...IN JACKSON COUNTY IN 2005. THAT REPORT GIVEN TO THE SUPERVISORS THIS WEEK BY COUNTY MEDICAL EXAMINER, DR. PAUL KOOB.
STATE SENATOR ROGER STEWART, DEMOCRAT, PRESTON FARMER AND LONGTIME MAQUOKETA BANKER, WILL RUN FOR RE-ELECTION THIS NOVEMBER.
AND HE WILL HAVE A STRONG OPPONENT. THE MAYOR OF CLINTON FOR THE PAST 10 YEARS, LAMETTA WYNN, CLINTON'S FIRST BLACK MAYOR, WILL RUN AS A REPUBLICAN TO OPPOSE ROGER. SHE HAS BEEN A NURSE FOR 30 YEARS, WAS ON THE CLINTON SCHOOL BOARD FOR 12 YEARS AND ON THE STATE SCENE, SERVED ON THE VISION IOWA BOARD. WILL BE AN INTERESTING RACE BETWEEN HER AND ROGER.
THE MAQUOKETA FIRE DEPARTMENT ANNUAL REPORT WAS PRESENTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL THIS WEEK.
MARK BECK HAS BEEN RE-ELECTED CHIEF. HE MADE TEH FOLLOWING APPOINTMENTS.....AL MUHLHAUSEN, ASSISTANT CHIEF....JEFF MORTIZ, DEPUTY CHIEF....MUHLHAUSEN AND DOUG GONNER, TRAINING.....CAPTAINS, TERRY RUBEL, MIKE SNYDER AND BRENT PAULS.....BOB LANE, JR, NAMED LIEUTENANT AND JERRY WEIS SAFETY OFFICER. RICK SCHMIDT IN CHARGE OF FIRE PREVENTION, PETE SCHUELLER, SECRETARY....MATT TRANEL, TREASURER....AND JAMES CONNOLLY IN CHARGE OF RECORDS.....MAINTENANCE, MUHLHAUSEN AND JERRY BOWEN AND CUSTONDIAN, ROBERT EDWARDS. THANKS TO THE FIREMEN FOR THE GREAT JOB THEY DO HERE IN MAQUOEKTA.
HELEN KEENEY RETIRED DECEMBER 31ST AFTER WORKING 40 YEARS AT MITCHELL-MASKREY
FEED STORE IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA. HELEN ALSO RAISED 3 SONS, RYAN, BRENT AND BRAD.
THE MAQUOKETA AREA FOUNDATION HAS ANNOUNCED THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR 2006. THEY ARE:
JAKE BICKFORD, MARILYN OSTERHAUS, TOM BREUCH,
MONA REICHLING, ASHER SCHROEDER, AND CHUCK WOLF, ALL OF MAQUOKETA AND DICK KUNAU OF PRESTON. THE FOUNDATION WAS STARTED BY BOB OSTERHAUS IN 1982 AND IS GROWING IN ASSETS.
THIS PAST YEAR ALONE, IT AWARDED OVER $95,000 IN GRANTS AND OVER $74,000 IN SCHOLARSHIPS.
THE ATHLETIC BOOSTERS BREAKFAST IS TOMORROW MORNING AT THE MCHS CAFETERIA, OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND THE CONSERVATION FRIENDS OF CONSERVATION SOUP SUPPER IS TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND EVENING AT THE NEW HURSTVILLE INTREPRETIVE CENTER. OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
IOWA PLAYS MICHIGAN STATE TODAY AND THE HAWKEYE WOMEN PLAY MINNESOTA TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND BOTH GAMES ON KMAQ-FM.
TWO HOMES IN MAQUOKETA, LISTED FOR A LONG TIME, WERE SOLD THIS WEEK. AND THE KFC BUILDING HAS BEEN SOLD AND WILL NOT BE A KFC RESTAURANT. SORRY, NO NAMES TODAY, BUT YOU CAN EMAIL ME IF YOU REALLY WANT TO KNOW.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
IT SNOWED IN MAQUOKETA YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AND LAST NIGHT.....6 INCHES....THE MOST IN IOWA.
IT WILL DISAPPEAR TODAY AND TOMORROW AS TEMPS WILL BE IN THE 30'S TODAY AND AROUND 40 SUNDAY.
WE NEEDED THE GROUND MOISTURE.
THE MAQUOKETA BALL GAMES WERE POSTPONED BECASUE OF THE SNOW. THE BOYS GAMES VERSUS BENTON COMMUNITY WILL BE MADE-UP TODAY AT THE MCHS GYM.....5 PM FOR SOPHOMORE GAME...VARSITY AT 6:30. THE GIRLS GAME AT BENTON WILL BE MADE UP LATER. TODAY, THE GIRLS PLAY UP AT DUBUQUE WAHLERT...5 PM...AND 6:30 P.M.
THE MAQUOKETA WRETLERS LOST TO DEWITT THURSDAY NIGHT, HERE, 41 TO 24. GETTING PINS FOR MAQUOKETA....BILLY KIRK , ADAM PAPE AND DAN DUHME.
THERE WILL BE A PROM EXPO SUNDAY, JAN.22ND,
AT THE COMFORT INN, AT THE SOUTH EDGE OF MAQUOKETA. NOON 'TIL 4, WITH STYLE SHOW AT 12:30. TEN AREA SCHOOLS PARTICIPATING IN THE STYLE SHOW. ADMISSION IS FREE. CALL JAKE BICKFORD IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
CLINTON COUNTY IS LOOKING FOR SOMEONE IN A WHITE PICK-UP THAT DUMPED 3 PUPPIES IN A CREEK
ON JANUARY 10TH AT 4 P.M. CORNER OF 335TH AVENUE AND 175TH STREETS. A WITNESS SAW A MALE GET OUT OF THE PICK-UP, GRAB A BAG FROM IT, AND THROW IT INTO THE CREEK, WITH 8 INCHES OF WATER IN THE CREEK. AFTER THE GUY LEFT, THE WITNESS WENT OVER AND FOUND THE 3 PUPPIES IN THE BAG.
MAQUOKETA POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A BURGLARY.
SOMEONE BROKE INTO THE COMMUNITY SERVICES STORE, BACK DOOR, AT 105 NO. MAIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND TOOK $35 IN CASH.
THERE WERE MORE SUICIDES THAN NORMAL ... SEVEN...IN JACKSON COUNTY IN 2005. THAT REPORT GIVEN TO THE SUPERVISORS THIS WEEK BY COUNTY MEDICAL EXAMINER, DR. PAUL KOOB.
STATE SENATOR ROGER STEWART, DEMOCRAT, PRESTON FARMER AND LONGTIME MAQUOKETA BANKER, WILL RUN FOR RE-ELECTION THIS NOVEMBER.
AND HE WILL HAVE A STRONG OPPONENT. THE MAYOR OF CLINTON FOR THE PAST 10 YEARS, LAMETTA WYNN, CLINTON'S FIRST BLACK MAYOR, WILL RUN AS A REPUBLICAN TO OPPOSE ROGER. SHE HAS BEEN A NURSE FOR 30 YEARS, WAS ON THE CLINTON SCHOOL BOARD FOR 12 YEARS AND ON THE STATE SCENE, SERVED ON THE VISION IOWA BOARD. WILL BE AN INTERESTING RACE BETWEEN HER AND ROGER.
THE MAQUOKETA FIRE DEPARTMENT ANNUAL REPORT WAS PRESENTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL THIS WEEK.
MARK BECK HAS BEEN RE-ELECTED CHIEF. HE MADE TEH FOLLOWING APPOINTMENTS.....AL MUHLHAUSEN, ASSISTANT CHIEF....JEFF MORTIZ, DEPUTY CHIEF....MUHLHAUSEN AND DOUG GONNER, TRAINING.....CAPTAINS, TERRY RUBEL, MIKE SNYDER AND BRENT PAULS.....BOB LANE, JR, NAMED LIEUTENANT AND JERRY WEIS SAFETY OFFICER. RICK SCHMIDT IN CHARGE OF FIRE PREVENTION, PETE SCHUELLER, SECRETARY....MATT TRANEL, TREASURER....AND JAMES CONNOLLY IN CHARGE OF RECORDS.....MAINTENANCE, MUHLHAUSEN AND JERRY BOWEN AND CUSTONDIAN, ROBERT EDWARDS. THANKS TO THE FIREMEN FOR THE GREAT JOB THEY DO HERE IN MAQUOEKTA.
HELEN KEENEY RETIRED DECEMBER 31ST AFTER WORKING 40 YEARS AT MITCHELL-MASKREY
FEED STORE IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA. HELEN ALSO RAISED 3 SONS, RYAN, BRENT AND BRAD.
THE MAQUOKETA AREA FOUNDATION HAS ANNOUNCED THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR 2006. THEY ARE:
JAKE BICKFORD, MARILYN OSTERHAUS, TOM BREUCH,
MONA REICHLING, ASHER SCHROEDER, AND CHUCK WOLF, ALL OF MAQUOKETA AND DICK KUNAU OF PRESTON. THE FOUNDATION WAS STARTED BY BOB OSTERHAUS IN 1982 AND IS GROWING IN ASSETS.
THIS PAST YEAR ALONE, IT AWARDED OVER $95,000 IN GRANTS AND OVER $74,000 IN SCHOLARSHIPS.
THE ATHLETIC BOOSTERS BREAKFAST IS TOMORROW MORNING AT THE MCHS CAFETERIA, OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND THE CONSERVATION FRIENDS OF CONSERVATION SOUP SUPPER IS TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND EVENING AT THE NEW HURSTVILLE INTREPRETIVE CENTER. OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
IOWA PLAYS MICHIGAN STATE TODAY AND THE HAWKEYE WOMEN PLAY MINNESOTA TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND BOTH GAMES ON KMAQ-FM.
TWO HOMES IN MAQUOKETA, LISTED FOR A LONG TIME, WERE SOLD THIS WEEK. AND THE KFC BUILDING HAS BEEN SOLD AND WILL NOT BE A KFC RESTAURANT. SORRY, NO NAMES TODAY, BUT YOU CAN EMAIL ME IF YOU REALLY WANT TO KNOW.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
IT WILL DISAPPEAR TODAY AND TOMORROW AS TEMPS WILL BE IN THE 30'S TODAY AND AROUND 40 SUNDAY.
WE NEEDED THE GROUND MOISTURE.
THE MAQUOKETA BALL GAMES WERE POSTPONED BECASUE OF THE SNOW. THE BOYS GAMES VERSUS BENTON COMMUNITY WILL BE MADE-UP TODAY AT THE MCHS GYM.....5 PM FOR SOPHOMORE GAME...VARSITY AT 6:30. THE GIRLS GAME AT BENTON WILL BE MADE UP LATER. TODAY, THE GIRLS PLAY UP AT DUBUQUE WAHLERT...5 PM...AND 6:30 P.M.
THE MAQUOKETA WRETLERS LOST TO DEWITT THURSDAY NIGHT, HERE, 41 TO 24. GETTING PINS FOR MAQUOKETA....BILLY KIRK , ADAM PAPE AND DAN DUHME.
THERE WILL BE A PROM EXPO SUNDAY, JAN.22ND,
AT THE COMFORT INN, AT THE SOUTH EDGE OF MAQUOKETA. NOON 'TIL 4, WITH STYLE SHOW AT 12:30. TEN AREA SCHOOLS PARTICIPATING IN THE STYLE SHOW. ADMISSION IS FREE. CALL JAKE BICKFORD IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
CLINTON COUNTY IS LOOKING FOR SOMEONE IN A WHITE PICK-UP THAT DUMPED 3 PUPPIES IN A CREEK
ON JANUARY 10TH AT 4 P.M. CORNER OF 335TH AVENUE AND 175TH STREETS. A WITNESS SAW A MALE GET OUT OF THE PICK-UP, GRAB A BAG FROM IT, AND THROW IT INTO THE CREEK, WITH 8 INCHES OF WATER IN THE CREEK. AFTER THE GUY LEFT, THE WITNESS WENT OVER AND FOUND THE 3 PUPPIES IN THE BAG.
MAQUOKETA POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A BURGLARY.
SOMEONE BROKE INTO THE COMMUNITY SERVICES STORE, BACK DOOR, AT 105 NO. MAIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND TOOK $35 IN CASH.
THERE WERE MORE SUICIDES THAN NORMAL ... SEVEN...IN JACKSON COUNTY IN 2005. THAT REPORT GIVEN TO THE SUPERVISORS THIS WEEK BY COUNTY MEDICAL EXAMINER, DR. PAUL KOOB.
STATE SENATOR ROGER STEWART, DEMOCRAT, PRESTON FARMER AND LONGTIME MAQUOKETA BANKER, WILL RUN FOR RE-ELECTION THIS NOVEMBER.
AND HE WILL HAVE A STRONG OPPONENT. THE MAYOR OF CLINTON FOR THE PAST 10 YEARS, LAMETTA WYNN, CLINTON'S FIRST BLACK MAYOR, WILL RUN AS A REPUBLICAN TO OPPOSE ROGER. SHE HAS BEEN A NURSE FOR 30 YEARS, WAS ON THE CLINTON SCHOOL BOARD FOR 12 YEARS AND ON THE STATE SCENE, SERVED ON THE VISION IOWA BOARD. WILL BE AN INTERESTING RACE BETWEEN HER AND ROGER.
THE MAQUOKETA FIRE DEPARTMENT ANNUAL REPORT WAS PRESENTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL THIS WEEK.
MARK BECK HAS BEEN RE-ELECTED CHIEF. HE MADE TEH FOLLOWING APPOINTMENTS.....AL MUHLHAUSEN, ASSISTANT CHIEF....JEFF MORTIZ, DEPUTY CHIEF....MUHLHAUSEN AND DOUG GONNER, TRAINING.....CAPTAINS, TERRY RUBEL, MIKE SNYDER AND BRENT PAULS.....BOB LANE, JR, NAMED LIEUTENANT AND JERRY WEIS SAFETY OFFICER. RICK SCHMIDT IN CHARGE OF FIRE PREVENTION, PETE SCHUELLER, SECRETARY....MATT TRANEL, TREASURER....AND JAMES CONNOLLY IN CHARGE OF RECORDS.....MAINTENANCE, MUHLHAUSEN AND JERRY BOWEN AND CUSTONDIAN, ROBERT EDWARDS. THANKS TO THE FIREMEN FOR THE GREAT JOB THEY DO HERE IN MAQUOEKTA.
HELEN KEENEY RETIRED DECEMBER 31ST AFTER WORKING 40 YEARS AT MITCHELL-MASKREY
FEED STORE IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA. HELEN ALSO RAISED 3 SONS, RYAN, BRENT AND BRAD.
THE MAQUOKETA AREA FOUNDATION HAS ANNOUNCED THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR 2006. THEY ARE:
JAKE BICKFORD, MARILYN OSTERHAUS, TOM BREUCH,
MONA REICHLING, ASHER SCHROEDER, AND CHUCK WOLF, ALL OF MAQUOKETA AND DICK KUNAU OF PRESTON. THE FOUNDATION WAS STARTED BY BOB OSTERHAUS IN 1982 AND IS GROWING IN ASSETS.
THIS PAST YEAR ALONE, IT AWARDED OVER $95,000 IN GRANTS AND OVER $74,000 IN SCHOLARSHIPS.
THE ATHLETIC BOOSTERS BREAKFAST IS TOMORROW MORNING AT THE MCHS CAFETERIA, OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND THE CONSERVATION FRIENDS OF CONSERVATION SOUP SUPPER IS TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND EVENING AT THE NEW HURSTVILLE INTREPRETIVE CENTER. OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
IOWA PLAYS MICHIGAN STATE TODAY AND THE HAWKEYE WOMEN PLAY MINNESOTA TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND BOTH GAMES ON KMAQ-FM.
TWO HOMES IN MAQUOKETA, LISTED FOR A LONG TIME, WERE SOLD THIS WEEK. AND THE KFC BUILDING HAS BEEN SOLD AND WILL NOT BE A KFC RESTAURANT. SORRY, NO NAMES TODAY, BUT YOU CAN EMAIL ME IF YOU REALLY WANT TO KNOW.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
Friday, January 20, 2006
Wednesday, January 18, 2006
HIGH OF 37 TODAY WITH SOME SUNSHINE.
THE MAQUOKETA BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM WON THEIR 3RD GAME IN A ROW LAST NIGHT, AT HOME, BEATING
WESTERN DUBUQUE, 66 TO 54.
AND THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS AT EPWORTH ALSO BEAT WESTERN DUBUQUE, 44 TO 40.
THE WRESTLERS HOST DEWITT TOMORROW NIGHT.
DR. PAUL KOOB WILL BROADCAST THE VARSITY MATCHES ON KMAQ-FM.
TWO FAMILES LOST ALL OF THEIR PERSONAL BELONGINGS IN A FIRE 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF MAQUOKETA LAST NIGHT JUST AFTER 9. THE OLDER, RANCH STYLE HOME IS OWNED BY RANDELL SCHOENHEER. OCCUPANTS OF THE HOME WERE PAUL AND KAREN RALSTON AND THEIR DAUGHTER COLETTE KLEIN AND HER 3 CHILDREN. THE FIRE WAS VISABLE IN THE BASEMENT WHEN FIREMEN ARRIVED. A WOOD BURNING STOVE IN THE BASEMENT MAY HAVE CAUSED THE FIRE. FAMILY MEMBERS CREDIT DEVIN KLEIN, AGE 8, ONE OF COLLETTE'S CHILDREN, FOR GETTING EVERYONE OUT SAFELY. MOST OF THE FAMILY MEMBERS, INCLUDING GRANDFATHER PAUL RALSTON, WERE SLEEPING AT THE TIME THE FIRE BROKE OUT.
DEVIN SMELLED AND SAW SMOKE AND WENT TO WAKE UP HIS GRANDFATHER. ALL THEN LEFT THE BURNING HOME. RALSTON'S WIFE, KAREN, WAS WORKING AND NOT AT HOME. THE HOME SUSTAINED A GREAT DEAL OF SMOKE AND HEAT DAMAGE AND THE ESTIMATED COST OF DAMAGE, ABOUT $50,000.
THE JACKSON COUNTY COMPENSATION BOARD MEETS TONIGHT.....THE BOARD THAT SUGGESTS SALARY INCREASES TO THE SUPERVISORS FOR COUNTY ELECTED OFFICIALS.
A WELL KNOWN, FORMER MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCILMAN, IS PLANNING TO ANNOUNCE IN EARLY
FEBRUARY THAT HE WILL RUN FOR JACKSON COUNTY SUPERVISOR. SORRY, CAN'T GIVE NAME YET.
ABOUT 60 PEOPLE, MOSTLY FROM MAQUOKETA AND MOSTLY MEMBERS OF SACRED HEART CATHOLIC CHURCH ARE ON A WEEK-PLUS CRUISE THIS WEEK.
I BELEIVE IT IS ALSO A FUND-RAISER FOR THE CHURCH.
ME......NEVER BEEN ON A CRUISE. I HEAR THEY ARE FUN, AND THAT ONE ENJOYS LOTS OF FOOD.
TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF...AND CHECK BACK TOMORROW.
DENNIS VOY
THE MAQUOKETA BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM WON THEIR 3RD GAME IN A ROW LAST NIGHT, AT HOME, BEATING
WESTERN DUBUQUE, 66 TO 54.
AND THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS AT EPWORTH ALSO BEAT WESTERN DUBUQUE, 44 TO 40.
THE WRESTLERS HOST DEWITT TOMORROW NIGHT.
DR. PAUL KOOB WILL BROADCAST THE VARSITY MATCHES ON KMAQ-FM.
TWO FAMILES LOST ALL OF THEIR PERSONAL BELONGINGS IN A FIRE 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF MAQUOKETA LAST NIGHT JUST AFTER 9. THE OLDER, RANCH STYLE HOME IS OWNED BY RANDELL SCHOENHEER. OCCUPANTS OF THE HOME WERE PAUL AND KAREN RALSTON AND THEIR DAUGHTER COLETTE KLEIN AND HER 3 CHILDREN. THE FIRE WAS VISABLE IN THE BASEMENT WHEN FIREMEN ARRIVED. A WOOD BURNING STOVE IN THE BASEMENT MAY HAVE CAUSED THE FIRE. FAMILY MEMBERS CREDIT DEVIN KLEIN, AGE 8, ONE OF COLLETTE'S CHILDREN, FOR GETTING EVERYONE OUT SAFELY. MOST OF THE FAMILY MEMBERS, INCLUDING GRANDFATHER PAUL RALSTON, WERE SLEEPING AT THE TIME THE FIRE BROKE OUT.
DEVIN SMELLED AND SAW SMOKE AND WENT TO WAKE UP HIS GRANDFATHER. ALL THEN LEFT THE BURNING HOME. RALSTON'S WIFE, KAREN, WAS WORKING AND NOT AT HOME. THE HOME SUSTAINED A GREAT DEAL OF SMOKE AND HEAT DAMAGE AND THE ESTIMATED COST OF DAMAGE, ABOUT $50,000.
THE JACKSON COUNTY COMPENSATION BOARD MEETS TONIGHT.....THE BOARD THAT SUGGESTS SALARY INCREASES TO THE SUPERVISORS FOR COUNTY ELECTED OFFICIALS.
A WELL KNOWN, FORMER MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCILMAN, IS PLANNING TO ANNOUNCE IN EARLY
FEBRUARY THAT HE WILL RUN FOR JACKSON COUNTY SUPERVISOR. SORRY, CAN'T GIVE NAME YET.
ABOUT 60 PEOPLE, MOSTLY FROM MAQUOKETA AND MOSTLY MEMBERS OF SACRED HEART CATHOLIC CHURCH ARE ON A WEEK-PLUS CRUISE THIS WEEK.
I BELEIVE IT IS ALSO A FUND-RAISER FOR THE CHURCH.
ME......NEVER BEEN ON A CRUISE. I HEAR THEY ARE FUN, AND THAT ONE ENJOYS LOTS OF FOOD.
TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF...AND CHECK BACK TOMORROW.
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Tuesday, January 17, 2006
A HIGH OF ONLY 31 TODAY. SUNSHINE AND WIND.
MAQUOKETA BOYS HOST WESTERN DUBUQUE TONIGHT AND THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS ARE AT EPWORTH.
JC ENGEL, FROM MAQUOKETA, REPUBLICAN JACKSON COUNTY SUPERVISOR FOR THE PAST 15 YEARS, HAS DECIDED TO NOT SEEK RE-ELECTION THIS NOVEMBER. JACK WILLEY, OF MAQUOKETA, ALSO A REPUBLICAN, HAS ANNOUNED HE WILL SEEK RE-ELECTION. THE POSITIONS OF COUNTY ATTORNEY AND TREASURER ARE ALSO UP FOR VOTE THIS YEAR. THE PRIMARY IS IN JUNE.
DON AND BETTY (O'MEARA) HENNINGSEN OF MAQUOKETA WILL CELEBRATE THEIR 60TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY THIS FRIDAY, JANUARY 20TH. THEY ARE ENJOYING THE WINTER IN THEIR CONDO AT 370 HORIZONS EAST #209, BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA 33435. IN HONOR OF THE OCCASION OF THEIR 60TH, THEY WILL CELEBRATE WITH THEIR FAMILY AND GO ON A CARIBBEAN CRUISE. THEY WERE MARRIED AT ST. JOE'S CATHOLIC CHURCH IN DEWITT ON JANUARY 20TH, 1946. THEY ARE THE PARENTS OF 2 DAUGHTERS, NANCEE (PAUL) PETERMAN AND SUSAN
(CHARLES) BONNER...ALSO 4 GRANDCHILDREN AND 6 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. BEFORE RETIREMENT, DON WAS A LOAN OFFICER FOR A LOCAL BANK. HE CURRENTLY SERVES WITH ME ON THE PEARSON MEMORIAL CENTER BOARD. HAVE A GREAT DAY FRIDAY DON AND BETTY.
THANKS FOR CHECKING IN.
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MAQUOKETA BOYS HOST WESTERN DUBUQUE TONIGHT AND THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS ARE AT EPWORTH.
JC ENGEL, FROM MAQUOKETA, REPUBLICAN JACKSON COUNTY SUPERVISOR FOR THE PAST 15 YEARS, HAS DECIDED TO NOT SEEK RE-ELECTION THIS NOVEMBER. JACK WILLEY, OF MAQUOKETA, ALSO A REPUBLICAN, HAS ANNOUNED HE WILL SEEK RE-ELECTION. THE POSITIONS OF COUNTY ATTORNEY AND TREASURER ARE ALSO UP FOR VOTE THIS YEAR. THE PRIMARY IS IN JUNE.
DON AND BETTY (O'MEARA) HENNINGSEN OF MAQUOKETA WILL CELEBRATE THEIR 60TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY THIS FRIDAY, JANUARY 20TH. THEY ARE ENJOYING THE WINTER IN THEIR CONDO AT 370 HORIZONS EAST #209, BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA 33435. IN HONOR OF THE OCCASION OF THEIR 60TH, THEY WILL CELEBRATE WITH THEIR FAMILY AND GO ON A CARIBBEAN CRUISE. THEY WERE MARRIED AT ST. JOE'S CATHOLIC CHURCH IN DEWITT ON JANUARY 20TH, 1946. THEY ARE THE PARENTS OF 2 DAUGHTERS, NANCEE (PAUL) PETERMAN AND SUSAN
(CHARLES) BONNER...ALSO 4 GRANDCHILDREN AND 6 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. BEFORE RETIREMENT, DON WAS A LOAN OFFICER FOR A LOCAL BANK. HE CURRENTLY SERVES WITH ME ON THE PEARSON MEMORIAL CENTER BOARD. HAVE A GREAT DAY FRIDAY DON AND BETTY.
THANKS FOR CHECKING IN.
DENNIS VOY
Monday, January 16, 2006
46 THE HIGH TODAY....WITH SUNSHINE.
WINTER FORECAST FOR TOMORROW...THEN NICE AGAIN WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AND
THE WEEKEND WILL BE MORE LIKE-NORMAL WINTER CONDITIONS.
CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.
THE CARDINAL BOYS BEAT WATERLOO COLUMBUS THERE FRIDAY NIGHT 61 TO 48.
THEY ARE NOW 3 AND 6 OVERALL AND 3 AND 3 IN THE WAMAC.
THE GIRLS, HERE, LOST TO WATERLOO 49 TO 38 AND ARE NOW 2 AND 6 IN THE WAMAC
AND 4 AND 8 OVERALL.
THE CARDINAL WRESTLERS HOSTED 3 OTHER TEAMS SATURDAY AND TOOK 1 OF 3 OF THEIR MATCHUPS....BEATING DAVENPORT N0RTH.
KATHIE AND LEON OBERMAN, JR. OF CLINTON HAD A GIRL LAST THURSDAY AT THE
JACKSON COUNTY PUBLIC HOSPITAL. GRANDPARENTS ARE VIRTUS AND MARY JEAN
SCOTT OF MAQUOKETA.
THE FULL OBITURARY FOR JOYCE BROWN, 70, OF MAQUOKETA IS AT www.carsonandson.com
ALSO AT CARSON WEB SITE, THE OBITUARY OF ROBERT A. POOLE, AGE 58, OF MAQUOKETA.
CATHERINE BOLLEN, 89, OF CLINTON AND FORMERLY OF BELLEVUE, DIED SUNDAY AT HER HOME.
SURVIVORS INCLUDE A SISTER, BETTY BAXTER OF MAQUOKETA.
SERVICES ARE PENDING AT CARSON'S FOR VERA L. PAVLISTA, AGE 89, OF MAQUOKETA.
SHE DIED TODAY AT CRESTRIDGE NURSING HOME IN MAQUOKETA.
A-1 APPIANCES IN MAQUOKETA, SOLD BY ARNOLD KORANDA, TO JOHN REGAN, IS NOW KNOWN AS
RCS APPIANCE CENTER. JOHN ALSO OWNS RCS COMPUTER SALES AND SERVICE ON EAST PLATT
STREET.
"ANNIE" WILL BE PRESENTED LATER THIS MONTH AT THE OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER.
THE PART OF ANNIE WILL BE PLAYED BY DANIELLE CLARK. BILL DAVISON WILL BE DADDY WARBUCKS....LAURIE KNICKREHM WILL PLAY GRACE.....MARTY DAVISON, ROOSTER....CINDY
CARAWAY, LILY AND ANNE HAWKS, MISS HANNIGAN.
JILL YANDA IS THE DIRECTOR AND ANNE HAWKS MUSICAL DIRECTOR. ERICA BARKER, CHOREOGRAPHER, AND CARY BROCK WILL DIRECT THE BAND.
JAKE BOWMAN OF MAQUOKETA WON A DRIVER'S CHOICE AWARD EARLIER THIS MONTH AT THE QUAD CITY DIRT TRACK AWARDS. MORE THAN 200 PEOPLE ATTENDED. BOWMAN WON HIS AWARD FOR THE B-MODIFIED CATEGORY.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
WINTER FORECAST FOR TOMORROW...THEN NICE AGAIN WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AND
THE WEEKEND WILL BE MORE LIKE-NORMAL WINTER CONDITIONS.
CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.
THE CARDINAL BOYS BEAT WATERLOO COLUMBUS THERE FRIDAY NIGHT 61 TO 48.
THEY ARE NOW 3 AND 6 OVERALL AND 3 AND 3 IN THE WAMAC.
THE GIRLS, HERE, LOST TO WATERLOO 49 TO 38 AND ARE NOW 2 AND 6 IN THE WAMAC
AND 4 AND 8 OVERALL.
THE CARDINAL WRESTLERS HOSTED 3 OTHER TEAMS SATURDAY AND TOOK 1 OF 3 OF THEIR MATCHUPS....BEATING DAVENPORT N0RTH.
KATHIE AND LEON OBERMAN, JR. OF CLINTON HAD A GIRL LAST THURSDAY AT THE
JACKSON COUNTY PUBLIC HOSPITAL. GRANDPARENTS ARE VIRTUS AND MARY JEAN
SCOTT OF MAQUOKETA.
THE FULL OBITURARY FOR JOYCE BROWN, 70, OF MAQUOKETA IS AT www.carsonandson.com
ALSO AT CARSON WEB SITE, THE OBITUARY OF ROBERT A. POOLE, AGE 58, OF MAQUOKETA.
CATHERINE BOLLEN, 89, OF CLINTON AND FORMERLY OF BELLEVUE, DIED SUNDAY AT HER HOME.
SURVIVORS INCLUDE A SISTER, BETTY BAXTER OF MAQUOKETA.
SERVICES ARE PENDING AT CARSON'S FOR VERA L. PAVLISTA, AGE 89, OF MAQUOKETA.
SHE DIED TODAY AT CRESTRIDGE NURSING HOME IN MAQUOKETA.
A-1 APPIANCES IN MAQUOKETA, SOLD BY ARNOLD KORANDA, TO JOHN REGAN, IS NOW KNOWN AS
RCS APPIANCE CENTER. JOHN ALSO OWNS RCS COMPUTER SALES AND SERVICE ON EAST PLATT
STREET.
"ANNIE" WILL BE PRESENTED LATER THIS MONTH AT THE OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER.
THE PART OF ANNIE WILL BE PLAYED BY DANIELLE CLARK. BILL DAVISON WILL BE DADDY WARBUCKS....LAURIE KNICKREHM WILL PLAY GRACE.....MARTY DAVISON, ROOSTER....CINDY
CARAWAY, LILY AND ANNE HAWKS, MISS HANNIGAN.
JILL YANDA IS THE DIRECTOR AND ANNE HAWKS MUSICAL DIRECTOR. ERICA BARKER, CHOREOGRAPHER, AND CARY BROCK WILL DIRECT THE BAND.
JAKE BOWMAN OF MAQUOKETA WON A DRIVER'S CHOICE AWARD EARLIER THIS MONTH AT THE QUAD CITY DIRT TRACK AWARDS. MORE THAN 200 PEOPLE ATTENDED. BOWMAN WON HIS AWARD FOR THE B-MODIFIED CATEGORY.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
Friday, January 13, 2006
SOME SNOW THIS MORNING...SUNSHINE LATE THIS AFTERNOON....HIGH TODAY, 36.
THE MAQUOKETA CARDINAL WRESTLERS LOST BOTH OF THEIR TEAM MATCHUPS LAST NIGHT HERE IN TOWN. THE CARDINAL GRAPLERS WILL HOST A TOURNAMENT TOMORROW.
TONIGHT, THE GIRL'S BASKETBALL TEAM WILL HOST WATERLOO COLUMBUS AND THE BOYS WILL BE UP THERE. BOTH ARE WAMAC CONFERENCE GAMES.
ENROLLMENT WAS UP BY 23 STUDENTS THIS YEAR FOR THE MAQUOKETA COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, BUT LOOKING AHEAD, THERE WILL BE A DROP OF 42 NEXT YEAR, 33 IN 2008 AND 12 IN 2009...FOR A TOTAL OF 87 FEWER STUDENTS IN THE NEXT 3 YEARS.
TONY AND JENNY MCCALLISTER OF DEWITT ARE PARENTS OF A BOY BORN YESTERDAY AT A DAVENPORT HOSPITAL. GRANDPARENTS ARE AL AND CINDY FIER OF MAQUOKETA AND DICK AND LEANN MCCALLISTER OF MAQUOKETA AND JULIE AND RICK GARIEN OF MAQUOKETA.
ROBERT AND AMY MITCHELL OF LAS VEGAS ARE PARENTS OF A GIRL BORN YESTERDAY IN LAS VEGAS. GRANDPARENTS ARE MAX AND DELORES MITCHELL OF MAQUOKETA.
LEROY GREEN, 75, FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA, DIED WEDNESDAY AT HIS HOME IN DAVENPORT.
HE FARMED SOUTH OF GRAND MOUND MOST OF HIS LIFE. HE IS SURVIVED BY A SON, RICHARD E. GREEN OF MAQUOKETA...AND A SON VERNON IN DEWITT.
ROBERT J. POOLE, 58, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED OF AN APPARENT HEART ATTACK ON JANUARY 7TH AND FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS ARE PENDING AT CARSON AND SON IN MAQUOKETA.
HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
THE MAQUOKETA CARDINAL WRESTLERS LOST BOTH OF THEIR TEAM MATCHUPS LAST NIGHT HERE IN TOWN. THE CARDINAL GRAPLERS WILL HOST A TOURNAMENT TOMORROW.
TONIGHT, THE GIRL'S BASKETBALL TEAM WILL HOST WATERLOO COLUMBUS AND THE BOYS WILL BE UP THERE. BOTH ARE WAMAC CONFERENCE GAMES.
ENROLLMENT WAS UP BY 23 STUDENTS THIS YEAR FOR THE MAQUOKETA COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, BUT LOOKING AHEAD, THERE WILL BE A DROP OF 42 NEXT YEAR, 33 IN 2008 AND 12 IN 2009...FOR A TOTAL OF 87 FEWER STUDENTS IN THE NEXT 3 YEARS.
TONY AND JENNY MCCALLISTER OF DEWITT ARE PARENTS OF A BOY BORN YESTERDAY AT A DAVENPORT HOSPITAL. GRANDPARENTS ARE AL AND CINDY FIER OF MAQUOKETA AND DICK AND LEANN MCCALLISTER OF MAQUOKETA AND JULIE AND RICK GARIEN OF MAQUOKETA.
ROBERT AND AMY MITCHELL OF LAS VEGAS ARE PARENTS OF A GIRL BORN YESTERDAY IN LAS VEGAS. GRANDPARENTS ARE MAX AND DELORES MITCHELL OF MAQUOKETA.
LEROY GREEN, 75, FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA, DIED WEDNESDAY AT HIS HOME IN DAVENPORT.
HE FARMED SOUTH OF GRAND MOUND MOST OF HIS LIFE. HE IS SURVIVED BY A SON, RICHARD E. GREEN OF MAQUOKETA...AND A SON VERNON IN DEWITT.
ROBERT J. POOLE, 58, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED OF AN APPARENT HEART ATTACK ON JANUARY 7TH AND FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS ARE PENDING AT CARSON AND SON IN MAQUOKETA.
HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.
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Tuesday, January 10, 2006
WARMER THAN NORMAL WEATHER CONTINUES....TALKING ABOUT 50'S ON THURSDAY.
THE MAQUOKETA BOYS LOST FRIDAY NIGHT AND ARE NOW 1 AND 6.
THE GIRLS ALSO LOST FRIDAY NIGHT, BUT DEFEATED NORTH SCOTT IN OVERTIME
SATURDAY NIGHT. BOTH PLAY DYERSVILLE BECKMAN TONIGHT....THE GIRLS HERE.
SATURDAY, OF 16 TEAMS IN THE TOURNAMENT, THE MAQUOKETA CARDINAL WRESTLERS PLACED 7TH WITH STUART AND PAPE TAKING A FIRST.
CHRIS AND JOAN WATTERS OF DUBUQUE ARE PARENTS OF A BOY BORN FRIDAY AT DUBUQUE. GRANDPARENTS ARE BILL AND CAROL IHRIG OF EMILINE AND LARRY AND ANITA WATTERS OF MAQUOKETA.
SHIRLEY PHILLIPS DIED SUNDAY AT A HOSPICE IN LITTLETON, COLORADO.
SHE WAS THE WIFE OF ROBERT AND DAUGHTER-IN-LAW OF DR. BEN AND EDITH PHILLIPS, ALL DECEASED AND ALL FORMER MAQUOKETA RESIDENTS. SHE IS SURVIVED BY A DAUGHTER, PATRICIA MARSH IN LITTLETON AND A SON STEPHEN IN TUSCON AND AN UNCLE, JOHN IN LITTLETON. FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD IN COLORADO. IF YOU WOULD LIKE JOHN'S EMAIL ADDRESS, LET ME KNOW.
ED ANDREWS, LONGTIME JACKSON COUNTY DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL RESOURCE CONSERVATION DISTRICT (FORMERLY JACKSON SOIL CONSERVATON SERVICE) RETIRED DECEMBER 31ST, AFTER NEARLY 11 YEARS. THE GOVERNMENT WILL ADVERTISE FOR A REPLACEMENT, EXPECTED IN ABOUT 3 MONTHS.
SHAWN HOLCOMB IS ACTING DIRECTOR.
THE J.C. SUPERVISORS MET TODAYAND DECIDED TO SEEK BIDS TO RENT OUT MOST OF THE COUNTY DEMONSTRATION FARM NORTH OF ANDREW. THEY HAD BEEN RENTING IT FOR $1 A YEAR TO A LOCAL FARM BOARD. MOST OF THE CITIZENS OF THE COUNTY DID NOT THAT CONTRACT TO CONTINUE.
RICK DICKENSON OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCED HE WOULD BE A CANDIDATE FOR CONGRESS THIS MORNING AT A GATHERING OF ABOUT 50 SUPPORTERS AT THE FLAP JACK RESTAURANT IN MAQUOKETA. HE'S A DEMOCRAT. HE HAS WON 7 OF 7 ELECTIONS HE HAS BEEN IN. HE'S A FORMER SABULA COUNCILMAN (LIVES THERE),
SABULA MAYOR, JACKSON COUNTY SUPERVISOR, STATE REPRESENTATIVE, AND THE PAST 10 YEARS, HAS BEEN THE SUCCESSFUL DIRECTOR OF THE GREATER DUBUQUE DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION. HE LEFT THAT JOB TO CAMPAIGN FULL TIME.
THE PRIMARY IS JUNE 6TH AND HE WILL HAVE 2 OR 3 DEMOCRAT OPPONENTS.
HE IS ATTEMPTING TO BECOME THE FIRST DEMOCRAT TO REPRESENT THIS PART OF THE STATE SINCE 28 YEARS AGO. AND I'M NOT SURE WHEN, IF EVER, JACKSON COUNTY HAS HAD A U.S. CONGRESSMAN. RICK IS A VERY GOOD CANDIDATE AND WOULD MAKE A VERY GOOD CONGRESSMAN.
THE MAQUOKETA EDUCATION ASSOCIATION, REPRESENTING THE TEACHERS, HELD THEIR FIRST MEETING YESTERDAY TO TALK ABOUT SALARY INCREASES FOR THE UPCOMING CONTRACT. THEY DECIDED TO ASK FOR $1,500 PER YEAR INCREASE ON A BEGINNING TEACHER'S SALARY....WHICH IS NOW $23,360. THE SCHOOL BOARD
WILL OFFER THEIR INITIAL PROPOSAL AT A MEETING JANUARY 23RD.
CHRIS RIORDAN AND DENISE WITT OF MAQUOKETA ARE PARENTS OF A BOY BORN FRIDAY AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL.
HELEN CASAD, 85, OF MAQUOKEA DIED SATURDAY. FULL OBITUARY AT WWW.LAHEYS.COM
RON BRANDENBURG, 66, OF DELMAR DIED YESTERDAY.
VICKY MILLER, AGE 44, OF LOST NATION DIED SUNDAY EVENING.
BOTH OBITUARYS AT WWW.CARSONANDSON.COM
BERNICE ANDERSON-TAPLIN, 97, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED YESTERDAY.
FULL OBIT AT LAHEYS.
ROBERT "BOB" JOHNSON, AGE 27, OF MAQUOKETA DIED LAST NIGHT.
FULL OBIT AT CARSONS WEB SITE.
ITS 6:40.P.M....GOING HOME....BEEN HERE SINCE 6:20 THIS MORNING...
BUSY TIME OF YEAR...
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THE MAQUOKETA BOYS LOST FRIDAY NIGHT AND ARE NOW 1 AND 6.
THE GIRLS ALSO LOST FRIDAY NIGHT, BUT DEFEATED NORTH SCOTT IN OVERTIME
SATURDAY NIGHT. BOTH PLAY DYERSVILLE BECKMAN TONIGHT....THE GIRLS HERE.
SATURDAY, OF 16 TEAMS IN THE TOURNAMENT, THE MAQUOKETA CARDINAL WRESTLERS PLACED 7TH WITH STUART AND PAPE TAKING A FIRST.
CHRIS AND JOAN WATTERS OF DUBUQUE ARE PARENTS OF A BOY BORN FRIDAY AT DUBUQUE. GRANDPARENTS ARE BILL AND CAROL IHRIG OF EMILINE AND LARRY AND ANITA WATTERS OF MAQUOKETA.
SHIRLEY PHILLIPS DIED SUNDAY AT A HOSPICE IN LITTLETON, COLORADO.
SHE WAS THE WIFE OF ROBERT AND DAUGHTER-IN-LAW OF DR. BEN AND EDITH PHILLIPS, ALL DECEASED AND ALL FORMER MAQUOKETA RESIDENTS. SHE IS SURVIVED BY A DAUGHTER, PATRICIA MARSH IN LITTLETON AND A SON STEPHEN IN TUSCON AND AN UNCLE, JOHN IN LITTLETON. FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD IN COLORADO. IF YOU WOULD LIKE JOHN'S EMAIL ADDRESS, LET ME KNOW.
ED ANDREWS, LONGTIME JACKSON COUNTY DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL RESOURCE CONSERVATION DISTRICT (FORMERLY JACKSON SOIL CONSERVATON SERVICE) RETIRED DECEMBER 31ST, AFTER NEARLY 11 YEARS. THE GOVERNMENT WILL ADVERTISE FOR A REPLACEMENT, EXPECTED IN ABOUT 3 MONTHS.
SHAWN HOLCOMB IS ACTING DIRECTOR.
THE J.C. SUPERVISORS MET TODAYAND DECIDED TO SEEK BIDS TO RENT OUT MOST OF THE COUNTY DEMONSTRATION FARM NORTH OF ANDREW. THEY HAD BEEN RENTING IT FOR $1 A YEAR TO A LOCAL FARM BOARD. MOST OF THE CITIZENS OF THE COUNTY DID NOT THAT CONTRACT TO CONTINUE.
RICK DICKENSON OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCED HE WOULD BE A CANDIDATE FOR CONGRESS THIS MORNING AT A GATHERING OF ABOUT 50 SUPPORTERS AT THE FLAP JACK RESTAURANT IN MAQUOKETA. HE'S A DEMOCRAT. HE HAS WON 7 OF 7 ELECTIONS HE HAS BEEN IN. HE'S A FORMER SABULA COUNCILMAN (LIVES THERE),
SABULA MAYOR, JACKSON COUNTY SUPERVISOR, STATE REPRESENTATIVE, AND THE PAST 10 YEARS, HAS BEEN THE SUCCESSFUL DIRECTOR OF THE GREATER DUBUQUE DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION. HE LEFT THAT JOB TO CAMPAIGN FULL TIME.
THE PRIMARY IS JUNE 6TH AND HE WILL HAVE 2 OR 3 DEMOCRAT OPPONENTS.
HE IS ATTEMPTING TO BECOME THE FIRST DEMOCRAT TO REPRESENT THIS PART OF THE STATE SINCE 28 YEARS AGO. AND I'M NOT SURE WHEN, IF EVER, JACKSON COUNTY HAS HAD A U.S. CONGRESSMAN. RICK IS A VERY GOOD CANDIDATE AND WOULD MAKE A VERY GOOD CONGRESSMAN.
THE MAQUOKETA EDUCATION ASSOCIATION, REPRESENTING THE TEACHERS, HELD THEIR FIRST MEETING YESTERDAY TO TALK ABOUT SALARY INCREASES FOR THE UPCOMING CONTRACT. THEY DECIDED TO ASK FOR $1,500 PER YEAR INCREASE ON A BEGINNING TEACHER'S SALARY....WHICH IS NOW $23,360. THE SCHOOL BOARD
WILL OFFER THEIR INITIAL PROPOSAL AT A MEETING JANUARY 23RD.
CHRIS RIORDAN AND DENISE WITT OF MAQUOKETA ARE PARENTS OF A BOY BORN FRIDAY AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL.
HELEN CASAD, 85, OF MAQUOKEA DIED SATURDAY. FULL OBITUARY AT WWW.LAHEYS.COM
RON BRANDENBURG, 66, OF DELMAR DIED YESTERDAY.
VICKY MILLER, AGE 44, OF LOST NATION DIED SUNDAY EVENING.
BOTH OBITUARYS AT WWW.CARSONANDSON.COM
BERNICE ANDERSON-TAPLIN, 97, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED YESTERDAY.
FULL OBIT AT LAHEYS.
ROBERT "BOB" JOHNSON, AGE 27, OF MAQUOKETA DIED LAST NIGHT.
FULL OBIT AT CARSONS WEB SITE.
ITS 6:40.P.M....GOING HOME....BEEN HERE SINCE 6:20 THIS MORNING...
BUSY TIME OF YEAR...
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Monday, January 09, 2006
Friday, January 06, 2006
IT HAS BEEN WEEKS SINCE WE HAVE SEEN SUNSHINE. AND CLOUDY SKIES ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE, WITH NO SUNSHINE, UNTIL THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.
AND, FOR ALSO FOR WEEKS, THE TEMPS HAVE BEEN ABOVE NORMAL. TODAY, ONLY
31, BUT MOST DAYS HIGHER. NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR IS IN LOW 20'S.
AND WE NEED RAIN OR SNOW TO PREPARE FOR A GOOD SPRING CORN AND SOYBEAN CROP START. SO, AFTER 15 INCHES OF SNOW AND REALLY COLD WEATHER, IN EARLY DECEMBER....THE REVERSE HAS HAPPENED AND JUST ABOUT EVERYONE IS HAPPY ABOUT THE WEATHER FROM A FUEL BILL SIDE.
WRESTLING: LAST NIGHT, MAQUOKETA WENT TO EPWORTH AND LOST BY 2 POINTS TO BENTON COMMUNITY AND BY 12 POINTS TO WESTERN DUBUQUE.
MAQUOKETA 4-TIME HIGH SCHOOL STATE CHAMP ERIC JUERGENS WILL BE INDUCTED INTO THE IOWA WRESTLING HALL OF FAME IN FEBRUARY. HE WENT ON TO BE AN ALL AMERICAN WRESTLER FOR IOWA. HE GETS THE HONOR IN THE NEW AUDITORIUM IN DES MOINES, RIGHT NEXT TO THE OLD VETS AUDITORIUM.
I HEAR IT IS QUITE NICE....ANXIOUS TO SEE IT.
THE MAQUOKET GIRLS HOST MARION TONIGHT AND THE BOYS ARE AT MARION.
THE MAQUOKETA CARDS ARE 1 AND 2 IN THE WAMAC EAST DIVISION WHILE MARION IS 2 AND 1. WEST DELAWARE LEADS THE DIVISION AT 3 AND 0.
DON'T FORGET, 48 HOURS SATURDAY NIGHT WILL HAVE A FEATURE ON THE
GREY MAY (OF BELLEVUE) MURDER CASE.
"ANNIE" WILL BE PUT ON LOCALLY BY LOCAL ARTISTS .....JAN 27 AND 28 AND
FEB 4...EACH EVENING AND A FINAL MATINEE FEB 5TH. ALL AT THE NEW OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER. TICKETS ON SALE NOW AT OSTERHAUSE PHARMACY AND THE MAQUOKETA STATE BANK. ADULT TICKETS IN ADVANCE ARE $10....AND AT DOOR WILL BE $12.50. KIDS 12 AND UNDER $5
A CALAMUS WOMAN WAS IN A 2-VEHICLE ACCIDENT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
IN MAQUOKETA.....WHEN SHE FAILED TO YIELD AND BROADSIDED A VAN, OWNED BY FRANCIS MELVOLD AND DRIVEN BY JOHN MELVOLD, AGE 50. DAMAGE TO THE 2000 LOCAL VAN, $4,000 AND NO ONE INJURED.
MARTIN HOFFINGER, WHO OWNED CLINTON ENGINES, NOW WANTS TO GIVE THE CITY THE BUILDING ACROSS FROM WHERE THE PLANT WAS.....A BUILDING THAT WAS THE CLINTON ENGINES CAFETERIA. BUT, THE CITY WON'T TAKE THE UNDER AN ACRE PIECE OF LAND AND BUILDING, UNTIL IT IS DETERMINED THERE IS NO
SOIL CONTAMINATION THERE. THE CITY WILL PAY TO HAVE IT TESTED.
ALL THAT IS LEFT OF CLINTON ENGINES ON THE MAIN SITE, IS THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING, WHICH IS NOW OWNED BY THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND WILL BE RESTORED INTO A MUSEUM FOR CLINTON ENGINES ITEMS AND OTHER THINGS. IT ALREADY HAS NEW ROOF, WINDOWS, AND LAWN AND A GUTTED INTERIOR. THE CAFETERIA BUILDING HAS BEEN USED, RENTED FROM HOFFINGER, FOR SELLING CLINTON ENGINES PARTS.
A MAQUOKETA GIRL, AUBRIE SCHMIDT, AGE 17, IS IN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL IN IOWA CITY AFTER A ONE CAR ACCIDENT WENESDAY NIGHT ABOUT 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF MAQUOKETA ON HIGHWAY 62, THE ROAD TO ANDREW.
HER CAR LEFT THE ROAD, WENT AIRBORNE AND CAME TO REST IN A DITCH.
SHE WAS TAKEN TO LOCAL HOSPITAL AND THEN THE MED-FORCE HELICOPTER TOOK HER TO IOWA CITY. WE HAVE NO CONDITION REPORT.
RETTA AND RONNEY SPEERS OF MAQUOKETA ARE PARENTS OF A BOY BORN JAN 3RD AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL.
POSTAL 1ST CLASS STAMPS GO UP 2-CENTS, TO 39, THIS SUNDAY.
THE CITY OF MAQUOKETA WILL BE ADVERTISING FOR A NEW PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR. THE CITY HAS NOT HAD ONE SINCE LAST FEBRUARY AND RANDY CROUCH HAS BEEN ACTING AS FOREMAN SINCE THEN. THE POSITION WILL PAY 45 TO 45-THOUSAND A YEAR.
RADIO BINGO STARTS A WEEK FROM MONDAY ON KMAQ....EACH AFTERNOON AT 3:30. FREE BINGO CARDS ARE AVAILABE NOW AT VARIOUS MERCHANTS.
THE KMAQ FARM AND HOME SHOW IS FEB. 9TH AND 10TH... PLAN TO ATTEND.
KMAQ NOW HAS A DAILY CASH JACKPOT FOR LUCKY PHONE NUMBERS. BE LISTENING FOR YOUR NUMBER. FIRST WINNER, FROM PRESTON, TODAY.
HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
AND, FOR ALSO FOR WEEKS, THE TEMPS HAVE BEEN ABOVE NORMAL. TODAY, ONLY
31, BUT MOST DAYS HIGHER. NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR IS IN LOW 20'S.
AND WE NEED RAIN OR SNOW TO PREPARE FOR A GOOD SPRING CORN AND SOYBEAN CROP START. SO, AFTER 15 INCHES OF SNOW AND REALLY COLD WEATHER, IN EARLY DECEMBER....THE REVERSE HAS HAPPENED AND JUST ABOUT EVERYONE IS HAPPY ABOUT THE WEATHER FROM A FUEL BILL SIDE.
WRESTLING: LAST NIGHT, MAQUOKETA WENT TO EPWORTH AND LOST BY 2 POINTS TO BENTON COMMUNITY AND BY 12 POINTS TO WESTERN DUBUQUE.
MAQUOKETA 4-TIME HIGH SCHOOL STATE CHAMP ERIC JUERGENS WILL BE INDUCTED INTO THE IOWA WRESTLING HALL OF FAME IN FEBRUARY. HE WENT ON TO BE AN ALL AMERICAN WRESTLER FOR IOWA. HE GETS THE HONOR IN THE NEW AUDITORIUM IN DES MOINES, RIGHT NEXT TO THE OLD VETS AUDITORIUM.
I HEAR IT IS QUITE NICE....ANXIOUS TO SEE IT.
THE MAQUOKET GIRLS HOST MARION TONIGHT AND THE BOYS ARE AT MARION.
THE MAQUOKETA CARDS ARE 1 AND 2 IN THE WAMAC EAST DIVISION WHILE MARION IS 2 AND 1. WEST DELAWARE LEADS THE DIVISION AT 3 AND 0.
DON'T FORGET, 48 HOURS SATURDAY NIGHT WILL HAVE A FEATURE ON THE
GREY MAY (OF BELLEVUE) MURDER CASE.
"ANNIE" WILL BE PUT ON LOCALLY BY LOCAL ARTISTS .....JAN 27 AND 28 AND
FEB 4...EACH EVENING AND A FINAL MATINEE FEB 5TH. ALL AT THE NEW OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER. TICKETS ON SALE NOW AT OSTERHAUSE PHARMACY AND THE MAQUOKETA STATE BANK. ADULT TICKETS IN ADVANCE ARE $10....AND AT DOOR WILL BE $12.50. KIDS 12 AND UNDER $5
A CALAMUS WOMAN WAS IN A 2-VEHICLE ACCIDENT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
IN MAQUOKETA.....WHEN SHE FAILED TO YIELD AND BROADSIDED A VAN, OWNED BY FRANCIS MELVOLD AND DRIVEN BY JOHN MELVOLD, AGE 50. DAMAGE TO THE 2000 LOCAL VAN, $4,000 AND NO ONE INJURED.
MARTIN HOFFINGER, WHO OWNED CLINTON ENGINES, NOW WANTS TO GIVE THE CITY THE BUILDING ACROSS FROM WHERE THE PLANT WAS.....A BUILDING THAT WAS THE CLINTON ENGINES CAFETERIA. BUT, THE CITY WON'T TAKE THE UNDER AN ACRE PIECE OF LAND AND BUILDING, UNTIL IT IS DETERMINED THERE IS NO
SOIL CONTAMINATION THERE. THE CITY WILL PAY TO HAVE IT TESTED.
ALL THAT IS LEFT OF CLINTON ENGINES ON THE MAIN SITE, IS THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING, WHICH IS NOW OWNED BY THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND WILL BE RESTORED INTO A MUSEUM FOR CLINTON ENGINES ITEMS AND OTHER THINGS. IT ALREADY HAS NEW ROOF, WINDOWS, AND LAWN AND A GUTTED INTERIOR. THE CAFETERIA BUILDING HAS BEEN USED, RENTED FROM HOFFINGER, FOR SELLING CLINTON ENGINES PARTS.
A MAQUOKETA GIRL, AUBRIE SCHMIDT, AGE 17, IS IN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL IN IOWA CITY AFTER A ONE CAR ACCIDENT WENESDAY NIGHT ABOUT 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF MAQUOKETA ON HIGHWAY 62, THE ROAD TO ANDREW.
HER CAR LEFT THE ROAD, WENT AIRBORNE AND CAME TO REST IN A DITCH.
SHE WAS TAKEN TO LOCAL HOSPITAL AND THEN THE MED-FORCE HELICOPTER TOOK HER TO IOWA CITY. WE HAVE NO CONDITION REPORT.
RETTA AND RONNEY SPEERS OF MAQUOKETA ARE PARENTS OF A BOY BORN JAN 3RD AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL.
POSTAL 1ST CLASS STAMPS GO UP 2-CENTS, TO 39, THIS SUNDAY.
THE CITY OF MAQUOKETA WILL BE ADVERTISING FOR A NEW PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR. THE CITY HAS NOT HAD ONE SINCE LAST FEBRUARY AND RANDY CROUCH HAS BEEN ACTING AS FOREMAN SINCE THEN. THE POSITION WILL PAY 45 TO 45-THOUSAND A YEAR.
RADIO BINGO STARTS A WEEK FROM MONDAY ON KMAQ....EACH AFTERNOON AT 3:30. FREE BINGO CARDS ARE AVAILABE NOW AT VARIOUS MERCHANTS.
THE KMAQ FARM AND HOME SHOW IS FEB. 9TH AND 10TH... PLAN TO ATTEND.
KMAQ NOW HAS A DAILY CASH JACKPOT FOR LUCKY PHONE NUMBERS. BE LISTENING FOR YOUR NUMBER. FIRST WINNER, FROM PRESTON, TODAY.
HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
Thursday, January 05, 2006
Wednesday, January 04, 2006
CLOUDY AND CLOSE TO 40 AGAIN TODAY.
WE ARE HOPING FOR SOME SUNSHINE SATURDAY.
J.C. ENGEL WAS ELECTED CHAIRMAN FOR 2006 OF THE JACKSON COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. THEY WILL START WORK ON THE UPCOMING BUDGET AT NOON NEXT TUESDAY.
OVER AN HOUR WAS SPENT DISCUSSING THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR
OPENING IN MAQUOKETA AT LAST NIGHT'S CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
AND NO PERMANENT SOLUTION WAS REACHED, SO WE WILL BE HEARING MORE ABOUT IT. LINDA STURTZ, WHO RETIRED AT END OF YEAR, WAS HIRED ON A
PART TIME BASIS FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY.
JOE AND JENNY LAW OF ANKENY ARE PARENTS OF A BOY BORN SATURDDAY, DEC 24TH AT A DES MOINES HOSPITAL. GRANDPARENTS ARE KEN ADN SHERRYL CAVEN OF MAQUOKETA.
THE STATE OF THE STATE BY GOV. VILSACK WILL BE GIVEN NEXT TUESDAY MORNING AND KMAQ WILL BROADCAST HIS ANNUAL ADDRESS. BOTH SEN. ROGER STEWART AND REP. TOM SCHUELLER ARE HEADING TO DES MOINES MONDAY
FOR THE START OF THE 2006 LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
BILL MOLER'S ANNUAL WALL TO WALL SALE IS UNDERWAY.....A SALE THAT HAS BEEN A JANAURY EVENT FOR OVER 30 YEARS. LOTS OF OTHER AFTER-HOLIDAY SALES ALSO GOING ON NOW.
ROSE BOWL GAME IS TONIGHT...GUESS I WILL CHEER FOR TEXAS....IF FOR NO OTHER REASON THAN I LIVED THERE WHILE IN THE ARMY IN THE EARLY 60'S.
TAKE CARE.
DENNIS VOY
WE ARE HOPING FOR SOME SUNSHINE SATURDAY.
J.C. ENGEL WAS ELECTED CHAIRMAN FOR 2006 OF THE JACKSON COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. THEY WILL START WORK ON THE UPCOMING BUDGET AT NOON NEXT TUESDAY.
OVER AN HOUR WAS SPENT DISCUSSING THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR
OPENING IN MAQUOKETA AT LAST NIGHT'S CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
AND NO PERMANENT SOLUTION WAS REACHED, SO WE WILL BE HEARING MORE ABOUT IT. LINDA STURTZ, WHO RETIRED AT END OF YEAR, WAS HIRED ON A
PART TIME BASIS FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY.
JOE AND JENNY LAW OF ANKENY ARE PARENTS OF A BOY BORN SATURDDAY, DEC 24TH AT A DES MOINES HOSPITAL. GRANDPARENTS ARE KEN ADN SHERRYL CAVEN OF MAQUOKETA.
THE STATE OF THE STATE BY GOV. VILSACK WILL BE GIVEN NEXT TUESDAY MORNING AND KMAQ WILL BROADCAST HIS ANNUAL ADDRESS. BOTH SEN. ROGER STEWART AND REP. TOM SCHUELLER ARE HEADING TO DES MOINES MONDAY
FOR THE START OF THE 2006 LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
BILL MOLER'S ANNUAL WALL TO WALL SALE IS UNDERWAY.....A SALE THAT HAS BEEN A JANAURY EVENT FOR OVER 30 YEARS. LOTS OF OTHER AFTER-HOLIDAY SALES ALSO GOING ON NOW.
ROSE BOWL GAME IS TONIGHT...GUESS I WILL CHEER FOR TEXAS....IF FOR NO OTHER REASON THAN I LIVED THERE WHILE IN THE ARMY IN THE EARLY 60'S.
TAKE CARE.
DENNIS VOY
CLOUDY AND CLOSE TO 40 AGAIN TODAY.
WE ARE HOPING FOR SOME SUNSHINE SATURDAY.
J.C. ENGEL WAS ELECTED CHAIRMAN FOR 2006 OF THE JACKSON COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. THEY WILL START WORK ON THE UPCOMING BUDGET AT NOON NEXT TUESDAY.
OVER AN HOUR WAS SPENT DISCUSSING THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR
OPENING IN MAQUOKETA AT LAST NIGHT'S CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
AND NO PERMANENT SOLUTION WAS REACHED, SO WE WILL BE HEARING MORE ABOUT IT. LINDA STURTZ, WHO RETIRED AT END OF YEAR, WAS HIRED ON A
PART TIME BASIS FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY.
JOE AND JENNY LAW OF ANKENY ARE PARENTS OF A BOY BORN SATURDDAY, DEC 24TH AT A DES MOINES HOSPITAL. GRANDPARENTS ARE KEN ADN SHERRYL CAVEN OF MAQUOKETA.
THE STATE OF THE STATE BY GOV. VILSACK WILL BE GIVEN NEXT TUESDAY MORNING AND KMAQ WILL BROADCAST HIS ANNUAL ADDRESS. BOTH SEN. ROGER STEWART AND REP. TOM SCHUELLER ARE HEADING TO DES MOINES MONDAY
FOR THE START OF THE 2006 LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
BILL MOLER'S ANNUAL WALL TO WALL SALE IS UNDERWAY.....A SALE THAT HAS BEEN A JANAURY EVENT FOR OVER 30 YEARS. LOTS OF OTHER AFTER-HOLIDAY SALES ALSO GOING ON NOW.
ROSE BOWL GAME IS TONIGHT...GUESS I WILL CHEER FOR TEXAS....IF FOR NO OTHER REASON THAN I LIVED THERE WHILE IN THE ARMY IN THE EARLY 60'S.
TAKE CARE.
DENNIS VOY
WE ARE HOPING FOR SOME SUNSHINE SATURDAY.
J.C. ENGEL WAS ELECTED CHAIRMAN FOR 2006 OF THE JACKSON COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. THEY WILL START WORK ON THE UPCOMING BUDGET AT NOON NEXT TUESDAY.
OVER AN HOUR WAS SPENT DISCUSSING THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR
OPENING IN MAQUOKETA AT LAST NIGHT'S CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
AND NO PERMANENT SOLUTION WAS REACHED, SO WE WILL BE HEARING MORE ABOUT IT. LINDA STURTZ, WHO RETIRED AT END OF YEAR, WAS HIRED ON A
PART TIME BASIS FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY.
JOE AND JENNY LAW OF ANKENY ARE PARENTS OF A BOY BORN SATURDDAY, DEC 24TH AT A DES MOINES HOSPITAL. GRANDPARENTS ARE KEN ADN SHERRYL CAVEN OF MAQUOKETA.
THE STATE OF THE STATE BY GOV. VILSACK WILL BE GIVEN NEXT TUESDAY MORNING AND KMAQ WILL BROADCAST HIS ANNUAL ADDRESS. BOTH SEN. ROGER STEWART AND REP. TOM SCHUELLER ARE HEADING TO DES MOINES MONDAY
FOR THE START OF THE 2006 LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
BILL MOLER'S ANNUAL WALL TO WALL SALE IS UNDERWAY.....A SALE THAT HAS BEEN A JANAURY EVENT FOR OVER 30 YEARS. LOTS OF OTHER AFTER-HOLIDAY SALES ALSO GOING ON NOW.
ROSE BOWL GAME IS TONIGHT...GUESS I WILL CHEER FOR TEXAS....IF FOR NO OTHER REASON THAN I LIVED THERE WHILE IN THE ARMY IN THE EARLY 60'S.
TAKE CARE.
DENNIS VOY
Tuesday, January 03, 2006
WARMER THAN NORMAL WEATHER CONTINUES. 40 YESTERDAY, 41 TODAY.
35/100 OF AN INCH OF RAIN SUNDAY AND MONDAY.
WILLIAM BARRON, JR....AGE 78, OF CEDAR RAPIDS, DIED FRIDAY AFTER A SUDDEN ILLNESS. HE OWNED BARRON MOTOR SUPPLY STORES IN IOWA, INCLUDING THE ONE IN MAQUOKETA....A 3RD GENERATION FAMILY BUSINESS. HE WAS STILL ACTIVE WITH IT.
THE MAN WHO WON OVER $50-MILLION DOLLARS FROM A DECEMBER LOTTO DRAWING CAME FORWARD IN DES MOINES TODAY TO CLAIM HIS CHECK.
HE IS A MAN, AGE 44, WITH KIDS AT HOME AND HE AND HIS WIFE PLAN TO USE THE MONEY TO HELP OTHERS.
EARLY YESTERDAY MORNING, A CHARLOTTE MAN CAME ACROSS 6 CATTLE ON THE HIGHWAY, 380TH AVENUE. HE HIT THE CATTLE, THEN LANDED IN THE DITCH, AND WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WITH INJURIES. DAMAGE WAS $10,000 TO HIS CAR.
A MINUTE LATER, ANOTHER MAN CAME ALONG AND HIT THE CATTLE LYING ON THE ROAD. HE LOST CONTROL AND WENT INTO THE DITCH AND WAS NOT INJURED.
A MINOR 2-CAR ACCIDENT ON SOUTH MAIN IN MAQUOKETA MONDAY AFTERNOON.
AN 84 YEAR OLD WYOMING,IOWA MAN WAS DRIVING SOUTH ON MAIN STREET AND JOHN SHEEHAN, AGE 69, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS BACKING OUT OF A DRIVEWAY AND DIDN'T SEE THE WYOMING CAR. AND THE TWO VEHICLES COLLIDED. NO INJURIES.
A SPRAGUEVILLE WOMAN, PAMELA KEMP, AGE 26, HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH STEALING MORE THAN $3,000 FROM JR'S WINE AND SPIRITS IN MAQUOKETA, WHILE SHE WAS AN EMPLOYEE.
THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL MEETS TONIGHT.
DEAN PALMER, AGE 68, OF AMES AND FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA, DIED SUNDAY.
HIS COMPLETE OBITURARY IS AT www.carsonandson.com
THANKS FOR CHECKING IN....
DENNIS VOY
35/100 OF AN INCH OF RAIN SUNDAY AND MONDAY.
WILLIAM BARRON, JR....AGE 78, OF CEDAR RAPIDS, DIED FRIDAY AFTER A SUDDEN ILLNESS. HE OWNED BARRON MOTOR SUPPLY STORES IN IOWA, INCLUDING THE ONE IN MAQUOKETA....A 3RD GENERATION FAMILY BUSINESS. HE WAS STILL ACTIVE WITH IT.
THE MAN WHO WON OVER $50-MILLION DOLLARS FROM A DECEMBER LOTTO DRAWING CAME FORWARD IN DES MOINES TODAY TO CLAIM HIS CHECK.
HE IS A MAN, AGE 44, WITH KIDS AT HOME AND HE AND HIS WIFE PLAN TO USE THE MONEY TO HELP OTHERS.
EARLY YESTERDAY MORNING, A CHARLOTTE MAN CAME ACROSS 6 CATTLE ON THE HIGHWAY, 380TH AVENUE. HE HIT THE CATTLE, THEN LANDED IN THE DITCH, AND WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WITH INJURIES. DAMAGE WAS $10,000 TO HIS CAR.
A MINUTE LATER, ANOTHER MAN CAME ALONG AND HIT THE CATTLE LYING ON THE ROAD. HE LOST CONTROL AND WENT INTO THE DITCH AND WAS NOT INJURED.
A MINOR 2-CAR ACCIDENT ON SOUTH MAIN IN MAQUOKETA MONDAY AFTERNOON.
AN 84 YEAR OLD WYOMING,IOWA MAN WAS DRIVING SOUTH ON MAIN STREET AND JOHN SHEEHAN, AGE 69, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS BACKING OUT OF A DRIVEWAY AND DIDN'T SEE THE WYOMING CAR. AND THE TWO VEHICLES COLLIDED. NO INJURIES.
A SPRAGUEVILLE WOMAN, PAMELA KEMP, AGE 26, HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH STEALING MORE THAN $3,000 FROM JR'S WINE AND SPIRITS IN MAQUOKETA, WHILE SHE WAS AN EMPLOYEE.
THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL MEETS TONIGHT.
DEAN PALMER, AGE 68, OF AMES AND FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA, DIED SUNDAY.
HIS COMPLETE OBITURARY IS AT www.carsonandson.com
THANKS FOR CHECKING IN....
DENNIS VOY
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