NO SUNSHINE TODAY...NO RAIN EITHER...AND A HIGH OF 73. BUT, RAIN IS IN THE FORECAST FOR THE NEXT 4 DAYS.
TOMORROW IS CITY-WIDE GARAGE SALE DAY IN MAQUOKETA....AROUND 79 GARAGE SALES AROUND TOWN.
WE HAVE TAKEN DOWN THE KMAQ GUEST BOOK AND WILL TRY AND REPLACE IT WITH A DIFFERENT KIND AND HOPE THE SPAMERS WILL NOT FIND IT. ALSO, I WAS TOLD TODAY VIA EMAIL THAT A LINK FROM THE KMAQ WEB SITE HAS SOME BAD STUFF ON IT. GLAD THAT PERSON LET ME KNOW. AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, WE WILL DELETE IT. THERE IS A LOT THAT MAKES UP THE KMAQ WEB SITE AND WE DON'T CHECK IT OVER ON ANY REGULAR BASIS, SO WHEN SOMETHING BAD APPEARS, PLEASE EMAIL US AND WE WILL DELETE IT. UNFORTUNATELY, THE INTERNET HAS MILLIONS OF TERRIBLE ENTRIES ....AND THAT WILL NEVER CHANGE.
I JUST IGNORE IT...AND OTHERS NEED TO DO THE SAME. LAST I READ, THERE ARE AN ESTIMATED 3 MILLION PORN SITES ON THE INTERNET WORLD WIDE WEB.
SWIMMING LESSONS SIGN-UP AT THE MAQUOKETA POOL WILL BE ON MAY 5TH AND 6TH AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER, NEXT TO THE POOL.
GRADING FOR THE NEW WAL MART SUPER CENTER STARTED THIS WEEK.
LOTS OF DIRT TO MOVE BY THE BIG EQUIPMENT. IT WILL BE LOCATED AT THE END OF SOUTH MAIN STREET, ON THE EAST SIDE, ACROSS FROM THE NEW TRUCK STOP AND EAST OF THE COMFORT INN MOTEL.
A NEW HOME STARTED GOING UP THIS WEEK AT THE NEW PRAIRIE CREEK GOLF COURSE SUB-DIVISION AT THE SOUTH EDGE OF MAQUOKETA.
THAT SUB-DIVISION IS FILLING UP QUICKLY.
THE JACK AND JILL STORE SIGN IS DOWN, THE STORE IS EMPTY AND IT SURE SEEMS STRANGE TO SEE NO ACTIVITY IN THE BUILDING AND PARKING LOT AFTER ALL THE YEARS. STILL A FOR-SALE SIGN ON THE BUILDING. THE OUTSIDE BRAT STAND WAS PURCHASED BY KJ'S CONVENIENCE STORE NEXT DOOR AND WILL BE IN OPERATION SOON KJ'S.
FAMOUS COUNTRY SINGER BILLY DEAN (MARRIED A MAQUOKETA GIRL LAST SUMMER) WAS IN JACKSON COUNTY EARLIER THIS MONTH AND WENT WILD TURKEY HUNTING..AND SHOT A TURKEY. HE WILL BE BACK IN JACKSON COUNTY TO DO AN OUTDOOR CONCERT IN BELLEVUE IN JUNE, NEXT TO THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. MORE ON THAT LATER. HE ALSO HAS A NEW SONG OUT THESE DAYS CALLED "SWINGING FOR THE FENCE", A SONG ABOUT BASEBALL AND A GOOD ONE.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
Thursday, April 27, 2006
BEAUTIFUL DAY YESTERDAY AND TODAY ALSO, BUT WEEKEND FORECAST HAS RAIN IT IT.
MAQUOKETA WILL HAVE A NEW INDUSTRY IN JULY, IN THE FORMER PACIFIC COAST FEATHER COMPANY BUILDING AT 1213 E. MAPLE STREET.
STETSON BUILDING PRODUCTS, INC., BASED IN DES MOINES, WILL OPEN A DISTRIBUTION CENTER IN THE FACILITY THIS SUMMER. STETSON IS IN THE PROCESS OF BUYING THE BUILDING FROM PACIFIC COAST.
PACIFIC COAST IS NOT LEAVING MAQUOKETA. IT IS CONSOLIDATING ITS OPERATIONS INTO THEIR TWO OTHER BUILDINGS IN THE INDUSTRIAL
PARK. THE COMPANY PLANS TO OPEN FOR BUSINESS IN MAQUOKETA WITH SIX OR SEVEN EMPLOYEES. THE COMPANY WAS FOUNDED IN 1955 AND EMPLOYS MORE THAN 100 AND DISTRIBUTES A COMPLETE LINE OF BUILDING MATERIALS FOR COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL CONSTRUCTION. THE COMPANY HAS NINE RETAIL STORES, INCLUDING ONE IN DUBUQUE BUT THE MAQUOKETA FACILITY WILL NOT BE A RETAIL OUTLET. MARTE CLARK IS PRESIDENT OF THE COMPANY AND IN A NEWS CONFERENCE HERE IN MAQUOKETA TODAY SAID THEY SELECTED MAQUOKETA BECAUSE OF ITS LOCATION AND EASE OF
TRANSPORTATION.
THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD APPROVED AN INCREASE IN THE HIGH SCHOOL ACTIVITY TICKET AND LUNCH PRICES FOR NEXT YEAR. THE ACTIVITY TICKET WILL GO UP FROM $40 TO $45. BREAKFAST AND LUNCH PRICES WILL GO UP BY 10 CENTS.
THE MAJORITY OF THE 82 PEOPLE WHO ATTENDED LAST NIGHT'S PUBLIC FORUM APPEARED TO BE AGAINST A PROPOSED ONE DAY ATV EVENT IN THE WESTERN HALF OF JACKSON COUNTY, BEING PROMOTED BY JACK ROSENBERG OF MAQUOKETA. NO DECISION WAS MADE BY THE JACKSON COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. THEY WILL HOLD A WORK SESSION AND THEN MAKE A DECISION ON THE JULY 9TH PROPOSED EVENT. IF JACKSON COUNTY ALLOWS THE ATV-CADE, IT WOULD BE THE FIRST IN THE STATE TO ALLOW ATVS ON THE ROADS.
A 56 YEAR OLD SABULA RESIDENT HAS ANNOUNCED HE WILL SEEK HTE JACKSON COUNTY SUPERVISOR SEAT NOW HELD BY JC ENGEL.
ROBERT HOUSE SAID HE'S SEEKING THE POSITION AS A REPUBLICAN. HE WILL FACE STEVEN FLYNN THIS FALL.
GIL KOPP, AGE 77, OF MAQUOKETA DIED YESTERDAY MORNING.
AND HELOYCE W. SAGERS OF MAQUOKETA DIED TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
BOTH COMPLETED OBITUARYS CAN BE READ AT WWW.CARSONANDSON.COM
RICHARD HOPKINS, 78, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED YESTERDAY. HIS COMPLETED OBIT CAN BE READ AT WWW.LAHEYS.COM
SERVICES ARE PENDING FOR JANICE FLANERY, AGE 59, OF ORMOND BEACH, FLORIDA AND FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA. SHE DIED YESTERDAY IN FLORIDA AND SURVIVORS INCLUDE HER SISTER, MARY BENNIS OF MAQUOKETA.
THANKS FOR CHECKING IN.
DENNIS VOY
MAQUOKETA WILL HAVE A NEW INDUSTRY IN JULY, IN THE FORMER PACIFIC COAST FEATHER COMPANY BUILDING AT 1213 E. MAPLE STREET.
STETSON BUILDING PRODUCTS, INC., BASED IN DES MOINES, WILL OPEN A DISTRIBUTION CENTER IN THE FACILITY THIS SUMMER. STETSON IS IN THE PROCESS OF BUYING THE BUILDING FROM PACIFIC COAST.
PACIFIC COAST IS NOT LEAVING MAQUOKETA. IT IS CONSOLIDATING ITS OPERATIONS INTO THEIR TWO OTHER BUILDINGS IN THE INDUSTRIAL
PARK. THE COMPANY PLANS TO OPEN FOR BUSINESS IN MAQUOKETA WITH SIX OR SEVEN EMPLOYEES. THE COMPANY WAS FOUNDED IN 1955 AND EMPLOYS MORE THAN 100 AND DISTRIBUTES A COMPLETE LINE OF BUILDING MATERIALS FOR COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL CONSTRUCTION. THE COMPANY HAS NINE RETAIL STORES, INCLUDING ONE IN DUBUQUE BUT THE MAQUOKETA FACILITY WILL NOT BE A RETAIL OUTLET. MARTE CLARK IS PRESIDENT OF THE COMPANY AND IN A NEWS CONFERENCE HERE IN MAQUOKETA TODAY SAID THEY SELECTED MAQUOKETA BECAUSE OF ITS LOCATION AND EASE OF
TRANSPORTATION.
THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD APPROVED AN INCREASE IN THE HIGH SCHOOL ACTIVITY TICKET AND LUNCH PRICES FOR NEXT YEAR. THE ACTIVITY TICKET WILL GO UP FROM $40 TO $45. BREAKFAST AND LUNCH PRICES WILL GO UP BY 10 CENTS.
THE MAJORITY OF THE 82 PEOPLE WHO ATTENDED LAST NIGHT'S PUBLIC FORUM APPEARED TO BE AGAINST A PROPOSED ONE DAY ATV EVENT IN THE WESTERN HALF OF JACKSON COUNTY, BEING PROMOTED BY JACK ROSENBERG OF MAQUOKETA. NO DECISION WAS MADE BY THE JACKSON COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. THEY WILL HOLD A WORK SESSION AND THEN MAKE A DECISION ON THE JULY 9TH PROPOSED EVENT. IF JACKSON COUNTY ALLOWS THE ATV-CADE, IT WOULD BE THE FIRST IN THE STATE TO ALLOW ATVS ON THE ROADS.
A 56 YEAR OLD SABULA RESIDENT HAS ANNOUNCED HE WILL SEEK HTE JACKSON COUNTY SUPERVISOR SEAT NOW HELD BY JC ENGEL.
ROBERT HOUSE SAID HE'S SEEKING THE POSITION AS A REPUBLICAN. HE WILL FACE STEVEN FLYNN THIS FALL.
GIL KOPP, AGE 77, OF MAQUOKETA DIED YESTERDAY MORNING.
AND HELOYCE W. SAGERS OF MAQUOKETA DIED TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
BOTH COMPLETED OBITUARYS CAN BE READ AT WWW.CARSONANDSON.COM
RICHARD HOPKINS, 78, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED YESTERDAY. HIS COMPLETED OBIT CAN BE READ AT WWW.LAHEYS.COM
SERVICES ARE PENDING FOR JANICE FLANERY, AGE 59, OF ORMOND BEACH, FLORIDA AND FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA. SHE DIED YESTERDAY IN FLORIDA AND SURVIVORS INCLUDE HER SISTER, MARY BENNIS OF MAQUOKETA.
THANKS FOR CHECKING IN.
DENNIS VOY
Tuesday, April 25, 2006
ABOUT 2/10 OF AN INCH OF RAIN THIS MORNING...AND TODAY, CLOUDY AND COOL, BUT, ACCORDING TO THE EXPERTS, WILL BE WARMING UP AND NICE AGAIN TOMORROW.
TIME AGAIN FOR THE UNEMPLOYMENT FIGURES. THE MONTH GOES BY QUICKLY. IN JACKSON COUNTY, THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE DROPPED TO 5.8 PERCENT IN MARCH, FROM 7 PERCENT IN FEBRUARY. IN IOWA, THE STATE AS A WHOLE REPORTED THE LOWEST FIGURE IN ALMOST 4 YEARS, AT 3.8 PERCENT, DOWN FROM 4.4 IN FEBRUARY . AND THE U.S. RATE IN MARCH WAS DOWN TO 4.7, DOWN FROM 4.8 IN FEBRUARY AND DOWN FROM 5.1 A YEAR AGO.
BELLEVUE VOTERS ARE GOING TO THE POLLS TODAY TO VOTE ON A NEW OUTDOOR POOL, WITH AN ESTIMATED COST OF $3-MILLION. IT NEEDS 60 PERCENT APPROVAL. TWO YEARS AGO, VOTERS DEFEATED A $2-MILLION POOL.
THE MAQUOKETA IKE'S CLUB IS DOING A CLEAN-UP, FIX-UP PROJECT
AT LAKEHURST DAM ON THE MAQUOKETA RIVER. GOOD PROJECT.
BETTER PARKING LOT AND BETTER SHORE FISHING ON THE RIVER WILL BE THE END RESULT. MAYBE I MENTIONED THIS IN AN EARLIER REPORT.
SCHMIDT CONSTRUCTION (DALE SCHMIDT, OWNER) IS DOING SOME NEEDED REPAIRS TO THE MARQUE OF MY THEATRE. IT WAS BUILDT IN
1973 AND AFTER 33 YEARS, THANKS TO A ROOF LEAK NOW AND THEN, SOME AREAS WERE ROTTED OUT AND NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. IT WILL THEN BE COVERED WITH AN ALUMINUM COVERING AND SHOULD LAST ANOTHER 33 YEARS. PLAN ALSO TO REPLACE SOME STONE PANELS ON THE THEATRE FRONT AND GET SOME NEW SEATS IN ONE OF THE AUDITORIUMS. THE THEATRE OPENED IN MARCH OF 1973, THE 2ND
AUDITORIUM IN THE WINTER OF 1975 AND THE 3RD AUDITORIUM IN
1981. JACK JONES HAS BEEN MY MANAGER SINCE 1974. THE "TITANTIC"
IS THE BIGGEST MOVIE WE EVER RAN, LASTING 17 WEEKS. IN THE EARLY
YEARS, TWO OF THE BIGGEST WERE "JAWS" AND "POSEIDON ADVENTURE".
THIS SUMMER, THERE WILL BE A NEW "POSEIDON" THAT IS EXPECTED
TO BE ONE OF MANY HITS THIS SUMMER. THE DRIVE-IN IS OFF TO A GOOD START. WEATHER WAS PERFECT LAST WEEKEND AND WE HAD A GOOD TURNOUT BOTH FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. ONLY OPEN THOSE TWO NIGHTS UNTIL JUNE. BEEN TO A MOVIE LATELY? DO IT...YOU'LL HAVE FUN AND BRING BACK MEMORIES.
SPEAKING OF "TITANTIC"....A NEW "TITANTIC" MUSEUM OPENS SOON AT BRANSON, MISSOURI. WILL SEE IT WHEN DOWN THERE WEEK AFTER NEXT WITH A FULL KMAQ TRAVEL 4-DAY BUS TRIP.
THERE WILL BE NO REPORT TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY)....
CHECK BACK AGAIN THURSDAY.
DENNIS VOY
TIME AGAIN FOR THE UNEMPLOYMENT FIGURES. THE MONTH GOES BY QUICKLY. IN JACKSON COUNTY, THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE DROPPED TO 5.8 PERCENT IN MARCH, FROM 7 PERCENT IN FEBRUARY. IN IOWA, THE STATE AS A WHOLE REPORTED THE LOWEST FIGURE IN ALMOST 4 YEARS, AT 3.8 PERCENT, DOWN FROM 4.4 IN FEBRUARY . AND THE U.S. RATE IN MARCH WAS DOWN TO 4.7, DOWN FROM 4.8 IN FEBRUARY AND DOWN FROM 5.1 A YEAR AGO.
BELLEVUE VOTERS ARE GOING TO THE POLLS TODAY TO VOTE ON A NEW OUTDOOR POOL, WITH AN ESTIMATED COST OF $3-MILLION. IT NEEDS 60 PERCENT APPROVAL. TWO YEARS AGO, VOTERS DEFEATED A $2-MILLION POOL.
THE MAQUOKETA IKE'S CLUB IS DOING A CLEAN-UP, FIX-UP PROJECT
AT LAKEHURST DAM ON THE MAQUOKETA RIVER. GOOD PROJECT.
BETTER PARKING LOT AND BETTER SHORE FISHING ON THE RIVER WILL BE THE END RESULT. MAYBE I MENTIONED THIS IN AN EARLIER REPORT.
SCHMIDT CONSTRUCTION (DALE SCHMIDT, OWNER) IS DOING SOME NEEDED REPAIRS TO THE MARQUE OF MY THEATRE. IT WAS BUILDT IN
1973 AND AFTER 33 YEARS, THANKS TO A ROOF LEAK NOW AND THEN, SOME AREAS WERE ROTTED OUT AND NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. IT WILL THEN BE COVERED WITH AN ALUMINUM COVERING AND SHOULD LAST ANOTHER 33 YEARS. PLAN ALSO TO REPLACE SOME STONE PANELS ON THE THEATRE FRONT AND GET SOME NEW SEATS IN ONE OF THE AUDITORIUMS. THE THEATRE OPENED IN MARCH OF 1973, THE 2ND
AUDITORIUM IN THE WINTER OF 1975 AND THE 3RD AUDITORIUM IN
1981. JACK JONES HAS BEEN MY MANAGER SINCE 1974. THE "TITANTIC"
IS THE BIGGEST MOVIE WE EVER RAN, LASTING 17 WEEKS. IN THE EARLY
YEARS, TWO OF THE BIGGEST WERE "JAWS" AND "POSEIDON ADVENTURE".
THIS SUMMER, THERE WILL BE A NEW "POSEIDON" THAT IS EXPECTED
TO BE ONE OF MANY HITS THIS SUMMER. THE DRIVE-IN IS OFF TO A GOOD START. WEATHER WAS PERFECT LAST WEEKEND AND WE HAD A GOOD TURNOUT BOTH FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. ONLY OPEN THOSE TWO NIGHTS UNTIL JUNE. BEEN TO A MOVIE LATELY? DO IT...YOU'LL HAVE FUN AND BRING BACK MEMORIES.
SPEAKING OF "TITANTIC"....A NEW "TITANTIC" MUSEUM OPENS SOON AT BRANSON, MISSOURI. WILL SEE IT WHEN DOWN THERE WEEK AFTER NEXT WITH A FULL KMAQ TRAVEL 4-DAY BUS TRIP.
THERE WILL BE NO REPORT TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY)....
CHECK BACK AGAIN THURSDAY.
DENNIS VOY
Monday, April 24, 2006
BEAUTIFUL DAY YESTERDAY..AND DITTO TODAY...HIGH 76.
DELWOOD SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT MARY HAINSTOCK WILL BE RESIGNING THAT POSITION TO BECOME SUPERINTENDENT AT THE NORTH CEDAR SCHOOL DISTRICT. SHE HAS BEEN THE DELWOOD SUPERINTENDENT FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS AND THIS YEAR SHE WAS ALSO THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE BENNETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
HER PAST EXPERIENCE INCLUDED BEING CURRICULUM DIRECTOR FOR THE MAQUOKETA AND DELWOOD DISTRICTS FOR 7 YEARS AND WAS AT ONE TIME A MAQUOKETA MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHER AND MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL GIFTED AND TALENTED INSTURCTOR. HER HUSBAND IS RICH, AND HE BUILDT AND SOLD THE PRAIRIE CREEK GOLF COURSE AT THE SOUTH EGE OF MAQUOKETA AND HAS BUILDT SEVERAL HOMES IN THE GOLF COURSE SUBDIVISION. RICH AND MARY WILL BE MOVING CLOSE TO HER JOB. HER OFFICE WILL BE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL IN STANWOOD AND ATTENDANCE CENTERS ARE ALSO IN CLARENCE, LOWDEN AND MECHANICSVILLE. THEIR SON MATT IS GRADUATING FROM MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL THIS JUNE AND WILL ATTEND MT. VERNON COLLEGE, NOT FAR FROM STANDWOOD. THEIR GAIN IS MAQUOKETA'S LOSS. I'LL MISS RICH AT ROTARY. RICH HAS BEEN A FELLOW MAQUOKETA ROTARIAN (PAST PRESIDENT) FOR MANY YEARS.
THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD MEETING IS TONIGHT.
NO CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
MISTY EHLERS AND DUSTIN BREWSTER OF DELMAR ARE PARENTS OF A GIRL BORN LAST THURSDAY AT THE MAQUOKETA HOSPITAL. PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS DIANNE AND KEVIN CLARK OF MAQUOKETA.
REJEANNE AND TROY BEHNKE OF MAQUOKETA ARE PARENTS OF A BOY BORN LAST TUESDAY AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. SHERYL MOUNTS OF MAQUOKETA IS THE MATERNAL GRANDMOTHER.
TALKED TO DR. KIRK GIESWEIN AND WIFE CLAUDIA AT THE DECKER HOTEL RESTAURANT SATURDAY NIGHT AND THEY CONFIRMED THE RUMOR THAT THEY WILL BE LEAVING MAQUOKEA THIS SUMMER. HE WILL BE LEAVING MAQUOKETA FAMILY CLINIC ON NORTH ARCADE STREET AND WILL MANAGE A NEW CLINIC FOR MERCY HOSPITAL, IN CORALVILLE, RIGHT NEXT TO IOWA CITY. AGAIN, THEIR GAIN, OUR LOSS. THEIR SON GRADUATES FROM BELLEVUE MARQUETTE HIGH SCHOOL THIS MAY AND THEY ALSO HAVE A DAUGHTER IN HIGH SCHOOL. THEY HAVE A BEAUTIFUL HOME OVERLOOKING THE MAQUOKETA GOLF COURSE AND IT IS FOR SALE.
SENIOR DENISTRY STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY HAVE NAMED DR. BUDDY ATIENZA, D.D.S. OF MAQUOKETA, THE 2005-2006 TEACHER OF THE YEAR FOR THE ADJUNCT FACULTY.
BUDDY GRADUATED FROM THE IOWA UNIVESITY IN 1994 AND MAQUKETA TO MAQUOKETA WHERE HE HAS HIS OWN PRACTICE CALLED "SMILES ON MAIN" IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA, WHERE THE OLD PASTIME THEATRE WAS MANY YEARS AGO. HE HAS BEEN TEACH PART TIME AS AN ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AT THE COLLEGE FOR THE LAST SEVEN YEARS. HE GENERALLY TEACHES ONE DAY A WEEK IN IOWA CITY, ALTERNATING WITH SOME 35 OR MORE OTHER DENTISTS THAT ALSO DO ONE DAY A WEEK TEACHING.
CONGRATULATIONS TO BUDDY.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
DELWOOD SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT MARY HAINSTOCK WILL BE RESIGNING THAT POSITION TO BECOME SUPERINTENDENT AT THE NORTH CEDAR SCHOOL DISTRICT. SHE HAS BEEN THE DELWOOD SUPERINTENDENT FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS AND THIS YEAR SHE WAS ALSO THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE BENNETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
HER PAST EXPERIENCE INCLUDED BEING CURRICULUM DIRECTOR FOR THE MAQUOKETA AND DELWOOD DISTRICTS FOR 7 YEARS AND WAS AT ONE TIME A MAQUOKETA MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHER AND MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL GIFTED AND TALENTED INSTURCTOR. HER HUSBAND IS RICH, AND HE BUILDT AND SOLD THE PRAIRIE CREEK GOLF COURSE AT THE SOUTH EGE OF MAQUOKETA AND HAS BUILDT SEVERAL HOMES IN THE GOLF COURSE SUBDIVISION. RICH AND MARY WILL BE MOVING CLOSE TO HER JOB. HER OFFICE WILL BE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL IN STANWOOD AND ATTENDANCE CENTERS ARE ALSO IN CLARENCE, LOWDEN AND MECHANICSVILLE. THEIR SON MATT IS GRADUATING FROM MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL THIS JUNE AND WILL ATTEND MT. VERNON COLLEGE, NOT FAR FROM STANDWOOD. THEIR GAIN IS MAQUOKETA'S LOSS. I'LL MISS RICH AT ROTARY. RICH HAS BEEN A FELLOW MAQUOKETA ROTARIAN (PAST PRESIDENT) FOR MANY YEARS.
THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD MEETING IS TONIGHT.
NO CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
MISTY EHLERS AND DUSTIN BREWSTER OF DELMAR ARE PARENTS OF A GIRL BORN LAST THURSDAY AT THE MAQUOKETA HOSPITAL. PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS DIANNE AND KEVIN CLARK OF MAQUOKETA.
REJEANNE AND TROY BEHNKE OF MAQUOKETA ARE PARENTS OF A BOY BORN LAST TUESDAY AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. SHERYL MOUNTS OF MAQUOKETA IS THE MATERNAL GRANDMOTHER.
TALKED TO DR. KIRK GIESWEIN AND WIFE CLAUDIA AT THE DECKER HOTEL RESTAURANT SATURDAY NIGHT AND THEY CONFIRMED THE RUMOR THAT THEY WILL BE LEAVING MAQUOKEA THIS SUMMER. HE WILL BE LEAVING MAQUOKETA FAMILY CLINIC ON NORTH ARCADE STREET AND WILL MANAGE A NEW CLINIC FOR MERCY HOSPITAL, IN CORALVILLE, RIGHT NEXT TO IOWA CITY. AGAIN, THEIR GAIN, OUR LOSS. THEIR SON GRADUATES FROM BELLEVUE MARQUETTE HIGH SCHOOL THIS MAY AND THEY ALSO HAVE A DAUGHTER IN HIGH SCHOOL. THEY HAVE A BEAUTIFUL HOME OVERLOOKING THE MAQUOKETA GOLF COURSE AND IT IS FOR SALE.
SENIOR DENISTRY STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY HAVE NAMED DR. BUDDY ATIENZA, D.D.S. OF MAQUOKETA, THE 2005-2006 TEACHER OF THE YEAR FOR THE ADJUNCT FACULTY.
BUDDY GRADUATED FROM THE IOWA UNIVESITY IN 1994 AND MAQUKETA TO MAQUOKETA WHERE HE HAS HIS OWN PRACTICE CALLED "SMILES ON MAIN" IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA, WHERE THE OLD PASTIME THEATRE WAS MANY YEARS AGO. HE HAS BEEN TEACH PART TIME AS AN ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AT THE COLLEGE FOR THE LAST SEVEN YEARS. HE GENERALLY TEACHES ONE DAY A WEEK IN IOWA CITY, ALTERNATING WITH SOME 35 OR MORE OTHER DENTISTS THAT ALSO DO ONE DAY A WEEK TEACHING.
CONGRATULATIONS TO BUDDY.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
Friday, April 21, 2006
BEAUTIFUL DAY IN MAQUOKETA.
A BURGLARY CHARGE HAS NOW BEEN ADDED TO THE ATTEMPTED MURDER AND WILFUL INJURY CHARGES AGAINST 53 YEAR OLF MARK WILLEY OF
MAQUOKETA. ALSO, WE HAVE LEARNED THAT NO PRELIMINARY HEARING WAS HELD AND AN ARRAIGNMENT HAS BEEN SCHEDULED FOR MAY 6TH. ALSO, WILLEY HAS REQUESTED A PUBLIC DEFENDER, WHICH WAS DENIED. MAGISTRATE R.J. BESCH DENIED THE REQUEST DUE TO AN INCOMPLETE APPLICATION. APPARENTLY WILLEY WAS NOT ABLE TO HIRE THE DUBUQUE ATTORNEY HE WANTED TO. WILLEY REMAINS IN THE JACKSON COUNTY JAIL IN MAQUOKETA.
WE STILL HAVE DEER ACCIDENTS....TWO IN CLINTON COUNTY YESTERDAY.
THERE ARE NOW AROUND 1,000 MUMPS CASES IN IOWA. I THINK I HEARD THAT THERE ARE 4 OR 5 IN JACKSON COUNTY.
JERRY JOHNSON, 67, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED THIS MORNING. YOU WILL BE ABLE TO READ HIS FULL OBITURARY TOMORROW AT WWW.CARSONANDSON.COM
THEY ARE DIGGING THE FOUNDATION TODAY FOR DR. DAVID SYBESMA'S
NEW OPTOMETRY OFFICE JUST WEST OF TACO JOHN'S OFF WEST PLATT STREET. THE BUILDING PERMIT WAS FOR SOMEWHERE OVER $200,000.
HE NOW RENTS OFFICE SPACE FROM DR. BERNARD, ACROSS FROM THE FAREWAY STORE.
THE JACKSON COUNTY PRODUCTS SHOW WILL BE THIS SUNDAY FROM NOON UNTIL 4 P.M. AT THE PERASON CENTER ON THE FAIRGROUNDS.
REPRESENTATIVES FROM 21 JACKSON COUNTY INDUSTRIES WILL HAVE DISPLAYS AND ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT THEY MANUFACTURE HERE IN TOWN.
AN AD IN THE PAPER FOR RETIRING VOCAL MUSIC TEACHER PAM CRAWFORD, SAYING SHE IS NOW ACCEPTING STUDENTS FOR PRIVATE PIANO AND VOICE LESSONS.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
A BURGLARY CHARGE HAS NOW BEEN ADDED TO THE ATTEMPTED MURDER AND WILFUL INJURY CHARGES AGAINST 53 YEAR OLF MARK WILLEY OF
MAQUOKETA. ALSO, WE HAVE LEARNED THAT NO PRELIMINARY HEARING WAS HELD AND AN ARRAIGNMENT HAS BEEN SCHEDULED FOR MAY 6TH. ALSO, WILLEY HAS REQUESTED A PUBLIC DEFENDER, WHICH WAS DENIED. MAGISTRATE R.J. BESCH DENIED THE REQUEST DUE TO AN INCOMPLETE APPLICATION. APPARENTLY WILLEY WAS NOT ABLE TO HIRE THE DUBUQUE ATTORNEY HE WANTED TO. WILLEY REMAINS IN THE JACKSON COUNTY JAIL IN MAQUOKETA.
WE STILL HAVE DEER ACCIDENTS....TWO IN CLINTON COUNTY YESTERDAY.
THERE ARE NOW AROUND 1,000 MUMPS CASES IN IOWA. I THINK I HEARD THAT THERE ARE 4 OR 5 IN JACKSON COUNTY.
JERRY JOHNSON, 67, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED THIS MORNING. YOU WILL BE ABLE TO READ HIS FULL OBITURARY TOMORROW AT WWW.CARSONANDSON.COM
THEY ARE DIGGING THE FOUNDATION TODAY FOR DR. DAVID SYBESMA'S
NEW OPTOMETRY OFFICE JUST WEST OF TACO JOHN'S OFF WEST PLATT STREET. THE BUILDING PERMIT WAS FOR SOMEWHERE OVER $200,000.
HE NOW RENTS OFFICE SPACE FROM DR. BERNARD, ACROSS FROM THE FAREWAY STORE.
THE JACKSON COUNTY PRODUCTS SHOW WILL BE THIS SUNDAY FROM NOON UNTIL 4 P.M. AT THE PERASON CENTER ON THE FAIRGROUNDS.
REPRESENTATIVES FROM 21 JACKSON COUNTY INDUSTRIES WILL HAVE DISPLAYS AND ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT THEY MANUFACTURE HERE IN TOWN.
AN AD IN THE PAPER FOR RETIRING VOCAL MUSIC TEACHER PAM CRAWFORD, SAYING SHE IS NOW ACCEPTING STUDENTS FOR PRIVATE PIANO AND VOICE LESSONS.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
Wednesday, April 19, 2006
ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL DAY IN MAQUOKETA....SUNNY, LIGHT WIND, AND A HIGH OF 70.
THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL DID NOT AWARD A CONTRACT MONDAY NIGHT TO BUILD THE ARK. THE ITEM WAS PULLED FROM THE AGENDA.
THE CITY ATTORNEY, MARK LAWSON, SAID AFTER THE MEETING THAT IT WAS PREMATURE TO ACCEPT THE BID. AT ISSUE, THE LOW BID FROM HILLEBRAND CONSTRUCTION OF DAVENPORT. THEY WANT OUT OF BID
BECAUSE THEY MADE AN ERROR IN CALCULATIONS. THE 2ND LOWEST BIDDER (ABOUT $50,000 LOWER) IS BY EPIC CONSTRUCTION OF DUBUQUE.
COUNCIL MEMBERS HAD A WORK SESSION ON THE ARC BIDS LAST WEEK AND THEY MAY ASSESS HILLEBRAND PART OF THE $300,000 BID BOND.
DURING THE WORK SESSION LAST WEEK, ARC MEMBERS SAY THEY'VE RAISED 4.85 MILLION, WHICH INCLUDES CASH ON HAND, PLEDGES, THE CITY'S DONATIONS, THE CAT GRANT, AND THE MAQUOKETA MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC UTILITY'S DONATION. ESTIMATED CONSTRUCTION COST IS ABOUT 4-MILLION WITH ANOTHER 700-THOUSAND IN ARCHITECTS FEES AND OTHER COSTS FOR A TOTAL ESTIMATED COST OF $4,714,601. AND THERE WILL BE ANOTHER $150,000 IN FURNISHINGS AND EQUIPMENT.
AND THERE IS TALK TO ADD TWO MORE LANES FOR THE SWIMMING POOL, AT AN ESTIMATED COST OF $600,000 MORE. SO, IN THAT CASE, THE OVERALL COST WOULD OVER 5-MILLION. THE ARC IS ESTIMATED TO BE COMPLETED NEXT YEAR. I'VE HEARD ANTICIPATED MEMBERSHIP FIGURES OF 800 OR MORE MEMBERS , AT A MEMBERSHIP FEE OF AROUND $300 A YEAR .
THE MAQUOKETA BOYS GOLF TEAM TOOK FIRST PLACE AT THE SABER INVITATIONAL YESTERDAY AT DEWITT, IN A 7 TEAM FIELD.
JOHNNY BIEHL WAS MAQUOKETA'S MEDALIST. CHRISTIAN ELESSER, A FOREIGN EXCHANGE STUDENT FROM GERMANY, IS PLAYING VERY WELL AND WAS ONE OF THE CARDINAL'S TEAM OF 4. HE IS LIVING AT THE HOME OF AUDREY BRICKNER.
HAVE A GOOD WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY.
DENNIS VOY
THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL DID NOT AWARD A CONTRACT MONDAY NIGHT TO BUILD THE ARK. THE ITEM WAS PULLED FROM THE AGENDA.
THE CITY ATTORNEY, MARK LAWSON, SAID AFTER THE MEETING THAT IT WAS PREMATURE TO ACCEPT THE BID. AT ISSUE, THE LOW BID FROM HILLEBRAND CONSTRUCTION OF DAVENPORT. THEY WANT OUT OF BID
BECAUSE THEY MADE AN ERROR IN CALCULATIONS. THE 2ND LOWEST BIDDER (ABOUT $50,000 LOWER) IS BY EPIC CONSTRUCTION OF DUBUQUE.
COUNCIL MEMBERS HAD A WORK SESSION ON THE ARC BIDS LAST WEEK AND THEY MAY ASSESS HILLEBRAND PART OF THE $300,000 BID BOND.
DURING THE WORK SESSION LAST WEEK, ARC MEMBERS SAY THEY'VE RAISED 4.85 MILLION, WHICH INCLUDES CASH ON HAND, PLEDGES, THE CITY'S DONATIONS, THE CAT GRANT, AND THE MAQUOKETA MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC UTILITY'S DONATION. ESTIMATED CONSTRUCTION COST IS ABOUT 4-MILLION WITH ANOTHER 700-THOUSAND IN ARCHITECTS FEES AND OTHER COSTS FOR A TOTAL ESTIMATED COST OF $4,714,601. AND THERE WILL BE ANOTHER $150,000 IN FURNISHINGS AND EQUIPMENT.
AND THERE IS TALK TO ADD TWO MORE LANES FOR THE SWIMMING POOL, AT AN ESTIMATED COST OF $600,000 MORE. SO, IN THAT CASE, THE OVERALL COST WOULD OVER 5-MILLION. THE ARC IS ESTIMATED TO BE COMPLETED NEXT YEAR. I'VE HEARD ANTICIPATED MEMBERSHIP FIGURES OF 800 OR MORE MEMBERS , AT A MEMBERSHIP FEE OF AROUND $300 A YEAR .
THE MAQUOKETA BOYS GOLF TEAM TOOK FIRST PLACE AT THE SABER INVITATIONAL YESTERDAY AT DEWITT, IN A 7 TEAM FIELD.
JOHNNY BIEHL WAS MAQUOKETA'S MEDALIST. CHRISTIAN ELESSER, A FOREIGN EXCHANGE STUDENT FROM GERMANY, IS PLAYING VERY WELL AND WAS ONE OF THE CARDINAL'S TEAM OF 4. HE IS LIVING AT THE HOME OF AUDREY BRICKNER.
HAVE A GOOD WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY.
DENNIS VOY
Tuesday, April 18, 2006
69 TODAY..SUNNY AND BREEZY.
AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING LAST NIGHT, THE NEW CHAMBER OF COMMERCE DIRECTOR/CITY ECONOMIC DIRECTOR STACY DRISCOLL,
TOLD THE COUNCIL THAT PACIFIC COAST FEATHER COMPANY HAS SOLD THE BUILDING IT IS NO LONGER USING IN THE INDUSTRIAL PARK.
MORE INFORMATION EXPECTED SOON. ALSO, AN OFFER HAS BEEN MADE ON THE OLD HOOF BUILDING IN THE INDUSTRIAL PARK. AND, SHE SAID THEY HAVE A RETAIL BUSINESS PROSPECT LOOKING FOR A 10,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING. ALSO, A NATIONAL MOTORCYCLE GROUP IS INTERESTED IN HAVING ITS NATIONAL CONVENTION IN MAQUOKETA NEXT YEAR.
BETWEEN 150 AND 175 PEOPLE WOULD STAY IN MAQUOKETA JULY 15-20 AND WOULD TAKE DAY TRIPS THROUGHOUT EASTERN IOWA.
THE JACKSON COUNTY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ALONG WITH SHAPE UP JACKSON COUNTY WILL HOST THE IOWA NATIVE WHO APPEARED ON A NATIONAL TV SHOW ABOUT LOOSING WEIGHT. MATT HOOVER WAS ON THE RECENT SHOW, "THE BIGGEST LOOSER" AND WON $250,000 BY LOOSING 157 POUNDS, DROPPING FROM 339 TO 182. HE WILL SPEAK AT THE OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER AT 6:30 P.M. THIS THURSDAY,
APRIL 20TH.
THANKS FOR STOPPING BY.
DENNIS VOY
AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING LAST NIGHT, THE NEW CHAMBER OF COMMERCE DIRECTOR/CITY ECONOMIC DIRECTOR STACY DRISCOLL,
TOLD THE COUNCIL THAT PACIFIC COAST FEATHER COMPANY HAS SOLD THE BUILDING IT IS NO LONGER USING IN THE INDUSTRIAL PARK.
MORE INFORMATION EXPECTED SOON. ALSO, AN OFFER HAS BEEN MADE ON THE OLD HOOF BUILDING IN THE INDUSTRIAL PARK. AND, SHE SAID THEY HAVE A RETAIL BUSINESS PROSPECT LOOKING FOR A 10,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING. ALSO, A NATIONAL MOTORCYCLE GROUP IS INTERESTED IN HAVING ITS NATIONAL CONVENTION IN MAQUOKETA NEXT YEAR.
BETWEEN 150 AND 175 PEOPLE WOULD STAY IN MAQUOKETA JULY 15-20 AND WOULD TAKE DAY TRIPS THROUGHOUT EASTERN IOWA.
THE JACKSON COUNTY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ALONG WITH SHAPE UP JACKSON COUNTY WILL HOST THE IOWA NATIVE WHO APPEARED ON A NATIONAL TV SHOW ABOUT LOOSING WEIGHT. MATT HOOVER WAS ON THE RECENT SHOW, "THE BIGGEST LOOSER" AND WON $250,000 BY LOOSING 157 POUNDS, DROPPING FROM 339 TO 182. HE WILL SPEAK AT THE OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER AT 6:30 P.M. THIS THURSDAY,
APRIL 20TH.
THANKS FOR STOPPING BY.
DENNIS VOY
Monday, April 17, 2006
HOPE YOU HAD A NICE EASTER!
IT WAS A RAINY DAY IN EASTERN IOWA. SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY WE HAD AN INCH AND A HALF OF RAIN.
HAWK'S MARKINGS OF MAQUOKETA, OWNED BY ANNE(PITCHER) AND MIKE HAWKS, HAVE BEEN BUSY LANDING SOME TOP GOLF COURSES FOR INSTALLATON OF THEIR YARDAGE MARKERS INSTALLED ON IRRATION HEADS. EARLIER THIS MONTH, MURFIELD VILLAGE, THE HOME COURSE OF JACK NICKLAUS IN OHIO AND SHINNACOCK HILLS IN NEW YORK CONTRACTED WITH THE HAWKS FOR THE WORK.
BOTH COURSES ARE TOP 100 COURSES. IN FACT, HAWK'S MARKINGS CAN BE FOUND ON 63 OF THE TOP 100 COURSES IN THE COUNTRY, INCLUDING AGUSTA
NATIONAL WHERE THE MASTERS TOURNAMENT IS PLAYED. THEY HAVE THEIR MARKINGS ON GOLF COURSES IN 30 COUNTRIES. TYPICALLY, 300 TO 500 MARKINGS ARE NEEDED FOR AN 18-HOLE COURSE. IN ADDITION TO ANN AND MIKE, THEY EMPLOY TWO FULLTIME AND FOUR PARTTIME EMPLOYEES AND STAY BUSY YEAR AROUND AT THEIR LOCATION NEXT TO THEIR HOME ON MYATT DRIVE.
ANNE IS A MEMBER OF THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD AND MIKE JUST JOINED THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB AND THEY ALSO OWN THE FAIRLY NEW TACO JOHNS RESTRAURANT IN MAQUOKETA.
A GUN AND AMMUNITION, CASH, BONDS, PAPERWORK FOR A SWISS BANK ACCOUNT AND A LAPTOP COMPUTER WERE FOUND IN MARK WILLEY'S CAR WHEN POLICE SEARCHED IT. WILLEY IS STILL BEING HELD IN THE LOCAL DETENTION CENTER ON CHARGES HE TRIED TO MURDER HIS SISTER, EMILIE HARMON AND SHE IS IN STABLE CONDITION AT UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS IN IOWA CITY.
POLICE OBTAINED A SEARCH WARRANT FOR WILLEY'S 1986 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS WHICH WAS PARKED IN THE FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH PARKING LOT ON THURSDAY, THE DAY OF THE ATTACK. POLICE ARRESTED WILLEY ABOUT A BLOCK FROM THE CHURCH AFTER HARMON WAS STABBED. WHEN POLICE FOUND WILLEY, HE WAS WEARING A BLACK CLOTH SHIRT AND A BLACK SKIRT WHICH WAS WORN OVER BLUE JEANS. IN HIS CAR THEY FOUND A 22 CALIBER GUN WITH AMMUNITION, $170 IN TRAVELERS CHECKS, $1,300 IN EE SAVINGS BONDS, $20 IN FOREIGN CURRENCY, SIX $100 BILLS AND $20 IN CASH. OFFICERS ALSO FOUND A PASSPORT, A CD FROM AN EAST DUBUQUE BANK, AN MP3 PLAYER AND SOME MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
TWO VEHICLE COLLIDED AT LOCUST AND NIAGARA IN MAQUOKETA LATE YESTERDAY MORNING. CHARGED, ELIZABETH WILLMAN, AGE 75 OF MAQUOKETA, FOR STOP SIGN VIOLATION. SHARI JORGENSEN, AGE 42, OF MAQUOKETA WAS DRIVING EAST ON LOCUST AND WILLMAN WAS AT THE INTERSECTION AND THE TWO VEHICLES COLLIDED. SOMEWHERE OVER $1,500 DAMAGE TO EACH VEHICLE. NO INJURIES.
THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL MEETS TONIGHT.
ANNIE MARR, AGE 84, OF MAQUOKETA,DIED YESTERDAY AT THE MAQUOKETA CARE CENTER. HER OBITUARY CAN BE READ AT WWW.CARSONANDSON.COM
CATHERINE HUTE, 78, OF LINCOLN,NEBRASKA AND FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA,
DIED SATURDAY AND HER OBITUARY ALSO CAN BE READ AT CARSON'S.
LLOYD MOHR, AGE IN 70'S, A FORMER GAS STATION OWNER IN MAQUOKETA, DIED
THIS MONTH. I HOPE TO HAVE MORE INFORMATION LATER.
I SOLD TWO ROTARY DUCKS TO AASE AND RICHARDT JOHANSEN IN GARHNEYUAENGEL, DENMARK. HOPE I SPELLED THE CITY RIGHT.
THEIR U.S. $10 BILL CAME THIS MORNING. THEY ARE RELATIVES OF JERRY AND DOROTHY RASMUSSEN OF MAQUOKETA, HAVE VISITED MAQUOKETA MORE THAN ONCE, LIKE THE TOWN AND WANT TO HELP OUT THE RORARY. THANKS TO AASE AND RICHARDT. IF YOU TOO WOULD LIKE TO BUY A MAQUOKETA ROTARY DUCK FOR THE 4TH ANNUAL RACE THE FIRST DAY OF SUMMER AND MAYBE WIN $1,000 OR
A $100 BILL, MAKE YOUR CHECK OUT ($5 A DUCK) TO MAQUOKETA ROTARY, BOX 940, MAQUOKETA, IOWA, 52060. SOON AFTER, YOUR NAME WILL APPEAR AS A DUCK OWNER ON THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY WEB SITE....www.maquoketa-rotary.org
THE JACK AND JILL STORE IS CLOSED AND TODAY WAS A BIG AUCTION SALE OF THE EQUIPMENT, WITH MANY ATTENDING. NO WORD YET ON SOME OTHER BUSINESS GOING INTO THE LARGE BUILDING.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
IT WAS A RAINY DAY IN EASTERN IOWA. SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY WE HAD AN INCH AND A HALF OF RAIN.
HAWK'S MARKINGS OF MAQUOKETA, OWNED BY ANNE(PITCHER) AND MIKE HAWKS, HAVE BEEN BUSY LANDING SOME TOP GOLF COURSES FOR INSTALLATON OF THEIR YARDAGE MARKERS INSTALLED ON IRRATION HEADS. EARLIER THIS MONTH, MURFIELD VILLAGE, THE HOME COURSE OF JACK NICKLAUS IN OHIO AND SHINNACOCK HILLS IN NEW YORK CONTRACTED WITH THE HAWKS FOR THE WORK.
BOTH COURSES ARE TOP 100 COURSES. IN FACT, HAWK'S MARKINGS CAN BE FOUND ON 63 OF THE TOP 100 COURSES IN THE COUNTRY, INCLUDING AGUSTA
NATIONAL WHERE THE MASTERS TOURNAMENT IS PLAYED. THEY HAVE THEIR MARKINGS ON GOLF COURSES IN 30 COUNTRIES. TYPICALLY, 300 TO 500 MARKINGS ARE NEEDED FOR AN 18-HOLE COURSE. IN ADDITION TO ANN AND MIKE, THEY EMPLOY TWO FULLTIME AND FOUR PARTTIME EMPLOYEES AND STAY BUSY YEAR AROUND AT THEIR LOCATION NEXT TO THEIR HOME ON MYATT DRIVE.
ANNE IS A MEMBER OF THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD AND MIKE JUST JOINED THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB AND THEY ALSO OWN THE FAIRLY NEW TACO JOHNS RESTRAURANT IN MAQUOKETA.
A GUN AND AMMUNITION, CASH, BONDS, PAPERWORK FOR A SWISS BANK ACCOUNT AND A LAPTOP COMPUTER WERE FOUND IN MARK WILLEY'S CAR WHEN POLICE SEARCHED IT. WILLEY IS STILL BEING HELD IN THE LOCAL DETENTION CENTER ON CHARGES HE TRIED TO MURDER HIS SISTER, EMILIE HARMON AND SHE IS IN STABLE CONDITION AT UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS IN IOWA CITY.
POLICE OBTAINED A SEARCH WARRANT FOR WILLEY'S 1986 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS WHICH WAS PARKED IN THE FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH PARKING LOT ON THURSDAY, THE DAY OF THE ATTACK. POLICE ARRESTED WILLEY ABOUT A BLOCK FROM THE CHURCH AFTER HARMON WAS STABBED. WHEN POLICE FOUND WILLEY, HE WAS WEARING A BLACK CLOTH SHIRT AND A BLACK SKIRT WHICH WAS WORN OVER BLUE JEANS. IN HIS CAR THEY FOUND A 22 CALIBER GUN WITH AMMUNITION, $170 IN TRAVELERS CHECKS, $1,300 IN EE SAVINGS BONDS, $20 IN FOREIGN CURRENCY, SIX $100 BILLS AND $20 IN CASH. OFFICERS ALSO FOUND A PASSPORT, A CD FROM AN EAST DUBUQUE BANK, AN MP3 PLAYER AND SOME MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
TWO VEHICLE COLLIDED AT LOCUST AND NIAGARA IN MAQUOKETA LATE YESTERDAY MORNING. CHARGED, ELIZABETH WILLMAN, AGE 75 OF MAQUOKETA, FOR STOP SIGN VIOLATION. SHARI JORGENSEN, AGE 42, OF MAQUOKETA WAS DRIVING EAST ON LOCUST AND WILLMAN WAS AT THE INTERSECTION AND THE TWO VEHICLES COLLIDED. SOMEWHERE OVER $1,500 DAMAGE TO EACH VEHICLE. NO INJURIES.
THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL MEETS TONIGHT.
ANNIE MARR, AGE 84, OF MAQUOKETA,DIED YESTERDAY AT THE MAQUOKETA CARE CENTER. HER OBITUARY CAN BE READ AT WWW.CARSONANDSON.COM
CATHERINE HUTE, 78, OF LINCOLN,NEBRASKA AND FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA,
DIED SATURDAY AND HER OBITUARY ALSO CAN BE READ AT CARSON'S.
LLOYD MOHR, AGE IN 70'S, A FORMER GAS STATION OWNER IN MAQUOKETA, DIED
THIS MONTH. I HOPE TO HAVE MORE INFORMATION LATER.
I SOLD TWO ROTARY DUCKS TO AASE AND RICHARDT JOHANSEN IN GARHNEYUAENGEL, DENMARK. HOPE I SPELLED THE CITY RIGHT.
THEIR U.S. $10 BILL CAME THIS MORNING. THEY ARE RELATIVES OF JERRY AND DOROTHY RASMUSSEN OF MAQUOKETA, HAVE VISITED MAQUOKETA MORE THAN ONCE, LIKE THE TOWN AND WANT TO HELP OUT THE RORARY. THANKS TO AASE AND RICHARDT. IF YOU TOO WOULD LIKE TO BUY A MAQUOKETA ROTARY DUCK FOR THE 4TH ANNUAL RACE THE FIRST DAY OF SUMMER AND MAYBE WIN $1,000 OR
A $100 BILL, MAKE YOUR CHECK OUT ($5 A DUCK) TO MAQUOKETA ROTARY, BOX 940, MAQUOKETA, IOWA, 52060. SOON AFTER, YOUR NAME WILL APPEAR AS A DUCK OWNER ON THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY WEB SITE....www.maquoketa-rotary.org
THE JACK AND JILL STORE IS CLOSED AND TODAY WAS A BIG AUCTION SALE OF THE EQUIPMENT, WITH MANY ATTENDING. NO WORD YET ON SOME OTHER BUSINESS GOING INTO THE LARGE BUILDING.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
Friday, April 14, 2006
SUNNY AND WARM AGAIN TODAY...AROUND 80.
82/100 OF AN INCH OF RAIN LAST NIGHT IN MAQUOKETA AND STORMY WEATHER HERE IN EASTERN IOWA. ANAMOSA AND OTHER PARTS OF JONES COUNTY WERE HIT BY TORNADO LIKE WEATHER AND TORNADO HIT IOWA CITY. THE IOWA CAMPUS CLOSED TODAY.
EMELIE HARMON WILLEY, AS SHE LAY BLEEDING ON THE STREET OUTSIDE
HER HOME YESTERDAY, TOLD POLICE THAT HER BROTHER, MARK WILLEY, STABBED HER. WHEN OFFICERS ARRIVED, SHE SAID, "MARK STABBED ME". SHE WAS AIRLIFTED TO IOWA CITY WHERE SHE UNDERWENT SURGERY AND IS LISTED IN STABLE CONDITION. AMONG THE INJURIES, A BAD INJURY TO ONE EYE. MARK WILLEY APPEARED BEFORE MAGISTRATE CORLIS BATY THIS MORNING ON CHARGES OF ATTEMPTED MURDER, A CLASS B FELONY AND WILFUL INJURY, A CLASS C FELONY. BATY SET BOND AT $250,000 CASH AND IS STILL BEING HELD IN THE JACKSON COUNTY JAIL. THE COUNTY ATTORNEY ASKED FOR THE HIGHER BOND BECAUSE HE BELIEVES WILLEY IS A FLIGHT RISK. NO ONE REALLY KNOWS WHERE HE HAS BEEN STAYING HERE IN MAQUOKETA FOR THE LAST SIX MONTHS. DURING HIS COURT APPEARANCE THIS MORNING, WILLEY CALLED THE CHARGES RIDICULOUS AND SAID HE WAS INNOCENT. HE FINIALLY GAVE THE JUDGE A POST OFFICE BOX NUMBER. MAQUOKETA POLICE CHIEF BRAD KORANDA SAID A SEARCH WARRANT WAS ISSUED FOR THE BAG WILLEY WAS CARRYING WHEN HE WAS ARRESTED. IN THE BAG WAS A BLOODY KNIFE, A BLACK DRESS, A MASK, PIECES OF BLOODIED ROPE, BLOODY LATEX GLOVES, AND A STUN GUN. EMELIE HAS BEEN LIVING IN MAQUOKETA FOR ABOUT THE LAST 3 YEARS, IN THE HOME WHERE THEIR MOTHER AND FATHER LIVED. THEIR FATHER, DUANE, DIED A FEW YEARS AGO AND THEIR MOTHER IN 2003. A SISTER, DAWN, ARRIVED IN MAQUOKETA YESTERDAY. NEITHER SISTER IS MARRIED. THE ESTATE HAS NOT BEEN SETTLED. EMELIE IS A DRIVER FOR THE RTA IN MAQUOKETA. I HAVE KNOWN THE FAMILY SINCE I CAME TO MAQUOKETA AND KMAQ IN 1958. AT THAT TIME, DUANE WAS THE SALES MANAGER FOR THE NEW KMAQ (HE HAD BEEN A MAQUOKETA NEWSPAPER SALESMAN BEFORE THAT, WORKING FOR THE LATE ROBERT MELVOLD) AND A YEAR LATER, HE WAS NAMED MANAGER OF KMAQ. A COUPLE TIMES, I BABYSAT THE 3 KIDS FOR DUANE AND BEVERLY. BEVERLY WAS ORIGINALLY FROM WISCONSIN, NOT FAR FROM MY HOMETOWN THERE. IN THE LATE 50'S, DUANE WAS IN A BAD AUTO ACCIDENT AND NEVER RECOVERED FULLY ENOUGH TO GO BACK TO WORK. BEVERLY, WHO WAS AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHER, TOOK CARE OF DUANE AND RAISED THE 3 KIDS.
HAVE A NICE WEEKEND. HAPPY EASTER.
DENNIS VOY
82/100 OF AN INCH OF RAIN LAST NIGHT IN MAQUOKETA AND STORMY WEATHER HERE IN EASTERN IOWA. ANAMOSA AND OTHER PARTS OF JONES COUNTY WERE HIT BY TORNADO LIKE WEATHER AND TORNADO HIT IOWA CITY. THE IOWA CAMPUS CLOSED TODAY.
EMELIE HARMON WILLEY, AS SHE LAY BLEEDING ON THE STREET OUTSIDE
HER HOME YESTERDAY, TOLD POLICE THAT HER BROTHER, MARK WILLEY, STABBED HER. WHEN OFFICERS ARRIVED, SHE SAID, "MARK STABBED ME". SHE WAS AIRLIFTED TO IOWA CITY WHERE SHE UNDERWENT SURGERY AND IS LISTED IN STABLE CONDITION. AMONG THE INJURIES, A BAD INJURY TO ONE EYE. MARK WILLEY APPEARED BEFORE MAGISTRATE CORLIS BATY THIS MORNING ON CHARGES OF ATTEMPTED MURDER, A CLASS B FELONY AND WILFUL INJURY, A CLASS C FELONY. BATY SET BOND AT $250,000 CASH AND IS STILL BEING HELD IN THE JACKSON COUNTY JAIL. THE COUNTY ATTORNEY ASKED FOR THE HIGHER BOND BECAUSE HE BELIEVES WILLEY IS A FLIGHT RISK. NO ONE REALLY KNOWS WHERE HE HAS BEEN STAYING HERE IN MAQUOKETA FOR THE LAST SIX MONTHS. DURING HIS COURT APPEARANCE THIS MORNING, WILLEY CALLED THE CHARGES RIDICULOUS AND SAID HE WAS INNOCENT. HE FINIALLY GAVE THE JUDGE A POST OFFICE BOX NUMBER. MAQUOKETA POLICE CHIEF BRAD KORANDA SAID A SEARCH WARRANT WAS ISSUED FOR THE BAG WILLEY WAS CARRYING WHEN HE WAS ARRESTED. IN THE BAG WAS A BLOODY KNIFE, A BLACK DRESS, A MASK, PIECES OF BLOODIED ROPE, BLOODY LATEX GLOVES, AND A STUN GUN. EMELIE HAS BEEN LIVING IN MAQUOKETA FOR ABOUT THE LAST 3 YEARS, IN THE HOME WHERE THEIR MOTHER AND FATHER LIVED. THEIR FATHER, DUANE, DIED A FEW YEARS AGO AND THEIR MOTHER IN 2003. A SISTER, DAWN, ARRIVED IN MAQUOKETA YESTERDAY. NEITHER SISTER IS MARRIED. THE ESTATE HAS NOT BEEN SETTLED. EMELIE IS A DRIVER FOR THE RTA IN MAQUOKETA. I HAVE KNOWN THE FAMILY SINCE I CAME TO MAQUOKETA AND KMAQ IN 1958. AT THAT TIME, DUANE WAS THE SALES MANAGER FOR THE NEW KMAQ (HE HAD BEEN A MAQUOKETA NEWSPAPER SALESMAN BEFORE THAT, WORKING FOR THE LATE ROBERT MELVOLD) AND A YEAR LATER, HE WAS NAMED MANAGER OF KMAQ. A COUPLE TIMES, I BABYSAT THE 3 KIDS FOR DUANE AND BEVERLY. BEVERLY WAS ORIGINALLY FROM WISCONSIN, NOT FAR FROM MY HOMETOWN THERE. IN THE LATE 50'S, DUANE WAS IN A BAD AUTO ACCIDENT AND NEVER RECOVERED FULLY ENOUGH TO GO BACK TO WORK. BEVERLY, WHO WAS AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHER, TOOK CARE OF DUANE AND RAISED THE 3 KIDS.
HAVE A NICE WEEKEND. HAPPY EASTER.
DENNIS VOY
Thursday, April 13, 2006
HOT TODAY...85, BROKE THE RECORD OF 83 SET IN 1897.
CHARGES ARE PENDING AGAINST 53 YEAR OLD MARK WILLEY OF MAQUOKETA AFTER HE ALLEGEDLY STABBED HIS SISTER, 47 YEAR OLD EMELIE WILLEY HARMON AT THE FAMILY HOME ON SOUTH MATTESON IN MAQUOKETA. WILLEY DID NOT LIVE AT THE HOME. MAQUOKETA POLICE CHIEF BRAD KORANDA SAID THEY EXPECT TO FILE CHARGES FRIDAY MORNING. THE CHIEF SAID A PASSERBY SAW HARMON ON THE STREET WHERE SHE WAS BLEEDING AT ABOUT 9:30 THIS MORNING AND CALLED 9-1-1. JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF DEPUTY STEVE SCHROEDER WAS FIRST AT THE SCENE AND APPLIED PACKS TO HER BLEEDING WOUNDS. KORANDA SAID ANOTHER PERSON AT THE SCENE SAW SOMEONE DRESSED IN BLACK RUNNING FROM THE HOME. MARK WILLEY WAS APPREHENDED WITHIN MINUTES IN THE 100 BLOCK OF SOUTH ELIZA. KORANDA SAID WILLEY HAD NO WEAPONS ON HIM AND OFFERED NO RESISTANCE. WILLEY IS IN THE JACKSON COUNTY DETENTION CENTER. HARMON WAS FIRST TAKEN TO THE LOCAL HOSPITAL WITH STAB WOUNDS TO HER FACE, NECK AND ABDOMEN. SHE WAS THEN AIRLIFED TO UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS IN IOWA CITY. KORANDA SAID HARMON WAS OUT OF SURGERY IN THE AFTERNOON AND THAT SHE APPEARS TO BE OKAY. THE CHIEF SAID NO MOTIVE HAS BEEN DETERMINED. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THERE HAS BEEN VIOLENCE BETWEEN THE SIBLINGS. IN FEBRUARY OF 2003, MARK WILLEY ACCUSED EMELIE HARMON AND HIS OTHER SISTER, DAWN, OF TRYING TO KILL HIM. WILLEY THEN CLAIMED THE TWO BEAT HIM UP, USING A LAMP AND HIGH HEEL SHOE. IN JULY OF THAT YEAR, THE TWO WOMEN STOOD TRIAL BY JURY AND WERE FOUND NOT GUILTY.
SHORTY ALLEN, AGE 84, OF MAQUOKETA,DIED AT HIS HOME YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. HIS COMPLETED OBITUARY IS AT WWW.CARSONANDSON.COM
THANKS FOR THE VISIT.
DENNIS VOY
CHARGES ARE PENDING AGAINST 53 YEAR OLD MARK WILLEY OF MAQUOKETA AFTER HE ALLEGEDLY STABBED HIS SISTER, 47 YEAR OLD EMELIE WILLEY HARMON AT THE FAMILY HOME ON SOUTH MATTESON IN MAQUOKETA. WILLEY DID NOT LIVE AT THE HOME. MAQUOKETA POLICE CHIEF BRAD KORANDA SAID THEY EXPECT TO FILE CHARGES FRIDAY MORNING. THE CHIEF SAID A PASSERBY SAW HARMON ON THE STREET WHERE SHE WAS BLEEDING AT ABOUT 9:30 THIS MORNING AND CALLED 9-1-1. JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF DEPUTY STEVE SCHROEDER WAS FIRST AT THE SCENE AND APPLIED PACKS TO HER BLEEDING WOUNDS. KORANDA SAID ANOTHER PERSON AT THE SCENE SAW SOMEONE DRESSED IN BLACK RUNNING FROM THE HOME. MARK WILLEY WAS APPREHENDED WITHIN MINUTES IN THE 100 BLOCK OF SOUTH ELIZA. KORANDA SAID WILLEY HAD NO WEAPONS ON HIM AND OFFERED NO RESISTANCE. WILLEY IS IN THE JACKSON COUNTY DETENTION CENTER. HARMON WAS FIRST TAKEN TO THE LOCAL HOSPITAL WITH STAB WOUNDS TO HER FACE, NECK AND ABDOMEN. SHE WAS THEN AIRLIFED TO UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS IN IOWA CITY. KORANDA SAID HARMON WAS OUT OF SURGERY IN THE AFTERNOON AND THAT SHE APPEARS TO BE OKAY. THE CHIEF SAID NO MOTIVE HAS BEEN DETERMINED. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THERE HAS BEEN VIOLENCE BETWEEN THE SIBLINGS. IN FEBRUARY OF 2003, MARK WILLEY ACCUSED EMELIE HARMON AND HIS OTHER SISTER, DAWN, OF TRYING TO KILL HIM. WILLEY THEN CLAIMED THE TWO BEAT HIM UP, USING A LAMP AND HIGH HEEL SHOE. IN JULY OF THAT YEAR, THE TWO WOMEN STOOD TRIAL BY JURY AND WERE FOUND NOT GUILTY.
SHORTY ALLEN, AGE 84, OF MAQUOKETA,DIED AT HIS HOME YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. HIS COMPLETED OBITUARY IS AT WWW.CARSONANDSON.COM
THANKS FOR THE VISIT.
DENNIS VOY
Tuesday, April 11, 2006
MOSTLY CLOUDY AND HIGH AGAIN OF 74.
A WELL KNOWN MAQUOKETA BUSINESSMAN DIED ABOUT 8:30 LAST NIGHT AT A DAVENPORT HOSPITAL, WHERE HE HAD BEEN A PATIENT FOR ABOUT A WEEK. JOHN FAGERLAND HAS HAD HEALTH PROBLEMS FOR SEVERAL YEARS, BUT ALWAY FOUGHT BACK. HE WOULD HAVE BEEN 82 MONDAY.
WHEN HE COULD, HE WOULD STILL SPEND SOME TIME AT HIS BANK OFFICE.
HE AND ED TUBBS BECAME PARTNERS AND BOUGHT THE MAQUOKETA STATE BANK IN THE MID 60'S AND THEY HAD MUCH SUCCESS IN BANKING.
JOHN WAS A FRIEND FOR ALL THE YEARS.....HIS OFFIC WAS NEXT DOOR TO KMAQ'S BUILDING, AND HIS HOME UP THE STREET FROM MINE. I SAW HIM DURING THE WEEK AND ON SUNDAYS AT FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH.
WE WERE IN ROTARY TOGETHER AND HE HAS SERVED WITH ME ON THE PEARSON MEMORIAL BOARD.......HE WAS A HARD WORKER, A BIG SUPPORTER OF MAQUOKETA AND THE AREA....AND A GOOD GUY. HE WILL BE MISSED! HIS COMPLETE OBITUARY SHOULD SOON BE ON THE CARSON WEB SITE AT www.carsonandson.com.
PHYLLIS GERLACH HAS RESIGNED AS COUNTY RECORDER EFFECTIVE JUNE 16TH, AFTER 8 YEARS. SHE HAS SOLD HER ANDREW HOME AND WILL MOVE TO NORTH LIBERTY TO BE CLOSE TO HER TWO DAUGHTERS.
THE SUPERVISORS WILL DISCUSS THE MATTER AT A SPECIAL WORK SESSION NEXT WEEK. THEY HAVE SEVERAL OPTIONS FOR HER REPLACEMENT.
TROY RIORDAN OF MAQUOKETA, WON $50,000 PLAYING THE IOWA LOTTERY NEW "LUCKY 7 GAME"....THE FIRST TO WIN BIG MONEY WITH THE NEW GAME, A COMBINATION OF A SCRATCH AND PULL-TAB GAME.
HE PURCHASED THE WINNING TICKET AT CASEY'S IN MAQUOKETA AND CLAIMED HIS CASH AT THE LOTTERY CEDAR RAPIDS OFFICE. HE PLANS TO PAY SOME BILLS, BUY A NEW TV AND A NEW BED.
OFF WITH GRAND-DAUGHTER SARA TO THE ANNUAL PYTHIAN PANCAKE AND SAUSAGE SUPPER AT THE PYTHIAN HALL ON SOUTH JONES. THEY ALWAYS HAVE A BIG TURN-OUT FOR IT.
HAVE A GOOD TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY.
DENNIS VOY
A WELL KNOWN MAQUOKETA BUSINESSMAN DIED ABOUT 8:30 LAST NIGHT AT A DAVENPORT HOSPITAL, WHERE HE HAD BEEN A PATIENT FOR ABOUT A WEEK. JOHN FAGERLAND HAS HAD HEALTH PROBLEMS FOR SEVERAL YEARS, BUT ALWAY FOUGHT BACK. HE WOULD HAVE BEEN 82 MONDAY.
WHEN HE COULD, HE WOULD STILL SPEND SOME TIME AT HIS BANK OFFICE.
HE AND ED TUBBS BECAME PARTNERS AND BOUGHT THE MAQUOKETA STATE BANK IN THE MID 60'S AND THEY HAD MUCH SUCCESS IN BANKING.
JOHN WAS A FRIEND FOR ALL THE YEARS.....HIS OFFIC WAS NEXT DOOR TO KMAQ'S BUILDING, AND HIS HOME UP THE STREET FROM MINE. I SAW HIM DURING THE WEEK AND ON SUNDAYS AT FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH.
WE WERE IN ROTARY TOGETHER AND HE HAS SERVED WITH ME ON THE PEARSON MEMORIAL BOARD.......HE WAS A HARD WORKER, A BIG SUPPORTER OF MAQUOKETA AND THE AREA....AND A GOOD GUY. HE WILL BE MISSED! HIS COMPLETE OBITUARY SHOULD SOON BE ON THE CARSON WEB SITE AT www.carsonandson.com.
PHYLLIS GERLACH HAS RESIGNED AS COUNTY RECORDER EFFECTIVE JUNE 16TH, AFTER 8 YEARS. SHE HAS SOLD HER ANDREW HOME AND WILL MOVE TO NORTH LIBERTY TO BE CLOSE TO HER TWO DAUGHTERS.
THE SUPERVISORS WILL DISCUSS THE MATTER AT A SPECIAL WORK SESSION NEXT WEEK. THEY HAVE SEVERAL OPTIONS FOR HER REPLACEMENT.
TROY RIORDAN OF MAQUOKETA, WON $50,000 PLAYING THE IOWA LOTTERY NEW "LUCKY 7 GAME"....THE FIRST TO WIN BIG MONEY WITH THE NEW GAME, A COMBINATION OF A SCRATCH AND PULL-TAB GAME.
HE PURCHASED THE WINNING TICKET AT CASEY'S IN MAQUOKETA AND CLAIMED HIS CASH AT THE LOTTERY CEDAR RAPIDS OFFICE. HE PLANS TO PAY SOME BILLS, BUY A NEW TV AND A NEW BED.
OFF WITH GRAND-DAUGHTER SARA TO THE ANNUAL PYTHIAN PANCAKE AND SAUSAGE SUPPER AT THE PYTHIAN HALL ON SOUTH JONES. THEY ALWAYS HAVE A BIG TURN-OUT FOR IT.
HAVE A GOOD TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY.
DENNIS VOY
Monday, April 10, 2006
A BEAUTIFUL DAY TODAY IN MAQUOKETA.
A BELLEVUE MAN, LORIN GOEPFERT, AGE 63, WAS ATTACKEED BY A DAIRY BULL WHILE MILKING SUNDAY MORNING AND WAS APPARENTLY KILLED INSTANTLY. THE BULL WAS DESTROYED.
THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD MEETS TONIGHT.
ERMA SCHNOOR, TOOTS HEISTER, DELORES EDWARDS, AND LORIN GOEPFERT ALL DIED OVER THE WEEKEND AND THEIR OBITUARYS ARE AT www.carsonandson.com
JERRY ZUMHOF, AGE 66, OF GRAND FORKS, N. D. DIED OF CANCER APRIL 6TH. HE WAS A 1958 GRAD OF MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL AND SOON AFTER WENT INTO THE AIR FORCE FOR A 22 YEAR CAREER. HE THEN WORKED AFTER FOR A FIRM UNTIL THIS PAST JANUARY. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, TWO DAUGHTERS AND A SON AND A BROTHER, CARY, PLUS TWO SISTERS, SANDY STENDER AND BARB KETTER.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
A BELLEVUE MAN, LORIN GOEPFERT, AGE 63, WAS ATTACKEED BY A DAIRY BULL WHILE MILKING SUNDAY MORNING AND WAS APPARENTLY KILLED INSTANTLY. THE BULL WAS DESTROYED.
THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD MEETS TONIGHT.
ERMA SCHNOOR, TOOTS HEISTER, DELORES EDWARDS, AND LORIN GOEPFERT ALL DIED OVER THE WEEKEND AND THEIR OBITUARYS ARE AT www.carsonandson.com
JERRY ZUMHOF, AGE 66, OF GRAND FORKS, N. D. DIED OF CANCER APRIL 6TH. HE WAS A 1958 GRAD OF MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL AND SOON AFTER WENT INTO THE AIR FORCE FOR A 22 YEAR CAREER. HE THEN WORKED AFTER FOR A FIRM UNTIL THIS PAST JANUARY. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, TWO DAUGHTERS AND A SON AND A BROTHER, CARY, PLUS TWO SISTERS, SANDY STENDER AND BARB KETTER.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
Friday, April 07, 2006
CLOUDY AND COOL TODAY...HIGH OF 53...
MAQUOKETA'S EASTER EGG HUNT SPONSORED BY THE MAQUOKETA KIWANIS CLUB IS TOMORROW MORNING AT 9 BEHIND THE SENIOR CITIZEN'S CENTER.
THE NEW ATV CLUB FOR JACKSON COUNTY IS SEEKING APPROVAL TO HAVE A ONE-DAY ATV-CADE ON SUNDAY, JULY 9TH. IT WOULD RUN ON COUNTY ROADS FOR A TOTAL OF ABOUT 40 MILES. CURRENTLY, STATE LAW FORBIDS ATV'S ON ANY TRAVELLED ROADS IN THE STATE. THE JACKSON COUNTY SUPERVISORS ARE CONSIDERING ALLOWING THE ONE DAY EVENT.
JACK ROSENBERG IS THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE ATV CLUB.
THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH WILL GET A NEW PASTOR, WHO WILL BEGIN HIS DUTIES JULY 1ST AND WILL REPLACE PASTOR MEL VALDEZ WHO RESIGNED LATE LAST YEAR. THE NEW PASTOR, WITH 18 YEARS EXPERIENCE, IS JEFF DADISMAN. HE AND HIS WIFE SUSAN HAVE 4 CHILDREN RANGING IN AGE FROM 5 TO 16. THE CHURCH IS ALSO CONSIDERING BUYING OR BUILDING A NEW LARGER PARSONAGE. THE CURRENT ONE OWNED BY THE CONGREGATION AT 430 THOMAS AVENUE APPARENTLY DOES NOT MEET CONFERENCE STANDARDS.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
MAQUOKETA'S EASTER EGG HUNT SPONSORED BY THE MAQUOKETA KIWANIS CLUB IS TOMORROW MORNING AT 9 BEHIND THE SENIOR CITIZEN'S CENTER.
THE NEW ATV CLUB FOR JACKSON COUNTY IS SEEKING APPROVAL TO HAVE A ONE-DAY ATV-CADE ON SUNDAY, JULY 9TH. IT WOULD RUN ON COUNTY ROADS FOR A TOTAL OF ABOUT 40 MILES. CURRENTLY, STATE LAW FORBIDS ATV'S ON ANY TRAVELLED ROADS IN THE STATE. THE JACKSON COUNTY SUPERVISORS ARE CONSIDERING ALLOWING THE ONE DAY EVENT.
JACK ROSENBERG IS THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE ATV CLUB.
THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH WILL GET A NEW PASTOR, WHO WILL BEGIN HIS DUTIES JULY 1ST AND WILL REPLACE PASTOR MEL VALDEZ WHO RESIGNED LATE LAST YEAR. THE NEW PASTOR, WITH 18 YEARS EXPERIENCE, IS JEFF DADISMAN. HE AND HIS WIFE SUSAN HAVE 4 CHILDREN RANGING IN AGE FROM 5 TO 16. THE CHURCH IS ALSO CONSIDERING BUYING OR BUILDING A NEW LARGER PARSONAGE. THE CURRENT ONE OWNED BY THE CONGREGATION AT 430 THOMAS AVENUE APPARENTLY DOES NOT MEET CONFERENCE STANDARDS.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
Wednesday, April 05, 2006
BEAUTIFUL DAY TODAY....SUNNY AND IN THE MID 60'S.
BACK AT COFFEE TODAY, JERRY RASMUSSEN AND BOB ENGEL.
JERRY AND DOROTHY JUST RETURNED HOME AFTER A SHORT WINTER STAY IN ARIZONA AND BOB AND BEV JUST GOT BACK FROM A MONTH STAY
IN FLORIDA. AND GOT WORD TODAY THAT THE JOHN AND MERT JONES ARE HEADING HOME FOR THE SPRING AND SUMMER IN EARLY MAY.
GUESS EVERYONE DOWN THERE IS STARTING TO HEAD NORTH ....
EXCEPT OF COURSE, RON AND SHIRLEY.
AT ROTARY TODAY, THE GUEST SPEAKER WAS PAUL TABOR, OWNER OF TABOR WINERY OF BALDWIN, WHICH IS NOW NEARLY 10 YEARS OLD.
HIS FIRST YEAR, HE PRODUCED 3,000 GALLONS OF WINE AND LAST YEAR,
10,000 GALLONS. AT THE START, HE WAS THE LONE EMPLOYEE AND NOW
THERE ARE 4 FULLTIME AND 2 PART-TIME. HE SELLS HIS WINE AT THE WINERY AT BALDWIN AND AT 150 GIFT SHOPS AROUND IOWA. AND ABOUT 9 PERCENT OF HIS SALES IS FROM HIS WEB SITE. TABOR WINERY WAS THE FIRST WINERY OUTSIDE OF THE EIGHT AT THE AMANAS BACK IN 1976. NOW, THERE ARE 54 WINERIES AND 275 VINYARDS. THERE IS A NEW WINERY TRAIL AND IT EXTENDS FROM WEST BRANCH UP TO
THE DECORAH AREA AND INCLUDED ON THE TRAIL, TABOR WINERY. THEY PLAN SPECIAL ATTRACTIONS FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO SPEND A DAY OR MORE VISITING A SERIES OF WINERIES. WINE IS BIG BUSINESS AGAIN IN
IOWA, BUT NOT AS BIG AS IT WAS BEFORE THE PROHIBITION. AND, SAYS PAUL, THE HEALTH BENEFITS OF DRINKING WINE HAS HELPED THE GROWTH AND POPULARITY OF WINE. THERE..NOW YOU KNOW MORE ABOUT THE WINE BUSINESS IN JACKSON COUNTY AND IOWA.
NOW..I'VE RUN OUT OF TIME...
CHECK BACK AGAIN TOMORROW.
DENNIS VOY
BACK AT COFFEE TODAY, JERRY RASMUSSEN AND BOB ENGEL.
JERRY AND DOROTHY JUST RETURNED HOME AFTER A SHORT WINTER STAY IN ARIZONA AND BOB AND BEV JUST GOT BACK FROM A MONTH STAY
IN FLORIDA. AND GOT WORD TODAY THAT THE JOHN AND MERT JONES ARE HEADING HOME FOR THE SPRING AND SUMMER IN EARLY MAY.
GUESS EVERYONE DOWN THERE IS STARTING TO HEAD NORTH ....
EXCEPT OF COURSE, RON AND SHIRLEY.
AT ROTARY TODAY, THE GUEST SPEAKER WAS PAUL TABOR, OWNER OF TABOR WINERY OF BALDWIN, WHICH IS NOW NEARLY 10 YEARS OLD.
HIS FIRST YEAR, HE PRODUCED 3,000 GALLONS OF WINE AND LAST YEAR,
10,000 GALLONS. AT THE START, HE WAS THE LONE EMPLOYEE AND NOW
THERE ARE 4 FULLTIME AND 2 PART-TIME. HE SELLS HIS WINE AT THE WINERY AT BALDWIN AND AT 150 GIFT SHOPS AROUND IOWA. AND ABOUT 9 PERCENT OF HIS SALES IS FROM HIS WEB SITE. TABOR WINERY WAS THE FIRST WINERY OUTSIDE OF THE EIGHT AT THE AMANAS BACK IN 1976. NOW, THERE ARE 54 WINERIES AND 275 VINYARDS. THERE IS A NEW WINERY TRAIL AND IT EXTENDS FROM WEST BRANCH UP TO
THE DECORAH AREA AND INCLUDED ON THE TRAIL, TABOR WINERY. THEY PLAN SPECIAL ATTRACTIONS FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO SPEND A DAY OR MORE VISITING A SERIES OF WINERIES. WINE IS BIG BUSINESS AGAIN IN
IOWA, BUT NOT AS BIG AS IT WAS BEFORE THE PROHIBITION. AND, SAYS PAUL, THE HEALTH BENEFITS OF DRINKING WINE HAS HELPED THE GROWTH AND POPULARITY OF WINE. THERE..NOW YOU KNOW MORE ABOUT THE WINE BUSINESS IN JACKSON COUNTY AND IOWA.
NOW..I'VE RUN OUT OF TIME...
CHECK BACK AGAIN TOMORROW.
DENNIS VOY
Tuesday, April 04, 2006
TODAY, SUNNY, HIGH OF 57 AND HEADING TO 60'S TOMORROW.
THE BIDS FOR THE ARC (GYM AND INDOOR POOL) FOR MAQUOKETA WERE OPENED THIS AFTERNOON AT CITY HALL. SIX CONTRACTORS BID, NO LOCAL. THE BIDS ARE FOR CONSTRUCTION COSTS ONLY. ANOTHER $700,000 IN FEES AND SERVICES HAS TO BE ADDED TO CONSTRUCTION COST.
THE APPARENT LOW BID WAS $3.98 MILLION FROM EPIC CONSTRUCTION IN DUBUQUE. THE HIGH BID WAS $4.4 MILLION. THE ARCHITECTS WHO OPENED THE BIDS SAID THEY WERE PLEASED WITH WHERE THE BIDS CAME IN. THE BIDS WERE WITHIN THE RANGE THEY HAD PROVIDED THE COUNCIL LAST FALL. NOW, THE ARCHITECTS WILL GO OVER THE BIDS AND THE COUNCIL COULD THEN AWARD A CONTRACT AT EITHER THE APRIL 17TH OR MAY 1ST REGULAR COUNCIL MEETINGS.
SYMPHONIC COMPOSER JOHN A FRANTZEN OF MAQUOKETA, PRESENTLY AT THE MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC IN NEW YORK CITY, WILL HAVE HIS MUSIC COMPOSITION CALLED "PROCLAMATION" PLAYED AT THE MEMORIAL CHAPEL, LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY IN APPLETON, WISCONSIN ON APRIL 8TH. JOHN HAS WRITTEN SEVERAL OTHER COMPOSITIONS.
HE IS A GRADUATE OF MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL AND ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY AND IS THE SON OF WAYNE AND ELLEN FRANTZEN OF MAQUOKETA.
DIXIE HANKEMEIER, 55, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED TODAY AT FINLEY HOSPITAL IN DUBUQUE. SERVICES ARE PENDING AT LAHEY FUNERAL HOME IN MAQUOKETA.
I GOOFED. BOB AND JOAN HEAD ARE CELEBRATING THEIR 45TH ANNIVERSARY TODAY...NOT THEIR 50TH. HAPPY ANNIVERSARY BOB AND JOAN.
THE KMAQ GUEST BOOK HAS SPAM ENTRIES....AND NOTHING WE CAN DO ABOUT IT. BEST THING....KEEP ENTERING OR CHECKING THE GUEST BOOK LIKE ALWAYS....WE'LL ALL FIND THE GOOD ENTRIES BETWEEN THE BAD ONES. AND THE BAD ONES WILL JUST DISAPPEAR FURTHER ON DOWN THE SCREEN WITH EACH NEW ENTRY.
HAVE A GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD WEDNESDAY.
DENNIS VOY
THE BIDS FOR THE ARC (GYM AND INDOOR POOL) FOR MAQUOKETA WERE OPENED THIS AFTERNOON AT CITY HALL. SIX CONTRACTORS BID, NO LOCAL. THE BIDS ARE FOR CONSTRUCTION COSTS ONLY. ANOTHER $700,000 IN FEES AND SERVICES HAS TO BE ADDED TO CONSTRUCTION COST.
THE APPARENT LOW BID WAS $3.98 MILLION FROM EPIC CONSTRUCTION IN DUBUQUE. THE HIGH BID WAS $4.4 MILLION. THE ARCHITECTS WHO OPENED THE BIDS SAID THEY WERE PLEASED WITH WHERE THE BIDS CAME IN. THE BIDS WERE WITHIN THE RANGE THEY HAD PROVIDED THE COUNCIL LAST FALL. NOW, THE ARCHITECTS WILL GO OVER THE BIDS AND THE COUNCIL COULD THEN AWARD A CONTRACT AT EITHER THE APRIL 17TH OR MAY 1ST REGULAR COUNCIL MEETINGS.
SYMPHONIC COMPOSER JOHN A FRANTZEN OF MAQUOKETA, PRESENTLY AT THE MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC IN NEW YORK CITY, WILL HAVE HIS MUSIC COMPOSITION CALLED "PROCLAMATION" PLAYED AT THE MEMORIAL CHAPEL, LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY IN APPLETON, WISCONSIN ON APRIL 8TH. JOHN HAS WRITTEN SEVERAL OTHER COMPOSITIONS.
HE IS A GRADUATE OF MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL AND ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY AND IS THE SON OF WAYNE AND ELLEN FRANTZEN OF MAQUOKETA.
DIXIE HANKEMEIER, 55, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED TODAY AT FINLEY HOSPITAL IN DUBUQUE. SERVICES ARE PENDING AT LAHEY FUNERAL HOME IN MAQUOKETA.
I GOOFED. BOB AND JOAN HEAD ARE CELEBRATING THEIR 45TH ANNIVERSARY TODAY...NOT THEIR 50TH. HAPPY ANNIVERSARY BOB AND JOAN.
THE KMAQ GUEST BOOK HAS SPAM ENTRIES....AND NOTHING WE CAN DO ABOUT IT. BEST THING....KEEP ENTERING OR CHECKING THE GUEST BOOK LIKE ALWAYS....WE'LL ALL FIND THE GOOD ENTRIES BETWEEN THE BAD ONES. AND THE BAD ONES WILL JUST DISAPPEAR FURTHER ON DOWN THE SCREEN WITH EACH NEW ENTRY.
HAVE A GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD WEDNESDAY.
DENNIS VOY
Monday, April 03, 2006
MAQUOKETA GOT NEARLY 2 INCHES OF RAIN YESTERDAY AND LAST NIGHT. TODAY...WINDY AND PARTLY SUNNY AND HIGH OF 52.
A 107 YEAR OLD BARN, OWNED BY JASON HAYNES AT RURAL LAMOTTE,
BURNED TO THE GROUND SUNDAY NIGHT. MAQUOKETA FIREMEN ASSISTED AT THE SCENE.
TWO JOHN DEERE GARDEN TRACTORS, VALUED AT A TOTAL OF AROUND
$16,000 WERE TAKEN SOMETIME SATURDAY AT BEIDLER'S IMPLEMENT
SOUTH OF MAQUOKETA. THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES BY THE CLINTON COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
KEN MOORE OF KEN MOORE CONSTRUCTION IN MAQUOKETA SET A CITY OF BELLEVUE SINGLE PERMIT RECORD WHEN HIS FIRM OBTAINED A $4 MILLION DOLLAR BUILDING PERMIT AT BELLEVUE CITY HALL.
THE PROJECT IS A 10-UNIT CONDOMINIMUM TO BE BUILT THIS YEAR ON THE PRESENT LOCATION OF THE HARBOR MOTEL AT THE NORTH EDGE OF MAQUOKETA.
MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.
HAROLD EHL, AGE 89, OF MAQUOKETA DIED SATURDAY EVENING AT CRESTRIDGE NURSING HOME. SURVIVORS INCLUDE A BROTHER, AL EHL OF MAQUOKETA. HIS COMPLETE OBITUARY IS AT WWW.CARSONANDSON.COM
BOB AND JOAN HEAD OF MAQUKETA WILL CELEBRATE THEIR 50TH
WEDDING ANNIVERSARY TOMORROW, APRIL 4TH.
THE ST. LOUIS CARDINALS WON THEIR OPENING GAME OF THE SEASON
TODAY AT PHILADELPHIA. ALBERT PUHOLS HAD TWO HOME RUNS.
THE GAMES...FOR THE 22ND YEAR IN A ROW, ARE BEING BROADCAST ON
KMAQ.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK EVERYONE.
DENNIS VOY
A 107 YEAR OLD BARN, OWNED BY JASON HAYNES AT RURAL LAMOTTE,
BURNED TO THE GROUND SUNDAY NIGHT. MAQUOKETA FIREMEN ASSISTED AT THE SCENE.
TWO JOHN DEERE GARDEN TRACTORS, VALUED AT A TOTAL OF AROUND
$16,000 WERE TAKEN SOMETIME SATURDAY AT BEIDLER'S IMPLEMENT
SOUTH OF MAQUOKETA. THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES BY THE CLINTON COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
KEN MOORE OF KEN MOORE CONSTRUCTION IN MAQUOKETA SET A CITY OF BELLEVUE SINGLE PERMIT RECORD WHEN HIS FIRM OBTAINED A $4 MILLION DOLLAR BUILDING PERMIT AT BELLEVUE CITY HALL.
THE PROJECT IS A 10-UNIT CONDOMINIMUM TO BE BUILT THIS YEAR ON THE PRESENT LOCATION OF THE HARBOR MOTEL AT THE NORTH EDGE OF MAQUOKETA.
MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.
HAROLD EHL, AGE 89, OF MAQUOKETA DIED SATURDAY EVENING AT CRESTRIDGE NURSING HOME. SURVIVORS INCLUDE A BROTHER, AL EHL OF MAQUOKETA. HIS COMPLETE OBITUARY IS AT WWW.CARSONANDSON.COM
BOB AND JOAN HEAD OF MAQUKETA WILL CELEBRATE THEIR 50TH
WEDDING ANNIVERSARY TOMORROW, APRIL 4TH.
THE ST. LOUIS CARDINALS WON THEIR OPENING GAME OF THE SEASON
TODAY AT PHILADELPHIA. ALBERT PUHOLS HAD TWO HOME RUNS.
THE GAMES...FOR THE 22ND YEAR IN A ROW, ARE BEING BROADCAST ON
KMAQ.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK EVERYONE.
DENNIS VOY
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