90-PLUS SATURDAY, SUNDAY AND MONDAY!
BUT, ITS NOT SOOO BAD....NOT AS HORRIBLY DRY AS DOWN IN ARIZONA....MORE HUMID, MORE SWEATY. GIVE ME MORE....MILLER OR BUD LITE WEATHER!
AT A SPECIAL MEETING, THE JACKSON COUNTY REGIONAL HOSPITAL BOARD MET AND APPROVED A 5 PERCENT ACROSS THE BOARD COST INCREASE, BEGINNING JULY 1ST.
THE REASON IS BECAUSE THE HOSPITAL MUST GIVE ITS LONG TERM CARE RESIDENTS AND HEALTH INSURANCE CONTRACTS A 30-DAY NOTICE AND ACTING AT THE JUNE MEETING WOULD HAVE BEEN TOO LATE.
AND THE BOARD LEANED THAT THERE HAVE BEEN 10 CASES OF MUMPS IN JACKSON COUNTY. VACCINE HAS NOW BEEN OFFERED TO ANYONE FROM AGE 26 TO 46 AND AT A RECENT PUBLIC CLINIC ...JUST 4 PEOPLE TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE FREE MUMP'S VACCINE. THE MUMP'S SCARE APPARETLY IS NOW OVER, HERE IN EASTERN IOWA, WITH ONLY A FEW NEW CASES REPORTED LAST WEEK IN THIS AREA.
OH OH, JUST REMBERED I HAVE A HAIRCUT APPOINTMENT IN 10 MINUTES SO I CAN NOT FINISH THIS.
MORE TOMORROW.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
Sunday, May 28, 2006
HOT IN MAQUOKETA TODAY!
THERE ARE NOW 99 PHOTOS TAKEN BY DAVID VOY AT THE HURST HOTEL RIBBON-CUTTING AND OPEN HOUSE, THURSDAY, MAY 25, 2006 ..... ON THE KMAQ HOME PAGE.
GO TO WWW.KMAQ.COM AND CLICK-ON THE CAMERA,
LABELED DENNIS' DAILY PHOTOS. IT WAS A CLOUDY, RAINY DAY.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, JUST EMAIL ME AT KMAQ@KMAQ.COM
DON'T FORGET ....BELOW...THERE WAS A FRIDAY REPORT.
DENNIS VOY
THERE ARE NOW 99 PHOTOS TAKEN BY DAVID VOY AT THE HURST HOTEL RIBBON-CUTTING AND OPEN HOUSE, THURSDAY, MAY 25, 2006 ..... ON THE KMAQ HOME PAGE.
GO TO WWW.KMAQ.COM AND CLICK-ON THE CAMERA,
LABELED DENNIS' DAILY PHOTOS. IT WAS A CLOUDY, RAINY DAY.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, JUST EMAIL ME AT KMAQ@KMAQ.COM
DON'T FORGET ....BELOW...THERE WAS A FRIDAY REPORT.
DENNIS VOY
Friday, May 26, 2006
OVER A HALF INCH OF RAIN AGAIN YESTERDAY, BUT TODAY, SUNNY AND HOT, WITH A HIGH OF 87.
THE JACKSON COUNTY SUPERVISORS ARE EXPECTED TO APPOINT AN INTERIM COUNTY RECORDER AT THEIR MEETING NEXT TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THE CURRENT RECORDER, PHYLISS GERLACH HAS RESIGNED AND HER TERM ENDS AT THE END OF THE YEAR. HER LAST DAY OF WORK IS NEXT WEEK. SHE IS MOVING OUT OF THE COUNTY. BY LAW, SUPERVISORS MUST APPOINT SOMEONE TO SERVE UNTIL THE NOVEMBER ELECTION. DEPUTY RECORDER ARLENE SCHAUF HAS ANNOUNCED HER INTENTION TO SEEK THE POSITION ON THE DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
MAQUOKETA'S MEMORIAL DAY SERVICE WILL BE AT 10:30 MONDAY MORNING AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL GYM. THE ADDRESS WILL BE GIVEN BY CLIFF MERRICK, PAST COMMANDER OF BOTH THE MAQUOKETA VFW AND AMERICAN LEGION. PAST COMMANDER BILL MERRICK WILL BE THE EMCEE. A SPECIAL MEMORIAL SERVICE AT THE G.A.R. MEMORIAL IN MOUNT HOPE CEMETERY IS PLANNED AFTER THE SERVICE AT THE SCHOOL.
DONNA HEINZEL, 73, OF MAQUOKETA,DIED THIS MORNING AT THE CRESTRIDGE NURSING HOME. SERVICES PENDING AT CARSON AND SON.
LATER, HER OBITUARY WILL BE AT www.carsonandson.com
A MAQUOKETA BABY IS DOING WELL IN A "MOST BEAUTIFUL BABY CONTEST". SHE IS JENNALYNN LUCY, 18-MONTH OLD DAUGHTER OF KELLY LUCY AND JENNIFER PETER. SHE WON THE REGIONAL CONTEST IN HER AGE DIVISION IN DUBUQUE IN MARCH AND IN APRIL, SHE WON THE STATE CONTEST IN DES MOINES THAT FEATURED ABOUT 50 OTHER BABIES IN THE COMPETITION IN HER AGE BRACKET. NOW, IN AUGUST, SHE WILL COMPETE IN THE NATIONAL CONTEST IN CHICAGO. THERE ARE 6 AGE DIVISIONS.
A FUND RAISING DINNER AND DANCE WILL BE HELD AT THE EAGLES CLUB IN MAQUOKETA ON JUNE 23RD TO HELP RAISE MONEY FOR THE FAMILY'S EXPENSES IN SENDING HER TO THE NATIONAL EVENT. MONEY CAN ALSO BE SENT TO THE MAQUOKETA STATE BANK WHERE A JENNALYNN LUCY FUND HAS BEEN STARTED.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND....AND BE CAREFUL WHEN DRIVING OR BOATING.
DENNIS VOY
THE JACKSON COUNTY SUPERVISORS ARE EXPECTED TO APPOINT AN INTERIM COUNTY RECORDER AT THEIR MEETING NEXT TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THE CURRENT RECORDER, PHYLISS GERLACH HAS RESIGNED AND HER TERM ENDS AT THE END OF THE YEAR. HER LAST DAY OF WORK IS NEXT WEEK. SHE IS MOVING OUT OF THE COUNTY. BY LAW, SUPERVISORS MUST APPOINT SOMEONE TO SERVE UNTIL THE NOVEMBER ELECTION. DEPUTY RECORDER ARLENE SCHAUF HAS ANNOUNCED HER INTENTION TO SEEK THE POSITION ON THE DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
MAQUOKETA'S MEMORIAL DAY SERVICE WILL BE AT 10:30 MONDAY MORNING AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL GYM. THE ADDRESS WILL BE GIVEN BY CLIFF MERRICK, PAST COMMANDER OF BOTH THE MAQUOKETA VFW AND AMERICAN LEGION. PAST COMMANDER BILL MERRICK WILL BE THE EMCEE. A SPECIAL MEMORIAL SERVICE AT THE G.A.R. MEMORIAL IN MOUNT HOPE CEMETERY IS PLANNED AFTER THE SERVICE AT THE SCHOOL.
DONNA HEINZEL, 73, OF MAQUOKETA,DIED THIS MORNING AT THE CRESTRIDGE NURSING HOME. SERVICES PENDING AT CARSON AND SON.
LATER, HER OBITUARY WILL BE AT www.carsonandson.com
A MAQUOKETA BABY IS DOING WELL IN A "MOST BEAUTIFUL BABY CONTEST". SHE IS JENNALYNN LUCY, 18-MONTH OLD DAUGHTER OF KELLY LUCY AND JENNIFER PETER. SHE WON THE REGIONAL CONTEST IN HER AGE DIVISION IN DUBUQUE IN MARCH AND IN APRIL, SHE WON THE STATE CONTEST IN DES MOINES THAT FEATURED ABOUT 50 OTHER BABIES IN THE COMPETITION IN HER AGE BRACKET. NOW, IN AUGUST, SHE WILL COMPETE IN THE NATIONAL CONTEST IN CHICAGO. THERE ARE 6 AGE DIVISIONS.
A FUND RAISING DINNER AND DANCE WILL BE HELD AT THE EAGLES CLUB IN MAQUOKETA ON JUNE 23RD TO HELP RAISE MONEY FOR THE FAMILY'S EXPENSES IN SENDING HER TO THE NATIONAL EVENT. MONEY CAN ALSO BE SENT TO THE MAQUOKETA STATE BANK WHERE A JENNALYNN LUCY FUND HAS BEEN STARTED.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND....AND BE CAREFUL WHEN DRIVING OR BOATING.
DENNIS VOY
Thursday, May 25, 2006
THE FORECAST WAS FOR RAIN TODAY AND WE HAVE BEEN GETTING IT .. ON AND OFF....
BIG FIRE EARLY THIS MORNING AT THE KENT AND SALLY FUGLSANG RESIDENCE, NEAR BALDWIN. KENT AND SALLY ARE FORMER MAQUOKETA RESIDENTS. THE CALL CAME IN AT 5:45 THIS MORNING BECAUSE OF A SHED LOCATED ON THE PROPERTY WAS ON FIRE. THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE HAS BEEN DETERMINED. WHEN FIREMEN ARRIVED, THE SHED WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES AND DESTROYED WITH THE BUILDING, THE INSIDE CONTENTS, INCLUDING TWO BOATS, A JET SKI, A FOUR-WHEELER AND NUMEROUS TOOLS. VOLUNTEER FIREMAN BOB LANE, JUNIOR, SEPARATED HIS SHOULDER WHILE PULLING OFF TIN ON THE SHED. HE WAS TREATED AND RELEASED AT THE MAQUOKETA HOSPITAL.
THE JACKSON COUNTY SUPERVISORS ARE LOOKING AT HAVING A SMALL ADDITION BUILT ON AT THE JACKSON COUNTY DETENTION CENTER.
SHERIFF RUSS KETTMAN SAID THEY COULD BUILD THE ADDITION OUT INTO THE EXISTING EXERCISE AREA YARD, WHICH IS LARGER THAN REQUIRED BY STATE STANDARDS. SUPERVISOR WILLEY SAID THERE IS NO MONEY CURRENTLY IN THE BUDGET FOR SUCH A PROJECT. THE MAIN USE WOULD BE FOR A BIG NEW FREE FINGERPRINT MACHINE ACQUIRED BY THE COUNTY. NO DECISIONS MADE AT THIS WEEK'S MEETING.
A MAQUOKETA WOMAN, GENEVEVE BROOKS, WHO IS NOT REAL OLD, BUT PRETTY OLD, WAS CHARGED IN A TWO-VEHICLE ACCIDENT THAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AT SOUTH NIAGARA AND PLEASANT STREETS. SHE WAS CHARGED WITH FAILURE TO OBEY A STOP SIGN. NO INJURIES IN THE 2 VEHICLE ACCIDENT. THE BROOKS CAR RECEIVED ABOUT $10,000 IN DAMAGES AND THE OTHER BALDWIN CAR, ABOUT $8,000.
THE RIBBON CUTTING WAS HELD LATE THIS MORNING AT THE HURST HOTEL, WHICH HAS JUST HAD OVER A $3 MILLION RENOVATION..... FROM BASEMENT TO ATTIC. IT WAS BUILT IN 1897. IT WAS RAINING LIGHTLY, SO THE RIBBON WAS CUT AT THE FOOT OF THE BEAUTIFUL WINDING STAIRWAY THAT GOES FROM THE LOBBY TO THE ATTIC COMMUNITY ROOM.
THE LOBBY WAS PACKED WITH DIGNATARIES AND THE PUBLIC. THEN, ALL WERE INVITED TO DO A WALK-THRU OF THE 22 APARTMENTS. A NEW ELEVATOR WAS ALSO USED BY MANY. IT LOOKS GREAT! MY SON DAVE
TOOK A LOT OF PICTURES, AND A VIDEO TOO, AND HE WILL HAVE THOSE
UP ON THE KMAQ HOME PAGE SOON, HOPEFULLY TOMORROW IF NOT SOONER. ALL WERE TREATED TO FREE SANDWICHES AND REFRESHMENTS IN THE BIG TOP-FLOOR COMMUNITY ROOM. EVERYONE I TALKED TO WAS VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE RENOVATED HOTEL. IT LOOKS GOOD OUTSIDE TOO, WITH A NEW, PAVED PARKING LOT AND SMALL
PARK AREA WITH BENCHES. SOD, AND MANY BUSHES AND TREES WERE PLANTED EARLIER THIS WEEK. RUMOR HAS IT THAT THE ENTIRE PROJECT DID GO OVER BUDGET. I READ THAT A SINGLE PERSON CAN RENT AN APARTMENT (RENTING A SMALL STUDIO APARTMENT) IF OVER 55 YEARS OF AGE AND WITH AN ANNUAL INCOME OF AROUND, BUT NOT OVER, $11,000. THE RENT WOULD BE ABOUT $300 FOR THAT PERSON, AND THE GOVERNMENT SUBSIDY WOULD PAY THE BALANCE. A LARGER APARTMENT (THERE ARE SOME 2-BEDROOM APARTMENTS) WOULD BE MORE OF COURSE. AND THERE ARE CERTAIN GUIDELINS FOR COUPLES TOO. BUT BASICALLY, THE HURST IS FOR LIMITED INCOME PEOPLE OVER AGE 55. YOU'LL ENJOY THE PICTURES.
SPEAKING OF PICTURES. ROTARIAN DAVE UPDEGRAPH TOOK AN INDIVIDUAL PICTURE OF 18 OF THE 20 TOP STUDENTS THAT ATTENDED LAST WEEK'S MAQUOKETA ROTARY ANNUAL SCHOLAR BANQUET. TWO WERE UNABLE TO ATTEND THE EVENT. THERE ARE PICTURES OF A FEW OTHER ROTARIANS TOO.
GO TO www.maquoketa-rotary.org
AND WHEN ON THE ROTARY HOME PAGE, CLICK ON THE LIST OF 2006 ROTARY DUCK OWNERS. IF YOU HAVE ALREADY PURCHASED A DUCK IN THE RACE, TO HAVE A CHANCE AT WINNING $1,000.....YOU WILL FIND YOUR NAME LISTED THERE.
GOING TO BE A HOT AND DRY HOLIDAY WEEKEND IN MAQUOKETA.
HOPE THE WEATHER WILL BE GOOD WHERE YOU ARET TOO.
CHECK BACK TOMORROW.
DENNIS VOY
BIG FIRE EARLY THIS MORNING AT THE KENT AND SALLY FUGLSANG RESIDENCE, NEAR BALDWIN. KENT AND SALLY ARE FORMER MAQUOKETA RESIDENTS. THE CALL CAME IN AT 5:45 THIS MORNING BECAUSE OF A SHED LOCATED ON THE PROPERTY WAS ON FIRE. THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE HAS BEEN DETERMINED. WHEN FIREMEN ARRIVED, THE SHED WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES AND DESTROYED WITH THE BUILDING, THE INSIDE CONTENTS, INCLUDING TWO BOATS, A JET SKI, A FOUR-WHEELER AND NUMEROUS TOOLS. VOLUNTEER FIREMAN BOB LANE, JUNIOR, SEPARATED HIS SHOULDER WHILE PULLING OFF TIN ON THE SHED. HE WAS TREATED AND RELEASED AT THE MAQUOKETA HOSPITAL.
THE JACKSON COUNTY SUPERVISORS ARE LOOKING AT HAVING A SMALL ADDITION BUILT ON AT THE JACKSON COUNTY DETENTION CENTER.
SHERIFF RUSS KETTMAN SAID THEY COULD BUILD THE ADDITION OUT INTO THE EXISTING EXERCISE AREA YARD, WHICH IS LARGER THAN REQUIRED BY STATE STANDARDS. SUPERVISOR WILLEY SAID THERE IS NO MONEY CURRENTLY IN THE BUDGET FOR SUCH A PROJECT. THE MAIN USE WOULD BE FOR A BIG NEW FREE FINGERPRINT MACHINE ACQUIRED BY THE COUNTY. NO DECISIONS MADE AT THIS WEEK'S MEETING.
A MAQUOKETA WOMAN, GENEVEVE BROOKS, WHO IS NOT REAL OLD, BUT PRETTY OLD, WAS CHARGED IN A TWO-VEHICLE ACCIDENT THAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AT SOUTH NIAGARA AND PLEASANT STREETS. SHE WAS CHARGED WITH FAILURE TO OBEY A STOP SIGN. NO INJURIES IN THE 2 VEHICLE ACCIDENT. THE BROOKS CAR RECEIVED ABOUT $10,000 IN DAMAGES AND THE OTHER BALDWIN CAR, ABOUT $8,000.
THE RIBBON CUTTING WAS HELD LATE THIS MORNING AT THE HURST HOTEL, WHICH HAS JUST HAD OVER A $3 MILLION RENOVATION..... FROM BASEMENT TO ATTIC. IT WAS BUILT IN 1897. IT WAS RAINING LIGHTLY, SO THE RIBBON WAS CUT AT THE FOOT OF THE BEAUTIFUL WINDING STAIRWAY THAT GOES FROM THE LOBBY TO THE ATTIC COMMUNITY ROOM.
THE LOBBY WAS PACKED WITH DIGNATARIES AND THE PUBLIC. THEN, ALL WERE INVITED TO DO A WALK-THRU OF THE 22 APARTMENTS. A NEW ELEVATOR WAS ALSO USED BY MANY. IT LOOKS GREAT! MY SON DAVE
TOOK A LOT OF PICTURES, AND A VIDEO TOO, AND HE WILL HAVE THOSE
UP ON THE KMAQ HOME PAGE SOON, HOPEFULLY TOMORROW IF NOT SOONER. ALL WERE TREATED TO FREE SANDWICHES AND REFRESHMENTS IN THE BIG TOP-FLOOR COMMUNITY ROOM. EVERYONE I TALKED TO WAS VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE RENOVATED HOTEL. IT LOOKS GOOD OUTSIDE TOO, WITH A NEW, PAVED PARKING LOT AND SMALL
PARK AREA WITH BENCHES. SOD, AND MANY BUSHES AND TREES WERE PLANTED EARLIER THIS WEEK. RUMOR HAS IT THAT THE ENTIRE PROJECT DID GO OVER BUDGET. I READ THAT A SINGLE PERSON CAN RENT AN APARTMENT (RENTING A SMALL STUDIO APARTMENT) IF OVER 55 YEARS OF AGE AND WITH AN ANNUAL INCOME OF AROUND, BUT NOT OVER, $11,000. THE RENT WOULD BE ABOUT $300 FOR THAT PERSON, AND THE GOVERNMENT SUBSIDY WOULD PAY THE BALANCE. A LARGER APARTMENT (THERE ARE SOME 2-BEDROOM APARTMENTS) WOULD BE MORE OF COURSE. AND THERE ARE CERTAIN GUIDELINS FOR COUPLES TOO. BUT BASICALLY, THE HURST IS FOR LIMITED INCOME PEOPLE OVER AGE 55. YOU'LL ENJOY THE PICTURES.
SPEAKING OF PICTURES. ROTARIAN DAVE UPDEGRAPH TOOK AN INDIVIDUAL PICTURE OF 18 OF THE 20 TOP STUDENTS THAT ATTENDED LAST WEEK'S MAQUOKETA ROTARY ANNUAL SCHOLAR BANQUET. TWO WERE UNABLE TO ATTEND THE EVENT. THERE ARE PICTURES OF A FEW OTHER ROTARIANS TOO.
GO TO www.maquoketa-rotary.org
AND WHEN ON THE ROTARY HOME PAGE, CLICK ON THE LIST OF 2006 ROTARY DUCK OWNERS. IF YOU HAVE ALREADY PURCHASED A DUCK IN THE RACE, TO HAVE A CHANCE AT WINNING $1,000.....YOU WILL FIND YOUR NAME LISTED THERE.
GOING TO BE A HOT AND DRY HOLIDAY WEEKEND IN MAQUOKETA.
HOPE THE WEATHER WILL BE GOOD WHERE YOU ARET TOO.
CHECK BACK TOMORROW.
DENNIS VOY
Wednesday, May 24, 2006
36/100 OF AN INCH OF RAIN AT 4:30 THIS MORNING.....
AND A HIGH TODAY OF 90.
LAST SATURDAY, 46 VOLUNTEERS WORKED AT GOODENOW FOOTBALL
FIELD TO SCRAPE THE BLEACHERS AND PUT ON A PRIMER COAT OF PAINT.
THE SCHOOL BOARD WILL GET PRICING NOW ON HAVING THE FINISH COAT DONE BY A PROFESSIONAL. ALSO TO BE DONE.....POURING A CONCRETE PAD AND SIDEWALK FOR THE BLEACHERS TO SIT ON. THAT WILL COST
$17,257 AND WILL BE DONE BY WHITEY'S MASONRY IN PRESTON. A SIDEWALK TO THE BLEACHERS AND BEHIND THE PRESS BOX AND THEN ALONG THE GRASS TO THE RESTROOMS WILL ALSO BE INSTALLED.
THE OPTIMIST CLUB HONORED LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS LAST NIGHT DURING THEIR ANNUAL RESPECT FOR THE LAW BANQUET.
FORMER PRESTON POLICE CHIEF AND MAQUOKETA POLICEMAN CURT GRUVER RECEIVED THE OFFICER OF THE YEAR AWARD. HE RETIRED LAST SEPTEMBER.
SHORT REPORT...
SORRY...
TAKE CARE.
DENNIS VOY
AND A HIGH TODAY OF 90.
LAST SATURDAY, 46 VOLUNTEERS WORKED AT GOODENOW FOOTBALL
FIELD TO SCRAPE THE BLEACHERS AND PUT ON A PRIMER COAT OF PAINT.
THE SCHOOL BOARD WILL GET PRICING NOW ON HAVING THE FINISH COAT DONE BY A PROFESSIONAL. ALSO TO BE DONE.....POURING A CONCRETE PAD AND SIDEWALK FOR THE BLEACHERS TO SIT ON. THAT WILL COST
$17,257 AND WILL BE DONE BY WHITEY'S MASONRY IN PRESTON. A SIDEWALK TO THE BLEACHERS AND BEHIND THE PRESS BOX AND THEN ALONG THE GRASS TO THE RESTROOMS WILL ALSO BE INSTALLED.
THE OPTIMIST CLUB HONORED LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS LAST NIGHT DURING THEIR ANNUAL RESPECT FOR THE LAW BANQUET.
FORMER PRESTON POLICE CHIEF AND MAQUOKETA POLICEMAN CURT GRUVER RECEIVED THE OFFICER OF THE YEAR AWARD. HE RETIRED LAST SEPTEMBER.
SHORT REPORT...
SORRY...
TAKE CARE.
DENNIS VOY
Tuesday, May 23, 2006
SUPER DAY...HIGH OF 80.
THE SUPERVISORS TODAY DENIED A REZONING REQUEST TO CHANGE LAND FROM AGRICULTURAL TO INDUSTRIAL, JUST SOUTH OF MAQUOKETA AND OWNED BY RICH HAINSTOCK. IF APPROVED, A SIGN COULD HAVE BEEN PUT UP ON THE PROPERTY FOR THE TRAVEL PLAZA NEW TRUCKSTOP.
GREG DEVINS OF THE PLAZA APPEARED BEFORE THE SUPERVISORS AND SAID A SIGN IS NEEDED TO TELL PEOPLE HOW TO GET TO THEIR BUSINESS. HE SAID, BECAUSE OF A HILL, YOU CAN NOT SEE THE PLAZA FROM HIGHWAY 61. AT AN EARLIER PUBLIC HEARING, SOME NEIGHBORS OPPOSED THE REZONING.
THE DELWOOD SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS HIRED A NEW SUPERINTENDENT TO REPLACE MARY HAINSTOCK WHO HAS TAKING THE TOP JOB FOR THE NORTH CEDAR DISTRICT. LAST NIGHT, SUE GOODALLL OF DELMAR WAS GIVEN THE JOB. SHE HAS BEEN THE PRINCIPAL FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND NOW WILL HAVE THE COMBINED JOB OF SUPERINTENDENT AND PRINCIPAL.
WITH NO DISCUSSION, THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL LAST NIGHT AWARDED THE A CONTRACT TO A DUBUQUE FIRM, EPICH CONSTRUCTION,
TO BUILD THE ARC IN MAQUOKETA. THEIR BID WAS JUST OVER $4 MILLION. NO DATE WAS SET FOR THE GROUNDBREAKING OR COMPLETION. EPICH WAS THE SECOND LOW BIDDER ON THE PROJECT.
THE TWO CANDIDATES FOR 13TH DISTRICT SENATE SEAT HAVE GOVERNORS COMING TO MAQUOKETA TO BOOST THEIR CAMPAIGN. THE NEW YORK GOVERNOR WILL BE THE GUEST OF HONOR AT A FUNDRAISING DINNER THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AT THE COMFORT INN AT THE SOUTH EDGE OF MAQUOKETA. THE REPUBLICAN GOVENOR WILL BE THE GUEST OF LAMETA WYNN OF CLINTON. AND, IOWA GOVERNOR TOM VILSACK WILL BE IN MAQUOKETA ON WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7TH, ON BEHALF OF DEMOCRAT ROGER STEWART, SEEKING RE-ELECTION.
THE JACKSON COUNTY UNEMPLOYMENT RATE DROPPED SIGNIFCANTLY
TO 4.5 PERCENT IN APRIL, DOWN FROM 5.5 IN MARCH. THOSE FIGURES RELEASED TODAY.
IN SPORTS, THE MAQUOKETA BOYS OPENED THE SEASON LAST N IGHT WITH A 3 TO 2 WIN OVER LISBON. PITCHER MATT GERLACH STRUCK OUT 10.
AND JORDAN DAVIS, JUNIOR GOLFER FOR MCHS, FAILED IN HER EFFORT TO GO BACK TO THE STATE TOURNAMENT. YESTERDAY, IN THE DISTRICT, SHE NEEDED TO PLACE 5TH OR BETTER AND CAME IN 7TH. BUT, SHE HAS ONE YEAR LEFT IN HIGH SCHOOL GOLF. LAST YEAR, SHE FINISHED 6TH AT THE STATE.
THANKS FOR CHECKING IN.
DENNIS VOY
THE SUPERVISORS TODAY DENIED A REZONING REQUEST TO CHANGE LAND FROM AGRICULTURAL TO INDUSTRIAL, JUST SOUTH OF MAQUOKETA AND OWNED BY RICH HAINSTOCK. IF APPROVED, A SIGN COULD HAVE BEEN PUT UP ON THE PROPERTY FOR THE TRAVEL PLAZA NEW TRUCKSTOP.
GREG DEVINS OF THE PLAZA APPEARED BEFORE THE SUPERVISORS AND SAID A SIGN IS NEEDED TO TELL PEOPLE HOW TO GET TO THEIR BUSINESS. HE SAID, BECAUSE OF A HILL, YOU CAN NOT SEE THE PLAZA FROM HIGHWAY 61. AT AN EARLIER PUBLIC HEARING, SOME NEIGHBORS OPPOSED THE REZONING.
THE DELWOOD SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS HIRED A NEW SUPERINTENDENT TO REPLACE MARY HAINSTOCK WHO HAS TAKING THE TOP JOB FOR THE NORTH CEDAR DISTRICT. LAST NIGHT, SUE GOODALLL OF DELMAR WAS GIVEN THE JOB. SHE HAS BEEN THE PRINCIPAL FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND NOW WILL HAVE THE COMBINED JOB OF SUPERINTENDENT AND PRINCIPAL.
WITH NO DISCUSSION, THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL LAST NIGHT AWARDED THE A CONTRACT TO A DUBUQUE FIRM, EPICH CONSTRUCTION,
TO BUILD THE ARC IN MAQUOKETA. THEIR BID WAS JUST OVER $4 MILLION. NO DATE WAS SET FOR THE GROUNDBREAKING OR COMPLETION. EPICH WAS THE SECOND LOW BIDDER ON THE PROJECT.
THE TWO CANDIDATES FOR 13TH DISTRICT SENATE SEAT HAVE GOVERNORS COMING TO MAQUOKETA TO BOOST THEIR CAMPAIGN. THE NEW YORK GOVERNOR WILL BE THE GUEST OF HONOR AT A FUNDRAISING DINNER THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AT THE COMFORT INN AT THE SOUTH EDGE OF MAQUOKETA. THE REPUBLICAN GOVENOR WILL BE THE GUEST OF LAMETA WYNN OF CLINTON. AND, IOWA GOVERNOR TOM VILSACK WILL BE IN MAQUOKETA ON WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7TH, ON BEHALF OF DEMOCRAT ROGER STEWART, SEEKING RE-ELECTION.
THE JACKSON COUNTY UNEMPLOYMENT RATE DROPPED SIGNIFCANTLY
TO 4.5 PERCENT IN APRIL, DOWN FROM 5.5 IN MARCH. THOSE FIGURES RELEASED TODAY.
IN SPORTS, THE MAQUOKETA BOYS OPENED THE SEASON LAST N IGHT WITH A 3 TO 2 WIN OVER LISBON. PITCHER MATT GERLACH STRUCK OUT 10.
AND JORDAN DAVIS, JUNIOR GOLFER FOR MCHS, FAILED IN HER EFFORT TO GO BACK TO THE STATE TOURNAMENT. YESTERDAY, IN THE DISTRICT, SHE NEEDED TO PLACE 5TH OR BETTER AND CAME IN 7TH. BUT, SHE HAS ONE YEAR LEFT IN HIGH SCHOOL GOLF. LAST YEAR, SHE FINISHED 6TH AT THE STATE.
THANKS FOR CHECKING IN.
DENNIS VOY
Monday, May 22, 2006
NICE WEEKEND WEATHER AND TODAY NICE TOO.
THE HISTORIC HURSTVILLE APARTMENTS WILL BE HAVING A GRAND OPENING AND OPEN HOUSE THIS THURSDAY, MAY 25TH FROM 11 A.M. UNTIL 2 P.M.
THEY ARE IN THE HURST HOTEL (ACROSS FROM THE FAREWAY STORE IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA) BUILT IN 1897. DURING RENOVATION WORK THE LAST YEAR, THE ORIGINAL ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES WERE PRESERVED, INCLUDING THE MARBLE FLOORS IN THE ORIGINAL BAR (WHICH WILL NOW BE A SOCIAL AREA), FINE GRAINED PINE FLOORING THROUGHOUT, FLOOR TO CEILING WINDOWS AND ONE OF THE ORIGINAL OAK FIREPLACE MANTELS. SOME OF THE NEW APARTMENTS WILL HAVE A SKYLIGHT AND FIREPLACE. AND TO GET FROM FLOOR TO FLOOR, THE ORIGINAL OPEN WINDING STAIRCASE AND THE NEW ELEVATOR.
THERE ARE 22 UNIQUE APARTMENTS FOR RESIDENTS 55 AND OLDER. INCOME RESTRICTIONS APPLY. WORKERS SPENT ALL WEEKEND DOING FINAL OUTDOOR
WORK ON THE FRONT PORCH, PAINTING, BUILDING THE NEW STEEL FIRE ESCAPE AND PAVING THE PARKING LOT TO THE NORTH. THE RUSH WILL BE ON THIS WEEK TO GET EVERYTHING DONE BY 11 THIS THURSDAY MORNING. I PLAN TO TAKE THE TOUR AND TAKE SOME PICTURES FOR THE KMAQ WEB SITE LATER THIS WEEK.
LONGTIME DEWITT BUSINESSWOMAN, JOANNA LUND, AGE 61, DIED SATURDAY NIGHT AT HER HOME AFTER A 4-YEAR BATTLE WITH CANCER. SHE SOLD MORE THAN 3 MILLION BOOKS IN HER "HEALTHY EXCHANGES" COOKBOOK SERIES, INCLUDING THOUSANDS ON THE NATIONAL TV HOME SHOPPING NETWORK. SHE LOST WEIGHT WITH HER COOKBOOK RECIPES AND MANY OF HER READERS ALSO HAD SUCCESS DIETING, USING HER BOOKS AND SUBSCRIBING TO HER NEWSLETTER. WHEN BREAST CANCER WAS DISCOVERED IN 2001, THE DISEASE HAD ALREADY SPREAD TO THE LYMPH NODES AND HER LEFT ARM AND HER BONES AND SHE WAS GIVEN THREE TO SIX MOTHS TO LIVE, BUT SHE REFUSED TO GIVE UP. SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER HUSBAND AND THREE CHILDREN.
MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD WILL MEET WITH THE DELWOOD SCHOOL BOARD AT 6 TONIGHT AND THEY HAVE THIER OWN MEETING AT 7.
THE CITY COUNCIL HAS A SHORT, SPECIAL MEETING TODAY, TO DEAL WITH 3 ISSUES.
BLANCHE MCCALLISTER, AGE 79, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED SATURDAY EVENING AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL AND HER COMPLETED OBITURARY CAN BE READ AT
www.carsonandson.com
THE KELLY AND MILLER CIRCUS WAS IN TOWN SATURDAY AT THE FAIRGROUNDS
FOR TWO PERFORMANCES. A REALLY FINE LITTLE CIRCUS, BUT BAD TURNOUT FOR BOTH SHOWS. TWO OF MY GRANDKIDS AND I SURE HAD FUN.
THANKS TO FORMER MAQUOKETAN ALLEN BODKIN OF IBERIA, MISSOURI FOR BUYING 4 DUCKS IN THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY DUCK RACE COMING UP JUNE 21ST.
GOT HIS CHECK THIS MORNING AND A NOTE WITH IT THAT HE WILL BE COMING BACK TO MAQUOKETA JUNE 17TH FOR A BODKIN REUNION AT EDEN VALLEY PARK NEAR BALDWIN.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
THE HISTORIC HURSTVILLE APARTMENTS WILL BE HAVING A GRAND OPENING AND OPEN HOUSE THIS THURSDAY, MAY 25TH FROM 11 A.M. UNTIL 2 P.M.
THEY ARE IN THE HURST HOTEL (ACROSS FROM THE FAREWAY STORE IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA) BUILT IN 1897. DURING RENOVATION WORK THE LAST YEAR, THE ORIGINAL ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES WERE PRESERVED, INCLUDING THE MARBLE FLOORS IN THE ORIGINAL BAR (WHICH WILL NOW BE A SOCIAL AREA), FINE GRAINED PINE FLOORING THROUGHOUT, FLOOR TO CEILING WINDOWS AND ONE OF THE ORIGINAL OAK FIREPLACE MANTELS. SOME OF THE NEW APARTMENTS WILL HAVE A SKYLIGHT AND FIREPLACE. AND TO GET FROM FLOOR TO FLOOR, THE ORIGINAL OPEN WINDING STAIRCASE AND THE NEW ELEVATOR.
THERE ARE 22 UNIQUE APARTMENTS FOR RESIDENTS 55 AND OLDER. INCOME RESTRICTIONS APPLY. WORKERS SPENT ALL WEEKEND DOING FINAL OUTDOOR
WORK ON THE FRONT PORCH, PAINTING, BUILDING THE NEW STEEL FIRE ESCAPE AND PAVING THE PARKING LOT TO THE NORTH. THE RUSH WILL BE ON THIS WEEK TO GET EVERYTHING DONE BY 11 THIS THURSDAY MORNING. I PLAN TO TAKE THE TOUR AND TAKE SOME PICTURES FOR THE KMAQ WEB SITE LATER THIS WEEK.
LONGTIME DEWITT BUSINESSWOMAN, JOANNA LUND, AGE 61, DIED SATURDAY NIGHT AT HER HOME AFTER A 4-YEAR BATTLE WITH CANCER. SHE SOLD MORE THAN 3 MILLION BOOKS IN HER "HEALTHY EXCHANGES" COOKBOOK SERIES, INCLUDING THOUSANDS ON THE NATIONAL TV HOME SHOPPING NETWORK. SHE LOST WEIGHT WITH HER COOKBOOK RECIPES AND MANY OF HER READERS ALSO HAD SUCCESS DIETING, USING HER BOOKS AND SUBSCRIBING TO HER NEWSLETTER. WHEN BREAST CANCER WAS DISCOVERED IN 2001, THE DISEASE HAD ALREADY SPREAD TO THE LYMPH NODES AND HER LEFT ARM AND HER BONES AND SHE WAS GIVEN THREE TO SIX MOTHS TO LIVE, BUT SHE REFUSED TO GIVE UP. SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER HUSBAND AND THREE CHILDREN.
MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD WILL MEET WITH THE DELWOOD SCHOOL BOARD AT 6 TONIGHT AND THEY HAVE THIER OWN MEETING AT 7.
THE CITY COUNCIL HAS A SHORT, SPECIAL MEETING TODAY, TO DEAL WITH 3 ISSUES.
BLANCHE MCCALLISTER, AGE 79, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED SATURDAY EVENING AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL AND HER COMPLETED OBITURARY CAN BE READ AT
www.carsonandson.com
THE KELLY AND MILLER CIRCUS WAS IN TOWN SATURDAY AT THE FAIRGROUNDS
FOR TWO PERFORMANCES. A REALLY FINE LITTLE CIRCUS, BUT BAD TURNOUT FOR BOTH SHOWS. TWO OF MY GRANDKIDS AND I SURE HAD FUN.
THANKS TO FORMER MAQUOKETAN ALLEN BODKIN OF IBERIA, MISSOURI FOR BUYING 4 DUCKS IN THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY DUCK RACE COMING UP JUNE 21ST.
GOT HIS CHECK THIS MORNING AND A NOTE WITH IT THAT HE WILL BE COMING BACK TO MAQUOKETA JUNE 17TH FOR A BODKIN REUNION AT EDEN VALLEY PARK NEAR BALDWIN.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
Friday, May 19, 2006
ANOTHER NICE DAY IN GREEN, GREEN MAQUOKETA.
CHRISTIAN ELESSER, A MEMBER OF THE MAQUOKETA BOYS GOLF TEAM, WILL TAKE PART IN THE CLASS 3-A DISTRICT GOLF TOURNAMENT IN MARION TODAY. HE IS A FOREIGN EXCHANGE STUDENT FROM GERMANY.
AT THE STATE TRACK MEET YESTERDAY, LUKE PATTERSON OF MAQUOKETA TOOK 7TH IN THE 3-A DISCUS EVENT.
IN THE 4 BY 800 METER RELAY, MAQUOKETA'S TEAM TOOK 9TH.
IN THE 400 METER DASH, REID KEENEY TOOK 9TH.
THE MAQUOKETA POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL BE GETTING A DEVICE WHICH WILL HELLP TRACK SOMEONE. A GRANT OF $13,000 WILL PAY FOR THE THERMOVISON SCOUT. IT IS A HAND-HELD THERMAL IMAGER AND WILL PICK-UP FOOTSTEPS. POLICE WILL BE ABLE TO USE IT TO SEARCH BUILDINGS ADN GROUNDS. AND IT WILL ALSO BE AN ASSET IN FINDING LOST KIDS. MAQUOKETA WAS ONE OF 23 AGENCIES IN IOWA TO RECEIVE A GRANT FROM THE COMMERCIAL EQUIPMENT DIRECT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. SEN. CHUCK GRASSLEY SAID LOCAL FIRST RESPONDERS AND POLICEMEN ARE THE FIRST ON THE SCENE AND NEED EQUIPMENT TO ADEQUATELY RESPOND.
HAZEL REEL, AGE 95, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED THURSDAY AT HER HOME.
SERVICES PENDING AT LAHEY FUNERAL HOME IN MAQUOKETA.
HER LATE HUSBAND WAS OTTO REEL AND HE WAS A MAQUOKETA BANKER,
(OPERATED A POOL HALL AND TAVERN BEFORE BANKING) AND WAS ALSO A WELL KNOWN MUSICIAN. HAZEL WAS A HOUSEWIFE. SURVIVORS INCLUDE A DAUGHTER IN DAVENPORT.
JOSH STREETS, SON OF JOAN, AND CHRISTINE DAVIS, DAUGHTER OF JULIE AND DON "BUTCH", WERE MARRIED ON MAY 6TH IN MAQUOKETA AT THE FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH. A RECEPTION FOLLOWED AT THE COMFORT INN MOTEL COMMUNITY ROOM AT THE SOUTH EDGE OF MAQUOKETA. JOSH AND CHRISTINE CURRENTLY RESIDE IN CEDAR RAPIDS. JOSH WAS A FORMER EMPLOYEE AT THE VOY THEATRES WHILE ATTENDING HIGH SCHOOL IN THE 90'S. CONGRATULATIONS TO JOSH AND JULIE.
THE PRIMARY ELECTION IS GETTING CLOSE. THERE ARE YARD SIGNS
POPPING UP ON LAWNS ALL OVER MAQUOKETA.
A NEW ALL STEEL 3-STORY FIRE ESCAPE IS GOING UP TODAY TO THE NORTH OF THE HURST HOTEL, CLOSE TO MAIN STREET. THE WELDERS ARE BUSY.
THE RIBBON CUTTING AND OPEN HOUSE OF THE RESTORED HOTEL
WILL BE VERY SOON. I'LL KEEP YOU POSTED AND TAKE SOME PICTURES,
INCLUDING A PICTURE OF MAQUOKETA'S BIGGEST-EVER FIRE ESCAPE.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
HAVE A GOOD
CHRISTIAN ELESSER, A MEMBER OF THE MAQUOKETA BOYS GOLF TEAM, WILL TAKE PART IN THE CLASS 3-A DISTRICT GOLF TOURNAMENT IN MARION TODAY. HE IS A FOREIGN EXCHANGE STUDENT FROM GERMANY.
AT THE STATE TRACK MEET YESTERDAY, LUKE PATTERSON OF MAQUOKETA TOOK 7TH IN THE 3-A DISCUS EVENT.
IN THE 4 BY 800 METER RELAY, MAQUOKETA'S TEAM TOOK 9TH.
IN THE 400 METER DASH, REID KEENEY TOOK 9TH.
THE MAQUOKETA POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL BE GETTING A DEVICE WHICH WILL HELLP TRACK SOMEONE. A GRANT OF $13,000 WILL PAY FOR THE THERMOVISON SCOUT. IT IS A HAND-HELD THERMAL IMAGER AND WILL PICK-UP FOOTSTEPS. POLICE WILL BE ABLE TO USE IT TO SEARCH BUILDINGS ADN GROUNDS. AND IT WILL ALSO BE AN ASSET IN FINDING LOST KIDS. MAQUOKETA WAS ONE OF 23 AGENCIES IN IOWA TO RECEIVE A GRANT FROM THE COMMERCIAL EQUIPMENT DIRECT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. SEN. CHUCK GRASSLEY SAID LOCAL FIRST RESPONDERS AND POLICEMEN ARE THE FIRST ON THE SCENE AND NEED EQUIPMENT TO ADEQUATELY RESPOND.
HAZEL REEL, AGE 95, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED THURSDAY AT HER HOME.
SERVICES PENDING AT LAHEY FUNERAL HOME IN MAQUOKETA.
HER LATE HUSBAND WAS OTTO REEL AND HE WAS A MAQUOKETA BANKER,
(OPERATED A POOL HALL AND TAVERN BEFORE BANKING) AND WAS ALSO A WELL KNOWN MUSICIAN. HAZEL WAS A HOUSEWIFE. SURVIVORS INCLUDE A DAUGHTER IN DAVENPORT.
JOSH STREETS, SON OF JOAN, AND CHRISTINE DAVIS, DAUGHTER OF JULIE AND DON "BUTCH", WERE MARRIED ON MAY 6TH IN MAQUOKETA AT THE FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH. A RECEPTION FOLLOWED AT THE COMFORT INN MOTEL COMMUNITY ROOM AT THE SOUTH EDGE OF MAQUOKETA. JOSH AND CHRISTINE CURRENTLY RESIDE IN CEDAR RAPIDS. JOSH WAS A FORMER EMPLOYEE AT THE VOY THEATRES WHILE ATTENDING HIGH SCHOOL IN THE 90'S. CONGRATULATIONS TO JOSH AND JULIE.
THE PRIMARY ELECTION IS GETTING CLOSE. THERE ARE YARD SIGNS
POPPING UP ON LAWNS ALL OVER MAQUOKETA.
A NEW ALL STEEL 3-STORY FIRE ESCAPE IS GOING UP TODAY TO THE NORTH OF THE HURST HOTEL, CLOSE TO MAIN STREET. THE WELDERS ARE BUSY.
THE RIBBON CUTTING AND OPEN HOUSE OF THE RESTORED HOTEL
WILL BE VERY SOON. I'LL KEEP YOU POSTED AND TAKE SOME PICTURES,
INCLUDING A PICTURE OF MAQUOKETA'S BIGGEST-EVER FIRE ESCAPE.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
HAVE A GOOD
Thursday, May 18, 2006
NICE DAY TODAY....SUNNY, BREEZY AND IN THE 60'S.
THE ANNUAL MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB SCHOLAR'S DINNER AND PROGRAM WAS HELD LAST NIGHT, IN THE SOCIAL ROOM AT THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH IN MAQUOKETA. IT HONORED THE 20 TOP SCHOLARS OF THE 2006 GRADUATING CLASS. DINNER AT 6 AND THE PROGRAM AT 7. ALSO MUSIC BY ROTARIAN DR. "ELVIS" ATIENZA, DRESSED
IN HIS FLASHY ELVIS OUTFIT. SANG THREE ELVIS HITS TO THE DELIGHT OF ALL. HE IS ONE OF THE BEST ELVIS IMPERSONATORS I'VE HEARD.
THOSE HONORED LAST NIGHT:
JESSICA BECK, DAUGHTER OF THOMAS AND SUSAN
ANGELYN BOCK, DAUGHTER OF DOUG AND ALICE
AMBER BOLLMAN, DAUGHTER OF PAT AND KATHY
DREW BURMAHL, SON OF DAVID AND ANGIE
ALYSA DAVIS, DAUGHTER OF KEVEN AND TAMMY
KYRSTIN DELAGARDELLE, DAUGHTER OF MICHAEL AND TINA
SARAH DEPPE, DAUGHTER OF LORIN AND SHIRLEY
SLOAN FELTEN, DAUGHTER OF RON AND SHIRLEY
MEGAN FLYNN, DAUGHTER OF STEVE AND JUNE
TYLER GONNSEN, SON OF NORBERT AND KATHY
RACHEL GULL, DAUGHTER OF TIM AND SARA SHEEHAN & KEVIN GULL
ZACHARY HILLEBRAND, SON OF MARK AND BETH
DARCI JAMES, DAUGHTER OF AARON AND SHERRI
NOAH JENSEN, DAUGHTER OF ERIC TABOR & JONNA JENSEN
BRITA KILBURG, DAUGHTER OF DALE AND NANCY
BRITTANY REGAN, DAUGHTER OF MIKE AND CHERYL
JILL SCHWENKER, DAUGHTER OF JERRY AND LAUREEN
RYAN SNEDDEN, SON OF TOM AND BRENDA
DANIEL SPRENGER, SON OF RANDY AND MARGO
AND
HEATHER WHITE, DAUGHTER OF MYRON AND DONNA.
ROTARIAN, SUPT. KIM HUCKSTADT WAS CO-CHAIR OF THE EVENT AND
ALSO WAS THE EMCEE AND AS USUAL, DID A NICE JOB.
EACH STUDENT AND PARENTS SAT WITH , AND WERE HOSTED, BY A
ROTARIAN. I WAS HOST TO HEATHER WHITE AND PARENTS.
A MAQUOKETA MAN, MICHAEL HANKINS, AGE 50, HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH SELLING MARIJUANA FROM HIS ROOM AT THE KEY MOTEL IN MAQUOKEA. BOB SIMONSON OF THE BEAR CREEK NARCOTICS TASK FORCE FILED THE CHARGES THIS MORNING AND HANKINS MADE AN INITIAL COURT APPEARANCE BUT WAS NOT JAILED. THE INCIDENT TOOK PLACE ON FEB . 24TH.
THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL AGREED TO A SETTLEMENT WITH THE LOW BIDDER FOR THE ARC PROJECT, THAT ASKED TO BE LET OUT OF THE BID BECAUSE OF A BIDDING ERROR THEY MADE. THE FIRM AGREED TO PAY $1,000 TO THE CITY TO COVER CITY EXPENSES. THE FIRM IS HILLEBRAND CONSTRUCTION OF DUBUQUE. THE COUNCIL DID NOT AWARD THE BID TO THE NEXT HIGHEST BIDDER, ALSO OF DUBUQUE, BUT PROBABLY WILL AT THEIR NEXT MEETING.
IT WAS ALSO BROUGHT UP AT THE MEETING THAT THE ARC COMMITTEE IS PLANNING A FUND-RAISING PUSH TO RAISE MONEY FOR TWO ADDITIONAL LANES FOR THE INDOOR SWIMMING POOL AT AN ESTIMATED COST OF
$600,000. IF THEY DO THIS, THE PROJECT MAY HAVE TO BE RE-BID.
NO BIRTHS OR DEATHS TO REPORT.
WIN $1,000 OR $100....BUY A ROTARY DUCK FOR THE JUNE 21ST. ROTARY DUCK RACE. SEND YOUR $5 TO ROTARY DUCK RACE, KMAQ, BOX 940,
MAQUOKETA, IOWA 52060. THIS MORNING, BOY SCOUT LEADER DAVE EHLERS STOPPED IN AN BOUGHT ONE AND LATER IN MORNING, JACK GAVEN STOPPED IN AND BOUGHT TWO. GOOD GUYS. AND THEY KNOW THEIR ODDS OF WINNING ARE PRETTY GOOD. BUT MOST IMPORTANT, THEY KNOW THEY ARE HELPING THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY DO GOOD THINGS IN THE COMMUNITY.
TAKE IT EASY....BUT SOON, TAKE A WALK IF YOU HAVE TIME.....WALK SWIFTLY FOR 15 MINUTES AND YOU'VE WALKED A MILE.
DON'T FORGET TO CHECK THE NEW KMAQ GUEST BOOK DAILY.
DENNIS VOY
THE ANNUAL MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB SCHOLAR'S DINNER AND PROGRAM WAS HELD LAST NIGHT, IN THE SOCIAL ROOM AT THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH IN MAQUOKETA. IT HONORED THE 20 TOP SCHOLARS OF THE 2006 GRADUATING CLASS. DINNER AT 6 AND THE PROGRAM AT 7. ALSO MUSIC BY ROTARIAN DR. "ELVIS" ATIENZA, DRESSED
IN HIS FLASHY ELVIS OUTFIT. SANG THREE ELVIS HITS TO THE DELIGHT OF ALL. HE IS ONE OF THE BEST ELVIS IMPERSONATORS I'VE HEARD.
THOSE HONORED LAST NIGHT:
JESSICA BECK, DAUGHTER OF THOMAS AND SUSAN
ANGELYN BOCK, DAUGHTER OF DOUG AND ALICE
AMBER BOLLMAN, DAUGHTER OF PAT AND KATHY
DREW BURMAHL, SON OF DAVID AND ANGIE
ALYSA DAVIS, DAUGHTER OF KEVEN AND TAMMY
KYRSTIN DELAGARDELLE, DAUGHTER OF MICHAEL AND TINA
SARAH DEPPE, DAUGHTER OF LORIN AND SHIRLEY
SLOAN FELTEN, DAUGHTER OF RON AND SHIRLEY
MEGAN FLYNN, DAUGHTER OF STEVE AND JUNE
TYLER GONNSEN, SON OF NORBERT AND KATHY
RACHEL GULL, DAUGHTER OF TIM AND SARA SHEEHAN & KEVIN GULL
ZACHARY HILLEBRAND, SON OF MARK AND BETH
DARCI JAMES, DAUGHTER OF AARON AND SHERRI
NOAH JENSEN, DAUGHTER OF ERIC TABOR & JONNA JENSEN
BRITA KILBURG, DAUGHTER OF DALE AND NANCY
BRITTANY REGAN, DAUGHTER OF MIKE AND CHERYL
JILL SCHWENKER, DAUGHTER OF JERRY AND LAUREEN
RYAN SNEDDEN, SON OF TOM AND BRENDA
DANIEL SPRENGER, SON OF RANDY AND MARGO
AND
HEATHER WHITE, DAUGHTER OF MYRON AND DONNA.
ROTARIAN, SUPT. KIM HUCKSTADT WAS CO-CHAIR OF THE EVENT AND
ALSO WAS THE EMCEE AND AS USUAL, DID A NICE JOB.
EACH STUDENT AND PARENTS SAT WITH , AND WERE HOSTED, BY A
ROTARIAN. I WAS HOST TO HEATHER WHITE AND PARENTS.
A MAQUOKETA MAN, MICHAEL HANKINS, AGE 50, HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH SELLING MARIJUANA FROM HIS ROOM AT THE KEY MOTEL IN MAQUOKEA. BOB SIMONSON OF THE BEAR CREEK NARCOTICS TASK FORCE FILED THE CHARGES THIS MORNING AND HANKINS MADE AN INITIAL COURT APPEARANCE BUT WAS NOT JAILED. THE INCIDENT TOOK PLACE ON FEB . 24TH.
THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL AGREED TO A SETTLEMENT WITH THE LOW BIDDER FOR THE ARC PROJECT, THAT ASKED TO BE LET OUT OF THE BID BECAUSE OF A BIDDING ERROR THEY MADE. THE FIRM AGREED TO PAY $1,000 TO THE CITY TO COVER CITY EXPENSES. THE FIRM IS HILLEBRAND CONSTRUCTION OF DUBUQUE. THE COUNCIL DID NOT AWARD THE BID TO THE NEXT HIGHEST BIDDER, ALSO OF DUBUQUE, BUT PROBABLY WILL AT THEIR NEXT MEETING.
IT WAS ALSO BROUGHT UP AT THE MEETING THAT THE ARC COMMITTEE IS PLANNING A FUND-RAISING PUSH TO RAISE MONEY FOR TWO ADDITIONAL LANES FOR THE INDOOR SWIMMING POOL AT AN ESTIMATED COST OF
$600,000. IF THEY DO THIS, THE PROJECT MAY HAVE TO BE RE-BID.
NO BIRTHS OR DEATHS TO REPORT.
WIN $1,000 OR $100....BUY A ROTARY DUCK FOR THE JUNE 21ST. ROTARY DUCK RACE. SEND YOUR $5 TO ROTARY DUCK RACE, KMAQ, BOX 940,
MAQUOKETA, IOWA 52060. THIS MORNING, BOY SCOUT LEADER DAVE EHLERS STOPPED IN AN BOUGHT ONE AND LATER IN MORNING, JACK GAVEN STOPPED IN AND BOUGHT TWO. GOOD GUYS. AND THEY KNOW THEIR ODDS OF WINNING ARE PRETTY GOOD. BUT MOST IMPORTANT, THEY KNOW THEY ARE HELPING THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY DO GOOD THINGS IN THE COMMUNITY.
TAKE IT EASY....BUT SOON, TAKE A WALK IF YOU HAVE TIME.....WALK SWIFTLY FOR 15 MINUTES AND YOU'VE WALKED A MILE.
DON'T FORGET TO CHECK THE NEW KMAQ GUEST BOOK DAILY.
DENNIS VOY
Wednesday, May 17, 2006
3/10 OF AN INCH OF RAIN LAST NIGHT IN MAQUOKETA.
PARTLY SUNNY AND IN 70'S TODAY.
THE MAQUOKETA KIWANIS CLUB HELD ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL
GOLF TOURNAMENT YESTERDAY AT THE MAQUOKETA COUNTRY CLUB.
OVER 30 FOUR-SOMES, INCLUDING CELEBRITY GOLFERS. THEY INCLUDED THE VOICE OF HAWKEYE SPORTS, GARY DOLPHIN AND THE COLOR COMMENTARY ANNOUNCER FOR HAWKEYE BASKETBALL BROADCASTS AND FORMER HAWKEYE STANDOUT, BOBBIE HANSEN. LOTS OF PRIZES. AN AUCTION. AN EVENING DINNER. AT THE AUCTION, A SETTING (PAINTED PORTRAIT) BY FAMOUS ARTIST ROSE FRANTZEN OF MAQUOKETA WENT FOR AROUND $1,200. AND WORD IS, THE EVENT NETTED AROUND $20,000 FOR THEIR TREASURY WHICH DOES MUCH FOR MAQUOKETA. AND...IT IS JUST A SMALL CLUB. CONGRATULATIONS.
CHARLES "CHUCK" BAGUSS, AGE 60, OF MAQUOKETA DIED ON APRIL 4TH, AT MERCY HOSPITAL IN DUBUQUE. I UNDERSTAND HIS DEATH NOTICE WAS NOT IN THIS REPORT. I MISS ITEMS FOR THIS REPORT QUITE REGULARLY, SORRY TO ADMIT. CHUCK WORKED FOR ME AT THE 61 DRIVE-IN THEATRE FOR SEVERAL YEARS, AND WAS ALSO A PART-TIME ANNOUNCER HERE AT KMAQ THOSE YEARS. HE IS SURVIVED BY 5 CHILDREN, 8 GRANDCHILDREN AND 2 GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN. ALSO 3 SISTERS, INCLUDING MARTHA RINIKER OF MAQUOKETA AND 1 BROTHER, GERALD OF MAQUOKETA. GRAVESIDE SERVICES AND BURIAL OF ASHES
WILL BE AT 1 P.M. MAY 27TH AT THE MONMOUTH, IOWA CEMETERY.
A MAQUOKETA MAN HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH HAVING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY ON HIS COMPUTER, AS WELL AS ON DVD'S AND VIDEOTAPES. ROBERT DANIEL CLARK, AGE 34, HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH TWO COUNTS OF COMMITING SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF A MINOR AND CHILD ENDANGERMENT. HE IS SCHEDULED TO APPEAR BEFORE THE MAGISTRATE ON MAY 25TH.
THE HOOF BUILDING IN THE INDUSTRIAL PARK HAS BEEN SOLD. IT IS THE VERY LARGE INDUSTRIAL BUILDING ON THE CORNER, OFF HIGHWAY 64 EAST. THE NEW OWNER IS SPIEGEL FAMILY REALITY OF PEOSTA.
THE NEW OWNERS WILL KEEP MELLING SLEEVE COMPANY IN THE BUILDING. AND THEY WILL RENT OUT OTHER PARTS OF THE BUILDING TOO.
THE NATIONAL GOLDWING ASSOCIATION HAS CONFIRMED THAT MAQUOKETA WILL BE THE HEADQUARTERS FOR THEIR NATIONAL CONVENTION JULY 15-19, 07. ABOUT 175 WILL ATTEND THE CONVENTION.
THE JACKSON COUNTY REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER (NEW NAME OF HOSPITAL) WILL OFFER MUMPS VACCINATIONS ON MONDAY....FROM 6 UNTIL 8 P.M. IN THE LOWER LEVEL OF THE HOSPITAL.
JEANETTE WELCH, 69, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED MONDAY AND HER COMPLETE OBITUARY CAN BE READ AT www.carsonandson.com
TOMORROW IS THE FIRST DAY OF THE STATE TRACK MEET IN DES MOINES.
GOING TO STATE FROM MAQUOKETA HIGH: STEVI YANDA, TRISHA MILLER, KAYLA WAGNER, COURTNEY DEVER, JESSA GOMBERT, KATIE DIRKS, SAM CLASEN AND DEE NUGENT.
IN BOY'S COMPETITION: DREW BURMAHL, MITCH MCDERMOTT, MATT GERLACH, NATE DENGER, MATT SCHEEPERS, BOBBY KIRK, REID KEENEY,
AND LUKE PATTERSON. GO CARDINALS!
THE PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL HORSESHOE PITCHERS ASSOCIATION,
PAUL STEWART, OF STATESVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA, WAS IN MAQUOKETA TODAY. HE WAS ON HIS WAY TO BELOIT FOR A NATIONAL TOURNAMENT THIS WEEKEND AND STOPPED OFF TO SEE HIS GOOD FRIEND, RED HENTON OF MAQUOKETA. RED OF COURSE, WAS A WORLD CHAMPION IN THE SPORT YEARS AGO. PAUL SAID THAT THE POPULARITY OF HORSESHOW PITCHING STAYS ABOUT THE SAME YEAR AFTER YEAR. HE SAID A NEW NATIONAL HALL OF FAME HORSESHOW MUSEUM IS GOING UP IN THE ST. LOUIS AREA AND WILL OPEN NEXT YEAR. CAN RED STILL PITCH THOSE SHOES? I DON'T THINK SO....AT LEAST, NOT VERY GOOD. RED IS A
"LEFTY" AND SAYS NO STEROIDS WERE USED BY HIM.
DEE KRUM, THE SPEACH TEACHER AT MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL HAS BEEN NAMED THE MAQUOKETA TEACHER OF THE YEAR. SHE GOT A $1,000 CHECK FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL, FROM THE LOCAL WAL-MART STORE. AN EXCELLENT CHOICE. HER MOTHER WAS ON HAND AT THE SCHOOL ASSEMBLY WHEN SHE RECEIVED THE AWARD. SHE ALSO GOT A $100 WAL-MART GIFT CARD TO BUY SUPPLIES FOR HER CLASSROOM, A WAL-MART POLO SHIRT AND A CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION. THE $1,000 CAN BE USED FOR ANY PURPOSE IN THE DISTRICT.
CONGRATULATIONS TO DEE.
IRENE ROSE OF MAQUOKETA WILL CELEBRATE HER 93RD BIRTHDAY THIS SUNDAY. SHE AND HER LATE HUSBAND, JOE, OWNED A FARM IMPLEMENT STORE IN MAQUOKETA FOR MANY YEARS.
FOOD PRICES IN MAQUOKETA THESE DAYS? AT THE FAREWAY STORE,
GET 3 CANS OF VAN CAMP'S PORK AND BEANS FOR $1.
LEAN TENDER T BONE STEAKS AT 6.99 A POUND. IT'S MAY BEEF MONTH REMEMBER.
THE MUCH AWAITED MOVIE "THE DAVINCE CODE" STARRING TOM HANKS, OPENS NATIONWIDE, AND IN MAQUOKETA AT THE VOY 3 THEATRE,
THIS FRIDAY. THE CONTROVERSIAL MOVIE IS EXPECTED TO DO BIG, BIG BUSINESS. IT IS RATED PG-13.
MATT OSTERHAUS IS CELEBRATING HIS BIRTHDAY TODAY. OWNS OSTERHAUS PHARMACY AND HAS BEEN AND STILL IS A BIG MAQUOKETA BOOSTER. HIS "BIG ONE" WILL BE CELEBRATED NEXT YEAR.
HAVE A GOOD WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY.
ELSIE SHAW WAS OUR KMAQ BINGO WINNTER YESTRERDAY.
TODAY, WE ARE AIRING OUR FINAL RADIO BINGO SHOW FOR ANOTHER YEAR.
GO PHOENIX SUNS!
AND..GO PUHOLS AND THE ST. LOUIS CARDINALS....IN FIRST PLACE.
DENNIS VOY
PARTLY SUNNY AND IN 70'S TODAY.
THE MAQUOKETA KIWANIS CLUB HELD ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL
GOLF TOURNAMENT YESTERDAY AT THE MAQUOKETA COUNTRY CLUB.
OVER 30 FOUR-SOMES, INCLUDING CELEBRITY GOLFERS. THEY INCLUDED THE VOICE OF HAWKEYE SPORTS, GARY DOLPHIN AND THE COLOR COMMENTARY ANNOUNCER FOR HAWKEYE BASKETBALL BROADCASTS AND FORMER HAWKEYE STANDOUT, BOBBIE HANSEN. LOTS OF PRIZES. AN AUCTION. AN EVENING DINNER. AT THE AUCTION, A SETTING (PAINTED PORTRAIT) BY FAMOUS ARTIST ROSE FRANTZEN OF MAQUOKETA WENT FOR AROUND $1,200. AND WORD IS, THE EVENT NETTED AROUND $20,000 FOR THEIR TREASURY WHICH DOES MUCH FOR MAQUOKETA. AND...IT IS JUST A SMALL CLUB. CONGRATULATIONS.
CHARLES "CHUCK" BAGUSS, AGE 60, OF MAQUOKETA DIED ON APRIL 4TH, AT MERCY HOSPITAL IN DUBUQUE. I UNDERSTAND HIS DEATH NOTICE WAS NOT IN THIS REPORT. I MISS ITEMS FOR THIS REPORT QUITE REGULARLY, SORRY TO ADMIT. CHUCK WORKED FOR ME AT THE 61 DRIVE-IN THEATRE FOR SEVERAL YEARS, AND WAS ALSO A PART-TIME ANNOUNCER HERE AT KMAQ THOSE YEARS. HE IS SURVIVED BY 5 CHILDREN, 8 GRANDCHILDREN AND 2 GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN. ALSO 3 SISTERS, INCLUDING MARTHA RINIKER OF MAQUOKETA AND 1 BROTHER, GERALD OF MAQUOKETA. GRAVESIDE SERVICES AND BURIAL OF ASHES
WILL BE AT 1 P.M. MAY 27TH AT THE MONMOUTH, IOWA CEMETERY.
A MAQUOKETA MAN HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH HAVING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY ON HIS COMPUTER, AS WELL AS ON DVD'S AND VIDEOTAPES. ROBERT DANIEL CLARK, AGE 34, HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH TWO COUNTS OF COMMITING SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF A MINOR AND CHILD ENDANGERMENT. HE IS SCHEDULED TO APPEAR BEFORE THE MAGISTRATE ON MAY 25TH.
THE HOOF BUILDING IN THE INDUSTRIAL PARK HAS BEEN SOLD. IT IS THE VERY LARGE INDUSTRIAL BUILDING ON THE CORNER, OFF HIGHWAY 64 EAST. THE NEW OWNER IS SPIEGEL FAMILY REALITY OF PEOSTA.
THE NEW OWNERS WILL KEEP MELLING SLEEVE COMPANY IN THE BUILDING. AND THEY WILL RENT OUT OTHER PARTS OF THE BUILDING TOO.
THE NATIONAL GOLDWING ASSOCIATION HAS CONFIRMED THAT MAQUOKETA WILL BE THE HEADQUARTERS FOR THEIR NATIONAL CONVENTION JULY 15-19, 07. ABOUT 175 WILL ATTEND THE CONVENTION.
THE JACKSON COUNTY REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER (NEW NAME OF HOSPITAL) WILL OFFER MUMPS VACCINATIONS ON MONDAY....FROM 6 UNTIL 8 P.M. IN THE LOWER LEVEL OF THE HOSPITAL.
JEANETTE WELCH, 69, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED MONDAY AND HER COMPLETE OBITUARY CAN BE READ AT www.carsonandson.com
TOMORROW IS THE FIRST DAY OF THE STATE TRACK MEET IN DES MOINES.
GOING TO STATE FROM MAQUOKETA HIGH: STEVI YANDA, TRISHA MILLER, KAYLA WAGNER, COURTNEY DEVER, JESSA GOMBERT, KATIE DIRKS, SAM CLASEN AND DEE NUGENT.
IN BOY'S COMPETITION: DREW BURMAHL, MITCH MCDERMOTT, MATT GERLACH, NATE DENGER, MATT SCHEEPERS, BOBBY KIRK, REID KEENEY,
AND LUKE PATTERSON. GO CARDINALS!
THE PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL HORSESHOE PITCHERS ASSOCIATION,
PAUL STEWART, OF STATESVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA, WAS IN MAQUOKETA TODAY. HE WAS ON HIS WAY TO BELOIT FOR A NATIONAL TOURNAMENT THIS WEEKEND AND STOPPED OFF TO SEE HIS GOOD FRIEND, RED HENTON OF MAQUOKETA. RED OF COURSE, WAS A WORLD CHAMPION IN THE SPORT YEARS AGO. PAUL SAID THAT THE POPULARITY OF HORSESHOW PITCHING STAYS ABOUT THE SAME YEAR AFTER YEAR. HE SAID A NEW NATIONAL HALL OF FAME HORSESHOW MUSEUM IS GOING UP IN THE ST. LOUIS AREA AND WILL OPEN NEXT YEAR. CAN RED STILL PITCH THOSE SHOES? I DON'T THINK SO....AT LEAST, NOT VERY GOOD. RED IS A
"LEFTY" AND SAYS NO STEROIDS WERE USED BY HIM.
DEE KRUM, THE SPEACH TEACHER AT MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL HAS BEEN NAMED THE MAQUOKETA TEACHER OF THE YEAR. SHE GOT A $1,000 CHECK FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL, FROM THE LOCAL WAL-MART STORE. AN EXCELLENT CHOICE. HER MOTHER WAS ON HAND AT THE SCHOOL ASSEMBLY WHEN SHE RECEIVED THE AWARD. SHE ALSO GOT A $100 WAL-MART GIFT CARD TO BUY SUPPLIES FOR HER CLASSROOM, A WAL-MART POLO SHIRT AND A CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION. THE $1,000 CAN BE USED FOR ANY PURPOSE IN THE DISTRICT.
CONGRATULATIONS TO DEE.
IRENE ROSE OF MAQUOKETA WILL CELEBRATE HER 93RD BIRTHDAY THIS SUNDAY. SHE AND HER LATE HUSBAND, JOE, OWNED A FARM IMPLEMENT STORE IN MAQUOKETA FOR MANY YEARS.
FOOD PRICES IN MAQUOKETA THESE DAYS? AT THE FAREWAY STORE,
GET 3 CANS OF VAN CAMP'S PORK AND BEANS FOR $1.
LEAN TENDER T BONE STEAKS AT 6.99 A POUND. IT'S MAY BEEF MONTH REMEMBER.
THE MUCH AWAITED MOVIE "THE DAVINCE CODE" STARRING TOM HANKS, OPENS NATIONWIDE, AND IN MAQUOKETA AT THE VOY 3 THEATRE,
THIS FRIDAY. THE CONTROVERSIAL MOVIE IS EXPECTED TO DO BIG, BIG BUSINESS. IT IS RATED PG-13.
MATT OSTERHAUS IS CELEBRATING HIS BIRTHDAY TODAY. OWNS OSTERHAUS PHARMACY AND HAS BEEN AND STILL IS A BIG MAQUOKETA BOOSTER. HIS "BIG ONE" WILL BE CELEBRATED NEXT YEAR.
HAVE A GOOD WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY.
ELSIE SHAW WAS OUR KMAQ BINGO WINNTER YESTRERDAY.
TODAY, WE ARE AIRING OUR FINAL RADIO BINGO SHOW FOR ANOTHER YEAR.
GO PHOENIX SUNS!
AND..GO PUHOLS AND THE ST. LOUIS CARDINALS....IN FIRST PLACE.
DENNIS VOY
Tuesday, May 16, 2006
MOSTLY CLOUDY TODAY....A FEW SPRINKLES NOW AND THEN AND
A HIGH NEAR 60.
AT LAST NIGHT'S CITY COUNCIL MEETING, MAYOR TOM MESSERLI APPOINTED SUSAN CROATT TO THE MAQUOKETA MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC UTILITY BOARD. SHE IS THE ESTIMATOR AND PROJECT MANAGER FOR
G. L. STOCKHAM AND SON IN MAQUOKETA. IT HAS BEEN 5 MONTHS
SINCE THE MAYOR REFUSED TO RE-APPOINT KENT SHOUSE TO THE BOARD.
THE MAYOR DID NOT GET APPROVAL ON ANY OF HIS PRIOR NOMINATIONS UNTIL LAST NIGHT. CROATT WILL BE THE 2ND WOMAN ON THE 5-MEMBER BOARD.
MAQUOKETA'S WATER SMELLS LIKE BLEACH AND HAS A BAD TASTE, BUT OFFICIALS SAY IT'S TEMPORARY. THE WATER IS SAFE TO DRINK.
THE PROBLEM MAY BE THAT THERE IS NOT ENOUGH CHLORINE IN THE WATER. CREWS ARE FLUSHING THE ENTIRE SYSTEM AND ONCE THEY ARE DONE DOING THIS, THEY WILL ADD MORE CHLORINE AND SEE IF THAT MAKES THE WATER SMELL AND TASTE BETTER. THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT THE TESTS FOR RADIUM CAME BACK AND THE CITY IS NOW WITHIN THE RANGE STIPULATED BY THE STATE. SO, THE $4-MILLION WATER PROJECT HAS RESOLVED THE RADIUM PROBLEM. I'VE BEEN IN RESTAURANTS WHERE THEY PUT A LEMON SLICE WITH THE WATER FOR BETTER TASTE AND SMELL. I'LL KEEP YOU POSTED.
JACK ROSENBERG ASKED THE COUNCIL FOR PERMISSION TO EXCEED THE CITY NOISE LIMITS FOR A MAY 27TH WEDDING PARTY AT HIS HOME.
IT WAS TURNED DOWN. APPARENTLY THE CITY HAS TURNED DOWN SUCH REQUESTS IN THE PAST.
JEANETTE WELCH, 69, OF MAQUOKETA DIED YESTERDAY AT HER HOME.
YOU CAN READ HER OBITUARY AT www.carsonandson.com
KMAQ ANNOUNCES A LUCKY PHONE NUMBER EACH DAY AND THE PRIZE GOES UP $1 A DAY UNTIL ANSWERED AND THEN STARTS OVER AGAIN AT $5.
IF THE LISTENER HEARS HIS/HER NUMBER, THEY MUST CALL WITHIN 5 MINUTES TO CLAIM THE PRIZE. YESTERDAY'S WINNER WAS CHARLENE JOHNSON OF HIGHWAY 64 EAST MAQUOKETA. HER $30 PRIZE WAS THE BIGGEST SO FAR THIS YEAR.
THE NEW OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER SIGN....LOOKS GREAT...ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT. IT FEATURES A COMPUTER DRIVEN
MESAGE BOARD, TELLING ABOUT UPCOMING PRODUCTIONS.
THANKS FOR STOPPING BY.
DENNIS VOY
A HIGH NEAR 60.
AT LAST NIGHT'S CITY COUNCIL MEETING, MAYOR TOM MESSERLI APPOINTED SUSAN CROATT TO THE MAQUOKETA MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC UTILITY BOARD. SHE IS THE ESTIMATOR AND PROJECT MANAGER FOR
G. L. STOCKHAM AND SON IN MAQUOKETA. IT HAS BEEN 5 MONTHS
SINCE THE MAYOR REFUSED TO RE-APPOINT KENT SHOUSE TO THE BOARD.
THE MAYOR DID NOT GET APPROVAL ON ANY OF HIS PRIOR NOMINATIONS UNTIL LAST NIGHT. CROATT WILL BE THE 2ND WOMAN ON THE 5-MEMBER BOARD.
MAQUOKETA'S WATER SMELLS LIKE BLEACH AND HAS A BAD TASTE, BUT OFFICIALS SAY IT'S TEMPORARY. THE WATER IS SAFE TO DRINK.
THE PROBLEM MAY BE THAT THERE IS NOT ENOUGH CHLORINE IN THE WATER. CREWS ARE FLUSHING THE ENTIRE SYSTEM AND ONCE THEY ARE DONE DOING THIS, THEY WILL ADD MORE CHLORINE AND SEE IF THAT MAKES THE WATER SMELL AND TASTE BETTER. THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT THE TESTS FOR RADIUM CAME BACK AND THE CITY IS NOW WITHIN THE RANGE STIPULATED BY THE STATE. SO, THE $4-MILLION WATER PROJECT HAS RESOLVED THE RADIUM PROBLEM. I'VE BEEN IN RESTAURANTS WHERE THEY PUT A LEMON SLICE WITH THE WATER FOR BETTER TASTE AND SMELL. I'LL KEEP YOU POSTED.
JACK ROSENBERG ASKED THE COUNCIL FOR PERMISSION TO EXCEED THE CITY NOISE LIMITS FOR A MAY 27TH WEDDING PARTY AT HIS HOME.
IT WAS TURNED DOWN. APPARENTLY THE CITY HAS TURNED DOWN SUCH REQUESTS IN THE PAST.
JEANETTE WELCH, 69, OF MAQUOKETA DIED YESTERDAY AT HER HOME.
YOU CAN READ HER OBITUARY AT www.carsonandson.com
KMAQ ANNOUNCES A LUCKY PHONE NUMBER EACH DAY AND THE PRIZE GOES UP $1 A DAY UNTIL ANSWERED AND THEN STARTS OVER AGAIN AT $5.
IF THE LISTENER HEARS HIS/HER NUMBER, THEY MUST CALL WITHIN 5 MINUTES TO CLAIM THE PRIZE. YESTERDAY'S WINNER WAS CHARLENE JOHNSON OF HIGHWAY 64 EAST MAQUOKETA. HER $30 PRIZE WAS THE BIGGEST SO FAR THIS YEAR.
THE NEW OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER SIGN....LOOKS GREAT...ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT. IT FEATURES A COMPUTER DRIVEN
MESAGE BOARD, TELLING ABOUT UPCOMING PRODUCTIONS.
THANKS FOR STOPPING BY.
DENNIS VOY
Monday, May 15, 2006
RAINY WEEKEND AND MOTHER'S DAY. WE HAVE ALREADY HAD OVER 3 INCHES OF RAIN IN MAQUOKETA THIS MONTH. LAST MAY, JUST OVER 2 INCHES. CLOUDY TODAY AND MORE RAIN IN FORECAST FOR REST OF WEEK.
HAD A GOOD TRIP TO BRANSON. SAW 7 SHOWS AND THE MOST POPULAR
WAS THE DAN O'DONNEL SHOW AND IT WAS ALSO NEARLY 3 HOURS LONG IN A NEARLY FULL 25-HUNDRED SEAT THEATRE. ON THE TRIP WITH ME FROM MAQUOKETA: KATHY AND VERL BANOWETZ...LONNIE HERMAN...
NADINE WOSABA...DARLENE SMALL...AND ARMELLA ILG. THE OTHER 50 PEOPLE WERE FROM NEIGHBORING TOWNS. VERL TOLD ME HE IS PLANNING TO MOVE HIS ANTIQUE STORE BACK TO IT'S ORIGINAL LOCATION NORTH OF TOWN, BUT DID NOT SAY WHEN. THEY WILL HAVE TO MAKE NECESARRY CHANGES FIRST. AND I HOPE IT WILL BE AROUND MAQUOKETA FOR MANY YEARS AS IT BRINGS THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE TO MAQUOKETA EVERY YEAR. SAME FOR THEIR BEAUTIFUL SQUIRES MANOR BED AND BREAKFAST, ONE OF THE FINEST IN THE MIDWEST.
TALKED TO EMILY WILLEY THIS MORNING AND SHE IS RECOVERING FINE FROM HER APRIL INJURIES, INFLICTED BY HER BROTHER, MARK. THERE WAS CONCERN ABOUT HER ONE EYE, BUT IT IS DOING FINE ALSO. BEST GUESS IS THAT THE TRIAL WILL BE SOMETIME IN JULY. MARK REMAINS IN CUSTODY AT THE LAW ENFORCEMENT CENTER.
THE ATV-CADE, PLANNED BY JACK ROSENBERG AND THE COUNTY ATV CLUB WAS VOTED DOWN LAST WEEK BY THE COUNTY SUPERVISORS.
JACK SAID HE WOULD RETURN WITH ANOTHER PROPOSED ROUTE FOR THE ONE-DAY EVENT THIS SUMMER.
THE KELLY MILLER BROTHERS CIRCUS WILL BE IN MAQUOKETA THIS SATURDAY FOR TWO PERFORMANCES.
BERNIE AND ELEANOR MISHLER OF MAQUOKETA WILL CELEBRATE THEIR 65TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY, MAY 29TH. THEY HAVE ONE DAUGHTER, LINDA MANDERSCHEID IN MAQUOKETA AND TWO GRANDCHILDREN.
BERNIE WAS IN THE CATTLE BUYING AND SELLING BUSINESS FOR MANY YEARS.
BILL HARDIN OF MAQUOKETA CELEBRATED HIS 91ST BIRTHDAY MAY 11TH.
HIS SON STAN, A PHARMACIST AND FORMER KMAQ ANNOUNCER, LIVES IN MAQUOKETA.
FOR 2ND SATURDAY IN A ROW, THE STOCK CAR RACES WERE CANCELLED SATURDAY IN MAQUOKETA BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER.
THIS SATURDAY, THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAM WILL PAINT THE STRUCTURE OF GOODENOW FIELD'S NEW BLEACHERS THAT WILL ARRIVE THIS SUMMER. 8 AM UNTIL NOON. ANYONE ELSE IN THE COMMUNITY IS WELCOME TO HELP AND THE LOCAL VOLUNTEERS WILL SAVE THE DISTRICT AROUND $10-15 THOUSAND DOLLAS. PAINT, BRUSHES AND REFRESHMENTS WILL BE FURNISHED. JERRY NELSON, DIRECTOR OF SUPPORT SERVICES, WILL BE IN CHARGE.
FRANCIS ZISMER, AGE 88, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED LAST THURSDAY. OBITURARY CAN BE READ AT www.laheys.com.
HAROLD MORETH, AGE 46, OF MAQUOKETA,DIED LAST WEDNESDAY. HIS OBITUARY CAN ALSO BE READ AT SAME ABOVE ADDRESS.
LAST WEDNESDAY, THERE WAS A LOCK-UP TO BENEFIT MDA IN MAQUOKETA AND OVER $17,000 WAS RAISED. THE MONEY CAME FROM
"BAIL" DONATIONS RAISED BY THOSE WHO WERE LOCKED-UP.
A NEW PRESIDENT HAS BEEN NAMED FOR THE MAQUOKETA AND DEWITT US BANK OFFICES. HE IS JOEL DIECKMANN, A NATIVE OF CALAMUS.
HE LIVES IN DEWITT. HIS WIFE IS A TEACHER IN CLINTON AND THEY HAVE 4 CHILDREN.
CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.
JUSTIN HEPKER, SON OF LEIGHTON (KMAQ STATION AND SALES MANAGER) AND CINDY OF MAQUOKETA, GRADUATED SATURDAY FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA. HE WILL ENTER MED SCHOOL THIS FALL AT ST. LOUIS UNIVERSITY. YES, HE IS SMARTER THAN HIS DAD. NO, HE IS NOT SMARTER THAN HIS MOTHER. AND NO, HE DID NOT PICK THAT MED SCHOOL JUST BECAUSE IT IS THE HOME CITY OF THE CARDINALS.
GOOD GOING JUSTIN.
OUR NEIGHBOR, THE MAQUOKETA STATE BANK, JUST FINISHED GETTING NEW CARPETING, AND NOW, G.L. STOCKHAM AND SON CONTRACTORS ARE DOING SOME EXTENSIVE REMODELING IN THE BASEMENT AREA AND WILL ALSO BE INSTALLING AN ELEVATOR.
A NEW SIDEWALK IS BEING POURED THIS WEEK AT THE RESTORED HURST HOTEL, DOWNTOWN. THE 3-PLUS MILLION DOLLAR RENOVATION PROJECT IS NEARING COMPLETION. OVER 20 NEW APARTMENTS IN IT WILL BE OPENING SOON. CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THE FINISHED PRODUCT.
THE BIG HELION LODGE SUPER BELGIUM WAFFLE BREAKFAST IS THIS SUNDAY AT THE FAIRGROUNDS IN BOYER HALL. TRY AND MAKE THIS
GREAT BREAKFAST.
A WEEK AGO YESTERDAY, I ATTENDED THE MICHELLE EBERHART GIRL SCOUT GOLD AWARD SENIOR ICE CREAM SOCIAL AND IT WAS A BIG SUCCESS. NICE GOING MICHELLE.
AND I ALSO ATTENDED THE DEDICATION OF THE NORTH BEND COMMUNITY CENTER AT RURAL SPRAGUEVILLE....A 100 YEAR OLD FORMER CHURCH AND SCHOOL THAT WILL NOW SERVE THE COMMUNITY FOR MANY YEARS AS A ONE-ROOM SCHOOL MUSEUM AND MEETING PLACE. A GREAT 5-YEAR COMMUNITY EFFORT.
AND, I ALSO TOOK IN THE OPTIMIST CLUB'S ANNUAL CAR SHOW....WHICH WAS ANOTHER BIG SUCCESS. IT WAS HELD IN PEARSON CENTER ON THE FAIRGROUNDS AND OUTSIDE TOO. SOME BEAUTIFULLY RESTORED CARS AND TRUCKS....AND SOME NOT SO BEAUTIFUL.....LIKE ONE OF THOSE FAT-LOOKING HUDSONS OF THE EARLY 50'S.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
HAD A GOOD TRIP TO BRANSON. SAW 7 SHOWS AND THE MOST POPULAR
WAS THE DAN O'DONNEL SHOW AND IT WAS ALSO NEARLY 3 HOURS LONG IN A NEARLY FULL 25-HUNDRED SEAT THEATRE. ON THE TRIP WITH ME FROM MAQUOKETA: KATHY AND VERL BANOWETZ...LONNIE HERMAN...
NADINE WOSABA...DARLENE SMALL...AND ARMELLA ILG. THE OTHER 50 PEOPLE WERE FROM NEIGHBORING TOWNS. VERL TOLD ME HE IS PLANNING TO MOVE HIS ANTIQUE STORE BACK TO IT'S ORIGINAL LOCATION NORTH OF TOWN, BUT DID NOT SAY WHEN. THEY WILL HAVE TO MAKE NECESARRY CHANGES FIRST. AND I HOPE IT WILL BE AROUND MAQUOKETA FOR MANY YEARS AS IT BRINGS THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE TO MAQUOKETA EVERY YEAR. SAME FOR THEIR BEAUTIFUL SQUIRES MANOR BED AND BREAKFAST, ONE OF THE FINEST IN THE MIDWEST.
TALKED TO EMILY WILLEY THIS MORNING AND SHE IS RECOVERING FINE FROM HER APRIL INJURIES, INFLICTED BY HER BROTHER, MARK. THERE WAS CONCERN ABOUT HER ONE EYE, BUT IT IS DOING FINE ALSO. BEST GUESS IS THAT THE TRIAL WILL BE SOMETIME IN JULY. MARK REMAINS IN CUSTODY AT THE LAW ENFORCEMENT CENTER.
THE ATV-CADE, PLANNED BY JACK ROSENBERG AND THE COUNTY ATV CLUB WAS VOTED DOWN LAST WEEK BY THE COUNTY SUPERVISORS.
JACK SAID HE WOULD RETURN WITH ANOTHER PROPOSED ROUTE FOR THE ONE-DAY EVENT THIS SUMMER.
THE KELLY MILLER BROTHERS CIRCUS WILL BE IN MAQUOKETA THIS SATURDAY FOR TWO PERFORMANCES.
BERNIE AND ELEANOR MISHLER OF MAQUOKETA WILL CELEBRATE THEIR 65TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY, MAY 29TH. THEY HAVE ONE DAUGHTER, LINDA MANDERSCHEID IN MAQUOKETA AND TWO GRANDCHILDREN.
BERNIE WAS IN THE CATTLE BUYING AND SELLING BUSINESS FOR MANY YEARS.
BILL HARDIN OF MAQUOKETA CELEBRATED HIS 91ST BIRTHDAY MAY 11TH.
HIS SON STAN, A PHARMACIST AND FORMER KMAQ ANNOUNCER, LIVES IN MAQUOKETA.
FOR 2ND SATURDAY IN A ROW, THE STOCK CAR RACES WERE CANCELLED SATURDAY IN MAQUOKETA BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER.
THIS SATURDAY, THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAM WILL PAINT THE STRUCTURE OF GOODENOW FIELD'S NEW BLEACHERS THAT WILL ARRIVE THIS SUMMER. 8 AM UNTIL NOON. ANYONE ELSE IN THE COMMUNITY IS WELCOME TO HELP AND THE LOCAL VOLUNTEERS WILL SAVE THE DISTRICT AROUND $10-15 THOUSAND DOLLAS. PAINT, BRUSHES AND REFRESHMENTS WILL BE FURNISHED. JERRY NELSON, DIRECTOR OF SUPPORT SERVICES, WILL BE IN CHARGE.
FRANCIS ZISMER, AGE 88, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED LAST THURSDAY. OBITURARY CAN BE READ AT www.laheys.com.
HAROLD MORETH, AGE 46, OF MAQUOKETA,DIED LAST WEDNESDAY. HIS OBITUARY CAN ALSO BE READ AT SAME ABOVE ADDRESS.
LAST WEDNESDAY, THERE WAS A LOCK-UP TO BENEFIT MDA IN MAQUOKETA AND OVER $17,000 WAS RAISED. THE MONEY CAME FROM
"BAIL" DONATIONS RAISED BY THOSE WHO WERE LOCKED-UP.
A NEW PRESIDENT HAS BEEN NAMED FOR THE MAQUOKETA AND DEWITT US BANK OFFICES. HE IS JOEL DIECKMANN, A NATIVE OF CALAMUS.
HE LIVES IN DEWITT. HIS WIFE IS A TEACHER IN CLINTON AND THEY HAVE 4 CHILDREN.
CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.
JUSTIN HEPKER, SON OF LEIGHTON (KMAQ STATION AND SALES MANAGER) AND CINDY OF MAQUOKETA, GRADUATED SATURDAY FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA. HE WILL ENTER MED SCHOOL THIS FALL AT ST. LOUIS UNIVERSITY. YES, HE IS SMARTER THAN HIS DAD. NO, HE IS NOT SMARTER THAN HIS MOTHER. AND NO, HE DID NOT PICK THAT MED SCHOOL JUST BECAUSE IT IS THE HOME CITY OF THE CARDINALS.
GOOD GOING JUSTIN.
OUR NEIGHBOR, THE MAQUOKETA STATE BANK, JUST FINISHED GETTING NEW CARPETING, AND NOW, G.L. STOCKHAM AND SON CONTRACTORS ARE DOING SOME EXTENSIVE REMODELING IN THE BASEMENT AREA AND WILL ALSO BE INSTALLING AN ELEVATOR.
A NEW SIDEWALK IS BEING POURED THIS WEEK AT THE RESTORED HURST HOTEL, DOWNTOWN. THE 3-PLUS MILLION DOLLAR RENOVATION PROJECT IS NEARING COMPLETION. OVER 20 NEW APARTMENTS IN IT WILL BE OPENING SOON. CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THE FINISHED PRODUCT.
THE BIG HELION LODGE SUPER BELGIUM WAFFLE BREAKFAST IS THIS SUNDAY AT THE FAIRGROUNDS IN BOYER HALL. TRY AND MAKE THIS
GREAT BREAKFAST.
A WEEK AGO YESTERDAY, I ATTENDED THE MICHELLE EBERHART GIRL SCOUT GOLD AWARD SENIOR ICE CREAM SOCIAL AND IT WAS A BIG SUCCESS. NICE GOING MICHELLE.
AND I ALSO ATTENDED THE DEDICATION OF THE NORTH BEND COMMUNITY CENTER AT RURAL SPRAGUEVILLE....A 100 YEAR OLD FORMER CHURCH AND SCHOOL THAT WILL NOW SERVE THE COMMUNITY FOR MANY YEARS AS A ONE-ROOM SCHOOL MUSEUM AND MEETING PLACE. A GREAT 5-YEAR COMMUNITY EFFORT.
AND, I ALSO TOOK IN THE OPTIMIST CLUB'S ANNUAL CAR SHOW....WHICH WAS ANOTHER BIG SUCCESS. IT WAS HELD IN PEARSON CENTER ON THE FAIRGROUNDS AND OUTSIDE TOO. SOME BEAUTIFULLY RESTORED CARS AND TRUCKS....AND SOME NOT SO BEAUTIFUL.....LIKE ONE OF THOSE FAT-LOOKING HUDSONS OF THE EARLY 50'S.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
Monday, May 08, 2006
Friday, May 05, 2006
CLOUDY AND COOL TODAY...HIGH OF 57.
MAQUOKETA CITY CREWS WILL BE FLUSHING ALL FIRE HYDRANTS IN THE CITY BEGINNING MAY 10TH AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MAY 24TH.
IT IS THE FINAL PHASE OF THE NEW WATER SYSTEM IN MAQUOKETA.
ROGER KIRBY OF ALLIANCE WATER RESOURCES SAID ALL CHANGES TO THE WATER SYSTEM HAVE BEEN COMPLETED. THEY ARE NOW RUNNING ALL OF THE CITY'S WATER THROUGH THE NEW WATER TREATMENT PLANT ON THE NORTH EDGE OF THE CITY. KIRBY SAID THEY ARE OBTAINING EXCELLENT WATER QUALITY AS THE WATER LEAVES THE PLANT. HE SAID BY THIS FLUSHING OF EVERY STREET, THE REST OF THE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM WILL BE CLEARED UP.
THE CITY OF MAQUOKETA IS THINKING OF SENDING IN NOMINATION PAPERS FOR THE FORMER CLINTON ENGINES ADMINISTRATION BUILDING TO BE PLACED ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES.
THE PLAN BY THE NEW OWNERS OF THE BUILDING, THE JACKSON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY, IS TO MAKE THE BUILDING INTO A MUSEUM.
JASON HAYWARD AND ELIZABETH HEINRICH OF MAQUOKETA ARE PARENTS OF A BOY BORN TUESDAY, APRIL 25TH AT THE NEW TRINITY HOSPITAL IN BETTENDORF. PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE BILL AND BRENDA HAYWARD OF MAQUOKETA.
THE KELLY MILLER CIRCUS IS COMING TO MAQUOKETA ON SATURDAY, MAY 20TH, AT THE JACKSON COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS. PERFORMANCES AT 2 AND 5:30 P.M. THE KELLY MILLER CIRCUS HAS BEEN AMERICA'S FAVORITE CIRCUS SINCE 1938, SAYS THE RADIO SPOT THAT WILL BE RUNNING ON KMAQ.
JOHN ADNEY, OF MILES, WILL CELEBRATE HIS 95TH BIRTHDAY ON MAY 7TH. HE HAS WRITTEN FOR MANY NEWSPAPERS OVER THE YEARS, AND STILL WRITES FOR THE PRESTON TIMES.
NO MAQUOKETA DEATHS TO REPORT.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
MAQUOKETA CITY CREWS WILL BE FLUSHING ALL FIRE HYDRANTS IN THE CITY BEGINNING MAY 10TH AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MAY 24TH.
IT IS THE FINAL PHASE OF THE NEW WATER SYSTEM IN MAQUOKETA.
ROGER KIRBY OF ALLIANCE WATER RESOURCES SAID ALL CHANGES TO THE WATER SYSTEM HAVE BEEN COMPLETED. THEY ARE NOW RUNNING ALL OF THE CITY'S WATER THROUGH THE NEW WATER TREATMENT PLANT ON THE NORTH EDGE OF THE CITY. KIRBY SAID THEY ARE OBTAINING EXCELLENT WATER QUALITY AS THE WATER LEAVES THE PLANT. HE SAID BY THIS FLUSHING OF EVERY STREET, THE REST OF THE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM WILL BE CLEARED UP.
THE CITY OF MAQUOKETA IS THINKING OF SENDING IN NOMINATION PAPERS FOR THE FORMER CLINTON ENGINES ADMINISTRATION BUILDING TO BE PLACED ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES.
THE PLAN BY THE NEW OWNERS OF THE BUILDING, THE JACKSON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY, IS TO MAKE THE BUILDING INTO A MUSEUM.
JASON HAYWARD AND ELIZABETH HEINRICH OF MAQUOKETA ARE PARENTS OF A BOY BORN TUESDAY, APRIL 25TH AT THE NEW TRINITY HOSPITAL IN BETTENDORF. PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE BILL AND BRENDA HAYWARD OF MAQUOKETA.
THE KELLY MILLER CIRCUS IS COMING TO MAQUOKETA ON SATURDAY, MAY 20TH, AT THE JACKSON COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS. PERFORMANCES AT 2 AND 5:30 P.M. THE KELLY MILLER CIRCUS HAS BEEN AMERICA'S FAVORITE CIRCUS SINCE 1938, SAYS THE RADIO SPOT THAT WILL BE RUNNING ON KMAQ.
JOHN ADNEY, OF MILES, WILL CELEBRATE HIS 95TH BIRTHDAY ON MAY 7TH. HE HAS WRITTEN FOR MANY NEWSPAPERS OVER THE YEARS, AND STILL WRITES FOR THE PRESTON TIMES.
NO MAQUOKETA DEATHS TO REPORT.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
Thursday, May 04, 2006
NICE DAY...SUNNY AND IN 60'S.
WE GOT 3/10 OF AN INCH OF RAIN YESTERDAY MORNING.
REST OF WEEK SHOULD BE PRETTY NICE ALSO.
ON THIS DAY IN 1939, IN A BIG WHITE HOUSE UP ON A HILL OVERLOOKING HORICON, WISCONSIN, MY MOM (CORA) GAVE BIRTH (RIGHT THERE AT HOME) TO A FUTURE RADIO ANNOUNCER, WHILE DAD (BEN) NERVOUSLY SAT IN NEXT ROOM WONDERING WHAT HIS FIRST OF 3 CHILDREN WOULD BE. SEEMS LIKE ONLY YESTERDAY. YUP...67 TODAY.
CAME DOWN HERE WHEN I WAS 19. PARENTS ARE GONE....HAVE A BROTHER AND FAMILY STILL IN HORICON AND A SINGLE BROTHER IN MILWAUKEE. WILL BE CELEBRATING WITH SOME FAMILY MEMBERS AT HAPPY JOE'S TONIGHT.
IN THE NEWS AGAIN, MARK WILLEY. THROUGH HIS NEW PUBLIC DEFENDER, MARK WILLEY HAS FILED A WRITTEN PLEA OF NOT GUILTY ON CHARGES OF ATTEMPTED MURDER, WILLFUL INJURY, AND BURGLARY IN THE FIRST DEGREE. NOW,HE WILL NOT BEING MAKING A COURT APPEARANCE IN PERSON TOMORROW.
A PUBLIC HEARING HAS BEEN SCHEDULED THIS MONTH TO TALK ABOUT REZONING PROPERTY AT THE SOUTH EDGE OF MAQUOKETA, FROM AGRICULTURAL TO INDUSTRIAL. RICH HAINSTOCK OWNS ABOUT 20 ACRES ALONG HIGHWAY J61 WHRE THE MAQUOKETA WELCOME SIGN SITS. HE'S ASKING THE SUPERVIORS TO CHANGE THE ZONING, SO HE CAN PUT A COMMERCIAL BILLBOARD ON THE PROPERTY. THAT REQUIRES THE PROPERTY TO BE ZONED INDUSTRIAL. HE SAID HE DIDN'T WANT A COMMERCIAL ZONING BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF ACCESS TO THE PROPERTY. THE SUPERVIORS ARE RECEIVING SOME OBJECTIONS TO THIS AND SO A PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE AT 7:30 P.M. TUESDAY, MAY 16TH.
A MAQUOKETA MAN HAS PLEADED GUILTY IN CLINTON COUNTY DISTRICT COURT TO TAMPERING WITH VEHICKLE ODOMETERS. DANIEL CLARK, 34, REPLACED ODOMETERS IN THREE VEHICLES IN MAY, OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER 2005 TO REFLECT LOWER MILEAGE. HE APPARENTLY SOLD CARS FOR TWO MAQUOKETA USED VEHHICLE DEALERSHIPS AND THE CLINTON COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE SAID NEITHER OF THOSE DEALERSHIPS WAS IMPLICATED IN THE CASE AGAINST CLARK.
HELOYCE SAGERS, 85, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED TUESDAY. HER OBITUARY IS AT www.carsonandson.com
VERNA RISINGER, 79, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED WEDNESDAY AND HER OBITUARY IS AT www.laheys.com
THANKS FOR STOPPING BY AGAIN.
DENNIS VOY
WE GOT 3/10 OF AN INCH OF RAIN YESTERDAY MORNING.
REST OF WEEK SHOULD BE PRETTY NICE ALSO.
ON THIS DAY IN 1939, IN A BIG WHITE HOUSE UP ON A HILL OVERLOOKING HORICON, WISCONSIN, MY MOM (CORA) GAVE BIRTH (RIGHT THERE AT HOME) TO A FUTURE RADIO ANNOUNCER, WHILE DAD (BEN) NERVOUSLY SAT IN NEXT ROOM WONDERING WHAT HIS FIRST OF 3 CHILDREN WOULD BE. SEEMS LIKE ONLY YESTERDAY. YUP...67 TODAY.
CAME DOWN HERE WHEN I WAS 19. PARENTS ARE GONE....HAVE A BROTHER AND FAMILY STILL IN HORICON AND A SINGLE BROTHER IN MILWAUKEE. WILL BE CELEBRATING WITH SOME FAMILY MEMBERS AT HAPPY JOE'S TONIGHT.
IN THE NEWS AGAIN, MARK WILLEY. THROUGH HIS NEW PUBLIC DEFENDER, MARK WILLEY HAS FILED A WRITTEN PLEA OF NOT GUILTY ON CHARGES OF ATTEMPTED MURDER, WILLFUL INJURY, AND BURGLARY IN THE FIRST DEGREE. NOW,HE WILL NOT BEING MAKING A COURT APPEARANCE IN PERSON TOMORROW.
A PUBLIC HEARING HAS BEEN SCHEDULED THIS MONTH TO TALK ABOUT REZONING PROPERTY AT THE SOUTH EDGE OF MAQUOKETA, FROM AGRICULTURAL TO INDUSTRIAL. RICH HAINSTOCK OWNS ABOUT 20 ACRES ALONG HIGHWAY J61 WHRE THE MAQUOKETA WELCOME SIGN SITS. HE'S ASKING THE SUPERVIORS TO CHANGE THE ZONING, SO HE CAN PUT A COMMERCIAL BILLBOARD ON THE PROPERTY. THAT REQUIRES THE PROPERTY TO BE ZONED INDUSTRIAL. HE SAID HE DIDN'T WANT A COMMERCIAL ZONING BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF ACCESS TO THE PROPERTY. THE SUPERVIORS ARE RECEIVING SOME OBJECTIONS TO THIS AND SO A PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE AT 7:30 P.M. TUESDAY, MAY 16TH.
A MAQUOKETA MAN HAS PLEADED GUILTY IN CLINTON COUNTY DISTRICT COURT TO TAMPERING WITH VEHICKLE ODOMETERS. DANIEL CLARK, 34, REPLACED ODOMETERS IN THREE VEHICLES IN MAY, OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER 2005 TO REFLECT LOWER MILEAGE. HE APPARENTLY SOLD CARS FOR TWO MAQUOKETA USED VEHHICLE DEALERSHIPS AND THE CLINTON COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE SAID NEITHER OF THOSE DEALERSHIPS WAS IMPLICATED IN THE CASE AGAINST CLARK.
HELOYCE SAGERS, 85, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED TUESDAY. HER OBITUARY IS AT www.carsonandson.com
VERNA RISINGER, 79, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED WEDNESDAY AND HER OBITUARY IS AT www.laheys.com
THANKS FOR STOPPING BY AGAIN.
DENNIS VOY
Monday, May 01, 2006
NEARLY 2 INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE WEEKEND IN MAQUOKETA...
PARTY SUNNY AND HIGH OF 69 TODAY. OVER 5 INCHES OF RAIN FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL....A GOOD AMOUNT.
MARK WILLEY HAS HAD A PUBLIC DEFENDER APPOINTED IN HIS CASE....CHRISTINE DALTON, THE CHIEF ATTORNEY IN THE STATE PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICE BASED IN MUSCATINE. WILLEY IS SCHEDULED TO BE ARRAIGNED THIS FRIDAY.
SOME MINOR ACCIDENTS OVER THE WEEKEND.
MARK THEISEN, 45, OF MAQUOKETA HIT A DOG WITH HIS MOTORCYCLE AND IT TIPPED OVER AND SLID 90 FEET. HE WENT TO THE HOSPITAL ON HIS OWN.
ANGELA WATTERS, AGE 38, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS IN AN ACCIDENT YESTERDAY AFTERNOON NEAR MAQUOKETA AND WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL HOSPITAL FOR MINOR INJURIES.
LARRY RIORDAN, 33, OF MAQUOKETA WAS IN AN ACCIDENT SATURDAY MORNING IN MAQUOKETA. HE WAS NOT INJURED.
MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.
RICHARD KOONTZ,66, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED YESTERDAY AT UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS IN IOWA CITY. THE COMPLETED OBITURARY WILL BE UP SOON AT www.carsonandson.com
THE KMAQ GUEST BOOK ... A NEW VERSION...IS UP AND WORKING FINE AND WILL BE FREE OF BAD LANGUAGE ENTRIES AND SPAM. SOME NEW ENTRIES ALREADY ON IT....SO TAKE A LOO....AND MAKE AN ENTRY. LET US KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING THESE DAYS IN YOUR HOME AREA....AND LET US KNOW WHEN YOU PLAN A VISIT TO MAQUOKETA THIS SPRING OR SUMMER.
DEAN AND KAREN TILTON WHERE UP TO MAQUOKETA FROM THE VILLAGES, FLORIDA, WHERE THEY NOW LIVE. CAME UP FOR A PARTY FOR THE 4 HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS RETIRING THIS YEAR. KAREN TAUGHT WITH THEM FOR MANY YEARS. BOTH LOOKED GOOD AND LOVE FLORIDA.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK EVERYBODY.
GO TO THE GUEST BOOK NOW.
DENNIS VOY
PARTY SUNNY AND HIGH OF 69 TODAY. OVER 5 INCHES OF RAIN FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL....A GOOD AMOUNT.
MARK WILLEY HAS HAD A PUBLIC DEFENDER APPOINTED IN HIS CASE....CHRISTINE DALTON, THE CHIEF ATTORNEY IN THE STATE PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICE BASED IN MUSCATINE. WILLEY IS SCHEDULED TO BE ARRAIGNED THIS FRIDAY.
SOME MINOR ACCIDENTS OVER THE WEEKEND.
MARK THEISEN, 45, OF MAQUOKETA HIT A DOG WITH HIS MOTORCYCLE AND IT TIPPED OVER AND SLID 90 FEET. HE WENT TO THE HOSPITAL ON HIS OWN.
ANGELA WATTERS, AGE 38, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS IN AN ACCIDENT YESTERDAY AFTERNOON NEAR MAQUOKETA AND WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL HOSPITAL FOR MINOR INJURIES.
LARRY RIORDAN, 33, OF MAQUOKETA WAS IN AN ACCIDENT SATURDAY MORNING IN MAQUOKETA. HE WAS NOT INJURED.
MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.
RICHARD KOONTZ,66, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED YESTERDAY AT UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS IN IOWA CITY. THE COMPLETED OBITURARY WILL BE UP SOON AT www.carsonandson.com
THE KMAQ GUEST BOOK ... A NEW VERSION...IS UP AND WORKING FINE AND WILL BE FREE OF BAD LANGUAGE ENTRIES AND SPAM. SOME NEW ENTRIES ALREADY ON IT....SO TAKE A LOO....AND MAKE AN ENTRY. LET US KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING THESE DAYS IN YOUR HOME AREA....AND LET US KNOW WHEN YOU PLAN A VISIT TO MAQUOKETA THIS SPRING OR SUMMER.
DEAN AND KAREN TILTON WHERE UP TO MAQUOKETA FROM THE VILLAGES, FLORIDA, WHERE THEY NOW LIVE. CAME UP FOR A PARTY FOR THE 4 HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS RETIRING THIS YEAR. KAREN TAUGHT WITH THEM FOR MANY YEARS. BOTH LOOKED GOOD AND LOVE FLORIDA.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK EVERYBODY.
GO TO THE GUEST BOOK NOW.
DENNIS VOY
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