DEWITT WINS THEIR HOMECOMING GAME FRIDAY NIGHT.
GREAT DEFENSIVE GAME.
DEWITT 6, MAQUOKETA 0.
THE TOUCHDOWN, AN 80-YARD RUN, CAME WITH JUST OVER A MINUTE LEFT IN THE GAME.
EXCITING.
BIG CROWD.
BEAUTIFUL DAY IN MAQUOKETA.
COME VISIT US SOON.
DENNIS VOY
Friday, September 29, 2006
CLOUDY AND COOL TODAY....NO RAIN....YET.
SLOW NEWS DAYS.
DEATH: DONNA MYERS, 80, OF MAQUOKETA DIED YESTERDAY AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. SURVIVED BY HER HUSBAND, HAL, FORMER MAQUOKETA BUSINESSMAN AND FIVE CHILDREN. COMPLETE OBITUARY AT www.laheys.com
THE MAQUOKETA FIRE DEPARTMENT IS ASKING THE CITY TO OFFER A SECURITY PROGRAM FOR BUSINESSES.
IT'S CALLED THE KNOX BOX SYSTEM. IT'S A BOX WHICH HAS KEYS INSIDE WHICH CAN BE ACCESSED BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT QUICKLY IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
THE SYSTEM WOULD BE SET UP SO ONLY THE MAQUOKETA LAW CENTER COULD RELEASE THE BOX WITH KEYS INSIDE. THE BUSINESS WOULD PAY FOR THE BOX AND KEYS IF THEY WANT INTO THE SYSTEM.
THE IDEA MAY BE TALKED ABOUT AT THE NEXT REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING.
I WILL POST LEIGHTON HEPKER'S RECAP OF THE FOOTBALL GAME HERE SOMETIME SATURDAY MORNING. YOU WILL HAVE TO CLICK-ON THE
AUDIO BUTTON.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
SLOW NEWS DAYS.
DEATH: DONNA MYERS, 80, OF MAQUOKETA DIED YESTERDAY AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. SURVIVED BY HER HUSBAND, HAL, FORMER MAQUOKETA BUSINESSMAN AND FIVE CHILDREN. COMPLETE OBITUARY AT www.laheys.com
THE MAQUOKETA FIRE DEPARTMENT IS ASKING THE CITY TO OFFER A SECURITY PROGRAM FOR BUSINESSES.
IT'S CALLED THE KNOX BOX SYSTEM. IT'S A BOX WHICH HAS KEYS INSIDE WHICH CAN BE ACCESSED BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT QUICKLY IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
THE SYSTEM WOULD BE SET UP SO ONLY THE MAQUOKETA LAW CENTER COULD RELEASE THE BOX WITH KEYS INSIDE. THE BUSINESS WOULD PAY FOR THE BOX AND KEYS IF THEY WANT INTO THE SYSTEM.
THE IDEA MAY BE TALKED ABOUT AT THE NEXT REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING.
I WILL POST LEIGHTON HEPKER'S RECAP OF THE FOOTBALL GAME HERE SOMETIME SATURDAY MORNING. YOU WILL HAVE TO CLICK-ON THE
AUDIO BUTTON.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
Thursday, September 28, 2006
SUNNY AND COOL TODAY....UPPER 50'S.
I DID HAVE A REPORT YESTERDAY! DID YOU NOTICE?
IT WAS AN "AUDIO" ONLY! FOUND OUT THE NEW PHONE NUMBER TO CALL TO MAKE AUDIO-ONLY REPORTS AND IT WORKED FINE, SO FROM NOW ON, I WILL
OCCASSIONALLY DO AUDIO INSTEAD OF WRITTEN DAILY REPORTS. THE NICE THINGS ABOUT AN AUDIO REPORT: A/ I CAN DO THEM FASTER AND B/ I CAN DO THEM FROM ANYWHERE, INCLUDING IN MY CAR OR AT HOME. NO COMPUTER IS NEEDED. BUT, YOU HAVE TO NOTICE THE SMALL INDICATION THAT THE REPORT IS AN AUDIO ONE...AND THEN YOU HAVE TO CLICK ON TO IT AND BRING IT UP TO LISTEN. SO, WHEN YOU DON'T SEE A REGULAR WRITTEN REPORT FOR THE CURRENT DAY, CHECK TO MAKE SURE THERE IS NOT AN AUDIO ONE INSTEAD.
AND...HOPE YOU LIKE THE PHOTOS. NOW, IT WILL BE A LOT EASIER TO PUT PICTURES UP FOR YOU TO LOOK AT. SO, WATCH FOR MORE. OF COURSE, NOW I WILL HAVE TO START TAKING MORE PHOTOS. I CARRY A LITTLE DIGITAL CAMERA WITH ME MOST OF THE TIME.
DO YOU WANT THE WEB CAM ON MAIN STREET BACK? LET ME KNOW
BY EMAILING ME AT kmaq@kmaq.com
A PRELIMINARY FINDING IN THE TRAFFIC STUDY ON WEST PLATT SHOWS THE TRAFFIC LIGHTS AT THE ON-OFF RAMPS AT THE 61/64 INTERSECTION ARE NOT NECESSARY. BUT, THE INTERSECTION AT WESTGATE AND PLATT STREETS COULD USE A TRAFFIC LIGHT. THE STUDY SUGGESTS REMOVING THE SIGNALS AT THE RAMPS AND USING PLAIN STOP SIGNS ONLY. THE SIGNALS COULD BE MOVED TO PLATT AND WESTGATE DRIVE. BUT, TO MAKE THIS CHANGE, THE COST WILL
STILL BE AROUND $70,000. AND WHO WILL PAY THE PRICE? THE CITY OR THE STATE? MORE ON THIS STILL TO COME. I WILL KEEP YOU POSTED.
YOU STILL HAVE 2 WEEKS TO BUY A $20 CHANCE TO WIN THE NEW TRUCK RAFFLE SPONSORED BY THE MAQUOKETA ATHLETIC BOOSTERS. THE DRAWING WILL BE THE NIGHT OF THE MAQUOKETA HOMECOMING GAME. ODDS OR GOOD.
AND FOR A GOOD CAUSE. WE ARE SELLING THEM HERE AT KMAQ AND IF YOU WANT A CHANCE TO WIN, SEND $20 CHECK TO: MAQUOKETA ATHLETIC BOOSTERS, %KMAQ, BOX 940, MAQUOKETA, IOWA 52060. I'LL ACKNOWLEDGE EVERYONE THAT BUYS A TICKET ON THIS REPORT. ESPECIALLY IF YOU WERE A FORMER MCHS ATHLETE, YOU SHOULD PUT THE CHECK IN THE MAIL TOMORROW.
THE HOMECOMING QUEEN CANDIDATES ARE JESSICA BRUCK, DANIELLE DIETZ,
CHELSI HEISER, EMILY MELVOLD, DEE NUGENT, KELLY SCHUSTER, KELSEY SCOTT AND LAURA SPALDING. KING CANDIDATES ARE JOHNNY BIEHL, DANNY CAVEN,
BRAD COOK, DARON FUGLSANG, MATT GERLACH, BILLY KIRK, AARON KOPPES AND LUKE PATERSON. THE CORONATION WILL TAKE PLACE AT 3 P.M. ON SUNDAY, OCTOBER 8TH, THE KICK-OFF TO HOMECOMING WEEK. THE CARD'S OPPONENT WILL BE CLEAR CREEK-AMANA.
I'M A LOT HAPPIER TODAY THAN YETERDAY. THE ST. LOUIS CARDINALS FINIALLY WON A GAME LAST NIGHT.
A MAQUOKETA NATIVEE, DONALD SIEGEL, AGE 77, DIED YESTERDAY AT AN OELWEIN HOSPITAL AFTER A BRIEF ILLNESS. HE FARM NEAR ANDREW AND WORKED FOR LAMBORN CONSTRUCTION AT ONE TIME IN MAQUOKETA. SURVIVORS INCLUDE A DAUGHTER IN OELWIN AND A SON THERE ALSO.
DONNA MYERS, AGE 80, OF MAQUOKETA DIED THIS MORNING AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. SERVICES PENDING AT LAHEY FUNERAL HOME.
THEY ARE STARTING TO PAVE THE WAL MART PARKING LOT.
JERRY RASMUSSEN IS WRITING ANOTHER BOOK ABOUT WELL KNOWN CITIZENS OF MAQUOKETA THAT ARE NO LONGER LIVING. IT WILL BE DONE SOON.
THE DEMOCRATIC HEADQUARTERS ARE OPEN IN MAQUOKETA, IN THE OLD MANN'S JEWELRY STORE, NEAR THE CORNER OF MAIN AND PLATT STREETS.
I WANTED NEW MULTI-COLOR LIGHTS FOR CHRISTMAS IN DOWNTOWN THIS CHRISTMAS. JUST FOR A CHANGE FOR A YEAR. A POLL WAS TAKEN.
SHUCKS. THE VOTE WAS TO GO FOR ALL WHITE AGAIN. THESE DAYS, YOU CAN'T BE OLD FASHIONED. THE MUNICIPAL LIGHT EMPLOYEES WILL PUT THEM UP AGAIN THIS NOVEMBER.
WILL BE DOWN IN THE 30'S IN MAQUOKETA TONIGHT.
SORRY FOR THE LONG REPORT.
TAKE IT EASY.
DENNIS VOY
I DID HAVE A REPORT YESTERDAY! DID YOU NOTICE?
IT WAS AN "AUDIO" ONLY! FOUND OUT THE NEW PHONE NUMBER TO CALL TO MAKE AUDIO-ONLY REPORTS AND IT WORKED FINE, SO FROM NOW ON, I WILL
OCCASSIONALLY DO AUDIO INSTEAD OF WRITTEN DAILY REPORTS. THE NICE THINGS ABOUT AN AUDIO REPORT: A/ I CAN DO THEM FASTER AND B/ I CAN DO THEM FROM ANYWHERE, INCLUDING IN MY CAR OR AT HOME. NO COMPUTER IS NEEDED. BUT, YOU HAVE TO NOTICE THE SMALL INDICATION THAT THE REPORT IS AN AUDIO ONE...AND THEN YOU HAVE TO CLICK ON TO IT AND BRING IT UP TO LISTEN. SO, WHEN YOU DON'T SEE A REGULAR WRITTEN REPORT FOR THE CURRENT DAY, CHECK TO MAKE SURE THERE IS NOT AN AUDIO ONE INSTEAD.
AND...HOPE YOU LIKE THE PHOTOS. NOW, IT WILL BE A LOT EASIER TO PUT PICTURES UP FOR YOU TO LOOK AT. SO, WATCH FOR MORE. OF COURSE, NOW I WILL HAVE TO START TAKING MORE PHOTOS. I CARRY A LITTLE DIGITAL CAMERA WITH ME MOST OF THE TIME.
DO YOU WANT THE WEB CAM ON MAIN STREET BACK? LET ME KNOW
BY EMAILING ME AT kmaq@kmaq.com
A PRELIMINARY FINDING IN THE TRAFFIC STUDY ON WEST PLATT SHOWS THE TRAFFIC LIGHTS AT THE ON-OFF RAMPS AT THE 61/64 INTERSECTION ARE NOT NECESSARY. BUT, THE INTERSECTION AT WESTGATE AND PLATT STREETS COULD USE A TRAFFIC LIGHT. THE STUDY SUGGESTS REMOVING THE SIGNALS AT THE RAMPS AND USING PLAIN STOP SIGNS ONLY. THE SIGNALS COULD BE MOVED TO PLATT AND WESTGATE DRIVE. BUT, TO MAKE THIS CHANGE, THE COST WILL
STILL BE AROUND $70,000. AND WHO WILL PAY THE PRICE? THE CITY OR THE STATE? MORE ON THIS STILL TO COME. I WILL KEEP YOU POSTED.
YOU STILL HAVE 2 WEEKS TO BUY A $20 CHANCE TO WIN THE NEW TRUCK RAFFLE SPONSORED BY THE MAQUOKETA ATHLETIC BOOSTERS. THE DRAWING WILL BE THE NIGHT OF THE MAQUOKETA HOMECOMING GAME. ODDS OR GOOD.
AND FOR A GOOD CAUSE. WE ARE SELLING THEM HERE AT KMAQ AND IF YOU WANT A CHANCE TO WIN, SEND $20 CHECK TO: MAQUOKETA ATHLETIC BOOSTERS, %KMAQ, BOX 940, MAQUOKETA, IOWA 52060. I'LL ACKNOWLEDGE EVERYONE THAT BUYS A TICKET ON THIS REPORT. ESPECIALLY IF YOU WERE A FORMER MCHS ATHLETE, YOU SHOULD PUT THE CHECK IN THE MAIL TOMORROW.
THE HOMECOMING QUEEN CANDIDATES ARE JESSICA BRUCK, DANIELLE DIETZ,
CHELSI HEISER, EMILY MELVOLD, DEE NUGENT, KELLY SCHUSTER, KELSEY SCOTT AND LAURA SPALDING. KING CANDIDATES ARE JOHNNY BIEHL, DANNY CAVEN,
BRAD COOK, DARON FUGLSANG, MATT GERLACH, BILLY KIRK, AARON KOPPES AND LUKE PATERSON. THE CORONATION WILL TAKE PLACE AT 3 P.M. ON SUNDAY, OCTOBER 8TH, THE KICK-OFF TO HOMECOMING WEEK. THE CARD'S OPPONENT WILL BE CLEAR CREEK-AMANA.
I'M A LOT HAPPIER TODAY THAN YETERDAY. THE ST. LOUIS CARDINALS FINIALLY WON A GAME LAST NIGHT.
A MAQUOKETA NATIVEE, DONALD SIEGEL, AGE 77, DIED YESTERDAY AT AN OELWEIN HOSPITAL AFTER A BRIEF ILLNESS. HE FARM NEAR ANDREW AND WORKED FOR LAMBORN CONSTRUCTION AT ONE TIME IN MAQUOKETA. SURVIVORS INCLUDE A DAUGHTER IN OELWIN AND A SON THERE ALSO.
DONNA MYERS, AGE 80, OF MAQUOKETA DIED THIS MORNING AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. SERVICES PENDING AT LAHEY FUNERAL HOME.
THEY ARE STARTING TO PAVE THE WAL MART PARKING LOT.
JERRY RASMUSSEN IS WRITING ANOTHER BOOK ABOUT WELL KNOWN CITIZENS OF MAQUOKETA THAT ARE NO LONGER LIVING. IT WILL BE DONE SOON.
THE DEMOCRATIC HEADQUARTERS ARE OPEN IN MAQUOKETA, IN THE OLD MANN'S JEWELRY STORE, NEAR THE CORNER OF MAIN AND PLATT STREETS.
I WANTED NEW MULTI-COLOR LIGHTS FOR CHRISTMAS IN DOWNTOWN THIS CHRISTMAS. JUST FOR A CHANGE FOR A YEAR. A POLL WAS TAKEN.
SHUCKS. THE VOTE WAS TO GO FOR ALL WHITE AGAIN. THESE DAYS, YOU CAN'T BE OLD FASHIONED. THE MUNICIPAL LIGHT EMPLOYEES WILL PUT THEM UP AGAIN THIS NOVEMBER.
WILL BE DOWN IN THE 30'S IN MAQUOKETA TONIGHT.
SORRY FOR THE LONG REPORT.
TAKE IT EASY.
DENNIS VOY
Wednesday, September 27, 2006
Monday, September 25, 2006
BEAUTIFUL DAY TODAY.
MAQUOKETA BEAT ANAMOSA FRIDAY NIGHT, 55 TO 26. BILLY VEACH
ESTABLISHED A NEW RUSHING MARK FOR MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL WITH 385 YARDS RUSHING. HE SCORED 5 TOUCHDOWNS ON RUNS OF 3, 62, 66, 80 AND 11 YARDS. HE DID NOT PLAY THE FINAL QUARTER.
MAQUOKETA PLAY AT DEWITT THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AND IT WILL BE THEIR HOMECOMING. IT SHOULD BE A GOOD, CLOSE GAME.
CHERYL AND ANDY CLARK CELEBRATE THEIR 25TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY TOMORROW. THEY WENT ON THEIR FIRST DATE TO
MY THEATRE AND SAW "COAL MINER'S DAUGHTER". SHE HAS WORKED
FOR OVER 15 YEARS AT THE MAQUOKETA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OFFICE AND HE HAS BEEN THE MANAGER OF THE SUPER 8 MOTEL IN MAQUOKETA, SINCE IT OPENED NEARLY 15 YEARS AGO. BOTH ENJOY GOLF.
A LONGTIME JACKSON COUNTY BUSINESS HAS BEEN SOLD. BUDDY AND MYRNA OLSON ARE RETIRING AND HAVE SOLD THEIR SECURITY BUSINESS TO PER MAR SECURITY IN DAVENPORT. BUDDY AND MYRNA STARTED IT 25 YEARS AGO AT THEIR RURAL FARM AND HOME. THEIR SON JAY, WITH 19 YEARS EXPERIENCE, HAS ACCEPTED A POSITION WITH PER MAR TO SERVICE ACCOUNTS IN THIS AREA. BEFORE STARTING THE BUSINESS, BUDDY WAS A LONGTIME MAQUOKETA POLICEMAN AND SERVED AS MAQUOKETA POLICE CHIEF IN THE 70'S.
A 19-YEAR-OLD MAQUOKETA WOMAN, AMY CHASE, HAS BEEN ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH THE THEFT OF TWO VEHICLES AND BURGLARY OF A COUPLE OF OTHERS OVER THE WEEKEND.
THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT SENATE HAS SET THE THEME FOR THE OCTOBER 13TH HOMECOMING. IT'S "THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOMECOMING"...A WIZARD OF OZ THEME. THE HOMECOMING PARADE WILL BE AT 2 P.M. OCTOBER 13TH.
MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD MEETING TONIGHT.
THE PEACE PIPE PLAYERS 40TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION SATURDAY NIGHT WAS A BIG SUCCESS. GOOD TURN-OUT TOO.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
MAQUOKETA BEAT ANAMOSA FRIDAY NIGHT, 55 TO 26. BILLY VEACH
ESTABLISHED A NEW RUSHING MARK FOR MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL WITH 385 YARDS RUSHING. HE SCORED 5 TOUCHDOWNS ON RUNS OF 3, 62, 66, 80 AND 11 YARDS. HE DID NOT PLAY THE FINAL QUARTER.
MAQUOKETA PLAY AT DEWITT THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AND IT WILL BE THEIR HOMECOMING. IT SHOULD BE A GOOD, CLOSE GAME.
CHERYL AND ANDY CLARK CELEBRATE THEIR 25TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY TOMORROW. THEY WENT ON THEIR FIRST DATE TO
MY THEATRE AND SAW "COAL MINER'S DAUGHTER". SHE HAS WORKED
FOR OVER 15 YEARS AT THE MAQUOKETA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OFFICE AND HE HAS BEEN THE MANAGER OF THE SUPER 8 MOTEL IN MAQUOKETA, SINCE IT OPENED NEARLY 15 YEARS AGO. BOTH ENJOY GOLF.
A LONGTIME JACKSON COUNTY BUSINESS HAS BEEN SOLD. BUDDY AND MYRNA OLSON ARE RETIRING AND HAVE SOLD THEIR SECURITY BUSINESS TO PER MAR SECURITY IN DAVENPORT. BUDDY AND MYRNA STARTED IT 25 YEARS AGO AT THEIR RURAL FARM AND HOME. THEIR SON JAY, WITH 19 YEARS EXPERIENCE, HAS ACCEPTED A POSITION WITH PER MAR TO SERVICE ACCOUNTS IN THIS AREA. BEFORE STARTING THE BUSINESS, BUDDY WAS A LONGTIME MAQUOKETA POLICEMAN AND SERVED AS MAQUOKETA POLICE CHIEF IN THE 70'S.
A 19-YEAR-OLD MAQUOKETA WOMAN, AMY CHASE, HAS BEEN ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH THE THEFT OF TWO VEHICLES AND BURGLARY OF A COUPLE OF OTHERS OVER THE WEEKEND.
THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT SENATE HAS SET THE THEME FOR THE OCTOBER 13TH HOMECOMING. IT'S "THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOMECOMING"...A WIZARD OF OZ THEME. THE HOMECOMING PARADE WILL BE AT 2 P.M. OCTOBER 13TH.
MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD MEETING TONIGHT.
THE PEACE PIPE PLAYERS 40TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION SATURDAY NIGHT WAS A BIG SUCCESS. GOOD TURN-OUT TOO.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
Friday, September 22, 2006
MOSTLY CLOUDY TODAY, HIGH AROUND 70. SOME LIGHT RAIN NOW AND THEN.
GAS IN MAQUOKETA AT DICK'S SUPER MARKET EXPRESS (USING THEIR SAVER CARD) IS TODAY AT 1.99.9 A GALLON. THERE GAS IS ALWAYS 10 CENTS A GALLON BELOW OTHERS WITH THE CARD.
THE JACKSON COUNTY ALZHEMER'S WALK IS TOMORROW AT BELLEVUE AND ONE OF THE SPONSORS IS KMAQ. KMAQ NEWS DIRECTOR SHERI MELVOLD AND SALES REP ROXANNE CLAUSING WILL BOTH WALK IN IT.
DAWN AND RICK TILL OF CASSELBERRY, FLORIDA, ARE PARENTS OF A GIRL BORN YESTERDAY. PATERNAL GRANDMOTHER IS GWENDOLA TILL OF RURAL MAQUOKETA.
THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF '56 IS HAVING THEIR 50TH REUNION TOMORROW NIGHT AT THE EAGLES CLUB IN MAQUOKETA.
SOME OF THE CLASS MEMBERS ATTENDED DINNER LAST NIGHT AT THE DECKER HOTEL, WITH SOME SPECIAL GUESTS, INCLUDING DR. BROMAN
AND THEIR HEAD BASKETBALL COACH, JERRY CARPENTER, AND MUSIC TEACHER JANICE FARNUM. JERRY CARPENTER, WHO REGULARLY READS THIS REPORT, STOPPED IN THIS MORNING AND WE HAD A GOOD TALK ABOUT THE 50'S IN MAQUOKETA.
HIS FIRST CHILD WAS DELIVERED BY DR. BROMAN. HE NOW LIVES IN
ROMANO, CALIFORNIA, IN THE MOUNTAINS. HIS FIRST TEACHING JOB WAS HERE IN MAQUOKETA IN 1951 AND HE STAYED HERE FOR 5 YEARS, AS HISTORY TEACHER AND COACH. FOR 5 SUMMERS, HE ALSO RAN THE MAQUOKETA SWIMMING POOL AND LOLA LUBBEN AND KAREN SPECHT
WORKED AT THE POOL FOR HIM. KAREN, BY THE WAY, IS THE CHAIRMAN OF TOMORROW'S REUNION. SOME OTHER THAT WERE IN THAT CLASS:
ROD CARSON OF CARSON & SON FUNERAL HOME IN MAQUOKETA. DICK CLARK, NOW OF CEDAR FALLS, WHO WENT ON THE PLAY FOOTBALL FOR IOWA AND WENT TO THE ROSE BOWL WITH THE HAWKEYES. THEN WENT INTO EDUCATION AND EVENTUALLY WAS A PRINCIPAL AT A COUPLE SCHOOLS. BLAINE KEENEY WAS IN THE CLASS. ALSO HOWARD HEINZEL WHO ENDED UP MARRYING CLASSMASTE KATHLEEN SIKKINK, DAUGHTER OF THE SUPERINTENDENT, MELVIN SIKKINK. THEY NOW LIVE IN DES MOINES. JERRY FULLER ASSISTED IN COACHING TRACK, AND FOOTBALL AND THE LAST TWO YEARS HE WAS IN MAQUOKETA, HE WAS THE HEAD BASKETBALL COACH. TO SUM IT UP, HE HAS FOND MEMORIES OF MAQUOKETA AND ENJOYS VISITS HERE. HE AND HIS WIFE ARE ENJOYING THIS ONE TOO. PRETTY SURE HE SAID HE HAS 3 CHILDREN AND ALL LIVE IN THE MIDWEST.
JERRY CARPENTER ALSO TOLD ME THAT AT BEVERLY HILLS HIGH SCHOOL WHERE HE TAUGHT FOR 25 YEARS, HE HAD STUDENTS WHO WENT ON TO BE FAMOUS MOVIE STARS, INCLUDING RICHARD DREYFUS AND NICHOLAS CAGE.
AND...WHEN IN MAQUOKET, CARPENTER WAS A MEMBER OF THE MAQUOKETA LIONS CLUB. IN IN 1953 (NOT SURE THAT WAS THE EXACT YEAR) HE AND 3 OTHER MEMBERS OF CLUB HAD A BARBERSHOP QUARTET AND THEY (UNDER DIRECTION OF JANICE FARNUM) ENTERED THE
LION'S BARBERSHOP CONTEST AT THE LIONS INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION THAT YEAR IN CHICAGO. AND, THEY TOOK 2ND PLACE.
BUT, TAKING FIRST PLACE WAS "THE BUFFALO BILLS", THAT LATER WENT ON TO BE FAMOUS WORLD-WIDE, AND ONE OF THE BEST-EVER BARBERSHOP QUARTETS IN THE WORLD. IN ADDITION TO JERRY, VIC STEAD(NOW DECEASED) WAS ONE OF THE FOUR. BUT HE (AND JANICE EITHER) CAN RECALL WHO THE OTHER TWO WERE. ANYONE OUT THERE KNOW?
MAQUOKETA AT ANAMOSA TONIGHT. GAME AT 7:30 ON KMAQ. I AND LEIGHTON WILL BE THERE TO BROADCAST ON AM AND FM. MAQUOKETA GOES IN WITH AN 0 AND 3 RECORD. LAST YEAR, IT WAS THE SAME 0 AND 3 AND MAQUOKETA HERE IN TOWN, BEAT THEM 36 TO 0. WILL HISTORY REPEAT ITSELF? HOPE SO. GO CARDINALS.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
GAS IN MAQUOKETA AT DICK'S SUPER MARKET EXPRESS (USING THEIR SAVER CARD) IS TODAY AT 1.99.9 A GALLON. THERE GAS IS ALWAYS 10 CENTS A GALLON BELOW OTHERS WITH THE CARD.
THE JACKSON COUNTY ALZHEMER'S WALK IS TOMORROW AT BELLEVUE AND ONE OF THE SPONSORS IS KMAQ. KMAQ NEWS DIRECTOR SHERI MELVOLD AND SALES REP ROXANNE CLAUSING WILL BOTH WALK IN IT.
DAWN AND RICK TILL OF CASSELBERRY, FLORIDA, ARE PARENTS OF A GIRL BORN YESTERDAY. PATERNAL GRANDMOTHER IS GWENDOLA TILL OF RURAL MAQUOKETA.
THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF '56 IS HAVING THEIR 50TH REUNION TOMORROW NIGHT AT THE EAGLES CLUB IN MAQUOKETA.
SOME OF THE CLASS MEMBERS ATTENDED DINNER LAST NIGHT AT THE DECKER HOTEL, WITH SOME SPECIAL GUESTS, INCLUDING DR. BROMAN
AND THEIR HEAD BASKETBALL COACH, JERRY CARPENTER, AND MUSIC TEACHER JANICE FARNUM. JERRY CARPENTER, WHO REGULARLY READS THIS REPORT, STOPPED IN THIS MORNING AND WE HAD A GOOD TALK ABOUT THE 50'S IN MAQUOKETA.
HIS FIRST CHILD WAS DELIVERED BY DR. BROMAN. HE NOW LIVES IN
ROMANO, CALIFORNIA, IN THE MOUNTAINS. HIS FIRST TEACHING JOB WAS HERE IN MAQUOKETA IN 1951 AND HE STAYED HERE FOR 5 YEARS, AS HISTORY TEACHER AND COACH. FOR 5 SUMMERS, HE ALSO RAN THE MAQUOKETA SWIMMING POOL AND LOLA LUBBEN AND KAREN SPECHT
WORKED AT THE POOL FOR HIM. KAREN, BY THE WAY, IS THE CHAIRMAN OF TOMORROW'S REUNION. SOME OTHER THAT WERE IN THAT CLASS:
ROD CARSON OF CARSON & SON FUNERAL HOME IN MAQUOKETA. DICK CLARK, NOW OF CEDAR FALLS, WHO WENT ON THE PLAY FOOTBALL FOR IOWA AND WENT TO THE ROSE BOWL WITH THE HAWKEYES. THEN WENT INTO EDUCATION AND EVENTUALLY WAS A PRINCIPAL AT A COUPLE SCHOOLS. BLAINE KEENEY WAS IN THE CLASS. ALSO HOWARD HEINZEL WHO ENDED UP MARRYING CLASSMASTE KATHLEEN SIKKINK, DAUGHTER OF THE SUPERINTENDENT, MELVIN SIKKINK. THEY NOW LIVE IN DES MOINES. JERRY FULLER ASSISTED IN COACHING TRACK, AND FOOTBALL AND THE LAST TWO YEARS HE WAS IN MAQUOKETA, HE WAS THE HEAD BASKETBALL COACH. TO SUM IT UP, HE HAS FOND MEMORIES OF MAQUOKETA AND ENJOYS VISITS HERE. HE AND HIS WIFE ARE ENJOYING THIS ONE TOO. PRETTY SURE HE SAID HE HAS 3 CHILDREN AND ALL LIVE IN THE MIDWEST.
JERRY CARPENTER ALSO TOLD ME THAT AT BEVERLY HILLS HIGH SCHOOL WHERE HE TAUGHT FOR 25 YEARS, HE HAD STUDENTS WHO WENT ON TO BE FAMOUS MOVIE STARS, INCLUDING RICHARD DREYFUS AND NICHOLAS CAGE.
AND...WHEN IN MAQUOKET, CARPENTER WAS A MEMBER OF THE MAQUOKETA LIONS CLUB. IN IN 1953 (NOT SURE THAT WAS THE EXACT YEAR) HE AND 3 OTHER MEMBERS OF CLUB HAD A BARBERSHOP QUARTET AND THEY (UNDER DIRECTION OF JANICE FARNUM) ENTERED THE
LION'S BARBERSHOP CONTEST AT THE LIONS INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION THAT YEAR IN CHICAGO. AND, THEY TOOK 2ND PLACE.
BUT, TAKING FIRST PLACE WAS "THE BUFFALO BILLS", THAT LATER WENT ON TO BE FAMOUS WORLD-WIDE, AND ONE OF THE BEST-EVER BARBERSHOP QUARTETS IN THE WORLD. IN ADDITION TO JERRY, VIC STEAD(NOW DECEASED) WAS ONE OF THE FOUR. BUT HE (AND JANICE EITHER) CAN RECALL WHO THE OTHER TWO WERE. ANYONE OUT THERE KNOW?
MAQUOKETA AT ANAMOSA TONIGHT. GAME AT 7:30 ON KMAQ. I AND LEIGHTON WILL BE THERE TO BROADCAST ON AM AND FM. MAQUOKETA GOES IN WITH AN 0 AND 3 RECORD. LAST YEAR, IT WAS THE SAME 0 AND 3 AND MAQUOKETA HERE IN TOWN, BEAT THEM 36 TO 0. WILL HISTORY REPEAT ITSELF? HOPE SO. GO CARDINALS.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
Thursday, September 21, 2006
MOSTLY CLOUDY TODAY, NO RAIN AND HIGH OF 71. RAIN IS IN THE FORECAST FOR TONIGHT AND TOMORROW.
THE CARVING OF AN EAGLE IN FRONT OF THE LAW ENFORCEMENT CENTER WAS CUT DOWN TODAY, BECAUSE THE TREE TRUNK HAD DETERIORTED.
THE FELDERMAN FAMILY HAD AN ARTIST DO IT FOR THE CITY YEARS AGO AS A MEMORIAL TO THE LATE SHERIFF LOREN FELDERMAN. NOW, THEY HAVE GIVEN THE EAGLE TO THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND IT WILL BE PLACED AT THE CLINTON ENGINES MUSEUM BUILDING.'
THE STATE OF IOWA ANNUAL FIREMEN'S CONVENTION WILL BE HELD IN MAQUOKETA IN TWO YEARS, SEPTEMBER 3-7, 2008. AROUND 2,500 ARE EXPECTED TO ATTEND. A PARADE WILL CLOSE IT OUT ON SATURDAY NIGHT.
BEGINNING OCTOBER 1ST, MAQUOKETA WILL HAVE A DOG AND CAT OWNERS ORDINANCE. THE FINAL READING WAS APPROVED AT THIS WEEK'S CITY COUNCIL MEETING. ALL DOGS AND CATS OVER 6 MONTHS WILL HAVE TO HAVE THE LICENSE. COST, $5 AND SENIORS $1.
CITY OFFICIALS SAY IT WILL HELP IN RETURNING STAY PETS TO THEIR OWNERS WITHOUT HAVING TO GO TO THE HUMANE SOCIETY.
KMAQ ANNOUNCER JIM SAUNDERS IS 44 TOMORROW.
THE FINAL NIGHT OF STOCK CAR RACING IS THIS SATURDAY NIGHT IN MAQUOKETA.
A GRAD STUDENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA LAST NIGHT, PROPOSED TO HIS GIRL, AT THE 61 DRIVE-IN THEATRE. THERE WAS NO MOVIE LAST NIGHT, BUT A 15 MINUTES VIDEO HE PRODUCED WAS SHOWN ON THE BIG SCREEN, WITH APPROPRIATE MUSIC. HER PARENTS WERE PRESENT ALONG WITH I AND A FRIEND. SHE WAS SURPRISED. ALL WENT
WELL AND.........SHE SAID "YES!" A CHAMPAGNE TOAST FOLLOWED.
NO DATE FOR THE WEDDING HAS BEEN SELECTED. THEY BOTH HAVE ATTENDED MOVIES IN THE PAST AT THE DRIVE-IN AND ARE MOVIE BUFFS AND FANS OF THE 61. IT WAS THE SECOND MARRIAGE PROPOSAL OUT THERE THIS YEAR AND THE FIRST TWO EVER. THE FIRST PROPOSAL WAS IN FRONT OF A FULL HOUSE AT THE 61 AND THEY ENJOYED THE ADDED BONUS THAT NIGHT. AND THE YOUNG LADY THEN ALSO SAID "YES"!
ISN'T LOVE GRAND?
DENNIS VOY
THE CARVING OF AN EAGLE IN FRONT OF THE LAW ENFORCEMENT CENTER WAS CUT DOWN TODAY, BECAUSE THE TREE TRUNK HAD DETERIORTED.
THE FELDERMAN FAMILY HAD AN ARTIST DO IT FOR THE CITY YEARS AGO AS A MEMORIAL TO THE LATE SHERIFF LOREN FELDERMAN. NOW, THEY HAVE GIVEN THE EAGLE TO THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND IT WILL BE PLACED AT THE CLINTON ENGINES MUSEUM BUILDING.'
THE STATE OF IOWA ANNUAL FIREMEN'S CONVENTION WILL BE HELD IN MAQUOKETA IN TWO YEARS, SEPTEMBER 3-7, 2008. AROUND 2,500 ARE EXPECTED TO ATTEND. A PARADE WILL CLOSE IT OUT ON SATURDAY NIGHT.
BEGINNING OCTOBER 1ST, MAQUOKETA WILL HAVE A DOG AND CAT OWNERS ORDINANCE. THE FINAL READING WAS APPROVED AT THIS WEEK'S CITY COUNCIL MEETING. ALL DOGS AND CATS OVER 6 MONTHS WILL HAVE TO HAVE THE LICENSE. COST, $5 AND SENIORS $1.
CITY OFFICIALS SAY IT WILL HELP IN RETURNING STAY PETS TO THEIR OWNERS WITHOUT HAVING TO GO TO THE HUMANE SOCIETY.
KMAQ ANNOUNCER JIM SAUNDERS IS 44 TOMORROW.
THE FINAL NIGHT OF STOCK CAR RACING IS THIS SATURDAY NIGHT IN MAQUOKETA.
A GRAD STUDENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA LAST NIGHT, PROPOSED TO HIS GIRL, AT THE 61 DRIVE-IN THEATRE. THERE WAS NO MOVIE LAST NIGHT, BUT A 15 MINUTES VIDEO HE PRODUCED WAS SHOWN ON THE BIG SCREEN, WITH APPROPRIATE MUSIC. HER PARENTS WERE PRESENT ALONG WITH I AND A FRIEND. SHE WAS SURPRISED. ALL WENT
WELL AND.........SHE SAID "YES!" A CHAMPAGNE TOAST FOLLOWED.
NO DATE FOR THE WEDDING HAS BEEN SELECTED. THEY BOTH HAVE ATTENDED MOVIES IN THE PAST AT THE DRIVE-IN AND ARE MOVIE BUFFS AND FANS OF THE 61. IT WAS THE SECOND MARRIAGE PROPOSAL OUT THERE THIS YEAR AND THE FIRST TWO EVER. THE FIRST PROPOSAL WAS IN FRONT OF A FULL HOUSE AT THE 61 AND THEY ENJOYED THE ADDED BONUS THAT NIGHT. AND THE YOUNG LADY THEN ALSO SAID "YES"!
ISN'T LOVE GRAND?
DENNIS VOY
Wednesday, September 20, 2006
BEAUTIFUL DAY...HIGH OF 62.
HOSPICE OF JACKSON COUNTY HAS EXPRESSED INTEREST IN USING THE ANDREW JACKSON CARE FACILITY NEAR ANDREW. THIS WAS LEARNED THIS MORNING AT THE JACKSON COUNTY SUPERVIORS MEETING.
THE SUPERVISORS WILL HAVE A WORK SESSION WITH THE HOSPICE BOARD NEXT MONDAY MORNING, AT 8:30. AN ARCHITECT WITH DURANT IN DUBUQUE WAS AT THE SUPERVIORS MEETING THIS MORNING AND IN A LETTER TO LISA MELLOY OF HOSPICE, HE SAID IT WOULD COST UP TO $250,000 FOR IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE FACILITY BEFORE IT COULD BE USED. FOR ONE THING, ROOMS NOW DO NOT HAVE A TOILET AND THERE WOULD NEED TO BE ONE IN EACH ROOM. AND TO MEET VENTILATION REQUIREMENTS, TEMPERED OUTDOOR AIR WOULD NEED TO BE ADDED TO EACH ROOM. THE SUPERVIORS WILL LEARN MORE ABOUT THE IDEA MONDAY MORNING. IF IT CAME TO BE, IT WOULD CERTAINLY BE A LARGE HOSPICE FACILITY. THE SUPERVIORS HAVE THE VACANT BUILDING FOR SALE. IT HAS NOT BEEN USED SINCE THE CARE FACILITY CLOSED LAST YEAR.
A BIRTH. SHARICE NEUMANN AND DANIEL PARRAMORE OF MAQUOKETA ARE PARENTS OF A GIRL, BORN LAST THURSDAY AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL.
GRANDPARENTS ARE BETTY NEUMANN AND WERNER NEUMANN OF MAQUOKETA AND PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE RODGER AND JACKIE LANG OF MAQUOKETA.
GOT AN EMAIL FROM ALLEN BODKIN IN IBERIA, MISSOURI, SAYING HE ENJOYS THIS DAILY REPORT. SAYS GAS THERE WAS 2.99 A MONTH AGO AND IS NOW DOWN TO AROUND 2.29.
ON THE FRONT PAGE OF TODAY'S SENTINEL-PRESS, IS A PICTURE OF
BILL MAYBERRY OF MAQUOKETA AND DORIS (DOLPHIN) PETERSEN
TAKEN AT THE MAQUOKETA 1946 HOMECOMING DANCE. THEY WERE KING AND QUEEN. AND BOTH WILL BE THIS YEAR'S HOMECOMING PARADE GRAND MARSHALLS. THAT'S ON OCTOBER 13TH. BILL IS STILL ACTIVE WITH THE FORMER CLINTON ENGINES PARTS BUSINESS HERE IN TOWN AND DORIS AND HER HUSBAND LIVE IN VIRGINIA, NEAR WASHINGTON, D.C.
THE HOMECOMING COMMITEE IS STRESSING PAST HOMECOMING CELEBRATIONS THIS YEAR. IF YOU HAVE A STORY TO TELL ABOUT HOMECOMING IN THE PAST HERE IN MAQUOKETA, TELL US ABOUT IT ON KMAQ'S GUEST BOOK.
THANKS FOR STOPPING BY.
DENNIS VOY
HOSPICE OF JACKSON COUNTY HAS EXPRESSED INTEREST IN USING THE ANDREW JACKSON CARE FACILITY NEAR ANDREW. THIS WAS LEARNED THIS MORNING AT THE JACKSON COUNTY SUPERVIORS MEETING.
THE SUPERVISORS WILL HAVE A WORK SESSION WITH THE HOSPICE BOARD NEXT MONDAY MORNING, AT 8:30. AN ARCHITECT WITH DURANT IN DUBUQUE WAS AT THE SUPERVIORS MEETING THIS MORNING AND IN A LETTER TO LISA MELLOY OF HOSPICE, HE SAID IT WOULD COST UP TO $250,000 FOR IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE FACILITY BEFORE IT COULD BE USED. FOR ONE THING, ROOMS NOW DO NOT HAVE A TOILET AND THERE WOULD NEED TO BE ONE IN EACH ROOM. AND TO MEET VENTILATION REQUIREMENTS, TEMPERED OUTDOOR AIR WOULD NEED TO BE ADDED TO EACH ROOM. THE SUPERVIORS WILL LEARN MORE ABOUT THE IDEA MONDAY MORNING. IF IT CAME TO BE, IT WOULD CERTAINLY BE A LARGE HOSPICE FACILITY. THE SUPERVIORS HAVE THE VACANT BUILDING FOR SALE. IT HAS NOT BEEN USED SINCE THE CARE FACILITY CLOSED LAST YEAR.
A BIRTH. SHARICE NEUMANN AND DANIEL PARRAMORE OF MAQUOKETA ARE PARENTS OF A GIRL, BORN LAST THURSDAY AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL.
GRANDPARENTS ARE BETTY NEUMANN AND WERNER NEUMANN OF MAQUOKETA AND PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE RODGER AND JACKIE LANG OF MAQUOKETA.
GOT AN EMAIL FROM ALLEN BODKIN IN IBERIA, MISSOURI, SAYING HE ENJOYS THIS DAILY REPORT. SAYS GAS THERE WAS 2.99 A MONTH AGO AND IS NOW DOWN TO AROUND 2.29.
ON THE FRONT PAGE OF TODAY'S SENTINEL-PRESS, IS A PICTURE OF
BILL MAYBERRY OF MAQUOKETA AND DORIS (DOLPHIN) PETERSEN
TAKEN AT THE MAQUOKETA 1946 HOMECOMING DANCE. THEY WERE KING AND QUEEN. AND BOTH WILL BE THIS YEAR'S HOMECOMING PARADE GRAND MARSHALLS. THAT'S ON OCTOBER 13TH. BILL IS STILL ACTIVE WITH THE FORMER CLINTON ENGINES PARTS BUSINESS HERE IN TOWN AND DORIS AND HER HUSBAND LIVE IN VIRGINIA, NEAR WASHINGTON, D.C.
THE HOMECOMING COMMITEE IS STRESSING PAST HOMECOMING CELEBRATIONS THIS YEAR. IF YOU HAVE A STORY TO TELL ABOUT HOMECOMING IN THE PAST HERE IN MAQUOKETA, TELL US ABOUT IT ON KMAQ'S GUEST BOOK.
THANKS FOR STOPPING BY.
DENNIS VOY
Monday, September 18, 2006
COOL TODAY, HIGH OF 65. TONIGHT, LOW IN THE 40'S AND TOMORROW, HIGH ONLY IN THE 50'S.
SATURDAY (STARTS EARLY IN MORNING) IS FIRST DAY OF FALL.
THE MAQUOKETA FOOTBALL TEAM LOST TO MARION HERE FRIDAY NIGHT,
BUT PLAYED A GOOD GAME AGAINST THE RANKED INDIANS. THIS WEEK, THEY PLAY AT ANAMOSA AND HAVE A GOOD CHANCE TO WIN THAT GAME. THEY ARE NOW 0 AND 3 OVERALL.
GENERAC POWER SYSTEMS, ONE OF THE NEW INDUSTRIES IN THE SOUTH INDUSTRIAL PARK, WAS SOLD LAST WEEK. IT EMPLOYS OVER A HUNDRED. THEIR 3 WISCONSIN PLANTS ALSO WERE SOLD, TO CCMP CAPITAL ADVISOR LLC, A PRIVATE INVESTOR IN NEW YORK CITY. NO SELLING PRICE WAS ANNOUNCED AND NO PLANS ANNOUNCED. SO, I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THIS MIGHT MEAN TO MAQUOKETA. THE NEW OWNERS OWN ARAMARK IN PHILADELPHIA...THE SPORTING GOODS CHAINC, CABELAS OF NEBRASKA AND THE MOVIE THEATRE COMPANY AMC ENTERTAINMENT. SO..THEY ARE A BIG FIRM. THE SELLER WAS THE FOUNDER OF THE COMPANY, ROBERT KERN OF WAUKESHA, WISCONSIN.
HE STARTED THE COMPANY IN HIS GARAGE AND IS NOW AROUND 80 YEARS OLD BUT STILL ACTIVE IN THE FIRM.
NO LOCAL DEATHS OR BIRTHS.
LOIS ANN FISCHER, A KMAQ SALE REP, CELEBRATES HER BIRTHDAY TOMORROW.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
SATURDAY (STARTS EARLY IN MORNING) IS FIRST DAY OF FALL.
THE MAQUOKETA FOOTBALL TEAM LOST TO MARION HERE FRIDAY NIGHT,
BUT PLAYED A GOOD GAME AGAINST THE RANKED INDIANS. THIS WEEK, THEY PLAY AT ANAMOSA AND HAVE A GOOD CHANCE TO WIN THAT GAME. THEY ARE NOW 0 AND 3 OVERALL.
GENERAC POWER SYSTEMS, ONE OF THE NEW INDUSTRIES IN THE SOUTH INDUSTRIAL PARK, WAS SOLD LAST WEEK. IT EMPLOYS OVER A HUNDRED. THEIR 3 WISCONSIN PLANTS ALSO WERE SOLD, TO CCMP CAPITAL ADVISOR LLC, A PRIVATE INVESTOR IN NEW YORK CITY. NO SELLING PRICE WAS ANNOUNCED AND NO PLANS ANNOUNCED. SO, I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THIS MIGHT MEAN TO MAQUOKETA. THE NEW OWNERS OWN ARAMARK IN PHILADELPHIA...THE SPORTING GOODS CHAINC, CABELAS OF NEBRASKA AND THE MOVIE THEATRE COMPANY AMC ENTERTAINMENT. SO..THEY ARE A BIG FIRM. THE SELLER WAS THE FOUNDER OF THE COMPANY, ROBERT KERN OF WAUKESHA, WISCONSIN.
HE STARTED THE COMPANY IN HIS GARAGE AND IS NOW AROUND 80 YEARS OLD BUT STILL ACTIVE IN THE FIRM.
NO LOCAL DEATHS OR BIRTHS.
LOIS ANN FISCHER, A KMAQ SALE REP, CELEBRATES HER BIRTHDAY TOMORROW.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
Friday, September 15, 2006
ANOTHER TERRIFIC WEATHER DAY !
THE MAQUOKETA CARDINALS HAVE A TOUGH GAME TONIGHT AGAINST
RANKED MARION.....AT GOODENOW FIELD. I'LL BE JOINING SOME FELLOW ROTARIANS AND WILL BE SELLING ADMISSION TICKETS AT THE MAIN GATE.
EACH HOME GAME IS DONE BY A DIFFERENT SERVICE CLUB.
THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD HAS APPROVED THE HIRING OF BEV BRAUER AS THE HIGH SCHOOL DANCE TEAM COACH FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR. SHE IS A TEACHER AT CARDINAL ELEMENTARY AND REPLACES LINDA POLK WHO SERVED AS COACH LAST YEAR.
SCOTT COUNTY YMCA OFFICIALS PRESENTED A BUDGET IF THEY TOOK OVER THE RUNNING OF THE NEW ARC IN MAQUOKETA, THAT IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION. THE PROPOSED BUDGET WAS DISCUSSED (WITH THEIR PRESIDENT) WITH A COUNCIL FINANCE COMMITTEE LAST NIGHT.
IT PROPOSES EXPENSES OF $842,000 AND REVENUE OF $576,000 AND A DEFICIT THAT THE CITY WOULD HAVE TO PICK UP OF $266,000. NOT COUNTING FIRST YEAR "START-UP" COSTS OF ABOUT $100,000.
SOME PRETTY BIG FIGURES.
NO BIRTHS OR DEATHS.
HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
THE MAQUOKETA CARDINALS HAVE A TOUGH GAME TONIGHT AGAINST
RANKED MARION.....AT GOODENOW FIELD. I'LL BE JOINING SOME FELLOW ROTARIANS AND WILL BE SELLING ADMISSION TICKETS AT THE MAIN GATE.
EACH HOME GAME IS DONE BY A DIFFERENT SERVICE CLUB.
THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD HAS APPROVED THE HIRING OF BEV BRAUER AS THE HIGH SCHOOL DANCE TEAM COACH FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR. SHE IS A TEACHER AT CARDINAL ELEMENTARY AND REPLACES LINDA POLK WHO SERVED AS COACH LAST YEAR.
SCOTT COUNTY YMCA OFFICIALS PRESENTED A BUDGET IF THEY TOOK OVER THE RUNNING OF THE NEW ARC IN MAQUOKETA, THAT IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION. THE PROPOSED BUDGET WAS DISCUSSED (WITH THEIR PRESIDENT) WITH A COUNCIL FINANCE COMMITTEE LAST NIGHT.
IT PROPOSES EXPENSES OF $842,000 AND REVENUE OF $576,000 AND A DEFICIT THAT THE CITY WOULD HAVE TO PICK UP OF $266,000. NOT COUNTING FIRST YEAR "START-UP" COSTS OF ABOUT $100,000.
SOME PRETTY BIG FIGURES.
NO BIRTHS OR DEATHS.
HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
Thursday, September 14, 2006
NICE SUNNY DAY, HIGH OF 75.
GAS PRICES ARE GOING DOWN IN MAQUOKETA. SOMEONE AT COFFEE SAID THAT THE LOWEST IN AREA IS 2.06 A GALLON. MAYBE I HEARD THAT WRONG, BUT THEY ARE DOWN AND IOWA HAS SOME OF LOWEST PRICES.
SUE AND ARNOLD KORANDA STOPPED IN TO VISIT LAST WEEK BEFORE GOING BACK TO FLORIDA, WHERE THEY HAVE LIVED SINCE JANAURY....NEAR DADE CITY. THEY BOTH LOOKED GOOD...LIKE IT DOWN THERE...BUT OF COURSE, ALSO MISS MAQUOKETA. ARNOLD CHECKS THIS REPORT DAILY AND HE IS INVOLVED A LITTLE IN APPLIANCE RECONDITIONING FOR SOMONE THAT BUYS USED APPLIANCES AND RE-SELLS THEM. THEY LIVE NEAR SUE'S MOTHER AND A COUPLE OF SUE'S SISTERS. ARNOLD SOLD HIS TV AND APPLIANCE STORE THAT HE OPERATED OVER 30 YEARS IN MAQUOKETA LAST YEAR AND THEN DECIDED TO RETIRE IN FLORIDA. SUE WAS WORKING AT THE $-SAVER STORE IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA UNTIL HEADING SOUTH WITH ARNOLD.
KARL AND ELENOR SCHROEDER, FORMER MAQUOKETA RESIDENTS, CELEBRATE THEIR 50TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY TOMORROW, SEPT 15TH.
THEY NOW LIVE IN MESA, ARIZONA. THEY HAVE 5 CHILDREN AND
9 GRANDCHILDREN. KARL RETIRED FROM CEO POSITION AT HIS OLDER BROTHER ASHER STILL LIVES HERE.
A MAQUOKETA WOMAN, LESLIE BLACKWELL, AGE 39, IS IN JAIL AFTER SHE ALLEGEDLY SOLD XANAX TO AN INFORMANT FOR THE BEAR CREEK NARCOTICS TASK FORCE. SHE WAS ARRESTED WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT CASEYS.
THE FAMILY DOLLAR CORPORATION HAS BEEN ORDERED BY THE IOWA DOT TO PAY $93,222 AS A DEFAULT PAYMENT FOR NOT MEETING ITS JOB QUOTA. THE DOT REVITALIZE IOWA'S SOUND ECONOMY PROVIDED FUNDING TO THE CITY OF MAQUOKETA FIVE YEARS AGO TO BUILD FAMILY DOLLAR PARKWAY AND PART OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE STATE MONEY WAS FAMILY DOLLAR WAS TO CREATE 485 NEW JOBS. FAMILY DOLLAR HAS FALLEN SHORT OF THAT NUMBER, WITH 395 NEW JOBS.
THE COMPANY SAID THEY HAVE CREATED MORE THAN 395 AND IF THEY CAN PROVIDE DOCUMENTATIN, THE AMOUNT OF MONEY TO BE PAID BACK COULD BE LESS.
MEET THE CANDIDATES NIGHT TONIGHT AT 7 AT CITY HALL. THE TWO HOUR EVENT WILL BE BROADCAST "LIVE" ON BOTH KMAQ AM AND FM.
IT IS TIME TO END THIS ....AND TONIGHT OR TOMORROW, YOU HAVE A GOOD TIME.
DENNIS VOY
GAS PRICES ARE GOING DOWN IN MAQUOKETA. SOMEONE AT COFFEE SAID THAT THE LOWEST IN AREA IS 2.06 A GALLON. MAYBE I HEARD THAT WRONG, BUT THEY ARE DOWN AND IOWA HAS SOME OF LOWEST PRICES.
SUE AND ARNOLD KORANDA STOPPED IN TO VISIT LAST WEEK BEFORE GOING BACK TO FLORIDA, WHERE THEY HAVE LIVED SINCE JANAURY....NEAR DADE CITY. THEY BOTH LOOKED GOOD...LIKE IT DOWN THERE...BUT OF COURSE, ALSO MISS MAQUOKETA. ARNOLD CHECKS THIS REPORT DAILY AND HE IS INVOLVED A LITTLE IN APPLIANCE RECONDITIONING FOR SOMONE THAT BUYS USED APPLIANCES AND RE-SELLS THEM. THEY LIVE NEAR SUE'S MOTHER AND A COUPLE OF SUE'S SISTERS. ARNOLD SOLD HIS TV AND APPLIANCE STORE THAT HE OPERATED OVER 30 YEARS IN MAQUOKETA LAST YEAR AND THEN DECIDED TO RETIRE IN FLORIDA. SUE WAS WORKING AT THE $-SAVER STORE IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA UNTIL HEADING SOUTH WITH ARNOLD.
KARL AND ELENOR SCHROEDER, FORMER MAQUOKETA RESIDENTS, CELEBRATE THEIR 50TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY TOMORROW, SEPT 15TH.
THEY NOW LIVE IN MESA, ARIZONA. THEY HAVE 5 CHILDREN AND
9 GRANDCHILDREN. KARL RETIRED FROM CEO POSITION AT HIS OLDER BROTHER ASHER STILL LIVES HERE.
A MAQUOKETA WOMAN, LESLIE BLACKWELL, AGE 39, IS IN JAIL AFTER SHE ALLEGEDLY SOLD XANAX TO AN INFORMANT FOR THE BEAR CREEK NARCOTICS TASK FORCE. SHE WAS ARRESTED WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT CASEYS.
THE FAMILY DOLLAR CORPORATION HAS BEEN ORDERED BY THE IOWA DOT TO PAY $93,222 AS A DEFAULT PAYMENT FOR NOT MEETING ITS JOB QUOTA. THE DOT REVITALIZE IOWA'S SOUND ECONOMY PROVIDED FUNDING TO THE CITY OF MAQUOKETA FIVE YEARS AGO TO BUILD FAMILY DOLLAR PARKWAY AND PART OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE STATE MONEY WAS FAMILY DOLLAR WAS TO CREATE 485 NEW JOBS. FAMILY DOLLAR HAS FALLEN SHORT OF THAT NUMBER, WITH 395 NEW JOBS.
THE COMPANY SAID THEY HAVE CREATED MORE THAN 395 AND IF THEY CAN PROVIDE DOCUMENTATIN, THE AMOUNT OF MONEY TO BE PAID BACK COULD BE LESS.
MEET THE CANDIDATES NIGHT TONIGHT AT 7 AT CITY HALL. THE TWO HOUR EVENT WILL BE BROADCAST "LIVE" ON BOTH KMAQ AM AND FM.
IT IS TIME TO END THIS ....AND TONIGHT OR TOMORROW, YOU HAVE A GOOD TIME.
DENNIS VOY
Wednesday, September 13, 2006
NICE DAY TODAY...67 FOR HIGH.
THE JACKSON COUNTY COURTHOUSE SHRUBS AROUND THE BUILDING LOOK NICE AND INSIDE, A NEW OFFICE IS BEING ESTABLISHED FOR THE ASSESSOR AND STAFF.
RYAN AND AMY BECK OF EAST PEORIA ARE THE PARENTS OF A BOY BORN MONDAY IN PEORIA. GRANDPARENTS ARE DENNIS AND MARY BECK
OF MAQUOKETA.
LAURA FERNAU, AGE 71, DIED MONDAY IN CEDAR RAPIDS. SURVIVORS INCLUDE A DAUGHTER, VICKI HELTON OF MAQUOKETA.
DID I MENTION EARLIER THAT WES BEECHER DIED LAST FRIDAY? HE WAS A TOUGH GAME WARDEN IN JACKSON COUNTY FOR MANY YEARS. WAS 84.
VIRGINIA GOODENOW, AGE 79, OF MAQUOKETA,DIED TUESDAY. HER BULL OBITURARY IS AT www.carsonandson.com
DR. BROMAN JUST GOT BACK FROM A DAUGHTER'S WEDDING AT SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA. IT WAS HOPE'S SECOND MARRIAGE. I
MET HIM EARLIER THIS YEAR...NICE GUY. DOC GETS TO ROTARY EVERY WEEK. STILL A BIG MICHIGAN FOOTBALL FAN.
JERRY RASMUSSEN GOT A NEW HD TV SET.
AND THAT'S ALL OF THE BIG NEWS FOR TODAY.
BE GOOD.
DENNIS VOY
THE JACKSON COUNTY COURTHOUSE SHRUBS AROUND THE BUILDING LOOK NICE AND INSIDE, A NEW OFFICE IS BEING ESTABLISHED FOR THE ASSESSOR AND STAFF.
RYAN AND AMY BECK OF EAST PEORIA ARE THE PARENTS OF A BOY BORN MONDAY IN PEORIA. GRANDPARENTS ARE DENNIS AND MARY BECK
OF MAQUOKETA.
LAURA FERNAU, AGE 71, DIED MONDAY IN CEDAR RAPIDS. SURVIVORS INCLUDE A DAUGHTER, VICKI HELTON OF MAQUOKETA.
DID I MENTION EARLIER THAT WES BEECHER DIED LAST FRIDAY? HE WAS A TOUGH GAME WARDEN IN JACKSON COUNTY FOR MANY YEARS. WAS 84.
VIRGINIA GOODENOW, AGE 79, OF MAQUOKETA,DIED TUESDAY. HER BULL OBITURARY IS AT www.carsonandson.com
DR. BROMAN JUST GOT BACK FROM A DAUGHTER'S WEDDING AT SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA. IT WAS HOPE'S SECOND MARRIAGE. I
MET HIM EARLIER THIS YEAR...NICE GUY. DOC GETS TO ROTARY EVERY WEEK. STILL A BIG MICHIGAN FOOTBALL FAN.
JERRY RASMUSSEN GOT A NEW HD TV SET.
AND THAT'S ALL OF THE BIG NEWS FOR TODAY.
BE GOOD.
DENNIS VOY
Tuesday, September 12, 2006
AT AROUND 1 THIS MORNING, IT STARTED RAINING AND DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS, WE GOT OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN....BRINGING OUR TOTAL FOR THE MONTH SO FAR TO JUST OVER 4-INCHES.
IT WAS COOL TODAY...A HIGH OF 62.
TROY THEDE, WHO WITH HIS WIFE OWNS THE DECKER HOTEL AND RESTAURANT AND PART-OWNERSHIP OF THE COMFORT INN, WAS APPOINTED TO FILL AN OPENING ON THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD.
HE WILL TAKE OFFICE AT THE NEXT MEETING AND WILL SERVE UNTIL THE 2007 SCHOOL ELECTION NEXT SEPTEMBER. HE AND HIS WIFE RAEANN
HAVE 3 SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN.
TOM RAY CELEBRATED A BIRTHDAY YESTERDAY AND BERNICE FRANK CELEBRATES HER BIRTHDAY THIS FRIDAY.
THANKS FOR THE VISIT...SORRY THE REPORT IS SHORT.
DENNIS VOY
IT WAS COOL TODAY...A HIGH OF 62.
TROY THEDE, WHO WITH HIS WIFE OWNS THE DECKER HOTEL AND RESTAURANT AND PART-OWNERSHIP OF THE COMFORT INN, WAS APPOINTED TO FILL AN OPENING ON THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD.
HE WILL TAKE OFFICE AT THE NEXT MEETING AND WILL SERVE UNTIL THE 2007 SCHOOL ELECTION NEXT SEPTEMBER. HE AND HIS WIFE RAEANN
HAVE 3 SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN.
TOM RAY CELEBRATED A BIRTHDAY YESTERDAY AND BERNICE FRANK CELEBRATES HER BIRTHDAY THIS FRIDAY.
THANKS FOR THE VISIT...SORRY THE REPORT IS SHORT.
DENNIS VOY
Monday, September 11, 2006
WE HAD A RAINY WEEKEND....1 AND 1/2 INCHES.
CLOUDY TODAY, HIGH ONLY IN 60'S. NICE WEATHER COMING WEDNESDAY.
THE MAQUOKETA CARDINALS HAD A GOOD FIRST HALF FRIDAY NIGHT,
AHEAD 13 TO 6 AT HALFTIME AGAINST MONTICELLO. BUT, NO OFFENSE IN
THE 2ND HALF AND MAQUOKETA LOST 29 TO 13. THE CARDINALS HOST POWERFULL MARION THIS FRIDAY NIGHT.
SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION DAY TOMORROW. WE HAVE NOT CONTEST FOR THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL DISTRICT. BRIAN TABOR RUNNING FOR RE-ELECTION, UNOPPOSED.
THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD MEETS TONIGHT.
LORRAINE KENNIKER, AGE 71, DIED LAST NIGHT AT HER MAQUOKETA HOME. THE FULL OBITURARY IS AT www.carsonandson.com
LONGTIME JACKSON COUNTY CONSERVATION OFFICER WESLEY BEECHER, AGE 84, DIED FRIDAY AT AMARILLO, TEXAS.
GODFATHER'S PIZZA IS COMING TO MAQUOKETA AND WILL BE LOCATED IN THE NEW ADDITION AT KJ'S COVENIENCE STORE ON WEST PLATT STREET.
IT OPENS LATER THIS MONTH. KJ'S WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE A DELI,
WHICH HAS BEEN ENLARGED. AND THERE WILL BE A DRIVE-UP WINDOW.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
CLOUDY TODAY, HIGH ONLY IN 60'S. NICE WEATHER COMING WEDNESDAY.
THE MAQUOKETA CARDINALS HAD A GOOD FIRST HALF FRIDAY NIGHT,
AHEAD 13 TO 6 AT HALFTIME AGAINST MONTICELLO. BUT, NO OFFENSE IN
THE 2ND HALF AND MAQUOKETA LOST 29 TO 13. THE CARDINALS HOST POWERFULL MARION THIS FRIDAY NIGHT.
SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION DAY TOMORROW. WE HAVE NOT CONTEST FOR THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL DISTRICT. BRIAN TABOR RUNNING FOR RE-ELECTION, UNOPPOSED.
THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD MEETS TONIGHT.
LORRAINE KENNIKER, AGE 71, DIED LAST NIGHT AT HER MAQUOKETA HOME. THE FULL OBITURARY IS AT www.carsonandson.com
LONGTIME JACKSON COUNTY CONSERVATION OFFICER WESLEY BEECHER, AGE 84, DIED FRIDAY AT AMARILLO, TEXAS.
GODFATHER'S PIZZA IS COMING TO MAQUOKETA AND WILL BE LOCATED IN THE NEW ADDITION AT KJ'S COVENIENCE STORE ON WEST PLATT STREET.
IT OPENS LATER THIS MONTH. KJ'S WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE A DELI,
WHICH HAS BEEN ENLARGED. AND THERE WILL BE A DRIVE-UP WINDOW.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
Friday, September 08, 2006
SUPER DAY TODAY...HIGH OM 80'S.
FOOTBALL TONIGHT....MAQUOKETA HOSTS MONTICELLO...NON-DISTRICT PLAY. MONTICELLO DEFEATED ANAMOSA LAST FRIDAY, 28 TO 0.
THE CITY COUNCIL HAS APPROVED A REZONING REQUEST TO ALLOW A HOUSE TO BE TORN DOWN ON NORTH NIAGARA STREET AND MADE INTO AN EMPLOYEE PARKING LOT FOR BRAD DEERY MOTORS. THE HOME AT 203 NORTH NIAGARA WILL BE SOLD TO DEERY AND IS OWNED BY SCOTT AND KELLY TAYLOR.
JESSICA LANG OF MAQUOKETA IS THE MOTHER OF A BOY, BORN AUGUST 29TH AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. GRANDPARENTS ARE MARTI AND WENDY WALSH AND TODD AND TAMMY MANG, ALL OF MAQUOKETA.
NO DEATHS.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
FOOTBALL TONIGHT....MAQUOKETA HOSTS MONTICELLO...NON-DISTRICT PLAY. MONTICELLO DEFEATED ANAMOSA LAST FRIDAY, 28 TO 0.
THE CITY COUNCIL HAS APPROVED A REZONING REQUEST TO ALLOW A HOUSE TO BE TORN DOWN ON NORTH NIAGARA STREET AND MADE INTO AN EMPLOYEE PARKING LOT FOR BRAD DEERY MOTORS. THE HOME AT 203 NORTH NIAGARA WILL BE SOLD TO DEERY AND IS OWNED BY SCOTT AND KELLY TAYLOR.
JESSICA LANG OF MAQUOKETA IS THE MOTHER OF A BOY, BORN AUGUST 29TH AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. GRANDPARENTS ARE MARTI AND WENDY WALSH AND TODD AND TAMMY MANG, ALL OF MAQUOKETA.
NO DEATHS.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
Thursday, September 07, 2006
NICE WEATHER AGAIN TODAY...HIGH OF 83.
DOUG PRATT HAS RESIGNED AS MANAGER OF THE JACKSON COUNTY FAIR BOARD. HIS WIFE HAS TAKEN A NEW JOB IN WEST DES MOINES AND THEY WILL MOVE FROM DEWITT TO DES MOINES. HE HAS BEEN THE MANAGER SINCE 2002 WHEN HE REPLACED LONGTIME MANAGER TOM CALLAHAN. HE WILL STAY ON UNTIL A NEW MANAGER HAS BEEN SELECTED. THE FAIR BOARD HAS STARTED THEIR SEARCH FOR A NEW MANAGER. SORRY TO SEE DOUG LEAVE.
IN HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL TUESDAY NIGHT AT INDEPENDENCE,THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS BROKE A 17 GAME CONFERENCE LOOSING STREAK AS THEY DEFEATED THE MUSTANGS IN WAMAC ACTION, 3 GAMES TO 2.. IT WAS MAQUOKETA'S FIRST CONFERENCE WIN IN VOLLEYBALL SINCE 2003.
MAQUOKETA WILL HAVE A REMEMBRANCE OF SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 PROGRAM AT THE FIRST WARD PARK NEXT MONDAY EVENING.
THE PRAYER IN THE PARK FOR PEACE PROGRAM WILL START AT 6 P.M.
THE BOY SCOUTS, VFW, AMERICAN LEGION, POLICE OFFICERS, FIREFIGHTERS AND PARADMEDICS WILL PRESENT THE COLORS.
DENISE MILLER, THE MEN'S CHOIR FROM SACRED HEART AND COUNTRYSIDE ROCKIN KARAOKE WILL ALL PRESENT THE MUSIC.
SAMMY HOUSTON OF MAQUOKETA WILL PERFORM A BATON ROUTINE AND CLARK THARP FROM THE ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCH WILL PRESENT THE MESSAGE. THE EVENT IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND BRING A LAWN CHAIR.
ITS OFFICIAL...NO STOP AND GO LIGHTS AT MAIN AND QUARRY. THE OLD ONES ARE WORN OUT. AND NEW TIMERS WILL COST MORE THAN ESTIMATED. SO, AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING MONDAY NIGHT, THE COUNCIL VOTED AGAIN...AND THERE WILL BE 4 STOP SIGNS AS NOW, TO MAKE A 4-WAY STOP INTERSECTION. CURRENTLY, THE SIGNS ARE ALL ON A POLE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION. NEW, LARGEER SIGNS WILL BE PRESENT AT EACH CORNER OF THE INTERSECTION SOON.
ANOTHER MAQUOKETAN, KELLI CLARK, WILL NOT BE ABLE TO KEEP HER PIT-BULL-MIX DOG IN MAQUOKETA. POLICE CHIEF BRAD KORANDA SAID THEY HAVE ABATED THREE PIT BULLS THIS YEAR, IN COMPLIANCE WITH MAQUOKETA CODE, PROHIBITING PIT BULLS IN THE CITY.
THANKS FOR CHECKING IN.
DENNIS VOY
DOUG PRATT HAS RESIGNED AS MANAGER OF THE JACKSON COUNTY FAIR BOARD. HIS WIFE HAS TAKEN A NEW JOB IN WEST DES MOINES AND THEY WILL MOVE FROM DEWITT TO DES MOINES. HE HAS BEEN THE MANAGER SINCE 2002 WHEN HE REPLACED LONGTIME MANAGER TOM CALLAHAN. HE WILL STAY ON UNTIL A NEW MANAGER HAS BEEN SELECTED. THE FAIR BOARD HAS STARTED THEIR SEARCH FOR A NEW MANAGER. SORRY TO SEE DOUG LEAVE.
IN HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL TUESDAY NIGHT AT INDEPENDENCE,THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS BROKE A 17 GAME CONFERENCE LOOSING STREAK AS THEY DEFEATED THE MUSTANGS IN WAMAC ACTION, 3 GAMES TO 2.. IT WAS MAQUOKETA'S FIRST CONFERENCE WIN IN VOLLEYBALL SINCE 2003.
MAQUOKETA WILL HAVE A REMEMBRANCE OF SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 PROGRAM AT THE FIRST WARD PARK NEXT MONDAY EVENING.
THE PRAYER IN THE PARK FOR PEACE PROGRAM WILL START AT 6 P.M.
THE BOY SCOUTS, VFW, AMERICAN LEGION, POLICE OFFICERS, FIREFIGHTERS AND PARADMEDICS WILL PRESENT THE COLORS.
DENISE MILLER, THE MEN'S CHOIR FROM SACRED HEART AND COUNTRYSIDE ROCKIN KARAOKE WILL ALL PRESENT THE MUSIC.
SAMMY HOUSTON OF MAQUOKETA WILL PERFORM A BATON ROUTINE AND CLARK THARP FROM THE ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCH WILL PRESENT THE MESSAGE. THE EVENT IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND BRING A LAWN CHAIR.
ITS OFFICIAL...NO STOP AND GO LIGHTS AT MAIN AND QUARRY. THE OLD ONES ARE WORN OUT. AND NEW TIMERS WILL COST MORE THAN ESTIMATED. SO, AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING MONDAY NIGHT, THE COUNCIL VOTED AGAIN...AND THERE WILL BE 4 STOP SIGNS AS NOW, TO MAKE A 4-WAY STOP INTERSECTION. CURRENTLY, THE SIGNS ARE ALL ON A POLE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION. NEW, LARGEER SIGNS WILL BE PRESENT AT EACH CORNER OF THE INTERSECTION SOON.
ANOTHER MAQUOKETAN, KELLI CLARK, WILL NOT BE ABLE TO KEEP HER PIT-BULL-MIX DOG IN MAQUOKETA. POLICE CHIEF BRAD KORANDA SAID THEY HAVE ABATED THREE PIT BULLS THIS YEAR, IN COMPLIANCE WITH MAQUOKETA CODE, PROHIBITING PIT BULLS IN THE CITY.
THANKS FOR CHECKING IN.
DENNIS VOY
Tuesday, September 05, 2006
2/10 OF AN INCH OF RAIN YESTERDAY....5/100 OF AN INCH THIS MORNING AND THE REST OF TODAY HAS BEEN GREAT. 77 DEGREES.
HIT AND RUN ACCIDENT FRIDAY AFTERNOON. LORRAINE HERMAN'S VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN A PRIVATE LOT ON SOUTH OLIVE AND IT WAS HIT BY ANOTHER VEHICLE, WHICH LEFT THE SCENE. DAMAGES LISTED AT $1,500 TO THE 2005 CHEVY SUV.
FORMER JACKSON COUNTY SUPERVISOR DAVID KENDALL HAS OFFICIALLY AANNOUNCED HE IS THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR THE IOWA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, DISTRICT 25. HE WILL FACE DEMOCRAT TOM SCHULLER IN THE NOV 7TH GENERAL ELECTION. KENDALL SERVED TWO TERMS AS JACKSON COUNTY SUPERVISOR. HE IS A FARMER AND CO-OWNS ANNIE'S ACRES IN BELLEVUE AND BELLEVUE TRADING COMPANY, A REAL ESTATE HOLDING COMPANY. HE AND H IS WIFE ANNE LIVE IN PARADISE VALLLEY, RURAL BELLEVUE, WITH THEIR 3 CHILDREN.
SCHOOL BOARD MEETING LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.
THREE MORE MAILBOXES VANDALIZED IN BELLEVUE AREA OVER THE WEEKEND.
AND THAT'S IT FOR ANOTHER DAY.
DENNIS VOY
HIT AND RUN ACCIDENT FRIDAY AFTERNOON. LORRAINE HERMAN'S VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN A PRIVATE LOT ON SOUTH OLIVE AND IT WAS HIT BY ANOTHER VEHICLE, WHICH LEFT THE SCENE. DAMAGES LISTED AT $1,500 TO THE 2005 CHEVY SUV.
FORMER JACKSON COUNTY SUPERVISOR DAVID KENDALL HAS OFFICIALLY AANNOUNCED HE IS THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR THE IOWA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, DISTRICT 25. HE WILL FACE DEMOCRAT TOM SCHULLER IN THE NOV 7TH GENERAL ELECTION. KENDALL SERVED TWO TERMS AS JACKSON COUNTY SUPERVISOR. HE IS A FARMER AND CO-OWNS ANNIE'S ACRES IN BELLEVUE AND BELLEVUE TRADING COMPANY, A REAL ESTATE HOLDING COMPANY. HE AND H IS WIFE ANNE LIVE IN PARADISE VALLLEY, RURAL BELLEVUE, WITH THEIR 3 CHILDREN.
SCHOOL BOARD MEETING LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.
THREE MORE MAILBOXES VANDALIZED IN BELLEVUE AREA OVER THE WEEKEND.
AND THAT'S IT FOR ANOTHER DAY.
DENNIS VOY
Monday, September 04, 2006
RAINED SUNDAY, ABOUT A TENTH OF AN INCH.
TODAY, CLOUD AND HIGH IN THE UPPER 60'S.
THE MAQUOKETA CARDINALS LOST THEIR FIRST GAME OF THE SEASON
FRIDAY NIGHT AT OELWEIN....27 TO 25. GOOD GAME. NOT GETTING ALL THE EXTRA POINTS RESULTED IN THE LOSS.
THEY HAVE THEIR FIRST HOME GAME OF SEASON THIS FRIDAY NIGHT, AGAINST MONTICELLO.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
TODAY, CLOUD AND HIGH IN THE UPPER 60'S.
THE MAQUOKETA CARDINALS LOST THEIR FIRST GAME OF THE SEASON
FRIDAY NIGHT AT OELWEIN....27 TO 25. GOOD GAME. NOT GETTING ALL THE EXTRA POINTS RESULTED IN THE LOSS.
THEY HAVE THEIR FIRST HOME GAME OF SEASON THIS FRIDAY NIGHT, AGAINST MONTICELLO.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
Friday, September 01, 2006
ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL DAY. HIGH OF 77
GAS PRICES ARE GOING DOWN AROUND HERE.
SHOOK HANDS WITH IOWA DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR TOM VILSACK LAST NIGHT AT THE HOME OF BOB OSTERHAUS. HE SPOKE TO ABOUT 50 FOR OVER A HALF HOUR. SHARP MAN. PROBABLY WILL RUN FOR PRESIDENT. PROBABLY WOULD MAKE A GOOD PRESIDENT. FINISHES HIS 8TH YEAR IN OFFICE DECEMBER 31ST. BEFORE THAT WAS STATE
SENATOR AND BEFORE THAT, MAYOR OF MT. PLEASANT, A LITTLE LARGER CITY THAN MAQUOKETA. HAVE MET HIS WIFE TOO, AND SHE ALSO HAS WHAT IT TAKES TO BE A GOOD FIRST LADY.
THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS VOLLEYBALL TEAM LOST 3 STRAIGHT MATCHES LAST NIGHT TO DUBUQUE SENIOR, UP THERE....25-19, 25-17 AND 25-10.
THEY PLAY AT INDEPENDENCE NEXT TUESDAY NIGHT.
THE MAQUOKETA CROSS COUNTRY TEAM GET THEIR SEASON STARTED TOMORROW MORNING AT DUBUQUE TO TAKE PART IN A MEET HOSTED BY DUBUQUE WAHLERT.
IN NFL PRE-SEASON FOOTBALL LAST N IGHT, SAGE ROSENFELS, PLAYING FOR HOUSTON, COMPLETED 6 OF 9 PASSES FOR 56 YARDS AND ONE TD IN HOUSTON'S WIN OVER TAMPA BAY, 16 TO 13. SAGE STARTED LAST NIGHT. HE HAS DONE WELLL IN PRE-SEASON PLAY.
IOWA STATE DEFEATED TOLEDO IN 3 OVERTIMES LAST NIGHT.
IOWA OPENS THE SEASON TOMORROW AGAINST MONTANA.
FORMER JACKSON COUNTY AUDITOR MIKE COTTON HAS BEEN NAMED CITY MANAGER FOR SABULA, HIS HOME TOWN. HE HAS BEEN ON THE CITY COUNCIL FOR 13 YEARS.
ANOTHER PERSON HAS ADDED HER NAME TO BE CONSIDERED TO APPOINTMENT TO THE LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD. ELAIN KAHLER.
SHE WORKS AT HER HUSBAND'S LAW PRACTICE AND IS A FORMER EMPLOYEE OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. SEVEN WILL NOW BE INTERVIEWED NEXT WEEK.
HAVE A NICE HOLIDAY WEEKEND.
I MAY PUT THE MAQUOKETA FOOTBALL SCORE HERE TOMORROW.
DENNIS VOY
GAS PRICES ARE GOING DOWN AROUND HERE.
SHOOK HANDS WITH IOWA DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR TOM VILSACK LAST NIGHT AT THE HOME OF BOB OSTERHAUS. HE SPOKE TO ABOUT 50 FOR OVER A HALF HOUR. SHARP MAN. PROBABLY WILL RUN FOR PRESIDENT. PROBABLY WOULD MAKE A GOOD PRESIDENT. FINISHES HIS 8TH YEAR IN OFFICE DECEMBER 31ST. BEFORE THAT WAS STATE
SENATOR AND BEFORE THAT, MAYOR OF MT. PLEASANT, A LITTLE LARGER CITY THAN MAQUOKETA. HAVE MET HIS WIFE TOO, AND SHE ALSO HAS WHAT IT TAKES TO BE A GOOD FIRST LADY.
THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS VOLLEYBALL TEAM LOST 3 STRAIGHT MATCHES LAST NIGHT TO DUBUQUE SENIOR, UP THERE....25-19, 25-17 AND 25-10.
THEY PLAY AT INDEPENDENCE NEXT TUESDAY NIGHT.
THE MAQUOKETA CROSS COUNTRY TEAM GET THEIR SEASON STARTED TOMORROW MORNING AT DUBUQUE TO TAKE PART IN A MEET HOSTED BY DUBUQUE WAHLERT.
IN NFL PRE-SEASON FOOTBALL LAST N IGHT, SAGE ROSENFELS, PLAYING FOR HOUSTON, COMPLETED 6 OF 9 PASSES FOR 56 YARDS AND ONE TD IN HOUSTON'S WIN OVER TAMPA BAY, 16 TO 13. SAGE STARTED LAST NIGHT. HE HAS DONE WELLL IN PRE-SEASON PLAY.
IOWA STATE DEFEATED TOLEDO IN 3 OVERTIMES LAST NIGHT.
IOWA OPENS THE SEASON TOMORROW AGAINST MONTANA.
FORMER JACKSON COUNTY AUDITOR MIKE COTTON HAS BEEN NAMED CITY MANAGER FOR SABULA, HIS HOME TOWN. HE HAS BEEN ON THE CITY COUNCIL FOR 13 YEARS.
ANOTHER PERSON HAS ADDED HER NAME TO BE CONSIDERED TO APPOINTMENT TO THE LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD. ELAIN KAHLER.
SHE WORKS AT HER HUSBAND'S LAW PRACTICE AND IS A FORMER EMPLOYEE OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. SEVEN WILL NOW BE INTERVIEWED NEXT WEEK.
HAVE A NICE HOLIDAY WEEKEND.
I MAY PUT THE MAQUOKETA FOOTBALL SCORE HERE TOMORROW.
DENNIS VOY
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