PARTY SUNNY, DRY AND HOT TODAY...IN 90'S.
THE JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND AREA HUMANE SOCIETIES SEIZED 55 ANIMALS (INCLUDING FOUR COUGARS AND A BLACK BEAR) FROM A RURAL MAQUOKETA HOME LAST NIGHT.
THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT HAD RECEIVED COMPLAINTS ABOUT ANIMALS WHICH HAD NOT BEEN CARED FOR. THE RESIDENCE IS THAT OF RANDY AND PAM GARIEN, 24922 - 81ST. STREET, RURAL MAQUOKETA.
WHEN LOCAL AUTHORITIES WENT TO THE DOOR, NO ONE ANSWERED.
A VETERINARIAN WITH THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES SAID SHE SAW HORSES IN A FIELD WITH AN ABUNDANCE OF CLUTTER, INCLUDING GLASS AND METAL OBJECTS. ONE HORSE HAD A LACERATED LEG WHICH DID NOT APPEAR TO BE HEALING WELL. SHE SAID THERE WAS ALSO A MINIMAL AMOUNT OF WATER FOR THE HORSES AND LACK OF HAY AND ANY TYPE OF FEED.
AND SOME OF THE HORSES WERE UNDERWEIGHT. THE BLACK BEAR WAS IN A CAGE AND THE FLOOR OF THE CAGE HAD OVER A FOOT OF THE BEAR'S OWN FECES. THERE WAS NO FOOD OR WATER IN THE CAGE.
SHE RECOMMENDED REMOVAL OF ALL THE ANIMALS. TAKEN WERE
11 HORSES, TWO COUGARS, A BLACK BEAR, TWO FOX, TWO CATS, 12 DOGS, 8 PUPPIES AND 15 CHICKENS. THE COUGARS AND BLACK BEAR WERE TRANQUILIZED IN THE FENCED IN AREAS BEFORE THEY WERE REMOVED.
CHARGES HAVE NOT BEEN FILED AGAINST THE GARIENS, BUT MAY BE LATER.
IN BUSINESS NEWS, BRAD DEERY OF BURLINGTON,OWNER OF BRAD DEERY MOTORS IN MAQUOKETA, LAST WEEK ANNOUNCED THAT THE DEERY FAMILY HAS PURCHASED ANOTHER DEALERSHIP IN CEDAR RAPIDS.
THE DEERY'S HAVE TAKEN POSSESSION OF THE JIM MILLER NISSAN AND SUBARU DEALERSHIP ON COLLINS ROAD. THE DEERY'S NOW HAVE EIGHT DEALERSHIPS. BESIDES THE MAQUOKETA LOCATION, OTHER DEALERSHIPS ARE IN WATERLOO, BURLINGTON, WEST BURLINGTON, CARLISLE, TWO IN CEDAR FALLS AND NOW IN CEDAR RAPIDS.
BOB AND BEV ENGEL WERE AT THE GREAT JONES COUNTY FAIR SUNDAY NIGHT AND BEV'S NAME WAS DRAWN DURING THE GRANDSTAND ENTERTAINMENT AND SHE WON A ONE WEEK TRIP FOR TWO TO PARIS.
HERB CLAUSSEN OF DUBUQUE, RETIRED, AND AN AVID GOLFER, SHOT A HOLE-IN-ONE YESTERDAY AT A COURSE IN DUBUQUE. HIS FIRST!
HIS DAUGHTER-IN-LAW IS MY DAUGHTER, LONNA, WHO WORKS AT THE MAQUOKETA STATE BANK AND LIVES WITH HUSBAND AND SON JACOB, AGE NEARLY 4, IN BETTENDORF. HERB WAS PRETTY PLEASED. CONGRATULATIONS HERB!
NO BIRTHS OR DEATHS.
KEEP COOL.
DENNIS VOY
