RAIN (HALF AN INCH) OVERNIGHT, CLOUDY THIS MORNING AND SUNNY IN AFTERNOON...HIGH NEAR 80.
THE MAQUOKETA GOLF TEAM FINISHED 7TH IN THE STATE AT THE STATE TOURNAMENT THIS WEEK, WITH SENIOR JORDAN DAVIS LEADING THE TEAM AND GETTING 3RD IN THE MEDALIST RACE.
THE MAQUOKETA BOY'S BASEBALL TEAM EASILY DEFEATED CAMANCHE LAST NIGHT, WITH 6 HOME RUNS.
MATT AND MARILYN OSTERHAUS HAVE PURCHASED FAMILY PHARMACY FROM DALE AND SANDY YODER AND THE TWO PRACTICES WILL BE COMBINED IN THE PRESENT LOCATION OF OSTERHAUS PHARMACY IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA.
DALE WILL CONTINUE TO OPERATE FAMILY PHARMACY UNTIL JUNE 30TH AND THEN JOIN THE OSTERHAUS STAFF. THE OSTERHAUS PHARMACY WAS ESTABLISHED BY BOB OSTERHAUS IN 1965 AND BOB BOUGHT OUT HANCHAR PHARMACY IN 1969. MATT AND MARILYN JOINED THE PRACTICE IN 1983.
FAMILY PHARMACY WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1979 BY DALE YODER AND THOR HOLMGREN. DALE BEGAN HIS MAQUOKETA CAREER AS A STAFF PHARMACIST AT CARSON'S PHARMACY, THE DRUGSTORE ON THE CORNER IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOEKTA IN 1966 AND BECAME A PARTNER IN 1970. THOR HAS BEEN A DUBUQUE PHARMACIST FOR MANY YEARS.
MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS APPROVED ANOTHER YEAR ON A THREE YEAR CONTRACT FOR SUPT. KIM HUCKSTADT. AFTER ABOUT AN HOUR ANNUAL REVIEW OF HIS PERFORMANCE IN CLOSED SESSION, THE BOARD MEMBERS APPROVED A 3.75 PERCENT INCREASE (SAME PERCENTAGE AS OTHER EMPLOYEES GOT) TO $106,863 A YEAR.
GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONIES FOR THE MAQUOKETA FIRE STATION EXPANSION
WILL BE HELD AT 6 P.M. TODAY. WORK IS SCHEDULED TO BEGIN MONDAY.
ERIC AND MELISSA BENTROTT OF CLEVELAND ARE PARENTS OF A GIRL BORN TUESDAY. PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE JANE BENTROTT OF MAQUOKETA AND CRAIG BENTROTT OF BETTENDORF.
ED AND ANN HERMANN OF CEDAR RAPIDS ARE THE PARENTS OF A GIRL BORN YESTERDAY . THE PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE KEN AND BARB WRIGHT OF MAQUOKETA.
DAVE KENDALL, FORMER JACKSON COUNTY SUPERVISOR WAS IN THIS AFTERNOON AND SAID HE ENJOYS READING THIS REPORT. HIS BIG PATCH OF STRAWBERRIES IS READY FOR PICKING AND THEY ALL LOOK VERY GOOD. PICK YOURSELF OR BUY ALREADY PICKED. HIS PLACE IS IN FAMOUS PARIDISE VALLEY, ABOUT 7 MILES WEST OF BELLEVUE ON D-57.
THANKS FOR THE VISIT. BEFORE YOU LEAVE, CHECK THE PHOTO BELOW TAKEN LAST NIGHT AT CASSVILLE.
DENNIS VOY
Thursday, May 31, 2007
ON OUR WAY HOME WEDNESDAY (AFTER VISIT TO MAYO CLINIC...PSA REMAINS STEADY, GOOD) NANCY AND I STOPPED AT A FEW PLACES. FIRST, AT CRESCO.NICE LITTLE TOWN WITH RAILROAD PARK/MUSEUM AND DOWNTOWN VISITOR'S CENTER THAT INCLUDES THE IOWA COLLEGE WRESTLERS HALL OF FAME.
THEN TO PRAIRIE du CHIEN, A BOOMING TOWN OF 6,000 PLUS. FAMOUS FOR THE VILLA LOUIS 1800'S HOME, CARBELLA'S BIG SPORTING GOODS STORE AND DISTRIBUTION CENTER AND THE NEARBY MARQUETTE GAMBLING BOAT. HEAD DINNER AT AN IRISH BAR AND GRILL IN PDC. AND THEN TO CASSVILLE, HOME OF GOV. DEWEY HOME, THE PIONEER VILLAGE AND THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER FERRY, PICTURED ABOVE. WE WENT ACROSS TO THE WISCONSIN SIDE FOR $12 TOTAL.... NANCY'S CAR AND US....IT HOLDS 12, BUT WE WERE ONLY CAR ON THIS TRIP. IT TAKES ABOUT 10-15 MINUTES TO CROSS....A NICE RIDE ON THE BEAUTIFUL MISSISSIPPI AND THE PRETTY SHORELINES. IT IS NOT ONLY A SHORTCUT FROM ONE STATE TO OTHER, BUT ENTERTAINMENT TOO. RIDE IT SOMETIME.
Tuesday, May 29, 2007
8/10 OF AN INCH OF RAIN OVER THE WEEKEND. WE NEEDED IT.
TODAY, HOT AND HUMID...AROUND 90.
A MAQUOKETA MAN DIED AFTER HIS VEHICLE WENT INTO THE DITCH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING ON ROCKDALE ROAD, JUST NORTH OF MAQUOKETA. COUNTY MEDICAL EXAMINER PAUL KOOB PRONOUNCED 36-YEAR-OLD JASON CUMMINGS OF MAQUOKETA DEAD AT THE SCENE.
HE VEHICLE WAS FOUND AT 7 A.M. SATURDAY,HOWEVER DEPUTIES SAY THE ACCIDENT LIKELY HAPPENED SOMETIME AFTER 2 A.M. HE WAS DRIVING WEST ON ROCKDALE ROAD AND WENT OFF THE NORTH SHOULDER AND TRAVELLED 478 FEET IN THE DITCH AND THE VEHICLE ROLLED OVER AND CAME TO REST ON ITS TOP. CUMMINGS WAS WEARING A SEAT BELT, BUT HE WAS PARTIALLY EJECTED THROUGH THE CAR'S SUN ROOF. HE WAS ALONE IN THE VEHICLE. HE HAD AN AUTO REPAIR BUSINESS ON ROCKDALE ROAD.
THIS MORNING, AN OUT OF TOWN MAN SLAMMED HIS VEHICLE INTO THE FRONT ENTRYWAY OF THE "CITY LIMITS" RESTAURANT AT THE SOUTH EDGE OF MAQUOKETA, JUST BEFORE 9 A.M. THE MAQUOKETA RESCUE SQUAD WAS CALLED AND HAD TO PULL THE VEHICLE OUT FROM THE BULDING BEFORE THEY COULD GET THE MAN OUT OF THE CAR. HE WAS NOT INJURED AND FULL DETAILS WERE NOT AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY, AS TO WHO THE MAN WAS OR WHERE HE WAS FROM.
MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD MEETING TONIGHT.
TAMMY AND DANNY STEFFEN OF PRESTON ARE PARENTS OF A GIRL BORN AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. GRANDPARENTS ARE MICHAEL MILLER OF MAQUOKETA, AND TAMMY BOLLINGER.
AND, TERRY SCHROEDER AMD ROBERTSON OF MAQUOKETA ARE PARENTS OF A BOY BORN AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. GRANDPARENTS ARE PAM AND RICK STARR OF MAQUOKETA.
I WILL NOT HAVE A REPORT TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY).
THANKS FOR THE VISIT.
DENNIS VOY
TODAY, HOT AND HUMID...AROUND 90.
A MAQUOKETA MAN DIED AFTER HIS VEHICLE WENT INTO THE DITCH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING ON ROCKDALE ROAD, JUST NORTH OF MAQUOKETA. COUNTY MEDICAL EXAMINER PAUL KOOB PRONOUNCED 36-YEAR-OLD JASON CUMMINGS OF MAQUOKETA DEAD AT THE SCENE.
HE VEHICLE WAS FOUND AT 7 A.M. SATURDAY,HOWEVER DEPUTIES SAY THE ACCIDENT LIKELY HAPPENED SOMETIME AFTER 2 A.M. HE WAS DRIVING WEST ON ROCKDALE ROAD AND WENT OFF THE NORTH SHOULDER AND TRAVELLED 478 FEET IN THE DITCH AND THE VEHICLE ROLLED OVER AND CAME TO REST ON ITS TOP. CUMMINGS WAS WEARING A SEAT BELT, BUT HE WAS PARTIALLY EJECTED THROUGH THE CAR'S SUN ROOF. HE WAS ALONE IN THE VEHICLE. HE HAD AN AUTO REPAIR BUSINESS ON ROCKDALE ROAD.
THIS MORNING, AN OUT OF TOWN MAN SLAMMED HIS VEHICLE INTO THE FRONT ENTRYWAY OF THE "CITY LIMITS" RESTAURANT AT THE SOUTH EDGE OF MAQUOKETA, JUST BEFORE 9 A.M. THE MAQUOKETA RESCUE SQUAD WAS CALLED AND HAD TO PULL THE VEHICLE OUT FROM THE BULDING BEFORE THEY COULD GET THE MAN OUT OF THE CAR. HE WAS NOT INJURED AND FULL DETAILS WERE NOT AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY, AS TO WHO THE MAN WAS OR WHERE HE WAS FROM.
MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD MEETING TONIGHT.
TAMMY AND DANNY STEFFEN OF PRESTON ARE PARENTS OF A GIRL BORN AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. GRANDPARENTS ARE MICHAEL MILLER OF MAQUOKETA, AND TAMMY BOLLINGER.
AND, TERRY SCHROEDER AMD ROBERTSON OF MAQUOKETA ARE PARENTS OF A BOY BORN AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. GRANDPARENTS ARE PAM AND RICK STARR OF MAQUOKETA.
I WILL NOT HAVE A REPORT TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY).
THANKS FOR THE VISIT.
DENNIS VOY
Monday, May 28, 2007
Sunday, May 27, 2007
NO COMPLETE REPORT TODAY, SUNDAY, MAY 27, 2007...
BUT BELOW...
THREE PHOTOS I TOOK THIS MORNING.
LOTS OF WELCOME RAIN YESTERDAY IN MAQUOKETA AND A BEAUTIFUL DAY
TODAY.
A 35 YEAR OLD MAQUOKETA BUSINESSMAN WAS KILLED IN AN AUTO ACCIDENT EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. WILL HAVE DETAILS ON MY NEXT REPORT. HIS OBITUARY IS AT www.carsonandson.com ALSO, DORIS ROUND DIED AND HER OBITUARY IS AT CARSON'S WEB SITE TOO. I HAD A FRIDAY REPORT, BUT NONE SATURDAY AND THE NEXT ONE WILL BE ON TUESDAY.
HAVE A GOOD SUNDAY AND MEMORIAL DAY.
DENNIS
BUT BELOW...
THREE PHOTOS I TOOK THIS MORNING.
LOTS OF WELCOME RAIN YESTERDAY IN MAQUOKETA AND A BEAUTIFUL DAY
TODAY.
A 35 YEAR OLD MAQUOKETA BUSINESSMAN WAS KILLED IN AN AUTO ACCIDENT EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. WILL HAVE DETAILS ON MY NEXT REPORT. HIS OBITUARY IS AT www.carsonandson.com ALSO, DORIS ROUND DIED AND HER OBITUARY IS AT CARSON'S WEB SITE TOO. I HAD A FRIDAY REPORT, BUT NONE SATURDAY AND THE NEXT ONE WILL BE ON TUESDAY.
HAVE A GOOD SUNDAY AND MEMORIAL DAY.
DENNIS
FRIDAY NIGHT, MAY 25, 2007 AT MY .....61 DRIVE-IN THEATRE. FIRST NIGHT OFTHE MOVIE "PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN AT WORLDS END". IT WAS A RAINY NIGHT, WITH SOME SUNSHINE..... THE RAINBOW WAS A BONUS TO PATRONS.
SATURDAY NIGHT, THE 26TH, LOTS OF WELCOME RAIN AND A LOW TURN-OUT. TODAY, MAY 27TH, A BEAUTIFUL DAY. FRIDAY NIGHT WAS ALSO THE NIGHT THAT I GOT A NEW COMPETITOR....THE GRANDVIEW DRIVE-IN THEATRE NEAR MUSCATINE OPENED. THERE'S ROOM FOR ANOTHER.
DENNIS VOY
Friday, May 25, 2007
1/5 INCH OF RAIN YESTERDAY...THAT WAS ALL...NOT ENOUGH.
BEAUTIFUL DAY TODAY..HIGH IN 80'S.
THE SCOTT COUNTY YMCA IS WORKING ON PRORAMS AND A FEE STRUCTURE FOR WHEN THEY TAKE OVER MANAGEMENT OF MAQUOKETA NEW AREA RECREATION CENTER (ARC) GOING UP JUST EAST OF GOODENOW FOOTBALL FIELD, AND
EXPECTED TO OPEN OCTOBER 1ST. FRANK KLIPSCH, SCOTT COUNTY YMCA PRESIDENT AND CEO SAID IN THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS, PROGRAMS AND FEES WILL BE ANNOUNCED AND A DIRECTOR TO OVERSEE THE MAQUOKETA OPERATION WILL BE HIRED. HE SAID HE ANTICIPATES A FAMILY MEMBERSHIP WILL COST $39.50 A MONTH. THERE WILL BE YOUTH, ADULT AND FAMILY MEMBERSHIPS. HE SAID IT MIGHT TAKE A YEAR TO GET UP TO THE 1,100 MEMBERSHIPS THAT ARE PLANNING ON.
A WELL KNOWN JACKSON COUNTY MAN DIED YESTERDAY AT HIS HOME UNDER THE CARE OF HOSPICE OF DUBUQUE. RICHARD JOHN NORPEL, SR., AGE 88, OF BELLEVUE WAS A STATE REPRESENTATIVE, STATE SENATOR, JACKSON COUNTY SUPERVISOR AND BELLEVUE CITY COUNCILMAN DURING HIS MANY YEARS OF PUBLIC SERVICE.
US SENATOR JOE BIDEN WILL VISIT THE HOME OF FORMER ST. REP. BOB AND ANN OSTERHAUS THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON FROM 1 UNTI 2:30. THE PUBLIC IS WELCOME TO COME AND VISIT WITH THE SENATOR, WHO WILL BE DISCUSSING HIS PLAN TO BRING A CONCLUSION TO THE WAR IN IRAQ. REFRESHMENTS WILL BE SERVED.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
BEAUTIFUL DAY TODAY..HIGH IN 80'S.
THE SCOTT COUNTY YMCA IS WORKING ON PRORAMS AND A FEE STRUCTURE FOR WHEN THEY TAKE OVER MANAGEMENT OF MAQUOKETA NEW AREA RECREATION CENTER (ARC) GOING UP JUST EAST OF GOODENOW FOOTBALL FIELD, AND
EXPECTED TO OPEN OCTOBER 1ST. FRANK KLIPSCH, SCOTT COUNTY YMCA PRESIDENT AND CEO SAID IN THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS, PROGRAMS AND FEES WILL BE ANNOUNCED AND A DIRECTOR TO OVERSEE THE MAQUOKETA OPERATION WILL BE HIRED. HE SAID HE ANTICIPATES A FAMILY MEMBERSHIP WILL COST $39.50 A MONTH. THERE WILL BE YOUTH, ADULT AND FAMILY MEMBERSHIPS. HE SAID IT MIGHT TAKE A YEAR TO GET UP TO THE 1,100 MEMBERSHIPS THAT ARE PLANNING ON.
A WELL KNOWN JACKSON COUNTY MAN DIED YESTERDAY AT HIS HOME UNDER THE CARE OF HOSPICE OF DUBUQUE. RICHARD JOHN NORPEL, SR., AGE 88, OF BELLEVUE WAS A STATE REPRESENTATIVE, STATE SENATOR, JACKSON COUNTY SUPERVISOR AND BELLEVUE CITY COUNCILMAN DURING HIS MANY YEARS OF PUBLIC SERVICE.
US SENATOR JOE BIDEN WILL VISIT THE HOME OF FORMER ST. REP. BOB AND ANN OSTERHAUS THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON FROM 1 UNTI 2:30. THE PUBLIC IS WELCOME TO COME AND VISIT WITH THE SENATOR, WHO WILL BE DISCUSSING HIS PLAN TO BRING A CONCLUSION TO THE WAR IN IRAQ. REFRESHMENTS WILL BE SERVED.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
Thursday, May 24, 2007
SUNNY THIS MORNING....CLOUDY THIS AFTERNOON....HOT....A FEW SRINKLES AND THAT WAS IT. HOPEFULLY, SOME RAIN WILL COME TONIGHT.
THE MAQUOKETA OPTIMIST CLUB HELD THEIR ANNUAL "RESPECT FOR THE LAW""
DINNER LAST NIGHT. JIM REGENWETHER WAS HONORED FOR HIS YEARS OF SERVICE AS DISPATCHER AT THE LAW CENTER UNTIL RETIRING BECAUSE OF HEALTH PROBLEMS EARLY THIS YEAR. YEARS AGO, HE AND HIS DAD RAN THE MAQUOKETA BOTTLING WORKS AT THE NORTH EDGE OF MAQUOKETA. ANYONE REMEMBER THEIR "GOODY POP"?
THE MAQUOKETA FIREMEN WERE CALLED TO THE WADY INDUSTRIES BUILDING YESTERDAY AFTERNOON ON WEST GROVE STREET. SMOKE IN THE ATTIC FROM AN OVERHEATED BLOWER.
THE COMMUNTY OF ANDREW WILL HAVE THEIR ANNUAL BRIGG'S MEMORIAL DAYS CELEBRATION THIS SATURDAY, SUNDAY AND MONDAY AT THE ANDREW PARK.
A PARADE AT 1 SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THE EVENT NAMED AFTER THE FIRST GOVERNOR OF IOWA, ANSIL BRIGGS, BURIED IN ANDREW.
BRINGING UP CHARLES GALLAGHER IN YESTERDAY'S REPORT, HAS BROUGHT FORTH
EMAILS, PHONE CALLS AND A KMAQ GUEST BOOK ENTRY.
HE WAS A GOOD TRUMPET PLAYER , SAYS DON HENNINGSEN, WHO PLAYED NEXT TO HIM IN THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL BAND. CHARLES ANDERSON IN GEORGIA, FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA, EMAILED ME AND SAID CHARLES GALLAGHER SPENT A YEAR OR TWO AT CORNELL AND THEN AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN. WONDER IF HE WAS THERE WHEN DOCTOR BROMAN WAS. DON HENNINGSEN SAYS THE DAD, CLINT GALLAGHER, ALSO WAS A GOOD MUSICIAN, PLAYING THE CLARINET. DAD, CLINT, WAS A MAQUOKETA JEWELER AND HE AND HIS WIFE ARE BURIED IN MT. HOPE CEMETERY. IN LATE YEARS, HE LIVED WITH CHARLES IN MARYLAND, OR WASHINGTON, D.C. AREA. CHARLES WAS THEIR ONLY CHILD. CHARLES PLAYED FOR THE NATIONAL SYMPHONY IN WASHINGTON, D.C. SAYS BOB OSTERHAUS AND WAS A PROFESSOR OF MUSIC AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND FOR MANY YEARS, PROBABLY UNTIL RETIRING. BOB BOUGHT THE OSTERHAUS PHARMACY STORE BUILDING FROM CLINT AND CLINT'S BIG HOME ON AUSTIN AVENUE ALSO. EVERYONE BELIEVE CHARLES IS STILL LIVING, SOMEPLACE. OH BY THE WAY, THIS ALL STARTED AT THE MASONIC WAFFLE BREAKFAST WHEN I AND NANCY (NANCY MOORE OF SUNSHINE DAYS--THERE ARE TWO NANCY MOORES IN TOWN) WERE EATING WITH LONGTIME MAQUOKETA PHOTOGRAPHER LOWELL HENRY (50 YEARS PLUS) AND HIS WIFE, DIANA. WE GOT TO TALKING ABOUT THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD (INCLUDING THE BIG HURST HOUSE NO ONE HAS LIVED IN FOR YEARS, NOW OWNED BY KEN MOORE) AND THE GALLAGHERS CAME UP IN CONVERSATION FOR SOME REASON AND LOWEL STARTED TELLING THAT HE WAS ONE OF MAQUOKETA'S BEST MUSICIANS OF THE PAST. KMAQ STARTED OFF IN A CLINT GALLAGHER BUILDING AT 136 1/2 SOUTH MAIN STREET, PAYING HIM $35 A MONTH RENT. I NEVER MET THE MAN THOUGH. HE RENTED TO THE ORIGINAL OWNERS OF KMAQ IN 1958. END OF STORY, UNLESS ANYTHING ELSE INTERESTING COMES MY WAY.
IT HAS BEEN RAINING HARD IN MAQUOKETA WHILE DOING THIS REPORT.
U. S. SENATOR JOE BIDEN IS COMING TO MAQUOKETA MONDAY, MEMORIAL DAY.
MORE ABOUT THAT TOMORROW.
THE NEW "PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN" MOVIE STARTS TONIGHT AT THE 61 DRIVE-IN AND AT MY DOWNTOWN THEATRE TOMORROW. IT IS EXPECTED TO DO MEGA BUSINESS AND BREAK RECORDS THIS LONG WEEKEND. I'LL BE OUT THERE TONIGHT TO GET IT STARTED AT 8:45. IT IS 2 HOURS, 45 MINUTES LONG.
HAVE A NICE NIGHT AND GOOD FRIDAY.
DENNIS VOY
THE MAQUOKETA OPTIMIST CLUB HELD THEIR ANNUAL "RESPECT FOR THE LAW""
DINNER LAST NIGHT. JIM REGENWETHER WAS HONORED FOR HIS YEARS OF SERVICE AS DISPATCHER AT THE LAW CENTER UNTIL RETIRING BECAUSE OF HEALTH PROBLEMS EARLY THIS YEAR. YEARS AGO, HE AND HIS DAD RAN THE MAQUOKETA BOTTLING WORKS AT THE NORTH EDGE OF MAQUOKETA. ANYONE REMEMBER THEIR "GOODY POP"?
THE MAQUOKETA FIREMEN WERE CALLED TO THE WADY INDUSTRIES BUILDING YESTERDAY AFTERNOON ON WEST GROVE STREET. SMOKE IN THE ATTIC FROM AN OVERHEATED BLOWER.
THE COMMUNTY OF ANDREW WILL HAVE THEIR ANNUAL BRIGG'S MEMORIAL DAYS CELEBRATION THIS SATURDAY, SUNDAY AND MONDAY AT THE ANDREW PARK.
A PARADE AT 1 SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THE EVENT NAMED AFTER THE FIRST GOVERNOR OF IOWA, ANSIL BRIGGS, BURIED IN ANDREW.
BRINGING UP CHARLES GALLAGHER IN YESTERDAY'S REPORT, HAS BROUGHT FORTH
EMAILS, PHONE CALLS AND A KMAQ GUEST BOOK ENTRY.
HE WAS A GOOD TRUMPET PLAYER , SAYS DON HENNINGSEN, WHO PLAYED NEXT TO HIM IN THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL BAND. CHARLES ANDERSON IN GEORGIA, FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA, EMAILED ME AND SAID CHARLES GALLAGHER SPENT A YEAR OR TWO AT CORNELL AND THEN AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN. WONDER IF HE WAS THERE WHEN DOCTOR BROMAN WAS. DON HENNINGSEN SAYS THE DAD, CLINT GALLAGHER, ALSO WAS A GOOD MUSICIAN, PLAYING THE CLARINET. DAD, CLINT, WAS A MAQUOKETA JEWELER AND HE AND HIS WIFE ARE BURIED IN MT. HOPE CEMETERY. IN LATE YEARS, HE LIVED WITH CHARLES IN MARYLAND, OR WASHINGTON, D.C. AREA. CHARLES WAS THEIR ONLY CHILD. CHARLES PLAYED FOR THE NATIONAL SYMPHONY IN WASHINGTON, D.C. SAYS BOB OSTERHAUS AND WAS A PROFESSOR OF MUSIC AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND FOR MANY YEARS, PROBABLY UNTIL RETIRING. BOB BOUGHT THE OSTERHAUS PHARMACY STORE BUILDING FROM CLINT AND CLINT'S BIG HOME ON AUSTIN AVENUE ALSO. EVERYONE BELIEVE CHARLES IS STILL LIVING, SOMEPLACE. OH BY THE WAY, THIS ALL STARTED AT THE MASONIC WAFFLE BREAKFAST WHEN I AND NANCY (NANCY MOORE OF SUNSHINE DAYS--THERE ARE TWO NANCY MOORES IN TOWN) WERE EATING WITH LONGTIME MAQUOKETA PHOTOGRAPHER LOWELL HENRY (50 YEARS PLUS) AND HIS WIFE, DIANA. WE GOT TO TALKING ABOUT THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD (INCLUDING THE BIG HURST HOUSE NO ONE HAS LIVED IN FOR YEARS, NOW OWNED BY KEN MOORE) AND THE GALLAGHERS CAME UP IN CONVERSATION FOR SOME REASON AND LOWEL STARTED TELLING THAT HE WAS ONE OF MAQUOKETA'S BEST MUSICIANS OF THE PAST. KMAQ STARTED OFF IN A CLINT GALLAGHER BUILDING AT 136 1/2 SOUTH MAIN STREET, PAYING HIM $35 A MONTH RENT. I NEVER MET THE MAN THOUGH. HE RENTED TO THE ORIGINAL OWNERS OF KMAQ IN 1958. END OF STORY, UNLESS ANYTHING ELSE INTERESTING COMES MY WAY.
IT HAS BEEN RAINING HARD IN MAQUOKETA WHILE DOING THIS REPORT.
U. S. SENATOR JOE BIDEN IS COMING TO MAQUOKETA MONDAY, MEMORIAL DAY.
MORE ABOUT THAT TOMORROW.
THE NEW "PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN" MOVIE STARTS TONIGHT AT THE 61 DRIVE-IN AND AT MY DOWNTOWN THEATRE TOMORROW. IT IS EXPECTED TO DO MEGA BUSINESS AND BREAK RECORDS THIS LONG WEEKEND. I'LL BE OUT THERE TONIGHT TO GET IT STARTED AT 8:45. IT IS 2 HOURS, 45 MINUTES LONG.
HAVE A NICE NIGHT AND GOOD FRIDAY.
DENNIS VOY
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
WINDY AND HOT TODAY...IN 80'S.
WE NEED RAIN.
A DUBUQUE MAN IS PROPOSING TO BUILD A RACE TRACK NEAR OTTER CREEK, NORTH OF MAQUOKETA.
HE IS INTENDING TO BUY A 220 ACRE FARM FROM CLARENCE AND ELDA HAZER, AND WILL NEED A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR RACE TRACKS. A PUBLIC MEETING WILL BE MONDAY, JUNE 4TH AT 7 P.M. AT THE COURTHOUSE IN MAQUOKETA. IT IS NOT GOING TO BE A SPECTATOR SPORT RACEWAY, BUT ONE USED BY PRIVATE SPORTS CAR CLUBS FOR THEIR HIGH END RACE CARS, SUCH AS FORMULA ONE AND INDY
CARS. IT WILL BE A 2.5 MILE HARD SURFACE TRACK.
THE MAQUOKETA FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED AT 1:30 THIS MORNING TO AN ABANDONED FARM HOUSE ON 150TH STREET, OWNED BY RICHARD SCHNOOR. THE HOUSE WAS DEMOLISHED. THE FIRE IS SUSPICIOUS ACCORDING TO ASST. FIRE CHIEF AL MUHLHAUSEN. FIREMEN RETURNED TO FIRE STATION ABOUT 4 A.M.
ST. REP. TOM SCHUELLER OF MAQUOKETA WILL GIVE THE MEMORIAL DAY ADDRESS IN MAQUOKETA, MONDAY MORNNG AT 10:30 AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL GYM.
THERE WILL ALSO BE A SPECIAL MEMORIAL SERVICE AT THE G.A.R. MEMORIAL AT MT. HOPE CEMETERY AFTER THE MIDDLE SCHOOL PROGRAM. THE MAQUOKETA VFW AND LEGION WILL HOST THE EVENTS.
JOLENE AND DANIEL MARTIN OF MAQUOKETA ARE PARENTS OF A BOY BORN
SUNDAY NIGHT AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. GRANDPARENTS ARE JIM AND DARCY EDWARDS OF DELMAR AND DEBBIE MARTIN OF MAQUOKETA.
WISE GUYS EXTREME SPORTS OPENED YESTERDAY AT 115 SOUTH MAIN STREET, NEXT TO BILL MOLER'S CLOTHING STORE. HOURS, 10 A.M. UNTIL 5:30 P.M.
OWNED ALSO HAS A STORE IN CLINTON. STUNT BIKES, PAINTBALL EQUIPMENT,
SKATEBOARDING, AND MORE.
DID YOU KNOW? CHARLES GALLAGHER OF MAQUOKETA PLAYED THE TRUMPET WITH A SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA. MANY YEARS AGO. HIS DAD WAS A MAQUOKETA JEWELER. IF YOU REMEMBER HIM AND HAVE FURTHER INFORMATION, ENTER IT ON THE KMAQ GUEST BOOK.
BOB L. HEAD OF MAQUOKETA CONTINUES WITH A NICE LEAD FOR THE BOBELHEAD CONTEST. VOTE AGAIN TONIGHT. www.portlandbeavers.com YOU CAN VOTE EVERY DAY IF YOU WANT.
THANKS FOR THE VISIT AND TAKE CARE.
DENNIS VOY
WE NEED RAIN.
A DUBUQUE MAN IS PROPOSING TO BUILD A RACE TRACK NEAR OTTER CREEK, NORTH OF MAQUOKETA.
HE IS INTENDING TO BUY A 220 ACRE FARM FROM CLARENCE AND ELDA HAZER, AND WILL NEED A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR RACE TRACKS. A PUBLIC MEETING WILL BE MONDAY, JUNE 4TH AT 7 P.M. AT THE COURTHOUSE IN MAQUOKETA. IT IS NOT GOING TO BE A SPECTATOR SPORT RACEWAY, BUT ONE USED BY PRIVATE SPORTS CAR CLUBS FOR THEIR HIGH END RACE CARS, SUCH AS FORMULA ONE AND INDY
CARS. IT WILL BE A 2.5 MILE HARD SURFACE TRACK.
THE MAQUOKETA FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED AT 1:30 THIS MORNING TO AN ABANDONED FARM HOUSE ON 150TH STREET, OWNED BY RICHARD SCHNOOR. THE HOUSE WAS DEMOLISHED. THE FIRE IS SUSPICIOUS ACCORDING TO ASST. FIRE CHIEF AL MUHLHAUSEN. FIREMEN RETURNED TO FIRE STATION ABOUT 4 A.M.
ST. REP. TOM SCHUELLER OF MAQUOKETA WILL GIVE THE MEMORIAL DAY ADDRESS IN MAQUOKETA, MONDAY MORNNG AT 10:30 AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL GYM.
THERE WILL ALSO BE A SPECIAL MEMORIAL SERVICE AT THE G.A.R. MEMORIAL AT MT. HOPE CEMETERY AFTER THE MIDDLE SCHOOL PROGRAM. THE MAQUOKETA VFW AND LEGION WILL HOST THE EVENTS.
JOLENE AND DANIEL MARTIN OF MAQUOKETA ARE PARENTS OF A BOY BORN
SUNDAY NIGHT AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. GRANDPARENTS ARE JIM AND DARCY EDWARDS OF DELMAR AND DEBBIE MARTIN OF MAQUOKETA.
WISE GUYS EXTREME SPORTS OPENED YESTERDAY AT 115 SOUTH MAIN STREET, NEXT TO BILL MOLER'S CLOTHING STORE. HOURS, 10 A.M. UNTIL 5:30 P.M.
OWNED ALSO HAS A STORE IN CLINTON. STUNT BIKES, PAINTBALL EQUIPMENT,
SKATEBOARDING, AND MORE.
DID YOU KNOW? CHARLES GALLAGHER OF MAQUOKETA PLAYED THE TRUMPET WITH A SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA. MANY YEARS AGO. HIS DAD WAS A MAQUOKETA JEWELER. IF YOU REMEMBER HIM AND HAVE FURTHER INFORMATION, ENTER IT ON THE KMAQ GUEST BOOK.
BOB L. HEAD OF MAQUOKETA CONTINUES WITH A NICE LEAD FOR THE BOBELHEAD CONTEST. VOTE AGAIN TONIGHT. www.portlandbeavers.com YOU CAN VOTE EVERY DAY IF YOU WANT.
THANKS FOR THE VISIT AND TAKE CARE.
DENNIS VOY
Monday, May 21, 2007
HOT DAY TODAY...90...ONE DEGREE BELOW THE 1934 RECORD.
CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.
THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL GIRL'S GOLF TEAM IS GOING TO THE STATE MEET NEXT WEEK. TODAY, THE GIRLS WON THE CLASS 3-A REGIONAL TOURNAMENT AT THE MANCHESTER GOLF CLUB, WITH A WINNING SCORE OF 385, THREE SHOTS BETTER THAN RUNNER-UP GRINNEL, WHO ALSO WILL GO TO STATE.
MAQUOKETA WAS LED BY JORDAN DAVIS WHO WAS THE TOURNAMENT MEDALIST WITH AN 83. ALSO FOR MAQUOKETA, KARA CLAR HAS A 96, HANNAH DAVISON A 101, AND NICKI GERLACH A 105. TODAY MARKED THE 4TH TIME THE MAQUOETA GIRLS HAVE PLAYED ON THE MANCHETER COURSE THIS YEAR. THE STATE MEET IS NEXT TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY AT THE OTTER CREEK COURSE IN ANKENY AND AT JESTER PARK IN GRIMES.
JACKSON COUNTY'S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN APRIL WAS 4.5.....DOWN FROM 5 PERCENT IN MARCH.
NO BIRTHS OR DEATHS OVER THE WEEKEND.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.
THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL GIRL'S GOLF TEAM IS GOING TO THE STATE MEET NEXT WEEK. TODAY, THE GIRLS WON THE CLASS 3-A REGIONAL TOURNAMENT AT THE MANCHESTER GOLF CLUB, WITH A WINNING SCORE OF 385, THREE SHOTS BETTER THAN RUNNER-UP GRINNEL, WHO ALSO WILL GO TO STATE.
MAQUOKETA WAS LED BY JORDAN DAVIS WHO WAS THE TOURNAMENT MEDALIST WITH AN 83. ALSO FOR MAQUOKETA, KARA CLAR HAS A 96, HANNAH DAVISON A 101, AND NICKI GERLACH A 105. TODAY MARKED THE 4TH TIME THE MAQUOETA GIRLS HAVE PLAYED ON THE MANCHETER COURSE THIS YEAR. THE STATE MEET IS NEXT TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY AT THE OTTER CREEK COURSE IN ANKENY AND AT JESTER PARK IN GRIMES.
JACKSON COUNTY'S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN APRIL WAS 4.5.....DOWN FROM 5 PERCENT IN MARCH.
NO BIRTHS OR DEATHS OVER THE WEEKEND.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
Friday, May 18, 2007
76 DEGREES TODAY...BEAUTIFUL DAY. TOMORROW AND SUNDAY SHOULD ALSO BE VERY NICE.
WE HAVE TWO MAQUOKETA GIRLS GOING TO THE STATE TENNIS TOURNAMENT MAY 31 AND JUNE 1 AT JOHNSON, IOWA, NEAR DES MOINES. THEY ARE JUNIOR COURTNEY ROMER AND SENIOR ALESHA NICKESON. YESTERDAY, THEY DEFEATED DUOS FROM WESTERN DUBUQUE, DAVENPORT ASSUMPTION AND CEDAR RAPIDS XAVIER.
AT THE STATE TRACK MEET THIS WEEK AT DES MOINES: ERIC MANSON TOOK 17TH IN THE LONG JUMP. LUKE PATTERSON 10TH IN THE SHOT PUT. THE DISTANCE MEDLEY RELAY TEAM TOOK 18TH. ON IT, BILLY KIRK, TREVOR MANGLER, ERIC MANON AND MITCH MCDERMOTT. THE 4 BY 400 RELAY TEAM TOOK 21ST, AND DID NOT QUALIFY FOR THE FINALS. ON THAT TEAM, TREVOR MANGLER, MITCH MCDERMOTT, ERIC MANSON AND RIED KEENEY. TOMORROW, MITCH COMPETES IN THE 1600 METER RUN AND TRISHA MILLER IN THE 1500 METER RUN.
A MAQUOKETA MAN, DON ECKELBERG, AGE 82, WAS INJURED AFTER HE BLACKED OUT AND HIT A CONSTRUCTION VEHICLE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON ON HIGHWAY 64 EAST OF MAQUOKETA. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL IN MAQUOKETA.
HE WAS GOING EAST, BLACKED OUT AND HIT A DUMP TRUCK DRIVEN BY CHRISTOPHER OSTWINKLE, AGE 43, OF MAQUOKETA.
THE DUBUQUE RACING ASSOCIATION GAVE GRANTS THIS WEEK TOTALING OVER $2 MILLION DOLLARS. IN MAQUOKETA, GRANTS RECEIVED: BRIGGS ELEMENTARY, $1,648....CARDINAL ELEMENTARY, $3,687....MAQUOKETA CHAMBER OF COMMER,
$2,713....MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOO, $5,000.....MAQUOKETA RESCUE SQUAD, $4,867....
OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER, $7,500.....SACRED HEART SCHOOL, $9,000....
AND SUNSHINE PRESCHOOL, $4,205.
BOB-L-HEAD "BOB" HEAD OF MAQUOKETA CONTINUES TO GET PUBLICITY FOR HIMSELF AND MAQUOKETA. THIS MORNING, INTERVIEWED ON WGN IN CHICAGO, A FRONT PAGE STORY TODAY IN THE CLINTON HERALD, A REPORT TODAY ON CNN NEWS AND A STORY TODAY ON FRONT PAGE OF MAQUOKETA SENTINEL-PRESS.
HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
WE HAVE TWO MAQUOKETA GIRLS GOING TO THE STATE TENNIS TOURNAMENT MAY 31 AND JUNE 1 AT JOHNSON, IOWA, NEAR DES MOINES. THEY ARE JUNIOR COURTNEY ROMER AND SENIOR ALESHA NICKESON. YESTERDAY, THEY DEFEATED DUOS FROM WESTERN DUBUQUE, DAVENPORT ASSUMPTION AND CEDAR RAPIDS XAVIER.
AT THE STATE TRACK MEET THIS WEEK AT DES MOINES: ERIC MANSON TOOK 17TH IN THE LONG JUMP. LUKE PATTERSON 10TH IN THE SHOT PUT. THE DISTANCE MEDLEY RELAY TEAM TOOK 18TH. ON IT, BILLY KIRK, TREVOR MANGLER, ERIC MANON AND MITCH MCDERMOTT. THE 4 BY 400 RELAY TEAM TOOK 21ST, AND DID NOT QUALIFY FOR THE FINALS. ON THAT TEAM, TREVOR MANGLER, MITCH MCDERMOTT, ERIC MANSON AND RIED KEENEY. TOMORROW, MITCH COMPETES IN THE 1600 METER RUN AND TRISHA MILLER IN THE 1500 METER RUN.
A MAQUOKETA MAN, DON ECKELBERG, AGE 82, WAS INJURED AFTER HE BLACKED OUT AND HIT A CONSTRUCTION VEHICLE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON ON HIGHWAY 64 EAST OF MAQUOKETA. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL IN MAQUOKETA.
HE WAS GOING EAST, BLACKED OUT AND HIT A DUMP TRUCK DRIVEN BY CHRISTOPHER OSTWINKLE, AGE 43, OF MAQUOKETA.
THE DUBUQUE RACING ASSOCIATION GAVE GRANTS THIS WEEK TOTALING OVER $2 MILLION DOLLARS. IN MAQUOKETA, GRANTS RECEIVED: BRIGGS ELEMENTARY, $1,648....CARDINAL ELEMENTARY, $3,687....MAQUOKETA CHAMBER OF COMMER,
$2,713....MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOO, $5,000.....MAQUOKETA RESCUE SQUAD, $4,867....
OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER, $7,500.....SACRED HEART SCHOOL, $9,000....
AND SUNSHINE PRESCHOOL, $4,205.
BOB-L-HEAD "BOB" HEAD OF MAQUOKETA CONTINUES TO GET PUBLICITY FOR HIMSELF AND MAQUOKETA. THIS MORNING, INTERVIEWED ON WGN IN CHICAGO, A FRONT PAGE STORY TODAY IN THE CLINTON HERALD, A REPORT TODAY ON CNN NEWS AND A STORY TODAY ON FRONT PAGE OF MAQUOKETA SENTINEL-PRESS.
HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
Thursday, May 17, 2007
SORRY, THE CONTRAST OF YESTERDAY'S REPORT WAS NOT VERY GOOD. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT CAUSED THIS. HOPE YOU WERE ABLE TO READ IT ANYWAY.
IF YOU WOULD HAVE "CLICKED-ON" IT A FEW TIMES, IT WOULD THEN HAVE COME UP BLUE AND EASIER TO READ.
BEAUTIFUL DAY TODAY....AROUND 70. REST OF THE WEEK LOOKS GOOD.
THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB ANNUAL SCHOLAR DINNER WAS HELD LAST NIGHT AT THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH IN MAQUOKETA, WITH THE CHURCH AUXILIARY PREPARING AND SERVING THE BEEF DINNER TO MCHS SENIOR SCHOLARS, THEIR PARENTS, ROTARIANS AND SOME GUESTS. IT IS AN ANNUAL EVEN SPONSORED BY ROTARY, HONORING THE TOP 20 STUDENTS. THIS YEAR THERE WAS A TIE, SO 21 WERE HONORED, 15 GIRLS AND 6 BOYS. THEY ARE:
JONATHAN BIEHL, SON OF DOUGLAS AND CHERYL...JESSICA BRUCK, DAUGHTER OF TOM AND BONNIE....DANIEL CAVEN, SON OF JOHN AND GLORIA....DANIELLE DIETZ, DAUGHTER OF CRAIG AND SCARLET....JESSICA DILTZ, DAUGHTER OF KEITH AND JANET....EMILY EVANS, DAUGHTER OF DONNA....KAITLEN EVANS, DAUGHTER OF TOM AND JOANNE....AMBER FILLOON, DAUGHTER OF RON AND LYNN....NICOLE GERLACH, DAUGHTER OF MARK AND CARMEN....JILL GILMORE, DAUGHTER OF DAVID AND KIM....CHELSI HEISER, DAUGHTER OF BOB AND JODI EBY.....ARRON KOPPES, SON OF GARY AND ANGIE....MATTHEW LOPEZ, SON OF HECTOR AND JULIE....JENNIFER LYON, DAUGHTER OF MICHAEL AND ARLEN....LEVI McCLIMON, SON OF EDWARD AND ANDREW....EMILY MELVOLD, DAUGHTER OF R.B. AND BETH....ALESHA NICKESON, DAUGHTER OF MIKE AND THERESA.....ASHLEY RIVER, DAUGHTER OF DAVID AND PAULA.....DUSTIN SCHAU, SON OF JERRY AND CINDY.....KELLY SHUSTER, DAUGHTER OF DONALD AND BARBARA AND REBECCA WILLMAN, DAUGHTER OF TOM AND KARLENE. IN ADDITION TO THE SCHOLAR BANQUET, HELD LAST NIGHT, THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB ALSO ANNUALLY PRESENTS TWO $1,000 SCHOLARSHIPS. THE TWO WINNERS WILL BE ANNOUNCED NEXT MONDAY AT THE AWARD'S CEREMONY TO BE HELD AT THE OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER IN MAQUOKETA.
THE NEW RESTAURANT IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA WILL BE CALLED: J'S CAFE AND OWNED BY J. FAULKNER. NOT 9'S AS I REPORTED EARLIER THIS WEEK.
MORE ABOUT IT ON ANOTHER DAY.
DON'T FORGET TO VOTE FOR BOB L HEAD OF MAQUOKETA. GO TO www portlandbeavers com BOB IS GETTING LOTS OF PUBLICITY FOR HIMSELF AND MAQUOKETA. ON TV...RADIO...NEWSPAPERS.
IT'S STILL MAY BEEF MONTH. ENJOY SOME IOWA CORN FED BEEF SOON.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MATT OSTERHAUS OF MAQUOKETA. THE BIG 5-0 TODAY.
THAT MEANS HIS DAD MUST BE GETTING UP THERE TOO.
TO THE APPROXIMATELY 1,000 MAQUOKETA FANS WHO READ THIS REPORT EACH DAY ALL OVER THE WORLD.....TAKE CARE UNTIL THE NEXT REPORT.
DENNIS VOY
IF YOU WOULD HAVE "CLICKED-ON" IT A FEW TIMES, IT WOULD THEN HAVE COME UP BLUE AND EASIER TO READ.
BEAUTIFUL DAY TODAY....AROUND 70. REST OF THE WEEK LOOKS GOOD.
THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB ANNUAL SCHOLAR DINNER WAS HELD LAST NIGHT AT THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH IN MAQUOKETA, WITH THE CHURCH AUXILIARY PREPARING AND SERVING THE BEEF DINNER TO MCHS SENIOR SCHOLARS, THEIR PARENTS, ROTARIANS AND SOME GUESTS. IT IS AN ANNUAL EVEN SPONSORED BY ROTARY, HONORING THE TOP 20 STUDENTS. THIS YEAR THERE WAS A TIE, SO 21 WERE HONORED, 15 GIRLS AND 6 BOYS. THEY ARE:
JONATHAN BIEHL, SON OF DOUGLAS AND CHERYL...JESSICA BRUCK, DAUGHTER OF TOM AND BONNIE....DANIEL CAVEN, SON OF JOHN AND GLORIA....DANIELLE DIETZ, DAUGHTER OF CRAIG AND SCARLET....JESSICA DILTZ, DAUGHTER OF KEITH AND JANET....EMILY EVANS, DAUGHTER OF DONNA....KAITLEN EVANS, DAUGHTER OF TOM AND JOANNE....AMBER FILLOON, DAUGHTER OF RON AND LYNN....NICOLE GERLACH, DAUGHTER OF MARK AND CARMEN....JILL GILMORE, DAUGHTER OF DAVID AND KIM....CHELSI HEISER, DAUGHTER OF BOB AND JODI EBY.....ARRON KOPPES, SON OF GARY AND ANGIE....MATTHEW LOPEZ, SON OF HECTOR AND JULIE....JENNIFER LYON, DAUGHTER OF MICHAEL AND ARLEN....LEVI McCLIMON, SON OF EDWARD AND ANDREW....EMILY MELVOLD, DAUGHTER OF R.B. AND BETH....ALESHA NICKESON, DAUGHTER OF MIKE AND THERESA.....ASHLEY RIVER, DAUGHTER OF DAVID AND PAULA.....DUSTIN SCHAU, SON OF JERRY AND CINDY.....KELLY SHUSTER, DAUGHTER OF DONALD AND BARBARA AND REBECCA WILLMAN, DAUGHTER OF TOM AND KARLENE. IN ADDITION TO THE SCHOLAR BANQUET, HELD LAST NIGHT, THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB ALSO ANNUALLY PRESENTS TWO $1,000 SCHOLARSHIPS. THE TWO WINNERS WILL BE ANNOUNCED NEXT MONDAY AT THE AWARD'S CEREMONY TO BE HELD AT THE OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER IN MAQUOKETA.
THE NEW RESTAURANT IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA WILL BE CALLED: J'S CAFE AND OWNED BY J. FAULKNER. NOT 9'S AS I REPORTED EARLIER THIS WEEK.
MORE ABOUT IT ON ANOTHER DAY.
DON'T FORGET TO VOTE FOR BOB L HEAD OF MAQUOKETA. GO TO www portlandbeavers com BOB IS GETTING LOTS OF PUBLICITY FOR HIMSELF AND MAQUOKETA. ON TV...RADIO...NEWSPAPERS.
IT'S STILL MAY BEEF MONTH. ENJOY SOME IOWA CORN FED BEEF SOON.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MATT OSTERHAUS OF MAQUOKETA. THE BIG 5-0 TODAY.
THAT MEANS HIS DAD MUST BE GETTING UP THERE TOO.
TO THE APPROXIMATELY 1,000 MAQUOKETA FANS WHO READ THIS REPORT EACH DAY ALL OVER THE WORLD.....TAKE CARE UNTIL THE NEXT REPORT.
DENNIS VOY
Wednesday, May 16, 2007
NEARLY A HALF INCH OF RAIN YESTERDAY, BUT TODAY WAS SUNNY, WINDY AND NICE. THE REST OF THE WEEK SHOULD BE NICE ALSO.
VOTE SOON FOR BOB L. HEAD OF MAQUOKETA. THE PORTLAND BEAVERS AAA BASEBALL TEAM HAS A CONTEST GOING ON TO SELECT A BOB L. HEAD.
THERE WERE 41 BOB L. HEADS IN THE NATION AND AFTER PRELIMINARY COMPETITION, THE FIELD WAS NARROWED DOWN TO 3, INCLUDING BOB L. HEAD OF MAQUOKETA. VOTING OVER THE INTERNET STARTED THIS WEEK AND THE WINNER GETS A FREE TRIP TO A GAME IN PORTLAND AND OTHER HONORS. GO TO www.portlandbeavers.com AND CLICK ON PROMOTIONS AND CAST YOUR VOTE FOR THE FORMER AUTOMOBILE DEALER IN MAQUOKETA.
IT WOULD BE EXCITING TO HAVE HIM BE THE NATIONAL WINNER AND WILL GIVE GOOD PUBLICITY TO MAQUOKETA.
THANKS TO AASE AND RICHARDT JOHANSEN OF BJERK, DENMARK, FOR BUYING TWO MAQUOKETA ROTARY DUCKS. THEY ARE RELATED TO JERRY RASMUSSEN IN MAQUOKETA AND HAVE VISITED AND LIKE OUR CITY.
THEY NOW HAVE A CHANCE TO WIN EITHER $1,000 OR $100 ON JUNE 21ST, THE DAY OF THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB 5TH ANNUAL DUCK RACE IN THE COMFORT INN SWIMMING POOL AT THE SOUTH EDGE OF MAQUOKETA.
SPEAKING OF JERRY RASMUSSEN....HE HAS FINISHED HIS NEW, AND 2ND, BOOK ABOUT MAQUOKETA. THE BOOK FEATURES AROUND 100 MAQUOKETA ONE OF A KIND OR CHARACTER CITIZENS OF THE PAST. ALL NO LONGER LIVING. AND A PHOTO OF EACH. FUN READING. IT WAS INTRODUCED AT THE WEEKLY BROWN BAG LUNCH YESTERDAY NOON AT THE JACKSON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY MUSEUM ON THE FAIRGROUNDS IN MAQUOKETA. JERRY TOLD HOW THE BOOK GOT STARTED ABOUT 18 MONTHS AGO AND MADE INTERESTING COMMENTS ABOUT THE WRITING OF THE BOOK. THE LOCAL ACCESS CHANNEL TAPED HIS TALK AND IT IS BEING AIRED THIS WEEK. OVER 30 BOOKS WERE PURCHASED BY THOSE IN ATTENDANCE AND JERRY AUTOGRAPHED THEM, AND IS GIVING ALL PROCEEDS FROM THE SALE OF THE BOOK TO THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
THEY SELL FOR $12.50. IF YOU WANT ONE, SEND $14 .50 FOR THE BOOK AND POSTAGE TO KMAQ, BOX 940, MAQUOKETA, IOWA, 52060. MAKE CHECK PAYABLE TO JACKSON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY. JERRY WAS IN BUSINESS (WITH HIS DAD AND BROTHER) IN MAQUOKETA FOR NEARLY 50 YEARS, IN THE BUSINESS, RASMUSSEN MOTOR SALES, NOW BRAD DEERY MOTORS.
THANKS FOR CHECKING IN AND HAVE A GOOD WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND
THURSDAY.
DENNIS VOY
VOTE SOON FOR BOB L. HEAD OF MAQUOKETA. THE PORTLAND BEAVERS AAA BASEBALL TEAM HAS A CONTEST GOING ON TO SELECT A BOB L. HEAD.
THERE WERE 41 BOB L. HEADS IN THE NATION AND AFTER PRELIMINARY COMPETITION, THE FIELD WAS NARROWED DOWN TO 3, INCLUDING BOB L. HEAD OF MAQUOKETA. VOTING OVER THE INTERNET STARTED THIS WEEK AND THE WINNER GETS A FREE TRIP TO A GAME IN PORTLAND AND OTHER HONORS. GO TO www.portlandbeavers.com AND CLICK ON PROMOTIONS AND CAST YOUR VOTE FOR THE FORMER AUTOMOBILE DEALER IN MAQUOKETA.
IT WOULD BE EXCITING TO HAVE HIM BE THE NATIONAL WINNER AND WILL GIVE GOOD PUBLICITY TO MAQUOKETA.
THANKS TO AASE AND RICHARDT JOHANSEN OF BJERK, DENMARK, FOR BUYING TWO MAQUOKETA ROTARY DUCKS. THEY ARE RELATED TO JERRY RASMUSSEN IN MAQUOKETA AND HAVE VISITED AND LIKE OUR CITY.
THEY NOW HAVE A CHANCE TO WIN EITHER $1,000 OR $100 ON JUNE 21ST, THE DAY OF THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB 5TH ANNUAL DUCK RACE IN THE COMFORT INN SWIMMING POOL AT THE SOUTH EDGE OF MAQUOKETA.
SPEAKING OF JERRY RASMUSSEN....HE HAS FINISHED HIS NEW, AND 2ND, BOOK ABOUT MAQUOKETA. THE BOOK FEATURES AROUND 100 MAQUOKETA ONE OF A KIND OR CHARACTER CITIZENS OF THE PAST. ALL NO LONGER LIVING. AND A PHOTO OF EACH. FUN READING. IT WAS INTRODUCED AT THE WEEKLY BROWN BAG LUNCH YESTERDAY NOON AT THE JACKSON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY MUSEUM ON THE FAIRGROUNDS IN MAQUOKETA. JERRY TOLD HOW THE BOOK GOT STARTED ABOUT 18 MONTHS AGO AND MADE INTERESTING COMMENTS ABOUT THE WRITING OF THE BOOK. THE LOCAL ACCESS CHANNEL TAPED HIS TALK AND IT IS BEING AIRED THIS WEEK. OVER 30 BOOKS WERE PURCHASED BY THOSE IN ATTENDANCE AND JERRY AUTOGRAPHED THEM, AND IS GIVING ALL PROCEEDS FROM THE SALE OF THE BOOK TO THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
THEY SELL FOR $12.50. IF YOU WANT ONE, SEND $14 .50 FOR THE BOOK AND POSTAGE TO KMAQ, BOX 940, MAQUOKETA, IOWA, 52060. MAKE CHECK PAYABLE TO JACKSON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY. JERRY WAS IN BUSINESS (WITH HIS DAD AND BROTHER) IN MAQUOKETA FOR NEARLY 50 YEARS, IN THE BUSINESS, RASMUSSEN MOTOR SALES, NOW BRAD DEERY MOTORS.
THANKS FOR CHECKING IN AND HAVE A GOOD WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND
THURSDAY.
DENNIS VOY
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
WE NEEDED RAIN AND WE GOT A LIGHT STEADY RAIN
THIS AFTERNOON.
MAQUOKETA HAS A NEW HEAD BASKETBALL COACH AT THE H IGH SCHOOL. THE SCHOOL BOARD LAST NIGHT HIRED TROY OSTERHAUS FOR THE POSITION. HE REPLACES JEFF HERKLEMAN WHO SERVED 7 YEARS IN THAT POSITION. OSTERHAUS, A HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER,
HAS SERVED AS AN ASSISTANT TO HERKLEMAN AND PRIOR TO THAT WAS THE 9TH GRADE BOY’S COACH. HE PREPPED AT MAQUOKETA VALLEY OF DELHI AND WENT ON TO PLAY COLLEGE BASKETBALL
AT WARTBURG COLLEGE IN WAVERLY. HE IS RELATED TO THE
BOB OSTERHAUS FAMILY OF MAQUOKETA.
AT THE BOARD MEETING LAST NIGHT, THE BOARD ACCEPTED THE
RESIGNATION OF LONGTIME EMPLOYEE, TOM PETAROS. HE CURRENTLY IS SERVING AS THE MIDDLE SCHOOL GUIDANCE COUNSELOR AND HAS WORKED IN VARIOUS CAPACITIES IN THE DISTRICT FOR 31 YEARS. HE SAID HE IS LOOKING FORWARD TO NEW CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES AFTER RETIREMENT. HIS WIFE IS ALSO A LONGTIME MAQUOKETA TEACHER AND HIS DAD RAN THE VERY POPULAR GREEN MILL RESTAURNT IN THE 50’S AND FOR YEARS AFTER.
THE BOARD ALSO LAST NIGHT APPROVED THE HIRING OF MELINDA ORRIS AS THE HIGH SCHOOL GLOBAL CULTURE INSTRUCTOR FOR NEXT YEAR. ORRIS, WHO RESIDES IN MAQUOKETA, CURRENTLY TEACHES IN DEWITT. SHE WILL ALSO BE THE 9TH GRADE GIRL’S BASKETBALL COACH.
SPANISH INSTRUCTOR CHRISTINE LIRA RESIGNED HER POSITION AT THE END OF THE YEAR. HER HUSBAND HAS BEEN TRANSFERRED TO WISCONSIN AND THEREFORE SHE IS LEAVING HER JOB HER IN MAQUOKETA.
THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB DUCK RACE IS GETTING CLOSER…
JUNE 21ST. READERS OF THIS REPORT THAT HAVE PURCHASED A DUCK INCLUDE:
MIKEL AND MARY KAY WALTON OF LAKEWOOD CALIFORNIA. THEY
OWN A CONDO HERE IN MAQUOKETA AND THEY NOW HAVE 10 CHANCES TO WIN $1,000.
DELORES FRANZEN OF PRESTON. THANKS FOR BUYING 5 DUCKS.
AND A FEW DUCKS ALSO PURCHASED BY NANCY AND JOHN WEST OF
HOLLAND, MICHIGAN. ALSO, A GOOD READER FROM ACROSS THE WORLD IN DENMARK. MORE TOMORROW ON THEIR DUCK PURCHASE. WANT TO BUY A DUCK AND HELP THE ROTARY WITH COMMUNITY PROJECTS? JUST SEND $5 ($5 A DUCK) TO ME (I’M A ROTARY MEMBER) AT BOX 940, MAQUOKETA, IOWA, 52060. I’LL ALSO MENTION YOUR DUCK PURCHASE HERE ON THIS REPORT.
DID YOU KNOW THERE IS A NEW BOOK ABOUT MAQUOKETA? WRITTEN BY JERRY RASMUSSEN! MORE ABOUT IT TOMORROW.
THANKS FOR THE VISIT.
DENNIS VOY.
THIS AFTERNOON.
MAQUOKETA HAS A NEW HEAD BASKETBALL COACH AT THE H IGH SCHOOL. THE SCHOOL BOARD LAST NIGHT HIRED TROY OSTERHAUS FOR THE POSITION. HE REPLACES JEFF HERKLEMAN WHO SERVED 7 YEARS IN THAT POSITION. OSTERHAUS, A HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER,
HAS SERVED AS AN ASSISTANT TO HERKLEMAN AND PRIOR TO THAT WAS THE 9TH GRADE BOY’S COACH. HE PREPPED AT MAQUOKETA VALLEY OF DELHI AND WENT ON TO PLAY COLLEGE BASKETBALL
AT WARTBURG COLLEGE IN WAVERLY. HE IS RELATED TO THE
BOB OSTERHAUS FAMILY OF MAQUOKETA.
AT THE BOARD MEETING LAST NIGHT, THE BOARD ACCEPTED THE
RESIGNATION OF LONGTIME EMPLOYEE, TOM PETAROS. HE CURRENTLY IS SERVING AS THE MIDDLE SCHOOL GUIDANCE COUNSELOR AND HAS WORKED IN VARIOUS CAPACITIES IN THE DISTRICT FOR 31 YEARS. HE SAID HE IS LOOKING FORWARD TO NEW CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES AFTER RETIREMENT. HIS WIFE IS ALSO A LONGTIME MAQUOKETA TEACHER AND HIS DAD RAN THE VERY POPULAR GREEN MILL RESTAURNT IN THE 50’S AND FOR YEARS AFTER.
THE BOARD ALSO LAST NIGHT APPROVED THE HIRING OF MELINDA ORRIS AS THE HIGH SCHOOL GLOBAL CULTURE INSTRUCTOR FOR NEXT YEAR. ORRIS, WHO RESIDES IN MAQUOKETA, CURRENTLY TEACHES IN DEWITT. SHE WILL ALSO BE THE 9TH GRADE GIRL’S BASKETBALL COACH.
SPANISH INSTRUCTOR CHRISTINE LIRA RESIGNED HER POSITION AT THE END OF THE YEAR. HER HUSBAND HAS BEEN TRANSFERRED TO WISCONSIN AND THEREFORE SHE IS LEAVING HER JOB HER IN MAQUOKETA.
THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB DUCK RACE IS GETTING CLOSER…
JUNE 21ST. READERS OF THIS REPORT THAT HAVE PURCHASED A DUCK INCLUDE:
MIKEL AND MARY KAY WALTON OF LAKEWOOD CALIFORNIA. THEY
OWN A CONDO HERE IN MAQUOKETA AND THEY NOW HAVE 10 CHANCES TO WIN $1,000.
DELORES FRANZEN OF PRESTON. THANKS FOR BUYING 5 DUCKS.
AND A FEW DUCKS ALSO PURCHASED BY NANCY AND JOHN WEST OF
HOLLAND, MICHIGAN. ALSO, A GOOD READER FROM ACROSS THE WORLD IN DENMARK. MORE TOMORROW ON THEIR DUCK PURCHASE. WANT TO BUY A DUCK AND HELP THE ROTARY WITH COMMUNITY PROJECTS? JUST SEND $5 ($5 A DUCK) TO ME (I’M A ROTARY MEMBER) AT BOX 940, MAQUOKETA, IOWA, 52060. I’LL ALSO MENTION YOUR DUCK PURCHASE HERE ON THIS REPORT.
DID YOU KNOW THERE IS A NEW BOOK ABOUT MAQUOKETA? WRITTEN BY JERRY RASMUSSEN! MORE ABOUT IT TOMORROW.
THANKS FOR THE VISIT.
DENNIS VOY.
Monday, May 14, 2007
A HOT DAY IN MAQUOKTA, 92, AND THAT TIED THE RECORD HIGH FOR THIS DAY, SET BACK IN 1932. RAIN TONIGHT AND TOMORROW AND MUCH COOLER TOMORROW.
HAD A GOOD 4-DAY TRIP FOR KMAQ TRAVEL TO BRANSON LAST WEEK, GETTING HOME FRIDAY NIGHT. BRANSON IS STILL
BOOMING.. THE NEXT 4-DAY TRIP FOR KMAQ TRAVEL WILL
BE JUNE 21-24, TO NASHVILLE. THERE ARE STILL SEATS LEFT
FOR THAT TRIP, SO IF INTERESTED IN MORE INFORMATION,
EMAIL ME AT kmaq@kmaq.com
THE HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION SEASON IS HERE. SEVEN
KMAQ AREA GRADUATIONS ARE THIS SUNDAY: EAST CENTRAL-MILES…NORTHEAST-GOOSELAKE…MIDLAND-WYOMING….CALAMUS-WHEATLAND….OLIN….NORTH CEDAR-STANWOOD….AND PRESTON. MAQUOKETA’S GRADUATION WILL BE ON SUNDAY, JUNE 3RD AT THE OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER.
THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL OLD GYM FLOOR IS BEING REPLACED THESE DAYS AND THE FOOTINGS FOR THE NEW GYM NEARBY ARE IN.
DON AND LINDA POWLISTHA WILL CELEBRATE THEIR 25TH THIS
WEDNESDAY. BOTH HAVE BEEN VERY ACTIVE VOLUNTEERS IN BUILDING AND RUNNING THE OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER
AUDITORIUM.
ITS OFFICIAL, THE ARC (AREA RECREATION CENTER) WILL BE A YMCA FACILITY. THE CITY COUNCIL MADE THE AFFILIATION OFFICIAL LAST WEEK WHEN IT UNAIMOUSLY
APPROVED A MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT WITH SCOTT COUNTY Y OF DAVENPORT. I’LL HAVE ANOTHER PICTURE OF THE ARC ONE OF THESE DAYS, AS CONSTRUCTION CONTINUES
JUST EAST OF THE FOOTBALL FIELD.
WENT TO FOUR COLLEGE GRADUATION PARTIES LAST WEEK.
CONGRATULATIONS TO DARLYCE STIMMEL(UNI),
DERRICK FUGLSANG (COE), TIM MELVOLD(UN OF DUB), AND SAMI MOORE(UNI) ALL OF MAQUOKETA.
DID YOU KNOW A NEW HEAD BASKETBALL COACH WILL BE NAMED AT THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING TONIGHT? I’LL HAVE DETAILS TOMORROW.
THE PEACE PIPE PLAYERS WILL PUT ON THE KID’S PLAY
“PETER AND THE WOLF” THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AT THE OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER. 7:30 P.M. THE NARRATOR WILL BE KRISTA GRAND OF PRESTON AND IT WILL BE
DIRECTED AND CHOREOGRAPHED BY ERICA BARKER.
CHUCK HEIM, FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA, HAS RETIRED FROM THE AIRFORCE AFTER 20 YEARS. HIS SISTER IS JOAN HEAD OF MAQUOKETA. HE AND HIS WIFE AND 3 CHILDREN WILL NOW LIVE IN MISSISSIPPI.
SMOKE FROM SOMETHING LEFT ON THE STOVE TOO LONG
AT THE HURST APARTMENTS BUILDING IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA BROUGHT FIREMEN LAST WEDNESDAY TO THE
FORMER HOTEL AND THE SMOKE WAS DOUSED WITH A FIRE EXTINGUISHER AND NO DAMAGE RESULTED.
THE CITY COUNCIL LAST WEEK TURNED DOWN A REQUEST TO
HELP FUND THE RTA BUS IN MAQUOKETA. ON A 4 TO 3 VOTE,
THE $4,000 REQUEST WAS DENIED. DESPITE THE DECISION,
THE DOOR TO DOOR SERVICE IN MAQUOKETA IS NOT IN
JEOPARDY.
THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL BACCALAUREATE SERVICE
WILL BE WEDNESDAY, MAY 23RD AT 7 P.M. AT THE OHNWARD
CENTER.
THE MCHS BOYS GOLF TEAM HAS FINISHED THE SEASON, BUT THE GIRLS ARE STILL IN TOURNAMENT PLAY. AND 9 CARDINALS WILL BE AT THE STATE TRACK MEET THIS
WEEK. THEY ARE: TRISHA MILLER…SAM SHANAHAN….
LUKE PATTERSON…REID KEENEY….ERIC MANSON….BILLY KIRK….MITCH MCDERMOTT….TREVOR MANGLER….TYLER RUTTENBECK . GOOD LUCK TO THESE CARDINAL AT STATE.
9’S IS THE NAME OF THE NEW RESTAURANT STARTING UP IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA, WHERE GNOMAD WAS LOCATED.
NO DETAILS YET ON WHO WILL OPERATE IT, AND WHAT KIND OF EATING ESTABLISHMENT IT WILL BE. THE SIGN IN WINDOW SAYS APPLICATIONS ARE BEING TAKEN, SO IT APPARENTLY WILL BE OPENING SOON.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
HAD A GOOD 4-DAY TRIP FOR KMAQ TRAVEL TO BRANSON LAST WEEK, GETTING HOME FRIDAY NIGHT. BRANSON IS STILL
BOOMING.. THE NEXT 4-DAY TRIP FOR KMAQ TRAVEL WILL
BE JUNE 21-24, TO NASHVILLE. THERE ARE STILL SEATS LEFT
FOR THAT TRIP, SO IF INTERESTED IN MORE INFORMATION,
EMAIL ME AT kmaq@kmaq.com
THE HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION SEASON IS HERE. SEVEN
KMAQ AREA GRADUATIONS ARE THIS SUNDAY: EAST CENTRAL-MILES…NORTHEAST-GOOSELAKE…MIDLAND-WYOMING….CALAMUS-WHEATLAND….OLIN….NORTH CEDAR-STANWOOD….AND PRESTON. MAQUOKETA’S GRADUATION WILL BE ON SUNDAY, JUNE 3RD AT THE OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER.
THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL OLD GYM FLOOR IS BEING REPLACED THESE DAYS AND THE FOOTINGS FOR THE NEW GYM NEARBY ARE IN.
DON AND LINDA POWLISTHA WILL CELEBRATE THEIR 25TH THIS
WEDNESDAY. BOTH HAVE BEEN VERY ACTIVE VOLUNTEERS IN BUILDING AND RUNNING THE OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER
AUDITORIUM.
ITS OFFICIAL, THE ARC (AREA RECREATION CENTER) WILL BE A YMCA FACILITY. THE CITY COUNCIL MADE THE AFFILIATION OFFICIAL LAST WEEK WHEN IT UNAIMOUSLY
APPROVED A MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT WITH SCOTT COUNTY Y OF DAVENPORT. I’LL HAVE ANOTHER PICTURE OF THE ARC ONE OF THESE DAYS, AS CONSTRUCTION CONTINUES
JUST EAST OF THE FOOTBALL FIELD.
WENT TO FOUR COLLEGE GRADUATION PARTIES LAST WEEK.
CONGRATULATIONS TO DARLYCE STIMMEL(UNI),
DERRICK FUGLSANG (COE), TIM MELVOLD(UN OF DUB), AND SAMI MOORE(UNI) ALL OF MAQUOKETA.
DID YOU KNOW A NEW HEAD BASKETBALL COACH WILL BE NAMED AT THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING TONIGHT? I’LL HAVE DETAILS TOMORROW.
THE PEACE PIPE PLAYERS WILL PUT ON THE KID’S PLAY
“PETER AND THE WOLF” THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AT THE OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER. 7:30 P.M. THE NARRATOR WILL BE KRISTA GRAND OF PRESTON AND IT WILL BE
DIRECTED AND CHOREOGRAPHED BY ERICA BARKER.
CHUCK HEIM, FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA, HAS RETIRED FROM THE AIRFORCE AFTER 20 YEARS. HIS SISTER IS JOAN HEAD OF MAQUOKETA. HE AND HIS WIFE AND 3 CHILDREN WILL NOW LIVE IN MISSISSIPPI.
SMOKE FROM SOMETHING LEFT ON THE STOVE TOO LONG
AT THE HURST APARTMENTS BUILDING IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA BROUGHT FIREMEN LAST WEDNESDAY TO THE
FORMER HOTEL AND THE SMOKE WAS DOUSED WITH A FIRE EXTINGUISHER AND NO DAMAGE RESULTED.
THE CITY COUNCIL LAST WEEK TURNED DOWN A REQUEST TO
HELP FUND THE RTA BUS IN MAQUOKETA. ON A 4 TO 3 VOTE,
THE $4,000 REQUEST WAS DENIED. DESPITE THE DECISION,
THE DOOR TO DOOR SERVICE IN MAQUOKETA IS NOT IN
JEOPARDY.
THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL BACCALAUREATE SERVICE
WILL BE WEDNESDAY, MAY 23RD AT 7 P.M. AT THE OHNWARD
CENTER.
THE MCHS BOYS GOLF TEAM HAS FINISHED THE SEASON, BUT THE GIRLS ARE STILL IN TOURNAMENT PLAY. AND 9 CARDINALS WILL BE AT THE STATE TRACK MEET THIS
WEEK. THEY ARE: TRISHA MILLER…SAM SHANAHAN….
LUKE PATTERSON…REID KEENEY….ERIC MANSON….BILLY KIRK….MITCH MCDERMOTT….TREVOR MANGLER….TYLER RUTTENBECK . GOOD LUCK TO THESE CARDINAL AT STATE.
9’S IS THE NAME OF THE NEW RESTAURANT STARTING UP IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA, WHERE GNOMAD WAS LOCATED.
NO DETAILS YET ON WHO WILL OPERATE IT, AND WHAT KIND OF EATING ESTABLISHMENT IT WILL BE. THE SIGN IN WINDOW SAYS APPLICATIONS ARE BEING TAKEN, SO IT APPARENTLY WILL BE OPENING SOON.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
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