Friday, September 28, 2007

ANOTHER BEUTIFUL DAY TODAY. HIGH OF 73.
THE WEEKEND FORECAST LOOKS PRETTY DESCENT.
MAQUOKETA GOT A MUCH NEEDED INCH OF RAIN THIS WEEK.

THE KMAQ TRAVEL BUS TRIP TO MACKINAC ISLAND WAS FUN. ALL WENT WELL.
GOT BACK AT 7 LAST NIGHT. HOPE YOU TOO CAN VISIT THE ISLAND SOMETIME.
LOTS OF FOOD, FUN, WATER, HORSES (NO CARS OR TRUCKS) AND OOODLES OF FUDGE.

MAQUOKETA HOSTS DEWITT IN FOOTBALL TONIGHT. SHOULD BE A GREAT GAME.

NEXT FRIDAY, BERTHEL FISHER & COMPANY WILL HOST AN OPEN HOUSE OF THEIR NEW
OFFICE BUILDING ON EAST PLATT, WHERE SLIP'S INN WAS FOR MANY YEARS AND
IN RECENT YEARS, WAS THE HOME OF B & C LIQUOR STORE. THE BUILDING WAS COMPLETELY RENOVATED, INSIDE AND OUT. LOOKS GOOD. BEST WISHES TO JOHN LONG, MARV JUNK AND DENISE REEG IN THEIR NEW LOCATION. THEY HAD BEEN LOCATED IN THE DENTAL BUILDING DOWNTOWN.

FUNERAL SERVICES WERE HELD TODAY FOR SUE DAVISON, AGE 84, OF MAQUOKETA.
NICE LADY. GOOD KMAQ LISTENER. WENT ON A KMAQ TRIP OR TWO ALSO.

MARY WOOD, AGE 99, OF COLORADO SPRINGS AND FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA, DIED YESTERDAY AT THE HOME OF HER DAUGHTER THERE.

I'LL TRY TO REMEMBER TO PUT THE FOOTBALL SCORE UP HERE TOMORROW.

HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY

Saturday, September 22, 2007

BEAUTIFUL SATURDAY IN MAQUOKETA.

MAQUOKETA WON THE HOMECOMING GAME, 42 TO 0.
THE GAME DID NOT START UNTIL 8:45 BECAUSE OF A THUNDER AND LIGHTENING
STORM. AT THE HALF, MAQUOKETA LEAD 35 TO 0 AND BECAUSE OF THE 35 RULE,
THE CLOCK RAN WITHOUT STOPPING THE SECOND HALF.
THE MAQUOKETA SOPHOMORES ALSO WON THEIR GAME 35 TO 22.

A COUPLE BIRTHS.
ANGELA WIESE AND ERIC MCCUTCHEON OF ANDREW ARE PARENTS OF A BOY BORN THIS PAST MONDAY AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. GREAT GRAND MOTHER IS FRANCES WILLEY OF MAQUOKETA.
ALSO, GREAT GRAND PARENTS ARE DORIS AND AL EHL OF MAQUOKETA.

MELISSA AND JERRY WIDEL OF ANDREW HAD A GIRL THIS TUESDAY AT MAQUOKETA HOSPITAL.
GRANDPARENTS ARE MARK AND KAREN INTLEKOFER OF MAQUOKETA AND PAUL AND MILLIE
WIDEL OF MAQUOKETA. GREAT GRANDFATHER IS OSCAR BYSTOL OF MAQUOKETA.

TODAY IS THE LAST DAY OF SUMMER. AUTUMN BEGINS TOMORROW. HAVE A GOOD
FALL.

BIG GAME TONIGHT. CAN WISCONSIN UPSET IOWA?

DENNIS VOY

Friday, September 21, 2007

BREEZY AND HOT TODAY...HIGH NEAR 90.
COOLER TOMORROW.

TODD WESTPHAL OF MAQUOKETA WAS AIRLIFTED TO UIVERSITY HOSPITALS WEDNESDAY
AFTER HIS TRUCK ROLLED OVER HIM IN A FIELD AT THE SOUTH EDGE OF MAQUOKETA.
HE WAS CHECKING CATTLE WHEN THE FREAK ACCIDENT OCCURRED. HE AND HIS WIFE OWN JACKSON COUNTY HOME FURNISHNGS FURNITURE STORE DOWNTOWN AND SHE TOLD US THIS MORNING THAT HE IS HIS UP AND WALKING. GOOD NEWS.

THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL BPA CLUB SPONSORED A BLOOD DRIVE AT THE BAND ROOM OF THE HIGH SCHOOL YESTERDAY AND 74 UNITS WERE COLLECTED, A LITTLE SHORT OF THIRE GOAL.

THE DEADLINE FOR CITY OFFICES WAS 5 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. IN MAQUOKETA, THERE WILL BE 2 CONTESTED RACES. IN THE 5TH WARD, WHERE PAUL HAHLE IS NOT RUNNING AGAIN,
FILING FOR THE POSITION, TODD GREEN, LEONARD DITCH AND MARGO SHOUSE. AND FOR THE AT-LARGE POSITION, INCUMBENT NEIL MOREHEAD WILL BE CHALLENGED BY ED TURNEY.
MAYOR TOM MESSERLIE IS RUNNING UNOPPOSED. ALSO RUNNING UNOPPOSED, CURRENT COUNCIL REPS MATT WINEGAR AND MARSHA MYERS.

THE OLD RUSSELL BROTHERS GROCERY STORE BUILDING ON EAST PLATT BIT THE DUST YESTERDAY.
AND WAS BULLDOZED DOWN. IT IS OWNED BY WELLS PLUMBING, WHO BOUGHT IT 30 YEARS AGO, AND IT WAS USED FOR THAT BUSIENSS FOR MANY YEARS UNTIL MOVING ON THE BYPASS.
THE LAST BUSINESS IN BUIDLING WAS AN ANTIQUE STORE. WELLS SAID IT WAS IN BAD SHAPE.
THE METAL BUILDING WELLS BUILT MANY YEARS AGO STILL STANDS. WELLS SAID HE WILL LIKELY NOW SELL THE PROPERTY.

THE HOMECOMING FOOTBALL GAME IS TONIGHT. MAQUOKETA SHOULD BEAT ANAMOSA AND
I'LL HAVE THE SCORE FOR YOU TOMORROW MORNING.

ALSO TONIGHT AT 6, MY GRANDDAUGHTER SARA CLASEN GETS MARRIED TO AARON CLARK
AT COSTELLO'S OLD MILL EVENT CENTER. SARA, 22, IS MY FIRST GRANDCHILD TO
GET MARRIED. THEY WILL LIVE IN DAVENPORT WHERE THEY BOTH WORK. AN EXCITING NIGHT COMING UP.

HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY

Wednesday, September 19, 2007

2/10THS OF AN INCH OF RAIN EARLY THIS MORNING. NOW, TODAY, SUNNY AND HOT.

A MAQUOKETA WOMAN, NORMA JOHNSON, AGE 80, WAS AIRLIFTED TO IOWA CITY HOSPITAL
YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AFTER AN ACCIDENT. SHE WAS DRIVING EAST ON 63RD STREET AND STOPPED AT A STOP SIGN WITH HIGHWAY 61 AND WHEN SHE PROCEEDED THROUGH THE INTERSECTION, WAS HIT BY A NORTHBOUND VEHICLE DRIVEN BY GARALDINE GALLIART, AGE 77, OF DUBUQUE.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO CHAD STRATHMAN. HE IS A LAWYER IN MINNESOTA.

RON AND IVA CLARK OF RURAL MAQUOKETA WILL CELEBRATE THEIR 40TH ANNIVERSARY SEPTEMBER 24TH.

THE CITY WIDE GARAGE SALES ARE THIS SATURDAY IN MAQUOKETA...58 TOTAL.

THE MAQUOKETA ALUMNI WILL HAVE A CHILI COOK-OFF AFTER THE HOMECOMING GAME
FRIDAY NIGHT, AT THE DECKER HOTEL.

THE HOMECOMING PARADE IS THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA AND FREE
TREATS AFTER AT THE MAQUOKETA STATE BANK PARKING LOT, COURTESY OF MAQUOKETA STATE BANK AND DICK'S SUPER MARKET.

KMAQ TRAVEL HAS A BUS GOING TO MACKINAC ISLAND. WE WILL LEAVE THIS SUNDAY MORNING AND BE GONE FOR 5 DAYS. NEVER BEEN THERE.

TOMORROW IS THE DEADLINE TO FILE FOR THE MAQUOKETA CITY ELECTION. MAYOR TOM MESSERLI HAS ALREADY FILED HIS PAPERS FOR RE-ELECTION TO A 4TH TERM.

STAY COOL.

DENNIS VOY

Tuesday, September 18, 2007

ANOTHER HOT DAY IN MAQUOKETA.

BIG STORY TODAY....THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TODAY VOTED TO MOVE THE DHS...DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES....FROM THE ROSENBERG BUILDING TO THE EMPTY JACKSON COUNTY CARE FACIITY BUILDING NEAR ANDREW, OWNED BY THE COUNTY. THERE ARE 14 EMPLOYEES THAT WILL MOVE OUT THERE IN THE NEXT 10 DAYS AND THE MOVE WILL SAVE THE COUNTY
$3,650 A MONTH RENT.

AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING LAST NIGHT, THERE WAS DICUSSION ON WHAT TO DO WITH THE FORMER VEHICLE BRIDGE, CONVERTED TO A FOOT BRIDGE, THAT IS IN NEED OF REPAIR...AND IS LOCATED OUT AT HORSESHOE POND PARK. NO DECISION WAS MADE.

WINDOWS IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA ARE DECORATED FOR HOMECOMING.

HAVE A GOOD TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY.

DENNIS VOY

Monday, September 17, 2007

NICE WEEKEND...NOW SUMMER WEATHER BACK IN MAQUOKETA.

FOOTBALL LAST FRIDAY NIGHT.....MARION 51, MAQUOKETA 7.
THIS IS HOMECOMING WEEK.
MAQUOKETA PLAYS ANAMOSA FRIDAY NIGHT.
ANAMOSA LAST FRIDAY NIGHT LOST TO DEWITT, 41 TO 0.

THE MAQUOKETA VOLLEYBALL TEAM TOOK PART IN THE MARION TOURNAMENT ON SATURDAY...AND THE CARDINALS WON JUST ONE OF SIX MATCHES.
MAQUOKETA PLAYS AT ANAMOSA TOMORROW (TUESDAY) NIGHT.
YESTERDAY, AT THE ANNUAL JERSERY AUCTION KICKING OFF THE HOMECOMING WEEK ACTIVITIES, THE STUDENT BODY ELECTION RESULTS WERE ANNOUNCED: KEEGAN CLEARY IS THE HOMECOMING KING AND MICHELLE EBERHART, HOMECOMING QUEEN.

A MAQUOKETA MAN WAS JAILED AND FACES TWO CHARGES AFTER A MINOR HIT AND RUN
ACCIDENT IN THE MAQUOKETA WALMART PARKING LOT FRIDAY MORNING. DENNIS DURKOP, AGE 53, BACKED INTO A BMW OWNED BY A WOMAN FROM WHEATLAND. DURKOP GOT OUT OF HIS CAR AND BEGAN YELLING AT HER AND SAID HE HAD NO INSURANCE AND HAD DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY AND LEFT THE SCENE. HE THEN RETURNED AND BEGAN YELLING AT POLICE OFFICER JT THOMSON. HE REFUSED TO GIVE THE OFFICER HIS DRIVERS LICENSE, INSURANCE CARD OR ANY INFORMATION ABOUT HIMSELF. THE OFFICER SAID DURKOP KEPT YELLING HE HAD DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY. DURKOP WAS ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH HARASSMENT OF A PUBLIC OFFICIAL, NO INSURANCE AND DISORDERLY CONDUCT. THE JUDGE RELEASED HIM FROM JAIL FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.

DR. FREDERICK SWIFT, 92, OF GAINSVILLE, FLORIDA, AND FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA,
DEID LAST MONDAY AT HAVEN HOSPICE IN GAINSVILLE. HE WAS A FAMILY PRACTITIONER AND SURGEON IN MAQUOKETA FOR MANY YEARS, STARTING IN 1947, AND DELIVERED MORE THAN 5,000 BABIES. IN 1970 HE MOVED TO FLORIDA AND JOINED THE STAFF OF A VETERANS HOSPITAL.
HE DONATED PART OF A FARM TO MAQUOKETA FOR THE MAQUOKETA AIRPORT. SURIVIVORS
INCLUDE HIS WIFE OF 66 YEARS, LOUISE, A DAUGHTER AND A SON AND ONE GRANDCHILD.
ALSO A SISTER, REGINA SAGERS OF MAQUOKETA. THE FUNERAL WILL BE THIS THURSDAY
AT GAINSVILLE AND THE WILLIAMS-THOMAS FUNERAL HOME IN GAINESVILLE IS IN CHARGE OF ARRANGEMENTS.

THANKS AGAIN FOR THE VISIT.

DENNIS VOY

Friday, September 14, 2007

SUNNY AND COOL TODAY..HIGH 61.

THE CLASS OF 1952 IS HAVING THEIR 55TH CLASS REUNION IN MAQUOKETA THIS WEEKEND.

A CANVASS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION RESULTED IN A BIGGER MARGIN OF VICTORY FOR
MARTY HUDRLIK OVER DOUG KNICKREHM. IT WENT FROM 6 VOTES TO A 56 VOTE VICTORY FOR HUDRLIK.

THE PRELIMINARY ENROLLMENT FIGURE FOR THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL DISTRICT SHOWS A DECLINE FOR THIS YEAR. TOTAL ENROLLMENT AT ALL BUILDINGS, 1,634...DOWN 42 FROM LAST YEAR.
SUPT. KIM HUCKSTADT SAID A DECLINE OF 50 WAS PROJECTED AND THAT THE DECLINE TRANSLATES INTO LOSING OVER $200,000 IN STATE AID. HUCKSTADT SAID ADJUSTMENTS
HAVE ALREADY BEEN MADE SO THERE SHOULD BE NO MAJOR IMPACT ON THE BUDGET.

OVER 300 CAME TO THE FIRST WARD PARK YESTERDAY TO SEE SENATOR OBAMA. GOOD TURNOUT.
HE NOW HAS HIS OWN HEADQUARTERS BUILDING IN MAQUOKETA...ON MAIN STREET.

THE 10TH ANNUAL ALZHEIMERS MEMORY WALK WILL BE HELD TOMORROW MORNING AT THE 5TH WARD PARK IN MAQUOKETA.

HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY

Wednesday, September 12, 2007

GREAT DAY TODAY...SUNNY AND IN THE LOW TO MID 60'S.

TUESDAY WAS SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION DAY. TWO NEWCOMERS WERE ELECTED TO THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD. LARGE NUMBERS OF ABSENTEE BALLOTS PUT BOTH INTO
OFFICE.
CHALLENGER MARK PAPE DEFEATED TWO TERM INCOMBANT MARY BARTELS, 559 TO 465. PAPE HAD 298 ABSENTEE BALLOTS COMPARED TO 79 FOR BARTELS.
FOR DIRECTOR AT LARGE, MARTY HUDRLIK DEFEATED DOUG KNICKREHM IN A VERY CLOSE
RACE, 499 TO 493. HUDRLIK HAD 286 ABSENTEE VOTES COMPARED TO 96 FOR KNICKREHM.
BOTH NEW BOARD MEMBERS WILL BE SWORN IN AT THE NEXT SCHOOL BOARD MEETING.
THE $33-MILLION DOLLAR BOND QUESTION FOR THE EASTERN IOWA COMMUNITY COLLEGE
DISTRICT TO IMPROVE AND EXPAND THEIR CAMPUSES PASSED WITH ALMOST 64 PERCENT OF THE VOTES. MAQUOKETA IS HAPPY BECAUSE IT WILL GIVE CLINTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE $1.2 MILLION DOLLARS TO BUILD A CAMPUS BUILDING IN MAQUOKETA. YEARS AGO, MAQUOKETA HAD A COMMUNITY COLLEGE. THE NEW BUILDING MAY BE BUILDT UP BY THE HIGH SCHOOL.

ED JANSEN HIT A DEER YESTERDAY MORNING...AND CHUCK KIRK HIT ONE ALSO ABOUT THE SAME TIME.

BARACK OBAMA WILL BE IN MAQUOKETA AT 10 A.M. TOMORROW (THURSDAY) AT THE FIRST WARD PARK.

MAQUOKETA PLAYS AT MARION FRIDAY NIGHT. HOMECOMING IS A WEEK FROM THIS FRIDAY.

BOB AND ANN OSTERHAUS ARE GOING GRANDCHILD SITTING TOMORROW OUT EAST.

SOON, WE WILL BE ABLE TO RIDE A NEW ELEVATOR IN MAQUOKETA. WORK IS ALMOST COMPLETED ON THEIR ELAVATOR IN THE MAIN BANK. M-S-B...LIKE KMAQ....WILL BE 50 YEARS OLD NEXT YEAR. KMAQ IN AUGUST AND M-S-B IN SEPTEMBER. GUESS WHO WILL HAVE THE BIGGER PARTY?

CURVES...NEXT TO MAX RAY JEWELER...HAS CLOSED. CINEMA MOVIE RENTALS (ESTABLISHED IN 1984) ..NEXT TO THE THEATRE, HAS ALSO CLOSED. MAY RE-OPEN AGAIN LATER IN YEAR.
MOVIE RENTAL BUSINESS HAS CHANGED AND GONE DOWN A LOT OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS.

THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB IS HAVING A MEMBERSHIP DRIVE. GOOD CLUB.
I'M A MEMBER AND WOULD BE GLAD TO TAKE YOU TO A MEETING ONE OF THESE WEDNESDAYS,
OR JUST MEET YOU THERE AT 12 NOON. GIVE ME A CALL. WE MEET EVERY WEDNESDAY. IT IS OPEN TO BOTH MEN AND WOMEN. OUR PRESIDENT IS SHERI HICKS AND WE HAVE TWO OTHER WOMEN IN THE CLUB.

DR. BROMAN, WHO FELL IN HIS HOME, IS NOW A RESIDENT OF MAQUOKETA CARE, JUST SOUTH OF PIZZA HUT.

TOM RAY IS A YEAR OLDER. HIS BIRTHDAY WAS YESTERDAY. JENNIE STEWART CELEBRATING HER BIRTHDAY TODAY. THEIR (JENNIE AND ROGER) GRANDDAUGHTER GETS MARRIED
IN MINNEAPOLIS THIS SATURDAY. NANCY AND I AND GRANDMA ELOISE (AGE 97) ARE GOING UP TO THE WEDDING.

MY GRANDDAUGHTER, SARA CLASEN, GETS MARRIED A WEEK FROM FRIDAY. MORE LATER.

THANKS FOR CHECKING IN.

DENNIS VOY

Monday, September 10, 2007

BEAUTIFUL WEEKEND WEATHER...
BUT TODAY...RAIN AND COLD.

ON THE POLICE BLOTTER.......JUSTIN BRUNDAGE ON PERSHING ROAD REPORTED THAT SOMONE THREW ROCKS THROUGH A KITCHEN WINDOW, BROKE INTO A CLOSET AND A BEDROOM LAST SATURDAY.

MARY EASTERLY REPORTED SOMONE SHOT AT THE BACK OF HER VEHICLE AND TOOK FOUR SILVER COLORED COVERS FROM HER VEHICLE WHEELS AT 401 ARCADE.

JUDY RAINES REPORTED THAT SOMEONE TOOK A DOUBLE HAMMOCK FROM HER YARD ON WEST PLATT STREET.

HAPPY 35TH WEDDING ANNIVERARY TO GLENN AND PEG BARTELT OF MAQUOKETA.

A CHICAGO MAN, WHO'S MOTHER GRADUATED FROM MCHS, WON A CREATIVE EMMY SATURDAY NIGHT IN LOS ANGELES. HE IS JOHN BODNAR, AGE 30, THE SON OF ED AND DIANE BODNAR OF BETTENDORF. DIANE WAS DIANE STICKLEY, DAUGHTER OF GAYLE AND DONNA STICKLEY.
JOSH WORKS AS AN EDITOR FOR A COMPANY CALLED "DIGITAL KITCHEN" AND HIS CREATIVE EMMY WAS FOR MAIN TITLE DESIGN FOR "DEXTER", A SERIES ON SHOWTIME. THIS WAS HIS SECOND NOMINATION BUT HIS FIRST EMMY. THE CEREMONY SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE SHRINE AUDITORIUM WAS TAPED ADN WILL BE TELIVISED THIS SATURDAY EVENING AT 8 P.M. ON THE "E" CHANNELL.

THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD MEETS TONIGHT.

HAVE A GOOD MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY.

DENNIS VOY

Sunday, September 09, 2007

MAQUOKETA 22
MONTICELLO 21
MAQUOKETA WON IN THE LAST 2 MINUTES

Friday, September 07, 2007

NICE WEATHER THE LAST COUPLE DAYS. 82 BOTH YESTERDAY AND TODAY. A LITTLE RAIN EARLY THIS MORNING. REST OF WEEKEND SHOULD ALSO BE GOOD.

MAQUOKETA PLAYS MONTICELLO THERE TONIGHT.

SUNDAY IS GRANDFATHER'S DAY.

THE SUPERVISORS AND PAM AND JACK ROSENBERG STILL HAVE NOT COME UP WITH A NEW LEASE FOR THE HUMAN SERVICES OFFICE THE ROSENBERGS RENT TO THE COUNTY. THE BUILDING IS THE FORMER ROSENBERG AUTO BUILDING THAT WAS EXTENSIVELY REMODELED FOR OFFICES 5 YEARS AGO. THE RENT HAS BEEN $3,650 A MONTH AND THE ROSENBERGS WANT A 4-PERCENT INCREASE. THE LEASE IS CAUSING THE PROBLEM. THE LAST OFFER BY THE COUNTY WAS A 3-YEAR LEASE WITH A SIX MONTH NOTICE TO GET OUT OF IT EARLY, ALONG WITH THE 4 PERCENT INCREASE. PAM ROSENBERG SAID THAT IS THE SAME AS A 6 MONTH LEASE AND THAT SHE AND HER HUSBAND ARE NOT INTERESTED IN THAT. THE LEASE ACTUALLY EXPERIED AUGUST 31ST, SO THE ROSEBERGS COULD EVICT THE HUMAN SERVICES. BUT THERE WAS A 30 DAY EXTENSION AND PROBABLY COULD BE ANOTHER EXTENSION. KEEP TUNED.

THE NEW BURNING ORDINANCE FOR THE CITY STILL HAS NOT BEEN PASSED. MAQUOKETA WAS PLANNING AN ORDIANCE TO ALLOW BURNING OF PAPER ONLY ON SATURDAYS. THEY WERE TOLD AT THIS WEEK'S COUNCIL MEETING THAT THE IOWA DNR RULES PROHIBIT BURNING OF ITEMS WHICH CAN BE LOCALLY RECYCLED. SO, THE DNR SAID THE CITY'S PROPOSED ORDINANCE
WOULD NOT BE LEGAL.

TALKED TO ANNA SCANLAN THE OTHER AFTERNOON IN MAQUOKETA. MANY OF YOU WILL REMEMBER HER AS A LONGTIME WAITRESS AT THE MAQUOKETA COUNTRY CLUB. SHE WILL BE 96 ON OCTOBER 15TH. LOOKS AND FEELS GOOD. LIVES ALONE IN HER RURAL LOST NATION HOME
AND HAS GIVEN UP DRIVING. SHE WORKED AT THE CLUB UNTIL SHE WAS 86 OR 87.

THE NEW MAQUOKETA YMCA WILL OPEN FOR BUSINESS OCTOBER 29TH.

SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION DAY IS TUESDAY. TROY THEDE IS NOT RUNNING FOR RE-ELECTION.
SO, WE WILL HAVE A NEW BOARD MEMBER. EITHER DOUG KNICKREHM OR MARTY HUDRLIK.
DOUG IS 47, A 1978 MCHS GRAD, HIS WIFE IS LAURI AND THEY HAVE TWO CHILDREN.
HE OWNS CORNERSTONE TRANSPORTATION SERVICES. MARTY IS 48, A 1977 MCHS GRAD,
HIS WIFE IS MARY AND THEY HAVE A DAUGHTER AND TWO SONS AND HE IS EMPLOYED AS COURTHOUSE MAINTENANCE MANAGER, WORKING FOR JACKSON COUNTY.
MARY BARTELS, LONE INCUMBENT, IS SEEKING REELECTION. SHE IS OPPOSED BY
MARK PAPE. SORRY, BUT I DO NOT HAVE THEIR BIO HANDY RIGHT NOW.
ALSO ON THE BALLOT, A PROPOSAL TO CONSTRUCT A $1.45 MILLION DOLLAR CLASSROOM BUILDING FOR MAQUOKETA FOR CLINTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE. IT NEEDS 60% APPROVAL.
IF APPROVED, THE ESTATE OF THE LATE JOHN FAGERLAND OF MAQUOKETA WOULD CONTRIBUTE $250,000 FOR THE PROJECT. JOHN WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF CLINTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND AN ADVOCATE OF A BUILDING HERE IN MAQUOKETA. IF APPROVED TUESDAY, BONDS WOULD ALSO BE SOLD FOR ITS CONSTRUCTION AND THE TAX TO PAY OFF
THE BONDS WOULD BE $1.27 PER MONTH PER PROPERTY OWNER, FOR 10 YEARS, WITH A HOME VALUED AT $100,000. IT WOULD CERTAINLY BE A NICE ADDITION FOR MAQUOKETA.
THE BUILDING WOULD PROBABLY BE BUILDT UP BY THE HIGH SCHOOL.

A SEPTEMBER 11TH MEMORIAL SERVICE IS PLANNED FOR TUESDAY NIGHT AT THE FIRST WARD PARK IN MAQUOKETA, STARTING AT 6 P.M.

RICHARD AND NANCY DYAS OF MAQUOKETA WILL CELEBRATE THEIR 45TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
SEPTEMBER 11TH, WITH A FAMILY DINNER. HE IS RETIRED FROM THE HOSPITAL AND NANCY WORKS FOR CAR FRESHENER IN DEWITT. THEY HAVE TWO DAUGHTERS, DAWN AND KIMBERLY, BOTH MARRIED AND LIVE IN MAQUOKETA. ALSO 4 GRANDCHILDREN.

BOB AND JOYCE MITCHELL OF MAQUOKETA WILL CELEBRATE THEIR 50TH SEPTEMBER 10TH, WITH THEIR FAMILY. BOB IS RETIRED FROM MITCHELL MASKREY FEEDS AND JOYCE IS A HOMEMAKER.
DAUGHTER ANN LIVES IN DUBUQUE, JANE IN OXFORD, FRANK IN MAQUOKETA AND BOBBY IN MAQUOKETA, ALSO 7 GRANDCHILDREN.

HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY

Tuesday, September 04, 2007

LABOR DAY WEEKEND WEATHER IN MAQUOKETA WAS QUITE NICE. LITTLE WARM. TODAY,
EVEN WARMER. WE'LL BE IN THE UPPER 80'S FOR A COUPLE MORE DAYS, THEN
SOME RAIN AND COOLER WEATHER IS FORECAST FOR LATER THIS WEEK. IT HAS BEEN OVER A WEEK SINCE THE LAST RAINFALL HERE.

THE MAQUOKETA CARDINALS OPENED UP THE FOOTBALL SEASON LAST FRIDAY NIGHT WITH A LOSS
AT GOODENOW FIELD. IW WAS A NON-DISTRICT GAME, AND OELWEIN DEFEATED THE CARDS, 48 TO 13. THE MAQUOKETA SOPHOMORES WON THEIR GAME. THIS FRIDAY NIGHT,
MAQUOKETA PLAYS AT MONTICELLO AND AGAIN, NON-DISTRICT ACTION.

THE JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE INVESTIGATED A THREE VEHICLE ACCIDENT LAST FRIDAY MORNING ON HIGHWAY 61 AND 63RD STREET,1 AND 1/2 MILES NORTH OF MAQUOKETA.
CLIF LAMBORN, AGE 88, WAS CHARGED WITH FAILURE TO YIELD UPON ENTERING A THROUGH HIGHWAY. LAMBORN AND THE DRIVER OF ANOTHER VEHICLE, SARA MCALPIN, AGE 73, OF
DUBUQUE, WERE TAKEN BY AMBULANCE TO THE HOSPITAL HERE IN MAQUOKETA WITH POSSIBLE INJURIES. DEPUTY RANDY MANNING SAID LAMBORN WAS DRIVING WEST ON ROCKDALE ROAD. HE PULLED OUT AND BROADSIDED THE MCALPIN VEHICLE WHICH WAS DRIVING SOUTH ON HIGHWAY
61. LAMBORN THEN CONTINUED ON AND HIT A VEHICLE DRIVEN BY KAREN THOMAS, AGE 65, OF MAQUOKETA, WHICH WAS STOPPED AT 63RD STREET AND HIGHWAY 61. THE MCALPIN VEHICLE WENT INTO THE DITCH. DAMAGES WERE LISTED AT $6,500 TO LAMBORN'S 2006 BUICK; $7,000 DAMAGE TO MCALPIN'S 2004 TOYOTA AND $4,500 DAMAGE TO THOMAS'S 2005 FORD.

THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL MEETS TONIGHT.

ORTHA CORNELIUS, AGE 96, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED FRIDAY AT THE MAQUOKETA CARE CENTER.
HER FULL OBITUARY IS AT www.carsonandson.com

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

DENNIS VOY