NO REPORT TODAY.
WE ARE WAITING FOR A WINTER STORM TO HIT TOMORROW, SATURDAY.
I MAY HAVE A REPORT SATURDAY AFTERNOON TO LET YOU KNOW HOW THE STORM IS DOING...
AND GIVE YOU TONIGHT'S GIRLS AND BOYS BASKETBALL
SCORES.
DENNIS VOY

SUNNY TODAY...HIGH OF 35.
BAD WEATHER IS BEING FORECAST FOR SATURDAY.

THE NEW YMCA WILL HAVE ITS GRAND OPENING SATURDAY.
LT. GOV. PATTY JUDGE WILL BE ON HAND FOR THE 1 P.M.
CEREMONY AND MATT OSTERHAUS, YMCA BOARD CHAIRMAN, WILL BE THE MASTER OF CEREMONIES.

LEIGHTON HEPKER WROTE THIS STORY AND IT AIRED YESTERDAY. WORD FOR WORD: NO ONE WAS INJURED IN A TWO-CAR ACCIDENT IN MAQUOKETA AROUND 5:50 TUESDAY MORNING AT THE INTERSECTION OF NORTH JONES AND WEST PLATT STREETS. 68 YEAR OLD DENNIS VOY OF MAQUOKETA WAS SOUTHBOUND ON JONES. AS HE MADE A LEFT TURN ONTO PLATT STREET, HE STRUCK AN EAST BOUND CAR ON PLATT DRIVEN BY 14 YEAR OLD BRITTNEY BICKFORD OF RURAL
MAQUOKETA. DAMAGE TO VEHICLE VOY WAS DRIVING WAS
ESTIMATED AT $500. THERE WAS AN ESTIMATED $1,500 DAMAGE TO THE BICKFORD DRIVEN CAR REGISTERED TO JENNIFER WIEBENGA OF RURAL ZWINGLE. VOY WAS SIGHTED FOR FAILING TO YIELD.

GOLDA GILMORE, 94, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED WEDNESDAY AT CRESTRIDGE NURSING HOME IN MAQUOKETA. HER FULL OBITUARY CAN BE READ AT www.carsonandson.com

JANICE K. EDSON, 63, OF DUBUQUE AND FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA, DIED TODAY AT A CARE FACILITY AT DUBUQUE.
SERVICES PENDING AT LAHEY FUNERAL HOME IN MAQUOKETA.

THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS OPEN WAMAC CONFERENCE PLAY AT CENTER POINT URBANA TOMORROW NIGHT.

THE MAQUOKETA BOYS WILL HOSTING DUBUQUE SENIOR TOMORROW NIGHT, A NON-CONFERENCE GAME.
IN THEIR OPENING GAME OF THE SEASON, THEY LOST
TO DUBUQUE WAHLERT. THE NEW COACH THIS YEAR IS
TROY OSTERHAUS. HE WAS THE ASSISTANT LAST YEAR.

THE MAQUOKETA WRESTLERS START THE SEASON SATURDAY MORNING AT THE CASCADE DUALS, A NEW EVENT ON THE CARDINALS SCHEDULE. WRESTLING SATURDAY, STARTING AT 9 A.M. WILL BE MAQUOKETA, CASCADE, VINTON SHELLSBURG, AND CLAYTON RIDGE. MAQUOKETA COACH TOD BOWMAN
IS WORKING WITH A VARSITY SQUAD OF 23 GRAPPLERS...4
JUNIORS, 15 SOPHOMORES, AND 4 FRESHMEN. NO SENIORS.

THANKS FOR THE VISIT.

DENNIS VOY

SUNNY, WINDY AND COOL TODAY...HIGH IN LOW 30'S.

A 6-MONTH CAMPAIGN TO RAISE $50,000 FOR A HABIT FOR HUMANITY HOUSE IN MAQUOKETA HAS COME TO A SUCCESFUL
CLOSE. THE GOAL HAS BEEN REACHED THANKS TO THE
GENEROSITY OF MANY LOCAL BUSINESSES AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS. THIS WILL BE THE FIRST HUMANITY HOME IN MAQUOKETA. NOW, APPLICATIONS ARE STILL BE TAKEN FOR A FAMILY OR INDIVIDUAL T O TURN THIS HOUSE INTO A HOME.
ANYONE WANTING MORE INFORMATION....FOR YOURSELF OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW...CALL 563-556-6437.

WORD HAS BEEN RECEIVED OF THE DEATH OF FORMER MAQUOKETA RESIDENT MARGO E. MOHR. SHE DIED NOVEMBER 19 AT WEST ALEXANDRIA, OHIO AT THE AGE OF 64.
SHE WAS A 1961 GRAD OF MCHS. SHE IS SURVIVED BY A DAUGHTER AND TWO GRANDCHILDREN AND 5 SISTERS, INCLUDING VIRGINA HUGHES OF PRESTON....ALSO SURVIVED BY TWO BROTHERS. A MEMORIAL SERVICE IS PLANNED AND WILL BE HELD AT THE PENCE CEMETERY HEAR BALDWIN, NEXT SUMMER.

DORIS HAYES, 73, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED THIS MORNING AT CLOVER RIDGE PLACE. SERVICES PENDING AT CARSON AND SON FUNERAL HOME...www.carsonandson.com HER LATE HUSBAND WAS AN INSTRUMENTAL BAND INSTRUCTOR AT MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL MANY YEARS AGO.

I WILL NOT HAVE A REPORT TOMORROW, WEDNESDAY.

THURSDAY, YOU WILL HEAR A REPORT ON A FENDER BENDER ACCIDENT I HAD THIS MORNING. DARN IT!!
YES..IT WAS MY FAULT.

DENNIS VOY

MOSTLY CLOUDY TODAY.
WILL BE IN THE 40'S MOST OF WEEK.

THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS WON THEIR FIRST GAME OF SEASON
SATURDAY NIGHT, HERE, DEFEATING NORTHEAST OF GOOSE LAKE BY A BIG MARGIN. THEY ARE NOW 1 AND 2. THEY PLAY AGAIN TOMORROW NIGHT.

JACKSON COUNTY DEPUTY STEVE SCHROEDER INVESTIGATED A ONE-CAR ACCIDENT AROUND 1 FRIDAY AFTERNOON JUST SOUTHEAST OF ANDREW. MATTHEW SCHEPERS, AGE 18,
MAQUOKETA LOST CONTROL OF H S CAR AND IT HIT A MAILBOX AND SLAMMED INTO A FENCE. THE CAR WAS REGISTERED TO LU ANN ELKINS OF MAQUOKETA. DAMAGE WAS ESTIMATED AT $3,500. NEITHER SCHEPERS NOR A PASSENGER WERE SERIOUSLY INJURED. SCHEPERS WAS CHARGED WITH FAILURE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL.

HELEN KEENEY OF MAQUOKETA HIT A DEER SATURDAY NIGHT ON HIGHWAY 62. THERE WAS EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE FRONT OF HER AUTO. HELEN, BY THE WAY, IS BACK TO WORK ....IS THE MANAGER OF A NEW ANTIQUE STORE IN BELLEVUE.

FORMER PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON WILL BE AT THE FAIRGROUNDS IN DEWITT AT 3:30 TOMORROW AFTERNOON TO CAMPAIGN ON BEHALF OF HIS WIFE.'

DUB ROMER OF MAQUOKETA CELEBRATED HIS 88TH BIRTHDAY LAST WEEK.

THE MID AMERICA NAZERENE COLLEGE (IN KANSAS)BASKETBALL TEAM IS OFF TO ANOTHER GOOD START AND THIS WEEKEND IMPROVED TO A 9 AND 0 AFTER JUST WINNING A
WEEKEND TOURNAMENT IN ORANGE CITY, IOWA. SENIOR GUARD ADAM HEPKER (CINDY AND LEIGHTON'S SON), THE COACH ROCKY LAMAAR, FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA (JUST GOT HIS 500 THE WIN-ALL AT MID AMERICA) AND AST. COACH, BILL FLEMMING, LONGTIME MAQUOKETA COACH, ARE ALL PLAYING A KEY ROLE IN THE TEAM'S EARLY SEASON SUCCESS.

THE STILL NEW HURSTVILLE INTERPRETIVE CENTER JUST NORTH OF MAQUOKETA IS HAVING ALL KINDS OF FREE
PROGRAMS. THIS SUNDAY, ONE ON SHARKS AND RAYS OF
MONTEREY BAY. STARTS AT 1:30. WHEN YOU VISIT MAQUOKETA, PUT A STOP AT THE HURTVILLE CENTER ON YOUR SCHEDULE. YOU'LL BE IMPRESSED. CHECK OUT THE NEW YMCA TOO....AND DRIVE BY THE NEW HIGH SCHOOL GYM AND THE NEW FIRE STATION. LOTS TO SEE WHEN YOU VISIT MAQUOKETA DURING THE HOLIDAYS AHEAD. TAKE A DRIVE ALSO ON NEWLY REDONE WESTERN AVENUE. REALLY NICE.
REALLY WIDE.

THE ATV RACE TRACK AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF MAQUOKETA, NEXT TO THE CITY BRUSH AND LEAVES
DUMP, IS APPARENTLY NEVER GOING TO BE USED AGAIN.
IT'S FOR SALE AND LOOKS LIKE WORK MAY HAVE STARTED TO LEVEL IT.

THE BIG CHRISTMAS TREE AT THE POST OFFICE IS LIGHTED AGAIN THIS CHRISTMAS SEASON. NO CEREMONY FOR THE LIGHTING AS WAS DONE FOR MANY YEARS.

"ENCHANTED" WAS THE NUMBER 1 MOVIE THIS PAST WEEKEND NATIONWIDE AND ALSO HERE IN MAQUOKETA AT MY THEATRE.
WE SAW IT SATURDAY NIGHT AND ENJOYED IT. FROM DISNEY STUDIO....STARTS OFF AS AN ANIMATED MOVIE AND THEN THE CHARACTERS TURN INTO REAL PEOPLE. RATED PG. YOU'LL LIKE IT. FEEL YOUNG AGAIN...TAKE IN A MOVIE. AND DON'T FORGET TO HAVE SOME POPCORN. THE VOY THEATRE IS
33 YEARS OLD AND LOOKS EXACTLY AS IT DID WHEN IT OPENED.
HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT CHANGING THE DECOR BUT MOST PEOPLE SAY TO LEAVE IT AS IS. ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO COME BACK FOR VISIT AND SEE IT AS IT LOOKED WHEN
THEY WERE HERE WHILE IN SCHOOL. LOTS OF THINGS HAVE BEEN DONE THAT ARE NOT VISABLE THOUGH....LIKE A NEW ROOF A FEW WEEKS AGO, RE-CONDITONED MARQUE LAST SUMMER, AND NEW HEATING AND AIR-CONDITIONING SYSTEMS. WALTHER MATHAU AND CAROL BURNETT WERE IN THE FIRST MOVIE TO RUN AT THE THEATRE. REMEMBER THE NAME OF IT? WE NOW HAVE GIFT CARDS FOR HOLIDAY GIVING. IF INTERESTED IN BUYING SOME, EMAIL ME AND I'LL
FIX YOU UP.

YOU DON'T GET COMMERCIALS ON THIS REPORT VERY OFTEN...
I COULDN'T RESIST.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK. ENJOY THAT LEFT OVER TURKEY HAS I WILL TONIGHT.

DENNIS VOY

IT WAS COLD THIS MORNING IN MAQUOKETA. 15 DEGREES.
WITH MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES, IT WARMED UP TO 32 TODAY.
LESS THAN AN INCH OF SNOW FELL WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

JUSTIN MOHR, AGE 21, OF MAQUOKETA, WHO WAS INJURED IN A GUNSHOT INCIDENT LAST SATURDAY NIGHT AT RURAL WYOMING, REMAINS IN SERIOUS TO CRITICAL CONDITION AT UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS IN IOWA CITY. KMAQ NEWS WAS INFORMED TODAY THAT HE HAS BEEN TAKEN OFF LIFE SUPPORT AND IS ABLE TO TALK WITH FAMILY MEMBERS. HE LOST A KIDNEY, PART OF HIS LIVER AND IS PARALIZED FROM THE WAIST DOWN. HE WILL BEGIN PHYSICAL THERAPY NEXT WEEK. HIS PARENTS, AL AND ELOISE MOHR, ARE WITH HIM
DAY AND NIGHT. JUSTIN CAN NOT SEE VISITORS AT THIS TIME.
MANY PEOPLE HAVE EXPRESSED INTEREST IN DOING SOMETHING FOR THE FAMILY. TWO EMPLOYEES AT BARRON MOTOR SUPPLY (JUSTIN'S DAD IS MANAGER OF THE FIRM) ARE HEADING UP A DRIVE FOR ASSISTANCE TO THE FAMILY AND WILL BE TAKING THINGS TO THE HOSPITAL EVERY FEW DAYS.
CARDS, PACKAGES AND MONETARY DONATIONS CAN BE DROPPED OFF AT BARRON MOTOR SUPPLY ON EAST PLATT STREET. A BENEFIT WILL BE HELD AT A LATER DATE.

BETTY L. ELLIS, AGE 81, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED LATE LAST NIGHT AT THE CLOVER RIDGE PLACE IN MAQUOKETA. SURVIVORS INCLUDE A DAUGHTER, SHERI MELVOLD OF MAQUOKETA.
THE FULL OBITUARY CAN BE READ AT www.carsonandson.com

HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.

DENNIS W. VOY

MAQUOKETA'S FIRST SNOWFALL WEDNESDAY NIGHT, DIDN'T
AMOUNT TO MUCH. THANKSGIVING MORNING, A FARM FIELD
AT THE SOUTH EDGE OF MAQUOKETA, LOOKNG SOUTH.
LESS THAN AN INCH FELL.

NO SNOW YET..BUT SUPPOSEDLY COMING. IT'S 3 IN THE AFTERNOON AND CLOUDY.

THE JACKSON COUNTY SUPERVISORS RECEIVED A REPORT ON THE APPRAISAL FOR BICENTENNIAL PARK, JUST NORTH OF THE HOSPITAL HERE IN TOWN. THE PARK WAS OPENED IN 1976 AS A HEALTH FITNESS PARK AND HAS BEEN USED LITTLE OVER THE YEARS. IT BORDERS THE BEAUTIFUL MAQUOKETA RIVER. HOSPICE OF JACKSON COUNTY IS INTERESTED IN BUYING THE PARK AND USE IT FOR THEIR NEW 6-TO-10 BED HOSPICE HOUSE. THE APPRAISAL CAME IN AT $77,500. SUPEVISORS WILL TALK ABOUT SELLING IT DURING THEIR WORK SESSION NEXT WEEK. A PUBLIC HEARING
WILL HAVE TO BE HELD BEFORE IT CAN BE SOLD BY THE COUNTY. IT IS LOCATED IN THE CITY. I'M NOT SURE HOW I WOULD VOTE ON SELLING IT.

LOIS POTTER, AGE 65, DIED IN A TWO-VEHICLE ACCIDENT AT 3:40 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON NEAR THE HURSTVILLE INTERPRETIVE CENTER JUST NORTH OF MAQUOKETA. SHE DIED AT THE SCENE. SHE WAS WESTBOUND ON 65RD STREET, FAILED TO YIELD AT THE STOP SIGN AND PULLED INTO THE PATH OF A VEHICLE DRIVEN BY A STATE OF WASHINGTON MAN, DRIVING NORTH ON HIGHWAY 61. HE WAS DRIVING A 2000 CHEVY TAHOE AND HE WAS NOT INJURED. POTTER WAS NOT
WEARING A SEAT BELT. SERVICES ARE PENDING AT CARSON AND SON FUNERAL HOME.

THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN JACKSON COUNTY DROPPED TO 3.9 PERCENT IN OCTOBER, FROM 4.1 PERCENT IN SEPTEMBER.

NICOLE AND JAMES COLLINS OF MAQUOKETA ARE PARENTS OF A BOY BORN THURSDAY, NOV. 15TH AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL.

JEANNE LARSON AND AARON ARENSDORF OF MAQUOKETA ARE PARENTS OF A BOY BORN FRIDAY, NOV. 16TH AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. GRANDPARENTS ARE LARRY AND SANDY ARENSDORF OF MAQUOKETA.

JEREMIAH AND DEBRA CHRISTIANSEN OF BALDWIN ARE PARENTS OF A BOY BORN SATURDAY AT MERCY IN DUBUQUE.
GRANDPARENTS ARE MARGO AND PAUL CHRISTIANSEN OF
MAQUOKETA.

THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS LOST THEIR GAME LAST NIGHT TO NORTH SCOTT, 58 TO 52. KELSEY BOLLMAN HAD 19 POINTS, TOPS FOR THE CARDINALS. THEY ARE NOW 0 AND 2.

HAVE A HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

GO PACKERS.

DENNIS VOY

43 WAS THE OVERNIGHT LOW LAST NIGHT.
AND TODAY'S HIGH WAS 43....THE TEMPERATURE DID NOT BUDGE ALL DAY. FOG THIS MORNING....AND NOW FOG IN FORECAST FOR TONIGHT AGAIN. 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW FORECAST FOR TOMORROW AND AN INCH AGAIN TOMORROW NIGHT. NO SNOW IN FORECAST FOR THANKSGIVING DAY, BUT TURKEY DAY WILL BE COLD, WITH A HIGH IN MID 30'S.

A MAQUOKETA WOMAN WAS KILLED LATE THIS AFTERNOON ON HIGHWAY 61, JUST NORTH OF MAQUOKETA, IN THE VICINITY OF THE HURSTVILLE INTREPRETIVE CENTER. POSSIBLY WEATHER RELATED. NO DETAILS YET AVAILABLE AND HER NAME CAN NOT BE AIRED UNTIL TOMORROW. MANY PEOPLE IN MAQUOKETA KNOW HER.

JONES COUNTY SHERIFF DEPUTIES RELEASED INFORMATION TODAY ON THE GUNSHOT INCIDENT AT RURAL WYOMING
SATURDAY NIGHT, WHICH RESULTED IN SERIOUS INJURIES TO A MAQUOKETA MAN. JUSTIN MOHR, AGE 21, OF MAQUOKETA IS IN THE HOSPITAL IN IOWA CITY, IN CRITICAL CONDITION.
JONES COUNTY DEPUTY GREG GRAVER SAID AARON SCOTT, AGE 23, OF WYOMING WAS SITTING IN HIS PICKUP HOLDING A LOADED HANDGUN AT HIS RESIDENCE, RURAL WYOMING, ON 20TH AVENUE. BROCK BOWMAN, AGE 23, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS STANDING OUTSIDE THE VEHICLE ATTEMPTING TO DISARM SCOTT OF THE FIREARM. A STRUGGLE ENSUED OVER THE HANDGUN AND THE WEAPON FIRED ONCE AND THE BULLIT
TRAVELED THROUGH THE DRIVERS WINDOW AND HIT JUSTIN MOHR WHO WAS STANDING NEXT TO THE TRUCK. MOHR WAS FIRST TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL HERE IN MAQUOKETA AND THEN WAS AIRLIFTED TO UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS, WHERE HE REMAINS IN CRITICAL CONDITION WITH INTERNAL INJURIES, ACCORDING TO THE DEPUTY. AARON SCOTT WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. CHARGES HAVE NOT BEEN FILED AT THIS TIME.
THE CASE REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION. MOHR IS A SENIOR AT ST. AMBROSE COLLEGE IN DAVENPORT.

THE MAQUOKETA GIRL'S HAVE STARTED THEIR SEASON.
THEY LOST THEIR OPENING GAME AT CEDAR RAPIDS SATURDAY NIGHT AND WITH THEIR 0 AND 1 RECORD, ARE HOSTING NORTH SCOTT TONIGHT.

THE KMAQ OLD TIME TURKEY SHOOT IS GOING ON AGAIN THESE DAYS AND LISTENERS ARE SHOOTING AT TURKEYS IN KMAQ'S CAGES. WE HAVE HAD LOTS OF WINNERS AND LOTS OF BAD SHOOTERS TOO. THIS FUN PROMOTION HAS BEEN A REGULAR AT THANKSGIVING TIME SINCE 1958.

THANKS FOR CHECKING IN AGAIN. I'LL HAVE THE ACCIDENT STORY TOMORROW AND THE NAME OF THE WOMAN THAT
WAS KILLED.

DENNIS VOY

IT WAS FOGGY THIS MORNING AND WE HAD NO SUNSHINE TODAY AND A HIGH IN THE LOW 50'S. YESTERDAY WE GOT
3/100 OF AN INCH OF RAIN, OUR FIRST RAIN IN NOVEMBER.
LAST NOVEMBER, WE GOT AROUND 2 1/2 INCHES. SNOW IS IN THE FORECAST FOR MID-WEEK. WE COULD HAVE A WHITE
THANKSGIVING AND A HIGH THURSDAY IN THE LOW 30'S ..AND A LOW THURSDAY NIGHT AROUND 15.

MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.'

A 21 YEAR OLD MAQUOKETA MAN WAS TAKEN TO UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BY AIR AMBULANCE SATURDAY NIGHT AFTER SUFFERING A GUNSHOT WOUND IN JONES COUNTY. HIS NAME HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED. THE GUNSHOT INCIDENT (POSSIBLY AN ACCIDENT) WAS REPORTED AT 10:22 SATURDAY NIGHT ON 20TH AVENUE, RURAL WYOMING. WHEN DEPUTIES ARRIVED, THE MAQUOKETA MAN HAD A SINGLE GUNSHOT WOUND TO THE UPPER ABDOMEN. WE SHOULD HAVE MORE DETAILS ON THIS INCIDENT TOMORROW.

FIVE MORE DEER ACCIDENTS IN JACKSON COUNTY OVER THE WEEKEND. DIANE LARSEN OF MAQUOKETA HIT ONE SUNDAY NIGHT.

JENNIFER MCKEE, AGE 43, OF MAQUOKETA WAS IN A CAR
ACCIDENT ON 150TH AVENUE IN CLINTON COUNTY. SHE HIT
A DEER THAT ENTERED THE ROAD AND WHEN SHE SWERVED TO AVOID THE ANIMAL, SHE LOST CONTROL AND IT WENT INTO THE DITCH. SHE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL IN MAQUOKETA BY OXFORD JUNCTION AMBULANCE AND TREATED FOR POSSIBLE INJURIES. HER 2002 FORD MUSTANG HAD DAMAGES LISTED AT $5,000.

ALSO, AN ELDERLY CALAMUS COUPLE WAS DRIVING AT RURAL DEWITT SUNDAY AND HIT A DEER. IT LANDED ON THE WINDSHIELD, BROKE THE WINDSHIELD AND THE DEER THEN LANDED IN THE FRONT PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. THE WOMAN WAS TAKEN TO THE DEWITT HOSPITAL WITH POSSIBLE INJURIES.

GLADYS SCHLEMMER DIED YESTERDAY. HER FULL OBITUARY CAN BE READ AT www.carsonandson.com

HAD A GREAT TIME IN BRANSON WITH 54 GUESTS. BRANSON WAS VERY BUSY AND MORE BUILDING IS GOING ON IN ALL AREAS OF THE BOOMING CITY. HAD A SCARE THOUGH. OUR BUS BROKE DOWN ON THE WAY AND IT TOOK NEARLY 2-HOURS FOR A MECHANIC TO GET US BACK ON THE ROAD. WE SKIPPED A BREAKFAST STOP AND GOT BACK ON THE TIME SCHEDULE.

THE CHRISTMAS LIGHTS ARE UP IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA.

CHECK THE GINGEBREAD BELOW BY BONNIE MITCHELL.

HAVE A GOOD HOLIDAY WEEK EVERYONE.

DENNIS VOY

THIS GINGERBREAD HOUSE WAS MADE BY BONNIE MITCHELL, CURATOR OF THE JACKSON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY MUSEUM.
SEE IT AND 16 OTHER GINGERBREAD CREATIONS ON THE SECOND FLOOR OF THE MUSEUM ON THE MAQUOKETA FAIRGROUNDS.

SUNNY AND NICE TODAY .. HIGH OF 60.

THE JACKSON COUNTY SUPERVIORS LEARNED LAST WEEK THAT THE NUMBER OF VISITORS TO THE MAQUOKETA CAVES STATE PARK DOWN THIS SUMMER. BEL TUBBS, PRESIDENT OF THE FRIENDS OF THE MAQUOKETA CAVES, REPORTED 188,000 VISITORS, DOWN FROM 195,960 LAST YEAR. DOWN BECAUSE SOME FLOODING EARLIER THIS YEAR RESULTED IN ONE OF THE LARGEST CAVES BEING SHUT DOWN FOR SEVERAL WEEKS DURING THE BUSY SUMMER SEASON. THERE WERE 11,000 CAMPERS THIS YEAR, DOWN FROM 12,740 LAST YEAR.
AND, 3,075 STOPPED IN AT THE VISITOR CENTER, WHICH WAS NEARLY THE SAME AS LAST YEAR. THIS YEAR, THE STATE WIDENED THE ROAD FROM THE CAVES HIGHWAY INTO THE PARK AND NOW BUSES HAVE A PLACE TO TURN AROUND.
THE FRIENDS GROUP AT THE VISITOR CENTER SOLD T-SHIRTS AND TRAIL SHIRTS AND PROCEEDS BOUGHT SOME PLANTS AROUND THE CENTER. AND THEY PLAN ON GETTING NEW SIGNS FOR OUTSIDE NEXT YEAR. THERE ARE 78 VOLUNTEERS THAT WORK AT THE CAVES, UP FROM 68 LAST YEAR. THE FRIENDS OF THE CAVES MEET FEBRUARY THROUGH OCTOBER AND THE CAVES RANGER JIM MAGIRL. ATTENDS THE MEETINGS.
HE WILL BE RETIRING AT THE END OF THE YEAR.

I GOT AN EMAIL FROM DICK MOELLER IN WEST PALM BEACH,
TELLING ME THAT HIS DAD, FAY, OF 802 EAST PLATT STREET IN MAQUOKETA WILL BE 98 THIS THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15TH.
HIS PHONE NUMBER IS 563-652-2159. HE LISTENS RELIGIOUSLY TO KMAQ. HE STILL LIVES ALONE, DRIVES HIS CAR, BUT ONLY A COUPLE HUNDRED MILES A YEAR AND STILL PLAYS THE PIANO AND SINGS AT CRESTRIDGE NURSING HOME ONCE A MONTH. HIS DAUGHTER, DICK'S SISTER, IS LOIS SCHEPERS OF RURAL DELMER. SEND HIM A CARD IF YOU HAVE TIME, OR CALL HIM THURSDAY. DICK SAID HE AND LOIS ARE SO FORTUNATE TO HAVE HAD DAD FOR SO LONG.

CHECK OUT THE PICTURES I PUT UP HERE OVER THE WEEKEND AND CLICK-ON TO THEM TO MAKE THEM LARGER.

I HAVE A FULL KMAQ-TRAVEL BUSLOAD GOING WITH ME TO BRANSON TOMORROW. BE BACK FRIDAY NIGHT. SO, NO DAILY REPORT UNTIL THIS WEEKEND OR NEXT MONDAY.

HAVE A NICE WEEK.

DENNIS VOY

ANOTHER GINGERBREAD HOUSE AT THE JACKSON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY MUSEUM. SEVENTEEN ARE ON DISPLAY UNTIL CHRISTMAS. STOP IN.

ONE OF THE FIRST HOMES IN MAQUOKETA TO BE DECORATED FOR THE CHRISTMAS SEASON IS THE SHIRLEY WHITCHELO HOME AT 716 WEST QUARRY STREET. SHE DOES IT EVERY YEAR AND CHANGES IT A LITTLE ALSO. YES...IN MAQUOKETA...IT'S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LITTLE LIKE CHRISTMAS!!

THE NEW MAQUOKETA FIRE STATION IS GOING UP FAST.
IT WILL BE FACED WITH TWO DIFFERENT COLORS OF BRICK. THE RED TO LEFT IS ALMOST COMPLETED. THE GRAYISH BRICK TO RIGHT IS NEARLY IN PLACE AND THAT SAME COLOR WILL EXTEND TO THE OLD FIRE STATION TO THE RIGHT, WITH THE FOUR OVERHEAD DOORS. LOOKS LIKE IT IS GOING TO HAVE
LOTS OF ROOM FOR TRUCKS, EQUIPMENT, OFFICES AND TRAINING AND SOCIAL ROOMS.
REMEMBER...CLICK-ON THE PICTURE TO MAKE IT BIGGER.
AND CHECK THE PICTURE OF THE LOCAL PILE OF IOWA GOLD
BELOW THE FIRE STATION.
DENNIS VOY

BELOW, A PHOTO I TOOK THIS (SUNDAY) MORNING ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTH OF MAQUOKETA ON OLD HIGHWAY 61. IOWA IS HAVING A RECORD CROP OF CORN AND SOMETIMES AFTER IT IS PICKED, IT HAS TO BE TAKEN TO A TEMPORARY PLACE

UNTIL PERMANENT STORAGE CAN BE FOUND OR BARGE SHIPMENT IS AVAILABLE. THIS LARGE PILE OF IOWA GOLD

IS ONE OF THE LARGEST AROUND, WITH OVER A HALF-MILLION BUSHELS OF CORN IN THE PILE. AT SOMEWHERE AROUND $3.00 A BUSHEL....IT IS A RICH SIGHT TO SEE. FALL LEAVES ARE PRETTY, BUT CORN IS PRETTY TOO.

REMEMBER...CLICK-ON THE PICTURE TO MAKE IT BIGGER.

NICE DAY TODAY...WE ARE IN THE LOW 60'S.

DENNIS VOY

UPDATED and fixed link.
Dave

SUNNY AND COOL TODAY.
WE'LL BE IN THE 50'S TOMORROW AND SUNDAY.

LOTS FOR OF THINGS GOING ON THIS WEEKEND. TOMORROW NIGHT, THE ANNUAL HUMANE SOCIETY DINNER AT THE EAGLES AND THE ANNUAL CATTLEMEN'S BANQUET AT THE FAIRGROUNDS. SUNDAY MORNING, THE MAQUOKETA EDUCATION FOUNDATION CASSEROLE BREAKFAST AT THE NEW HIGH SCHOOL CAFETERIA. AND SUNDAY, 11 AM UNTIL 2 P.M...THE ANNUAL HOLIDAY EXPO AT DEWITT, IN TWO LOCATIONS AND AGAIN THIS YEAR, KMAQ WILL HAVE A BOOTH AT THE DEWITT COMMUNTY CENTER LOCATION. THE OTHER
HALF OF EXPO AT THE KC HALL ACROSS FROM BARNE'S FOODLAND. THE TREE OF LIGHTS AT THE OHNWARD CENTER IN MAQUOKETA OPENS TO VIEWING THIS SUNDAY. THE OHNWARD CENTER HAS A NICE WEB SITE....www.ohnwardfineartscenter.com
....AND NOTICE , A KID'S MUSICAL-COMEDY SHOW WILL BE ON STAGE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AT 2.

UPDATE - FIXED LINK
THE STRATHMAN SONG/VIDEO I MENTIONED EARLIER THIS WEEK....DID NOT COME UP WITH THE ADDRESS I GAVE YOU.
TRY THIS ONE: www.cities97.com/cc-common/artist_submission/player.html?art=81883&g=1194612382
NOTE: THIS IS A_BETWEEN ARTIST AND SUBMISSION. THANKS TO DAD, FRANK STRATHMAN, FOR THIS NEW ADDRESS. IF THIS DOES NOT WORK, YOU COULD EMAIL HIM DIRECT AT bfb@iowatelecom.net
CHECK OUT Davids Blog for more info as well www.DavidVoy.com


THE MAQUOKETA COMMUNITY SCHOOL BOARD HAD AGREED TO DONATE LAND AT WASHINGTON AND 5TH STREET TO CLINTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOR ITS NEW MAQUOKETA COLLEGE.
YOU'LL RECALL THAT A BOND ISSUE OF BUILDING THE FACILITY PASSED EARLIER THIS YEAR, IN THE AMOUNT OF $1.2 MILLION.
THIS SITE WOULD BE JUST EAST OF THE NEW GYM...AND HIRING AN ARCHITECT IS NEXT WITH CONSTRUCITION TO START
NEXT YEAR AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

IF IOWA BEATS MINNESOTA TOMORROW, THEY GET A BOWL BID.

THE IOWA BASKETBALL SEASON OFFICIAL FIRST GAME IS TONIGHT.

WE HAVE TWO NEW PART TIME ANNOUNCERS AT KMAQ.
JACI MOORE, A FRESHMAN AT MCHS....AND JAYNE EVOL OF
DELMAR. SHE AND HER HUSBAND MOVED TO DELMAR NOT LONG AGO AND SHE HAS BEEN A LEGAL SECRETARY FOR OVER 20 YEARS, AND STILL IS. A FIRST JOB FOR JACI AND A SECOND JOB FOR JAYNE. BOTH DOING NICE WORKING EVENINGS AND WEEKENDS. WILL GET A PHOTO OF BOTH ON THE DAILY REPORT SOON. OUR NEW FULLTIME ANNOUNCER, RUSTY, IS
DOING GOOD AND WE CONTINUE TO GET GOOD COMMENTS FROM HIS LISTENERS.

"FRED CLAUS" OPENS NATIONWIDE INCLUDING AT THE VOY THEATRE, TONIGHT.

THE CASINO ON THE MISSISSIPPI AT FORT MADISON IS CLOSING FOR NOT ENOUGH BUSINESS. HOW ABOUT THAT.

LOOK AT ANOTHER GINGERBREAD BUILDING PHOTO BELOW.
THIS ONE DONE BY JANET STANG. REMEMBER, TO ENLARGE THE PHOTO, JUST "CLICK ON IT".

HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY

STILL ANOTHER GINGERBREAD BUILDING ON DISPLAY AT THE JACKSON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY MUSEUM IN MAQUOKETA FROM NOW UNTIL CHRISTMAS.

DENNIS VOY

NO REPORT TODAY

SUNNY AND COLD AGAIN TODAY. 40 FOR A HIGH.
LAST NIGHT, WE GOT DOWN TO 20 IN MAQUOKETA. WARMER WEATHER IS COMING SOON.

IN THE ELECTION YESTERDAY. NEIL MOREHEAD WAS RE-ELECTED TO THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL, DEFEATING ED TURNEY,432 TO 405. MARGO SHOUSE WILL BE A NEW COUNCIL MEMBER. SHE GOT 148 VOTES, DEFEATING LEONARD DITCH AND TODD GREEN. DITCH GOT 128 VOTES AND GREEN, 37 VOTES. THE HOTEL-MOTEL TAX INCREASE PASSED, 640 TO 190. TOM MESSERLI WAS RE-ELECTED MAYOR WITH NO BALLOT OPPOSITION, GETTING 571 VOTES. THERE WERE SOME WRITE-IN VOTES FOR MAYOR, BUT I HAVE NOT SEEN NAMES OR FIGURES. TWO INCUMBANT COUNCILMEMBERS WERE, LIKE MESSERLI, UNOPPOSED. MATT WINEGAR AND MARSHA MEYERS WERE BOTH RE-ELECTED.

DEWITT LOST THEIR PLAYOFF GAME TO KEOKUK LAST NIGHT, 42 TO 7.

CHECK THE GINGERBREAD PHOTO BELOW, OF THE GINGERBREAD PASTIME THEATRE, DONE BY MICHELLE FLAGEL.
REMEMBER, WITH ALL PHOTOS ON THIS DAILY REPORT..CLICK ON THE PHOTO AND IT WILL BE ENLARGED ON YOUR MONITOR SCREEN.

THANKS FOR THE VISIT.

DENNIS VOY

HERE IS ANOTHER OF THE 17 GINGERBREAD BUILDINGS FOR HOLIDAY VISITORS TO THE JACKSON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY MUSEUM ON THE FAIRGROUNDS IN MAQUOKETA. NO ADMISSION FEE AT THE MUSEUM. STOP IN AND GO UPSTAIRS TO SEE WHAT 17 PEOPLE HAVE DONE, WORKING FROM A PHOTO. THIS IS THE OLD PASTIME THEATRE, DEMOLISHED IN
EARLY 1973 TO MAKE WAY FOR A NEW SCHULTZ BROTHERS VARIETY STORE.

SUNNY, WINDY AND COOL TODAY. TONIGHT, MIGHT GET DOWN
TO THE TEENS.

VOTING IS GOING ON IN MAQUOKETA. NOT ONLY ARE VOTERS CASTING THEIR VOTE FOR MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, RESIDENTS ARE ALSO BEING ASKED TO APPROVE AN INCREASE IN THE CITY'S MOTEL HOTEL TAX. THE PROPOSAL ON THE BALLOT CALLS FOR THE LODGING TAX TO INCREASE FROM THE CURRENT 5 PERCENT TO 7 PERCENT. THE PROPOSED RATE IS THE HIGHEST ALLOWED BY STATE LAW AND WOULD RAISE A MOTEL BILL BY $1 ON A $50 A NIGHT ROOM. MAQUOKETA HAS FOUR LODGING FACILITIES.

NICK HELGERSON, CHRISTA BELLMAN, TERRY SKRIVSETH,
TONY PORTY, ERIC MEYER AND MILTON GONNER.....ALL HIT A DEER WITH THEIR VEHICLE FRIDAY NIGHT OR SATURDAY.

CHAD STRATHMAN, A LAWYER IN MINNEAPOLIS, PLAYS WITH A GROUP OF LAWYERS IN A BAND THAT PLAYS AT DIFFERENT PLACES IN THE TWIN CITIES. LAST YEAR, WHEN HIS WIFE
GOT REALLY SICK, HE WROTE A SONG FOR HER, THE BAND HE IS IN RECORDED IT...AND IT IS GETTING SOME PLAY ON RADIO IN THE TWIN CITIES. AND YOU CAN SEE A PICTURE OF THE BAND AND HEAR THE SONG AT www.cities97.com/cc-common/artist_submission/player.html IN THE PHOTO OF THE GROUP, CHAD IS IN A RED SHIRT AND STANDING ON THE LEFT. CHAD'S PARENTS ARE FRANK AND BARB STRATHMAN, OF BELLEVUE AND FORMERLY OF MAQUKETA. I BELIEVE CHAD GRADUATED FROM MCHS. I GAVE THE SONG A LISTEN.
IT'S GOOD!

NORTHEAST OF GOOSELAKE LOST THEIR SECOND PLAYOFF GAME LAST NIGHT AND TONIGHT DEWITT PLAYS AGAIN AGAINST KEOKUK. SHOULD BE A GOOD GAME. WE'LL HAVE IT ON KMAQ AM AND FM AT 7 TONIGHT, RIGHT AFTER OUR SPEICIAL AUCTION SHOW. LEIGHTON HEPKER AND MARK HILLEBRAND AT THE MIKES. AFTER THE GAME, WE'LL HAVE ELECTION COVERAGE. ALL THIS WEEK , FOR THE 4TH YEAR IN A ROW, WE ARE DOING A WEEK OF NIGHTIME AUCTION SHOWS, THRU THIS FRIDAY, STARTING AT 6:50 EACH NIGHT AND GOING FOR AN HOUR OR JUST OVER.

GOT A GOOD PICTURE WITH SOMEONE FROM MAQUOKETA IN IT? EMAIL IT TO ME AND I MIGHT PUT IT UP HERE ON THE REPORT.

BE SURE TO COME BACK TOMORROW TO FIND OUT WHO WON THE ELECTION.

DENNIS VOY

WINDY AND COLD TODAY. HIGH ONLY IN THE 40'S.

TOMORROW IS ELECTION DAY. POLLS WILL BE OPEN IN
MAQUOKETA FROM 7 A.M.UNTIL 8 P.M. IN MAQUOKETA,
THERE ARE TWO RUNNING FOR THE AT-LARGE COUNCIL
POSITION, INCUMBENT NEIL MOREHEAD AND ED TURNEY.
AND IN THE OTHER CONTEST IN MAQUOKETA, THERE ARE THREE RUNNING FOR FIFTH WARD COUNCIL. THEY ARE LEONARD DITCH, TODD GREEN AND MARGO SHOUSE.

SCHOOL BOARD MEETING TONIGHT

CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.

JOE PUETZ, AGE 84, OF MAQUOKETA DIED SATURDAY MORNING.
HIS FULL OBITUARY CAN BE READ AT http://www.carsonandson.com/

SAGE ROSENFELS STARTED FOR HOUSTON YESTERDAY, PLAYED THE WHOLE GAME AND DIRECTED THE TEXANS TO A WIN OVER OAKLAND, INCLUDING A 65 YARD TOUCHDOWN PASS IN THE FOURTH QUARTER. ALL MAQUOKETA FOOTBALL FANS ARE HAPPY ABOUT THAT.

TRAVIS SAUNDERS ROLLED A 300 GAME LAST WEEK IN THE
SUBURBAN BUD LIGHT LEAGUE AT TIMER LANES. ENDED UP WITH A 717 SERIES.

THE MIDAMERICA NAZARENE UNIVERSITY MEN'S BASKETBALL
TEAM IS RANKED NUMBER ONE IN THE MEN'S N.A.I.A. DIVISION
TWO PRE-SEASON POLL. THEY FINISHED LAST YEAR AS THE NUMBER ONE TEAM. THE COACH IS ROCKY LAMAR, FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA. BILL FLEMMING IS ASSISTANT COACH AND
SENIOR ADAM HEPKER OF MAQUOKETA IS A POINT GUARD AND THEIR LEADING SCORER. THEY STARTED OFF THE SEASON
THIS WEEKEND IN A TOURNAMENT AND WON BOTH GAMES, SO THEY ARE OFF TO A GOOD START AGAIN. MIDAMERICA IS IN OLATHE, KANSAS.

WIND ADVISORY TONIGHT AND FLURRIES POSSIBLE. GOSH ITS NICE TO HAVE THE FOUR SEASONS.

CHECK THE NEW PHOTOS BELOW.

THANKS FOR THE VISIT.

DENNIS VOY

SUNDAY, THE JACKSON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY HELD THEIR ANNUAL FUND RAISING DINNER AT THE FAIRGROUNDS
IN MAQUOKETA. GOOD TURNOUT AND GOOD FOOD ENJOYED BY HUNDREDS. DURING THE AFTERNOON, JIM CLARKE, THE FOUNDER OF GREEN ISLAND AND DR. FREDERICK SWIFT, SR. WERE BOTH INDUCTED INTO THE JACKSON COUNTY HALL OF FAME. AND, AFTER DINNER, MANY TOURED THE MUSEUM BEFORE LEAVING. AND MANY WENT TO THE SECOND FLOOR OF THE MUSEUM TO VIEW THE NEW GINGERBREAD HOMES
MADE FOR THE HOLIDAY SEASON. THERE ARE 17 UPSTAIRS IN A BEAUTIFUL HOLIDAY DISPLAY AND ALL ARE OF A BUILDING IN JACKSON COUNTY THAT IS WAS TORN DOWN.
SHOWN HERE IS LAUREN STREETS OF RURAL MAQUOKETA.
SHE IS THE DAUGHTER OF CHRIS AND HER GRANDPARENTS ARE DENNIS AND JULIE STREETS. SHE IS ADMIRING THE GINGERBREAD HOME MADE BY GRANDMA JULIE OF THE MAPLE
GROVE SCHOOL THAT ONCE STOOD IN THE FULTON, IOWA AREA.
IN THE FUTURE, I'LL PUT UP HERE A PICTURE OF A FEW OTHER
OF THE HOMES FOR YOU TO SEE. BETTER YET, VISIT THE MUSEUM BETWEEN NOW AND CHRISTMAS AND SEE ALL 17
ON DISPLAY AND ALSO TAKE TIME TO BROWSE THE MUSEUM, WHICH IS ONE OF THE FINEST COUNTY MUSEUMS IN IOWA.

ENJOYED ATTENDING WITH NANCY, THE 50TH FOR BUDDY AND MYRNA OLSON YESTERDAY AFTERNOON HERE IN TOWN.
BUDDY WAS MY POLICE CHIEF WHEN I WAS MAYOR AND WE HAVE BEEN FRIENDS EVER SINCE. AND MYRNA I'VE KNOWN JUST AS LONG AND HAPPY ALSO TO CALL A GOOD FRIEND.
BOTH HAVE BEEN VERY ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY OVER THE YEARS. BUDDY WAS POLICE CHEIF FOR A TOTAL OF 15 YEARS.
MYRNA A NURSE. AND IN LATER YEARS, THEY OPERATED A
SECURITY BUSINESS AND BUDDY WAS A GOOD ADVERTISER ON KMAQ. THEY ARE BOTH RETIRED NOW. FIFTY YEARS AGO, JACK GAVIN WAS THEIR BEST MAN. AND HER SISTER DEANNA WAS MAID OF HONOR. SHE WAS THERE YESTERDAY, AS WAS MYRNA'S MOTHER, WHO IS 97. AND OF COURSE THEIR
TWO SONS, DAVID AND JAY AND TOTAL OF 3 GRANDCHILDREN, TWO GIRLS AND A BOY. HAPPY 50TH ANNIVERARY TO BUDDY AND MYRNA. YES..THAT IS BUDDY (LOOKS GOOD) IN THE PICTURE...THEY DID A LITTLE "TOUCH-UP" (OF BUDDY) IN THE PHOTO.
DENNIS VOY

MORE CLOUDY THAN SUNNY TODAY AND A HIGH OF 55.
TOMORROW, MOSTLY SUNNY AND AGAIN A HIGH IN MID 50'S.

GOT AN EMAIL FROM ROGER AND MARILYN SCHRUNK, FORMER MAQUOKETANS, WHO HAVE LIVED IN CALIFORNIA SINCE THE EARLY 80'S. THEIR HOME AT LAKE FOREST, CALIFORNIA, IS LESS THAN A HALF-MILE FROM THE NEAREST BLAZE DURING THE WILD FIRES IN THE SAN DIEGO AREA. TOO CLOSE TO COMFORT WAS THEIR COMMENT. WHEN IN MAQUOKETA, ROGER WORKED IN THE HOSPITAL LAB AND MARILYN OWNED A LADIES CLOTHING STORE. GLAD THEY ESCAPED THE FIRE DAMAGE.

THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL IS THINKING ABOUT PURCHASING THE FORMER B-CAP PROPERTY AT THE AIRPORT.
IT WILL DISCUSS THE MATTER AT THE NEXT MEETING MONDAY NIGHT. THE PROPERTY WOULD BE USED AS A TURF RUNWAY AND HANGAR SPACE COULD BE SOLD FOR AN AVIATION RELATED BUSINESS AT THE AIRPORT.

AROUND 700 ENJOYED A NICE CONCERT LAST NIGHT AT THE OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER OF THE VIENNA BOYS CHOIR.
LATED NEARLY 2 HOURS. GOOD TURNOUT.

BARBARA L. WIDEL, AGE 70, DIED YESTERDAY AT FINLEY HOSPITAL IN DUBUQUE. THE FULL OBITURARY IS AT
WWW.CARSONANDSON.COM

HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY

SUNNY TODAY WITH HIGHS IN UPPER 50'S.
IN OCTOBER, WE GOT JUST UNDER 4 INCHES OF RAIN AND SO FAR, WE HAVE HAD AROUND 40 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION
IN MAQUOKETA. PRETTY GOOD.

IN PLAYOFF FOOTBALL LAST NIGHT, DEWITT DEFEATED FAIRFIELD AND WILL NOW PLAY MARION NEXT TUESDAY NIGHT IN DEWITT. DEWITT SCORED A NEAR RECORD HIGH OF 69 POINTS. THE RECORD IS 70 AGAINST SAVANNA.
NORTHEAST OF GOOSELAKE WON THEIR GAME AND WILL PLAY THEIR NEXT GAME ON MONDAY NIGHT, AGAIN AT GOOSE LAKE, TAKING ON IOWA CITY REGINA.
IOWA CITY REGINA, RANKED #2 IN THE STATE, DEFEATED BELLEUE LAST NIGHT.

JEFFREY FULTINER, AGE 44, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED YESTERDAY.
HIS COMPLETE OBIT IS AT http://www.carsonandson.com/

BARBARA WIDEL, AGE 70, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED THIS MORNING AT FINLEY HOSPITAL IN DUBUQUE AND SERVICES ARE PENDING AT CARSON'S.

FOR MANY YEARS, MAQUOKETA HAD ONLY A COUPLE ELEVATORS. IN RECENT YEARS, SEVERAL MORE WERE INSTALLED. MAQUOKETA'S NEWEST BEGAN OPERATIONS
TODAY, AT THE MAQUOKETA STATE BANK. THE 3-STOP ELEVATOR IS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE BUILDING, JUST OFF THE NORTH ENTRYWAY. LAST YEAR, M-S-B STARTED A 3-PHASE
REMODELING PROJECT, IN THE LOWER LEVEL. FIRST, BUILDING A NEW BOARD ROOM. THEN PHASE TWO, A LARGER AREA FOR BOOKKEEPING, AND PHASE THREE, THE ADDITION OF AN ELEVATOR. WORK STARTED EARLY THIS YEAR AND TODAY, THE NEW ELEVATOR WAS PUT INTO SERVICE AND THE
NORTH ENTRANCE WAS AGAIN OPENED FOR PUBLIC USE.
THE ELEVATOR WAS NEEDED FOR ACCESS TO THE MEETING ROOM IN THE LOWER LEVEL USED FOR PUBLIC BANKING SEMINARS AND ALSO WAS NEEDED FOR ACCESS TO THE LOWER LEVEL REST ROOMS FOR THE HANDICAPPED. AND OF COURSE, IT WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR ANYONE DOING BANKING BUSINESS ON EITHER LEVEL AND NOT ABLE TO USE A STAIRWAY.
THIS AFTERNOON, AL TUBBS, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF
ONWARD BANKS (M-S-B IS THE OLDEST OHNWARD BANK-1958)
AND BARB MILLER, M-S-B PRESIDENT AND CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER GAVE ME A RIDE ON THE NEW ELEVATOR. I TOOK 3 PHOTOS, BUT WAS ONLY ABLE TO GET ONE UP HERE ON THIS DAILY REPORT. CHECK IT OUT BELOW. THE NEW ATM MACHINE IS ALSO IN SERVICE AND IS LOCATED JUST OUTSIDE THE NORTH ENTRANCE.

GOING TO SEE THE VIENNA BOYS CHOIR AT THE OHNWARD CENTER TONIGHT. WILL GIVE YOU A REPORT TOMORROW.

IT'S NOVEMBER. BUSY DAYS AHEAD IN THE NEXT TWO MONTHS. HOPE YOU HAVE A FUNTIME. I PLAYED MY FIRST CHRISTMAS CAROL THIS MORNING, BUT ONLY BECAUSE IT WAS THE ONLY SONG I COULD FIND BY ROBERT GOULET, WHO DIED THIS WEEK AT THE AGE OF 73. GOOD SINGER. SAW HIM IN PERSON ONCE IN BRANSON.

TAKE CARE.

DENNIS VOY

MY TOUR AND FIRST RIDE ON THE NEW MAQUOKETA STATE BANK ELEVATOR IS OVER AND ALAN AND BARB BID ME FAREWELL AND ENCOURAGED ME TO USE IT OFTEN. IT WAS A SMOOTH RIDE. THEY ARE ON LOWER LEVEL NOW. ALAN
WILL GO UP TO MIDDLE STOP AND HEAD FOR HIS OFFICE IN THE EAST OHNWARD BUILDING ACROSS THE ROAD, AND
BARB WILL GO UP TO TOP LEVEL AND RETURN TO HER OFFICE.
YES, ITS EASY AND FUN TO USE THE NEW ELEVATOR.