NO REPORT TODAY

ABOUT A HALF-INCH OF RAIN TODAY AND CLOUDY. HIGH OF 72.
NICE WEATHER STARTING TOMORROW FOR THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND.

THE JACKSON COUNTY REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER, THE HOSPITAL HERE IN MAQUOKETA, HAS STARTED ITS SEARCH AGAIN FOR A SURGEON, TO REPLACE
DR. PEDRO ATIENZA, WHO WILL RETIRE IN A YEAR OR SO. HOSPITAL
ADMINISTRATOR CURT COLEMAN TOLD HOSPITAL BOARD MEMBERS THE SURGEON CANDIDATE THEY HAD BEEN WORKING WITH FOR SEVERAL MONTHS HAD DECIDED
TO LOCATE ELSEWHERE. COLEMAN SAID THEY ARE DISAPPOINTED, BUT HAVE
ANOTHER CANDIDATE IN MIND. HE SAID THE CANDIDATE SAID THE REASONS HE DIDN'T CHOOSE MAQUOKETA WERE....FINDING BETTER ON-CALL ARRANGEMENTS,
TO SMALL A PRACTICE AND COMMUNITY AND OTHER FAMILY REASONS.

CHECK OUT THE PHOTO AND STORY BELOW ABOUT A NEW LOOK AT THE POSTOFFICE HERE IN TOWN.

THANKS FOR THE VISIT AGAIN.

DENNIS VOY

MAQUOKETA HAS BEEN SPRUCING UP, GETTING READY FOR THE IOWA STATE FIREMEN'S CONVENTION NEXT WEEK IN THE TIMBER CITY. FIRE HYDRANTS
ARE BEING PAINTED TOO. AND, THERE IS A NEW LOOK AT THE MAQUOKETA POST OFFICE, THANKS TO VOLUNTEERS. LISA CLARK OF MAQUOKETA, WHO WORKS AT THE MAQUOKETA STATE BANK AND ENJOYS GARDENING, HAD OBSERVED FOR SOME
TIME, SOME OLD,UGLY BUSHES ON THE NORTH CORNER OF THE POST OFFICE ON MAIN STREET, OBSERVING THEM DAILY FROM HER WINDOW AT THE BANK. SHE TALKED TO POSTMASTER SARAH MORSE ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF REPLACING THEM BEFORE THE FIREMEN'S CONVENTION. MORSE CHECKED AND NO FUNDS WERE AVAILABLE. CLARK TOOK IT UPON HERSELF TO GET SOME VOLUNTEER TO HELP TEAR OUT THE 21-YEAR-OLD EYE BUSHES AND REPLACE THEM. FIRST, GIL
BERG CUT OFF THE BUSHES. THEN MARTI BALLIU AMD DAVE CLARK, LISA'S HUSBAND, PULLED OUT THE ROOTS OR STUMPS. THE JACKSON COUNTY MASTER GARDENERS WERE CONTACTED FOR SUGGESTIONS AS TO WHAT TO PLANT.
GASSER TRUE VALUE HARDWARE DONATED MULCH, LARRY McDIVITT DONATED SOME BRICKS FOR THE EDGING AND POSTMASTER MORSE PERSONALLY PURCHASED
THE EVERGREEN SHRUBS AND VARIOUS BUSHES, INCLUDING ROSE, SPIREA, BOXWOOD, AND OTHERS. THE PLANTING AND FINISHING OF THE PROJECT WAS DONE THIS PAST SUNDAY BY DAVE AND LISA CLARK, TOM CALLAHAN, AND
MARY JO WIESE. WHAT AN IMPROVEMENT! SLOW DOWN WHEN GOING PAST THE POST OFF AND TAKE A LOOK. AND THANKS TO SARAH, LISA AND ALL THE
VOLUNTEERS. REMEMER, TO ENLARGE THIS PHOTO, CLICK ON IT.
DENNIS VOY

SOUTH JONES AVENUE IS GETTING A RE-BUILD. NEEDED IT. WILL BE NICE.
ANOTHER GREAT DAY TODAY...HIGH OF 82.

THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY WAS YESTERDAY AND A FUN DAY. TOOK LOTS OF PICTURES AND WILL HAVE LOTS OF MEMORIES. MY GRAND-DAUGHTER, SARA
CLASEN CLARK .. IS AN EXPORT ON SCRAPBOOKING...AND DID UP TWO FOR ME.
ALSO, GOT LETTER FROM PRESIDENT BUSCH. HAVE YOU LOOKED AT
KMAQ HOME PAGE LATELY? SOME CHANGES. FULL DETAILS THERE ON THE NOVEMBER CHRISTMAS BRANSON TRIP TOO.

NEW LOCAL NEWS TODAY FOR THIS REPORT.

THE NEXT TWO BIG EVENTS FOR MAQUOKETA ARE NEXT WEEK....
THE MAQUOKETA STATE BANK'S 50TH ANNIVERSARY.....
AND...
THE IOWA STATE FIREMEN'S CONVENTION.
LAST TIME WE HAD IT WAS IN 1987.
2,500 ARE EXPECTED TO ATTEND. OVER 1,000 CAMPERS. A PARADE.
SHOULD BE A FUN WEEK.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

DENNIS VOY

Photo (C) Dubuque Telegraph Herald

Dubuque Telegraph Herald Article.
on KMAQ's 50th Anniversary.

Leighton Hepker Interviews Dennis Voy on Just Talk for
KMAQ's 50th Anniversary, August 26th, 1958 to 2008.

MP3 Audio File for you to listen to.

TODAY IS KMAQ'S 50TH! ABOVE, THE BIRTHDAY CAKE PRESENTED TO ME WHILE
DOING THE "JUST TALK" SHOW THIS MORNING. THE TALK SHOW WAS RECORDED, THE FULL HOUR, AND LATER TODAY, YOU CAN LISTEN TO IT BY GOING TO THE
KMAQ HOME PAGE, www.kmaq.com
THE DUBUQUE TELEGRAPH HERALD HAD A FRONT PAGE STORY ON KMAQ TODAY, ALONG WITH A COLOR PHOTO OF ME. THEY ALSO HAVE A SHORT VIDEO ON THEIR WEBSITE. IT IS ABOUT A MINUTE LONG, WITH ME TELLING ABOUT KMAQ. DON'T LOOK AT MY MESSY DESK. I WAS A GUEST FOR THE FIRST QUARTER-HOUR THIS MORNING ON DERRY BROWNFIELD'S "COMMON SENSE" NATIONAL RADIO SHOW. TONIGHT, THERE WILL BE A FEATURE ON KMAQ ON KWWL-TV IN WATERLOO. WE HAVE HAD A $50 DRAWING FIVE TIMES TODAY AND TOMORROW, I WILL LIST THE WINNERS. GUESTS THAT CAME IN TO MAKE THE DRAWINGS TODAY WERE LONGTIME ADVERTISERS, BOB OSTERHAUS, ED TUBBS, VIVIAN RIVER, ROCHELLE .......AND TONIGHT, WILL HAVE A FAMILY AND STAFF DINNER AT NANCY'S HOME.
LOOKING FORWARD TO IT, AND I'M GLAD WE HAVE BEAUTIFUL WEATHER TOO.

THE CANDIDATES FORUM THAT I MENTIONED YESTERDAY HAS BEEN POSTPONED ONE DAY AND WILL BE THURSDAY AT 5 P.M. AT CITY HALL.

NOT MUCH NEWS TODAY. NO BIRTHS OR DEATHS.

SO...BUSY AND NEED TO MOVE ON.

TAKE CARE.

DENNIS VOY

WE HAD GREAT WEATHER OVER THE WEEKEND AND TODAY WAS ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL DAY. SUNNY TODAY WITH A HIGH OF 76. THE REST OF THE WEEK TOO, WITH A CHANCE OF SOME RAIN ON THURSDAY. AND RIGHT NOW, IT LOOKS LIKE THE LABOR DAY WEEKEND WILL BE NICE.

A CROP DUSTER PLANE, OPERATED BY A TENNESSEE MAN, WENT DOWN IN A HAY FIELD OWNED BY BILL MILLER, RURAL MAQUOKETA, JUST BEFORE 4 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED AND THERE WAS MINOR DAMAGE TO THE PLANE.

THE MAQUOKETA EDUCATION ASSOCIATION WILL HOST A CANDIDATE FORUM FOR CANDIDATES FOR THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD, AT 5 P.M. THIS WEDNESDAY AT THE MAQUOKETA CITY HALL. THE SCHOOL BOARD CANDIDATES ARE INCUMBENT ANNE HAWKS AND CHALLENGER GEORGE HOUSTON. BOTH HAVE YARD SIGNS AROUND TOWN. AND THAT RACE IS STARTING TO GET INTERESTING.
ALSO RUNNING, FOR RE-ELECTION, UNOPPOSED, LONGTIME BOARD MEMBER,
BILL SCHWENKER.

A WELL KNOWN AREA VOLUNTEER FIREMAN, DICK GRIMM, AGE 73, OF CHARLOTTE,
DIED YESTERDAY. HE WAS A FIREFIGHTER FOR 50 YEARS.

ANOTHER SAD NOTE. A MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR, DEREK ARENSDORF, AGE 17, DIED LAST NIGHT AT HIS HOME IN RURAL BALDWIN. HIS COMPLETED OBITUARY CAN BE READ NOW AT www.carsonandson.com

TOMORROW IS THE OFFICIAL 50TH BIRTHDAY OF KMAQ. MORE ABOUT THAT WITH THE PHOTO BELOW.

AND SEVERAL OTHER PHOTOS FROM THE SUNDAY, FIRST LUTHERAN OUTDOOR SERVICE AND POTLUCK, ARE ALSO BELOW.

REMEMBER...ALL PHOTOS ON THIS DAILY REPORT CAN BE ENLARGED BY JUST CLICKING ON THEM.

HAVE A NICE MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY.

DENNIS VOY

KMAQ IS 50 TUESDAY, AUGUST 26TH. RAY SHIELDS, OUR MORNING ANNOUNCER AND CHIEF ENGINEER, DID THE SIGN-ON SHIFT FROM 5:30 A.M. UNTIL 9. STAN BARTON, WAS THE NEWS DIRECTOR AND READ THE MORNING NEWS AT 8 AND THEN
SPUN RECORDS UNTIL 9. I CAME ON (THAT'S ME ABOVE AT AGE 19) AT 9 A.M. AND
WENT TO 11. THEN RAY WAS BACK FROM 11 A.M. UNTIL 1 P.M. STATION MANAGER BOB BROWN WAS ON FROM 1 UNTIL 2 AND I CAME BACK AT 2 AND WENT UNTIL SIGN-OFF AT 7. LONG DAY, BUT IT WAS FUN. GITTE BOLLINGER WAS OUR
RECEPTIONIST, DUANE WILLEY OUR SALESMAN, JANE BEAN OUR BOOKKEEPER,
AND NATE GOETZ FROM MONROE, WISCONSIN, WAS PART-OWNER AND CAME DOWN TO MAQUOKETA WEEKLY. THE OTHER CO-OWNERS, HIS BROTHER AND ANOTHER PARTNER, ARE NO LONGER LIVING. ALSO DECEASED, BOLLINGER, SHIELDS, AND WILLEY. I DON'T KNOW WHERE STAN IS, BUT BELIEVE HE IS STILL LIVING. BOB BROWN AND HIS WIFE ELAINE LIVE IN FORT ATKINSON, WISCONSIN. NATE GOETZ AND HIS WIFE RUTH LIVE IN FLORIDA. WE WERE AN AM STATION ONLY, WITH FM COMING ON THE AIR IN 1967. IN 1958, WE STARTED AT 136 1/2 SOUTH MAIN STREET AND MOVED TO OUR PRESENT LOCATION IN 1970, FOLLOWING A NEXT DOOR FIRE THAT DID DAMAGE AT KMAQ. THE DUBUQUE TELEGRAPH HERALD HAS A STORY
ABOUT THE KMAQ 50TH TOMORROW, AND YOU CAN READ IT ON LINE. ALSO,
A VIDEO THEY DID WITH ME THIS MORNING. WE ARE HAVING A STAFF AND
FAMILY DINNER PARTY TOMORROW NIGHT. LOOKING FORWARD TO A FUN
DAY TOMORROW AND WILL THEN START WORKING ON YEAR #51 WEDNESDAY MORNING. IF YOU ARE A BUSINESS THAT HAS OR IS ADVERTING ON KMAQ...THANK YOU! IF YOU ARE A LISTENER TO KMAQ...THANK YOU! OR, IF YOU ARE OUT OF REACH TO LISTEN AND A REGULAR VISITOR TO THIS REPORT...THANK YOU!
WE HOPE YOU'LL STAY WITH US IN THE YEAR AHEAD AND WE PROMISE TO CONTINUE TO DO OUR BEST TO BE YOUR RADIO STATION.
DENNIS VOY

THIS IS PHOTO OF FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH IN MAQUOKETA. WHERE I HAVE BEEN GOING TO CHURCH SINCE I CAME TO TOWN 50 YEARS AGO. IT IS A LARGER BUILDING AND CONGREGATION THAN IT WAS THEN. THE LONGTIME PASTOR WAS REV. HAROLD KUMPF, NOW DECEASED. HIS WIFE ELANOR IS STILL LIVING AND IN A CARE CENTER HERE IN TOWN. TODAY, THE CHURCH'S ANNUAL OUTDOOR SERVICE AND PICNIC WAS HELD AT CAMP SHALOM, A COUPLE MILES FROM MAQUOKETA.
SERVICE AT 10:30 AND POTLUCK AT NOON. BEAUTIFUL DAY FOR IT AND NANCY AND I ENJOYED IT. AND, I TOOK ALONG MY CAMERA. ENJOY THE PHOTOS BELOW
AND CLICK ON EACH PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY

THE NEW FIRST LUTHERAN SIGN ON EAST PLATT STREET. THE WORDING CHANGES EVERY FEW SECONDS.
DENNIS VOY

FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH SENIOR PASTOR, GERRY GJERDE, GIVING THE CHILDREN'S SERMON. HE ALSO DID THE REGULAR SERMON AND ATE A LOT OF FOOD AFTER.
HE CAN, HE'S THIN. SON RYAN GOT MARRIED LAST WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY

AT THE FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH ANNUAL OUTDOOR SERVICE-POTLUCK AT CAMP SHALOM, THE "MEN OF CALVARY" WERE SPECIAL GUESTS. THE GOSPEL SINGERS
(BEEN DOING IT FOR 7 YEARS) ARE FROM CALVARY LUTHERAN CHURCH IN
SABULA, WHERE PASTOR GJERDE WAS THE PASTOR BEFORE COMING TO MAQUOKETA. SHOWN ABOVE, IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER, LON PAPKE, DICK WALL, LARRY MELAAS AND CRAIG HATTEBERG. SORRY I CAN NOT POINT THEM OUT LEFT TO RIGHT. THEY SANG ABOUT 10 SONGS WERE WELL RECEIVING.
DENNIS VOY

FIRST LUTHERAN PASTOR JUDY HEINRICH. SHE PLAYS THE ORGAN, PIANO,
IS A GREAT SINGER AND PREACHES LONG SERMONS. HERE SHE IS SUNDAY MORNING NEAR THE ALTER, AS THE CONGREGATION SANG ALONG.
DENNIS VOY

THE DR. ROGER WALLER FAMILY WAITING FOR THE LINE TO GET SHORTER FOR THE POTLUCK.
DENNIS VOY

AS FOR EVERY POTLUCK, THERE WAS PLENTY OF FOOD AS YOU CAN SEE.
THERE WAS ALSO A PIE AND CAKE TABLE. LARRY AND KATHY BECKER FILLING THEIR PLATE.
DENNIS VOY

MANY ATE DINNER IN THE PAVILION, BUT THERE WERE SEVERAL PICNIC TABLES OUTSIDE TOO, USED BY THESE MEMBERS OF FIRST LUTHERAN. LEFT, IN THE BLUE CHECKER SHIRT AND JUST BEHIND HIM, PASTOR AND MRS. EMMETT BUSCH OF MAQUOKETA. HE WAS FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, THE PASTOR OF ST. JOHN'S LUTHERAN CHURCH IN BELLEVUE HAS BEEN RETIRED FOR AROUND 15 YEARS.
HE IS ALSO MY GOOD NEIGHBOR ON NORTH JONES. KEEPS HIS YARD LOOKING A LOT BETTER THAN MINE AND HAS A NICE FRONT YARD CHRISTMAS DISPLAY TOO.
DENNIS VOY

TO GET TO THIS CAMP SHALOM OPEN AIR PAVILION WITH FIREPLACE, ALTER,
AND MODERN RESTROOMS....YOU DRIVE ON A ONE-LANE GRAVEL ROAD THROUGH
HILLY WOODED AREA AND THIS IS WHAT YOU SEE BELOW. SCOTT GENT OF THE
JACKSON COUNTY PORK PRODUCERS BROUGHT THEIR GRILL AND GREAT PORK PATTIES FOR THE NOON POTLUCK.
WOW, WERE THEY THICK AND TASTY.
DENNIS VOY

THIS IS A BACK VIEW OF CAMP SHALOM. BEHIND WHERE I WAS STANDING TO TAKE THIS PHOTO, ARE 5 CAMPING DORMS ABOVE GROUND ON POLES, WITH STEPS LEADING TO FRONT PORCH AND A BACK DECK OVERLOOKING BEAUTIFUL WOODED AREA BELOW. THE FULLTIME DIRECTOR OF CAMP SHALOM IS PASTOR ERIC
ELKINS, LUTHERAN. I SEE HIM WEEKLY AS HE IS ALSO PRESIDENT OF THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB. THERE ARE OTHER DORMS AND OTHER BUILDINGS ON THE EXTENSIVE GROUNDS ALONG THE MAQUOKETA RIVER. IT IS A CAMP FOR
ALL FAITHS. IT WAS STARTED BY ST. PAUL'S LUTHERAN CHURCH IN DAVENPORT, BUT NOW HAS ITS OWN BOARD. THE MAILING ADDRESS OF THE CAMP IS
6262 CAVES ROAD, MAQUOKETA AND THERE ARE TWO PHONE NUMBERS, 563-652-3311 AND 563-652-6572. CALL AND TAKE A TOUR SOMETIME, OR THEY WILL SEND YOU INFORMATION ON THE CAMP.
DENNIS VOY

WE GOT 32/100 INCH OF RAIN YESTERDAY. TODAY, PARTLY SUNNY, BREEZY AND
ONLY AROUND 80.

THE MAQUOKETA FOOTBALL SEASON IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER. THE CARDINALS OPEN THE SEASON NEXT FRIDAY NIGHT AT WEST LIBERTY. THAT GAME WE WILL NOT BROADCAST, BUT WE WILL DO ALL OTHERS. TONIGHT IS "SPORTS DRINK
SCRIMMAGE NIGHT" AT GOODENOW FIELD, STARTING AT 6. COME AND MEET THE CARDINALS AND COACHING STAFF.

THE DRIVER OF THE CAR INVOLVED IN A FATAL TRAFFIC COLLISION SATURDAY, THAT TOOK THE LIFE OF JERRY ANDRESEN, AGE 41, OF MAQUOKETA, IS EXPECTED TO TURN HIMSELF IN TODAY ON CHARGES STEMMING FROM THE CRASH. ROBERT HARTZ, 21, OF STERLING, ILLINOIS, IS CHARGED WITH HOMICIDE BY VEHICLE, OPERATING WHILE INTOXICATED. ANDRESEN'S MOTORCYCLE SLAMMED INTO A MERCURY DRIVEN BY HARTZ AS BOTH VEHICLES ENTERED THE INTERSECTION. THE CHARGES ALLEGE HARTZ RAN THE RED LIGHT AT THE INTERSECTION. ANDRESEN WAS WEARING A HELMET AND WAS THROWN FROM THE MOTORCYCLE. HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD ON ARRIVAL AT A DAVENPORT HOSPITAL. HARTZ COULD BE GIVEN A PRISON SENTENCE UP TO 25 YEARS.

ONE OF THE NEW FEATURES AT THE NEW CLINTON ENGINES MUSEUM IS A CATALOG OF THE FORMER MCHS VARIETY SHOWS. THE SHOWS, DATING BACK TO 1969, HAVE BEEN TRANSFERRED DVD. JANICE FARNUM, LONGTIME MCHS MUSIC TEACHER, COMPILED THE SELECTIONS AS A MEMORIAL TO HER HUSBAND, GAYLE, A FORMER MCHS FOOTBALL COACH. JANICE SAID MOST OF THE SHOWS WERE ON REEL-TO-REEL TAPE AND IT WAS DIFICULT TO FIND SOMEONE TO PUT THOSE ON DVD. SHE SAID A COMPANY IN NEW YORK WAS FOUND AND DID THE WORK. THE COST FOR THE PROJECT WAS PAID-FOR BY JERRY AND MARY JO STEAD, FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA. THE DVD'S CAN BE VIEWED AT THE MUSEUM OR A COPY MAY BE PURCHASED.
ALSO...THE JACKSON COUNTY GENEOLOGICAL SOCIETY HAS MOVED ITS OFFICES FROM THE MAIN MUSEUM TO THE NEW CLINTON ENGINES MUSEUM. COPIES OF BOOKS COMPILED BY LOCAL AUTHORS ARE ALSO AVAILABLE AS ARE MANY PHOTOS OF FARMSTEADS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. BOTH THE OLD AND NEW MUSEUM ARE OPEN DAILY. ADMISSION AT EITHER MUSEUM IS NOW $5.00 PER PERSON, IF YOU ARE NOT A MEMBER OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY. FREE TO MEMBERS.
SORRY, I DON'T KNOW THE DUES FOR MEMBERSHIP ARE.

TERRY YAROLEM AND JEREMY PERRY OF MAQUOKETA ARE PARENTS OF A BOY, BORN MONDAY NIGHT AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE MIKE AND CONNIE YAROLEM OF MAQUOKETA.

RED HENTON IS 88 SUNDAY.

FRANCIS MELVOLD IS 85 NEXT THURSDAY.

HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.

CHECK PHOTOS BELOW....THE NEW KMAQ STAFF PHOTO, AND THE OLD KMAQ VAN PHOTO. CLICK-ON PHOTOS TO ENLARGE. YOU MIGHT ALSO WANT TO CHECK KMAQ'S WEB SITE. SOME CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE. www.kmaq.com

DENNIS VOY



DENNIS VOY

THE OTHER DAY, SOMEONE BROUGHT THIS PICTURE IN. WAS GLAD TO GET IT!
REMEMBER THIS KMAQ VAN? IN 1966, I TRADED-IN MY OLDS SEDAN (THE ONE I HAD WHEN I LIVED AT FORT HOOD, TEXAS WITH THE U.S. ARMY) FOR THIS NEW VAN FROM JOHN WAGENER FORD ON EAST PLATT IN MAQUOKETA, NOW THE HOME OF
T & J MANUFACTURING. AND WE USED IT FOR BOTH KMAQ AND FAMILY TRAVEL FOR SOME TIME. NOT SURE HOW LONG I HAD IT. LARRY HAGER, THEN
MAQUOKETA'S ONLY SIGN PAINTER (YOU HAD TO WAIT AWHILE FOR LARRY TO GET A LETTERING JOB DONE, BUT IT WAS WORTH THE WAIT) PAINTED THE MULTI-COLOR LETTERING ON IT. THE VAN WAS HANDY FOR REMOTE
BROADCASTS. THE BACK ANTENNA WAS FOR A REMOTE BROADCAST TRANSMITTER.
THE ENGINE WAS UP FRONT BETWEEN THE FRONT SEATS. THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN ON QUARRY STREET, ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE NEWSPAPER OFFICE.
A BRAD DEERY NEW CAR LOT IS WERE THIS HOUSE STOOD. A LOOK BACK ON THIS 50TH ANNIVERSARY MONTH FOR KMAQ. BY THE WAY, JOHN WAGENER HAS NOT
RETIRED. BUSY AS ALWAYS. EVEN OWNS THE RADIO SHACK STORE HERE IN TOWN.
DENNIS VOY

CLOUDY, COOL AND RAINY DAY TODAY. MORE RAIN COMING TOMORROW AND
SATURDAY.

AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING THIS WEEK, THE COUNCIL APPROVED REPAIRS TO THE MAQUOKETA VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT AERIAL TRUCK. SOME CABLES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AT AN ESTIMATED COST OF $8,000. MOST OF THAT COST WILL COME FROM MONEY STILL LEFT OVER FROM THE "LOVE FOR FIREMEN" DONATIONS EARLIER THIS YEAR. THE CITY WILL PAY THE REST.
THE COUNCIL ALSO LEARNED THAT ALLIANCE WATER RESOURCES PERSONNEL ARE PAINTING THE CITY'S FIRE HYDRANTS. ALREADY 50 ARE PAINTED.
AND AT THE COUNCIL MEETING MONDAY NIGHT, THE COUNCIL APPROVED ROBB McCAULLEY AS THE NEW MEMBER OF THE MAQUOKETA HISTORIC PRESERVATION
COMMISSION.

MARGE YOCUM AND HER HUSBAND ARE VISITING MAQUOKETA. BOTH ARE RETIRED. SHE IS THE DAUGHTER OF THE LATE DUDLEY YOCUM AND VIRGINIA YOCUM. DUDLEY OWNED THE WESTERN AUTO STORE IN MAQUOKETA FOR MANY YEARS AND VIRGINIA MOVED FROM MAQUOKETA A COUPLE YEARS AGO TO LIVE NEAR HER SON IN DENVER, COLORADO. MARGE AND HER HUSBAND LIVED IN GEORGIA, THEN MOVED TO LAS VEGAS AND NOW ARE BACK IN GEORGIA. MARGE SAID HER MOTHER, AGE 90, IS DOING FINE IN COLORADO.

I SPOKE AT THE MAQUOKETA KIWANIS MEETING AT NOON TODAY AT THE DECKER HOTEL, ABOUT MY 50 YEARS IN MAQUOKETA WITH KMAQ, AND THEATRES. BOB GAVIN IS THE PRESIDENT. KEVIN BURNS IS THE BUSY TREASURER. MANY GOOD MEN AND WOMEN MEMBERS, AND THEY ARE ALWAYS BUSY WORKING ON PROJECTS TO BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY. SEPTEMBER THIRD, I SPEAK TO THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB. ALSO, REGARDING THE KMAQ 50TH, I WILL BE INTERVIEWED TUESDAY MORNING ON THE DERRY BROWNFIELD NATIONAL COMMON SENSE COALITION CALL-IN SHOW. ALSO, TUESDAY NIGHT, KMAQ WILL BE CONGRATULATED ON THE ST. LOUIS CARDINALS RADIO NETWORK, AND TUESDAY, THE DUBUQUE TELEGRAPH HERALD WILL DO A STORY ON KMAQ'S 50TH. A TH PHOTOGRAPHER WAS DOWN THIS MORNING TO GET A PHOTO OF ME AT THE MIC.
TUESDAY, AT FIVE DIFFERENT TIMES DURING THE DAY, WE'LL HAVE A DRAWING
FOR A $50 BILL ON KMAQ AM AND FM. SEPTEMBER FIRST, WE WILL DRAW FOR OUR AUGUST FREE RADIO. THEN, WILL STILL HAVE A RADIO TO GIVE AWAY
FOR SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER, NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER. TO BE ELIGIBLE, ONE
TIME ONLY, YOU NEED TO SEND IN OR EMAIL YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, PHONE NUMBER AND APPROXIMATELY WHAT YEAR YOU STARTED LISTENING TO KMAQ.

WE SAW THE NEW MOVIE "THE ROCKER" LAST NIGHT AT VOY 2 THEATRE. PRETTY GOOD SHOW, ESPECIALLY IF YOU LIKE ROCK MUSIC. IT IS RATED PG-13.
IT OPENED NATION-WIDE LAST NIGHT.

THE CUBS ARE DOING WELL, BUT THE CARDINALS STILL HAVE A WILD-CARD CHANCE TO MAKE THE PLAYOFFS.

SEE THE NEW KMAQ STAFF PHOTO TAKEN THIS AFTERNOON. NEXT WEDNESDAY, IT WILL BE THE FRONT COVER OF THE SHOPPER IN MAQUOKETA. CLICK ON PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT.

TAKE IT EASY.

DENNIS VOY

KMAQ STAFF PHOTO, TAKEN TODAY. CLICK ON PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT.
LEFT TO RIGHT: DENNIS VOY, OWNER-GENERAL MANAGER....RUSTY LIETZ, KMAQ-AM FULLTIME ANNOUNCER....LOIS ANN FISCHER, SALES....MAYOR TOM MESSERLI, ENGINEER AND SATURDAY MORNING FM ANNOUNCER....JAYNE EVOL, EVENING AND WEEKEND ANNOUNCER....SHERI MELVOLD, NEWS DIRECTOR....
THERESA CELENTANO, RECEPTIONIST AND TRAFFIC DIRECTOR....JIM SAUNDERS,
FULLTIME ANNOUNCER ON AM & FM....ROXANNE CLAUSING, SALES....JACI MOORE,
STUDENT ANNOUNCER....DENISE KIRK, SALES....ROBERT BRUNO, FULLTIME FM
ANNOUNCER....DOTTIE BAYLES, SALES....JIM KELLOGG, AFTERNOON AM ANNOUNCER....AND LEIGHTON HEPKER, STATION AND SALES MANAGER.

NO NEWS TODAY.

SEE PHOTOS BELOW OF OLD AND NEW FAREWAY STORES.

AND ALSO SEE BELOW, A VIDEO (THE FIRST VIDEO EVER ON THIS DAILY REPORT) TAKEN SATURDAY MORNING AT THE DEDICATION OF NEW CLINTON ENGINES MUSEUM.

THANKS FOR CHECKING IN AGAIN.

DENNIS VOY

THE OLD FAREWAY STORE IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA. IT OPENED IN 1964.
IT CLOSES TONIGHT. FAREWAY OPENS AT NEW LOCATION AT 10 TOMORROW MORNING. SEE NEW STORE BELOW.

THE NEW FAREWAY STORE, OPENS THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 2008. MUCH LARGER THAN OLD STORE. THIS STORE WILL ALSO HAVE BAKERY, DELHI, FLORAL SHOP AND LIQUOR AND BEER. THIS IS THE FORMER DICK'S BUILDING. UNLIKE DICK'S, FAREWAY TAKES GROCERIES TO THE CAR FOR CUSTOMER. THEY ADDED ON TO THE PARKING LOT AND ALSO CHANGED LOT TO ANGLE PARKING.
DENNIS VOY

Clinton Engines Museum Ribbon Cutting (Chainsaw) Video.



HERE, AT LEFT, IS DAVE STOCKHAM OF STOCKHAM AND SON CONTRACTORS IN MAQUOKETA, THE LEAD CONTRATOR FOR THE CLINTON ENGINES MUSEUM. HE INTRODUCES HAL SPRAGUE WITH THE CLINTON ENGINES OLD CHAIN SAW. HAL HAS A SMALL ENGINE REPAIR BUSINESS IN MAQUOKETA AND HIS DAD, THE LATE BUZZ SPRAGUE, WAS A LONGTIME CLINTON ENGINES EMPLOYEE.
DAVE AND HAL ARE CLOSE FRIENDS AND WORKED ON THE OLD CHAINSAW TO GET IT GOING FOR THE RIBBON CUTTING. HOLDING ONE END OF THE RIBBON IS MARK STREFF. AT THE END OF VIDEO, THE MAN WEARING THE SUIT, IS FRANCIS BOGGUS, THE IOWA GREAT PLACES COORDINATOR, THE ORGANIZATION THAT GAVE A GRANT FOR THE CLINTON ENGINES MUSEUM PROJECT. HE WAS A MAIN SPEAKER AT THE SATURDAY AFTERNOON DEDICATION CEREMONY.

NICE SUNNY DAY TODAY....IN LOW 80'S. FORECAST FOR THE REST OF WEEK
LOOKS GOOD.

YOU DIDN'T MISS THE CHAIN SAW RIBBON CUTTING VIDEO....IT WAS NEVER PUT UP HERE ON THE DAILY.

A MAQUOKETA MAN, 40 YEAR OLD JERRY ANDRESEN, WAS KILLED INSTANTLY
AT AROUND 4 A.M. SATURDAY IN DAVENPORT, ON HIS WAY TO WORK.
HE WAS TRAVELING ON WELCOME WAY IN THE CENTER LANE APPROACHING THE INTERSECTION WITH 53 STREET, AND HIS 2008 KAWASAKI MOTORCYCLE STRUCK
THE SIDE OF A 1988 MERCURY DRIVIN BY A STERLING, ILLINOIS MAN.
ANDRESEN WAS THROWN FROM THE CYCLE. HE WAS WEARING A HELMET.
BOTH VEHICLES SUSTAINED HEAVY DAMAGE. THE CAR DRIVER WAS NOT INJURED.
THE COMPLETE OBITUARY CAN BE READ AT www.carsonandson.com.

SHORT CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT AT 7.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

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TODAY, THE WEATHER WAS PERFECT. AND THERE WAS A NICE TURNOUT FOR ANOTHER BIG EVENT IN MAQUOKETA. THIS WAS THE FORMER CLINTON ENGINES ADMINISTRATION BUILDING. TODAY, IT IS THE NEW CLINTON ENGINES MUSEUM, OWNED AND OPERATED BY THE JACKSON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY. AND THE GRAND OPENING AND RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY WAS TODAY. THE EVENT STARTED OFF WITH A WAFFLE BREAKFAST AT 8 A.M....THE DEDICATION PROGRAM WAS AT 1 P.M. ..THE RIBBON CUTTING AT 2 P.M. AND A RE-UNION OF FORMER CLINTON ENGINES EMPLOYEES FOLLOWED, ALONG WITH HORSE AND WAGON TOURS OF MAQUOKETA....AND HUNDREDS OF GREAT COMMENTS FROM THOSE IN ATTENDANCE. EVERYONE LIKED THE NEW TOURIST ATTRACTION FOR MAQUOKETA IT WAS A FUN DAY. OTHER PHOTOS BELOW. REMEMBER TO CLICK-ON EACH PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT. THE RIBBON WAS CUT BY HAL SPRAGUE, USING A CLINTON ENGINES CHAINSAW. I TOOK A MOVIE OF IT FOR THIS DAILY REPORT. HAL IS A SMALL ENGINE REPAIRMAN IN MAQUOKETA, AS HIS LATE DAD BUZZ WAS. HIS DAD WAS A LONGTIME EMPLOYEE OF CLINTON ENGIENS. HOPE THE SHORT VIDEO CAME UP ON YOUR COMPUTER. IF NOT, HOPE YOU ENJOY THE PHOTOS BELOW. NEXT TIME YOU VISIT MAQUOKETA, BE SURE TO VISIT THE NEW MUSEUM. AND TELL OTHERS ABOUT IT.
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THE BASE OF THE FLAGPOLE AT THE NEW CLINTON ENGINES MUSEUM.
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THE FLAG OUT FRONT OF THE NEW CLINTON ENGINES MUSEUM. FLOWERS BY THE JACKSON COUNTY MASTER GARDENERS.
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SPEAKING HERE IS BRIGADIER GENERAL USMC (RETIRED) CHARLES MITCHELL,
THE CLINTON ENGINES DEVELOPMENT PROJECT DIRECTOR. HE WAS THE KEY
PERSON IN DEVELOPING THIS MUSEUM. AND HE WILL SAY, AND BE CORRECT, THAT HE HAD LOTS OF GOOD HELP. ALSO SPEAKING TODAY, JACKSON COUNTY SUPERVISOR JACK WILLEY, IOWA STATE SENATOR ROGER STEWART AND FRANCIS BOGGUS, STATE COORDINATOR FOR IOWA GREAT PLACES. THE GREAT PLACES GRANT TO MUSEUM WAS OVER $100,000. THE $1.3 MILLIONS MUSEUM
IS NOT PAID FOR AND DONATIONS ARE WELCOME. THE PROGRAM THAT PEOPLE RECEIVED TODAY GIVES LOTS OF INFORMATION ABOUT CLINTON ENGINES, THE NEW MUSEUM AND THE "GIVING" PROCESS. IF YOU WOULD LIKE A PROGRAM
SENT TO YOU, EMAIL ME AND I'LL SEE TO IT THAT YOU GET ONE.
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LARGE CLINTON ENGINES PHOTOS ARE ON SEVERAL WALLS IN THE NEW MUSEUM AND NOTE THE TV/COMPUTER MONITOR IN THE CENTER TELLING A STORY ABOUT THE COMPANY THAT WAS MOVED FROM CLINTON, MICHIGAN TO MAQUOKETA, IN THE 50'S, BY ITS FOUNDER, DON THOMAS, WHO DIED ABOUT 16 YEARS AGO.
HIS WIFE DIED A COUPLE YEARS LATER AND BOTH ARE BURIED IN CLINTON, MICHIGAN. THEY HAD ONE SON AND TWO DAUGHTERS. THE SON AND ONE DAUGHTER WERE AT THE DEDICATION TODAY.
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THERE ARE MANY DISPLAYS LIKE THIS ONE IN THE NEW MUSEUM.
HERE'S A TINY CLINTON ENGINES MOTOR SCOOTER.
EIGHTEEN MILLION ENGINES WERE MANUFACTURED DURING THE TIME THE PLANT WAS IN OPERATION IN MAQUOKETA, STARTING IN THE EARLY 50'S AND INTO THE 70'S. AT ONE TIME, OVER 2,000 PEOPLE WORKED AT THE PLANT. MAQUOKETA WAS THE HOME OF THE WORLD'S LARGEST SMALL ENGINE MANUFACTURER..CLINTON ENGINES.
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AT THE NEW CLINTON ENGINES MUSEUM, YOU'LL LEARN HOW AN ENGINE WAS MADE, AFTER VIEWING AND READING DISPLAYS LIKE IN THIS PHOTO. THERE ARE ALSO COMPUTER SCREENS SHOWING CLINTON ENGINES BEING MADE OR ADVERTISED AND MANY PLACES, YOU CAN PUSH A BUTTON, PUT AN EARPHONE TO YOUR EAR AND HEAR THE DESCRIPTION OF THE DISPLAY IN FRONT OF YOU.
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YES, CLINTON ENGINES MANUFACTURED MOTOR SCOOTERS OR GUESS THIS IS A MOTOR BIKE. IT IS ON DISPLAY AT THE NEW CLINTON ENGINES MUSEUM.
IT WOULD BE A POPULAR, ECONOMICAL MODE OF TRAVEL TODAY.
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A DISPLAY OF CLINTON ENGINES AT THE MUSEUM.
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A LARGE GROUP LISTENED TO FOUR SPEAKERS AT THE CLINTON ENGINES
MUSEUM DEDICATION TODAY. THE PROGRAM WAS IN THE BASEMENT AND'
SPEAKING HERE IS CHARLES MITCHEL. EVERYONE CALLS HIM "MITCH".
HIS WIFE OF MANY MANY YEARS IS BONNIE WELLS, MCHS GRAD, AND NOW THE CURATOR OF THE MUSEUMS. SHE AND THE KIDS FOLLOWED MITCH, A MARINE
OFFICER, TO THE VARIOUS STATIONS HE WAS ASSIGNED TO DURING HIS CAREER IN THE U.S. MARINES. HE HAS SPENT TWO YEARS AT THE CLINTON ENGINES BUILDING, AS A VOLUNTEER, BRINGING THE BUILDING FROM NEAR RUINS TO THE GREAT MUSEUM IT IS TODAY.
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FRIDAY WAS ANOTHER GREAT DAY.....BEAUTIFUL WEATHER.

YESTERDAY, NANCY AND I TOOK A QUICK TRIP TO THE STATE FAIR IN DES MOINES AND THEY ARE HAVING RECORD CROWDS BECAUSE OF THE GOOD, COOLER WEATHER.
WE SAW TWO OTHER PEOPLE THERE WE KNEW.

IOWA CORN CROP IS TURNING OUT BETTER THAN EXPECTED, BECAUSE OF THE GOOD JULY WEATHER.

JACKSON COUNTY WILL HAVE A NEW COUNTY ATTORNEY. PHIL TABOR APPLIED FOR THE JOB OF CLINTON COUNTY ASSOCIATE JUDGE, TO REPLACE JUDGE ARLEN VAN ZEE WHO IS RETIRING. THERE WERE 16 APPLICATIONS AND TABOR WAS THEN PUT IN THE TOP 3 AND YESTERDAY, GOT THE JOB. HE HAS BEEN COUNTY ATTORNEY HERE SINCE JANUARY OF 2007 AND WAS ALSO JACKSON COUNTY ATTORNEY FROM 1990 - 2000. IN BETWEEN, HE WAS IN PRIVATE PRACTICE HERE IN MAQUOKETA. HIS WIFE NANCY, IS A DISTRICT COURT JUDGE. FOR THE NEW CLINTON COUNTY JUDGESHIP, PHIL TABOR WILL HAVE TO MOVE TO CLINTON COUNTY. SUPERVISORS HAVE 50 DAYS TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT FOR THE POSITION OF JACKSON COUNTY ATTORNEY. THERE IS AN ASSISTANT NOW, AND HE COULD BE APPOINTED. COUNTY RESIDENTS ALSO COULD PETITION THE COUNTY FOR A SPECIAL ELECTION TO FILL THE POSITION.

THE JACKSON COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS SAY THEY SUPPORT THE MOVING OF THE MAQUOKETA AIRPORT ROAD TO HELP THE AIRPORT COME INTO COMPLIANCE WITH THE FAA. THE MOVING WOULD ALLOW THE RUNWAY TO BE EXTENDED.
COST IS ESTIMATED AT $813,000. THE FAA MAY PAY AS MUCH AS 95% AND THE CITY AND COUNTY TO PAY THE BALLANCE. THIS WAS DISCUSSED AT THE MEETING LAST NIGHT OF THE MAQUOKETA AIRPORT COMMISSION. ALSO TALKED ABOUT WAS THE IDEA OF PAVING THE NEW ROAD. IT IS ESTIMATED IT COULD BE 2 OR 3 YEARS BEFORE ALL OF THIS COULD HAPPEN.

TOMORROW, THE PUBLIC GETS TO SEE THE NEW CLINTON ENGINES MUSEUM, IN THE REDONE BUILDING THAT WAS THE COMPANY'S HEADQUARTERS. A WAFFLE BREAKFAST KICKS OFF THE SPECIAL DAY. RIBBON CUTTING AT 1 AND TOURS ALL DAY. ALSO, FORMER CLINTON ENGIENS EMPLOYEES AND FAMILY WILL BE ATTENDING AT THE BUILDING, A COMPANY REUNION. EVERYONE IS WELCOME TOMORROW AND NO CHARGE TO SEE THE NEW MUSEUM. THERE WILL BE A CHARGE FOR THE WAFFLE BREAKFAST WITH THE WAFFLES DONE BY A FIRM OUT OF ALGONA.

WE HAVE NOT OBITUARIES.

HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.

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NICE DAY AGAIN...HIGH IN UPPER 70'S. THE FORECAST IS GOOD FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK AND WEEKEND.

PRESTON, EAST CENTRAL(MILES AND SABULA) AND NORTHEAST(GOOSE LAKE) SCHOOL DISTRICTS START SCHOOL TOMORROW. MAQUOKETA STARTS SCHOOL
MONDAY.

THE PEACE PIPE PLAYERS ARE PUTTING ON THEIR NEXT PLAY SEPTEMBER 26 AND 27
AT THE BEAR CREEK LODGE (FORMER KFC BUILDING) IN MAQUOKETA. IT WILL
BE A DINNER-THEATRE. AUDITIONS FOR THE MURDER-MYSTERY WILL BE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AT THE OLD RACQUETBALL CLUB SOUTH OF HAPPY JOES.
THAT BUILDING, BY THE WAY, IS NOW FOR SALE. THE CAST CALLS FOR FOUR MALES AND THREE FEMALES AND THEY WILL BE DIRECTED BY SHARON GOETTLER (563-652-2338). TICKETS FOR "OVER MY DEAD BODY" WILL BE $25 AND THERE WILL BE LIMITED SEATING BECAUSE THE LODGE IS SMALL. ORDER TICKETS NOW FROM SHARON AT THE ABOVE NUMBER AND AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT.

AT THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING MONDAY NIGHT, THE BOARD HIRED KAY WIRTH OF MAQUOKETA AS THE NEW THIRD GRADE TEACHER AT BRIGG'S ELEMENTARY TO REPLACE JOAN BOLLMAN WHO WAS NAMED CARDINAL ELEMENTARY PRINCIPAL.
THERE WERE 77 APPLICANTS. ALSO HIRED, TOD BOWMAN AS VARSITY GIRL'S GOLF COACH AND SCOTT JESS AS CO-ED HEAD CROSS COUNTRY COACH. ALSO, CRAIG BURKEN WAS HIRED TO BE WELDING INSTRUCTOR EVERY OTHER DAY IN MAQUOKETA. HE REPLACES JOHN MANSON WHO RETIRED.

A BIG FUSE BLEW OUT IN MAQUOKETA ABOUT 10 THIS MORNING AND ELECTRICTY WAS OUT AT SCATTERED AREAS OF THE CITY FOR ABOUT AN HOUR.

CHECK THE PHOTO BELOW AND HAVE A GOOD WEDNEDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY.

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HAVE YOU SEEN THIS SEMI ON THE ROAD? IT TRAVELS AROUND THE COUNTRY, ADVERTISING JACKSON COUNTY. CLICK ON PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT. WHEN
JACKSON COUNTY BECAME A "GREAT PLACES" COUNTY AROUND A YEAR AGO,
THIS ROVING SEMI WAS ONE OF THE BENEFITS. IT WAS ON DISPLAY IN JULY IN MAQUOKETA DURING THE FIVE DAYS OF THE JACKSON COUNTY FAIR AND WAS IN THE FAIR PARADE. IT WILL ALSO BE ON DISPLAY THIS SATURDAY DURING THE OPEN HOUSE OF THE NEW CLINTON ENGINES MUSEUM IN MAQUOKETA.
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PARTY SUNNY DAY TODAY, A HIGH OF 78.

THE JACKSON COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS HAVE AGREED TO JOIN A NEW
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GROUP INVOLVING OTHER COUNTIES. THIS MORNING, THE SUPERVISORS APPROVED A RESOLUTION TO BECOME PART OF A NEW ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GROUP CALLED EASTERN IOWA DEVEOPMENT ALLIANCE. IT WILL INCLUDE THE COUNTIES OF CEDAR, MUSCATINE, SCOTT, CLINTON AND JACKSON.
THE GROUP WILL BE OVERSEEN BY EASTERN IOWA COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND THE QUAD CITY DEVELOPMENT GROUP. THE NEW GROUP WILL APPLY FOR A $75,000 GRANT WHICH WOULD NEED TO BE MATCHED. JACKSON COUNTY'S MAXIMUM MATCH WOULD BE $2,606. IF THE COUNTIES ALL JOIN, THEY COULD HAVE $112,000 AS A BUDGET. THE GROUP HOPES TO HAVE THEIR OWN WEB SITE. STACY DRISCOLL, MAQUOKETA CHAMBER DIRECTOR AND MAQUOKETA CITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, WILL ALSO BE THE REPRESENTATIVE OF JACKSON COUNTY TO THE NEW GROUP.

ON THE MAQUOKETA POLICE BLOTTER: HARVEY EHLERS OF LISA DRIVE REPORTED THAT A TOOL BOX WAS TAKEN FROM HIS TRUCK.
MIKE WING OF NORTH 5TH STREET, REPORTED THAT A NAIL GUN WAS STOLEN FROM HIS GARAGE.
BRAD HANSEN OF WEST MONROE STREET, REPORTED THAT A MARINE RADIO WAS TAKEN FROM HIS TRUCK.
AND MIKE SMITH REPORTED HIS CD PLAYER WAS MISSING FROM HIS CAR WHEN PARKED ON SOUTH MAIN STREET MONDAY.

HERE'S A CORRECTION ON A STORY I HAD YESTERDAY REGARDING THE JACKSON COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. THE SUPERVISOR, THE COUNTY, HAS RECEIVED ONE TRAILER BACK (FROM UNPAID TAXES) IN A MOBIL HOME PARK ON EAST PLATT STREET. AND THE COUNTY PLANS TO DEMOLISH THAT ONE MOBIL HOME TRAILER FOR SCRAP.

THANKS FOR THE VISIT.

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MCHS New Gym and Dedication Photos from David Voy.
David took nearly 100 Photos and has them on the Maquoketa Online Flickr Page.
Also find a short story and same link on David's Maquoketa Area Blog, www.DavidVoy.Com

BEAUTIFUL MONDAY. SUNNY AND COOL FOR AUGUST. WEEKEND, EXCEPT FOR A COUPLE SHOWERS, WAS ALSO NICE AND THE WEEK AHEAD SHOULD BE PRETTY GOOD.

YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, THE ADDITION TO THE HIGH SCHOOL OPEN HOUSE
WAS HELD. SEE PHOTOS BELOW. NICE EVENT. I WAS SURPRISED THAT MANY SKIPPED THE EVENT.

THE JACKSON COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS HAVE TWO ADDITIONAL PARCELS OF LAND WHICH THEY RECEIVED AFTER THE TAXES WERE NOT PAID ON THE PROPERTIES.
THEY NOW OWN 2.52 ACRES AT GERMAN STREET AND CRESLANE THAT THEY WILL PUT UP FOR SALE. ALSO, A TRAILER PARK ON EAST PLATT STREET NEXT TO THE VET CLINIC. THE SUPERVISORS SAID THEY WILL DISMANTLE THE TRAILERS AND SELL THEM FOR SCRAP AND THEN SELL THE LAND. AND THE SUPERVISORS HAVE THE FORMER S & H INDUSTRIAL BUILDING ON SUMMIT STREET UP FOR SALE.
THERE HAS BEEN SOME INTEREST SHOWN IN THAT LARGE BUILDING.

MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD MEETING TONIGHT.

A BIRTH. KATHY AND BRUCE HAYLOCK OF DUBUQUE, AND FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA, ARE PARENTS OF A GIRL, BORN WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6TH.
MATERNAL GRANDMOTHER IS MARY SCOTT OF MAQUOKETA.

THE NEW TEACHER LUNCHEON, SPONSORED BY THE MAQUOKETA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, WAS HELD AT NOON AT THE NEW COMMONS AREA IN THE HIGH SCHOOL. THOSE RECOGNIZED: JOAN BOLLMAN, NEW CARDINAL PRINCIPAL.
MARK VERVAECKE, NEW HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL. MARY DURAY, NEW TEACHER AT SACRED HEART. TOM PETAROS AND SAMANTHA TILL, NEW TEACHERS AT DELWOOD. MARY KAY WIRTH, NEW TEACHER AT BRIGGS. CHET KNAKE, HALEY ROEHRKASSSE, HILLARY WADDELL AND KRISTEN WRIGHT, NEW AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND BARB BESCH, ASHELY SUTHERS, CHRISTINA TISUE AND ANDREW URBAIN, NEW TEACHERS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK...AND BE SURE TO CHECK THE PHOTOS I TOOK YESTERDAY
AFTERNOON.

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THE NEW ADDITION TO THE 1964 ORIGINAL MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL WAS
OPENED TO THE PUBLIC YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. IT WAS CALLED A REDEDICATION. ONE WORD BEST DESCRIBES THE NEW ADDITION. WOW!!!
THIS PHOTO WAS TAKEN AFTER APPROXIMATELY 300 WENT INSIDE THE BUILDING FOLLOWING THE 2:00 P.M. RIBBON CUTTING. TURNOUT WAS LOWER THAN I EXPECTED. THE HIGH RED PART IN THE MIDDLE IS THE AREA ABOVE THE ENTRY, COMMONS AREA AND OFFICE. IT IS A LARGE, OPEN SPACE. TO THE LEFT, THE NEW GYM. TO THE RIGHT, THE LARGE NEW CAFETERIA. YOU HAVE TO SEE IT IN PERSON TO APPRECIATE ITS SIZE AND BEAUTY. NO DOUBT, MAQUOKETA NOW HAS ONE OF THE FINEST GYMS IN THE STATE. THE CAFETERIA, WEIGHT ROOM,
OFFICE AND COMMONS AREA....ALL SPACIOUS AND ATTRACTIVE. ALL AIR-CONDITIONED. TRULY FIRST CLASS. CONGRATULATIONS TO SUPT. KIM HUCKSTADT, THE BOARD OF EDUCTION, AND EVERYONE THAT HAD A HAND IN THE COMPLETION OF THIS NEW MAQUOKETA FACILITY, TO BETTER EDUCATE OUR STUDENTS OF TODAY AND OUR LEADERS OF THE FUTURE. THE $6 MILLION PLUS ADDITION ALL PAID FOR BY THE 1% LOCAL OPTION SALES TAX. NEXT TIME YOU VISIT MAQUOKETA, YOU MUST VISIT THE HIGH SCHOOL. AND AFTER...YOU'LL ALSO WANT TO SEE MAQUOKETA'S OTHER TWO NEW SHOWPLACES....THE YMCA AND THE FIRE STATION. A GOOD TIME TO COME WOULD BE THE WEEK AND WEEKEND AFTER LABOR DAY FOR THE 2008 IOWA FIREMEN'S STATE CONVENTION, HOSTED BY MAQUOKETA FIREMEN.
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ANN HAWKS, PRESIDENT OF THE SCHOOL BOARD, CUTS THE RIBBON. OTHER BOARD MEMBERS SURROND HER. NOTE, DR. J. A. BROMAN IN WHEELCHAIR. HE WAS A LONGTIME BOARD MEMBER. MANY PAST BOARD MEMBERS WERE PRESENT AND
RECOGNIZED. A COUPLE HUNDRED PEOPLE OBSERVED THE CUTTING OF THE RIBBON WHILE STANDING IN THE CIRCULAR DRIVE IN FRONT OF THE NEW ENTRY. IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL DAY, SUNNY AND COOL FOR THIS TIME OF THE YEAR. AFTER TAKING THE TOUR, GUESTS WERE TREATED TO COOKIES AND PUNCH.
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THIS LARGE CARDINAL IS ON THE COMMONS AREA FLOOR.
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LOOKING FROM THE LARGE OPEN COMMONS AREA TO THE FRONT, MAIN ENTRYWAY.
NOTE THE HIGH OPEN AREA AND HIGH CEILING. TO THE LEFT, IS THE CAFETERIA.
TO THE RIGHT, THE ENTRANCE TO THE GYM AND BEHIND ME WHEN PICTURE WAS TAKEN IS THE NEW OFFICE AREA.
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THIS IS A VIEW OF THE LARGE OFFICE AREA AND RECEPTION COUNTER
JUST ACROSS THE COMMONS AREA AND FRONT DOORS. NOT ENOUGH LIGHT
FOR THIS PHOTO.
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THE WORKOUT, WEIGHT ROOM FOR THE WRESTLING PROGRAM. AND YOU ARE ONLY SEEING SOME OF THE EQUIPMENT IN THIS PHOTO. TWO WALLS OF THE ROOM INCLUDE LARGE FLOOR TO CEILING WINDOWS OVERLOOKING THE CAMPUS.
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THE 45-MINUTE PROGRAM, AFTER THE RIBBON CUTTING, WAS INSIDE THE NEW
CAFETERIA, TWICE THE SIZE OF THE OLD CAFETERIA. SUPT. KIM HUCKSTADT
IS AT THE SPEAKER'S ROSTRUM.
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THE LARGE, COLORFUL HIGH SCHOOL GYM. NOTE, YOU WALK AROUND
THE BACK ROWS AND THEN YOU WALK DOWN TO THE ROW WHERE YOU WANT TO SIT. NO WALKING ON THE FLOOR WHERE THE PLAYERS ARE, AND LOOKING UP FOR A SEAT. THERE IS A STAIRWAY IN EACH OF THE FOUR CORNERS ALSO, TO USE WHEN THE BLEACHERS ARE NOT FOLDED OUT TO WALK UP OR DOWN ON. ALSO, IN ONE CORNER, AN ELEVATOR. AND..NOTE THE BIG OVERHEAD SCOREBOARD. THE GYM WILL HOLD NEARLY TWICE AS MANY FANS AS THE OLD GYM. THE OLD GYM HAS A NEW FLOOR, AND WILL BE USED FOR PRACTICE AND PE.
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ANOTHER NICE DAY....SUNNY....HIGH AROUND 80. BUT, RAIN IS NOW IN THE FORECAST FOR TOMORROW. THEN NICE AGAIN SUNDAY.

HAVE YOU CHECKED OUT THE NEW MAQUOKETA MASON'S WEB SITE
YET?....www.maquoketamasons.org

THE FAREWAY STORE ...MOVING TO THE FORMER DICK'S SUPER MARKET...
IS NOW ADDING TO THE PARKING LOT AT THE NEW LOCATION. AND...FAREWAY
IS HOPING TO MOVE IN ABOUT 3 WEEKS.

DENISE KIRK, KMAQ SALES, IS CELEBRATING HER 49TH BIRTHDAY TODAY.

HOSPICE OF JACKSON COUNTY HAS MOVED ITS OFFICES FROM THE HOSPITAL TO THE FORMER MEDICAL ASSOCIATES BUILDING ON QUARRY STREET IN MAQUOKETA.
HOSPICE IS RENTING SPACE UNTIL A NEW HOSPICE HOUSE IS BUILT. HOSPICE
NEEDED ADDITIONAL SPACE AND THE HOSPITAL NEEDS THE SPACE HOSPICE IS USING NOW. THE NEW LOCATION IS HOUSING HOSPICE OFFICES ONLY AND AND IT IS NOT DESIGNED TO HOUSE PATIENTS. THE NEW HOSPICE HOUSE WILL BE BUILT AT THE FORMER BICENTENNIAL PARK ON WEST GROVE STREET, ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE HOSPITAL. THE PLAN IS FOR A SEVEN-BED FACILITY.
ESTIMATED COST, $2MILLION. THE FUND RAISING EFFORT ILL BEGIN IN A FEW MONTHS. THE HOSPICE PHONE NUMBER IS STILL 563-652-0123.

THE MAQUOKETA FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED TO A STOVE FIRE AT THE ANDRIANA JACKSON RESIDENCE ON NORTH MAIN AROUND 1:30 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. SOMETHING ON THE STOVE WAS ON FIRE AND WAS QUICKLY EXTINGUISHED.

FORMER MAQUOKETA RESIDENT JACKIE JAN LEFT $205,000 TO SIX MAQUOKETA INSTITUTIONS WHEN HE DIED EARLIER THIS YEAR. JAN, AGE 72, DIED IN APRIL AND WAS A MHS GRAD. THE MONEY WILL GO AS FOLLOWS: $40-THOUSAND TO THE MAQUOKETA AREA FOUNDATION....THE SAME FOR THE LIBRARY....$30-THOUSAND TO THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY....THE SAME FOR THE FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH AND $25-THOUSAND TO THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL DISTRICT.

THEY ARE POURING NEW SIDEWALKS AT BRIGG'S ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TODAY.

AND SOUTH JONES AVENUE IS GETTING RE-DONE, ABOUT 2 BLOCKS FROM
PLATT STREET SOUTH.

HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.

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THIS IS THE KMAQ 50TH ANNIVERSARY RADIO FOR AUGUST, ON DISPLAY IN THE KMAQ FRONT WINDOW. IF YOU STILL HAVE NOT REGISTERED....WE NEED YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, PHONE NUMBER AND APPROXIMATELY WHAT YEAR YOU STARTED LISTENING TO KMAQ. ANY OTHER COMMENTS WILL BE WELCOME.
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A PERFECT DAY TODAY. SUNNY AND IN THE 80'S, WITH A BREEZE. MORE OF SAME EXPECTED FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK.

THE RIBBON CUTTING FOR THE NEW HIGH SCHOOL GYM, CAFETERIA, AND COMMONS AREA WILL BE AT 2 P.M. THIS SUNDAY, WITH A SHORT PROGRAM TO FOLLOW.
NEW IS A $6.6 MILLION GYM AND CAFETERIA AREA. THE NEW GYM WILL
SEAT 1,640, COMPARED TO THE CURRENT GYM, 700. THE NEW CAFETERIA
WILL SEAT ONE-THIRD MORE STUDIOS. THE PROJECT WAS PAID FOR WITH LOCAL OPTION SALES TAX REVENUS. AND THE MAQUOKETA ATHLETIC BOOSTER CLUB
PROVIDED $80,000 TO EQUIP THE WEIGHT ROOM. THIS SUNDAY, PASTOR GJERDE OF THE LUTHERAN CHURCH WILL GIVE THE INVOCATION AND BENEDICTION.
HIGH SCHOOL VOCAL STUDENTS AND THE ALUMNI WILL PARTICIPATE.
THERE WILL BE COMMENTS BY BOARD MEMBERS AND SUPT. HUCKSTADT.
TOURS OF THE GYM AND CAFETERIA WILL BE GIVEN. THE EVENT IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. THE 2:00 P.M. PROGRAM WILL BE BROADCAST "LIVE" ON KMAQ AM AND FM. I WILL HAVE SOME PHOTOS NEXT WEEK HERE ON THE DAILY REPORT.

THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL HAS POSTPONED A DECISION TO PAINT ALL FIRE HYDRANS IN THE CITY. ESTIMATED COST, $4,461, TO PAINT THE 300 HYDRANTS.
AT THE PRESENT TIME, THERE IS NO MONEY IN THE BUDGET FOR DOING THE PAINTING.

TWO BIRTHS: JOAN AND CHRIS WATTERS OF DUBUQUE ARE PARENTS OF A GIRL, BORN JULY 29TH AT FINLEY HOSPITAL IN DUBUQUE. MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE BILL AND CAROL IHRIG OF RURAL MONMOUTH. GREAT GRANDPARENTS ARE
WALTER AND MONICA IHRIG OF RURAL MONMOUTH. PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE LARRY AND ANITA WATTERS OF MAQUOKETA. GREAT GRANDMOTHER IS
DAISY CLASEN OF LAMOTTE.

AND, MR. AND MRS. DREW WINEGAR ARE PARENTS OF A GIRL, BORN AUGUST 1ST AT FINLEY IN DUBUQUE. MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE MIKE AND GAIL OLIVER
OF APPLETON, WISCONSIN AND FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA. PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE BOB AND AUDREY WINEGAR OF MAQUOKETA. GREAT GRANDPARENTS ARE DOUG AND SHIRLEY WINEGAR AND SANDRA CURNUTT ALL OF MAQUOKETA.

THANKS FOR CHECKING IN. SEE THE NEW PHOTO BELOW.

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HERE IS THE WINNER OF THE KMAQ 50TH ANNIVERSARY JULY RADIO. MEET
JEAN COONS OF 410 SOUTH MATTESON, APARTMENT A, IN MAQUOKETA.
SHE HAS BEEN LISTENING TO KMAQ FOR 35 YEARS.
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WE HIT 90 YESTERDAY. THEN GOT A STORM LAST NIGHT. AN INCH OF RAIN.
COOL AND DRY FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK.

DR. STEVE BROMAN IS HOME FROM COLORADO, VISITING HIS DAD. THEY WERE AT COFFEE THE OTHER DAY. DR. BROMAN IS DOING FINE.

RON AND SHIRLEY MILLER WERE HOME FROM ARIZONA VISITING FRIENDS AND
RELATIVES. BOTH LOOKING GREAT. WELL...SHIRLEY OF COURSE LOOKS A LOT BETTER THAN RON. NICE OF THEM TO STOP IN AT KMAQ TO SAY HELLO AND VISIT FOR AWHILE.

BONNIE THEDE IS HOME VISITING TWO THEDE FAMILIES IN TOWN. SHE'S IN HER LOW 80'S....HAS AN RV AND HAS FUN TRAVELING THE COUNTRY. AFTER RAISING 12 KIDS...GOOD FOR HER. TROY (OWNER OF THE DECKER HOTEL) IS THE YOUNGEST.
AND YES...THERE IS THE OTHER BONNIE THEDE IN MAQUOKETA. SHE IS MARRIED TO TO TROY'S BROTHER TOM, AND THEY RUN THE BAKERY.

PHIL RASMUSSEN (RETIRED) IS IN TOWN VISITING HIS FOLKS, JERRY AND DOROTHY.
BEEN AT COFFEE WITH JERRY LAST COUPLE MORNINGS. LIVES ON THE WEST COAST.

THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL MET LAST NIGHT. THE COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATOR, FRANK FRIEBERG, TOLD THE COUNCIL ABOUT THE VIOLATIONS AN INSPECTOR FOUND AT THE CITY'S OLD OUTDOOR POOL. HIS FORMAL REPORT REQUIRES THE CITY TO RESPOND BY WEEK'S END AS TO WHAT CORRECTIONS THE CITY WILL TAKE OR CLOSE THE POOL. THE POOL IS OPEN NOW. THE MAYOR ASKED FRIEBERG TO ASK THE STATE FOR AN EXTENSION BEYOND THIS WEEK, ON WHAT THE CITY PLANS TO DO ABOUT THE VIOLATIONS. DURING A RECENT MAQUOKETA YMCA STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING, FRIEBERG ESTIMATED REPAIR COSTS AT $300,000. FRIEBERG PROVIDED A SLIDE SHOW FOR THE COUNCIL TO SEE LAST NIGHT, SHOWING PICTURES OF THE PROBLEMS AT THE POOL. THE POOL HAS BEEN OPEN THIS SUMMER, AFTER A $25,000 COMMUNITY FUND DRIVE TO SUPPLEMENT THE COST OF RUNNING IT THIS SUMMER. AND, FROM WHAT I AM HEARING,
(OR OBSERVING)....THE DAILY POOL ATTENDANCE HAS BEEN ON THE LOW SIDE. FOR NEXT YEAR, IF MAQUOKETA IS TO PROVIDE AN OUTDOOR POOL IN THE SUMMER, THE OPTIONS ARE: A/ REPAIR THE OLD POOL. B/ BUILD A NEW ONE ADJACENT TO THE YMCA BUILDING OR C/ DO NOTHING. IF DO NOTHING IS THE OPTION TAKEN, I THINK THEY SHOULD CONSIDER CLEARING OUT THE POOL AND BATHHOUSE AND MAKING ADDITIONAL PARKING FOR THE YOUTH CENTER (USED BY THE Y) AND FOR THE GOODENOW FOOTBALL FIELD ACROSS THE STREET, WHERE ADDITIONAL PARKING SPACES DURING FOOTBALL GAMES WOULD BE APPRECIATED.
THE FIRST OUT DOOR POOL (WHICH WAS LOCATED RIGHT NEXT TO THE BATHHOUSE) WAS CLEARED OUT AND FILLED IN LAST SUMMER. I WOULD THINK THAT ENTIRE CORNER WOULD PROVIDE QUITE A FEW PARKING SPACES.

JACKSON COUNTY ATTORNEY PHIL TABOR IS ONE OF THREE FINALISTS FOR THE ASSOCIATE JUDGE POSITION IN CLINTON COUNTY. TABOR WAS ONE OF 16 APPLICANTS. THE NEW JUDGE WILL REPLACE JUDGE ARLEN VAN ZEE WHO IS RETIRING IN OCTOBER.

THE MAQUOKETA SENTINEL PRESS SUFFERED A LIGHTNING STRIKE AND THIS CAUSED A BREAKDOWN. CONSEQUENTLY, DELIVERY OF THE WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6TH SENTINEL-PRESS TO SUBSCRIBERS IN SOME AREAS OUTSIDE MAQUOKETA WILL BE DELAYED BY A DAY. MAQUOKETA SUBSCRIBERS WILL RECEIVE THEIR PAPERS WEDNESDAY AS USUAL.

THE AUCTION HELD SUNDAY AFTERNOON AT THE OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER IN MAQUOKETA, RAISED OVER $10,000 FOR OHNWARD. A PAINTING BY ROSE
FRANTZEN BROUGHT THE HIGHEST BID, OVER $3,000.

THANKS FOR CHECKING IN. SEE THE PHOTO BELOW THAT I TOOK LAST NIGHT.
CLICK ON IT TO ENLARGE IT.

DENNIS VOY

YES, SOME WORK IS BEING DONE AT THE SCENE OF JANUARY'S FIRE IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA. THIS IS THE ATIENZA DENTAL BUILDING. THE SOUTH WALL WAS
EXTENSIVELY DAMAGED BY THE FIRE AND THE ROOF. AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE IS NOW A BRAND NEW WALL, FINISHED OFF TO MATCH THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING.
THE ROOF HAS BEEN REPLACED AND NOW INTERIOR WORK IS BEING DONE.
NOTE, THEY HAD TO HAUL AWAY ABOUT A 10 FOOT WIDE SWATH OF DEBRIS TO WORK ON THE WALL. YOU CAN'T SEE IT, BUT TO THE RIGHT, SOUTH, IS THE
BIG MESS. PEOPLE ARE GETTING ANGRY ABOUT NOTHING BEING DONE.
THE MAJOR PHARMACY RETAIL BUILDING PROPOSED FOR DOWNTOWN, IS NOW ONLY A POSSIBILITY AND A FINAL DECISION HAS BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL THIS FALL. THE COST TO HAUL AWAY THE RUINS WILL BE COSTLY....A HALF TO A MILLION DOLLARS. THE CITY DOES NOT OWN THE BUILDINGS AND THEREFORE IS NOT RESPONSIBLE. KEEP TUNED.
ANYWAY, WHAT HAS BEEN DONE, AS YOU SEE ABOVE, LOOKS NICE.
DENNIS VOY

HOT TODAY...HIGH NEAR 90.

GOOD COMMENTS TODAY AFTER THE OPENING LAST NIGHT AT THE OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER IN MAQUOKETA OF "THE BEST LITTLE WHOREHOUSE IN TEXAS".
IT IS ON TONIGHT, TOMORROW NIGHT AND A FINAL PERFORMANCE AT 3 SUNDAY
AFTERNOON.

MAQUOKETA WILL HAVE ONE CONTEST IN THE SCHOOL ELECTION SEPTEMBER 9TH.
INCUMBENT ANNE HAWKS WILL FACE CHALLENGER GEORGE HOUSTON. THE OTHER
CANDIDATE, INCUMBENT BILL SCHWENKER WILL BE UNOPPOSED FOR RE-ELECTION.

THE MAQUOKETA CAVES STATE PARK WILL HAVE AN APPRECIATION DAY SUNDAY, FROM 9 A.M. UNTIL 5 P.M. PARK RANGER LARRY ZIRKELBACH SAYS THE EVENT IS FREE. FREE REFRESHMENTS, PRIZES, AND MUSIC FROM 11 A.M. UNTIL 12:30 P.M.
BY SCOTT AND MICHELLE DALZIEL OF MAQUOKETA. THERE WILL BE FUN FOR ALL THE FAMILY. ZIRKELBACH ESTIMATES AT LEAST 100,000 PEOPLE GO THROUGH THE CAVES DURING THE YEAR.

JOAN AND CHRIS WATTERS OF DUBUQUE ARE PARENTS OF A GIRL BORN TUESDAY AT FINLEY IN DUBUQUE. GRANDPARENTS IN MAQUOKETA ARE LARRY ADN ANITA WATTERS.

HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY