Monday, April 14, 2008

WEEKEND WEATHER WAS SO SO....OK.
TODAY, NICE. SUNNY AND IN 50'S.
WARMER TOMORROW AND MAYBE IN 70'S WEDNESDAY.

THE MAQUOKETA POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING AN INCIDENT IN WHICH AN EXPLOSIVE DEVICE WAS DETONATED BY STUDENTS OUTSIDE THE MAQUOKETA MIDDLE SCHOOL LAST WEEK. POLICE CHIEF BRAD KORANDA SAID CHARGES
AE PENDING IN THE INCIDENT WHICH HAPPENED AT 3:52 P.M. WEDNESDAY IN FRONT OF THE SCHOOL. NO ONE WAS HURT AND NO DAMAGE WAS LISTED. THE CHIEF SAID FIVE STUDENTS ARE INVOLVED WITH TWO AS THE MAIN INSTIGATORS FOR WHAT'S TERMED A MAGUYVER BOMB. DARREN RISENER, THE MAQUOKETA POLICE RESOURCE OFFICER FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, SAID THE SCHOOL HAS TAKEN DICIPLINARY ACTION AGAINST TEH STUDENTS WHO WERE NOT NAMED.

SCHOOL BOARD MEETING TONIGHT. STARTS OFF WITH A TOUR OF THE NEW GYM AT 5 P.M. THE NEW GYM IS LOOKING GREAT FROM THE OUTSIDE. RED TRIM IS BEING PUT IN PLACE AND THE NEW CIRCULAR DRIVE IN FRONT OF ENTRANCE IS
DONE AND BIGGER THAN THE OLD ONE.

THE HOSPITAL BOARD MEETS TONIGHT AT COSTELLO'S OLD MILL RECEPTION
HALL JUST EAST OF MAQUOKETA. NO IDEA WHY THEY ARE MEETING THERE.
THE ONLY ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS TO TALK ABOUT STRATEGIC PLANNING FOR THE HOSPITAL. THE MEETING IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

CHECK THE PHOTOS BELOW THAT I TOOK SATURDAY.

DENNIS VOY
THE MASONS WERE IN MAQUOKETA SATURDAY AFTERNOON. HELION LODGE #36 OF MAQUOKETA HOSTED A CORNERSTONE CEREMONY AT THE NEW MAQUOKETA FIRE STATION AT 2 P.M. THEY DID THIS FOR THE NEW CITY HALL IN THE LATE 80'S AND FOR THE NEW LIBRARY ADDITION 12 YEARS AGO. THE ACTUAL CEREMONY WAS CONDUCTED BY OUT OF TOWN STATE OFFICERS. BECAUSE IT WAS COLD AND WINDY, THE EVENT WAS HELD INSIDE THE NEW STATION. HERE, THE MASONS, INCLUDING LOCAL MASONS, LINED UP TO MARCH INTO THE FIRE STATION.
AFTER THE NATIONAL ANTHEM WAS PLAYED BY THE MAQUOKETA BAND, THE HALF-HOUR CEREMONY WAS HELD. MAQUOKETA FIREMEN, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS,
AND OTHERS WERE PRESENT TO WATCH THE PROCEEDINGS, ALSO TAPED FOR
THE LOCAL ACCESS CHANNEL. AN IMPRESSIVE CEREMONY. A TIME CAPSULE WAS PUT IN THE CORNERSTONE.
DENNIS VOY
THE GRAND MASON OF IOWA IS SEATED, LISTENING TO REMARKS BY MAQUOKETA MAYOR AND FIREMAN TOM MESSERLI AT THE CEREMONY SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
ONLY THE GRAND MASON CAN WEAR THE HAT.
DENNIS VOY
TTHIS IS A PHOTO I TOOK OF THE CORNERSTONE THAT WAS PUT IN PLACE BY JOHN CRESSEY SATURDAY AFTERNOON, IN A SPACE LEFT FOR IT IN THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE NEW FIRE STATION.
DENNIS VOY
THIS IS THE NEW MAQUOKETA FIRE STATION AS IT LOOKS TODAY. THEY ARE POURING A SIDEWALK TODAY TO THE SOUTH. LANDSCAPING NEEDS TO BE FINISHED. MOVE-IN DAY IS A FEW DAYS AWAY. THEN SOME WORK WILL BE DONE ON THE OLD SEGMENT INTERIOR TO THE NORTH, RIGHT. AND, THIS SUMMER,
AN OPEN HOUSE FOR THE PUBLIC. I WILL HAVE MORE PHOTOS AT THAT TIME, INCLUDING OF THE INSIDE. IT DEFINITELY WILL BE ONE OF THE NICEST FIRE STATION BUILDINGS IN THE STATE.
DENNIS VOY