COOL, RAINY DAY TODAY IN MAQUOKETA.

MAQUOKETA POLICE AND JACKSON COUNTY AUTHORITIES ARE LOOKING FOR THE PERSON WHO RODE A BICYCLE THROUGH THE NEW CONCRETE POURED FOR THE PARKING LOT AT THE JACKSON COUNTY SENIOR CENTER, NEAR THE FAIRGROUNDS ENTRANCE IN MAQUOKETA. THE PERSON RODE THE BIKE THROUGH THE CEMENT AND LEFT FOOTPRINTS AND ALSO WROTE INITIALS IN THE CONCRETE AND DATED IT. THERE WAS ALSO A NASTY COMMENT ABOUT MAQUOKETA. THE INCIDENT APPARENTLY OCCURRED YESTERDAY AFTERNOON OR LAST NIGHT. ABOUT 6 PANELS WILL HAVE TO BE TAKEN OUT AND RE-DONE AT A COST ESTIMATED AT AROUND $3,000. ANYONE WHO HAS INFORMATION ABOUT THIS VANDALISM IS ASKED TO CALL THE MAQUOKETA POLICE DEPARTMENT OR THE COUNTY ENTINEER.

MAQUOKETA SCHOOL SUPT. KIM HUCKSTADT ANNOUNED THAT THERE WERE 31 APPLICANTS FOR THE JOB OF HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL, TO REPLACE BILL WALTERS WHO RESIGNED TO TAKE A JOB IN SOUTHERN IOWA. THREE HAVE ALREADY BEEN INTERVIEWED AND OTHERS ARE SCHEDULED FOR THIS WEEK AND NEXT. HE SAID THEY WILL NARROW THE FIELD TO TWO OR THREE FINALISTS FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD TO INTERVIEW NEXT WEEK. THEY WANT TO HIRE SOMONE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. AND, THE BOARD WAS INFORMED THIS WEEK THAT $590,000 IN SCHOLARSHIPS HAVE BEEN AWARDED TO HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS. AT THE SENIOR AWARD'S CEREMONY HELD LAST WEEK AT THE OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER,
AWARDS WERE PRESENTED TO 52 STUDENTS.

US BANK HAS ANNOUNCED THAT DWAIN TRENKAMP AS BEEN NAMED MARKET PRESIDENT FOR THEIR BANKS IN MAQUOKETA AND DEWITT. HE STARTS IN THE NEW POSITION JUNE 1ST. HE REPLACES JOEL DIECKMANN, WHO RECENTLY LEFT US BANK FOR ANOTHER POSITION. DWAIN HAS BEEN IN THE BANKING BUSINESS FOR 33 YEARS, STARTING WITH THE JACKSON STATE BANK, A FORERUNNER OF U S BANK. HE IS CURRENTLY SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT. HE IS A PRESTON NATIVE AND IS A MEMBER OF THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB, AND ON SEVERAL BOARDS, INCLUDING THE HOSPITAL BOARD. DWAIN LIVES IN MAQUOKETA AND IS THE FATHER OF FOUR CHILDREN. HIS WIFE DIED SEVERAL YEARS AGO.
CONGRATULATIONS TO DWAIN ON HIS PROMOTION.

NICOLE AND GREG HERROLD OF DES MOINES ARE PARENTS OF A BOY BORN AT 2 P.M. YESTERDAY AT A HOSPITAL IN DES MOINES, WHERE THE COUPLE LIVES.
MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE ROXANNE AND MIKE CLAUSING OF MAQUOKETA.

THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS SOFTBALL TEAM WON A DOUBLE-HEADER AGAINST DEWITT YESTERDAY AND NOW THIER RECORD IS 4 AND 1....OFF TO A GOOD START.'

THANKS FOR CHECKING IN.
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DENNIS VOY

THIS "WAY BACK WHEN" KMAQ STAFF PHOTO WAS TAKEN IN 1965, SHORTLY AFTER
I CAME BACK TO AGAIN MANAGE KMAQ AFTER SERVING TWO YEARS IN THE U.S. ARMY, AS A RADIO ANNOUNCER. FOR 13 MONTHS OF THAT TIME, I WAS THE RADIO
SPECIALIST FOR THE 2ND ARMORED DIVISION AT FORT HOOD, TEXAS. OF THE 15- THOUSAND TROOPERS IN THE "HELL ON WHEELS" DIVISION, I HAD THE ONLY
BROADCASTER SLOT, SO I HAD PRETTY GOOD DUTY. THE ENTIRE DIVISION WAS
ALSO SENT TO GERMANY FOR A MONTH OF TRAINING, AND I COVERED THAT FOR RADIO AND TV STATIONS IN TEXAS. I WAS DISCHARGED AS AN E-5 BUCK SERGEANT IN MARCH OF 1965. PICTURED HERE, TO THE LEFT, IS EARL SAUNDERS AND TO THE RIGHT, DON ANDERSON. EARL STARTED AS AN ADVERTISING SALESMAN FOR KMAQ IN 1959, AROUND A YEAR AFTER THE STATION WENT ON THE AIR. HE HAD WORKED AT THE SAVANNA ARMY DEPOT. HE WAS A KMAQ SALESMAN, AND A GOOD ONE, FOR OVER 25 YEARS, RETIRING IN 1985. HIS LATE WIFE WAS EVA MAE AND SHE WAS A SCHOOL TEACHER IN MAQUOKETA AND THEY HAD TWO CHILDREN. I SEE EARL ABOUT ONCE A WEEK. DON ANDERSON WAS HIRED AT KMAQ WHILE I WAS IN THE ARMY, AS AN ANNOUNCER AND CHIEF-ENGINEER AND SO I DID NOT WORK WITH HIM LONG, AS HE LEFT THE STATION SHORTLY AFTER I RETURNED. NICE GUY, WELL LIKED AND WAS ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY. HE HAD A DEEP, CLEAR VOICE AND WAS A GOOD ANNOUNCER. HIS WIFE WORKED AT J.C. PENNEY'S IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA, THEN ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE KMAQ UPSTAIRS STUDIOS. THEY HAD NO CHILDREN AND LATER GOT DIVORCED. I HAVE NO IDEA IF HE IS STILL LIVING. THIS PHOTO WAS TAKEN AT OUR OLD STUDIO LOCATION IN THE MAIN CONTROL ROOM. THAT CONTROL BOARD IN THE STUDIO IS NOW ON DISPLAY IN OUR FRONT STUDIO AND WAS MADE BY COLLINS RADIO IN CEDAR RAPIDS. CLICK-ON THE PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT.
IT'S OUR 50TH ANNIVERSARY THIS YEAR AND I'LL HAVE SOME MORE OLD PHOTOS WITH COMMENTS IN THE FUTURE.
DENNIS VOY