MAQUOKETA HAD OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN AGAIN OVER THE WEEKEND. DEWITT
ALSO GOT LOTS OF WIND DAMAGE. FOR THE FIRST 8 DAYS OF JUNE, THE RAINFALL TOTAL IN MAQUOKETA HAS GONE OVER 4 INCHES. THE MAQUOKETA RIVER
IS NEAR FLOOD STAGE AGAIN AND BOTH SPRUCK CREEK PARK AND SOUTH SABULA LAKE PARK IN JACKSON COUNTY ARE CLOSED BECAUSE OF HIGH WATER ON THE
MISSISSIPPI. SOME DAMAGE ALSO REPORTED IN THE COTTONVILLE AREA OF JACKSON COUNTY LAST NIGHT. A ROOF CAME OFF A LARGE SHED AT THE GARY
KUNDE RESIDENCE. AND, A DUBUQUE WOMAN RECEIVED POSSIBLE INJURIES AFTER A TREE FELL ON HER VEHICLE AT 7:30 LAST NIGHT ON HIGHWAY 62, ONE MILE NORTH OF MAQUOKETA. THIS HAPPENED DURING THE STORM.

A MILES MAN, DUSTIN RADA, AGE 19, DROWNED FRIDAY EVENING IN SOUTH SABULA LAKE IN SABULA. SHERIFF RUSS KETTMAN SAID RADA, ALSO KNOWN AS DUSTIN MOSS, WAS SWIMMING AT THE LAKE AND APPARENTLY WENT TOO CLOSE TO THE TUBE WHICH EMPTIES INTO THE LAKE. THE CURRENT TOOK HIM UNDER.
KETTMAN SAID HE YELLED FOR HELP AND THEN WENT UNDER.

FORMER MAQUOKETA RESIDENT, GEORGE PICKUP, HEAD BASKETBALL COACH AT DEWITT, LAST WEEK WAS NAMED THE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL IN DEWITT
PRINCIPAL. HE HAD BEEN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL SINCE 2007.

BARB GEBHART, 46, OF ANDREW DIED SATURDAY AT FINLEY HOSPITAL IN DUBUQUE.
SURVIVORS INCLUDE HER PARENTS, ROBERT AND PHYLLIS BRINKER OF MAQUOKETA. THE COMPLETE OBITURARY CAN BE READ ON THE LAHEY FUNERAL HOME WEB SITE.

MARGARET HAHN, AGE 96 AND DONNA HENRY, AGE 85, BOTH OF MAQUOKETA, DIED SATURDAY AND THEIR OBITUARY CAN BE READ AT CARSON AND SON WEB SITE.
ALSO, FORMER MAQUOKETA RESIDENT, HOWARD GISEL, 95, DIED LAST THURSDAY AT SAVANNAH, GEORGIA AND HIS OBITUARY IS ALSO ON THE CARSON SITE.

SEE TWO PHOTOS BELOW TAKEN BY ME AT THE ADAM AND AMY HEPKER WEDDING
THIS PAST SATURDAY.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

DENNIS VOY

NANCY AND I ATTENDED A BEAUTIFUL WEDDING SATURDAY AFTERNOON AT THE COLLEGE CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE AT MID AMERICA UNIVERISTY IN OLATHE, KANSAS, JUST ACROSS THE STATE LINE FROM KANSAS CITY. IN THE 3:30 P.M. CEREMONY, ADAM HEPKER (SON OF LEIGHTON AND CINDY OF MAQUOKETA) MARRIED AMY NUNAMAKER (PARENTS CHUCK AND KATHY FROM OVERLAND PARK, NEXT TO OLATHE) AND THIS PHOTO WAS TAKEN SOON AFTER AT THE RECEPTION AT THE HALLBROOK COUNTRY CLUB. QUITE A FEW PEOPLE FROM MAQUOKETA MADE THE TRIP TO THE WEDDING. ADAM AND AMY ARE ON THEIR HONEYMOON THIS WEEK AND WILL RETURN TO THEIR NEW APARTMENT IN OLATHE. BOTH WILL TEACH THIS FALL. CLICK-ON PHOTO TO ENLARGE. SEE PHOTO BELOW ...ALSO TAKEN AT THE WEDDING RECEPTION.

DENNIS VOY .. PHOTO BY NANCY MOORE

ATTENDING THE ADAM AND AMY HEPKER WEDDING, THE THREE TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF PHOTO ARE ALL FORMER MAQUOKETA RESIDENTS. THEY ARE: FORMER MCHS BASKETBALL COACH (WAS ASSISTANT TO ROCKY PAST TWO YEARS) BILL FLEMMING, NOW RETIRED.....HIS SON DAN FLEMMING, WHO LIKE ADAM, PLAYED BASKETBALL FOR MCHS AND MID AMERICA UNIVERSITY AND IS NOW A PILOT.....AND ROCKY LAMARR, HEAD BASKETBALL COACH FOR MID AMERICA (WENT OVER 500 WINS THIS PAST SEASON).