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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