THIS PHOTO TAKEN THIS AFTERNOON AT THE MAIN ENTRANCE TO MT. HOPE
CEMETERY.     THE AVENUE OF FLAGS BEYOND THE NEW VINYL FENCE DONATED
BY DAN WAITE.     LOTS OF PEOPLE AT THE CEMETERY ON THIS BEAUTIFUL
SATURDAY IN MAQUOKETA.    CLICK-ON PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT.   CLICK-ON THE PHOTO A SECOND TIME TO ENLARGE IT MORE.
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NO REPORT TODAY

BEAUTIFUL DAY TODAY....HIGH OF 80.

AT AROUND 8:30 THIS MORNING, THE MAQUOKETA FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED WITH 19 FIREFIGHTERS TO A HAZARDOUS MATERIAL INCIDENT AT THE REAR OF
THE MELLING CYLINDER SLEEVE COMPANY LEASED BY PLASTICS UNLIMITED OF PRESTON.      A LID HAS BLOWN OFF A BARREL OF AN UNKNOWN PRODUCT AND SMOKE CAME FROM THE CONTAINER.   THERE WAS A STRONG CHEMICAL  ODOR.
DUE TO THE SUBSTANCE BEING UNKNOWN, THE DAVENPORT HAZARDOUS MATERIAL TEAM WAS CALLED IN TO ASSIST.    PERSONNEL FROM PLASTICS UNLIMITED
CAME TO THE SCENE AND SAID THE BARRELLS  HAD BEEN ON SITE FOR SEVERAL MONTHS AND CONTAINED RESIDUE FROM A FIRE AT THEIR PLANT AND WAS
BEING STORED UNTIL AN INSURANCE SETTLEMENT COULD BE REACHED.
CREWS MINIMIZED THE HAZARD WITH ABSORBENT MATERIAL AND THE AREA WAS CLEARED AFTER ABOUT 4 HOURS.

THE RATES AT THE HOSPITAL IN MAQUOKETA WILL BE INCREASED BY 3.5 PERCENT BEGINNING JULY 1.    THE RESULT WILL BE AN INCREASE OF $140,000 IN REVENUE.
COMMERCIAL INSURANCE INCREASES ARE ONE REASON FOR THE RATE INCREASE. AND, NOT ENOUGH REVENUE IS RECEIVED BY THE HOSPITAL FROM  MEDICARE AND MEDICAID.
 ALSO THIS WEEK, THE HOSPITAL PURCHASED TWO AMBULANCES TO REPLACE
TWO OLDER ONES.     SOME GRANT MONEY WAS RECEIVED FOR THE PURCHASE.
THEY ARE GETTING TWO BETTER RIGS (NOT NEW) FOR THE PRICE OF ONE NEW
AMBULANCE.    TOTAL COST, $175,809.
AND THE HOSPITAL IS GETTING CLOSE TO FINDING A NEW SURGEON, AND
MEDICAL ASSOCIATES IN MAQUOKETA IS TALKING WITH AN OB DOCTOR CANDIDATE
TO COME TO MAQUOKETA.        BOTH ARE VERY MUCH NEEDED IN MAQUOKETA.
THE MAQUOKETA HOSPITAL SURGEON IS RETIRING AND THE OB DOCTOR HAS
ALREADY RETIRED.

ENJOY THE NICE WEATHER AND COME BACK TOMOROW.

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AS YOU CAN SEE, THE HOLE IS ALMOST FILLED.
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3/4 INCH OF RAIN YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AND LAST NIGHT.   TODAY, PARTLY SUNNY AND IN THE 80'S.

EULA MOHR KEELEY DIED TUESDAY IN CASA GRANDE, ARIZONA.    SHE WAS A 1952 GRAD AT MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL AND OWNED AND OPERATED LaMOHR BEAUTY SALON FOR MANY YEARS ON WEST PLATT IN MAQUOKETA.     LATER, SHE AND BOB
OWNED A COUPLE MOTELS IN BRANSON.    SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER HUSBAND, BOB, AND DAUGHTER ANN IN CASA GRANDE, DAUGHTER PAT IN ST. CHARLES, MO.
AND SON R.F. KEELEY IN BRANSON.    ALSO A STEP DAUGHTER RUTH IN FLORIDA.
ALSO 8 GRANDCHILDREN, FOUR SISTERS AND TWO BROTHERS.      THE BODY WAS CREMATED AND NO SERVICES ARE PLANNED.

THEY ARE HAULING IN FILL AGAIN TODAY AND THE BIG HOLE DOWNTOWN IS NOT VERY DEEP ANYMORE.     RUMOR HAS IT, THEY WILL NOT WORK NEXT WEEK AND THE WEEK AFTER WILL TAKE DOWN THE CORNER BUILDING.

IN BUSINESS NEWS, LAND O' LAKES ANNOUNCED TODAY ITS "INNOVATIVE  PROTEINS FACILITY" IN MAQUOKETA  (ORIGINALLY BUILT AND USED FOR A SWISS VALLEY FARMS MILK PLANT) HAS BEEN SOLD TO A NETHERLANDS BASED COMPANY, THAT HAS FACILITIES IN THE NETHERLANDS, BELGIUM AND GERMANY.
SONAC, USA IS THE NEW OWNERS OF THE MAQUOKETA PLANT.     THE CHEIF CEO
FOR LAND O' LAKES SENT A LETTER TO MAYOR JASON HUTE ANNOUNCING THE
SALE.    IN THE LETTER, HE SAID THE TRANSITION BETWEEN THE TWO COMPANIES SHOULD BE RELATIVELY SEAMLESS FOR THE PLANT AND ITS EMPLOYEES.     SONAC
HAS INDICATED IT PLANS TO OPERATE THE MAQUOKETA PLANT AND KEEP ITS CURRENT STAFF, OF AROUND 25.    THE PLANT MANAGER HERE IN TOWN IS
KENT FUGLSANG.

SEE THE PHOTO AND STORY BELOW ABOUT MT. HOPE CEMETERY.

THANKS FOR CHECKING IN.

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SOMETHING  NEW AND NICE AT MT. HOPE CEMETERY IN MAQUOKETA.     THIS WHITE
VINYL FENCE WAS PUT UP YESTERDAY ON THE EAST SUMMIT STREET SIDE OF
MT. HOPE, FROM THE EAST PROPERTY LINE TO THE WEST PROPERTY LINE.    IT REPLACES OLD WORN-OUT BUSHES THAT WERE CUT DOWN LAST FALL AND
DUG OUT LAST WEEK.    THE FENCE REALLY LOOKS SHARP AND IS COURTESTY OF
DAN WAITE OF MAQUOKETA.       AND JUST IN TIME FOR MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND.  THANKS DAN!   THEY WILL PUT UP THE AVENUE OF FLAGS AT 5:30 P.M. FRIDAY AND
WOULD APPRECIATE HELP FROM YOU.
CLICK-ON PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT.
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YESTERDAY WE GOT UP TO 91, SHORT OF THE 92 RECORD.
TODAY WE GOT UP TO 84 (LATE THIS MORNING) AND THEN WE HAD OUR FIRST
SHOWER AROUND NOON AND CLOUDY AND THUNDER AND LIGHTNING AND
LIGHT RAIN THIS AFTERNOON.    MORE RAIN TONIGHT AND TOMORROW.
THURSDAY SHOULD BE NICE AND THEN GOOD WEATHER FOR THE REST OF THE
WEEK AND THE MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND.     NO MORE 80-DEGREE WEATHER FOR AWHILE.

THE HURST HOTEL APARTMENTS WERE EVACUATED THIS AFTERNOON AFTER  A FIRE ALARM ALERTED THE MAQUOKETA FIRE DEPARTMENT.   THERE WAS NO FIRE.
AFTER A SEARCH OF THE BUILDING, FIREFIGHTERS FOUND NO PROBLEM.
THEY DID REPORT SMELLING SOMETHING HOT ON THE THIRD FLOOR, BUT FOUND
NOTHING.

THE CITY OF MAQUOKETA RECEIVED THE GO-AHEAD FROM THE STATE HISTORIC
PRESERVATION ORGANIZATION TO DEMOLISH THE CORNER BUILDING IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA AHEAD OF SCHEDULE.       IN FACT,  IT COULD COME DOWN WITHIN TWO WEEKS.     G & B CONSTRUCTION,  THE CURRENT CLEAN-UP CONTRACTOR, SAID THEY WILL CLEAR THE BUILDING  OF ASBESTOS IN A COUPLE PLACES  AND THEN
TEAR DOWN THE BUILDING FOR $42,000.     IT WILL BE PAID BY MIDAS....THE CITY'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ARM THAT OWNS THE BUILDING.   THIS WAS GOOD NEWS AT LAST NIGHT'S CITY COUNCIL MEETING!   WE WERE PREPARED TO HAVE THE FIRE DEBRIS CLEANED UP AND SEEDED AND THEN LATER IN THE SUMMER,
HAVE A MESS ALL OVER AGAIN WHEN THEY WOULD TEAR DOWN THE CORNER
BUILDING.     BECAUSE HE WON'T HAVE TO COME BACK AGAIN WITH EQUIPMENT,
THE CONTRACTOR IS DOING IT FOR $10,000 LESS.

DARYL ELSNER, AGE 57, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED YESTERDAY AT UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS IN IOWA CITY.    THE FUNERAL WILL BE THURSDAY MORNING AT 10:30 AT THE  MILLER-LAW-JONES FUNERAL HOME IN PRESTON.       SURIVORS INCLUDE
HIS WIFE LORI, ONE DAUGHTER, AND HIS MOTHER, KATHERINE ELSNER OF
MAQUOKETA.      BURIAL WILL BE IN SACRED HEART CEMETERY IN
MAQUOKETA.

JUST A REMINDER AND A NOTE FOR NEW READERS TO THIS SITE,  I DO NOT INCLUDE MAQUOKETA DEATH NOTICES ON THIS DAILY REPORT .......FROM CARSON OR LAHEY FUNERAL HOMES IN MAQUOKETA.    THEY BOTH HAVE GOOD WEB SITES.   SO, FOR THEIR OBITUARIES,  YOU CAN PUT THEIR WEB SITES UNDER FAVORITES AND CHECK THOSE SITES DAILY FOR DEATHS.    BUT, IF SOMEONE DIES WITH SURVIVORS
IN MAQUOKETA, BUT ARE NOT AT EITHER OF THE LOCAL FUNERAL HOMES, I
WILL PUT A BRIEF NOTE ABOUT THE  DEATH HERE, AS I DID FOR THE ELSNER
DEATH ABOVE.       BUT, I DON'T GET THEM ALL.      AND IF I FORGET ONE, JUST
EMAIL ME AND I'LL INCLUDE IT ON MY DAILY REPORT THE NEXT DAY.

THANKS FOR CHECKING IN.

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IS THIS ARIZONA?
NO, THIS IS IOWA!
88 YESTERDAY...AND 90 TODAY.
NO RAIN THIS WEEK AND COOLER BY WEEKEND.

A COUPLE ACCIDENTS DURING THE FOG SATURDAY MORNING.    AMANDA SHAFFER, AGE 18, SWERVED TO MISS AN ANIMAL ON HIGHWAY 61 JUST SOUTH OF MAQUOKETA AND WENT INTO THE SHOULDER, CROSSED THE NORTHBOUND LANE, AND ROLLED SEVERAL TIMES.   CAR PROBABLY A TOTAL LOSS  AND A BROKEN ARM.  NO CHARGES FILED.   
AGAIN..NEVER SWERVE TO MISS A DEAR OR ANY ANIMAL.   BETTER TO HIT THE ANIMAL!

AN HOUR LATER SATURDAY MORNING, AROUND 8:30, A TWO VEHICLE ACCIDENT IN THE FOG NORTH OF MAQUOKETA.      A MOLINE MAN PULLED OUT IN FRONT OF A WRECKER AND THE TWO COLLIDED.    THE WRECKER WAS ON THE WAY TO THE SHAFFER ACCIDENT.      THE WRECKER WAS DRIVEN BY WILLIAM HAYES, AGE 54, OF MAQUOKETA AND THE WRECKER WAS OWNED BY B & G AUTOMOTIVE AT HURSTVILLE.     NO DAMAGE TO THE WRECKER,  $1,500 DAMAGES TO THE MOLINE VEHICLE AND  NO INJURIES.

A RURAL MAQUOKETA MAN WAS PINNED UNDER HIS ATV FOR ABOUT 3  HOURS OVERNIGHT LAST NIGHT.     THE RESCUE SQUAD WAS CALLED AROUND 11 P.M.
SEARCHERS SPREAD OUT IN THE HEAVILY WOODED AREA.   KORY KUHLMAN, AGE 31, WAS FOUND ON 90TH STREET, A LEVEL B  ROAD, PINNED UNDER HIS ATV.  HE WAS CALLING FOR HELP AND RESIDENTS LIVING NEARBY WOKE UP FROM THE CALLING.     KUHLMAN AND HIS MOTHER OPERATE THE POPULAR KUHLMAN BLUFF LAKE CATFISH FARM RESTAURANT.    NO CHARGES WERE FILED.

SPEICAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING AT 5 TODAY TO HAVE A  PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS  YEAR'S BUDGET AND TALK ABOUT THE NEW SIDEWALK FOR THE DOWNTOWN
FIRE PROJECT AREA.

SCHOOL BOARD MEETING AT 6 TONIGHT AT CITY HALL.    THEY WILL HIRE A NEW
BASKETBALL COACH AND PART TIME FRENCH TEACHER AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.
KMAQ HAS LEARNED THAT THE NEW VARSITY BASKETBALL COACH WILL BE
MATT UTHOFF, MOST RECENTLY THE HEAD COACH AT CENTRAL CITY.
PRIOR TO THAT, HE WAS A MIDLAND OF WYOMING COACH FOR 1 YEAR AND
IS A WEST DELAWARE GRADUATE.

SATURDAY, AT THE STATE TRACK MEET IN DES MOINES, THE MCHS 4 BY 100 METER RELAY TEAM TOOK 3RD IN THE STATE IN CLASS 3-A.   IT WAS A NEW SCHOOL RECORD TIME.    ON THE TEAM, BRYN GISEL, JAKE KIRK, JON BOPES AND TYLER RUTENBECK.      ALSO SATURDAY, RUTENBECK FIISHED IN 6TH PLACE IN THE 200 METER DASH.  

IN DISTRICT GOLF OVER THE WEEKEND, MCHS SENIOR TYLER  HILLEBRAND TOOK PART IN THE CLASS 3-A TOURNAMENT AT WAVERLY AND SHOT AN 88.   HE DID NOT QUALIFY FOR STATE.     DECORAH WON THE DISTRICT AND  HAD TWO GOLFERS
WHO SHOT A 69.     NOT A BAD SCORE FOR HIGH SCHOOL GUYS.

IT WAS A HOT NICE NIGHT FOR STOCK CAR RACING SATURDAY NIGHT IN
MAQUOKETA.     MAQUOKETA RACERS THAT HAD A GOOD NIGHT, INCLUDED
LANE VOHRINGER, KEITH FELLER, KEVIN BRAME, RAY COX,JR. AND DOUGH NIGH.

JUSTIN  HEPKER OF MAQUOKETA AND 20 OTHERS, WIND UP THEIR CROSS COUNTRY 3,800 MILE  BIKE-A-THON TOMORROW ON THE OCEAN BEACH EAST OF WASHINGTON, D.C.     I'VE BEEN FOLLOWING HIS TRIP ON HIS BLOG AND IT HAS BEEN
ONE GREAT EXPERIENCE FOR JUSTIN,  WHO GRADUATES FROM MED SCHOOL EARLY NEXT MONTH AT OHIO STATE.     THE OTHER DAY, GOING THROUGH WEST VIRGINIA,THEY HAD AN UPHILL 5-MILE STRETCH TO BIKE.     HE BEGINS HIS
INTERSHIP IN JULY AT A CHICAGO HOSPITAL.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.    CHECK THE RECENT PHOTOS BELOW.

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MAQUOKETA'S PEACE PIPE PLAYERS COMMUNITY THEATRE ORGANIZATION HAS AWARDED THIS YEAR'S $500 PEFORMING ARTS SCHOLARSHIP TO MICHELLE (PAIGE)
SCHNEWEIS, A SENIOR AT MCHS.  SHE IS THE DAUGTHER OF MARK AND CANDACE SCHNEWEIS AND WILL BE ATTENDING THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA THIS FALL.
THE SCHOLARSHIP WAS OPEN TO ALL HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS ATTENDING AREA HIGH SCHOOLS.    THIS IS THE SECOND YEAR FOR THE AWARD AND PPP INTENDS TO
OFFER THE SCHOLARSHIP ANNUALLY.     100% OF THE DONATIONS RECEIVED FROM CONCESSIONS AT EVERY PEACE PIPE PLAYER PRODUCTION GO TO THE SUPPORT OF THE SCHOLARSHIP.    AT LEFT, ROBYN LANE, PPP BOARD MEMBER AND CHAIRPERSON OF THE SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE.    CLICK-ON PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT.
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THE MOVIE "SHREK FOREVER AFTER" WAS VERY POPULAR  OVER THE WEEKEND
NATIONWIDE AND AT THE 61 DRIVE-IN THEATRE SOUTH OF MAQUOKETA.
THIS WAS THE LINE-UP TWO HOURS BEFORE SHOWTIME.     A FEW CARS HAD TO BE TURNED AWAY AFTER 8:30.     
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BEFORE SHOWTIME LAST NIGHT, THE 61 DRIVE-IN TRAIN GAVE A FREE RIDE
TO OVER 400 KIDS.     THE TRAIN ENGINEER IS ALFRED WITT.    (HE'S ALSO
THE DRIVE-IN MAINTENANCE AND LAWN  PERSON)     THE CONDUCTORS LAST NIGHT ALSO KEPT BUSY....WILMA WITT AND NANCY MOORE.     THE SWING SET WAS SWINGIN'
ALL NIGHT (9 SWINGS) AND AS YOU SEE HERE, THE SANDBOX WAS A POPULAR
PLACE TOO.     THANKS FOR COMING!   SHREK WILL BE  AT THE DRIVE-IN AGAIN
THIS COMING MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND.       THIS THURSDAY NIGHT THE ANNUAL M-S-B NIGHT AT THE DRIVE-IN.     GET TICKETS FROM MAQUOKETA STATE BANK IN MAQUOKETA, ANDREW AND PRESTON.
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RONALD McDONALD WAS IN MAQUOKETA TODAY AS A SPECIAL GUEST AT THE
"FAMILY FUN FEST" IN THE PEARSON CENTER AT THE FAIRGROUNDS,  A FREE
ANNUAL EVENT SPONSORED BY PREVENT CHILD ABUSE OF JACKSON COUNTY.
PCAJC HAS BEEN VERY PROACTIVE IN ITS APPROACH TO ELIMINATE CHILD ABUSE
AND NEGLECT THROUGH EDUCATION AND AWARENESS IN THE COMMUNITY.
SPONSORING EVENTS, LIKE THE ONE TODAY, ENABLES PARENTS TO BRING THEIR
ENTIRE FAMILY AND UNWIND FROM A TOUGH WEEK OF LIFE'S EVERYDAY HUSTLE AND BUSTLE.    THERE WERE LOTS OF THINGS FOR THE KIDS TO DO AND FREE LUNCH TOO.
THIS PHOTO WAS TAKEN AFTER RONALD CAME BACK TO McDONALDS ON WEST PLATT IN MAQUOKETA.    BETWEEN VISITING WITH THE KIDS, I ASKED HIM IF I COULD TAKE HIS PICTURE WITH SUE BRIMEYER OF MAQUOKETA, LONGTIME MANAGER OF THE LOCAL McDONALDS.    THANKS TO GLEN KARPINSKI, OWNER OF McDONALDS, FOR BRINGING RONALD TO MAQUOKETA FOR THIS SPECIAL EVENT.   CLICK ON THE PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT.
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MY GRANDSON JACOB CLAUSSEN  WITH RONALD McDONALD TODAY.   HE ENDS UP HIS
FIRST-GRADE YEAR AT PLEASANT VALLEY AND LIVES IN BETTENDORF.
HIS MOM LONNA WORKS AT MSB BANK IN MAQUOKETA AND HIS DAD IS A POLICEMAN FOR BETTENDORF.     JACOB SAW RONALD EARLIER AT THE FAIRGROUNDS WHEN
HE ATTENDED THE "FAMILY FUN FEST".   
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THEY ARE HAULING IN SAND TODAY.    HOLE  NOT AS DEEP AS IT WAS  YESTERDAY.
CLICK-ON PHOTO TO ENLARGE.    READ ABOUT THE FILL-IN  ON THE FRIDAY DAILY
REPORT BELOW THE PHOTOS.   
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MAIN STREET LOOKING NORTH ON A FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
READ ABOUT THE LATEST ON THE CORNER BUILDING IN TODAY'S  DAILY REPORT BELOW THE PHOTOS BELOW.
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HERE'S THE QUILT BLOCK YOU WILL READ ABOUT IN TODAY'S FRIDAY DAILY
REPORT BELOW THE PHOTOS.     CLICK-ON TO ENLARGE PHOTO.
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THESE ARE THE BUILDINGS NEXT TO THE BURNED OUT AREA AT THE
SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE BLOCK.     THE GREEN BUILDING IS OWNED BY
THE FLAGELS AND THE METAL BUILDING AND MILL ARE OWNED BY BOB MITCHELL.
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THE NEW SHREK MOVIE OPENS NATIONWIDE TODAY .... INCLUDING HERE IN
TOWN AND AT MY 61 DRIVE-IN.   GOING TO BE A BIG HIT.
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CLOUDY TODAY....MISTY THIS MORNING.    LOOKS LIKE IT WILL CLEAR UP A BIT BEFORE THE DAY IF OVER.     IN THE 80'S TOMORROW AND UPPER 80'S SUNDAY AND MONDAY.

FACT IN THE NEWS TODAY ...  IT WILL TAKE 750 BIG LOADS OF FILL TO FILL UP THE
BIG WHOLE ON MAIN STREET.   CITY MANAGER BRIAN WAGNER SAID THEY HAVE
RECEIVED THE FINAL NOTICE FROM THE ENGINEERS CONCERNING ASBESTOS AT THE SITE.     THERE WERE VERY SMALL AMOUNTS AND VERY LITTLE WAS REALIZED IN THE AIR.     WAGNER SAID THERE WAS  VIRTUALLY NO ASBESTOS.    WAGNER SAID THERE IS CONCERN ABOUT THE CORNER BUILDING STILL STANDING.     HE SAID THERE IS A  HOLE IN IT AND THE CITY ENGINEERS WILL BE TALKING WITH THE EPA AND SHIPO
TO SEE IF THEY CAN TEAR DOWN THAT BUILDING SOON BEFORE THE FILL IS BROUGHT IN NEXT TO THE BUILDING.    THAT WOULD BE GOOD IF THEY COULD GET APPROVAL
TO TAKE THE BUILDING DOWN NOW INSTEAD OF  LATER THIS SUMMER.  THE OWNER OF
THE SMALL SHED BETWEEN THE CLEANUP SITE AND THE MITCHELL MILL DECIDED TO ADD SOME DECORATION TO THE AREA.      MICHELLE FLAGEL SAID SHE MADE A LARGE CARPENTER WHEEL QUILT BLOCK TO PUT ON THE SIDE OF THE BUILDING.
IT CAN BE SEEN FROM MAIN STREET.    I'LL GET A PICTURE OF IT.    SHE AND HER HUSBAND ARLYN COMPLETED THE WOODED QUILT BLOCK THEMSELVES.   IT IS MADE OUT OF WOOD AND HAND PAINTED.

JACOB AND ELIZABETH HAYWARD OF MAQUOKETA ARE PARENTS OF A BOY BORN LAST FRIDAY AT TRINITY IN BETTENDORF.    GRANDPARENTS ARE BILL AND BRENDA
HAYWARD OF MAQUOKETA.

IN THE STATE TRACK MEET IN DES MOINES YESTERDAY, SOPHOMORE LAURA OSTERHAUS TOOK 5TH PLACE IN THE CLASS 3-A GIRL'S HIGH JUMP, CLEARING THE BAR AT 5 FEET 2 INCHES.    THE WINNING JUMP WAS 5 FEET 7 AND 1/4 INCHES.
JUNIOR JERIMIAH GERARDY WAS 15TH IN THE CLASS 3-A BOYS 3200 METER RUN.   HIS TIME WAS 10:09.72.      THE WINNING TIME WAS 9:21.42.         SENIOR TYLER RUTENBECK FINISHED SECOND IN THE 200 METER DASH WITH A TIME OF 22:59 AND QUALIFIED FOR THE FINALS TOMORROW AFTERNOON.      ALSO LAST NIGHT, HE RAN IN THE FINALS OF THE 400 METER RUN AND TOOK 3RD OVERALL IN CLASS 3-A WITH A TIME OF 49.65.     THE WINNING TIME WAS 48.41.   
TONIGHT, MAQUOKETA'S 4 BY 100 METER RELAY TEAM WILL RUN IN THE PRELLEMS.
MEMBERS OF THE TEAM ARE BRYN GISEL, JAKE KIRK, JON BOPES AND TYLER RUTENBEK.

THERE WERE 50 APPLICANTS FOR THE TWO MAQUOKETA POLICE OFFICER POSITIONS OPEN.    THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION WILL BE AT 9 TOMORROW MORNING AT THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL TO HOST PHYSICAL AGILITY TESTING AND THEN WILL INTERVIEW SOME OF THE APPLICANTS.       THE COMMISSION CERTIFIES A LIST OF QUALIFIED CANDIDATES FOR THE POLICE CHIEF AND THE CHIEF MAKES THE FINAL DECISION.

HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.

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               ELWOOD, IOWA, MAIN STREET, 1911 , NEARLY 100 YEARS AGO.    ONLY ONE BUILDING REMAINS.     TOWN STILL HAS A NICE CHURCH AND THE OLD SCHOOL IS PRIVATELY OWNED AND USED FOR AN AUTO RESTORATION BUSINESS.     LOTS OF NICE HOMES  IN THE LITTLE TOWN NOT FAR FROM MAQUOKETA.     DARCY BENTON WAS FROM  ELWOOD AND WAS NAMED MISS IOWA MANY YEARS AGO.    CLICK ON PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT.     LOOKS LIKE CROSSING MAIN STREET AFTER   A RAIN MIGHT HAVE BEEN A LITTLE MUDDY.

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PARTLY CLOUDY THIS MORNING, MOSTLY CLOUDY THIS AFTERNOON AND A HIGH
OF 72.     RAIN COMING.    SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, NO RAIN AND IN THE 80'S.

THE UN-PAVED PART OF PARKING LOT AT TIMBER CITY TRAVEL (THE TRUCK STOP)
AT THE SOUTH EDGE OF MAQUOKETA WILL BE PAVED BY JUNE 15TH.   THE CITY AND THE DEVELOPER HAVE HAD ONGOING DISCUSSIONS ABOUT GETTING THE PAVING WORK DONE.       THE CITY WILL RELEASE $60,000 NOW (AND ANOTHER $60,000 WHEN FINISHED) FROM CITY HELD TAX INCREMENT FINANCE FUNDS.   THE OWNER WILL HAVE TO PAY THE BALANCE FOR WORK DONE.    THE LOT USED FOR SEMI PARKING NEEDS TO BE PAVED BECAUSE OF RUN-OFF CONCERNS BY THE CITY.     AND OF COURSE,
THE BUSINESS WILL LOOK BETTER TOO.     LOTS OF TRUCK TRAFFIC THERE EVERY DAY.  IT IS OPEN 24-7.

THE CITY OF MAQUOKETA IS SEEKING A USDA GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF $28,000
FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO CITY HALL, ESTIMATED TO COST $80,000.   THE
IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDE WINDOWS, FURNACES, LIGHTING, OCCUPANCY SENSORS,
CARPETING AND PAINT.    ALREADY, $25,000 IN GRANT MONEY HAS COME FROM THE STATE OF IOWA ENERGY INDEPENDENCE FOR SOME WORK AT CITY HALL.
AND....WHAT'S NEW ON THE WIND TURBINE FOR THE YMCA?     THE ESTIMATED COST NOW IS OVER $630,000.     ONE GRANT HAS BEEN RECEIVED FOR OVER $156,000 AND THE CITY IS APPLYING FOR ANOTHER $100,000 GRANT.    LONG WAY TO GO.

THE STARTED WORK AGAIN AT THE BIG HOLE DOWNTOWN.     THE HAULING IN OF FILL BEGAN EARLY THIS MORNING.

THE MAQUOKETA M.E.A.  HELD THEIR SOCIAL AND DINNER LAST NIGHT AT MICHEL'S HALL AND HONORED TWO INDIVIDUALS.      TEACHER OF THE YEAR, LONGTIME
MIDDLE SCHOOL INSTRUCTOR CAROL  HAMMIL AND FRIEND OF EDUCATION AWARD WENT TO CAROLYN CLARK, YOUTH PROGRAM ASSISTANT WITH IOWA STATE
UNIVERSITY EXTENSION IN JACKSON COUNTY.     ALSO LAST NIGHT, BOTH CERTIFIED AND NON-CERTIFIED EMPLOYEES WHO ARE RETIRING WERE  HONORED, INCLUDING M.E.A. MEMBERS MARY FLAGEL, BRENDA SNYDER, RON BAKER, MARGO SPRENGER AND HOLLY PARMER.        SERVING AS  M.E.A. CO-PRESIDENTS THIS PAST YEAR WERE KATHY QUINLAN AND TOD BOWMAN.   THEY  HAVE AGREED TO SERVE IN THAT CAPACITY AGAIN NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.

BRUCE BEARINGER, THE EXTENSION DIRECTOR FOR  JACKSON, DUBUQUE AND
DELAWARE COUNTIES HAS RESIGNED TO TAKE AN AG TEACHING POSITION AT JESSUP.    A NEW DIRECTOR IS BEING SOUGHT WITH RESUMES DUE JUNE 3RD.

A COUPLE ACCIDENTS IN MAQUOKETA.     KATHLEEN PINTER, 21, OF MAQUOKETA
WAS CHARGED WITH FAILURE TO YIELD TO A STOP SIGN AT 3:30 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AT SUMMIT AND MAIN.    SHE PULLED OUT IN FRONT OF A MOPED
DRIVEN BY TRENT BOLLMAN, AGE 14 AND THEN LEFT THE SCENE.  NO DAMAGE TO HER CAR AND $500 DAMAGE TO THE MOPED.   NO INJURIES.

AND A BICYCLIST RAN INTO A CAR TUESDAY AFTERNOON ON SOUTH MAIN STREET.
CASSIE BURNS OF MAQUOKETA HAD PULLED UP TO MAIN FROM A PRIVATE DRIVE.    TINA EDWARDS, AGE 12, WAS RIDING HER BIKE AND  HIT THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE OF THE VEHHICLE.      NO DAMAGES.   EDWARDS WAS TAKEN BY PRIVATE VEHICLE TO THE HOSPITAL WITH POSSIBLE INJURIES.

ALAN GERONZIN, 52, OF CLINTON DIED SATURDAY.    SURVIVORS INCLUDE HIS BROTHER JIM GERONZIN OF MAQUOKETA.

JASON SHUSTER IS THE NEW PRESIDENT OF THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL FFA CHAPTER, THE 2ND OLDEST IN THE STATE,  FOUNDED IN 1928, TWO WEEKS AFTER MUSCATINE'S CHARTER WAS FILED.   JASON WILL BE A SENIOR NEXT YEAR. THE FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA PRESIDENT LAST YEAR WAS MAGGI  MUHLHAUSEN.
THE FFA ANNUAL AWARDS NIGHT WAS TUESDAY NIGHT.     THERE ARE 85 MEMBERS....ABOUT 50% GIRLS AND THE ADVISORS ARE GARY BRUNS AND
GENNY NABB.      THE MAQUOKETA STATE BANK SCHOLARSHIP WAS PRESENTED BY DEAN ENGEL TO JILL HEINRICH.    THE FFA ALUMNI SCHOLARSHIPS WENT TO
JODY SPAIN AND MAGGI MUHLHAUSEN.      I ATTENDED, MADE SOME INTERVIEWS FOR MY MORNING FARM SHOW ON KMAQ-AM, "RFD 1320" AND ENJOYED ICE CREAM AND CAKE AND STRAWBERRIES.     EVENT HELD IN THE NEW MCHS GYM.
THE FFA...A GOOD  ORGANIZATION.   

SORRY FOR THE LONG REPORT.  CHECK THE PHOTO AND STORY BELOW TOO.

AND GIVE SOME THOUGHT TO BUYING A MAQUOKETA ROTARY DUCK.    YOU MIGHT WIN A THOUSAND DOLLARS.     I SOLD ONE TO A LADY FROM BELLEVUE YESTERDAY.

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LAST NIGHT, DRIVING INTO MAQUOKETA FROM THE SOUTH, I NOTICED A BRIGHT
LIGHT AHEAD.     BEING THE ACE REPORTER I AM, I DROVE TO IT AND HERE IS WHAT I FOUND.    PHOTO ABOVE.  CLICK-ON PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT.     A BRIGHT LIGHT
WAS USED SO PAINTERS COULD PAINT (WITH A ROLLER) THE NORTH SIDE OF THE
HUGE "FAMILY DOLLAR" DISTRIBUTION CENTER BUILDING.    WHITE AND BRIGHT.
I BELIEVE THE BUILDING IS ABOUT 8 YEARS OLD.     AND DRIVING IN THE PARKING LOT, I FORGOT JUST HOW HUGE THE BUILDING IS.....AROUND 1-MILLION SQUARE FEET.
AND THE PARKING LOT HAD LOTS OF EMPLOYEE CARS FROM ALL AROUND THE
AREA.      I GUESS THE MAIN SHIFT IS THE LARGEST AND THE NIGHT SHIFT, STILL
BIG AND SOME WORK A THIRD SHIFT.    LAST TIME I HEARD, OVER 350 WORK THERE.
SO, IT HAS REALLY BEEN A GOOD ADDITION TO MAQUOKETA.    THEY ALWAYS HAVE
AN AD IN PAPER FOR HELP AND AT VARIOUS PAY SCALES,  STARTING CLOSE TO $10 PER HOUR TO START.    THEY HAVE A FAMILY DOLLAR RETAIL STORE IN MAQUOKETA.    PLUS, WE HAVE A DOLLAR GENERAL STORE AND A DOLLAR STORE DOWNTOWN....IN ADDITION TO WAL MART.   THE ONE DOWNTOWN HAS NOTHING PRICED OVER A DOLLAR.    SO...  LOTS OF PLACES TO BUY SOME TOILET PAPER.     THE THREE DOLLAR STORES DO NO....NO ADVERTISING ON KMAQ.       NEVER HAVE!   WE GET SOME ADVERTISING FROM WAL MART.     IF TWO DOLLAR BILLS WOULD BE MORE POPULAR, I MIGHT OPEN A TWO-DOLLAR STORE AND YOU COULD BUY NONE OF MY FANTASTIC SPECIALS  UNLESS YOU PAID FOR IT WITH A TWO-DOLLAR BILL.
AND RIGHT NEXT TO IT, I WOULD OPEN A "BIG-T-TURKEY ONLY RESTAURANT".
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77 TODAY....BEAUTIFUL DAY.
RAIN TOMORROW NIGHT AND FRIDAY.

A 1989 CORVETTE WAS SEVERLY DAMAGED BY FIRE THIS MORNING AT 33RD STREET WEST OF MAQUOKETA.     RONALD CHASE OF BALDWIN WAS DRIVING ON 33RD AND AN ELECTRICAL FIRE STARTED UNDER THE HOOOD.      THE MAQUOKETA FIRE DEPARTMENT PUT OUT THE FIRE.

ALICE BENTLEY CLARK WARFIELD OF MT. CARROLL DIED SUNDAY OF CANCER.
SHE WAS MARRIED TO FRED CLARK OF MAQUOKETA, WHO DIED IN 1981.
SHE IS SURVIVED BY 3 CHILDREN, INCLUDING FRED CLARK, JR. AND A BROTHER,
CECIL BENTLEY OF MAQUOKETA.    SERVICES WILL BE TOMORROW IN
MT. CARROLL.

MAQUOKETA HAS A HOME DELIVERED MEAL PROGRAM THAT THIS WINTER REPLACED THE MEALS ON WHEELS PROGRAM.    THE OLD OPERATED 365 DAYS A YEAR AND THE FOOD WAS PREPARED BY THE HOSPITAL.     THE NEW PROGRAM RUNS ONLY MONDAY THRU FRIDAY  AND NO HOLIDAYS.     ABOUT 45 USE IT.    BUT, THEY ARE SHORT OF PEOPLE TO DELIVER THE MEALS.     THE DELIVERY IS FROM 11 AM UNTIL NOON.
FOOD IS PREPARED AT THE JACKSON  COUNTY SENIOR CENTER.    ANYONE THAT CAN DELIVER (EVEN JUST ONCE A MONTH) SHOULD CALL AMY AT THE SENIOR CENTER AT 652-6771.

AN ADDITIONAL GRANDSTAND IS BEING BUILT AT THE WEST END OF  THE MAIN GRANDSTAND AT THE FAIRGROUNDS, REPLACING THE BLEACHERS.  
WILL BE MUCH NICER AND HOLD MORE PEOPLE.   MOSTLY CONCRETE, IT WAS ACTUALLY PURCHASED AND MOVED HER FROM CANTON.      AND...A NEW BEER STAND AT THE EAST END OF THE GRANDSTAND WILL BE BUILT SOON.
LUMBER IS ALREADY THERE.    IT WILL BE MUCH BIGGER AND BETTER THAN
THE OLD BEER STAND AND WILL BE USED FOR STORAGE AFTER FAIRTIME.
ALL TO MAKE THIS YEAR'S FAIR BIGGER AND BETTER OF COURSE.    LAST WEEKEND
OF JULY, INTO AUGUST.    GRETCHEN WILSON MAIN ENTERTAINER.     AND THERE
WILL BE MORE DONATED BENCHES TOO FOR FAIRGOERS TO REST ON HOT SUMMER DAYS.     MARK THE DATES ON YOUR CALENDAR AND STOP AND VISIT US AT THE KMAQ BOOTH.     MY FIRST YEAR OF BROADCASTING AT THE FAIR WAS IN 1959.
REMEMBER  IT WELL.    KMAQ-AM  WAS CELEBRATING OUR 1ST ANNIVERSARY AT THE FAIR.

NO WORK DONE YET THIS WEEK ON FILLING IN THE BIG HOLE ON MAIN STREET.

HAVE A GOOD NIGHT AND THURSDAY.

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PARTY CLOUDY AND 67 TODAY.
GOOD WEATHER FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK IS PREDICTED.

CITY COUNCIL MEETING AT 7 TONIGHT.     ON THE AGENDA, A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE USDA RURAL DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY FACILITIES GRANT PROGRAM SEEKING
FUNDING FOR CITY HALL IMPROVEMENTS, A FIRE TRUCK AND LIBRARY COMPUTERS.
ALSO ON AGENDA, THE DOWNTOWN CLEAN-UP, GROVE STREET BALL DIAMONDS,
CAMPER PADS AT HORSESHOE POND CAMPGROUND, AND RUNNING ELECTRIC
TO THE NEW CAMPSITES.    PAVING OF THE TRUCK STOP PARKING LOT WILL ALSO
BE DISCUSSED.

THE STATE TRACK TOURNAMENT IS LATER THIS WEEK.
SENIOR TYLER RUTENBECK HAS QUALIFIED IN TWO INDIVIDUAL EVENTS.....
THE 200 METER DASH AND THE 400 METER DASH.
ALSO GOING TO STATE, JUNIOR JEREMIAH GERARDY IN THE 3200 METER RUN.
AND AT THE DISTRICT IN MARION FRIDAY NIGHT, THE CARDINAL 4 BY 100 METER RELAY TEAM SET A SCHOOL RECORD IN TAKING FIRST PLACE.   ON THAT TEAM, SENIOR BRYN GISEL, SENIOR JAKE KIRK, SOPHOMORE JON BOPES AND SENIOR
TYLER RUTENBECK.    THEIR TIME FRIDAY NIGHT WAS 43.43.

ON THE GIRL'S SIDE, MAQUOKETA'S LAURA OSTERHAUS FINISHED FIRST IN THE
HIGH JUMP FRIDAY, CLEARING THE BAR AT 5 FEET, 2 INCHES.   SHE ALSO GOES TO STATE IN DES MOINES THIS WEEK.   HER BEST EFFORT IS 5-FEET, 4 INCHES.

GOOD LUCK TO THE CARDINALS AT STATE.

CHECK THE BUSINESS PHOTO AND STORY BELOW.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

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THE HISTORIC DECKER HOTEL,  BUILDT IN 1876, WILL HAVE NEW OWNERS EFFECTIVE THIS WEEK.      TROY AND RAEANN THEDE ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT THEY HAVE SOLD THE DOWNTOWN LANDMARK TO MATT AND LISA MILLEN OF PLATTVILLE, WISCONSIN.  THEY WILL TAKE OVER OPERATION OF THE FACILITY THIS WEDNESDAY.   BOTH MATT AND LISA WORKED AT THE DECKER ABOUT 7 YEARS GO.  HE WAS A COOK THEN AND LISA WAS A WAITRESS AND ALSO ATTENDED PALMER
CHIROPRACTIC COLLEGE IN DAVENPORT.    MATT IS LEAVING THE PRINTING BUSINESS TO RUN THE DECKER.   THE COUPLE HAVE TWO YOUNG CHILDREN AND WILL CONTINUIE TO LIVE IN PLATTVILLE WHERE LISA HAS A CHIROPRACTIC OFFICE.   MATT WILL COMMUTE AND WILL BE HERE MOST OF THE WEEK.   HIS PARENTS, ROD AND NADINE MILLEN, WILL LIVE IN THE DECKER HOTEL UPSTAIRS APARTMENT AND WILL ASSIST IN THE OPERATION OF THE HOTEL AND RESTAURANT.    MATT PLANS FEW CHANGES BUT MAY SOON EXTEND THE "OPEN" HOURS OF THE RESTAURANT AND BAR.    TROY AND RAEANN HAVE OWNED THE DECKER FOR OVER 19 YEARS AND WILL CONTINUE TO LIVE IN MAQUOKETA WITH THEIR 3 CHILDREN.    THEY HAVE AN INTEREST IN THE COMFORT INN AT THE SOUTH EDGE OF MAQUOKETA AND TROY WILL CONTINUE WORKING THERE.    RAEANN IS IN THE JEWELRY BUSINESS WITH HER FRIEND AND ASSOCIATE LENKA CARSON OF MAQUOKETA AND WILL CONTINUE WITH THAT BUSINESS.    THE 3-STORY DECKER HOTEL HAS A BASEMENT SPORTS BAR, THE MAIN FLOOR RESTAURANT AND 17 HOTEL ROOMS THAT WERE COMPLETELY
REBUILDT IN 1999.  
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DRY, BREEZY, PARTLY SUNNY AND NICE TODAY....IN THE 60'S!
EVEN BETTER WEATHER TOMORROW.

MAQUOKETA POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING TWO VANDALISM INCIDENTS.
TIRES,  PLASTIC TRAYS AND MULCH ....ALL DUMPED IN FRONT OF THE
MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL.     THE VANDALISM WAS DISCOVERED BY POLICE
AT 2 THIS MORNING.     SCHOOL PERSONNEL WERE CALLED TO CLEAN IT UP.
ALSO...THE HURST HOTEL APARTMENTS ON SOUTH MAIN STREET REPORTED AT AROUND 2 THIS MORNING THAT SOMEONE HAD DAMAGED AN EMERGENCY EXIT
DOOR, AND SPRAYED WATER IN THE KITCHEN ON THE FOURTH FLOOR.   DAMAGE
LISTED AT $200.

HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.    IF YOU HAVE NOT BEEN HERE LATELY, CHECK BELOW
THE MANY PHOTOS TAKEN THIS WEEK.

THE CIRCUS IS COMING TO MAQUOKETA THIS MONDAY.   4:30 AND 7:00 P.M.
SHOWS AT THE FAIRGROUNDS.

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THE 2ND ANNUAL ART & CULTURAL TOUR ON THE GRANT WOOD SCENIC BYWAY
IS TOMORROW AND SUNDAY.    TOMORROW, 9 A.M. UNTIL 5 P.M. AND SUNDAY, 10 A.M.
UNTIL 5 P.M.   VISITS WILL BE MADE TO ARTIST DEMONSTRATIONS, GALLERIES, ART STUDIOS, WINERIES, CAFES....ALL OPEN TO THE PUBLIC IN JONES AND JACKSON COUNTIES.     COMMUNITIES ON THE GRANT WOOD SCENIC BYWAY ARE:  MAQUOKETA, BELLEVUE, BALDWIN, MONMOUTH, WYOMING, ANAMOSA AND STONE
CITY.      GALLEREIS AND STUDIOS OPEN IN MAQUOKETA THIS WEEKEND FOR
TOUR VISITORS:    OLD CITY HALL GALLERY....HURSTVILLE INTERPRETIVE
CENTER JUST NORTH OF CITY....ARTIST TOM METCALF STUDIO AT 106 SOUTH MAIN ....
AND MAQUOKETA ART EXPERIENCE AT 124 SOUTH MAIN STREET.     THIS PHOTO AND OTHERS BELOW WERE TAKEN AT MAQUOKETA ART EXPERIENCE.    ADMISSION IS FREE AT ALL PARTICPATING PLACES ON THE TOUR.    MAPS ARE AVAILABLE AT ALL SITES.   BEAUTIFUL WEATHER WILL MAKE FOR A NICE DRIVE THIS WEEKEND ON THE
GRANT WOOD SCENIC BYWAY.
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THESE LICENSE PLATE  NUMBER  WORKS  ARE BY A QUAD CITY
ARTIST.

KIDS CRAWL INSIDE AND PAINT SOMETHING. 
WHEN SPACE IS GONE FOR PAINTINGS, IT WILL
BE OPENED UP AND ON DISPLAY.

THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB SCHOLAR DINNER WAS HELD LAST NIGHT
AT THE METHODIST CHURCH IN MAQUOKETA, HONORING THE TOP 20 SENIORS AT MCHS.   THE WELCOME WAS GIVEN BY ROTARIAN KIM HUCKSTADT, CHAIRMAN
OF THE EVENT.   ROTARIANS JOHN GILROY AND FLORIAN STEFFEN READ THE HIGHLIGHTS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE STUDENTS.    THE 20 STUDENTS
HONORED:   KELSEY BOLLMAN, DAUGHTER PAT AND KATHY BOLLMAN....EVAN COLLISTER, SON OF CHARLES AND JENNIFER COLLISTER....SHANNON DAURELLE, DAUGHTER OF TOM AND ALISON DAURELLE....ANIKA EHLERS, DAUGHTER OF TONY AND THERESSA EHLERS....COLTON  FELLER, SON OF DAVE AND MELISSA DOSTAL AND ARDELL FELLELR....ALICIA FILLOON, DAUGHTER OF RON FILLOON AND LYNN NELSON....ELLEN FULLER, DAUGHTER CHERYL FULLER AND LARRY FULLER...BRYN GISEL, SON OF STEVEN AND CAROL GISEL....MARSHALL HAWKS, SON OF MICHAEL AND ANNE HAWKS....JILL HEINRICH, DAUGHTER OF JOE AND SHELLY HEINRICH.....AMANDA HINTGEN, DAUGHTER OF BRIAN AND JENNIFER HINTGEN....
LINDA KEITEL, DAUGHTER OF JIM AND KATY KEITEL....RACHEL LOPEZ, DAUGHTER
OF HECTOR AND JULIE LOPEZ....ELIZABETH MANNING, DAUGHTER OF DAVID MANNING AND SARAH HOBBS....MAGGI MUHLHAUSEN, DAUGHTER OF CARL AND NANCY MUHLHAUSEN....PAIGE SCHNEWEIS, DAUGHTER OF MARK AND CANDACE SCHNEWEIS... RYAN SCHWENKER, SON OF JERRY AND LAUREEN SCHWENKER...
JONATHAN SNEDDON, SON OF TOM AND BRENDA SNEDDON....HEATHER TRENKAMP, DAUGHTER OF THERESA TALIAFERRO AND MICHAEL TRENKAMP....MICHELLE WILKE, DAUGHTER OF LINDA WILKE
A PHOTO OF THE STUDENTS IS BELOW.   AND BELOW THE PHOTO IS TODAY'S
THURSDAY DAILY REPORT.     BELOW THE DAILY REPORT, PHOTOS TAKEN
WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT THE BOWLING BANQUET.  
LOTS TO READ AND LOOK AT THIS VISIT.
THANKS FOR CHECKING IN.
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THIS PHOTO IS OF THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB CLASS OF 2010 ROTARY SCHOLARS, HONORED LAST NIGHT AT A DINNER AT THE FIRST UNITED METHODIST
CHURCH IN MAQUOKETA.     ROW 1:  LEFT TO RIGHT:   MAGGIE MUHLHAUSEN, ALICIA FILLOON, ELIZABETH MANNING, RACHEL LOPEZ, AMANDA HINTGEN AND JILL HEINRICH.   ROW 2:    KELSY BOLLMAN, HEATHER TRENKAMP, PAIGE SCHNEWEIS, LINDA KEITEL, ELLEN FULLER, ANIKA EHLERS, SHANNON DAURELLE, MR. GENE SCHAUL.    ROW 3:   RYAN SCHWENKER, EVAN COLLISTER, MARSHALL HAWKS, BRYN GISEL, COLTON FELLER, JONATHAN SNEDDON.    NOT IN THE PHOTO, NOT PRESENT LAST NIGHT, MICHELLE WILKE.    MR. GENE SCHAUL IS A POPULAR MATH TEACHER AT THE HIGH SCHOOL AND MOST OF THE SCHOLARS CHOOSE HIM AS THE TEACHER THAT THEY  MOST ADMIRED AND THEREFORE WAS INVITED BY THE ROTARY TO ATTEND THE DINNER LAST NIGHT. 
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 20 MCHS SENIORS.    THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY HAS
SPONSORED  THIS SCHOLAR DINNER EVERY YEAR FOR AROUND 50 YEARS.
CLICK-ON THE PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT.   PHOTO BY DOUG MELVOLD.
DENNIS VOY

1 AND 1/2 INCHES OF RAIN OVERNIGHT.
TODAY, CLOUDY AND COOL.

THE U.S.PRINTING PRESS.....HOT AS HELL FROM LITTLE REST....WILL START UP AGAIN!
THE CITY OF MAQUOKETA HAS RECEIVED A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT TO ASSIST IN RENOVATING HOMES IN THE CITY,.    CITY MANAGER BRIAN WAGNER
SAID THE CITY WILL RECEIVE $423,988 WHICH WILL BE USED TO REHAB 12 FAMILY
OWNER-OCCUPIED HOMES.

CHECK THE PHOTOS BELOW.....TAKEN AT THE DINNER LAST NIGHT AND
AT THE FIRE CLEAN-UP YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.

SORRY FOR THE SHORT NEWS REPORT.

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THE MAQUOKETA MEN'S BOWLING ASSOCIATION ANNUAL DINNER AND AWARDS NIGHT WAS HELD LAST NIGHT AT THE EAGLES CLUB.     OVER 50 WERE IN ATTENDANCE FROM MAQUOKETA AND FROM OTHER NEARBY CITY ASSOCIATIONS, INCLUDING DEWITT, DUBUQUE, CLINTON AND BELLEVUE.     AFTER DINNER, IT WAS AWARDS TIME.    PHOTOS BELOW OF THE WINNERS.     IN THIS PHOTO.....FRONT LEFT,  ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT JEFF TURNEY, A LONGTIME BOWLER AND EMPLOYEE AT WAL MART.   HE WAS THE EMCEE.     FRONT RIGHT, GARY JONES, OF MAQUOKETA,
THE NEW PRESIDENT OF THE ASSOCIATION.     BACK LEFT, JOHN DAEHLER, THE
MANAGER OF THE ASSOCIATION.    ONE OF HIS BIG JOBS IS TO RUN THE CITY
TOURNAMENT, WON THIS YEAR BY WAUGH TIRE'S TEAM WITH A SCORE OF
3,293.       BACK RIGHT, LOUIE CLAUSSEN, OWNER AND MANAGER OF TIMBER LANES AND ONE OF MAQUOKETA'S BEST BOWLERS.   THIS IS LOUIE'S 20TH YEAR AT TIMBER LANES AS OWNER.   HE STARTED THE NEW LANES 20 YEARS AGO AND IS HAVING A CELEBRATION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC ON AUGUST 6TH.   I THINK HE HAS ROLLED AROUND A DOZEN 300 GAMES.      CLICK-ON PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT.
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SHOWN HERE AT LAST NIGHT'S DINNER, AT LEFT, TOM BODKIN, LONGTIME MAQUOKETA BOWLER WHO WAS NAMED A LIFETIME HONORARY MEMBER OF THE MAQUOKETA MEN'S BOWLING ASSOCIATION.    HIS PLAQUE PRESENTED BY THE NEW PRESIDENT OF THE ASSOCIATION, GARY JONES OF MAQUOKETA.      BODKIN, A 1958 MCHS GRADUATE,
WAS JOINED AT THE BANQUET LAST NIGHT BY  '58 CLASSMATE JAKE BICKFORD,
ANOTHER LONGTIME MAQUOKETA BOWLER.     LIKE IN THE PAST, A HIGHLIGHT OF THE DAY YESTERDAY FOR SOME, WAS THE ANNUAL GOLF TOURNANMENT AND JAKE
WAS IN CHARGE.   BUT, BECAUSE OF THE RAIN, THERE WAS LIMITED PLAY AND
NO LOW SCORE AWARDS WERE PRESENTED.
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MAQUOKETA BOWLER AL MOHR (LEFT), WAS NAMED SPONSOR OF THE YEAR FOR HIS
BUSINESS, BARRON MOTOR SUPPLY ON EAST PLATT STREET IN MAQUOKETA.
THE PLAQUE WAS PRESENTED BY JOHN DAEHLER.       DON'T FORGET TO CLICK-ON
THESE PHOTOS TO ENLARGE THEM.
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LONGTIME MAQUOKETA BOWLER, MARV JORGENSEN, LEFT, WAS CONGRATULATED BY JOHN DAEHLER, AFTER BEING NAMED TO THE MAQUOKETA MEN'S BOWLING ASSOCIATION HALL OF FAME.    MARV, AROUND 80, IS STILL BOWLING.    HIS WIFE
GLORIA WON THE FLOWER CENTERPIECE.      ALL ENJOYED THE RIBEYE STEAK
DINNER, PREPARED AND SERVED BY THE EAGLE'S  LADIES AUXILIARY.     THE
DINNER WAS DELICIOUS.    JACK MARLOWE, RETIRED SPORT'S EDITOR OF THE
MAQUOKETA SENTINAL-PRESS AND I WERE INVITED GUESTS AND RECOGNIZED
FOR OUR COVERAGE AND SUPPORT OF BOWLING IN MAQUOKETA.
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NO SUNSHINE TODAY.     PRETTY GOOD RAIN OVER THE NOON HOUR.    IN THE 40'S AGAIN TODAY, BUT BETTER WEATHER JUST AROUND THE CORNER.

GENESIS HEALTH  SYSTEM EXECUTIVES OF DAVENPORT MET WITH THE JACKSON COUNTY REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER ADMINISTRATION, AND BOARD MEMBERS, YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AT THE HOSPITAL AND TALKED ABOUT PRIORITIES WHEN THE LOCAL HOSPITAL BECOMES AFFILIATED  WITH GENISIS JULY 1ST, REPLACING FINLEY HOSPITAL OF DUBUQUE.      DOUGLAS CROPPER, PRESIDENT AND CEO OF GENESIS, SAID THEY WILL FOCUS ON QUALITY AND SAFE CARE IN MAQUOKETA.      HE SAID THEY HAVE EXPERTISE TO ASSIST IN PHYSICIAN RECRUITMENT AND UNDERSTAND WHAT THE NEEDS ARE OF THE MAQUOKETA HOSPITAL.     HE SAID HE  UNDERSTANDS RE-OPENING THE OB DEPARTMENT IS A HIGH PRIORITY AND GENESIS WILL WORK WITH THE HOSPITAL HERE TO FIND A PHYSICIAN.      OUR HOSPITAL CEO, CURT COLEMAN,
SAID MEDICAL ASSOCIATES IN TOWN IS ALSO SEARCHING FOR AN OB DOCTOR.
CROPPER SAID GENESIS WILL BRING A LOT TO THE HOSPITAL INCLUDING ASSISTANCE
WITH THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY.   HE SAID THEY WILL BRING PROGRAMS AND SERVICES TO MAQUOKETA WHICH DON'T EXIST NOW AND HELP THOSE SERVICES THAT NEED TO BE STRONGER.       BOTH SIDES EXPECT TO HAVE A MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT SIGNED WITHIN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.

CHARGES ARE PENDING IN AN ACCIDENT IN WHICH A VEHICLE CRASHED INTO A MOBILE HOME  AT FAWN CREEK MOBILE HOME PARK AT THE EAST EDGE OF MAQUOKETA.    POLICE OFFICER MIKE OWENS SAID CHARGES ARE PENDING AGAINST THE DRIVER, DIANNA ERICKSON, AGE 38, OF MAQUOKETA.    THE OFFICER SAID ERICKSON WAS DRIVING EAST ON SPENCER STREET IN THE MOBILE HOME PARK SUNDAY AND LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND IT WENT OFF THE ROAD AND HIT THE NORTH CORNER OF A MOBILE HOME OWNED BY ELAINE FLAGEL, OF 39 YALE STREET IN THE PARK.     DAMAGES WERE LISTED AT $2,500 TO FLAGEL'S
MOBILE HOME.   NO INJURIES REPORTED.

THANKS TO ALLEN AND PAULINE BODKIN OF IBERIA, MISSOURI AND FORMERLY
OF MAQUOKETA FOR SUPPORTING THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB BY BUYING 4 DUCKS TO RACE IN THE ROTARY DUCK RACE ON JUNE 21ST, THE FIRST DAY OF SUMMER.....AT THE YMCA POOL.     THAT EVENING, IF ONE OF THEIR 4 DUCKS
IS FAST, THEY COULD WIN $1,000 OR $100.     

MAY 16TH, CHUCK AND JEAN DYER OF MAQUOKETA WILL CELEBRATE THEIR
70TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY.       THEY WERE MARRIED MAY 16, 1949 IN
DUBUQUE.    CHUCK WAS EMPLOYED WITH A PROPERTY INSURANCE ADJUSTMEHT COMPANY FOR 35 YEARS.       UPON RETIRING, THEY MOVED TO MAQUOKETA IN
1977.    THEY HAVE 2 CHILDREN, 6 GRANDCHILDREN AND 11 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.     THEY LIVE AT 403 EAST ANGUS COURT.      70 YEARS!   HOW ABOUT THAT?

MARJORIE HOSCH, 89, OF MONTICELLO DIED YESTERDAY.    SHE IS SURVIVED BY A SON, JIM HOSCH, OF MAQUOKETA AND A DAUGHER-IN-LAW TERESA  HOSCH OF MAQUOKETA.    KRAMER FUNERAL HOME IN MONTICELLO IS IN CHARGE OF
ARRANGEMENTS.

THE MASONS  HAVE THEIR FAMOUS WAFFLE BREAKFAST THIS SUNDAY MORNING
AT THE FAIRGROUNDS IN MAQUOKETA.    

THEY ARE CLEANING UP THE EMPTY FORMER FAREWAY BUILDING IN DOWNTOWN
MAQUOKETA.     HAVE NOT HEARD WHAT MAY HAPPEN THERE.     AS SOON AS I HEAR, I'LL LET YOU KNOW.

SUNDAY AFTERNOON, SOME OF THE POPULAR 30'S AND 40'S BANDS OF THE MAQUOKETA  AREA WILL HAVE A GET-TOGETHER AT THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY MUSEUM  ON THE FAIRGROUNDS.....THE OKLAHOMA COWBOYS, SHIELDS BROTHERS,
THE CARL LYMAN BAND, AND OTHERS.    PROGRAM AT 2.     THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY HAS ACQUIRED THE BASE DRUM OF THE COWBOYS BAND.    THIS EVENT WILL BE
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.     RED WILL BE THERE OF COURSE.

HAVE A GOOD NIGHT AND THURSDAY.

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LOOKING NORTH ON MAIN STREET!    TO THE RIGHT OF UPPER CORNER, THEY HAULED IN SAND THIS MORNING TO CREATE A SLOPED DRIVE SO TRUCKS COULD DRIVE INTO
THE BIG HOLE WITH FILL.        THEY ARE DOING A  GOOD JOB!
DENNIS VOY.    CLICK-ON PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT.

CLICK-ON PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT.    TOOK THESE 3 PHOTOS AT 2 THIS AFTERNOON, AFTER A TWO-HOUR RAIN.    HERE, THEY ARE LOADING UP THE FINAL BIG ROCKS TO HAUL AWAY.   ROCKS LEFT IN HOLE NEEDED TO BE LESS THAN 3-INCHES IN SIZE.
SO...BY END OF DAY, CLEAN-UP IS DONE.     NEXT,  THE FILL-IN AND SIDEWALKS AND
SEEDING.
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THIS IS THE NORTH WALL OF THE CORNER BUILDING THAT COMES DOWN THIS
SUMMER.    KENDALL MEN'S WEAR WAS IN THIS BUILDING FOR A LONG TIME, OWNED
BY HAVEN KENDALL.    HE DIED QUITE A FEW YEARS AGO.
HAVEN'S SON, RICH, HAS 2 OR 3 CULVER'S RESTAURANTS IN CEDAR RAPIDS
AREA AND HIS MOTHER STILL  LIVES IN MAQUOKETA.
CLICK-ON PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT.
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CLOUDY AND COLD TODAY.    48 THE HIGH.
GREAT WEATHER COMING FOR THE WEEKEND.      FIVE HIGH SCHOOLS WILL HAVE
GRADUATIONS THIS SUNDAY.    MAQUOKETA'S WILL BE AT 2 P.M. MAY 30TH.

THE MAQUOKETA COMMUNITY SCHOOL TEACHERS WILL RECEIVE RAISES BEGINNING
JULY 1ST AS PART OF A 1.86 PERCENT INCREASE SALARY PACKAGE.
THE SCHOOL BOARD AND THE MAQUOKETA EDUCATION ASSOCIATION APPROVED
A $200 INCREASE ON THE BASE PAY FOR A FIRST YEAR TEACHER....FROM $25,740 TO $25,940.  ALSO, BOARD MEMBERS SET UP TWO OTHER SALARY SCALES, ONE FOR LONGEVITY AND ANOTHER FOR TEACHER SALARY SUPPLEMENT.    BOTH ARE NEW TO THE DISTRICT.    THE HEALTH INSURANCE REMAINS THE SAME.   FULL HEALTH AND MAJOR MEDICAL INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR EMPLOYEES AND THEIR DEPENDENTS.

THANKS FOR THE VISIT.

OH YES...THANKS TO DARLENE REDMOND ORR IN BRANSON, MISSOURI, FOR BUYING
TWO MAQUOKETA ROTARY DUCKS FOR THE JUNE 21ST RACE.   THE FORMER
MAQUOKETAN MAY WIN $1,000 OR $100 WITH HER DUCK IN THE RACE.    SHE'S A REGULAR READER OF THIS DAILY REPORT AND SENT HER CHECK FOR $10 TO ME AT BOX 940, MAQUOKETA.

DENNIS VOY  (MEMBER OF MAQUOKETA ROTARY SINCE 1963)

THIS IS HOW THE BIG HOLE ON MAIN STREET LOOKED AT 3 THIS AFTERNOON.
AND THEY WERE STILL WORKING.
THE BUILDING TO THE BACK IS THE CORNER BUILDING THAT WILL COME DOWN SOMETIME THIS SUMMER.   CLICK-ON PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT.
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FUTURE HOME OF "BOMBFIRE PIZZA AND BREAD"  ON THE CORNER OF MAIN AND PLATT IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA.    HAD PIZZA AT THEIR SABULA STORE
SUNDAY NIGHT AND IT WAS VERY GOOD.   YOU WILL LIKE IT!    COOKED AT 800 DEGREES IN A SPECIALLY BUILDT WOOD BURNING OVEN.    LESS THAN 2 MINUTES
AND THE PIZZA IS READY.    THE MAQUOKETA STORE WILL NOT OPEN FOR SEVERAL MONTHS OR MORE AND SABULA WILL REMAIN OPEN TOO.    THE OWNER (PURCHASED THE BUILDING FROM THE AMERICAN LEGION POST)  HAS LOTS OF OTHER IDEAS
FOR THE UPSTAIRS AND MAYBE ALSO BASEMENT.      AS THEY SAY....STAY TUNED.
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57  TODAY AND CLOUDY.   RAIN IN FORECAST TONIGHT, TOMORROW, WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY.....AND NICE WEATHER PREDICTED FOR FRIDAY, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.

NOT MUCH WAS DONE WITH THE FIRE CLEANUP DOWNTOWN TODAY, BUT THE
WORK ON MAIN STREET WAS COMPLETED AND THE MAIN BLOCK OF MAIN STREET
RE-OPENED AT 3 THIS AFTERNOON.

SCHOOL BOARD MEETING TONIGHT.

MAY IS BEEF MONTH...ENJOY SOME BEEF SOON AND OFTEN.

MAQUOKETA POSTAL CARRIERS GATHERED 2,877 POUNDS OF CANNED GOODS AND PAPER PRODUCTS FOR THE MAQUOKETA COMMUNITY CUPBOARD SATURDAY.
.....SHORT OF THEIR GOAL OF 3,500 POUNDS. 

HAVE A GOOD TUESDAY.

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A LITTLE RAIN LAST NIGHT AND MORE THIS MORNING AND NOW THE REST OF THE DAY HAS BEEN CLOUDY AND COOL.   BETTER WEATHER COMING TOMORROW AND
ESPECIALLY MOTHER'S DAY.

THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL APPROVED A REQUEST TO EXCEED THE NOISE
ORDINANCE FOR PERXACTLY BAR IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA ON SUNDAY NIGHTS,
WHEN THEY WILL HAVE KARAOKE MUSIC ON THEIR BACK PATIO FROM 4 UNTIL 10 PM BETWEEN NOW AND OCTOBER.      SO, SOUNDS LIKE THE VERY POPULAR FUN PLACE WILL BE EVEN MORE FUN THIS SUMMER.    WAS THERE LAST NIGHT....GOOD FOOD!

A FARM SPRAYER ROLLED AFTER A TIRE BLEW OUT AROUND 5:30 LAST NIGHT ON THE CAVES ROAD, NORTHWEST OF MAQUOKETA.    IT WAS DRIVEN BY CODY BRUNDAGE, AGE 19, OF MAQUOKETA.    SOME OF THE CONTENTS SPILLED, BUT CONTAINED BY THE MAQUOKETA FIRE DEPARTMENT.     BRUNDAGE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL
IN MAQUOKETA AND TREATED FOR MINOR INJURIES.    DAMAGE TO THE SPRAYER
WAS ESTIMATED AT $10,000.

JEFF ROCKWELL HIT A DEER THURSDAY ON HIGHWAY 64.

CASEY'S HAD ANOTHER $39 GAS DRIVE-OFF WITHOUT PAYING.

ALL THE MAQUOKETA POSTAL CARRIERS ARE COLLECTING  FOOD FOR THE
MAQUOKETA COMMUNITY CUPBOARD TOMORROW.      THIS IS BEING DOWN NATION
WIDE.

I STILL WAS NOT ABLE TO GET THE DECKER HOTEL SALE STORY TODAY.
MAYBE TOMORROW.

THE MAQUOKETA COUNTRY CLUB MEMBERS LAST NIGHT VOTED TO LEASE
THE RESTAURANT PART OF THE CLUBHOUSE ONLY.    THE PERSON REPORTEDLY
IS GOING TO OPERATE AN ITALIAN RESTAURANT.    THE CLUB WILL CONTINUE TO
RUN THE UPSTAIRS BAR.    MORE DETAILS LATER.      THE RESTAURANT PART HAS BEEN CLOSED FOR QUITE SOME TIME.    COUNTRY CLUBS ARE NOT DOING LIKE
IN THE OLD DAYS.    MAQUOKETA'S MEMBERSHIP AT ONE TIME WAS 400 WITH A WAITING LIST.    NOW, MEMBERSHIP IS LESS THAN HALF OF THAT.   THE MAQUOKTA YMCA ALSO NEEDS MORE MEMBERS.   

MT. HOPE CEMETERY IS GETTING A WHITE FENCE SOON.

ROSES ARE RED

VIOLETS ARE BLUE

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY MOMS

FROM ALL  AT KMAQ.

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MOSTLY SUNNY, LESS WINDY AND 64 THE HIGH TODAY.      RAIN POSSIBLE TONIGHT AND TOMORROW.    MOTHER'S DAY, NO RAIN, PARTLY SUNNY AND NEAR 60.

LAST SATURDAY, THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL PROM KING WAS MICHAEL TABOR AND THE PROM QUEEN, BROOKLYN KORANDA.

THE HOSPITAL BOARD HELD A SPECIAL MEETING THIS AFTERNOON AND VOTED TO BEGIN NEGOTIATIONS FOR A LETTER OF INTENT TO AFFILIATE THE MAQUOKETA HOSPITAL WITH GENESIS HEALTH SYSTEM OF DAVENPORT.   THEY BOARD VOTED TO TERMINATE THE MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT WITH FINLEY  HOSPITAL IN DUBUQUE EFFETIVE JUNE 30TH AND TO START NEGOTIATIONS FOR A LETTER OF INTENT WITH GENESIS FOR A MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT TO BEGIN JULY 1.       THE HOSPITAL
HAS HAD AN AFFILIATION AGREEMENT WITH FINELEY FOR ABOUT 8 YEARS.
KEVIN BURNS, BOARD PRESIDENT, CALLED THE ACTION A POSITIVE STEP FOR
MAQUOKETA'S HOSPITAL.     CEO CURT COLEMAN SAID THERE WILL BE NO DAY-TO-DAY OPERATONS CHANGES.    THE NAME WILL REMAIN THE SAME AND COLEMAN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE AS ADMINISTRATOR.    THE MAQUOKETA HOSPITAL OPENED MAY 16,1950 AND TODAY IS A 25-BED HOSPITAL OFFERING A WIDE RANGE OF INPATIENT, OUTPATIENT, EMERGENCY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES.     GENESIS IS A 140-YEAR-OLD SYSTEM.   THE HOSPITAL IN DEWITT IS ALSO ONE OF MANY OTHER HOSPITALS AFFILIATED WITH GENESIS.

TOM BERGREN WAS OUR RADIO BINGO WINNER TODAY.

KMAQ RADIO IS TAKING A BUS TO SEE  "MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET"  IN CHICAGO
JUNE 2ND.    LET ME KNOW IF YOU WANT TO GO ALONG TO SEE THIS MUSICAL
NOMINATED FOR THREE 2010 TONY AWARDS.    GOOGLE THE APPOLO THEATRE IN CHICAGO FOR MORE ABOUT THE SHOW, FEATURING MANY GREAT SONGS OF THE 50'S.     THE BUS IS ALREADY HALF-FULL AND LOTS OF PEOPLE ARE THINKING ABOUT GOING BUT HAVE NOT SIGNED-UP YET.   

THE NEW MOVIE "IRON MAN 2" OPENS AT ONE MINUTE AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
AT THE VOY 3 THEATRE AND ALSO THE 61 DRIVE-IN THEATRE SOUTH OF
MAQUOKETA.     YOU'LL BE HEARING A LOT ABOUT THIS MOVIE BETWEEN NOW AND THE END OF THE WEEKEND.   

GET MOM THAT GIFT YET?

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BULLETIN:     THE DECKER HOTEL HAS BEEN SOLD!       WHEN AT COFFEE THERE THIS MORNING,  TROY THEDE'S MOTHER JOINED US AT COFFEE FOR A FEW MINUTES AND SAID THE NEW OWNER IS IN THE BUILDING AND THAT TROY, RAEANN AND THE TWO BOYS WILL CONTINUE TO LIVE IN MAQUOKETA.          TROY IS ALSO A PART-OWNER OF THE COMFORT  INN MOTEL AT THE SOUTH EDGE OF MAQUOKETA AND RAEANN HAS A JEWELRY BUSINESS.      I TALKED TO TROY LATE THIS MORNING AND HE SAID HE WOULD GIVE ME MORE INFORMATION, INCLUDING WHO THE NEW OWNER IS, TOMORROW, FRIDAY.

CHECK  BELOW THE TWO PHOTOS I TOOK THIS MORNING AT THE CLEAN-UP AREA.
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CLICK-ON PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT.     THIS IS THE WAY THE FIRE CLEAN-UP AREA
LOOKED THIS MORNING.    THOSE  BASEMENT WALLS COME NEXT AND WHEN THEY
ARE DOWN, IT WILL BE ONE  BIG HOLE.
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CLICK-ON PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT.    MAIN STREET IS CLOSED TODAY SO THEY
CAN DO WATER AND SEWER DISCONNECTS FROM THE BURNED-OUT BASEMENTS.
THIS IS THE SCENE LOOKING NORTH THIS MORNING.    I TOOK THIS    STANDING UNDER THE CORNER BUILDING THAT WILL COME DOWN THIS SUMMER.   THEY ARE
CUTTING HOLES RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF  MAIN STREET TODAY.    PLUS, OTHER
WORKERS ARE HAULING AWAY DEBRIS, SO CLEAN-UP WORK IS ALSO IN PROGRESS
AGAIN TODAY.
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WINDY AND 68 TODAY.

RAIN EXPECTED THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY.    THE WEEKEND SHOULD BE DRY BUT COOL.

WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF WIND THIS SPRING.....TOO MUCH.

THE MAQUOKETA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WILL HOST A FORUM FOR THE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES FOR IOWA SENATE 13 IN THE JUNE PRIMARY.
IT WILL BE AT 7 P.M. MONDAY NIGHT, MAY 24TH AT CITY HALL, WITH KMAQ'S LEIGHTON HEPKER THE MODERATOR.      THERE ARE 4 DEMOCRATS RUNNING FOR THE SEAT NOW HELD BY ROGER STEWART, WHO IS RETIRING FROM THE SENATE AT THE END OF THE  YEAR.     THE CANDIDATES ARE:   TOD BOWMAN OF MAQUOKETA....PAUL FELLER OF CLINTON.....BRIAN MOORE OF ZWINGLE AND ED O'NEIL OF CLINTON.
THERE WILL NOT BE A FORUM FOR REPUBLICANS AS THERE IS ONLY ONE PERSON RUNNING FOR THE SEAT.

JACKSON COUNTY NEEDS TWO NEW AMBULANCES TO REPLACE OLD ONES.
THEY ARE PRETTY SURE OF A GRANT OF $48,809 AND THE HOSPITAL HAS BUDGEDED $130,000 FOR THE TWO.    THE TWO ARE EXPECTED TO COST $176,000.
THE HOSPITAL AMBULANCE SERVICE COVERS 270 SQUARE MILES SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, 24 HOURS A DAY.

THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB IS HAVING THEIR ANNUAL DUCK RACE AGAIN THIS YEAR ON THE FIRST DAY OF SUMMER, AT THE YMCA POOL.    DUCKS ARE AGAIN
$5.00 AND THE DUCK THAT WINS THE RACE EARNS $1,000 FOR ITS OWNER.    2ND THRU 6TH PLACE DUCKS WIN $100.     I'VE SOLD QUITE A FEW DUCKS OVER THE YEARS FROM READERS OF TH IS REPORT.     ALREADY, GOOD READER OF THIS REPORT, JACK WEST OF HOLLAND, MICHIGAN, HAS PURCHASED 5 DUCKS,
BUYING THEM FROM ROTARIAN BOB OSTERHAUS.   THANKS JACK!    WANT
A DUCK?    WANT TO WIN $1,000?     SEND YOUR $5 CHECK TO ME, BOX 940,
MAQUOKETA, IA.  52060.     I'M A ROTARIAN AND I'M AGAIN CHAIRMAN OF THE
RACE AND I'D LIKE TO SEE YOU BUY A DUCK OR MORE.   

QUACK QUACK....THAT'S IT FOR TODAY.

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80 DEGREES IN MAQUOKETA TODAY.

A LOT DONE AGAIN TODAY  IN THE CLEAN-UP OF THE FIRE MESS.    THE WALLS
IN THE BACK OF THE FURNITURE STORE, IN THE PHOTO I TOOK OVER THE WEEKEND,
WERE KNOCKED DOWN TODAY.    BIG CHANGE.    MAIN STREET WILL BE CLOSED
FOR THE REST OF THIS WEEK NEAR THE CLEAN-UP AREA SO THEY CAN
DISCONNECT PERMANTLY THE WATER AND SEWER LINES THAT WENT TO THE
BURNED DOWN BASEMENTS.     FORGOT TO TELL YOU.......LAST WEEK THEY
FOUND WATER RUNNING FROM A BROKEN PIPE IN ONE OF THE BASEMENTS  AND BELIEVE THAT WATER HAS BEEN RUNNING SINCE THE FIRE.

THE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT IN LITTLE BEAR PARK WILL BE REPLACED WITHIN 5 YEARS.    THAT DECISION WAS MADE LAST NIGHT AT THE MAQUOKETA CITY
COUNCIL MEETING.     THE 18 YEAR-OLD PARK IS WEARING OUT.    REPAIRS WILL
BE MADE WHILE PLANS FOR A NEW PLAYGROUND ARE MADE AND MONEY
IS RAISED.    IT IS EXPECTED TO BE A $100,000 OR MORE PROJECT.

LARRY GIBSON, AGE 55, OF ELWOOD AND FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA, DIED
IN A ONE-CAR ACCIDENT AT 1:30 THIS MORNING ON HIGHWAY 136 AT 130TH STREET NEAR ELWOOD.    HE FAILED TO NEGOTIATE A CURVE, WENT INTO THE DITCH AND ROLLED AND WAS EJECTED FROM THE CAR.

A BREAK-IN  AT B & G AUTOMOTIVE IN HURSTVILLE LAST NIGHT.
TAKEN, CASH AND OTHER ITEMS.   A $2,000 REWARD IS BEING OFFERED FOR
INFORMATION LEADING TO THE ARREST OF THOSE RESPONSIBLE.

THANKS FOR CHECKING IN.

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SUNNY AND WINDY TODAY...HIGH IN LOW 60'S.

MAQUOKETA'S FIRST FULLTIME  MANAGER OF THE MAQUOKETA MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC UTILITY WAS ARRESTED IN CLINTON FOR ALLEGEDLY ATTEMPTING TO ENTICE A MINOR.
TERRY CAMPIE, AGE 54, WAS CHARGED OF ATTEMPTED ENTICEMENT OF A MINOR, WHICH IS AN AGGRAVATED MISDEMEANOR.     HE IS THE DEAN AT ITT TECHNUICAL INSTITUTE IN CEDAR RAPIDS.    HE WAS IN MAQUOKETA FROM 1985 TO 1989.
THE ARREST WAS MADE AT 6 P.M. FRIDAY NIGHT AND HE WAS TO APPEAR IN
COURT TODAY.

THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL MEETS TONIGHT.   THEY WILL AWARD A CONTRACT
TO RESURFACE WASHINGTON STREET IN  FRONT OF THE MAQUOKETA HIGH
SCHOOL.    ALSO THEY WILL DISCUSS THE CAMPER PADS AT HORSESHOE POND PARK, AND WILL BE ASKED TO RETURN THE SUMMIT AND MAIN INTERSECTION TO THE WAY IT WAS WITHOUT TURNING LANES.    THERE WILL ALSO BE A DISCUSSION ON THE FUTURE OF LITTLE BEAR PARK.

VIRGINIA HAMILTON, AGE 93, OF IOWA CITY DIED APRIL 23RD.   SURVIVORS INCLUDE
A SON IN MAQUOKETA, DR. RAY HAMILTON.

BOB THOMAS OF MAQUOKETA RESIGNED LAST WEEK FROM THE HOSPITAL BOARD HERE IN MAQUOKETA.    HE CITED ILLNESS OF HIS WIFE, KAREN, AS THE REASON
FOR  STEPPING DOWN.   HE HAS SERVED ON THAT BOARD OVER 6 YEARS.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

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THE CLEAN-UP OF FIRE DEBRIS CONTINUES TOMORROW IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA.
HERE YOU SEE THE BACK WALL OF THE FURNITURE STORE STILL STANDING.   IT  WILL PROBABLY BE KNOCKED DOWN AND HAULED THIS WEEK.    AND THE BUILDING
IN BACK, WITH SLANTED ROOF, IS THE BUILDING THAT THE DNR WOULD NOT LET
LOCAL AUTHORITIES TAKE DOWN AND REMOVE YET.      IT WILL BE TAKEN DOWN
AFTER ALL REQUIREMENTS ARE MET, SOMETIME THIS SUMMER.     TOO BAD THERE HAS TO BE THE DELAY ON IT.     ON THE CORNER TO THE LEFT OF THIS PHOTO IS
THE OLD GRAIN MILL.     HOPEFULLY, IT WILL ALSO BE TAKEN DOWN SOMETIME.   THE BIGGEST SURPRISE LAST WEEK WAS THE AMOUNT OF CARPET, VINYL AND OTHER FLOOR COVERING MATERIALS THAT WERE  FOUND, MOSTLY INTACT, IN THE FORMER
BREITBACH FLOOR COVERING BUILDING.    CLICK-ON PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT.
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THIS IS VIEW OF "CLEAN-UP" FROM THE BACK OF BURNED-OUT BUILDINGS.    FOR
FIRST TIME IN  A LONG TIME, YOU CAN SEE MAIN STREET BUILDINGS FROM OLIVE
STREET.    NEARLY FIVE DOZEN TRUCKLOADS WERE HAULED LAST WEEK TO MILAN, ILLINOIS.       THE CONTRACTOR WAS  HAPPY WITH THOSE NUMBERS.
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PROGRESS IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA.       IN THIS PHOTO AND BELOW!    CLICK-ON PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT.       TO THE RIGHT IS "SHEAR TOUCH" BEAUTY SHOP.
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NEW OWNER AND NAME FOR THE MEXICAN RESTAURANT ON THE CORNER
IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA.      CLICK-ON PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT.      OLD NAME WAS
"EL CASADOR"  RESTAURANT.   (WAS CARSON DRUG STORE FOR MANY, MANY YEARS).
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FORMERLY THE TOM PECKOSH LAW OFFICE ON THE CORNER NEXT TO MY
THEATRE.
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