MOSTLY CLOUDY TODAY, HIGH OF 75.

THE TRUCK AND TRACTOR PULL IS TONIGHT AT THE FAIR.

MAQUOKETA WINERS OF $100 LAST NIGHT WERE: KALEB MARSHALL OF
MAQUOKETA....DAVE DEWITT OF MAQUOKETA ... AND TOM TRENTZ OF
MAQUOKETA. THERE WERE ALSO 2 OTHER OUT-OF-TOWN WINNERS.

I WILL HAVE A SATURDAY REPORT.

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ANOTHER PHOTO FROM THE
WEDNESDAY NIGHT PARADE
IN MAQUOKETA.
THE GRAND MARSHALLS....
ROCHELLE RAY AND
KENNETH EHLINGER, PAST
FAIRBOARD MEMBERS.
CLICK-ON PHOTO TO
ENLARGE IT...CLICK TWICE ON
PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT EVEN
FURTHER.
DENNIS VOY

A PACKED GRANDSTAND FOR THE RACES LAST NIGHT AT THE
JACKSON COUNTY FAIR.
AROUND 4,500 ATTENDED THE FAIR LAST NIGHT, A GOOD TURN-OUT AND ABOUT THE SAME AS LAST YEAR.
DENNIS VOY

SOME PHOTOS TAKEN LAST NIGHT AT THE FAIR .....BELOW...

CLICK ON PHOTOS TO ENLARGE....

AND BELOW THE PHOTOS, TODAY'S SHORT DAILY REPORT.

HAVE A GOOD FRIDAY AND WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY

BEAUTIFUL DAY TODAY IN MAQUOKETA.

A 90-MINUTE PARADE KICKED OFF THE JACKSON COUNTY FAIR LAST NIGHT
IN MAQUOKETA.

ATTENDANCE WAS DOWN FROM LAST YEAR. LAST YEAR, 4,174 AND
LAST NIGHT, 2,244. THE RECORD WEDNESDAY NIGHT ATTENDANCE
WAS 4,719 IN 2006.

$50 CASH WINNERS FROM MAQUOKETA LAST NIGHT, LORIN DEPPE,
MARY BOCK, JILL HEINRICH, JOYCE KOHRT, AND DIXIE EDWARDS.
THE OTHER 5 WINNERS WERE NOT FROM MAQUOKETA.

TODAY IS KID'S DAY AND STOCK CAR RACES TONIGHT.

THE GALLAGHER COMEDY SHOW HAD A GOOD TURNOUT IN THE GRANDSTAND
LAST NIGHT.

I TOOK A FEW PHOTOS, BUT THE PHOTO PART OF THIS DAILY PAGE IS NOT
WORKING TODAY.

THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE REMAINED THE SAME IN JACKSON COUNTY IN JUNE, 6.8 PERCENT. OTHER COUNTIES AROUND US WENT UP A LITTLE.

DEBBIE BRECHT OF MAQUOKETA SWERVED TO MISS TWO DEER ON 125TH AVENUE
AND WENT INTO THE DITCH. NO INJURIES. $1,000 DAMAGE.

PRESTON LOST THEIR BALL GAME AT STATE THIS AFTERNOON TO THE #1 TEAM IN THE STATE IN 1-A. GREAT SEASON FOR THE TROJANS!
DEWITT PLAYS TOMORROW AFTERNOON AT 2.

THANKS FOR CHECKING IN.

SEE YOU AT THE FAIR.

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T

MOSTLY SUNNY AND HOT TODAY....IN THE LOW 80'S.

GOV. CHET CULVER WAS IN THE AREA AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON. JOE
HEINRICH HAS A CORN ACREAGE ALONG THE MAQUOKETA RIVER NORTHWEST OF MAQUOKETA, ABOUT 170 ACRES, AND THE GOVERNOR MET WITH FARMERS AT THAT CORNFIELD AND EXPLAINED THE HELP THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE TO THOSE FARMERS THAT SUFFERED CROP DAMAGE FROM THE FLOOD.

AND..THE GOVERNOR DECIDED TO STAY IN MAQUOKETA FOR THE FAIR PARADE
AT 6 TONIGHT. HE'LL BE WITH THE PARADE ENTRY OF THE JACKSON COUNTY DEMOCRATS.

A MAQUOKETA 8TH GRADER, MONMOUTH 4-H MEMBER, CALE GENT, SON OF MR.
AND MRS. SCOTT GENT, RESTORED AN "H" TRACTOR LAST YEAR FOR A 4-H
PROJECT AND IT WENT ON TO THE STATE FAIR. THIS YEAR, HE RESTORED
ANOTHER, A JOHN DEERE "A", AND IT TOO WILL GO TO THE STATE FAIR NEXT MONTH. BOTH WILL BE ON A FLATBED IN THE FAIR PARADE TONIGHT.
CALE WILL BE RIDING ON THE FLATBED, PULLED BY HIS GRANDFATHER,
STEVE TRENKAMP OF PRESTON. AND HERE'S ONE MORE THING ABOUT THE
TRACTORS. BOTH WERE OWNED BY CALE'S GREAT-GRANDFATHERS. THE
JOHN DEERE "A" BELONGED TO BERNARD TRENKAMP OF PRESTON AND THE
INTERNATIONAL "H" WAS OWNED BY THE LATE PAUL TEEPLE.
QUITE A THING FOR AN 8TH GRADER TO RESTORE A TRACTOR TWO YEARS
IN A ROW AND BOTH YEARS, HAVE THE TRACTOR GO ON TO THE STATE
FAIR. IF YOU ATTEND THE FAIR THIS WEEKEND IN MAQUOKETA, SEE A CLOSE-UP OF THE JOHN DEERE INSIDE THE PEARSON CENTER AT THE FAIR,
ALONG WITH OTHER 4-H PROJECTS.

THE FAIR BOARD WILL BE HANDING OUT GARBAGE BAGS ALONG THE PARADE ROUTE TONIGHT. LANNY SIMPSON, FAIR MANAGER, SAID IT IS HOPED PARADE WATCHERS WILL DISPOSE OF THEIR GARBAGE AFTER THE PARADE.
SHE SAYS THE FAIR BOARD THIS YEAR IS DOING THEIR BEST TO ASSIST
THE CITY PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IN CLEAN-UP AFTER THE PARADE.

THE HUNDREDS OF SAND BAGS, FILLED WITH SAND, ARE BEING OFFERED
FREE TO THE PUBLIC.

A MINOR ACCIDENT YESTERDAY IN MAQUOKETA. ONE CAR DRIVEN
BY JOHN SHEEHAN, AGE 73,OF MAQUOKETA. THE OTHER DRIVEN BY
RONDA PAPE, AGE 52, OF MAQUOKETA. JOHN WAS GOING SOUTH ON MAIN AND RHONDA WAS ON PLEASANT STREET AND FAILED TO STOP AT THE LIGHT AND THE TWO VEHICLES COLLIDED. PAPE WAS CHARGED. NO INJURIES.
THAT WAS AT 10 LAST NIGHT.

AT 3 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, DAWN DURKOP, 29, OF MAQUOKETA WAS CHARGED WITH STOP SIGN VIOLATION. MEGAN FIELDS, AGE 16, WAS DRIVING ON NIAGARA, DURKOP DIDN'T STOP AND HIT THE FIELDS VEHICLE. NO
INJURIES.

THE DEWITT BOYS WON THEIR TOURNAMENT GAME IN DES MOINES LAST NIGHT AND HAVE A SEMI-FINAL GAME FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
PRESTON PLAY AT STATE AGAIN TOMORROW AFTERNOON. KMAQ WILL BROADCAST BOTH GAMES.

IT'S EXCITING....IT'S COUNTY FAIR TIME IN MAQUOKETA.

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MAQUOKETA WAS A BIT QUIETER TODAY!

NICE TO PUT THE FLOOD BEHIND US!

IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL WEATHER DAY TOO!

MAYBE RAIN TOMORROW, BUT HOPEFULLY IT WILL NOT RAIN ON OUR
PARADE.

NO NEWS REPORT TODAY.

DENNIS VOY

TODAY, I DID "DEWITT CALLING" FROM "MARTHA'S CAFE" IN
DEWITT, CLOSING THIS SATURDAY AFTER 44 YEARS.
A POPULAR PLACE! SHE
AT RIGHT, IS RETIRING.
WHEN SHE STARTED, HAMBURGERS WERE 25 CENTS.
SHE HAS GONE IN AT 3 EACH MORNING TO BAKE PIES AND
THEN OPEN AT 5. NEVER MARRIED BUT HAD A LONGTIME
FRIEND WHO HELPED HER AND
DIED 3 YEARS AGO. ONE MORE PHOTO BELOW. HER BUILDING HAS BEEN SOLD AND WILL BE USED FOR SOME OTHER BUSINESS. "DEWITT CALLING" HAS BEEN ON-THE-AIR ON KMAQ-AM FOR AROUND 45 YEARS. AT FIRST, WAS DONE BY A LOCAL HOST RIGHT IN THE CITY. BUT I HAVE DONE IT AT THE STUDIO FOR AT
LEAST THE LAST 25 YEARS, MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY FROM 11:05 UNTIL 11:20 A.M. I KNOW AS MUCH ABOUT DEWITT AS MAQUOKETA, ALMOST. THE SHOW IS
NOT JUST FOR DEWITT, BUT ALSO FOR THE RURAL AREA OF CLINTON COUNTY AND THE SMALL TOWNS OF THE COUNTY.
DENNIS VOY

THE PICTURES WERE ALREADY OFF THE WALLS AND THE
CAFE SUPPLIES WERE ON TABLES
FOR THE GOING-OUT-OF-BUSINESS SALE ALREADY
UNDERWAY. MARTHA IN BLUE WILL BE 71 IN SEPTEMBER.
HER SISTER IS TO HER LEFT.
IN THE WHITE CAP, RED HENTON.
RED WENT WITH ME AND
SANG A LITTLE SONG TO HER
ON THE SHOW. IN LEFT CORNER, IS L.R. ROEDER, A GOOD FRIEND
OF MARTHA'S CAFE AND THE
PERSON WHO SUGGESTED I DO
DEWITT CALLING THERE.
IT WAS FUN. RED AND I HAD A
CHEESEBURGER AND PIE AFTER....BOTH DELICIOUS. HAPPY RETIREMENT TO
MARTHA OF MARTHA'S CAFE, ACROSS FROM THE TOWER IN DOWNTOWN DEWITT.
DENNIS VOY

WHEN IN DEWITT TODAY, A COUPLE CAME INTO MARTHA'S CAFE ON THEIR WAY TO A
BUICK VINTAGE CAR MEET IN AMES THIS WEEKEND. BILL AND
HELEN GELLERT OF FRANKLIN GROVE, ILLINOIS ARE SHOWN
HERE WITH THEIR LIKE-NEW
1941 BUICK. NICE PEOPLE!
BILL OPENED UP THE HOOD SO
I COULD SEE THE POWER TRAIN. SEE BELOW. CLICK-ON PHOTOS TO ENLARGE THEM.
DENNIS VOY

THE ENGINE OF THE 1941 BUICK.
THE CAR HAS A 4-60
AIR CONDITIONER. OPEN ALL
4 WINDOWS AND GO 60 MPH....
AND EVERY RIDER KEEPS COOL.
DENNIS VOY

OUR CONGRESSMAN BRUCE
BRALEY, IN WHITE SHIRT,
BEING INTERVIEWED
AT THIS TIME BY SHERI
MELVOLD. SHE ALSO TALKED
TO ST. SEN. ROGER STEWART
OF PRESTON WHO ACCOMPANIED
BRALEY ON HIS TOUR OF THE
RIVER NORTH OF MAQUOKETA.
MAQUOKETA WAS THE 9TH
CITY HE VISITED TODAY IN
HIS DISTRICT, EFFECTED BY
THE FLOOD. HE IS GOING TO
TRY TO HAVE JACKSON COUNTY
ADDED TO THE DISASTER LIST
FOR COUNTIES NEEDING FEDERAL ASSISTANCE BECAUSE OF THE FLOOD.
I'M SURE HE WILL GET THAT DONE.
DENNIS VOY
FLOOD.

SUNNY AND WARM TODAY!

THIS IS THE WEEK OF THE JACKSON COUNTY FAIR.....STARTING WITH THE PARADE ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT 6.

A MILES, IOWA TEENAGER WAS NAMED THE 2010 JACKSON COUNTY FAIR QUEEN
DURING CEREMONIES YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.
ELLEN SCHULZ, DAUGHTER OF ERNEST AND LAURA SCHULZ OF MILES WAS
NAMED QUEEN.
FIRST RUNNER-UP WAS KAYLA SIEVERDING, DAUGHTER OF GARY AND JULIE
SIEVERDING OF MAQUOKETA. AND SECOND RUNNER-UP WAS JILL HEINRICH,
DAUGHTER OF JOE AND SHELLEY HEINRICH OF MAQUOKETA.

THE 2010 JACKSON COUNTY FAIR FAMILY WAS ANNOUNCED. THE WANDA
CORNELIUS FAMILY OF RURAL ANDREW WAS HONORED. WANDA CORNELIUS,
LES AND NANCY JOHNSON, CHUCK AND CHRIS CORNELIUS AND THEIR
SON WILL CORNELIUS AND FIANCE KELLY WERE ALL HONORED. WANDA
CORNELIUS HAS WORKED AT THE FAIR FOR 52 YEARS AND FAMILY MEMBERS
HAVE ALSO PARTICIPATED FOR MANY YEARS.

THE FAIR PARADE GRAND MARSHALS WILL BE ROCHELLE RAY, OWNER OF
MAX RAY JEWELRY IN MAQUOKETA FOR MANY YEARS .......AND RETIRED
INSURANCE MAN KEN EHLINGER OF MAQUOKETA. BOTH SERVED YEARS AGO
ON THE FAIRBOARD AND HAVE ALWAYS BEEN BIG SUPPORTERS OF THE FAIR.

GOT AN EMAIL YESTERDAY FROM PETE LEHMAN, LONGTIME MANAGER
OF THE J.C.PENNEY STORE IN MAQUOKETA, ASKING ABOUT THE LAKEHURST DAM.
HE HAD HEARD IT WENT OUT. IT WAS THE LAKE DELHI DAM THAT FAILED.
ANYWAY, PETE IS 89, LIVES DOWN SOUTH AND HE AND BETTY ARE DOING
FINE. I HAVE HIS EMAIL ADDRESS IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE IT.
YES...WE HAD A NICE J.C. PENNEY STORE ONCE. THE BUILDING IS GONE, ONE
OF THE BUILDINGS LOST IN THE BIG FIRE.

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SATURDAY NIGHT, I WAS CROSSING THE STREET GOING TO THE THEATRE AND I
NOTICED HOW THE SUN WAS
SHINING DIRECTLY ON THE
HISTORIC HURST HOTEL
SOUTH OF THE THEATRE....JUST THE HOTEL, NOT EVEN THE CARS
TO THE BOTTOM. A GREAT
SITE....SO I QUICKLY GRABBED THE CAMERA OUT OF THE CAR AND TOOK THIS PHOTO.
THE HOTEL IS NOW AN
APARTMENT BUILDING FOR
SENIORS WHO QUALIFY. NOTE
THE STEEL FIRE STAIRS GOING
UP THE SIDE OF THE BUILDING.
THE TOP FLOOR HAS A COMMUNITY ROOM. IT'S A BEAUTIFUL BUILDING WITH A WINDING STAIRWAY UP THE MIDDLE.
DENNIS VOY

GOV. CHET CULVER WAS JUST
ON KMAQ'S "JUST TALK" SHOW,
TO TALK ABOUT THE FLOOD
AND OFFERING HELP FROM
HIS OFFICE. THIS PHOTO WAS
TAKEN IN FRONT OF KMAQ.
ST. REP. TOM SCHUELLER,
AT LEFT, ACCOMPANIED HIM
ON HIS TOUR. ALSO
SUPERVIORS, FLYNN, KOOS,
AND WILLEY MADE THE TOUR,
AS DID SEN. STEWART. AS SOON AS HE GOT DONE ON KMAQ,
HE WAS INTERVIEWED BRIEFLY BY A TV STATION AND THEN ON
HIS WAY. MOST OF THE
FLOOD DAMAGE HE SAW THIS
MORNING IN THE MAQUOKETA AREA WAS TO THE THOUSANDS OF ACRES OF FARMLAND, MOSTLY CORN, THAT
WILL BE LOST.
CONG. BRALEY WILL BE IN MAQUOKETA AT 3 THIS AFTERNOON.
SUPERVISOR FLYNN JUST TOLD ME THE RIVER HAS OFFICIALLY CRESTED. IT'LL STAY THERE FOR AWHILE AND THEN GO DOWN. GOOD NEWS!
DENNIS VOY

CLICK-ON PHOTO TO
ENLARGE IT.
RIVER IS HOLDING THIS
MORNING AND CLOSE TO
CRESTING.
LOTS OF FARMLAND FLOODED,
BUT LITTLE OR NO FLOODING
IN MAQUOKETA.
HIGHWAY 61 OPEN AND NEVER
HAD TO BE CLOSED.
THE GOVERNOR WILL BE
HERE AT 9 THIS MORNING AND
THE CONGRESSMAN WILL BE
HERE THIS AFTERNOON.
NICE SUNNY DAY FORECAST
FOR TODAY IN MAQUOKETA.
DENNIS VOY

THIS IS THE BRIDGE ON OLD
HIGHWAY 61 THAT GOES
TO HURSTVILLE. THE RIVER
IS FLOWING FROM THE LEFT
AND UNDER THE BRIDGE
EASTERLY. I TOOK THIS
PHOTO AT 8 AND AN HOUR
BEFORE THE RIVER WAS
A FOOT LOWER HERE. THE
PROBLEM NEXT WILL BE
DEBRIS COMING DOWN THE
RIVER WILL BE BLOCKED BY
THIS BRIDGE AND THE WATER
WILL BE DIVERTED TO TO
THE SOUTH, WHERE I WAS
STANDING WHEN I TOOK THIS
PICTURE. THE WATER IS
RISING AND WILL CONTINUE
TO RISE OVERNIGHT AND TOMORROW.
DENNIS VOY

SANDBAGGING STARTED LATE
THIS AFTERNOON AGAIN.....
AT THE INTERSECTION OF
NORTH MAIN AND PERSHING
ROAD. VOLUNTEERS ARE FILLING THE BAGS HERE AND
THEY ARE THEN TRUCKED TO
PLACES NEEDED AROUND
TOWN, ALONG THE RIVER.

HERE THE WATER IS BLOCKED
BY SANDBAGS JUST SHORT OF
REACHING PERSHING ROAD.

HIGH AND RISING....
THE MAQUOKETA RIVER.....
FOUR FEET MORE TO GO
UNTIL IT WILL CREST
TOMORROW OR TUESDAY.
150TH STREET AT ESGATE ROAD, WATER OVER THE ROAD.
ESGATE ROAD FROM 150TH TO 136TH, WATER OVER THE ROAD.
HURSTVILLE ROAD NEAR HURSTVILLE LIME KILNS, WATER OVER THE ROAD. GETTING
CLOSE TO 4-LANE HIGHWAY
61. IT MAY HAVE TO BE CLOSED.
ROCKDALE ROAD NEAR THE HURSTVILE LIME KILNS, WATER
OVER THE ROAD.
91ST ST AND 212 AVE, WATER OVER THE ROAD.
60TH AVENUE AT THE CAVEN BRIDGE,WATER OVER THE BRIDGE.
THE ROAD IS CLOSED DOWN TO LAKEHURST DAM.
SEE SOME PHOTOS I TOOK EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.
DAVE HAS SOME MORE PHOTOS ON MY SPACE.
CLICK-ON MY PHOTOS TO ENLARGE THEM.
I HAVE NEVER SEEN THE RIVER OVER ITS BANKS SO BAD AS NOW.....
AND IT WILL GET WORSE TOMORROW.
DENNIS VOY

THE DAM AT LAKEHURST.
EVERYONE IS HOPING IT
WILL HOLD.

BETTY DAVIS HOUSE NORTH OF MAQUOKETA ON OLD HIGHWAY 61 WHERE, NEAR THE
INTERPRETIVE CENTER AND
CENTURY CONCRETE. THE WATER ALMOST COVERS HER
FENCE IN THE FRONT.

THIS IS LOOKING AT THE LIME KILNS FROM HIGHWAY 61....THE ROAD IN RIGHT HAND CORNER
IS THE OLD HIGHWAY 61 GOING PAST HURSTVILLE AND INTO
MAQUOKETA.

GOOD MORNING!

IT IS A BEAUTIFUL MORNING IN MAQUOKETA!

AND, A CALM MORNING, COMPARED TO YESTERDAY.

I DROVE NORTH BY THE MAQUOKETA RIVER ABOUT AN HOUR AGO, AND
IT IS WAY OVER ITS BANKS ALRIGHT......BUT ALL OVERFLOW IS ON
SURRONDING FARM LAND. NO FLOODING PROBLEM FOR CITY
RESIDENTS SO FAR. EVEN THE BALLPARK IS NOT FLOODED LIKE IT WAS
YESTERDAY MORNING. THE M.M.E.U. GENERATING PLANT WHITE SANDBAGS STILL ARE NEATLY STACKED AND SO FAR NOT NEEDED. THANKS TO THE 200 VOLUNTEERS THAT FILLED THEM YESTERDAY. IF THEY WON'T BE NEEDED, STILL BETTER SAFE THAN SORRY. BUT, THE SITUATION COULD GET WORSE. THE RIVER
IS STILL RISING AND WILL CONTINUE TO RISE TODAY AND TOMORROW AND
TUESDAY SHOULD CREST. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PREDICTION
NOW IS THAT IT WILL CREST TUESDAY AROUND 34 FEET. I DON'T KNOW IF
IT EVER CRESTED THAT HIGH. I IWLL KEEP YOU POSTED.

THE PRESTON BOYS WON YESTERDAY. THE TEAM THEY WILL PLAY NEXT
THURSDAY, YES THURSDAY AFTERNOON, IS MARTINSDALE-ST. MARY'S, THE
#1 TEAM IN THE STATE IN 1-A. THEY WON YESTERDAY, 16 TO 0 AND NOW HAVE A PERFECT RECORD OF 41 AND 0. SO, PRESTON HAS THEIR WORK CUT OUT FOR THEM
THURSDAY. WE WILL BROADCAST IT.

THE JACKSON COUNTY FAIR STARTS WEDNESDAY. WEATHER SHOULD BE
GOOD, BUT HOT FOR IT. WEDNESDAY, LOOKS LIKE A DAY IN THE 90'S FOR
THE PARADE.

IF ANYTHING INTERESTING SHOULD HAPPEN WITH THE MAQUOKETA RIVER
TODAY, I'LL COME HERE TO TELL YOU ABOUT IT.

I HAVE A FEW TEARS THIS MORNING.....THOSE CUBS HAVE DEFEATED THE
CARDINALS TWO GAMES IN A ROW. GAME 3 TONIGHT ON ESPN.
THE CARDS WILL WIN TONIGHT.

HAVE A NICE SUNDAY. REMEMBER, ANYTIME YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING
TO MAQUOKETA READERS......JUST GO TO OUR GUEST BOOK.

DENNIS VOY

THE PRESTON TROJANS BOY'S BASEBALL TEAM WON THEIR GAME TONIGHT
AT DES MOINES. IT JUST GOT OVER A FEW MINUTES AGO ON KMAQ.
THEY BEAT DON BOSCO 5 TO 2 ....A TEAM THAT HAD A RECORD OF 33 AND 1.
NOW, PRESTON PLAYS AGAIN AT 2 NEXT TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
DEWITT PLAYS IN THE TOURNAMENT AND THEIR FIRST GAME IS AT
6 TUESDAY NIGHT.

THE LATEST WORD ON THE FLOODING MAQUOKETA RIVER. THE
FLOODING HERE IN MAQUOKETA WILL NOT BE AS BAD AS EXPECTED.
NO FLOODING EVEN AT THIS TIME ON THE MAQUOKETA DIAMONDS, JUST SOME ON
FARM LAND NEAR THE RIVER. SANDBAGGING WAS DONE BY ABOUT 200 VOLUNTEERS....MOSTLY AROUND THE MMEU UTILITY PLANT. THE RIVER IS NOW SET TO CREST IN MAQUOKETA AT 5 TOMORROW AFTERNOON AT JUST OVER 34 FEET.

I WILL HAVE ANOTHER REPORT SOMETIME TOMORROW MORNING.

DENNIS VOY

A LOT OF RAIN HERE
IN EASTERN IOWA THE LAST TWO DAYS , ESPECIALLY ALONG
HIGHWAY 20 AND TO THE NORTH. AND LAST NIGHT, MORE RAIN. THIS RUSH OF WATER HAS CAUSED FLOODING
PROBLEMS ALONG THE MAQUOKETA RIVER. TO COMPLICATE MATTERS, THE
LAKE DELHI DAM COULD NOT
TAKE THE ONSLAUGHT AND
GAVE AWAY AT MID-MORNING.
BECAUSE THAT HAPPENED, THERE IS REAL CONCERN DOWNTSTREAM ON THE RIVER.
HERE, THIS MORNING, THE RIVER WENT OVER ITS BANK AND THE BALLPARK AT THE NORTH EDGE OF TOWN WAS COVERED. THE WORST PART OF FLOODING IN MAQUOKETA (WITH THE WATER THAT CAME THROUGH WHEN THE DAM GAVE) IS EXPECTED AROUND 6 TO 8 TONIGHT. AND THAT COULD CAUSE WATER TO GO FARTHER SOUTH OF THE BALLPARK, ACROSS GROVE STREET, AND MAYBE TO APPLE STREET. ABOVE, YOU SEE SANDBAGGING BEING DONE AROUND THE MAQUOKETA MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC PLANT. THE ARE DOING IT ALSO AT THE WATER PLANT NEARBY. THE MAQUOKETA RIVER AT BRIDGEPORT, WHERE
MEASUREMENTS ARE TAKEN, IS EXPECTED TO BE HIGHER OVER FLOOD STAGE
THAN EVER BEFORE. MONTICELLO HAS HAD PROBLEMS JUST LIKE MAQUOKETA
WITH THE RIVER THAT RUNS ALONG THE NORTH AND EAST SIDE OF TOWN AND
JUST PAST THE JONES COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS WHERE THE FAIR IS GOING ON.
THE ALAN JACKSON SHOW WAS PACKED LAST NIGHT AND RAIN DID START DURING
THE SHOW, BUT THEY KEPT IT GOING ANYWAY. TODAY, THE FAIR IS OPEN,
BUT NO MAJOR ATTRACTIONS. THE CATTLE BARNS ARE JUST UNDER WATER TO
ALL LIVESTOCK WAS REMOVED. NO PRIME STREER SHOW TODAY. NO 4-H LIVESTOCK SALE. NO STOCK CAR RACES. (MAQUOKETA'S RACES ALSO CANCELLED TONIGHT) NO GRANDSTAND SHOW TONIGHT AND TOMORROW, ALL GRANDSTAND
SHOWS HAVE BEEN CANCELLED. HAVING THIS HAPPEN THE LAST TWO DAYS
OF THE FAIR IS GOING TO BE COSTLY FOR ALL CONCERNED. THE GOVERNOR WAS IN MONTICELLO THIS AFTERNOON TO VIEW THE PROBLEMS. THERE IS NO MORE RAIN IN THE FORECAST TONIGHT. HOPEFULLY, THE RISING WATERS WON'T CAUSE AS MANY PROBLEMS AS ANTICIPATED. WE'LL WAIT AND SEE. SHERRI MELVOLD, KMAQ NEWS DIRECTOR, HAS BEEN FOLLOWING THE SITUATION ALL DAY AND
HAS GIVEN NUMEROUS REPORTS ON-THE-AIR AND WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR
THE SITUATION. TONIGHT, KMAQ AM AND FM WILL BE BROADCASTING THE
PRESTON STATE TOURNAMENT BASEBALL GAME FROM DES MOINES, STARTING
AT 6 P.M. YOU MIGHT CHECK THIS DAILY REPORT AGAIN AROUND 8 OR SO TONIGHT AND I'LL GIVE YOU THE BASEBALL SCORE, MAYBE HAVE ANOTHER
PHOTO AND AN UPDATE ON THE RISING WATERS OF THE SOMETIMES MEAN MAQUOKETA RIVER. RIGHT NOW, THE SUN IS SHINING IN MAQUOKETA AND AFTER THE HIGH TODAY OF 78, WE ARE AT 76.
CLICK - ON THE PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT.
DENNIS VOY

SINCE NOON YESTERDAY, WE HAVE HAD 1.7 INCHES OF RAIN.
DUBUQUE GOT OVER 8 AND SOME PLACES FURTHER NORTH, 11 INCHES.

NO RAIN FOR THE SHOW LAST NIGHT AT THE FAIR IN MONTICELLO AND THEY
HAD THEIR BIGGEST NIGHT IN THEIR HISTORY. TONIGHT, ALAN JACKSON ON
THEIR NEW 100 BY 75 FOOT COVERED STAGE.

CHET KNAKE, TEACHER AND COACH HERE IN MAQUOKETA, GOT THE JOB
AS HEAD FOOTBALL COACH AT BELLEVUE. HE WAS MAQUOKETA'S SOPHOMORE
BOY'S BASKETBALL COACH.

MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL PLAYERS HAVE RECEIVED ALL-CONFERENCE
HONORS. MAQUOKETA PLACED 4 PLAYERS ON THE ALL CONFERENCE FIRST TEAM, EAST DIVISION. THEY ARE SENIORS KELSY BOLLMAN, HAILEY BICKFORD,
AND BROOKLYN KORANDA, AND JUNIOR BRITNEY BICKFORD.
MAQUOKETA COACH SARA NELSON WAS VOTED COACH OF THE YEAR.

TWENTY-THREE "CLUB HOPE" STUDENTS FROM MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL AND CHAPERONES LEAVE THIS SUNDAY MORNING FROM MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL
FOR THEIR LONG AWAITED TRIP TO KENYA, AFRICA. FOR TWO YEARS,
THEY HAVE BEEN RAISING MONEY TO MAKE THE TRIP. IT COST $3,200 FOR EACH STUDENT. THEY WILL BE HELPING TO BUILD A GIRL'S BOARDING SCHOOL
IN AFRICA. WHAT A GREAT EXPERIENCE FOR THEM. THEIR ADVISOR IS MINDY ORRIS AND SHE SAID THEY WILL BE MAKING A DOCUMENTARY OF THEIR TRIP.

HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY

SUNNY, BREEZY AND MID-80'S TODAY.

THE PRESTON GIRLS WON THEIR FINAL GAME YESTERDAY AND ENDED UP TAKING 7TH PLACE AT THE STATE IN 1-A.
THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS WON BOTH GAMES YESTERDAY (THE LAST GAME THEY
WON IN THE FINAL INNING) AND THEY FINISHED IN 5TH PLACE IN THE STATE
IN CLASS 3-A.

THE DEWITT BOYS SCORED ANOTHER UPSET WIN AND WILL GO TO THE STATE TOURNAMENT IN DES MOINES NEXT TUESDAY NIGHT. THEY JOIN THE PRESTON BOYS WHO WILL PLAY THEIR STATE GAME AT 6 THIS SATURDAY NIGHT. BOTH
GAMES WILL BE BROADCAST ON KMAQ AM-FM WITH GARY DETERMAN AT THE
PLAY-BY-PLAY MIKE.

SEVEN YOUNG GIRLS WILL COMPETE FOR TITLE OF MISS JACKSON COUNTY FAIR QUEEN.
THE WINNER WILL BE ANNOUNCED DURING CEREMONIES AT 2 PLM. THIS SUNDAY AT THE PEARSON MEMORIAL CENTER ON THE FAIRGROUNDS IN MAQUOKETA.
JACKSON COUNTY FAIR BOARD MEMBERS INTERVIEWED EACH CANDIDATE AND HAVE SELECTED A WINNER WHO WILL BE ANNOUNCED SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
THE CANDIDATES ARE:
JILL HEINRICH, DAUGHTER OF JOE AND SHELLEY HEINRICH OF MAQUOKETA.
JENNIFER IHRIG, DAUGHTER OF BILL AND CAROL IHRIG OF MAQUOKETA.
ELLEN SCHULZ, DAUGHTER OFF ERNEST AND LAURA SCHULZ OF MILES.
KAYLA SIEVERDING, DAUGHTER OF GARY AND JULIE SIEVERDING OF BELLEVUE.
ALI SIMPSON, DAUGHTER OF TOM AND LANNY SIMPSON OF MAQUOKETA.
HEATHER TRENKAMP, DAUGHTER OF MIKE TRENKAMP AND THERESA TALIAFERRO OF MAQUOKETA.
MICHELLE WILKE, DAUGHTER OF LINDA WILKE OF MAQUOKETA.
THE QUEEN WILL RECEIVE A $200 CASH PRIZE AND WILL COMPETE FOR THE IOWA FAIR QUEEN IN DES MOINES NEXT MONTH.
ALSO SUNDAY AFTERNOON, THE JACKSON COUNTY AREA TOURISM ASSOCIATION HAS SELECTED THE PROMOTIONAL PARTNER AWARD. VIRL AND KATHY BANOWETZ OF MAQUOKETA WILL BE GIVEN THE AWARD SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
'THE AWARD INCLUDES A POSITIVE IMPACT TOURISM IN JACKSON COUNTY AND PERSONAL SERVICE AND VOLUNTEERISM TO THE TOURISM INDUSTRY IN
JACKSON COUTNY. VIRL AND KATHY HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN TOURISM
FOR 40 YEARS, WHILE OPERATING BANOWETZ ANTIQUES AND SQUIRES
MANOR BED AND BREAKFAST FOR 20 YEARS.
AND ALSO ON SUNDAY, THE JACKSON COUNTY FAIR FAMILY WILL BE ANNOUNCED.
THE EVENT SUNDAY AFTERNOON AT THE PEARSON CENTER, AT 2 P.M., IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

20,000 PEOPLE EXPECTED TONIGHT AT MONTICELLO AT THE GREAT JONES COUNTY FAIR TO SEE LADY ANTEBELUM ON STAGE.
TOMORROW NIGHT, ALAN JACKSON.
MY NEXT BROADCAST FROM THE FAIRGROUNDS WILL BE AT 2:05 TOMORROW
AFTERNOON.
FOUND OUT TODAY THAT A LION AND TIGER ACT (FREE) AT THE JONES COUNTY FAIR WILL ALSO BE PUTTING ON FREE SHOWS AT THE JACKSON COUNTY
FAIR NEXT WEEK. THEY HAVE NEVER BEEN TO OUR FAIR IN THE PAST.

HAVE BREAKFAST ON YOUR DECK TOMORROW....ITS A SUMMER THING TO DO....
AND SUMMER IS STARTING TO WIND DOWN.

THE ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 8-GAME WINNING STREET ENDED THIS AFTERNOON.

THANKS FOR THE VISIT.

DENNI VOY

THE BRAD DEERY NEW CAR LOT
WILL BE GETTING BIGGER SOON.
CLICK-ON PHOTO TO ENLARGE.
DENNIS VOY

THIS LITTLE HOME (WITH ONE-CAR GARAGE) ON NORTH
NIAGARA STREET, OWNED BY BRAD DEERY MOTORS, IS GOING DOWN. IT HAS BEEN SITTING
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CAR LOT.
DENNIS VOY

NICE DAY TODAY....MID 80'S

MAQUOKETA WON THEIR NOON GAME TODAY OVER WAVERLY SHELL-ROCK.
THE GIRLS PLAY AGAIN AT 4 TODAY FOR EITHER 5TH OR 6TH PLACE IN THE STATE.

THE PRESTON GIRLS LOST THEIR 10 A.M. GAME THIS MORNING AND ARE NOW
PLAYING FOR 7TH OR LAST PLACE. IN THE TOP OF THE 7TH INNING, PRESTON HAS A 5 TO 2 LEAD. KELLSIE BORMAN HAS STRUCK OUT 10.
I'LL HAVE THEIR FINAL SCORE TOMORROW AS I AM ABOUT TO TAKE OFF FOR
MONTICELLO TO BROADCAST FROM THE JONES COUNTY FAIR WHICH STARTED TODAY.
I WILL BE ON-THE-AIR AT 6:05.

LAST NIGHT, THE PRESTON BOYS WON AND THEY TOO ARE GOING TO STATE....
FOR THE FIRST TIME.... AND WILL PLAY AT DES MOINES THIS SATURDAY NIGHT AT'
6 P.M. SOMETHING...TO HAVE BOTH THE GIRLS AND BOYS TEAMS AT STATE.

IF DEWITT CENTRAL BOYS WIN THEIR GAME HERE IN MAQUOKETA TONIGHT,
THEY ALSO GO TO STATE.

MAQUOKETA HIGH GOVERNMENT TEACHER TOD BOWMAN WAS WARNED BY THE
MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD MONDAY NIGHT AT THEIR MEETING THAT HE SHOULD KEEP HIS CLASSES NON-PARTISIAN. HE, DEMOCRAT, IS SEEKING THE SENATE SEAT IN DISTRICT 13 THIS NOVEMBER.

HOW ABOUT THE ST. LOUIS CARDINALS? 7 IN A ROW! THEY ARE ON KMAQ
AT 7:00 TONIGHT, HOSTING THE PHILS AGAIN.

RAN INTO CRAIG CORNELIUS THE OTHER DAY, SHOPPING WITH HIS MOM MARGE.
IS HOME FOR CLASS REUNION AND WITH 20-YEAR-OLD SON, WILL RIDE
THE RAGBRAI BIKE-ACROSS-IOWA EVENT NEXT WEEK. LIVES NEAR SAN FANCISCO AND RECENTLY STARTED WORKING FOR GOOGLE. HE HAS BEEN IN RAGRBAI
SEVERAL TIMES.

HAVE A GOOD DAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

DENNIS VOY

THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS LOST 5 TO 0 TO #1 RATED CARLISLE!

CARLISLE SCORED IN THE 1ST INNING, AND THE 5TH INNING,

AND 3 FINAL RUNS IN THE 7TH INNING.

THE CARDINALS PLAY AGAIN AT NOON TOMORROW.

GOOD GAME! GOOD TURNOUT OF FANS FROM MAQUOKETA AT

FORT DODGE.

THE REGULAR TUESDAY DAILY REPORT IS BELOW THIS.

HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.

DENNIS VOY

MOSTLY CLOUDY TODAY.....A SMALL SHOWER THIS MORNING....MAY HAVE ANOTHER
TODAY...HIGH ONLY AROUND 80.

THE PRESTON GIRLS SOFTBALL TEAM LOST THEIR STATE TOURNAMENT GAME YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, 3 TO 1. IT WAS TIED GOING INTO THE 7TH AND FINAL INNING WHEN THE OTHER TEAM SCORED 2 RUNS. PRESTON IS IN THE CONSOLATION BRACKET NOW AND PLAYS TWO MORE GAMES TOMORROW AT 10 A.M. AND 2 P.M.
AND WE'LL BROADCAST THOSE ALSO WITH LEIGHTON HEPKER AT THE PLAY-BY-PLAY.
THIS AFTERNOON ON KMAQ-FM, LEIGHTON WILL BROADCAST MAQUOKETA'S GAME AT 5:30, AGAINST #1 RATED CARLISLE. WIN OR LOOSE, MAQUOKETA WILL ALSO
PLAY 2 MORE GAMES.
SOMETIME TONIGHT AFTER 7:30, I WILL COME BACK TO THE OFFICE AND GIVE
YOU, HERE, THE SCORE.

THE PRESTON BOYS PLAY TOMORROW NIGHT AND IF THEY WIN, THEY ALSO
WILL GO TO STATE.
LAST NIGHT, DEWITT UPSET #1 RANKED DAVENPORT ASSUMPTION, HERE IN
MAQUOKETA, AND DEWITT WILL PLAY AGAIN TOMORROW NIGHT, HERE, AND
IF THEY WIN, THEY WILL BE GOING TO STATE.

THE MAQUOKETA VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS (VFW) O'CONNOR-REGENWETHER
POST 3633 WILL HAVE THEIR FIRST MEETING OF THE NEW YEAR TOMORROW
NIGHT AT 7 P.M. THE VFW POST HOME HAS BEEN SOLD, SO THE MEETING
TOMORROW NIGHT WILL BE AT THE EAGLES CLUB ON EAST PLATT STREET.
THE POST WILL BE MEETING THE 3RD WEDNESDY OF EVERY MONTH FROM NOW ON,
AND ALWAYS AT THE EAGLES CLUB.
NEW OFFICERS FOR THE COMING YEAR ARE: TOM WATTERS, POST
COMMANDER.....DENNIS VOY, SENIOR VICE-COMMANDER.....ROY FRANDSEN,
JUNIOR VICE-COMMANDER.....MELVIN ZAMUDKA, CHAPLAIN .... JOHN McCRAY,
SERVICE OFFICER.....AND ROGER SCHNOOR, POST QUARTERMASTER/ADJUTANT.
ANYONE THAT SERVED DURING A WAR OR CONFLICT OVER SEAS, CAN JOIN
THE V.F.W.

WHEN I MENTIONED MAQUOKETA SOLDIERS THAT WERE KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY IN VIETNAM, I DID NOT MENTION RON STEIN. SOMEONE CALLED THIS TO MY ATTENTION. RON STEIN GRADUATED FROM MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL BUT
IN THE NEW WEB SITE I MENTIONED A COUPLE DAYS AGO, HE WAS NOT LISTED UNDER MAQUOKETA. AFTER GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL, HIS PARENTS
MOVED TO WATERLOO AND SO RON IS LISTED ON THE WEB SITE UNDER THAT
CITY.

SOME PARENTS COMPLAINED LAST NIGHT AT THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL MEETING THAT THEIR CHILDREN WERE BEING HARASSED BY TEEN-AGERS
AT LITTLE BEAR PARK, NEXT TO BRIGG'S ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN MAQUOKETA.
ONE PERSON CLAIMED GIRLS WERE BEING RAPED AND THE TEENS WERE SMOKING POT. ONE MOTHER SAID HER SON HAD BEEN BEATEN UP FOUR TIMES.
ANOTHER SAID WHEN PARENTS DID SOMETHING TO PROTECT THEIR CHILDREN,
THE TEENS BEGAN VANDALIZING THEIR CARS AND HOME. WHEN ASKED
BY THE COUNCIL WHY THEY HAVE NOT REPORTED MANY OF THE INCIDENTS
TO POLICE, THE ANSWER WAS THEY ARE AFRAID OF RETALIATION.
POLICE CHIEF BRAD KORANDA SAID HE'S AWARE OF SOME INCIDENCES IN THE PARK AND THEY ARE PATROLLING THE AREA MORE. HE SAID INCIDENTS ARE NOT HAPPENING ALL THE TIME, BUT ALL TIMES OF THE DAY AND NIGHT, MAKING IT DIFFICULT FOR POLICE TO SEE THE ACTIVITIES. HE SAID IT IS NOT HAPPENING AFTER CURFEW.
MAYBE TV CAMERAS ON THE PARK WOULD HELP?

SHAD FLIES ON THE SAVANNA-SABULA BRIDGE CAUSED A MOTORCYCLE TO SKID
YESTERDAY MORNING. NICE LIVING ON THE MISSISSIPPI, EXCEPT DURING
SHAD FLY SEASON.

FIREMEN HAD A SHORT NIGHT. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED TO THE
HUSCO INDUSTRY BUILDING IN THE SOUTH INDUSTRIAL PARK AT AROUND 4 THIS MORNING. THEY FOUND STEAM COMING FROM A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT, BUT NO FIRE. THEY SPENT AN HOUR AT THE INDUSTRY.

NANCY AND I STOPPED AT THE FAIRGROUNDS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MADE A CLOSE INSPECTION OF THE NEW BEER GARDEN BUILDING, NOW CALLED VOLUNTEER
HALL. NAME NOT UP YET. NICE BUILDING. GOOD IDEA. WILL DEFINITELY
BE USED AT FAIR TIME AND PAY FOR ITSELF.

WASHINGTON STREET IN FRONT OF THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL HAS BEEN RESURFACED WITH ASPHALT. JOB IS DONE. WHILE WALKING LAST NIGHT,
WE INSPECTED IT. LOOKS GOOD AND I'M SURE DRIVES GOOD TOO. A NEEDED IMPROVEMENT.

THIS SUMMER, THEY ARE DOING OVER MORE STREET CORNERS IN MAQUOKETA, TAKING AWAY CURB AND MAKING THEM WHEEL CHAIR ACCESSABLE.
WONDER WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE CORNERS HAVE BEEN RE-DONE?

MAQUOKETA'S DOWNTOWN NEEDS A NEW LOOK....NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.
THE FIRE MESS CLEAN-UP HAS HELPED A LOT. BUT MORE IS NEEDED,
INCLUDING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT TREES. MOST NOW ARE WAY TOO
LARGE AND AND THERE ARE BARE SPACES WHERE TREES DIED. A FUND SHOULD BE STARTED TO DIG OUT ALL THE TREES AND PLANT A BETTER KIND OF TREE THAT
WILL LOOK GREAT AND NOT GROW TOO BIG. KMAQ WILL PUT IN $500 FOR
NORTH MAIN AND THE VOY THEATRE WILL PUT IN $500 FOR SOUTH MAIN.
SOON, I'LL BE GETTING THE SPEAKERS REPAIRED DOWNTOWN THAT WERE DAMAGED BY THE FIRE AND THEN WE WILL AGAIN HAVE MUSIC IN DOWNTOWN
MAQUOKETA.
NOW..... DOWNTOWN ASIDE.....MAQUOKETA IS FILLED WITH BUILDINGS
AND PARKS, ETC. THAT MAKE OUR TIMBER CITY MUCH NICER THAN MANY
OTHER CITIES OUR SIZE. NO CITY CAN BEAT OUR FIRE STATION, LIBRARY,
HIGH SCHOOL, YMCA, CITY HALL, COMMUNITY COLLEGE BUILDING, HOSPITAL,
COMMUNITY AUDITORIUM (OHNWARD), MUSEUMS(TWO), PARKS (FOUR),
RESTORED HOTELS (TWO) AND LETS NOT FORGET SOME GREAT CHURCHES TOO,
SACRED HEART, FIRST LUTHERAN AND UNITED METHODIST, ALL WITH
MODERN EDUCATION UNITS. JUST OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS, TWO INDUSTRIAL
PARKS, THE HURSTVILLE INTERPRETIVE CENTER, THE MAQUOKETA RIVER AND TWO FISHING PONDS (HURSTVILLE AND HORESHOE POND), A SOON TO BE IMPROVED- AGAIN MAQUOKETA AIRPORT, THE AREA'S ONLY DRIVE-IN THEATRE, AND I ALMOST FORGOT THE HALF-WAY AROUND TOWN PAVED BIKE/WALK PATH WITH
BENCHES. I MIGHT AD, MANY TOWNS HAVE NO RADIO STATION OR TRI-PLEX
THEATRE
UNFORTUNATELY, VISITORS DRIVE THROUGH MAQUOKETA, SEE DOWNTOWN,
AND HAVE NO IDEA THE NICE THINGS ABOUT MAQUOKETA.
WE'LL GET THAT DOWNTOWN GOING AGAIN! JUST WAIT AND SEE!

A DISAPPOINTMENT AT LAST NIGHT CITY COUNCIL MEETING. THE CITY
DOES NOT WANT TO CLEAN-UP AFTER THE FAIR PARADE. WANTS THE
FAIR BOARD TO DO IT. HOGWASH! DID NEW YORK CITY CHARGE THE YANKEES LAST YEAR AFTER THE TICKER PARADE? OF COURSE NOT! THE YANKEES
BRING MONEY TO THE CITY. THE JACKSON COUNTY FAIR BRINGS
MONEY TO MAQUOKETA. FOR 75 YEARS, THE STREET DEPARMENT, WITH THEIR MODERN STREET SWEEPER, HAS CLEANED UP MAIN AND QUARRY STREETS AFTER THE PARADE, AND THEY SHOULD CONTINUE TO DO SO. AND IF I WERE MAYOR, I'D PAY A LITTLE EXTRA AND HAVE THE CREW COME IN AFTER THE PARADE IS DONE SO THAT THE STEETS LOOK NICE FOR THE EVENING VISITORS AND FOR MORNING
TRAFFIC. AND REALLY, EXCEPT FOR SOME CANDY WRAPPERS, LEFT OVER
POPCORN, AND A FEW HORSE ----, THERE ISN'T THAT MUCH OF A MESS!

AND FINIALLY, DID YOU KNOW THAT HORSESHOE POND PARK'S RV AREA
IS NOT BEING USED MUCH THIS YEAR? THEY GOOFED IT UP, GREEDY FOR
MORE BUSINESS. WITH RV'S NOW IN THE MIDDLE, IT IS NOT THE PARK IT
WAS. LAST YEAR, FULL OR NEARLY FULL, WEEKENDS. THIS SUMMER, FIVE OR
SIX RV'S AT MOST. I KNEW IT WOULD HAPPEN AND TOLD MANY, BUT THEY
HAD TO SPEND THOUSANDS TO MAKE IT BIGGER. BUT BIGGER IS NOT BETTER!
HOPEFULLY, THE GRASS WILL GROW BACK AND RV-ERS WILL FORGET THERE WAS A NICE MIDDLE GRASS ISLAND IN THE CENTER OF THE CAMP GROUND.

SOMEONE CALLED ME LAST WEEK AND WANTED TO KNOW WHY MAQUOKETA'S
MAIN STREET HAS NO PAINTED CENTER LINE? GOOD QUESTION! ANYONE
KNOW?

PASS IN THE SONGBOOKS, THE SERVICE IS OVER AND YOUR PREACHER IS DONE FOR TODAY.

CHECK LATER TONIGHT AFTER 7:30 FOR THE GIRL'S SOFTBALL SCORE.

PEACE!

DENNIS VOY

THE ARTICLE BY KURT ULLRICH AT RIGHT WAS IN YESTERDAY'S DUBUQUE TELEGRAPH
HERALD.
KURT IS A FREE-LANCE WRITER AND LIVES
(WITH THE CAT PORTIA) AND HIS WIFE BOBBIE IN A BEAUTIFUL FAIRLY NEW HOME IN A WOODED AREA OFF THE MAQUOKETA
CAVES ROAD. THEY HAVE NO CHILDREN. BOTH HIS FATHER AND MOTHER ARE DECEASED AND WERE GOOD FRIENDS OF MINE. HOMER WAS IN THE LIONS CLUB WITH
ME (WAS RETIRED FROM JOHN DEERE) AND HE WAS ALSO ON THE FAIR BOARD. NICE GUY. HIS MOTHER MARTY WAS A NEWS CORRESPONDENT WITH THE
MAQUOKETA SENTINAL PRESS. NICE LADY.
HIS WIFE, BOBBI ALPERS, IS A
DISTRICT JUDGE IN THIS DISTRICT. HER DAD
WAS LONGTIME FAREWAY STORE MANAGER IN MAQUOKETA AND HE (AND WIFE) IS RETIRED AND LIVING IN THE QUAD CITIES. EVERY
ONCE AND AWHILE, WE GET TO READ SOMETHING BY KURT IN THE T.H. KURT IS ALSO A MUSICIAN. I THOUGHT
YOU MIGHT LIKE TO READ HIS LATEST ARTICLE.
CLICK-ON THE STORY TO ENLARGE IT.
DOUBLE-CLICK AND IT WILL BE EVEN
EASIER TO READ.
DENNIS VOY

SATURDAY, HIGH OF 90.

TODAY, UPPER 80'S.

THE NEW BUILDING AT THE FAIRGROUNDS THAT WILL BE USED FOR THE
BEER GARDEN DURING THE FAIR WAS OPENED FOR INSPECTION AND
MUSIC FRIDAY NIGHT. AND...THE NAME OF IT WILL BE "VOLUNTEER HALL".

THE MAQUOKETA BOYS LOST THEIR TOURNAMENT GAME TO DAVENPORT ASSUMPTION.

THERE IS A NEW, WELL-DONE WEB SITE FOR THOSE WHO DIED DURING THE
VIETNAM WAR. UNDER MAQUOKETA, THE COMPLETE INFORMATION ON THREE
FROM MAQUOKETA: PFC JERRY COLLISTER. SGT. GERALD POWLISTA AND
SSG RON SAGERS. THAT WEB SITE ADDRESS IS:
www.virtualwall.org/iStates.htm

KEEP COOL.

DENNIS VOY

ANOTHER NICE AND WARM DAY TODAY. MAYBE RAIN TONIGHT.

THE JACKSON COUNTY COURTHOUSE WILL BE GETTING A FACELIFT, WHICH ALSO WILL INCLUDE SOME ENERGY EFFICIENCIES. THE COUNTY BOARD APPROVED A CONTRACT FOR $34,000 WITH G.L. STOCKHAM AND SON TO INSTALL A STUCCO LIKE MATERIAL ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE EXISTING STONE WALL ON THE NORTH FRONT OF THE COURTHOUSE. THE OLD WALL WAS LEAKING AND CAUSING PROBLEMS IN THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. WORK IS ALREADY UNDERWAY AND WILL BE COMPLETED IN TWO WEEKS.

THE BIG DOWNTOWN VACANT LOT WAS NOT SEEDED LAST WEEK. THEY DID IT
TODAY.

THE MAQUOKETA Y WILL HAVE A NEW DIRECTOR NEXT MONTH, REPLACING
MARK PROESCHEL WHO LEFT IN THE SPRING TO TAKE ANOTHER JOB IN
MADISON. HE IS DAVE BAKER WHO HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN SEVERAL YMCA
FACILITIES IN THE AREA, MOST RECENTLY IN OMAHA.

THE MAQUOKETA BOYS PLAY #1 DAVENPORT ASSUMPTION TONIGHT IN
THIER FIRST TOURNAMENT GAME. WE WILL HAVE IT ON KMAQ-FM AT 7.
GO CARDINALS.

HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY

NEW MAQUOKETA LIONS CLUB OFFICERS FOR THE 2010-2011 YEAR WERE SWORN-IN
LAST NIGHT AT THE MONTHLY DINNER MEETING AT MICHEL'S HALL. LEFT TO RIGHT:
FIRST V.P. TOM SCHUELLER
WHO WILL BE PRESIDENT
STARTING IN 2011.....THIS YEAR'S NEW PRESIDENT, DENNY GILSON....AND OUTGOING PRESIDENT TOM DEVINE IN GREEN SHIRT. SCHUELLER IS A MAQUOKETA CONTRACTOR AND
IOWA STATE REPRESENTATIVE.
GILSON IS A LONGTIME EMPLOYEE AT TANDEM TIRE
IN MAQUOKETA AND DEVINE HAS
BEEN WITH THE YMCA SINCE IT OPENEND.
CLICK-ON PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT.
SEE PHOTO BELOW WITH OTHER
OFFICERS.
DENNIS VOY

MORE MAQUOKETA LION'S CLUB 2010-2011 OFFICERS: LEFT TO RIGHT: BOARD MEMBEBS
HERB CURL, CHERYL CURL, TREASURER STEVE FOWLER,
SECRETARY SHERRI JAMES, SEATED IS LION TAMER PAM SCHOENTHALER, STANDING BOARD MEMBER BOYD SCHOENTHALER AND SEATED
BOARD MEMBER LINDA STEWART. THE LIONS HAVE
SEVERAL HUSBAND-WIFE
MEMBERS. THE MAQUOKETA LIONS STARTED THEIR SECOND
YEAR JULY 1ST. THEY HAD A VERY GOOD FIRST YEAR, DOING
LOTS OF THINGS FOR THE COMMUNITY. THE MEMBERSHIP
IS OVER 30 AND THE CLUB MEETS
ONCE A MONTH AT MICHEL'S FOR
DINNER, MEETING AND PROGRAM.
IT COSTS JUST $70 A YEAR TO BE A
MEMBER ($100 A COUPLE) PLUS THE
COST OF THE MEAL WHEN YOU
ATTEND A MEETING. NEW MEMBERS
ARE ALWAYS WELCOME. CONTACT
ANY MEMBER FOR MORE INFORMATION.
YOU CAN ALSO CONTACT ME, AS I AM A
CHARTER MEMBER. CLICK-ON PHOTO
TO ENLARGE IT.
DENNIS VOY

MUCH NICER DAY TODAY....COOLER AND LESS HUMID. HIGH OF 82.
THE WEEKEND FORECAST LOOKS GOOD.

THERE WILL BE A CONTESTED RACE AFTERALL THIS FALL FOR THE STATE REPRESENTATIVE SEAT IN THIS AREA. BRIAN MOORE SAID TODAY HE HAS
SWITCHED PARTIES FROM DEMOCRAT TO REPUBLICAN AND WILL CHALLENGE
DEMOCRAT TOM SCHUELLER FOR THE DISTRICT 25 SEAT. MOORE RAN AS A DEMOCRAT DURING THE PRIMARY FOR STATE SENATE AND TOD BOWMAN OF MAQUOKETA WON THAT 4-WAY RACE. MOORE IS FROM RURAL ZWINGLE.

THE JACKSON COUNTY CONSERVATION BOARD HAS CLOSED DOWN CAMPING
IN JOINERVILLE PARK WEST OF MAQUOKETA BECAUSE OF VANDALISM.
IT HAS BEEN CLOSED FOR CAMPING THE REST OF THE SEASON BUT THE BOAT
RAMP WILL REMAIN OPEN. THERE HAVE BEEN TWO VANDALISM INCIDENTS
THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS. THE PORT-A-POTTY AT THE SITE WAS BURNED AND THEN A SECOND ONE TURNED UP MISSING.

HAPPY THURSDAY.

DENNIS VOY

FINAL PHOTO TAKEN AT THE
MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB
ICE CREAM SOCIAL AND BAND
CONCERT HELD IN JUNE (DAIRY
MONTH) AT THE FAIRGROUNDS
IN MAQUOKETA. ROTARIAN
TOM SCHUELLER, MAQUOKETA CONTRACTOR AND STATE REPRESENTATIVE FOR THIS AREA, IS SHOWN HERE DISHING
OUT THE ICE CREAM.
CLICK-ON PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT.
DENNIS VOY

FIRST ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT:
AUBREE TAYLOR, TAYLOR BICKFORD, TAYLER KOPP, NICOLE SNYDER, ERICA SUTTON,
ALISSA ROOT,
SECOND ROW: DEMI CRIST,
BRITTANY CARR, MEGAN ECKELBERG, JOANIE MUHLHAUSEN, McKINSEY RICKEL, BRITTANY BICKFORD,
COREY SCHEEPERS, ABBY
SKLADZIEN, LEXIE BIEHL,
HAILEY TRACY.
THIRD ROW LEFT TO RIGHT:
KRISTIN LANE, JENNA KEIL,
ALEIHA AVERY, TAYLOR CLEMENS, SHANNAN DAURELLE,
KATILYN PAUL, BECCA PATTERSON, BRITTANY WILMS,
KELSEY BOLLMAN, BROOKLYN
KORANDA, HAILEY BICKFORD.
ABSENT, ALYESSA PETTYJOHN.
SORRY, NO COACHES PICTURES.
HEAD COACH IS SARA NELSON AND
ASSISTANT COACHS, MICHELLE LANHAM,
SCOTT JESS. CLICK-ON PHOTO TO
ENLARGE IT.
DENNIS VOY

THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS WON LAST NIGHT 3 TO 1
AND ARE ON TO THE STATE TOURNAMENT NEXT WEEK AT
FORT DODGE. TUESDAY AFTERNOON, THEIR FIRST GAME
WILL BE AGAINST THE NUMBER ONE TEAM IN THE STATE.

PRESTON ALSO WON LAST NIGHT AND GOES TO STATE.
DEWITT LOST AND WILL NOT BE GOING.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS!

DENNIS VOY

IS IT PHOENIX?
NO....MAQUOKETA!
90 TODAY AND HUMID!
YES..I KNOW, PHOENIX HAS LOW HUMIDITY.
NOW..WE MAY GET SOME STORMS TONIGHT.
BUT THEN, THE REST OF THE WEEK AND WEEKEND SHOULD BE COOLER AND
PRETTY NICE.

BIG GAME TONIGHT! AT FARLEY. IF THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS SOFTBALL TEAM BEATS INDEPENDENCE, THEY PLAY NEXT WEEK AT THE STATE TOURNAMENT IN FORT DODGE.
THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS ARE TRYING TO GET BACK TO THE STATE TOURNAMENT
FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1998. IF THEY WIN TONIGHT, THEIR FIRST GAME
AT STATE WOULD BE NEXT TUESDAY AT 5:30 P.M. AGAINST THE REGION #4
CHAMPION, EITHER #1 RANKED CARLISLE OR 14TH RANKED DALLAS CENTER
GRIMES. THOSE TWO TEAMS PLAY TONIGHT AT SAYDEL.
GO CARDINALS! THE GAME ON KMAQ-FM AT 7 TONIGHT WITH LEIGHTON
HEPKER AT THE PLAY-BY-PLAY MIKE.

THE JACKSON COUNTY CONSERVATION BOARD SAID, FOLLOWING A CLOSED
SESSION LAST NIGHT, THEY WOULD TAKE NO ADDITIONAL ACTION AGAINST
THEIR DIRECTOR, DARYL PARKER. AFTER MEETING WITH THEIR ATTORNEY FROM DAVENPORT, THE BOARD MEMBERS SAID THEY WOULD TAKE NO ADDITIONAL ACTION AGAINST PARKER. THE BOARD SAID WHAT HAD BEEN DONE PREVIOUSLY WAS TO PROTECT PARKER AND THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE. FOR THOSE OF YOU NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE SITUATION, IT STARTED LAST WINTER WHEN PARKER
WAS ACCUSED OF KICKING A TEENAGE BOY DURING A GAME OF LASER TAG IN WISCONSIN. HE HAS SINCE BEEN ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE WITH PAY AND IS PROHIBITED FROM WORKING WITH CHILDREN AND HE GAVE UP HIS GUN.
ALSO, A SECOND CHARGE WAS MADE INVOLVING ANOTHER YOUTH AT THE SAME INCIDENT. BOTH ARE FELONY CHARGES IN WISCONSIN. PARKER'S ARRAIGNMENT HAS BEEN SCHEDULED FOR 1 P.M. ON FRIDAY, JULY 23RD WHEN HE IS LIKELY TO PLEAD NOT GUILTY OR GUILTY TO THE TWO CHARGES.

THERE WAS A BREAK-IN AND VANDALISM AT THE GROVE STREET BALL DIAMOND
CONCESSION STAND SOMETIME MONDAY OR TUESDAY. THE PERSON ATE SOME FOOD AND MADE A MESS IN THE BUILDING.
ALSO ON THE POLICE BLOTTER, TWO TIRES ON MELISSA WALK'S CAR WERE SLASHED OVERNIGHT TUESDAY WHILE PARKED AT 501 E. QUARRY STREET.
AND...MIKE LENHART AT 119 N. GROVE STREET SAID KIDS WALKED THROUGH THE WET CEMENT AT HIS PROPERTY.

RUTH STRUB, 96, OF DUBUQUE, DIED YESTERDAY AT LUTHER MANOR.
SHE WAS A HOMEMAKER AND BOOKKEEPER, ALSO SEAMSTRESS AND QUILT
MAKER. SHE IS SURVIVED BY 3 DAUGHTERS, INCLUDING LONNIE HERMAN OF
MAQUOKETA. ALSO 9 GRANDCHILDREN, A SISTER AND TWO BROTHERS.

THE JACKSON COUNTY MASTER GARDNERS CONTINUED THEIR COMMITMENT RECENTLY TO BEAUTIFY DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA BY PLANTING A VARIETY
OF ATTRACTIVE, COLORFUL PLANTS IN DOWNTOWN CONTAINERS.

THE JACKSON COUNTY FAIRBOARD JUST COMPLETED BUILDING A 60 BY 88 FOOT
BUILDING EAST OF THE GRANDSTAND ON THE FAIRGROUNDS IN MAQUOKETA.
IT WILL BE USED FOR THE BEER GARDEN DURING THE FAIR. A GRAND
OPENING CELEBRATION WILL BE HELD FRIDAY NIGHT, STARTING AT 7 P.M.
AND FOLLOWED BY MUSIC BY THE LOCAL BAND "JAMMER" FROM 8 UNTIL MIDNIGHT. EVERYONE IS INVITED. THE BLUE BUILDING IS FULLY ENCLOSED ON TWO SIDES ND THE TWO OPEN SIDES OVERLOOK THE RACE TRACK AND GRANDSTANDS. VOLUNTEER LABOR CONSTRUCTED THE BUILDING.
IT INCLUDES A BIG STAGE AND A WALK-IN COOLER. DURING THE YEAR, IT WILL BE RENTED FOR WEDDING REHERSALS, REUNIONS, DANCES, GRADUATION PARTIES,
ETC. A NICE ADDITION TO OUR FAIRGROUNDS, KNOWN AS ONE OF THE FINEST
IN THE STATE OF IOWA. THE FAIR STARTS TWO WEEKS FROM TONIGHT.

I'VE BEEN TOLD THE GROUND WHERE THE BURNED DOWN BUILDINGS WERE LOCATED DOWNTOWN HAS BEEN SEEDED WITH GRASS. NOTHING COMING UP YET.
WHEN THE GRASS ARRIVES, I'LL TAKE ANOTHER PHOTO. AND NO BUYER FOR THE PROPERTY YET. PEOPLE TELL ME IT WOULD BE A NICE PLACE FOR SOMEONE TO
BUILD A NEW RADIO STATION AND THEATRE.

KEEP COOL EVERYONE.

DENNIS VOY

WE ARE ALWAYS GETTING FOOD HERE AT KMAQ.
NO WONDER I'M G......
THIS MORNING, JANICE
McMURRAY BROUGHT IN A CONTAINER OF FRESH RASPBERRIES.....SHE KNOWS
I'M A FAN OF THOSE.
THEY ARE DELICIOUS!
THANKS JANICE! JANICE
WORKED AT "BILL MOLER'S" UNTIL IT CLOSED LAST YEAR
AND NOW IS RETIRED. SHE AND JERRY WILL BE GOING TO BRANSON WITH KMAQ TRAVEL
AGAIN THIS NOVEMBER ON
OUR ANNUAL CHRISTMAS TRIP.
LET ME KNOW IF YOU NEED INFORMATION ON IT. THE TIN OF CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES CAME THIS MORNING FROM AN OFFICE SUPPLY COMPANY WHERE WE GET OUR PRINTER
CARTRIDGES AND ANYTIME THE ORDER EXCEEDS $100, THE FREE COOKIES ARE
SENT TO US. AND ALWAYS IN A NEAT TIN BOX. CLICK-ON PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT.
I NEED TO DO MORE WALKING AND BIKING! HOW ABOUT YOU?
DENNIS VOY

JACKSON COUNTY SUPERVISOR STEVE FLYNN WAS ON THE "JUST TALK" SHOW WITH SHERI MELVOLD THIS MORNING, TALKING ABOUT COUNTY BUSINESS. I TOOK THIS PHOTO,
AND WILL TAKE IT TO ROTARY
THIS NOON. WE ARE BOTH
ROTARIANS AND I WILL PASS IT
AROUND FOR MEMBERS TO SEE,
AND TO PROMOTE OUR BROAD-CASTING THE BIG GAME TONIGHT.
BUT, WE WILL BOTH BE FINED
FOR ADVERTISING AT THE MEETING. CLICK-ON TO
ENLARGE PHOTO. NICE PHOTO OF BOTH OF THEM!
DENNIS VOY

I WAS DRIVING ON W. PLATT THIS MORNING AND SAW THAT BILL MERRICK WAS IN, SO STOPPED TO TAKE THIS PHOTO.
BILL (WILL BE 81 AUG 4TH) IS THE OLDEST ACTIVE BUSINESS-
MAN IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA. ON AUGUST 1ST,
HE WILL OBSERVE HIS 55TH ANNIVERSARY AS A BARBER IN THE SAME LOCATION. HE
SERVED FOR 5 YEARS IN THE U.S.
NAVY DURING THE KOREAN WAR AND HAS BEEN AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF BOTH THE AMERICAN LEGION AND THE
VFW EVER SINCE. HE HAS BEEN
COMMANDER OF BOTH ORGANIZATIONS. HIS WIFE EMME IS SUFFERING FROM DIMENTIA AND IS A RESIDENT OF CRESTRIDGE SENIOR CARE IN MAQUOKETA. BILL GOES UP TO
SEE HER EVERY NIGHT. BILL NORMALLY LIMITS HIS HAIR CUTTING TO
MORNINGS AND IS CLOSED THURSDAYS. IN THE CHAIR IS ONE OF HIS CUSTOMERS AND FREQUENT VISITORS, CHARLIE DIETZ. CHARLIE HAS BEEN
"PAINTING THE TOWN" SINCE 1971 AND IS STILL ACTIVE AS A PAINTER, BUT
DOING MAINLY INDOOR WORK. AND NO CLIMBING! HE HAS BEEN PRESIDENT OF THE MT. HOPE CEMETERY ASSOCIATION FOR A LONG TIME AND LAST NIGHT, AT
THEIR ANNUAL MEETING, THE BOARD RE-ELECTED HIM FOR ANOTHER YEAR.
ALSO RE-ELECTED VICE-PRESIDENT, DUB ROMER. ALSO ON THE BOARD IS
ALAN COOK AND MONA REICHLING. THE BOARD VOTED NOT TO RAISE THE COST OF A PLOT THIS COMING YEAR.
THANKS BILL AND CHARLIE FOR ALL YOU HAVE DONE, AND STILL DO, FOR THE
COMMUNITY. CLICK-ON PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT.
DENNIS VOY

SUNNY, LOW 80'S AND HUMID TODAY. TOMORROW, IN THE 90'S. THE REST OF THE WEEK WILL BE DRY AND IN 80'S. WE GOT 6/10 OF AN INCH OF RAIN LATE
YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY LAST NIGHT.

THE MAQUOKETA CARDINAL GIRL'S SOFTBALL TEAM DID IT AGAIN LAST NIGHT....
ANOTHER WIN...THEIR 31ST OF THE YEAR. THE GAME STARTED OVER AN HOUR LATE AFTER THE RAIN STOPPED AND THE CARDINALS BEAT CENTER POINT URBANA,
4 TO 0 IN THE 3-A REGIONAL SEMI-FINAL GAME AT THE MAQUOKETA SOFTBALL
DIAMOND. HAILY BICKFORE THREW A 2-HITTER AND STRUCK OUT 14.
KELSEY BOLLMAN HAD A HOME RUN. MAQUOKETA NOW MOVES INTO THE REGINAL FINAL GAME TOMORROW NIGHT AT FARLEY WHERE THEY PLAY INDEPENDENCE AT 7 P.M. INDEPENDENCE DEFEATED 10TH RATED WEST DELAWARE, MANCHESTER, 5 TO 3 LAST NIGHT. THE INDEPENDENCE MUSTANG GIRLS TOPPED MAQUOKETA 2 TO 0 IN A GAME PLAYED JUNE 16TH AT INDEPENDENCE.
THE WINNER OF TOMORROW NIGHT'S GAME WILL ADVANCE TO THE STATE
TOURNAMENT IN FORT DODGE NEXT WEEK.

WE HAVE TWO OTHER TEAMS HOPING TO MAKE IT TO STATE. PRESTON AND CALAMUS-WHEATLAND PLAY EACH OTHER AT 7 TONIGHT AND THE WINNER WILL NEED ONE MORE WIN LATER IN WEEK TO ADVANCE TO FORT DODGE.

LAST FRIDAY NIGHT, NANCY AND I VISITED THE POTOSI BREWING COMPANY
AT POTOSI, WISCONSIN, ABOUT 20 MINUTES NORTHWEST OF DUBUQUE.
POTOSI, POPULATION ABOUT 700, IS LOCATED BETWEEN TWO BLUFFS.
JUST ONE LONG STREET IN TOWN WITH EVERYONE LIVING IN HOMES ALONG THAT STREET. GO NEAR THE END OF THAT LONG STREET AND YOU RUN INTO
THE BREWERY COMPLEX. WHAT A SURPRISE! THE 1850'S BREWERY CLOSED IN THE EARLY 70'S AND STOOD EMPTY. A FEW YEARS AGO, THE WORK STARTED,
WITH GRANT MONEY, TO REFURBISH IT. $8-MILLION DOLLARS LATER, IT OPENED TWO YEARS AGO. A VERY NICE RESTAURANT, WITH OUTDOOR SEATING TOO,
AND A FREE MUSEUM ON THE FIRST FLOOR OF THE BREWERY AND AN ELEVATOR TO THE SECOND AND THIRD FLOORS WHERE THE AMERICAN BREWER'S ASSOCIATION
MUSEUM IS LOCATED ($7 ADMISSION). WE DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO GO UPSTAIRS, BUT WILL ON ANOTHER TRIP. WE DID HAVE TIME FOR A SANDWICH,
WITH A GLASS OF BEER BREWED RIGHT THERE. AND WE HAD TIME TO VISIT
ACROSS THE STREET THE PRINCESS POTOSA GALLERY (POTOSA IS CORRECT)
WHICH IS A LARGE ART GALLERY FEATURING SPECIAL DISPLAYS BY VISITING
ARTISTS. ALSO RIGHT THERE IS A NEW CONFERENCE CENTER THAT SEATS 600 FOR DINNER FOR ANY OCCASSION. LARGE PARKING LOTS EVERYWHERE, ALONG
WITH BEAUTIFUL TREES AND LANDSCAPING. A VERY NICE TOURIST ATTRACTION.
AND THEY WERE BUSY! WE HAD TO EAT AT THE BAR. MARY (HAYWARD) UPPENA,
FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA, WAS THERE WITH HER HUSBAND AND FRIENDS.
SHE IS FORMERLY FROM MAQUOKETA (HAD AN EXERCISE-PHYSICAL FITNESS BUSINESS IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA MANY YEARS AGO ON WEST PLATT) AND NOW SHE AND HER HUSBAND OWN A BIG GIFT AND FLORAL SHOPPE ON THE CORNER OF THE DOWNTOWN AREA OF POTOSI. YOU GO RIGHT BY IT WHEN HEADING TO THE BREWERY. ANYWAY.....YOU MIGHT PUT POTOSI ON YOUR LIST OF PLACES TO VISIT THIS SUMMER. LIKE ME, YOU'LL BE SURPRISED AT WHAT THEY DID
WITH THAT OLD BREWERY.

COME BACK TOMORROW FOR MORE NEWS AND HAPPENINGS IN THE TIMBER CITY.

DENNIS VOY

ANOTHER PHOTO I TOOK AT THE
MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB ICE CREAM SOCIAL IN LATE JUNE, AT THE FAIRGROUNDS. STANDING,
ROTARY TREASURER ASHER
SCHROEDER, RETIRED ATTORNEY AND SEATED BY HIM IS RETIRED BUSINESSMAN GEORGE SPALDING WHO FOR MANY, MANY YEARS OWNED HIS POPULAR FOOTWEAR STORE IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA. LOOKS LIKE THAT'S DOROTHY
JONES IN BACKGROUND ENJOYING ICE CREAM WITH SON
STEVE. IT WAS A FUN NIGHT,
WITH GREAT MUSIC. CLICK ON THE PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT.
DENNIS VOY

IT IS RAINING NOW IN MAQUOKETA.
THE REST OF THE WEEK SHOULD BE BETTER. IN FACT, SHOULD BE VERY GOOD.

IN GIRL'S SOFTBALL, MAQUOKETA WILL HOST CENTER POINT URBANA IN
TOURNAMENT ACTION. GAME WAS SET FOR 7 P.M. THEY WILL DELAY THE
START UNTIL 8 TONIGHT HOPING THE RAIN WILL BE OVER BY THEN.
THE GIRLS BEAT DUBUQUE WAHLERT SATURDAY NIGHT TO ADVANCE TO
TONIGHT'S GAME. IF THEY WIN TONIGHT, THEY HAVE ONE MORE GAME
TO WIN AND IF THEY DO THAT LATER IN WEEK, THEY (RANKED 9TH IN THE
STATE) WOULD GO TO THE STATE TOURNAMENT IN FORT DODGE.

WHEN I WAS IN THE ARMY AT FORT HOOD TEXAS, I WORKED WITH
ANOTHER ARMY MAN AT THE PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICE THAT
WAS A BIG FAN OF PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING. HE WAS IN THE NEWSPAPER SECTION OF THE OFFICE AND I WAS IN THE RADIO-TV SECTION. THIS WAS
IN 1964. HE WENT ON TO A CAREER AS A SPORTSWRITER IN THE STATE
OF WASHINGTON AND ALSO DID SOME SPORTS BROADCASTING THERE.
WE HAVE KEPT IN TOUCH OVER THE YEARS. SATURDAY, HE RECEIVED A SPECIAL
AWARD AT THE DAN GABLE INTERNATIONAL WRESTLING INSTITUTE AND
MUSEUM IN WATERLOO, FOR BEING ONE OF THE LEADING PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING HISTORIANS IN THE WORLD. HE CONTINUES WORK ON HIS ENCYCLOPEDIA THAT WILL COVER PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING FROM 1886 TO 1985. ALSO, SEVERAL WRESTLERS WERE ADDED TO THE HALL OF FAME SATURDAY. I
MET SEVERAL, INCLUDING PAUL "BUTCHER" VACHON, AGE 72,.....HIS BROTHER MAURICE "MAD DOG" VACHON, AGE 82.....TERRY FUNK.....MICK FOLEY.....AND
CHARLIE THESZ, WIFE OF THE LATE GREAT LOU THESZ. BACK IN 1964, THIS ARMY
FRIEND, J MICHAEL KENYON, AND HIS FIRST OF FOUR WIVES, LIVED IN THE
APARTMENT NEXT DOOR TO OURS AND WE BOTH WORKED OFF BASE ONCE A WEEK
AT THE LOCAL WRESTLING ARENA WHERE HE DID UP THE PROGRAMS AND I
(FOR $10 A NIGHT) WAS THE RING ANNOUNCER. HE AND I ALSO TEAMED UP
TO DO FORT HOOD ARMY FOOTBALL GAMES FOR THE LOCAL RADIO STATION,
KLEN. I DID THE PLAY-PLAY-PLAY AND HE DID THE COLOR. SO, WE HAD
SOME FUN TIMES TOGETHER IN THE ARMY AND IT WAS GOOD SEEING HIM GET
HIS AWARD SATURDAY AND MEETING ALL THE WRESTLING FANS AT THAT
VERY NICE MUSEUM IN WATERLOO. IT IS QUITE LARGE AND INCLUDES
ALL FORMS OF WRESTLING, INCLUDING HIGH SCHOOL. SAW ON ONE OF THE
WALLS, THE PHOTO OF ERIC JUERGENS, MCHS GRAD, WHO WON THE HIGH
SCHOOL STATE CHAMPIONSHIP ALL FOUR YEARS OF HIS HIGH SCHOOL DAYS
IN MAQUOKETA. NO, I HAVE NOT BEEN A PRO WRESTLING FAN SINCE MY
ARMY DAYS......BUT THIS DAILY REPORT TELLS YOU I WAS A FAN FOR A SHORT TIME MANY YEARS AGO. MILLIONS OF PEOPLE STILL LOVE PRO WRESTLING, BUT LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE, IT HAS CHANGED A LOT OVER THE YEARS.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK AND THANKS FOR CHECKING IN.

DENNIS VOY

I CAN NOW AGAIN POST PHOTOS HERE. THIS IS ONE
TAKEN AT THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB ICE CREAM
SOCIAL A COUPLE WEEKS AGO. LEFT TO RIGHT:
HOLE-IN-ONE DR. PETE ATIENZA.....ST. REP. TOM
SCHUELLER.....THE BOSS THAT NIGHT, TED MAZE.....
ROTARY SECRETARY GUS GLASER.....THE GUERNSEY
QUEEN OF IOWA FROM LOST NATION, WHO STOPPED BY TO HELP (I HAD HER NAME BUT LOST IT) AND ON FAR RIGHT.......................................
LONGTIME PHARMACIST AND FORMER ST. REP.
NOW RETIRED, BOB OSTERHAUS. ALL ARE ROTARIANS,
EXCEPT THE QUEEN. SHE CAN JOIN SOMETIME IN HER
LIFETIME AS WOMEN CAN BELONG TO ROTARY TOO.
DENNIS VOY.
CLICK-ON PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT.

SUNNY AND WARM TODAY.....IN LOW 80'S. NO RAIN IN FORECAST FOR THE
NEXT 3 DAYS ... MAYBE LONGER.

THE MAQUOKETA GIRL'S SOFTBALL TEAM BEAT NORTH SCOTT LAST NIGHT
AT ELDRIDGE.....2 TO 1. IT WAS THEIR LAST REGULAR SEASON GAME AND THEY HAVE A RECORD OF 29 AND 6 GOING INTO THE TOURNAMENTS AND
ARE RANKED 9TH IN THE STATE.

MANY GAS STATIONS NOW REQUIRE PAYMENT BEFORE FILLING. HERE IS WHY.
LAST NIGHT AROUND 9:30 SOMEONE PUMPED $71.40 IN GASOLENE AND LEFT WITHOUT PAYING AT KJ'S ON WEST PLATT IN MAQUOKETA.

TWENTY MINUTES WEST OF MAQUOKETA, THE WYOMING FAIR IS THIS WEEKEND.
A PARADE STARTS IT OFF TOMORROW NIGHT AND WE'LL BE BROADCASTING THE PARADE ON KMAQ. AND TWENTY MINUTES EAST OF MAQUOKETA, THE GREAT RIVER THRESHERS ANNUAL THRESHING DAYS IS THIS WEEKEND, ALSO STARTING WITH A PARADE TOMORROW NIGHT. ALSO TOMORROW NIGHT THE 15TH ANNUAL BARN DANCE AND BAR-B-Q (WITH FIREWORKS) AT THE
MARK MILLER FARM JUST NORTHWEST OF MAQUOKETA.

PREMIER HOME FURNISHINGS (RETAIL AND RENTAL FURNITURE STORE)
HAS MERGED WITH AARON SALES AND LEASE AT DUBUQUE. PREMIER, AT 418
NORTH MAIN IN MAQUOKETA WAS THE LOCATION FOR MANY YEARS OF
BETTER HOMES FURNITURE AND THEN OWL FURNITURE. SEVERAL TRUCKS
HAULED FURNITURE FROM THE BUILDING YESTERDAY AND TODAY..... AND
THE LOCAL STORE WILL BE CLOSED. SO, NOW THERE IS JUST ONE FURNITURE STORE LEFT IN JACKSON COUNTY, ON EAST PLATT STREET IN MAQUOKETA AND I BELIEVE IT DEALS MOSTLY IN RENTAL OR LEASE TO OWN FURNITURE. AT ONE TIME, MAQUOKETA HAD 3 OR 4 REGULAR RETAIL
FURNITURE STORES AND THERE WAS ALSO ONE IN BELLEVUE AND ONE IN
PRESTON. THE CLOSEST REGULAR FURNITURE STORE TO MAQUOKETA IS
PETERSON'S IN DEWITT. WOULD BE NICE IF THEY WOULD EXPAND TO
MAQUOKETA. HOPE THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE CONTACTS THEM.

NEXT WEEK, THE CLINTON COUNTY FAIR IN DEWITT AND CEDAR COUNTY FAIR IN TIPTON ARE ON AT THE SAME TIME. AGAIN, AS IN MANY PAST YEARS,
KMAQ WILL BROADCAST "LIVE" FROM BOTH. IT WILL BE A BUSY WEEK
FOR LEIGHTON AND I COVERING THOSE TWO COUNTY FAIRS.

HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY

HUMID AND 80 TODAY. WE HAD A LIGHT SHOWER TODAY. RAIN IN FORECAST TONIGHT AND TOMORROW AND THEN NICE FRIDAY, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.

A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE ASKED ME TO BE A FRIEND ON FACEBOOK.
I THANK THEM BUT I HAVE DECIDED TO STAY OFF FACEBOOK FOR
NOW AS I JUST DON'T HAVE THE TIME FOR MORE INTERNET ACTIVITY.

DR. PETE ATIENZA HAD A HOLE-IN-ONE IN JUNE, PLAYING WITH HIS
SON DR. BUDDY AND ANOTHER DOCTOR IN THE QUAD CITIES. IT WAS AT THE
PALMER HILLS COURSE IN BETTENDORF....USING A 5 IRON ON THE 160 YARD
17TH HOLE. HE FINISHED WITH A 84 FOR THE 18 HOLES.
IT WAS HIS SECOND. IN 1989, HE HAD ONE AT THE MAQUOKETA COUNTRY
CLUB ON THE 9TH HOLE. DR. PETE, MAQUOKETA HOSPITAL SURGEON,
HAS BEEN AN AVID GOLFER SINCE COMING TO MAQUOKETA FROM THE PHILLIPINES 42 YEARS AGO WHEN BUDDY WAS 6 MONTHS OLD.
PETE PLANS TO RETIRE AS SOON AS THE HOSPITAL GETS ANOTHER SURGEON.

THE JACKSON COUNTY SUPERVISORS AT THEIR MEETING YESTERDAY OPENED BIDS FOR ELECTRICAL WORK AT THE COURTHOUSE IN MAQUOKETA.
THE LOW BIDDER WAS TRENKAMP ELECTRIC IN PRESTON WITH A BID
OF $87,850. THE ENGINEER'S ESTIMATE WAS $110,000. THERE
WERE 6 BIDS IN ALL, THE HIGHEST BEING $138,000.

THE FUNERAL SERVICE FOR JANET STEINES, AGE 60, OF SPRINGBROOK,
WHO DIED AFTER THE PARADE ACCIDENT SUNDAY, WILL BE AT 10:30
FRIDAY MORNING AT THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN SPRINGBROOK.
SHE WAS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THAT CHURCH AND ORGANIST TOO.
SHE WAS A HOMEMAKER AND HELPED HER HUSBAND IN ALL OF THEIR
FARMING OPERATIONS. SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER HUSBAND, TWO SONS, TWO GRANDCHILDREN (WHO WERE IN THE BUGGY WITH HER), HER PARENTS ARLENE AND MILO FELLER OF PRESTON, TWO BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS.

JACK ROSENBERG OF MAQUOKETA, WILL CELEBRATE HIS 67TH BIRTHDAY FRIDAY. HE IS RETIRED.

TAKE IT EASY.

DENNIS VOY

HOT AND HUMID TODAY. NO RAIN SO FAR. MAYBE TONIGHT. RAIN IS IN THE FORECAST THROUGH THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AND SATURDAY SHOULD BE
REALLY NICE.

THE LIST OF THE 25 INJURED SUNDAY IN THE BELLEVUE PARADE, INCLUDES
FROM MAQUOKETA: JAINA CRIST, AGE 7 OF MAQUOKETA AND DAYTON
RICHARDS, AGE 10, OF MAQUOKETA. JAINA WAS TAKEN TO MERCY MEDICAL CENTER IN DUBUQUE BY AMBULANCE AND DAYTON WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL HERE IN MAQUOKETA BY PRIVATE VEHICLE. TWO PEOPLE SOUGHT TREATMENT ON THEIR OWN. WE HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT MOST OF THE ACCIDENT VICTIMS HAVE NOW BEEN RELEASED FROM HOSPITALS, BUT WE HAVE NOT BEEN GIVEN A LIST OF THOSE.

ON THE POLICE BLOTTER: A MOTORCYCLE WAS REPORTED STOLEN FROM
RURAL MAQUOKETA. LOREN FELDERMAN OF 21628 HIGHWAY 64 REPORTED
YESTERDAY MORNING THAT HIS 1994 HARLEY WAS TAKEN THE NIGHT BEFORE FROM HIS GARAGE.'

MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.

DR. CHARLES "ANDY" ANDERSON, AGE 90, DIED JUNE 21ST AT ATHENS, GEORGIA. HE WAS A NATIVE OF MAQUOKETA. HE WAS A CHEMIST
AND ENDED HIS CAREER AS CHIEF IN THE ANALYTICAL CHEMICAL BRANCH OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LABORATORY IN ATHENS. HE WAS AN EMERITUS MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY AND WAS THE AUTHOR OF A DOZEN PAPERS. HE WAS A WWII VETERAN. SURVIVORS INCLUDE
FOUR CHILDREN, SEVEN GRANDCHILDREN AND FOUR GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN.
A MEMORIAL SERVICE WILL BE HELD IN ATHENS AT THE COVENANT
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH ON MONDAY, JULY 12TH. HE WAS AN AVID READER OF THIS DAILY REPORT TOO. HE EMAILED ME OCCASSIONALLY.

HAVE A GOOD TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY.

DENNIS VOY

YESTERDAY, CLOUDY ALL DAY WITH VERY LITTLE RAIN. MOST JULY 4TH
ACTIVITIES COULD BE HELD AS SCHEDULED. SATURDAY NIGHT, WAS A
BEAUTIFUL NIGHT. PERFECT WEATHER FOR THE JULY 4TH WEEKEND PARADE
AT DEWITT WHICH I BROADCAST ON KMAQ-AM. NICE PARADE AND LASTED JUST
UNDER AN HOUR.
TODAY,CLOUDY AND LOOKING AGAIN LIKE RAIN, BUT NOT A LOT EXPECTED.

YESTERDAY, ONE OF THOSE DAYS AT KMAQ I WILL NEVER FORGET. I WAS ON THE AIR FROM 5:30 UNTIL 10 A.M. AND THEN I WENT OVER TO NANCY'S TO READ THE PAPER AND LISTEN TO LEIGHTON HEPKER DO THE PARADE BROADCAST ON KMAQ-AM FROM DOWNTOWN BELLEVUE AT 10:30. LEIGHTON HAD A CLEAR PHONE LINE FOR THE BROADCAST AND HE WAS DECRIBING A GOOD, HAPPY PARADE WITH A LARGE TURNOUT. HE HAD HIS BROADCAST TABLE SET UP WITH THE KMAQ BANNER ALONG THE EDGE OF THE CURB DOWNTOWN, IN FRONT OF THE CHAMBER OFFICE. CINDY HEPKER WAS SITTING NEXT TO HIM. ALL OF A SUDDEN, LEIGHTON STARTED TALKING
ABOUT SOME HORSES ON THE LOOSE GALLOPING DOWN THE STREET ALONG THE PARADE ROUTE. THEY WENT RIGHT PAST THE KMAQ TABLE, JUST MISSING IT BY INCHES. LEIGHTON WAS STUNNED BUT KEPT DESCRIBING THE ACCIDENT
THAT I'M SURE MOST OF YOU HAVE SEEN, READ OR HEARD ABOUT. IT WAS ON NATIONAL CNN NEWS AND ON THE "TODAY" SHOW THIS MORNING.
TWO COUPLES WERE RIDING IN A BUGGY PULLED BY A TEAM OF HORSES.
THE OWNERS HAD BEEN IN PARADES BEFORE AND THE HORSES TOO.
IT IS SPECULATED THAT THE HEAD OF ONE OF THE HORSES BUMPED THE HEAD OF THE OTHER HORSE KNOCKING THE BRIDLE LOOSE AND THEN THERE WAS NO CONTROL OF THAT HORSE AND THE TWO WENT DOWN THE STREET, STRIKING PARADE WATCHERS, MAINLY CHILDREN. THE BUGGY THEN HIT A SIGN POST AND THAT FLIPPED THE BUGGY AND OCCUPANTS. THE HORSES STILL KEPT RUNNING (UP TO 35 MPH) AND STILL CONNECTED TOGETHER BY A HARNESS. THEY GALLOPED PAST LEIGHTON GOING SOUTH AND AT THE CORNER WHERE THE
PARADE TURNED WEST ON HIGHWAY 52, THE HORSES RAN INTO A MAQUOKETA
STATE BANK VAN THAT WAS IN THE PARADE AND THE HORSES FELL TO THE
STREET WHERE THEY WERE CAUGHT AND LED DOWN TO THE RIVERBANK.
THE TOTAL DISTANCE THEY RAN WILD WAS ABOUT SIX BLOCKS.
THERE WERE LOTS OF RESCUE UNITS IN THE PARADE AND THEY ALL WENT
INTO ACTION IMMEDIATELY TWENTY FOUR PEOPLE WERE RUSHED TO FOUR HOSPITALS WITHIN AN HOUR. SEVERAL WERE IN CRITICAL CONDITION. THE SPRINGBROOK WOMAN WHO WITH HUSBAND OWNED THE HORSE, DIED LAST NIGHT FROM HER INJURIES. MANY HAVE BEEN RELEASED AND SOME ARE STILL IN SERIOUS OR CRITICAL CONDITION. THE REST OF THE PARADE WAS OF COURSE CALLED OFF, BUT OTHER ACTIVITIES FOR BELLEVUE'S BIG ANNUAL HERITAGE DAYS CELEBRATION WENT ON IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. I'M SURE THERE WILL BE LOTS DISCUSSION NOW ABOUT PARADES AND IF HORSES SHOULD BE ALLOWED IN THEM. MOST OF THOSE INJURED WERE KIDS ALONG THE EDGE OF THE STREET WAITING TO PICK UP CANDY THROWN FROM PARADE ENTRIES. I HAVE LONG THOUGHT CANDY THROWING SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED IN A PARADE. IT IS DANGEROUS, AND DISTACTS FROM THE PARADE. PARENTS MAINLY GO TO A PARADE SO THEIR KIDS CAN
ENJOY IT. ENDS UP, THE KIDS DON'T EVEN WATCH THE PARADE! ALL THEY END UP DOING IS FILLING THE BAG THEY BROUGHT ALONG WITH THE
FREE CANDY. IF CANDY IS ALLOWED, IT SHOULD BE HANDED TO THE KIDS
BY PARADE WALKERS. AND....TALKING TO LEIGHTON HEPKER AFTER THE PARADE....LEIGHTON SAID..."NO LONGER WILL I SET UP MY TABLE
ON THE CURB. I'LL SET UP FARTHER BACK WHEN DOING PARADE BROADCASTS IN THE FUTURE". AND I WILL DO THE SAME!
THE NEXT BIG PARADE IN JACKSON COUNTY WILL BE WEDNESDAY NIGHT,
JULY 28TH...THE JACKSON COUNTY ANNUAL FAIR PARADE.

HAVE A GOOD JULY 5TH!

DENNIS VOY

ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL DAY. TOMORROW SHOULD BE SAME.
BUT, RAIN IS POSSIBLE SUNDAY.

WENT TO THE FREE FIREWORKS DISPLAY LAST NIGHT AT THE HOSPITAL.
IT WAS GREAT. MUCH BETTER THAN I EVER EXPECTED. NON-STOP
FIREWORKS FOR 20 MINUTES AND FIREWORKS I'VE NEVER SEEN OR HEARD
BEFORE. FREE T-N-T SOFT SERVE ICE CREAM BEFORE THE SHOW ALONG
WITH WHITEY'S FROZEN ICE CREAM CUPS. I HAD ONE OF EACH OF COURSE.
NICE CROWD, BUT I THOUGHT THERE WOULD BE MORE. THOSE WHO SKIPPED IT MISSED A GREAT SHOW. THANKS TO GENESIS OF DAVENPORT, NOW
CONNECTED TO OUR HOSPITAL FOR MORE AND BETTER SERVICE.

GIRL'S SOFTBALL LAST NIGHT: THE CARDINAL GIRLS TOOK ANOTHER DOUBLE HEADER AT DEWITT, 5 TO 0 AND 7 TO 1. AND DEWITT JUST DROPPED OUT OF FINAL RANKINGS. MAQUOKETA FINISHED IN 9TH PLACE IN FINAL RANKINGS. THE CARDINAL GIRLS ARE IN A TOURNAMENT TODAY AT MARION.

THE MAQUOKETA BOYS ALSO WON A DOUBLE HEADER HERE LAST NIGHT, DEFEATING CENTER POINT URBANA 8 TO 3 AND 14 TO 4.

"BARN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY" WILL BE HELD AT BIEHL'S CODFISH
HOLLOW BARN, LOCATED AT 3837 - 288TH AVENUE, ON THE CODFISH HOLLOW ROAD NORTHEAST OF MAQUKETA, THIS SUNDAY, JULY 4TH. THERE WILL BE 6 BANDS AND AN ART SHOW WITH WORKS FROM MAQUOKETA DOWNTOWN ARTIST THOMAS METCALF AND OTHER LOCAL ARTISTS ON DISPLAY. OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. FOR MORE INFORMATION, CALL TIFFANY COSTELLO BIEHL AT 563-321-0172 OR GO TO THE CODFISH HOLLOW BARNSTORMERS ON FACEBOOK.

AT THE FIREWORKS LAST NIGHT, I HAD A NICE TALK WITH THERESA
BROCK, FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA. YEARS AGO, SHE AND HUSBAND CARY
OPERATED BROCK'S GREENHOUSE AND SHE WAS ALSO A NURSE AT THE HOSPITAL IN DEWITT. NOW THEY LIVE IN HERMISTON, IN NORTHEAST
OREGON. THE CITY (15,000) IS ON THE FAMOUS COLUMBIA RIVER, NOT FAR FROM THE NEAR BLUE MOUNTAINS AND A SHORT DISTANCE FROM PENDLETON, WHICH IS THE HOME CITY FOR THE FAMOUS WOOLEN MILLS AND THEIR POPULAR BLANKETS. THE BROCKS LOVE IT OUT THERE. ONE DAUGHTER AND ONE SON LIVE WITH THERE FAMILIES THERE TOO. OTHER SON, CHUCK,JUST STARTED A NEW MUSIC JOB YESTERDAY AT ST. AMBROSE AT DAVENPORT AND THEY JUST HAD A BABY AND THERESA WAS HERE TO SEE THE BABY. CARY WASN'T ABLE TO COME THIS TIME. THEY ALSO HAVE A DAUGHTER AND FAMILY IN MISSOURI. THEY HAVE SEVEN GRANDCHILDREN.
SHE SAID CARY IS A REGULAR READER OF THIS REPORT AND I URGED HER TO HAVE HIM DO AN ENTRY ON THE GUEST BOOK, TELLING MORE ABOUT THE
FAMILY. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE GUEST BOOK USED MORE FOR JUST
THAT PURPOSE,. IF YOU NO LONGER LIVE IN MAQUOKETA, THERE ARE PEOPLE HERE WHO WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHERE YOU NOW LIVE AND WHAT YOU ARE DOING, PLUS INFORMATION ON YOUR FAMILY. ONLY TAKES A FEW MINUTES TO MAKE A GUEST BOOK ENTRY. PEOPLE DO ENJOY READING ABOUT PEOPLE THEY KNOW, BUT HAVE NOT BEEN IN CONTACT WITH.

THIS BLOG STILL CAN'T HANDLE PHOTOS AT THIS TIME. SO, I'LL HAVE TO WAIT LONGER UNTIL THE PROBLEM IS FIXED BEFORE PUTTING MORE ON HERE.

HAVE A HAPPY AND SAFE 4TH OF JULY.

DENNIS VOY

SUPER DAY IN MAQUOKETA!
MORE OF THE SAME TOMORROW!

THREE ACCIDENTS IN MAQUOKETA.
A 12 YEAR OLD GIRL ON A BIKE WAS HIT BY A CAR YESTERDAY AFTERNOON BUT WAS NOT INJURED. SAMANTHA KRESS OF MAQUOKETA WAS DRIVING OUT OF A CITY ALLEY AT QUARRY AND OTTO AND PATRICIA RYAN, AGE 12, WASA RIDING
ON THE SIDEWALK AND THE TWO COLLIDED. HEDGES OBSCURED BOTH OF THEIR
VIEWS AND NO CHARGES WERE FILED.
ALSO..TWO VEHICLES COLLIDED THIS MORNING AT QUARRY AND ELIZA.
BRENDA MCPHERSON, AGE 34, OF MAQUOKETA WAS DRIVING EAST ON QUARRY AND HOWARD LESLIE, AGE 41, OF MAQUOKETA WAS DRIVING ON ELIZA AND FAILED TO YIELD TO THE MCPHERSON VEHICLE. LESLIE WAS CHARGED. $450 DAMAGE TO MCPHERSON'S CHEVY AND $150 DAMAGE TO LESLIE'S VEHICLE. NO INJURIES.
ALSO...TWO VEHICLES COLLIDED AT 3:30 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON ON NORTH MAIN STREET. AMANDA MEIERS OF MAQUOKETA BACKED INTO A VEHICLE DRIVEN BY LINDA PEARSON, AGE 62, OF MAQUOKETA. NO CHARGES, NO INJURIES AND NO DAMAGES LISTED.

THE RESIDENTS REPORTED THE THEFT OF SOLAR LIGHTS IN MAQUOKETA.
DEBBIE BREUER ON 33RD STREET....RON SHAFER ON COUNTRY CLUB DRIVE....AND YOLAND BENNETT ON AUSTIN AVENUE.

THE FREE FIREWORKS WILL BE TONIGHT, WITH FREE REFRESHMENTS, AT THE HOSPITAL TO CELEBRATE THE NEW AFFILIATION WITH GENESIS OF DAVENPORT.

THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB ANNUAL ICE CREAM SOCIAL AND BAND CONCERT WAS A HIT AGAIN LAST NIGHT AT THE FAIRGROUNDS. AROUND 100 SENIORS ENJOYED THE CAKE/ICE CREAM AND CONCERT BY THE TIMBER CITY
BAND, DIRECTED BY JAY KAHN. ALMOST 2 HOURS OF FAMILIAR MARCHES.
I PUT UP ONE PHOTO BELOW, AND WILL PUT MORE UP LATER WHEN THE PHOTO PART OF THIS BLOG IS WORKING AGAIN.

THE MAQUOKETA GIRL'S SOFTBALL TEAM BEAT CENTER POINT URBANA LAST NIGHT 3 TO 0 AND NOW ARE 24 AND 5 FOR THE SEASON.
THE BOYS SPLIT A DOUBLEHEADER WITH INDEPENDENCE AND NOW ARE 14 AND 13 FOR THE SEASON.

THE SIDEWALK AROUND THE FIRE CLEAN-UP AREA IS ALMOST DONE. I'LL HAVE A NEW PHOTO SOON.

THE JACKSON COUNTY REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER IN MAQUOKETA (HOSPITAL)
HAS A NEW WEB SITE......www.jcrhc.org. GO THERE FOR INFORMATION ON THE HOSPITAL, THE PHYSICIANS AND SERVICES AVAILABLE AND ABOUT THE JOBS AVAILABLE.

MELVIN LESLIE, 93, OF COLUMBUS, INDIANA, DIED YESTERDAY.
SURVIVORS INCLUDE A SISTER IN MAQUOKETA, GERTRUDE ZARUBA.

ALL IS WELL IN MAQUOKETA....COME SEE US!

DENNIS VOY