NICE DAY YESTERDAY, AFTER A RAINY SATURDAY.
TODAY, ANOTHER NICE DAY AND THE ENTIRE WEEK SHOULD BE LIKE THIS.

THE FIRE DEPARTMENT GOT CALLED TO A BASEMENT FIRE THIS MORNING
ON SOUTH SECOND STREET. SOMEONE PUT SMOKING ITEMS IN A TRASH
BAG AND A LOT OF SMOKE, BUT NO REAL DAMAGE. FIREMEN CLEARED THE HOME OF THE SMOKE AND LEFT.

SEVERAL MORE MAIL BOXES VANDALIZED AGAIN OVER THE WEEKEND IN
JACKSON COUNTY.

A NEW CHURCH HAS OPENED IN MAQUOKETA. IT IS "SHILOH BAPTIST CHURCH",
AN INDEPENDENT, FAMILY-ORIENTED , FUNDAMENTAL CHURCH THAT IS MEETING WEDNESDAYS AND SUNDAYS AT THE MAQUOKETA COMMUNITY CENTER.
THE PASTOR IS STEVE HANTELMANN AND HIS CELL-PHONE NUMBER IKS 1-309-338-6602. ON SUNDAYS, THE CHURCH HAS SUNDAY SCHOOL AT 10, THE MORNING WORSHIP SERVICE AT 11 AND SUNDAY EVENING SERVICE AT 6.
THERE IS ALSO A WEDNESDAY EVENING SERVICE AND IT STARTS AT 7.

DOLORES KLEIN, AGE 86, DIED LAST NIGHT AT CRESTRIDGE NURSING HOME.
I HAVE KNOWN HER FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. SHE HEADED UP A RED CROSS
BLOOD DRIVE A COUPLE TIMES A YEAR FOR AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER.
ALSO WAS ACTIVE IN THE LEGION AND HOSPITAL AUXILIARIES. HER LATE HUSBAND CY, ALSO A LONGTIME FRIEND, WAS IN THE MAQUOKETA LIONS CLUB
WITH ME AND WAS THE THEISEN'S MANGER IN MAQUOKETA FOR QUITE A FEW
YEARS. DOLORES MADE SURE EVERY BLOOD DRIVE WAS PROMOTED WELL ON KMAQ AND SHE ALWAYS CALLED -IN ON OUR TALK SHOW THE WEEK BEFORE TO REMIND EVERYONE THE DRIVE WAS NEAR. SHE WAS A GOOD WORKER FOR
MAQUOKETA. GO TO LAHEY'S WEB SITE FOR HER OBITUARY.

WILL BE OUT OF TOWN UNTIL FRIDAY. WILL HAVE A REPORT THEN.

DENNIS VOY

LAST NIGHT...

MAQUOKETA 28

DEWITT 14

7/10 OF AN INCH OF RAIN YESTERDAY AND LAST NIGHT IN MAQUOKETA.
HUGE RAINFALL UP NORTH, AND NEXT WEEK, FLOODING IS POSSIBLE
AGAIN ON THE MAQUOKETA RIVER.
TODAY, WINDY, SUNNY AND COOL...HIGH OF 67.

A MAQUOKETA LONGTIME PHARMACIST RECEIVED A SERIOUS HAND
INJURY YESTERDAY AFTERNOON WHILE TARGET PRACTICING ON 74TH
STREET, RURAL BALDWIN. DALE YODER'S BLACK POWDER GUN
EXPLODED OUT THE BOTTOM OF GUN AND INJURED THE TWO MIDDLE
FINGERS ON HIS LEFT HAND. HE WAS TAKEN TO A MADISON WISCONSIN
HOSPITAL, WHERE HAND SPECIALISTS SOUGHT TO SAVE THE FINGERS.
I HAVE NOT HEARD THE END RESULT, BUT HE MAY HAVE LOST ALL OR PART OF THE FINGERS.

USING T.I.F. FUNDS TO PAY OFF THE CITY'S ONE MILLION DOLLAR LOAN ON THE
YMCA DREW SOME HEATED CONVERSATION AT THIS WEEK'S CITY COUNCIL
MEETING BY TWO COUNCILMAN. NEIL MOREHEAD PROPOSED USING THE TIF
FUNDS AND ED TURNEY REMINDED HIM THAT OVER 600 PEOPLE HAD SIGNED
A PETITION BEFORE THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE YMCA THAT CALLED FOR
NO TAX PAYER MONEY BE USED FOR THE YMCA CONSTRUCTION.
THE CITY GAVE A LOAN OF $1 MILLION THAT WAS TO BE PAID BACK BY HOTEL-MOTEL MONEY AND LOCAL OPTION SALES TAX MONEY. HOWEVER,
THIS MONEY HAS BEEN DIRECTED TO FUND THE OPERATING BUDGET OF THE YMCA DO TO SHORTFALLS IN REVENUES. THE COUNCIL DID VOTE TO PROCEED AHEAD
WITH T.I.F. TAX REVENUE, SO WE WILL HEAR MORE ABOUT THIS IN THE NEAR
FUTURE.

DON'T FORGET, THE MAQUOKETA-DEWITT FOOTBALL GAME IS ON THE KMAQ
WEB SITE AT 7:25 TONIGHT.

HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY

FIRST FULL DAY OF FALL AND IT WAS A SUMMER DAY IN MAQUOKETA....84 THE
HIGH.

THE JACKSON COUNTY BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT GAVE THE GO-AHEAD FOR A SPECIAL EXCEPTION TO ALLOW SALES OF USED CARS ON A PRIVATE PROPERTY. JOHN
MANSON, WHO IS A MEMBER OF THE BOARD, HAD ASKED FOR THE PERMIT.

THE CITY COUNCIL THIS WEEK APPROVED THE BID FO SEVEN HILLS PAVING OF MAQUOKETA FOR SOME STREET PATCHING WORK IN MAQUOKETA. THE BID
WAS FOR $37,239.
ALSO THIS WEEK, THE COUNCIL RE-APPOINTED FORMER MAYOR TOM MESSERLI
TO ANOTHER TERM ON THE COUNTY LANDFILL BOARD.
AND, THE COUNCIL STET TRICK-OR-TREAT HOURS FOR SUNDAY, OCTOBER 31ST,
FROM 4 UNTIL 6 P.M.

YESTERDAY, A HUGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE ATTENDED THE FAMILY VISITATION
FOR ED TUBBS AT THE OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER. THE LINE WAS LONG FROM BEFORE 2 P.M. UNTIL PAST THE 7:00 P.M. ANNOUNCED HOUR. AND THE FUNERAL TODAY PACKED THE UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST, A SMALL CHURCH. BUT, VIDEO AND AUDIO FACILITIES WERE SET UP IN THE BASEMENT OF THE CHURCH FOR
THE OVERFLOW.

PAULA NEWHAUS HAS BEEN APPOINTED THE NEW DIRECTOR OF THE MAQUOKETA
ART EXPERIENCE. ACCORDING TO BOB OSTERHAUS, PRESIDENT OF THE
BOARD, NEWHAUS WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COORDINATION AND PROMOTION
OF ARTS PROGRAMMING, RESIDENCIES, WORKSHOPS, EXHIBITIONS AND ONGOING
EXPANSION AND PROMOTION OF THE EASTERN IOWA CULTURAL CORRIDOR.
SHE HAS FIVE YEARS OF WORKING WITH NOT-FOR-PROFIT ARTS PROJECTS.
SHE HAS WORKED WITH THE DUBUQUE COUNTY FINE ARTS SOCIETY, VOICES
FROM THE WAREHOUSE DISTRICT FINE ARTS EXHIBIT, DUBUQUE AREA WRITERS
GUILD AND DUBUQUE MAIN STREET. OSTERHAUS SAID MAQUOKETA ART
EXPERIENC IS WORKING TO TURN DOWNTOWN STOREFRONTS INTO STUDIOS,
GALLERIES, AND WORKSHOP SPACE FOR VISITING AND RESIDENT ARTISTS.

THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 1945 WILL HAVE THEIR 65TH
CLASS REUNION THIS SATURDAY AT THE EAGLES CLUB IN MAQUOKETA AND
IT WILL CONTINUE SUNDAY AT THE DECKER HOTEL.

THE JACKSON COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY IS HOSTING AN OPEN HOUSE THIS SUNDAY FROM 1 UNTIL 4 P.M. AT THE SHELTER JUST NORTHEAST OF MAQUOKETA.
VISITORS WILL BE ABLE TO TAKE A TOUR OF THE NEW CAT ISOLATION ADDITION
AND UNVEILING OF THE PET MEMORIAL WALL. REFRESHMENTS WILL
BE SERVED. I WILL SEE IF I CAN FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE MEMORIAL HALL.

SO, SUNDAY STOP BY AND ENJOY SOME MEOW MEOW AND BOW WOW FUN.

DENNIS VOY

PARTLY SUNNY AND COOL TODAY...HIGH OF 72.
TOMORROW, IN THE LOW 80'S.

KAREN TILTON IS THE CLOWN IN THE PHOTO YESTERDAY. TAKEN AT
THE VILLAGES IN FLORIDA WHERE KAREN AND DEAN HAVE LIVED SINCE MOVING THERE FROM MAQUOKETA 5 YEARS AGO. KAREN TOOK A CLASS IN "CLOWNING" AND NOW DOES IT AT SCHOOLS, ETC. AS A PUBLIC SERVICE. SHE REALLY DIDN'T NEED THE CLASS.....GOT LOTS OF TRAINING OVER THE YEARS FROM HER CLOWN HUSBAND.
HA HA JUST KIDDING. JENNIFER CONNALLY OF MAQUOKETA WAS THE FIRST TO IDENTIFY KAREN AND GETS THE OHNWARD TICKET.

LONGTIME MAQUOKTA SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER BILL SCHWENKER WAS ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD MONDAY NIGHT. HE HAS HELD THAT POSITION
BEFORE. AND MONDAY NIGHT, JEFF TAMPIR WAS HIRED AS 7TH AND 8TH
GRADE WRESTLING COACH. WILL BE NICE TO SEE MR. T BACK AT THE MATS.
HE WAS VARSITY COACH FOR A LONG TIME UNTIL RETIRING ABOUT 5 YEARS
AGO. HE (WITH A COUPLE OTHER RETIRED TEACHERS) HAS BEEN DOING
HOUSEHOLD PAINTING IN RETIREMENT. I'M SURE HE WILL KEEP DOING THAT
TOO.

COMING UP, VFW POPPY WEEKEND. FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, MAQUOKETA VFW MEMBERS AND AUXILIARY MEMBERS WILL BE SELLING POPPIES THIS FRIDAY AND
SATURDAY AT FAREWAY AND THEISEN'S.

THANKS FOR THE VISIT.

DENNIS VOY

IT WAS HOT AND HUMID THIS MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. THEN
THE RAIN CAME, ALONG WITH A LITTLE THUNDER AND LIGHTNING, AND
THE TEMPERATURE DROPPED DOWN TO 65. NORTHERN JACKSON COUNTY WAS UNDER A THUNDERSTORM WARNING AND CLINTON COUNTY IS NOW UNDER A
WARNING, UNTIL ABOUT 4 P.M. THEN A THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE
ENTIRE KMAQ AREA UNTIL 9 TONIGHT.

ANDREW COMMUNITY SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS TOOK THE FIRST STEPS
LAST NIGHT FOR ITS HIGH SCHOOL.....ONLY HIGH SCHOOL.....STUDENTS TO GO TO EITHER MAQUOKETA OR BELLEVUE NEXT YEAR. ANDREW WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE A SCHOOL FOR GRADES THROUGH GRADE 8. PARENTS WILL BE ABLE TO DECIDE WHICH SCHOOL THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEND THEIR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.

MAQUOKETA PLAYS DEWITT FRIDAY NIGHT, THERE. THEIR HALFBACK , JOE FELDPAUSCH, LAST FRIDAY NIGHT RAN FOR 387 YARDS, A NEW SCHOOL RECORD AND 119 MORE THAN THE OLD RECORD. THAT'S A LOT OF YARDAGE!
THE HISTORY OF THIS RIVALRY: MAQUOKETA 46 WINS, 34 LOSSES AND 6 TIES.
MAQUOKETA WON 6 YEARS IN A ROW, 1978-1984. LAST YEAR, HERE AT
HOME, MAQUOKETA WON 14 TO 7.
61 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK, GOODENOW FIELD WAS DEDICATED. POPULAR
WMT SPORTSCASTER TATE CUMMINGS WAS THE SPECIAL GUEST FOR THE
CEREMONY. THE GAME OVER ANAMOSA WAS WON BY THE CARDINALS,
UNDER QUARTERBACK RICHARD EFFERDING, END BOB RISSER AND TACKLE BOB
MITCHELL.
WONDER WHO THE CHEERLEADERS WERE?
IF YOU KNOW, EMAIL ME AT kmaq@kmaq.com AND IF YOU KNOW WHO THE CLOWN
IS BELOW, EMAIL ME ALSO.

TODAY IS THE LAST FULL DAY OF SUMMER. FALL, THANK GOODNESS,
STARTS TOMORROW SOMETIME. IT HAS BEEN A LONG, HOT SUMMER!

DENNIS VOY

WHO IS THIS CLOWN?
MANY OF YOU KNOW HER WELL!
FIRST PERSON TO IDENTIFY HER
VIA EMAIL TO ME GETS A TICKET
TO ANY UPCOMING SHOW AT THE
OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER
IN MAQUOKETA. CLICK-ON THE
PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT.
DENNIS VOY

SUMMER DAY TODAY...82

THE BELLEVUE PARADE FUND RAISER SATURDAY PUT THE AMOUNT OVER
THE $250,000 GOAL WHEN $50,000-PLUS WAS RAISED, MAINLY THROUGH
AUCTIONS. TICKETS ON THE 40 YARD LINE FOR THE IOWA-OHIO STATE
GAME WENT FOR $5,000 AND TICKETS TO JAY LENO'S SHOW AND PRIVATE TOUR
OF HIS FAMOUS GARAGE WHERE HE STORES COLLECTOR VEHICLES WENT FOR
$9,000.

ON THE POLICE BLOTTER, HERB MEYER ON NORTH ELIZA REPORTED SATURDAY THAT TWO TIRES ON HIS VEHICLE HAD BEEN SLASHED.

SCHOOL BOARD MEETING AT 6 TONIGHT.

CITY COUNCIL MEETING AT 7 TONIGHT.

ANDREW SCHOOL BOARD MEETING AT 7:30 TONIGHT AND MAJOR ITEM ON AGENDA,
WHERE AND WHEN TO SEND THEIR MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS NEXT YEAR.
EITHER TO MAQUOKETA, TO BELLEVUE OR BOTH COULD BE DECIDED TONIGHT.

IN FOOTBALL, MAQUOKETA PLAYS AT DEWITT FRIDAY NIGHT.

WE HAVE EVENING AUCTION SHOWS ALL THIS WEEK, MONDAY THROUGH
FRIDAY....STARTING AT 5:45 OR JUST AFTER. LISTEN IN ON THE
KMAQ WEB SITE IF YOU CAN'T GET KMAQ AM OR FM. GO TO WWW.KMAQ.COM
AND CLICK THE ON THE AIR BUTTON IN THE UPPER LEFT HAND CORNER.
USE OUR WATS LINE TO BID ON AN ITEM IF YOU LIKE.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.....FALLS BEGINS WEDNESDAY.

DENNIS VOY

THE JACKSON COUNTY DEMOCRATS HELD THEIR ANNUAL STEAK DINNER EVENT
LATE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON
A THE KALMES RESTAURANT IN
ST. DONATUS. AT LEFT,
LONGTIME DEMOCRAT RUTH ANN ZIMMERMAN OF MAQUOKTA. NEXT TO HER,
IOWA'S FIRST LADY. MARY CULVER MADE THE TRIP TO MAQUOKETA YESTERDAY (WITH HER TWO CHILDREN) AND SPOKE
TO THE ASSEMBLY OF DEMOCRATS. ALSO SPEAKING LATER, CONGRESSMAN BRUCE
BRALEY FROM WATERLOO AND
LOCAL CANDIDATES. NOT A FULL HOUSE LIKE MANY TIMES IN THE PAST, BUT A GOOD TURN-OUT OF
DEMOCRATS. AND AGAIN, GOOD RIBEYE STEAKS! CLICK-ON THIS PHOTO AND THE ONE BELOW TO ENLARGE THEM. ELECTION DAY IS 2ND....NOT THAT FAR OFF.
DENNIS VOY

TOD BOWMAN OF MAQUOKETA, AT LEFT, CANDIDATE FOR
STATE SENATOR, WAS AT THE
DINNER LAST NIGHT.
HE IS SHOWN WITH DAVE
KUNZWEILER, OF BELLEVUE,
CHAIRMAN OF THE JACKSON
COUNTY DEMOCRATS. HE WAS THE EMCEE LAST NIGHT.
DENNIS VOY

MOSTLY CLOUDY THIS AFTERNOON AFTER A THUNDER AND LIGHTNING STORM AND SOME GOOD RAIN AROUND 8 THIS MORNING. HIGH TODAY 65.

A HOMECOMING VICTORY LAST NIGHT......
MAQUOKETA 23
CENTER POINT URBANA 12

I LOST A GOOD FRIEND LAST NIGHT. ED TUBBS DIED AT THE AGE OF 90.
GO TO CARSON AND SON WEB SITE FOR THE PARTIAL OBITUARY.
I HAVE KNOWN ED SINCE HE AND HIS PARTNER, THE LATE JOHN FAGERLAND,
BOUGHT THE MAQUOKETA STATE BANK IN THE 60'S. AND SINCE THAT TIME,
THE MAQUOKETA STATE BANK, YEAR AFTER YEAR, HAS BEEN KMAQ'S NUMBER
ONE ADVERTISER. AND MAQUOKETA STATE BANK HAS BEEN THE BANK THAT
GAVE ME MY LOANS OVER THE YEARS TO BUY KMAQ, THE THEATRES, ETC.
WHEN KMAQ HAD TO MOVE AT MIDNIGHT BECAUSE OF THE MAJOR FIRE TO THE COAST TO COAST STORE IN 1970, ADJACENT TO THE KMAQ STUDIOS, ED...AND JOHN...WERE THE FIRST TO COME TO MY HOME AND OFFER THE HELP THAT I NEEDED. AND ED AND I HAVE BEEN MAQUOKETA ROTARIANS ALL THOSE YEARS AND
ATTENDED MOST WEDNESDAY MEETINGS. AND THE LAST FEW YEARS, ED
HAS BEEN A "REGULAR" IN OUR 9:30 A.M. COFFEE GROUP AT THE DECKER.
AND ED AND ELAINE HAVE BEEN ON TWO OR THREE KMAQ-TRAVEL BUS TRIPS
TO BRANSON. AND THEY HAVE DINED WITH NANCY AND I ON OCCASSION
THE LAST COUPLE YEARS. AND ED HAS CONTRIBUTED FINANCIALLY TO THE
MANY NEEDS AND WANTS OF MAQUOKETA, THE MOST NOTEWORTHY BEING
THE OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER ON EAST PLATT STREET. THE NAME OHNWARD
BANKS CAME FROM JOHNEDWARD AND IT ONLY FITTING THAT HIS FUNERAL
WILL BE THERE. BIG ENOUGH TO HOLD THE MANY MOURNER FRIENDS OF ED.
AND I COULD GO ON AND ON. AND ED KEPT TRYING TO GO ON AND ON. THE LAST COUPLE YEARS, HE WENT WHENEVER HE COULD, SLOWLY AND OFTEN IN PAIN, RATHER THAN STAY HOME AS MANY WOULD HAVE. MY SYMPATHY TO HIS
WIFE ELAINE, AND HIS THREE SONS, AL, STEVE AND BILL AND THEIR FAMILIES.
FROM FARMING IN RURAL ELWOOD TO BANKING IN MAQUOKETA AND EASTERN
IOWA, HE DID IT RIGHT! HE JOINS HIS FRIEND JOHN AND NOW THERE'S
OHNWARD UP THERE TOO.

DENNIS VOY

SUPER DAY FOR HOMECOMING. 78 DEGREES.

I TOOK 13 PHOTOS OF THE PARADE AND ALL 13 ARE BELOW, INCLUDING
ONE OF THE COACH AND ONE OF THE KING AND QUEEN.

THE MAQUOKETA LIBRARY WILL BE GETTING A NEW DIRECTOR. THE LIBRARY BOARD HIRED LAUREN SEIBERG OF ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS. SHE WILL START
OCTOBER 12TH. SHE REPLACES KAREN MANNING WHO HAS BEEN THE LIBRARY DIRECTOR FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS. A FAREWELL PARTY FOR MANNING IS
PLANNED FROM 4:30 UNTIL 6:30 TUESDAY, OCTOBER 5TH. SIEBERG HAS BEEN
WORKING IN THE LIBRARY AT ROCKFORD FOR ABOUT 7 YEARS AND HAS A MASTER OF SCIENCE IN LIBRARY SCIENCE. A RECEPTION FOR HER WILL BE HELD
AT 2 P.M. ON SUNDAY, OCTOBER 17TH AT THE MAQUOKETA LIBRARY.
CONNIE TJARKS, LIBRARY BOARD MEMBER, SAID THEY WERE LOOKING FOR A NEW DIRECTOR WITH ENERGY, IDEAS AND ENTHUSIASM. SHE SAID SEIBERG HAS ALL THREE QUALITIES, ALONG WITH EXPERIENCE. TJARKS PRAISED MANNING WHO OVERSAW THE EXPANSION OF THE LIBRARY SEVERAL YEARS AGO AND SAID MANNING HAS BEEN A FANTASTIC DIRECTOR.

I WILL PUT THE HOMECOMING SCORE HERE TOMORROW MORNING.

YOU CAN LISTEN TO THE GAME TONIGHT HERE ON THE KMAQ WEB SITE.
GO TO THE HOME PAGE AND IN THE UPPER LEFT HAND CORNER, CLICK-ON
"ON THE AIR".

AND BE SURE TO CHECK ALL 13 PHOTOS BELOW THAT I TOOK THIS AFTERNOON.

HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY

IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL AFTERNOON FOR THE HOMECOMING PARADE TODAY.
SHOWN HERE, KIDS AND
ADULTS TOO, WAITING FOR THE
PARADE TO START.
ON BOTH SIDES OF NORTH MAIN STREET, FROM THE DECKER
NORTH, HUNDREDS OF
ELEMENTARY KIDS WATCHED
THE PARADE, BOUGHT TO DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA BY THEIR TEACHERS. THIS HAS BEEN A LONGTIME TRADITION.
CLICK-ON THESE PHOTOS TO
ENLARGE THEM AND IF YOU WANT A CLOSER LOOK, QUICK ON THE PHOTO TWICE.
IT WAS AN EXCITING CROWD. KICK-OFF TONIGHT SHORTLY AFTER 7:30.
REMEMBER, THE GAME WILL BE HERE ON THE KMAQ WEB SITE, WITH MATT CLARK
DOING THE PLAY-BY-PLAY. HOPE YOU ENJOY MY PHOTOS BELOW.
DENNIS VOY

THE HIGH SCHOOL BAND
LEADING OFF THE
HOMECOMING PARADE IN
DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA
THIS AFTERNOON.

THE HOMECOMING KING AND
QUEEN...CLICK-ON PHOTO
TO READ NAMES, CLICK-TWICE
TO BETTER READ.

THE MIDDLE SCHOOL BAND

HEAD COACH KEVIN BOWMAN

MOSTLY CLOUDY TODAY.....NO RAIN.......NORTHERLY WIND KEEPING TEMPS
IN THE MID 60'S.

ONE OF THE ANDREW BANK ROBBERS OF THE ANDREW BANK HAS BEEN
ARRESTED. HE IS JASON BROWN OF MILWAUKEE, AGE 30 AND IS BEING HELD
IN JAIL IN MILWAUKEE. HE IS EXPECTED TO BE EXTRADITED TO IOWA TO
FACE THE BANK ROBBERY CHARGES. ABOUT $45,000 IN CASH WAS TAKEN
BY THE ROBBERS FROM THE BANK. A SECOND BLACK MAN IS BEING
SOUGHT IN CONNECTION WITH THE ROBBERY. BROWN'S FORMER GIRLFRIEND
OF MAQUOKETA IDENTIFIED BROWN AS ONE OF THE MEN IN THE BANK SURVEILLANCE
VIDEO, AS WELL AS ONE IN THE SURVEILLANCE VIDEO TAKEN ABOUT 30 MINUTES BEFORE THE ANDREW ROBBERY AT THE OTTER CREEK CONVENIENCE STATION.
BROWN APPARENTLY FREQUENTED MAQUOKETA BUT DID NOT LIVE HERE.
THE NAME OF THE MAQUOKETA FORMER GIRLFRIEND WAS NOT RELEASED.

MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AGREED THIS WEEK TO ACCEPT ADDITIONAL STATE FUNDS FOR A PROPOSED WIND TURBINE FOR THE YMCA BUILDING.
CITY MANAGER BRIAN WAGNER SAID THE ESTIMATED COST OF THE TURBINE IS $700,000. THE CITY HAD BEEN GIVEN A $156,000 GRANT FROM THE STATE AND NOW THE STATE HAS OFFERED AN ADDITIONAL $75,000 GRANT FOR THE PROJECT.
WAGNER SAID THE CITY MAY BE ABLE TO APPLY FOR A $200,000 USDA GRANT AND SAID THE CITY WOULD GET A LOAN FOR WHAT ISN'T COVERED BY GRANTS.
THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AGREED TO SEEK THE EXTRA FUNDING BUT DID NOT COMMIT TO THE PROJECT. THE CITY MANAGER ESTIMATED IT WOULD TAKE
10 YEARS FOR THE TURBINE TO PAY FOR ITSELD AND TURN A PROFIT. THE LIFETIME ON THE WIND TURBINE IS ESTIMATED TO BE 25 YEARS. THE CITY
WOULD HAVE TO RENT LAND TO BUILD THE TURBINE ON, AND THE RENT
IS ESTIMATED TO RUN $4,800 A YEAR.

THE BIG HOMECOMING GAME IS GETTING CLOSER AND THE PARADE THROUGH DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA WILL BE HELD AT 2 TOMORROW AFTERNOON.

GO CARDINALS.

DENNIS VOY

NICE TODAY...HIGH OF 79

THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE MEMBERS DECIDED
LAST NIGHT TO REVIEW ALL OF THE CITY'S SNOW REMOVAL POLICIES.
AND...THEY DECIDED TO NOT RECOMMEND TO THE ENTIRE COUNCIL THAT
THE CITY GO BACK TO ODD-EVEN PARKING. ODD-EVEN PARKING WAS
ABANDONED IN THE EARLY 1990'S.
AN INTERESTING THING BROUGHT UP BY PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR DAVE POPP WAS THAT HIS CREWS CAN PLOW A FOUR-INCH SNOWFALL IN 12 HOURS THROUGHOUT
THE CITY. AND POPP SAID HE DOESN'T HAVE A PROBLEM PLOWING THE
CITY STREETS WITH CARS ON EITHER SIDE.

MAQUOKETA POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR SOMEONE WHO DUMPED OIL DOWN
THE CATCH BASIN IN THE 100 BLOCK OF NORTH CLARK STREET. OIL CANNOT
BE DUMPED INTO THE CITY'S STORMSEWER SYSTEM. THE INCIDENT WAS
REPORTED BY DAVE POPP THIS MORNING. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION
ABOUT ILLEGAL DUMPING IS ASKED TO CALL CRIME STOPPERS AT 652-2212.

ON THE STORK REPORT, A BOY WAS BORN MONDAY IN SAN ANTONIO TO PAULA
AND SHAWN WALSH. MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE PAUL AND DIANE
BRADY OF MAQUOKETA. THE BABY'S DAD, MAJOR SHAWN WALSH, IS SERVING IN IRAQ AND WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO GET HOME FOR THE BIRTH OF HIS SON.
HE HAS TO DEPLOY AGAIN TO IRAQ SEPTEMBER 22ND.

SAW MEL STILES AT THE BAKERY THIS AFTERNOON. RAN STILES CLEANERS
YEARS AGO. NOW 92, STILL DRIVES HIS CAR, LIVES IN HIS HOME ALONE (BERNICE DIED YEARS AGO) AND LOOKS GOOD. LOOKING FORWARD TO AN HONOR TRIP TO WASHINGTON, D.C. NO DATE YET. HE CLOSED HIS BUSINESS IN 1974, RETIRED, AND
THE VOY 2 THEATRE WENT INTO THE BUILDING AND OPENED IN 1975, NEXT TO THE VOY 1. GOOD SEEING AND TALKING TO MEL.'

HAVE A GOOD WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY.

DENNIS VOY

STILL ANOTHER NICE DAY....UPPER 70'S.

MAQUOKETA POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING ARSON AND VANDALISM ISSUES.
COVENTRY CLARK SAID MONDAY MORNING HER FRIENDS VEHICLE HAD THE
INSIDE BURNED OUT WHILE SITTING IN THE DRIVEWAY AT 113 1/2 SOUTH
VERMONT STREET.
ALSO, IT WAS REPORTED SOMEONE DUMPED SUGAR IN THE GAS TANK
OF KATY DANIELS VEHICLE THIS WEEKEND WHILE AT 307 CLARK STREET.

BRIGHT SUN CAUSED A MAQUOKETA YOUTH TO HIT A PARKED CAR YESTERDAY MORNING. POLICE CHEIF BRAD KORANDA SAID CASEY NELSON, AGE 17, OF MAQUOKETA WAS DRIVING EAST ON JUDSON AROUND 8 YESTERDAY MORNING.
THE SUN WAS IN HIS EYES AND HE HIT A PARKED CAR OWNED BY KIRK CAES
OF MAQUOKETA. NO INJURIES. $4,000 DAMAGE TO NELSON'S 1997 PONTIAC AND $200 DAMAGE TO CAES'S 1989 FORD.

MATTHEW AND BRIDGET WATTERS OF CORALVILLE ARE PARENTS OF A BOY BORN MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 6TH AT UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITAL IN IOWA CITY.
MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE JOHN AND DIANE RUFF OF MAQUOKETA AND
PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE BARRY AND KAREN WATTERS OF BALDWIN.'

SHIRLEY HUGHES, AGE 68, OF CUBA CITY, WISCONSIN AND FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA, DIED SUNDAY AT HER HOME. SERVICES WILL BE AT 11 A.M.
FRIDAY AT ST. PATRICK'S CATHOLIC CHURCH IN BENTON, WISCONSIN.
FRIENDS MAY CALL THURSDAY AT THE HAUDENSHIELD FUNERAL HOME
IN CUBA CITY. SURVIVORS INCLUDE HER HUSBAND TONY, TWO DAUGHTERS, BOTH OF CALIFORNIA, THREE GRANDCHILDREN, TWO BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS.
SHE WAS A BEAUTICIAN IN MAQUOKETA AND HER HUSBAND HAD A BODY SHOW
AT THE SOUTH EDGE OF MAQUOKETA.

THE LEAGUE BOWLING SEASON IS UNDERWAY AT TIMBER LANES IN MAQUOKETA.
WE HAVE BOWLING SCORES EVERY MORNING AT 7:35 ON KMAQ-FM.
HEAR THEM ON OUR WEB SITE. WE HAVE GOOD BOWLERS IN THE AREA.
IN THE BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL LEAGUE LAST NIGHT, THREE 700 SERIES.
MARK HANSEN, 775....DAVID CLARK, 735 AND TRAVIS SAUNDERS, 716.

I WAS A FAIR BOWLER AT ONE TIME. MANY YEARS AGO. NOT ANY MORE!
TRIED IT LAST WINTER! I ALWAYS SAID...."IF YOU CAN'T BE A GOOD ATHLETE,
BE A GOOD SPORT"!

"GOOD SPORTS" WANTING TO CHEER-ON THE HAWKEYES SATURDAY NIGHT WILL
HAVE TO DO IT BETWEEN 9:30 P.M. AND 1 A.M. THE GAME WILL BE PLAYED IN ARIZONA.

GO HAWKS!

DENNIS VOY

IT IS HOMECOMING WEEK
IN MAQUOKETA!
WE PLAY CENTER-POINT URBANA FRIDAY NIGHT!
THIS IS THE KMAQ WINDOW!
THE WORDS PAINTED ON
CLEAR PLASTIC AND HUNG IN
WINDOW!
NO CLEAN-UP MESS LATER!
CLICK-ON TO ENLARGE....
CLICK-ON WINDOW TWICE
TO ENLARGE EVEN MORE!
GO CARDINALS!
DENNIS VOY

NICE DAY.....TODAY.....SUNNY AND HIGH OF 78.
RAIN AND COOLER WEATHER FOR TOMORROW.

A RURAL MAQUOKETA MAN, ROBERT COATES, AGE 50, WAS INJURED IN AN ATV ACCIDENT ON HIS FARM SUNDAY NIGHT. HE WAS CHECKING HIS FIELD ON THE FOUR-WHEELER AROUND 8 LAST NIGHT AND HIT A LARGE RUT OR WASHOUT AND
WAS THROWN FROM THE ATV. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL HERE AND
THEN TRANSFERRED TO ANOTHER HOSPITAL. WHERE HE WAS TAKEN AND
HIS CONDITION WAS NOT AVAILABLE TODAY.

IT IS HOMECOMING WEEK. LACIE HEISERMAN AND LUKE KUTSCH WERE
NAMED HOMECOMING ROYALITY YESTERDAY AFTERNOON DURING
CEREMONIES AT THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL.
THE PARADE WILL BE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND THE GAME AT 7:30 FRIDAY NIGHT AGAINST CENTER POINT-URBANA.

FORMER MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL COACH JIM DAHLBERG DIED SATURDAY MORNING. HE STARTED COACHING IN THE FALL OF 1958. SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE JOY. THE FUNERAL SERVICE WILL BE SATURDAY. FOR MORE INFORMATION, GO TO WEB SITE www.fredcdames.com

PAUL DEMOSS, AGE 58, DIED SATURDAY IN FAIRFIELD, IOWA. HE GRADUATED
FROM MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL AND WORKED FOR ME IN THE 70'S AND
80'S, FIRST SELLING TICKETS AT MY DRIVE-IN AND LATER WAS MY MANAGER
FOR A DOZEN OR MORE YEARS WHEN I OWED THE CASTLE THEATRE IN
MANCHESTER AND MALEK THEATRE IN INDEPENDENCE. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, CATHY AND 4 STEP-DAUGHTERS. HIS MOTHER WAS CARRIE HOOVER
DEMOSS,WHO DIED LAST YEAR. ALSO SURVIVED BY A BROTHER IN OKLAHOMA AND A SISTER IN CEDAR RAPIDS. HIS FUNERAL WILL BE WEDNESDAY IN FAIRFIELD.
ARRANGEMENTS BY THE RAYMOND FUNERAL HOME THERE.

THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL HAS A SPECIAL MEETING TONIGHT.
IT WILL DEAL WITH THE WIND TURBINE PROPOSAL FOR THE YMCA AND
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRAGEDY FOR MAQUOKETA.

THE MAQUOKETA O'CONNOR-REGENWETHER POST 3633 OF THE VETERANS OF
FOREIGN WARS IS ONCE AGAIN SPONSORING THE ANNUAL VOICE OF
DEMOCRACY SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM, OPEN TO ALL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
IN THE AREA. A STUDENT NEEDS TO WRITE A 3 TO 4 MINUTE ESSAY ON THE THEME: "DOES MY GENERATION HAVE A ROLE IN AMERICA'S FUTURE?"
HE OR SHE THEN RECORDS THE ESSAY HERE AT KMAQ, WITH THE RECORDING
TO BE USED FOR JUDGING AND THE RECORDING WILL ALSO BE AIRED ON KMAQ.
FIRST PLACE: $150 CASH. SECOND, $100 AND 3RD PLACE, $50. THE WINNER
GOES ON TO FURTHER COMPETITION. KMAQ IS HELPING THE VFW IN
MAQUOKETA WITH THE CONTEST. CONTACT ME IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

DENNIS VOY

AT VINTON LAST NIGHT, THE MAQUOKETA CARDINALS
LOST THEIR GAME 38 TO 36. VINTON WON BY
SCORING LATE IN THE GAME.

SUNNY AGAIN TODAY.

THE JACKSON COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WERE TOLD LAST WEEK THERE COULD BE MORE THAN $200,000 DAMAGE TO THE COUNTY CONSERVATION PROPERTIES FROM RECENT FLOODS.

LEON SCHNOOR HIT A DEER AT 1:41 THIS MORNING ON HIGHWAY 64.

SOME OF THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL CLUB HOPE STUDENTS AND ADULTS WHO WENT TO KENYA THIS SUMMER WILL GIVE A PROGRAM ABOUT THEIR TRIP THIS MONDAY NIGHT AT THE HIGH SCHOOL GYM. DOORS WILL OPEN AT 6:30 AND THE PROGRAM WILL START AT 7. SOME WILL TALK, AND A VIDEO THEY MADE WILL BE SHOWN. ALSO ART FROM AFRICA WILL BE SOLD AND DESSERTS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR A DONATION. PROCEEDS WILL GO TO FREE THE CHILDREN.

I WILL TRY TO REMEMBER TO PUT TONIGHT'S MAQUOKETA FOOTBALL SCORE HERE TOMORROW MORNING.

A SENIOR SIGNED UP FOR THE KMAQ TRIP TO BRANSON DIED THIS PAST WEEK.
NOW, WE HAVE AN OPENING ON THE BUS. ANY SENIOR LADY WANTING TO
GO AND SHARE A ROOM, NEEDS TO CONTACT ME FOR MORE INFORMATION.
THE TRIP WILL BE NOV 9-12. IT WILL BE OUR ANNUAL CHRISTMAS TRIP.
BRANSON BEGINS THE CHRISTMAS SEASON NOVEMBER 1ST.

HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY

ANOTHER NICE DAY!

HAPPY BIG 4-0 TODAY TO THE VOICE OF THE CARDINALS AT GOODENOW
FIELD AND THE NEW MCHS GYM..... PA ANNOUNCER BOB GAVIN. HIS DAY JOB
IS AT MAQUOKETA STATE BANK WHERE HE'S A LOAN OFFICER.

JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF DEPUTIES SAY THEY ARE FOLLOWING UP ON TIPS THEY
HAVE RECEIVED FROM THE PUBLIC CONCERNING THE BANK ROBBERY LAST WEEK
AT THE ANDREW BANK. LAST NIGHT THERE WAS A RAID ON A MAQUOKETA HOME
AND IT MAY HAVE HAD TO DO WITH THE ROBBERY. FOUR DEPUTIES AND
TWO MAQUOKETA POLICE OFFICERS WERE AT THE HOME ON EAST QUARRY FOR MORE THAN AN HOUR LATE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. A JUDGE SEALED THE SEARCH WARRANT SO INFORMATION ON WHAT THEY WERE DOING THERE AND
WHAT THEY FOUND IS NOT AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC.

A GOODWILL STORE MAY MOVE INTO THE FORMER FAREWAY STORE IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA. A COMPANY SPOKEMAN SAID THEY ARE TALKING WITH THE OWNER OF THE BUILDING, DUSTIN EDWARDS, AND NEED TO DO AN APPRAISAL AND
ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY TO MAKE SURE THE BUILDING IS SUITABLE.
THEY HOPE TO HAVE THE STUDY DONE BY MID OCTOBER AND THEN CLOSE ON THE SALE OF THE BUILDING. THEY THEN WOULD NEED SEVERAL MONTHS TO
RENOVATE THE BUILDING BEFORE OPENING THE RETAIL FACILITY SOMETIME
EARLY NEXT YEAR. SURE WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE THE BUILDING OPEN
AGAIN. SOMEONE ASKED ME TODAY IF GOODWILL WOULD PAY REAL ESTATE
TAXES ON IT SINCE GOODWILL IS A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION. I DON'T HAVE THE ANSWER.

MAQUOKETA HAS A NEW HEAD WRESTLING COACH. HE IS KYLE BILLUPS AND HE REPLACES TOD BOWMAN WHO RESIGNED AT THE END OF LAST SEASON. HAS HE SERVED AS AN ASSISTANT UNDER BOWMAN FOR THE PAST SEVERAL SEASONS.
HE WAS ISSUED A ONE-YEAR CONTRACT. HE IS ALSO A TEACHER AT THE
MAQUOKETA MIDDLE SCHOOL.

"TIL DEATH DO US PART-LATE NIGHT CATECHISM 3" WILL BE PRESENTED
AT 7 THIS SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER ON EAST PLATT IN MAQUOKETA. ADVANCE TICKETS FOR THE COMEDY ARE $25 AND AVAILABLE AT THE MAQUKETA STATE BANK AND OSTERHAUS PHARMACY. SHOWTIME WILL BE 7 P.M.

GARY DREW STOPPED IN TODAY TO SHOW ME A PHOTO OF THE BUILDING HE
PLANS TO PUT UP AT HIS BIODISEL PLANT NORTH OF MAQUOKETA. IT
WILL BE 15,000 SQUARE FEET, THE MAXIMUM HE CAN PUT ON HIS LAND.
HE SAID IT WILL MEET HIS NEEDS FOR ABOUT 3 YEARS. AND, IT IS A BUILDING
THAT THEN CAN BE EASILY MOVED TO ANOTHER LOCATION. IT CONSISTS
OF A RIGID ALUMINUM FRAMEWORK WITH A HEAVY STRETCHED FABRIC.
HAS MANY ADVANTAGES IN ADDITION TO BEING PORTABLE. THERE IS A VERY LARGE ONE AT DYERSVILLE ALONG HIGHWAY 20, WHERE THE AREA SALES
OUTLET FOR THE STRUCTURES IS LOCATED. GARY TRIED TO BUY THE EMPTY S & H
BUILDING IN THE TIMBER CITY INDUSTRIAL PARK IN MAQUOKETA. THE COUNTY OWNS THAT 50,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING AND TURNED DOWN HIS OFFER
OF SLIGHTLY OVER $200,000. GARY SAID HIS BUSINESS IS GROWING AND
IN A FEW YEARS, HE WILL NEED TO RELOCATE TO AN AREA THAT WILL HAVE MORE SPACE FOR EXPANSION. HE SAID HE WOULD LIKE TO STAY IN THIS AREA, BUT
AT THIS TIME IS DOUBTFUL IT WILL BE IN JACKSON COUNTY. WE'LL HAVE
TO WORK ON HIM TO KEEP THE JOBS SOMEWHERE AROUND MAQUOKETA.
MOST OF YOU KNOW THAT GARY WAS THE KEY FORCE BEHIND THE BUILDING,
OVER SEVERAL YEARS, OF THE OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER IN MAQUOKETA.

HAVE YOU LISTENED TO KMAQ-FM ON YOUR LAP TOP YET? LISTEN TO THE GAME TOMORROW NIGHT! JUST GO TO www.kmaq.com HOME PAGE AND START LISTENING. WATCH THE CARS GO BY THE STATION AT THE SAME TIME.
THE M-S-B CLOCK WILL ALSO GIVE YOU MAQUOKETA'S TIME AND
TEMPERATURE.

AT SIX O'CLOCK TONIGHT, I'LL GO OUT AND WAVE TO YOU!
REMEMBER, ON TV ONE LOOKS HEAVIER!

HAVE A GOOD THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY!

DENNIS VOY

HERE IT IS! PROUDLY SITTING
ON ITS NEW SEAT! THE MOVE
FROM DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA TO THE CORNER OF APPLE AND ELIZA WAS COMPLETED ABOUT NOON TODAY AND THE "MOVERS" HAVE LEFT TOWN.
DENNIS VOY

TERRIFIC WEATHER DAY!

AT CITY COUNCIL MEETING LAST NIGHT, IN A SPLIT VOTE, THE COUNCIL SAID THEY WILL GO FOR BIDS FOR THE PROPOSED WALKING SIDEWALK (TRAIL) ON SOUTH MAIN OUT TO WAL MART. THE STREET COMMITTEE HAD SUGGESTED THE PROJECT
BE STOPPED BECAUSE OF LACK OF PUBLIC SUPPORT AND THE COST.
VOTING AGAINST "DUMPING" THE PROJECT, AMY MOORE, MARGO SHOUSE,
NEIL MOREHEAD AND ERIC PAPE. VOTING TO STOP THE PROJECT, ED TURNEY,
DON SCHWENKER AND TODD MANG. NOW, THE FINAL DECISION WILL BE MADE AFTER THE COUNCIL RECEIVES THE BIDS.

AT THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING LAST NIGHT, MEMBERS TOOK NO ACTION
ON AN INFORMAL PROPOSAL FOR THE CITY OF MAQUOKETA TO SELL THE OLD
POOL PROPERTY TO THE THE DISTRICT FOR $1.00.
THE CITY COUNCIL LAST NIGHT VOTED TO MAKE THE OFFER TO THE SCHOOL, FOR $1.00, BUT DID NOT OFFER TO HELP WITH THE FUNDING FOR CLEAN-UP OF THE PROPERTY. OVER A YEAR AGO, THE CITY HAD INDICATED THEY NOT ONLY WOULD
SELL THE PROPERTY TO THE DISTRICT FOR $1.00, BUT ALSO GIVE $30,000 TO HELP PAY FOR THE REMOVAL OF POOL AND BUILDING AND CLEAN-UP.
SO, NOTHING HAS BEEN DECIDED BY EITHER GROUP. THE SCHOOL DISTRICT
WOULD USE THE PROPERTY FOR MORE PARKING FOR THE FOOTBALL GAMES.
I WAS AT THE OPENING GAME OF THE SEASON AND CARS PARKED FOR BLOCKS ON CITY STREETS IN ALL DIRECTIONS FROM GOODENOW FIELD, EXCEPT TO THE SOUTH,
WHICH IS THE CEMETERY. YES, MORE PARKING WOULD BE NICE, BUT ON FOUR OR FIVE GAME NIGHTS A YEAR, I DON'T KNOW HOW THE PARKING ON THE POOL
CORNER WOULD HELP MUCH. I HAVE NOT HEARD HOW MANY PARKING SPOTS
WOULD BE AVAILABLE ON THAT CORNER. I PERSONALLY THINK THE CITY
NEEDS THE CORNER CLEANED UP MORE THAN THE DISTRICT NEEDS SOME PARKING SPACES. LET THE DISCUSSIONS CONTINUE, AND I'LL KEEP YOU POSTED.
CHIP IN $50,000, AND THEY WILL NAME THE CORNER AFTER YOU. LIKE THE NAME GOODENOW, YOUR NAME WILL BE THERE FOR A CENTURY OR MORE.

YES...WE ARE STILL HAVING CAR-DEER ACCIDENTS. ONE YESTERDAY ON HIGHWAY 62.

A BIRTH. JENSEN AND MICHELLE TYLER OF CEDAR RAPIDS ARE PARENTS OF A BOY, BORN LAST NIGHT AT ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL IN CEDAR RAPIDS. GRANDPARENTS
ARE BRUCE AND SHERRY RUCHOTZKE OF MAQUOKETA.

A NEW CHINESE RESTAURANT WILL OPEN SOON IN THE WESTGATE SHOPPING MALL ACROSS FROM CASEY'S WEST. THE TWO OWNERS HAVE FOUR OR FIVE CHINESE
RESTAURANTS IN THE QUAD CITIES. IT WILL BE CALLED THE CHINESE CAFE.
DINE-IN OR CARRY OUT. IT WILL BE THE SECOND FOR THE CITY. THE GREAT WALL HAS BEEN OPEN DOWNTOWN FOR MANY YEARS. A FEW YEARS AGO, WHEN
DICK'S SUPER MARKET OPENED, THERE WAS A CARRY-OUT CHINESE PLACE IN ONE CORNER OF THE STORE, AND NOT OPERATED BY DICK'S. BUT IT CLOSED AFTER BEING OPEN ONLY A YEAR OR SO.

IF I HAD A FORTUNE COOKIE TO ENJOY NOW, THE MESSAGE IN IT WOULD PROBABLY SAY..."YOU NEED TO END YOUR DAILY REPORT AND ENJOY THE EVENING".

DENNIS VOY (NEW, NEW YORK GIANTS FOOTBALL FAN) (SAGE'S NEW TEAM)
GO GIANTS!!

EARLIER THIS MORNING, A
PHOTO BELOW WAS TAKEN
OF THE HOUSE BEING MOVED
TODAY FROM ADJACENT TO
THE BRAD DEERY MOTORS
NEW CAR LOTS. RIGHT NOW,
HERE'S WHAT REMAINS.
THE GARAGE WILL BE MOVED
LATER BUT NOT BY THE
MOVING COMPANY. THE LOT
IS NOW OWNED BY BRAD DEERY MOTORS AND WILL BE PAVED
AND USED FOR NEW AND USED CAR DISPLAYS. THE HOUSE
STARTED ON ITS WAY AROUND
9 THIS MORNING AND WAS
AT THE NEW LOCATION BY
10:30. SEE OTHER PHOTOS BELOW AND AS ALWAYS, CLICK-ON THE PHOTOS TO ENLARGE THEM.
AFTER YOU HAVE FINISHED LOOKING AT THE PHOTOS, LIKE ME, YOU WILL KNOW
MORE ABOUT THE HOUSE MOVING BUSINESS. THIS COMPANY ALSO MOVES
BARNS AND OTHER BUILDINGS AND HAS DONE WORK IN MAQUOKETA BEFORE.
I ENJOYED VISITING WITH THEM.
DENNIS VOY

MAKING THE CORNER OF
QUARRY AND MAIN. THE MOVING COMPANY IS FROM
WADENA, ABOUT 100 MILES NORTH OF HERE. A FAMILY
BUSINESS. THEY NORMALLY DO
WORK WITHIN A MAXIMUM OF
100 MILES. IT IS A FAMILY
OPERATION AND THE GREAT-
GRANDFATHER MOVED HOUSES
WITH MULES ABOUT 100 YEARS AGO. THERE ARE ABOUT 10
HOUSE MOVING COMPANIES IN
IOWA AND NEARLY 50 IN THIS
PART OF THE MIDWEST. THEY EVEN HAVE AN ANNUAL
CONVENTION. THE SLOW
ECONOMY HAS HELPED THEIR BUSINESS AS PEOPLE ARE FIXING UP OLDER HOMES. HALF OF THEIR JOBS
INVOLVE RAISING A HOUSE SO THAT A NEW BASEMENT AND FOUDATION CAN
BE PUT UNDER IT.
DENNIS VOY

GOING NORTH ON MAIN STREET.
ONLY ONE ELECTRIC LINE
HAD TO BE LOWERED FOR THIS
MOVE, PLUS A COUPLE CABLE-
TV LINES. AND NO TREES WERE
EFFECTED. PRETTY EASY
MOVE. THE CREW OF 5 STARTED THE JOB YESTERDAY AND WILL
FINISH THE JOB TOMORROW MORNING.
DENNIS VOY

THE HOUSE IS NOW READY TO
GO UP ON THE NEW FOUNDATION AND BASEMENT, AT THE CORNER OF EAST APPLE AND NORTH ELIZA STREETS.
IT WAS AT THIS CORNER, THAT
THE MAQUOKETA FIRE DEPARTMENT DID A CONTROLLED FIRE OF AN OLD HOUSE ABOUT A YEAR AGO.
DARWIN LYON OF MAQUOKETA
HAS OWNED THE CORNER LOT
AND PURCHASED THE HOUSE TO
BE MOVED TO THE CORNER.
I UNDERSTAND HE WILL
PROBABLY ADD AN ATTACHED
GARAGE AND THEN SELL THE
HOME, OR RENT IT. THANKS TO DARWIN FOR SAVING A GOOD LITTLE HOUSE IN MAQUOKETA.
DENNIS VOY

IT IS HOUSE MOVING DAY TODAY IN MAQUOKETA.
SEE THE HOUSE AT RIGHT......
READY TO BE MOVED FROM
NEXT TO BRAD DEERY MOTORS
NEW CAR LOTS.
I HAVE NOT HEARD WHERE IT
IS MOVING TO. THERE ARE
NO-PARKING SIGNS ON
QUARRY TOWARD MAIN, SO
IT WILL LEAVE GOING TO THE EAST. I'LL TRY TO
GET ANOTHER BETTER PHOTO
LATER. COLD IN MAQUOKETA THIS MORNING....6:30 A.M.
AND 48 DEGREES. BUT, NICE
DAY AHEAD, IN LOW 70'S.
CLICK-ON PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT.
HAVE A GOOD WEDNESDAY.
DENNIS VOY

SUNNY AND WINDY TODAY...HIGH OF 73.

THE FORECAST FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK LOOKS PRETTY GOOD.

CITY COUNCIL MEETING AT 7 TONIGHT.

SCHOOL BOARD MEETING AT 6 TONIGHT.

LUCILLE WILLIAMS SUNLEAF STRAWMAN, AGE 86, DIED SUNDAY AT DES MOINES, AFTER A HEART ATTACK. HER FIRST HUSBAND WAS DR. L. B. WILLAMS OF
MAQUOKETA AND HER SECOND HUSBAND WAS DR. A.W. SUNLEAF OF BELLEVUE.
SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER THIRD HUSBAND, GENE STRAWMAN. HER FUNERAL SERVICE IN BELLEVUE WILL BE AT 2 P.M. FRIDAY AT ST. JOHN'S LUTHERAN CHURCH AND BURIAL WILL BE IN THE CHURCH CEMETERY.

MAQUOKETA'S HOMECOMING GAME WILL BE ON FRIDAY NIGHT, SEPT. 17TH.'

GOOD WEEKEND TO VISIT MAQUOKETA! SOME OF YOU HAVE NOT BEEN HOME
FOR A LONG TIME!

DENNIS VOY

CLICK-ON THIS PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT AND YOU WILL SEE
SEVERAL US FLAGS.
THEY ARE ALL OVER TOWN, THANKS TO THE MAQUOKETA OPTMIST CLUB.
THE MEMBERS PUT UP THE FLAGS AT THE START OF EACH
MAJOR HOLIDAY AND TAKE
THEM DOWN AT THE END.
THEY WILL HAVE FIVE TEAMS TAKINGD THEM DOWN LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND THERE ARE OVER 350 TO PICK UP.
RESIDENTS PAY SO MUCH A YEAR
TO HAVE A FLAG FLYING IN THEIR FRONT YARD EACH
NATIONAL HOLIDAY. IT IS A MONEY-MAKER FOR THE CLUB FOR THEIR MANY
COMMUNITY PROJECTS, BUT MORE IMPORTANT, IT MAKES MAQUOKETA THE
US FLAG CITY OF IOWA. CLICK-ON THE PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT.
THANKS OPTIMIST MEMBERS!!

THE MONDAY DAILY REPORT IS BELOW, PLUS SOME OTHER PHOTOS I TOOK TODAY.

THANKS FOR THE VISIT.

DENNIS VOY

A STRONG WINDSTORM PASSED THROUGH MAQUOKETA AROUND 1:30 THIS MORNING.
DOWNED ONE TREE THAT BLOCKED A STREET. WORKERS MOVED THE TREE AFTER THE STORM. THERE WAS RAIN, BUT NOT A LOT.
CLOUDY AND WINDY THIS MORNING. SHOULD MAKE IT INTO 80'S TODAY.

LABOR DAY 2010 AND SOME OF US HAVE TO LABOR. WAS UP TO THE CEMETERY
FOR A FEW MINUTES AND WATCHED 3 GENTLEMEN FROM MAQUOKETA DIG
FORREST TUBB'S GRAVE. THEY SAID IT IS A 2 AND 1/2 HOUR JOB. THEY CAN'T USE A MACHINE BECAUSE THE GRAVE IS BETWEEN HEADSTONES AND IMPOSSIBLE FOR EQUIPMENT TO GET TO THE SITE. HARD JOB, BUT SOMEONE HAS TO DO IT....AND
ON LABOR DAY IF NECESSARY. FORREST TUBBS FUNERAL IS TOMORROW
MORNING. I KNEW FORREST, AGE 99, PRETTY WELL. HE DID SOME CARPENTER WORK FOR ME AT THE PEARSON CENTER AND I PURCHASED APPLES FROM HIS POPULAR ORCHARD. THE APPLES ARE NOT BEING HARVESTED AGAIN THIS YEAR.
EVERYONE WONDERS WHAT EVENTUALLY WILL HAPPEN TO THE ORCHARD ON
WESTERN AVENUE.
ON THE SUBJECT OF APPLES......NANCY AND I, FRIDAY NIGHT ON THE WAY HOME
FROM MINNESOTA, STOPPED AT GAYS MILLS, WISCONSIN, THE APPLE CAPITOL
OF THE MIDWEST. THE SMALL TOWN OF 600 IS LOCATED ABOUT AN HOUR
OR MORE NORTHWEST OF DUBUQUE ON HIGHWAY 61. IT IS 6 MILES OFF OF 61,
AND DRIVING TO THE TOWN, ALL YOU SEE THE ENTIRE WAY ON BOTH SIDES OF THE
HIGHWAY IS APPLE ORCHARD AFTER APPLE ORCHARD. THERE ARE 5 OR 6 STORES
ON THE HIGHWAY AND WE STOPPED AT THE LARGEST CALLED SUNRISE ORCHARD.
AT THIS TIME OF YEAR, THEY HIRE 130 PEOPLE. ABOUT 30 DO THE PICKING, AND OTHERS THE PROCESSING, PACKAGING, AND WORK AT THE RETAIL STORE.
A GOOD PICKER CAN PICK 100 BUSHEL A DAY. THEY HAVE ALL KINDS, AND SAMPLES
OF EACH. THE TOWN HAS AN APPLE FESTIVAL THE LAST WEEKEND OF
SEPTEMBER, THE KICK-OFF OF THE SEASON. THE BIGGEST MONTH OF THE
YEAR IS OCTOBER AND THEY STAY OPEN UNTIL CHRISTMAS. AN INTERESTING PLACE. WE MAY GO BACK FOR MORE APPLES IN OCTOBER.

SAW THE HAWKEYES BEAT EASTERN ILLINOIS SATURDAY. THE HAWKS LOOKED GOOD. IOWA STATE ALSO WON LAST WEEK AND THE TWO FACE EACH OTHER
THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON. ALWAYS A GOOD GAME.

HAVE A NICE LABOR DAY AND GOOD WEEK AHEAD.

DENNIS VOY

THE 90TH BIRTHDAY PARTY
FOR RED HENTON WAS A BIG
SUCCESS FRIDAY NIGHT.
GUESTS WERE TAKEN FROM THEIR CAR TO THE DOOR IN
A GOLF CART AND TAKEN BACK
TO THEIR CAR AFTER. RED
GREETED EVERYONE AT DOOR AND ALL ENJOYED CAKE AND ICECREAM. SHOWN HERE WITH RED, HIS DAUGHTER
JUDY AND HUSBAND FROM
CLINTON AND TO THE RIGHT,
SUE BRIMEYER, OF MAQUOKETA,
MANAGER OF MCDONALDS.
DAUGHTER NANCY AND HUSBAND FROM GEORGIA MADE THE TRIP TO MAQUOKETA FOR
THE PARTY. CLICK-ON PHOTO
TO ENLARGE IT.
DENNIS VOY

LABOR DAY MORNING! NOW, TURNING TO FOOTBALL. THIS IS MAQUOKETA'S FOOTBALL FIELD, GOODENOW FIELD. GRUBS IN THE GRASS. YOU CAN'T SEE
IT, BUT A GRASS SPRINKLER WAS GOING AS I TOOK THIS PICTURE. THE FIELD
WAS BAD FOR THE OPENING GAMES A WEEK AGO AND SINCE THEN THEY HAVE
BEEN WORKING HARD TO IMPROVE THE TURF. THE NEXT GAME IS STILL
NEARLY 2 WEEKS AWAY, SO HOPEFULLY, IT WILL BE BETTER BY THEN. WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS PROBABLY THE WORST PART OF THE FIELD. THE UNDER-GRADE
GAMES ARE NOT BEING PLAYED HERE BUT AT THE HIGH SCHOOL PRACTICE FIELD
INSTEAD.
AND...MAQUOKETA WON FRIDAY NIGHT, DEFEATING MT. VERNON, 23 TO 17, IN A
NON-DISTRICT GAME. THE CARDINALS ARE NOW 2 AND 0 AND NEXT WEEK WILL TRAVEL TO VINTON-SHELLSBURG. THEN, BACK HOME THE WEEK AFTER TO
HOST CENTER POINT-URBANA.
CLICK-ON PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT.
DENNIS VOY

LABOR DAY MORNING! THIS PHOTO I TOOK DOWNTOWN AT THE SITE OF THE
BURNED OUT BUILDINGS. I SUPPOSE IT HAS BEEN TWO MONTHS SINCE THE
CLEAN-UP WAS FINISHED, AND THE SEEDING OF GRASS WAS DONE. FOR SOME
REASON, THE GRASS HAS BEEN VERY SLOW IN COMING UP, AS YOU CAN SEE.
IT WAS GOOD BLACK DIRT THAT WAS PUT IN THE HUGE HOLE AND THEY HAVE
BEEN WATERING THE NEW GRASS WEEKLY AND WE HAVE HAD THE 2ND WETTEST
SUMMER IN HISTORY......BUT STILL NOT DESCENT GRASS. IN IOWA , WE GROW THE BEST CORN AND SOYBEANS AND HAY, BUT WE HAVE TROUBLE GROWING GRASS.
DON'T TELL ANYBODY. CLICK-ON PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT.
ON THE OTHER HAND, MY LAWN WAS MOWED WEEKLY BY DARON FUGLSANG AND
COULD HAVE BEEN DONE EVEN MORE OFTEN. THERE WAS A LOT OF LAWN
MOWING DONE THIS SUMMER IN MAQUOKETA.
DENNIS VOY

NEARLY A HALF INCH OF RAIN LAST NIGHT....
TODAY, SUNNY, WINDY AND COOLER...
AND GOOD WEATHER FOR THE REST OF THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND, INCLUDING
MONDAY, LABOR DAY.

THE ANDREW BRANCH OF THE MAQUOKETA STATE BANK WAS ROBBED AT 3:21
YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. THE BANK TELLER, NOT IDENTIFIED, SAID TWO
BLACK MALES ENTERED THE BANK INQUIRING ABOUT A LOAN. THEN ONE OF THE
MEN PULLED OUT A CHROME-COLORED PISTOL AND DEMANDED MONEY.
BOTH MEN LEFT THE BANK WITH AN UNDISCLOSED AMOUNT OF CASH.
THE TELLER WAS NOT INJURED AND THE MEN HAVE NOT BEEN CAUGHT.

HAVE A FUN AND SAFE LABOR DAY WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY

JUST OVER AN INCH OF RAIN LAST NIGHT. TODAY, CLOUDY AND SPRINKLES.
RAIN POSSIBLE TONIGHT AND TOMORROW, BUT 4-DAY WEEKEND WEATHER
STILL LOOKING PRETTY GOOD.

THE JACKSON COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WILL HAVE TO MAKE SURE
THE LEVEE IS FIXED AT GREEN ISLAND, BUT THE MONEY WILL COME FROM
THE 39 PROPERTY OWNERS IN THE DISTRICT THERE. THE SUPERVISORS
CAN NOT PAY FOR THE WORK OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND, BUT COULD LOAN THE MONEYTO THE DRAINAGE DISTRICT TO BE PAID BACK OVER TWO YEARS.

THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL STREET COMMITTEE WILL RECOMMEND NOT PURSUING THE SOUTH MAIN STREET TRAIL TO WAL MART.
THE CITY HAS RECEIVED A $250,000 GRANT TOWARD THE $425,000
TRAIL (SIDEWALK) AND THE CITY'S MATCH OF $175,000 WOULD COME FROM
ROAD USE TAX. BUT THEN, THAT WOULD BE ROAD USE TAX MONEY THAT
COULD BE USED FOR OTHER STREET IMPROVEMENTS IN THE TOWN.
THE PLAN HAD CALLED FOR A 10FOOT WIDE SIDEWALK FROM HORSESHOW
POND PARK TO WAL MART AND WOULD INCLUDE A PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE OVER
PRAIRIE CREEK. PERSONALLY, I DON'T THINK THE WALKWAY IS NECESSARY
EITHER. THERE ARE BETTER WAYS TO SPEND ROAD USE TAX MONEY AND
THIS WILL ALSO SAVE THE TREES ALONG THE PARK.

A $20.32 GASOLINE DRIVE-OFF YESTERDAY AT CASEY'S ON WESTGATE
DRIVE.

THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL GIRL'S VOLLEYBALL TEAM WON THE PRESTON TOURNAMENT LAST NIGHT, WITH A 3 AND 0 RECORD.

THEY ARE WORKING HARD TO IMPROVE THE PLAYING FIELD AT GOODENOW
FOOTBALL FIELD. THE PROBLEM....A BAD CASE OF GRUBS. THE
SKUNKS ADD TO THE PROBLEM, BECAUSE THEY COME IN AT NIGHT TO FEED
ON THE DELICIOUS GRUBS AND MAKE THE PROBLEM WORSE. BUT,
SCHOOL OFFICIALS ARE PRETTY SURE THEY CAN HAVE THE GRASS LOOKING
MUCH BETTER BY THE NEXT HOME GAMES ON SEPTEMBER 17TH, OVER 2 WEEKS
AWAY.

A NEW LIBRARIAN HAS BEEN HIRED TO REPLACE RETIRING KAREN MANNING.
THE ANNOUNCEMENT COMING SOON.

HAVE A GOOD WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. I WILL NOT HAVE
A REPORT TOMORROW.

REMEMBER, YOU CAN GET ALL THE NEWS BY LISTENING AT THE KMAQ
WEB SITE.....AT 7:45 A.M.....12:15 P.M. AND 5:05 P.M. AND WHEN THERE IS NOT A ST. LOUIS CARDINALS GAME, ALSO AT 9:45 P.M. JUST GO TO KMAQ'S HOME
PAGE AND CLICK-ON THE UPPER LEFT CORNER BUTTON.

DENNIS VOY