Tuesday, April 27, 2010

I WILL BE OUT OF TOWN WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY.
THE NEXT PHOTOS WILL BE ON FRIDAY MORNING.
SEE ENTRIES EARLIER TODAY.
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FINIALLY!         JANUARY 19, 2008  -  APRIL 27, 2010
CLICK-ON PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT AND READ MORE BELOW.
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THE CLEAN UP IS UNDERWAY!   READ MORE BELOW!
 
KMAQ-FM WAS AT THE SCENE THIS MORNING TO COVER THE FIRST DAY OF THE
BIG FIRE MESS CLEAN-UP IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA.    LEIGHTON HEPKER AND I
WERE ON-THE-AIR FROM 10:05 UNTIL 11 A.M. AND WE INTERVIEWED THE FOREMAN
FOR THE CLEAN-UP, THE CEDAR RAPIDS ENGINEER OVERSEEING THE WORK FOR THE CITY, CITY MANAGER BRIAN WAGNER (SHOWN TALKING TO LEIGHTON), FORMER MAYOR AND FIREMAN TOM MESSERLI,  AND DOWNTOWN BUSINESS NEIGHBORS TO THE FIRE SCENE, ROCHELLE RAY, KAREN BREITBACH AND MICHELLE ATIENZA.    CLICK-ON PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT ......AND SEE AND READ MORE BELOW.   MORE PHOTOS COMING DURING THE WEEK AND BY FRIDAY, I SHOULD HAVE PHOTOS SHOWING A DRAMATIC DIFFERENCE.    FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT CAN HEAR KMAQ,
WE WILL RE-BROADCAST THIS MORNING'S REMOTE BROADCAST ....TONIGHT....
AT 6:05 ON KMAQ-AM-1320.    SPREAD THE WORD.
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WORK IS UNDERWAY AS YOU CAN SEE.    NOT MUCH OF A CHANGE YET.
SOME BACK WALLS WENT DOWN THIS MORNING.    BIG TRUCKS WITH
LINED DUMPSTERS ARE HAULING THE DEBRIS TO MILAN, ILLINOIS.   CLICK-ON
THE PHOTO TO ENLARGE AND NOTICE THE BIG PIECE EQUIPMENT
ON TOP OF THE PILE.   THERE ARE TWO OF THOSE AT WORK.
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ON THIS BEAUTIFUL APRIL 27TH IN MAQUOKETA....

THE BIG STORY IS.....

THE CLEAN-UP OF THE DOWNTOWN FIRE MESS STARTED THIS MORNING.

KEEP WATCHING FOR PHOTOS AND BY THE END OF THE WEEK,  IT SHOULD
START LOOKING GOOD.

IT WILL BE A COUPLE WEEKS BEFORE THE JOB OF PUTTING BLACK DIRT IN THE
BIG HOLE AND THE SEEDING OF GRASS IS COMPLETED.

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THIS PHOTO WAS TAKEN AT THE CLINTON ENGINES MUSEUM EARLIER THIS MONTH
ON BROWN BAG LUNCH TUESDAY.    THE STORY ABOUT THIS PHOTO IS BELOW.
SO, STUDY THE PHOTO AND THEN SCROLL ON DOWN TO READ ABOUT IT.
THIS CABINET BELONGED TO LONGTIME LATE BUSINESSMAN BEN JACONSEN.
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THIS COPPER WORKS HAS TO DO WITH THE BELLEVUE WAR.    MORE ABOUT THIS
AT A LATER TIME.
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