Wednesday, August 11, 2010

88 TODAY...
71 DEWPOINT...
90 PLUS TOMORROW....
IT HAS BEEN QUITE A SUMMER SO FAR!

BELLEVUE IS GETTING A NEW INDUSTRY THAT WILL HIRE 44.
SEDGWICK CLAIMS MANAGEMENT, BASED IN MEMPHIS.
SALARIES FROM $26,300 TO $65,000 A YEAR.
THE BIG FIRM HAS 6,600 EMPLOYEES NATIONWIDE AND THE CEO
DAVE NORTH LIVES IN BELLEVUE.

THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD SPENT QUITE A WHILE MONDAY NIGHT
DISCUSSING WHAT SOFT DRINK TO CONTRACT WITH FOR ANOTHER 5 YEARS....
COKE OR PEPSI. THE DISTRICT HAS BEEN WITH COKE AND RENEWED THE CONTRACT WITH COKE. COKE GIVES THE DISTRICT $4,000 EACH YEAR FOR ITS ACTIVITY PROGRAM. PEPSI DOES NOT. PEPSI IS $3.00 A CASE CHEAPER.
BUT, IN THE LONG RUN, THE DISTRICT WILL BENEFIT MORE WITH COKE AGAIN.

ALSO AT THE BOARD MEETING, ASHLEY WING WAS HIRED AS THE CARDINAL EXECUTIVE SECRETARY AND CHAD HILL FROM DELMAR WAS HIRED AS THE 7TH GRADE FOOTBALL COACH.
AND..THE BOARD HIRED SEVERAL SUBSTITUTE BUS DRIVERS AT $16.00 AN
HOUR. THE LIST OF SUB DRIVERS FOR THE DISTRICT THIS YEAR:
PAUL EADS, AL MUHLHAUSEN, DENNIS SCOTT, JIM MANDERSCHEID, LARRY
ZICKEL, SKOTT GENT, JIM TRENKAMP, BRUCE CURRENT, SCOTT RAINS, RICHARD
CONKLEN, AND PAUL BRADY. MELISSA DOSTAL WAS HIRED AS A SUBSTITUTE
CAR/SUBURBAN DRIVER.
BOARD MEMBERS ALSO THANKED MAQUOKETA COMMUNITY SERVICES FOR $250 TO ASSIST WITH SCHOOL SUPPLY COSTS FOR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES IN NEED.
MAQUOKETA COMMUNITY SERVICES HAS A VOLUNTEER-RUN USED CLOTHING STORE DOWNTOWN AND GIVES TO THE NEEDY AT CHRISTMAS.

BRENT STREET, 39, OF CLINTON DIED SUNDAY FROM INJURIES IN A CAR ACCIDENT.
SURVIVORS INCLUDE A SISTER, DEBBIE CURRENT OF MAQUOKETA, ANOTHER SISTER LYNETTE ESCAMILLA OF MAQUOKETA AND A BROTHER, STEVE STREETS
IN MAQUOKETA. SERVICES FRIDAY NIGHT AT THE LEMKE FUNERAL HOME
NORTH CHAPEL IN CLINTON.

FLOODING TODAY IN AMES.

THINK SNOW.

DENNIS VOY
MY 61 DRIVE-IN THEATRE OPENED 60 YEARS AGO TODAY. HERE IS HOW THE
WOOD SCREEN LOOKED THAT DAY. A SMALL TORNADO BLEW IT DOWN
IN THE LATE SUMMER OF 1960. A STEEL SCREEN REPLACED IT AND WAS USED AT THE START OF THE 1961 SEASON. THAT SCREEN WAS TOPPLED IN THE SPRING OF 1995, AGAIN BY TORNADO LIKE WINDS. A MONTH LATER IT WAS REPLACED AND IS THE ONE USED TODAY. IN THE 50'S, THERE WERE OVER 50 DRIVE-IN THEATRES IN IOWA. TODAY, JUST 4. THE OTHER 3 ARE NEAR NEWTON, NEAR SPIRIT LAKE, AND AT THE EDGE OF GRANDVIEW. A NEW ONE OPENED IN CENTERVILLE TWO
YEARS AGO, BUT IT HAS CLOSED AND DID NOT OPEN THIS SEASON.
OUR ANNIVERSARY WEEK HAS BEEN GOOD AND FUN.....WE HAVE SOLD A RECORD
NUMBER OF HOTDOGS IN ONE WEEK. TWO MORE NIGHTS OF THE WEEK LONG
CELEBRATION.
DENNIS VOY