CLOUDY AND 25 TODAY. A LITTLE SNOW WAS FORECAST FOR THIS MORNING
AND THIS AFTERNOON. WE HAVE HAD NONE. ONE OR TWO INCHES OVERNIGHT
TONIGHT....3 OR 4 TOMORROW....3 OR 4 TOMORROW NIGHT....SO BY WEDNESDAY MORNING, WE COULD HAVE AROUND 10 INCHES OF SNOW ON THE GROUND.
IT IS COMING IN TWO WAVES. NORTHERN IOWA WILL GET UP TO 15 INCHES
IN ONE WAVE AND SOUTHERN IOWA, UP TO 15 INCHES IN THAT WAVE. WE, HERE
IN THE MIDDLE, WILL GET LESS APPARENTLY. HOPE SO. IN ANY CASE, IT IS
ALL PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT TODAY. AND TV WEATHERMEN ADD TO THE
CHATTER IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.
A SPRAGUEVILLE MAN LIKELY DIED DECEMBER 3RD AFTER PUTTING HIS VEHICLE
IN THE MAQUOKETA RIVER NEAR SPRAGUEVILLE. SATURDAY (NEARLY 2 MONTHS LATER) MORNING, A HUNTER SPOTTED THE VEHICLE. WHEN THEY PULLED THE
2002 FORD ESCORT OUT OF THE RIVER, THEY FOUND HIM WITH IT. PROBABLY MEDICAL REASONS CONTRIBUTED TO HIS DEATH. AN AUTOPSY WILL BE
DONE. LAST TO SEE HIM WAS HIS EX-WIFE. SHE TOLD DEPUTIES HE HAD
BEEN STAYING WITH HER AND DECIDED TO MOVE WEST. HE LEFT HER HOME DECEMBER 3RD AND ASSUMED THAT IS WHERE HE WENT. HE IS ESTRANGED FROM
HIS FAMILY, SO NO ONE APPARENTLY MISSED HIM. HE IS JOSEPH RAYMOND CLARK, AGE 51 AND HIS LAST KNOWN ADDRESS WAS SPRAGUEVILLE. NO FOUL P LAY IS SUSPECTED. THINK ABOUT IT....NOT EVEN OVER THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY
DID SOMEONE CHECK ON HIM....OR REPORT HIM MISSING. QUITE A STORY.
MAYBE WE WILL LEARN MORE SOON.
TWO ACCIDENTS OVER THE WEEKEND.
JONATHON BOPES, AGE 17, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS IN ONE SATURDAY MORNING NORTH OF BALDWIN. HE SLID THROUGH THE INTERSECTION OF 67TH STREET
WITH 50TH AVENUE AND WENT INTO THE DITCH WHERE HIS VEHICLE ROLLED
ONCE. HIS 2007 FORD ESCAPE WAS TOTALED AND HE WAS NOT INJURED.
NO CHARGES FILED.
THE OTHER ACCIDENT HAPPENED SATURDAY AFTERNOON ON HIGHWAY 52 AT EAST FIRST STREET. THE ACCIDENT INVOLVED A SAVANNA WOMAN AND A LAMOTTE WOMAN. NO INJURIES. ONE VEHICLE PULLED INTO THE HIGHWAY AND DIDN'T SEE THE OTHER PARKED IN A PRIVATE PARKING LOT.
A MINOR ACCIDENT SATURDAY EVENING, INVOLVING MAYOR JASON HUTE.
LEANN WILLISON OF MAQUOKETA WAS STOPPED ON PLATT AT NIAGARA TO PULL INTO A PRIVATE DRIVE AND JASON HUTE, 39,WAS DRIVING BEHIND HER AND COULD NOT GET HIS CAR STOPPED. ROADS WERE SLICK ACCORDING TO THE POLICE
REPORT. NO CHARGES FILED AND NO INJURIES. DAMAGES WERE LISTED AT
$3,000 TO WILLISON'S 2004 CHRYSLER AND $5,000 DAMAGE TO HUTE'S 2007 PONTIAC.
THE BIG ANNUAL CAKE AUCTION WAS HELD AT THE MCHS GYM FRIDAY NIGHT
BETWEEN GAMES WITH DEWITT. $4,200 WAS RAISED FROM A TOTAL OF 56 CAKES
ENTERED. THEIR WERE THREE DIVISIONS AND FIRST PLACE IN THE 3 WERE
TAKEN BY ASHLEY QUINLAN....THE MAQUOKETA FAMILY CLINIC.....AND
THE MAQUOKETA CHEERLEADERS.
THE MAQUOKETA WRESTLERS TOOK 11TH PLACE IN THE 16 TEAM FIELD OF THE
WAMAC CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT HELD SATURDAY AT MANCHESTER.
YESTERDAY, AT THE SACRED HEART BREAKFAST (MY OMELET WAS DONE BY
FLORIAN STEFFEN) (AND DONE WELL) ... I SAT NEXT TO THE NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (MANAGER) OF THE MAQUOKETA YMCA. HE IS SCOTT WARREN, AGE 39, A NATIVE OF ROCK ISLAND. SAID HE REMEMBERS GOING TO MY DRIVE-IN THEATRE YEARS AGO. HE COMES TO MAQUOKETA FROM A YMCA MANAGER JOB
IN PINBROOK-PINES, FLORIDA. SAID HE DIDN'T LIKE FLORIDA LIVING AND WAS GLAD TO BE BACK UP HERE. BEFORE GOING TO FLORIDA, HE WAS MANAGER
OF THE LONG ESTABLISHED TWO RIVERS YMCA AT MOLINE. HE IS MARRIED
AND THE FATHER OF THREE, THE OLDEST BEING 13. HE GRADUATED FROM THE
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-LACROSSE. LETTERED AND PARTICIPATED IN SWIMMING THERE ALL 4 YEARS.
"TRUE GRIT" IS STILL DOING WELL IN ITS 3RD WEEK AT THE VOY 3 THEATRE.
I SAW IT FOR A SECOND TIME YESTERDAY. GOOD SHOW.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK, WITH SNOW OR NO SNOW.
DENNIS VOY
Saturday, January 29, 2011
CLOUDY TODAY ... 31 RIGHT NOW.
LAST NIGHT, BIG TURNOUT AT THE NEW MCHS GYM FOR THE GIRL-BOY
DOUBLEHEADER BETWEEN MAQUOKETA AND DEWITT.
GIRLS GAME...#7 RATED DEWITT 52, MAQUOKETA 26
BOY'S GAME, DEWITT 49, MAQUOKETA 28 (THE FIRST HALF WAS CLOSE)
THE NEW MOTOR WAS INSTALLED LATE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AND
ALL 3 MOVIES WERE SHOWN LAST NIGHT AT THE THEATRE.
THE MCHS WRESTLERS ARE IN THE BIG WAMAC TOURNAMENT TODAY
AT MANCHESTER.
AN INDOOR CIRCUS IS COMING TO MAQUOKETA IN MARCH. IT WILL BE
SPONSORED BY THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB.
"BUGS" RESTAURANT IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA WILL BE CLOSED FOR A COUPLE WEEKS, STARTING NEXT WEEK, SO THE OWNERS CAN GO ON A HONEYMOON.
REMEMBER, YOU CAN LISTEN TO KMAQ-FM ON OUR WEB SITE. SOME OF YOU AROUND THE COUNTRY THAT LIVED IN MAQUOKETA AT ONE TIME AND MAYBE ATTENDED THE METHODIST CHURCH ARE REMINDED THAT YOU CAN
LISTEN TO THE 10:30 A.M. METHODIST CHURCH SERVICE ON THE KMAQ
WEB SITE. JUST GO TO WWW.KMAQ.COM AND CLICK-ON THE BUTTON IN UPPER LEFT HAND CORNER.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
LAST NIGHT, BIG TURNOUT AT THE NEW MCHS GYM FOR THE GIRL-BOY
DOUBLEHEADER BETWEEN MAQUOKETA AND DEWITT.
GIRLS GAME...#7 RATED DEWITT 52, MAQUOKETA 26
BOY'S GAME, DEWITT 49, MAQUOKETA 28 (THE FIRST HALF WAS CLOSE)
THE NEW MOTOR WAS INSTALLED LATE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AND
ALL 3 MOVIES WERE SHOWN LAST NIGHT AT THE THEATRE.
THE MCHS WRESTLERS ARE IN THE BIG WAMAC TOURNAMENT TODAY
AT MANCHESTER.
AN INDOOR CIRCUS IS COMING TO MAQUOKETA IN MARCH. IT WILL BE
SPONSORED BY THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB.
"BUGS" RESTAURANT IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA WILL BE CLOSED FOR A COUPLE WEEKS, STARTING NEXT WEEK, SO THE OWNERS CAN GO ON A HONEYMOON.
REMEMBER, YOU CAN LISTEN TO KMAQ-FM ON OUR WEB SITE. SOME OF YOU AROUND THE COUNTRY THAT LIVED IN MAQUOKETA AT ONE TIME AND MAYBE ATTENDED THE METHODIST CHURCH ARE REMINDED THAT YOU CAN
LISTEN TO THE 10:30 A.M. METHODIST CHURCH SERVICE ON THE KMAQ
WEB SITE. JUST GO TO WWW.KMAQ.COM AND CLICK-ON THE BUTTON IN UPPER LEFT HAND CORNER.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
Friday, January 28, 2011
31 AND CLOUDY TODAY. A LITTLE WARMER TOMORROW.
FIRST, THE GIRL-BOY DOUBLE-HEADER BASKETALL PROGRAM WAS NOT LAST
NIGHT AS I MENTIONED AT THE END OF YESTERDAY'S REPORT. I GUESS I WAS THINKING I WAS DOING FRIDAY'S REPORT...MY MISTAKE. MAQUOKETA HOSTS THE DEWITT SABERS TONIGHT, WITH THE GIRLS GAME AT 6 AND VARSITY AT 7:30....AND CAKE AUCTION BETWEEN GAMES. BOTH GAMES ON KMAQ-FM AND OUR WEB SITE, WWW.KMAQ.COM WITH MATT CLARK.
THE WRESTLERS ARE IN A BIG WAMAC TOURNAMENT TOMORROW AT MANCHESTER.
LITTLE EXCITEMENT AT THE THEATRE THIS AFTERNOON. THERE WAS SOME
SMOKE IN THE VOY 2 AUDITORIUM, SO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED.
IT TOOK AWHILE TO DISCOVER WERE THE SMOKE CAME FROM. IT WAS A BURNED OUT FURNACE MOTOR. THE THEATRE WILL BE OPEN TONIGHT AS USUAL, BUT
IF THEY CAN'T GET A NEW MOTOR INSTALLED BY SHOWTIME, THE MOVIE...."COUNTRY STRONG'....WITH TIM MCGRAW WILL NOT BE SHOWN.
THE TRIAL OF DANIELLE HOLDGRAFER, OF ANDREW, WILL BE HELD IN JACKSON COUNTY. ON APRIL 1ST. THE JUDGE DENIED A REQUEST TO MOVE THE TRIAL TO ANOTHER COUNTY. HOLDGRAFER WILL BE TRIED FOR CHILD ENDANGERMENT RESULTING IN THE PROBABLE DEATH OF HER 4 YEAR OLD SON LAST JUNE.
I WILL HAVE A SHORT DAILY REPORT TOMORROW WITH THE SCORES FROM
TONIGHT'S BASKETBALL GAMES AND WITH INFORMATION ON THE THEATRE FURNACE MOTOR.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
FIRST, THE GIRL-BOY DOUBLE-HEADER BASKETALL PROGRAM WAS NOT LAST
NIGHT AS I MENTIONED AT THE END OF YESTERDAY'S REPORT. I GUESS I WAS THINKING I WAS DOING FRIDAY'S REPORT...MY MISTAKE. MAQUOKETA HOSTS THE DEWITT SABERS TONIGHT, WITH THE GIRLS GAME AT 6 AND VARSITY AT 7:30....AND CAKE AUCTION BETWEEN GAMES. BOTH GAMES ON KMAQ-FM AND OUR WEB SITE, WWW.KMAQ.COM WITH MATT CLARK.
THE WRESTLERS ARE IN A BIG WAMAC TOURNAMENT TOMORROW AT MANCHESTER.
LITTLE EXCITEMENT AT THE THEATRE THIS AFTERNOON. THERE WAS SOME
SMOKE IN THE VOY 2 AUDITORIUM, SO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED.
IT TOOK AWHILE TO DISCOVER WERE THE SMOKE CAME FROM. IT WAS A BURNED OUT FURNACE MOTOR. THE THEATRE WILL BE OPEN TONIGHT AS USUAL, BUT
IF THEY CAN'T GET A NEW MOTOR INSTALLED BY SHOWTIME, THE MOVIE...."COUNTRY STRONG'....WITH TIM MCGRAW WILL NOT BE SHOWN.
THE TRIAL OF DANIELLE HOLDGRAFER, OF ANDREW, WILL BE HELD IN JACKSON COUNTY. ON APRIL 1ST. THE JUDGE DENIED A REQUEST TO MOVE THE TRIAL TO ANOTHER COUNTY. HOLDGRAFER WILL BE TRIED FOR CHILD ENDANGERMENT RESULTING IN THE PROBABLE DEATH OF HER 4 YEAR OLD SON LAST JUNE.
I WILL HAVE A SHORT DAILY REPORT TOMORROW WITH THE SCORES FROM
TONIGHT'S BASKETBALL GAMES AND WITH INFORMATION ON THE THEATRE FURNACE MOTOR.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
Thursday, January 27, 2011
CLOUDY AND HIGH OF 28 TODAY.
TOMORROW, UP INTO THE 30'S.
THE MAQUOKETA COMMUNITY SCHOOLS CUSTODIANS ARE ASKING FOR A 50-CENT
AN HOUR PAY RAISE. THE TWO SIDES MET TUESDAY. THE CUSTODIANS ARE REPRESENTED BY SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION LOCAL 199.
THEY ARE ALSO ASKING FOR A NIGHT SHIFT PREMIUM OF 30-CENTS AN HOUR.
AND THEY WANT THE DISTRICT TO PAY 100 PERCENT OF HEALTH INSURANCE PREMIUMS. FURTHER DISCUSSIONS WILL BE IN CLOSED SESSIONS OF THE BOARD
AS ALLOWED BY LAW.
JACKSON COUNTY'S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN DECEMBER WAS 7.5 PERCENT, UP
FROM 7.1 IN NOVEMBER. THE STATE RATE DROPPED TO 6.3 FROM 6.6 IN NOVEMBER.
THE BLOOD DRIVE AT THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL YESTERDAY WAS
A GOOD SUCCESS. IT NETTED 105 UNITS OF BLOOD FOR THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY REGIONAL BLOOD CENTER, THE MAIN SOURCE OF BLOOD FOR THE LOCAL
HOSPITAL. THE DRIVE WAS SPONSORED BY THE HIGH SCHOOL BUSINESS PROFESSIONALS OF AMERICAN CLUB.
FULL INFORMATION ON KMAQ'S BUS TRIP TO THE FLOWER AND GARDEN SHOW ON MARCH 9TH IN CHICAGO IS POSTED ON THE KMAQ WEB SITE...WWW.KMAQ.COM...
CLICK-ON THE BUS.
BASKETBALL DOUBLE-HEADER TONIGHT ON KMAQ-FM AND ON OUR WEB SITE....WWW.KMAQ.COM....
JUST BEFORE 6. "LIVE" FROM THE MCHS GYM, MATT CLARK WILL BRING
YOU THE MAQUOKETA-DEWITT GIRLS GAME FIRST AND THEN AT 7:30, THE
BOY'S GAME.
THANKS FOR THE VISIT.
DENNIS VOY
TOMORROW, UP INTO THE 30'S.
THE MAQUOKETA COMMUNITY SCHOOLS CUSTODIANS ARE ASKING FOR A 50-CENT
AN HOUR PAY RAISE. THE TWO SIDES MET TUESDAY. THE CUSTODIANS ARE REPRESENTED BY SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION LOCAL 199.
THEY ARE ALSO ASKING FOR A NIGHT SHIFT PREMIUM OF 30-CENTS AN HOUR.
AND THEY WANT THE DISTRICT TO PAY 100 PERCENT OF HEALTH INSURANCE PREMIUMS. FURTHER DISCUSSIONS WILL BE IN CLOSED SESSIONS OF THE BOARD
AS ALLOWED BY LAW.
JACKSON COUNTY'S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN DECEMBER WAS 7.5 PERCENT, UP
FROM 7.1 IN NOVEMBER. THE STATE RATE DROPPED TO 6.3 FROM 6.6 IN NOVEMBER.
THE BLOOD DRIVE AT THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL YESTERDAY WAS
A GOOD SUCCESS. IT NETTED 105 UNITS OF BLOOD FOR THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY REGIONAL BLOOD CENTER, THE MAIN SOURCE OF BLOOD FOR THE LOCAL
HOSPITAL. THE DRIVE WAS SPONSORED BY THE HIGH SCHOOL BUSINESS PROFESSIONALS OF AMERICAN CLUB.
FULL INFORMATION ON KMAQ'S BUS TRIP TO THE FLOWER AND GARDEN SHOW ON MARCH 9TH IN CHICAGO IS POSTED ON THE KMAQ WEB SITE...WWW.KMAQ.COM...
CLICK-ON THE BUS.
BASKETBALL DOUBLE-HEADER TONIGHT ON KMAQ-FM AND ON OUR WEB SITE....WWW.KMAQ.COM....
JUST BEFORE 6. "LIVE" FROM THE MCHS GYM, MATT CLARK WILL BRING
YOU THE MAQUOKETA-DEWITT GIRLS GAME FIRST AND THEN AT 7:30, THE
BOY'S GAME.
THANKS FOR THE VISIT.
DENNIS VOY
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
ANOTHER CLOUDY DAY IN THE 20'S. THEY ARE STILL SAYING IN THE
MID 30'S FRIDAY. WILL BE WARMEST DAY OF THE YEAR.
IN SPORTS:
THE MAQUOKETA WRESTLERS LAST NIGHT HOSTED INDEPENDENCE.
IT WAS SENIOR NIGHT. THE CARDS LOST 57 TO 18. WINNING POINTS
WERE BY SHILOH SYNDER, RYAN HORCHER, HAVEN MILLER, AND JOHN
HOLTZ. DAKOTA SYNDER WAS OUT WITH A PULLED MUSCLE.
THE FOUR SENIORS RECOGNIZED WERE: KALEB MARSHALL, SHILOH
SNYDER, TWIN-BROTHER DAKOTA SYNDER AND JOHN HOLTZ.
THE MAQUOKETA BASKETBALL BALLS WERE VICTORIOUS OVER
WEST DELAWARE (MANCHESTER). THE GIRLS UP THERE WON 43 TO
40 AND HERE AT HOME, THE BOYS ALSO WON, 44 TO 31.
"CINDERELLA GOES DISCO" WILL BE PRESENTED ON THE STAGE OF
OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER ON MARCH 18TH AND 19TH. FRIDAY,
THE 18TH AT 10 A.M. AND 1:30 P.M. AND ON SATURDAY AT 2:00 P.M. ONLY.
AUDITIONS WILL BE HELD ON TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 15TH AT 7:00 P.M. AT OHNWARD ON WEST PLATT STREET. THERE IS NO NEED TO PREPARE FOR ANYTHING FOR AUDITIONS. THERE ARE PARTS FOR AGE'S 16 THROUGH ADULTS. THERE ARE PARTS FOR 5 WOMEN AND 3 MEN.
RICHARD HALL WILL BE THE DIRECTOR AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, CALL HIM AT 563-652-9815.
A MAQUOKETA MAN WHO TRIED TO RUN DOWN A CLINTON COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPUTY AFTER A TRAFFIC STOP IN MARCH OF LAST YEAR NEAR DEWITT WILL SERVE UP TO 5 YEARS AT A DAVENPORT FACILITY. BARRETT
J. SNODGRASS, AGE 29, WAS SENTENCED AFTER PLEADING GUILTY IN DECEMBER TO THE CHARGES.
THE JACKSON COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS YESERDAY PASSED A RESOLUTION ON A 3 TO 0 VOTE PROHIBITING THE PUBLIC FROM CARRYING WEAPONS INTO THE JACKSON COUNTY COURTHOUSE.
MAQUOKETA PRO FOOTBALL PLAYER SAGE ROSENFELS (QB WITH THE
NEW YOUR GIANTS) HAS JOINED A FORMER NFL PLAYER TIM DWIGHT IN A VENTURE IN SOLAR POWER. ROSENFELS AND DWIGHT YESTERDAY ASKED THE IOWA LEGISLATURE TO JOIN THEM IN DEVELOPING A SOLAR ENERGY
MARKET IN IOWA. THE TWO PLAYERS JOINED REPRESENTATIVES OF CEDAR VALLEY TECH WORKS IN WATERLOO IN ASKING FOR $7 MILLION FROM THE STATE. OF THAT, $4.5 MILLION IS NEEDED TO RE-TOOL A FORMER JOHN DEERE BUILDING TO LAND A $35 MILLION PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT.
DWIGHT SAID HIS COMPANY IS CONSIDERING A PRODUCTION FACILITY
THAT WOULD EMPLOY 20 PEOPLE. DWIGHT ALSO CALLED ON THE
LEGISLATORS TO DEVELOP SMART SOLAR ENERGY POLICIES.
ON THE POLICE BLOTTER:
BRANDI PIERCE REPORTED $200 TAKEN FROM HER PURSE AT THE MAQUOKETA COMMUNITY SERVICES STORE.
HEATHER WAACK OF MAQUOKETA REPORTED THAT A PURSE WAS TAKEN
FROM HER CAR WHILE PARKED AT WAL MART.
ANGIE KOONTZ REPORTED HER CAR HAD BEEN VANDALIZED WHILE PARKED IN THE HIGH SCHOOL PARKING LOT.
AND AT THE YMCA, A WALLET WAS STOLEN FROM THE MEN'S LOCKER ROOM.
SAW "THE FIGHTER" LAST NIGHT. GREAT MOVIE! SHOWS AT 7 TONIGHT AND THE FINAL TIME TOMORROW NIGHT AT 7.... IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA.
TONIGHT AND EVERY WEDNESDAY NIGHT IF FREE POPCORN NIGHT.
ATTENTION MICHIGAN....SUNDAY IS THE BIRTHDAY OF BOB OSTERHAUS.
GOOD WEDNESDAY NIGHT ALL!
DENNIS VOY
MID 30'S FRIDAY. WILL BE WARMEST DAY OF THE YEAR.
IN SPORTS:
THE MAQUOKETA WRESTLERS LAST NIGHT HOSTED INDEPENDENCE.
IT WAS SENIOR NIGHT. THE CARDS LOST 57 TO 18. WINNING POINTS
WERE BY SHILOH SYNDER, RYAN HORCHER, HAVEN MILLER, AND JOHN
HOLTZ. DAKOTA SYNDER WAS OUT WITH A PULLED MUSCLE.
THE FOUR SENIORS RECOGNIZED WERE: KALEB MARSHALL, SHILOH
SNYDER, TWIN-BROTHER DAKOTA SYNDER AND JOHN HOLTZ.
THE MAQUOKETA BASKETBALL BALLS WERE VICTORIOUS OVER
WEST DELAWARE (MANCHESTER). THE GIRLS UP THERE WON 43 TO
40 AND HERE AT HOME, THE BOYS ALSO WON, 44 TO 31.
"CINDERELLA GOES DISCO" WILL BE PRESENTED ON THE STAGE OF
OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER ON MARCH 18TH AND 19TH. FRIDAY,
THE 18TH AT 10 A.M. AND 1:30 P.M. AND ON SATURDAY AT 2:00 P.M. ONLY.
AUDITIONS WILL BE HELD ON TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 15TH AT 7:00 P.M. AT OHNWARD ON WEST PLATT STREET. THERE IS NO NEED TO PREPARE FOR ANYTHING FOR AUDITIONS. THERE ARE PARTS FOR AGE'S 16 THROUGH ADULTS. THERE ARE PARTS FOR 5 WOMEN AND 3 MEN.
RICHARD HALL WILL BE THE DIRECTOR AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, CALL HIM AT 563-652-9815.
A MAQUOKETA MAN WHO TRIED TO RUN DOWN A CLINTON COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPUTY AFTER A TRAFFIC STOP IN MARCH OF LAST YEAR NEAR DEWITT WILL SERVE UP TO 5 YEARS AT A DAVENPORT FACILITY. BARRETT
J. SNODGRASS, AGE 29, WAS SENTENCED AFTER PLEADING GUILTY IN DECEMBER TO THE CHARGES.
THE JACKSON COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS YESERDAY PASSED A RESOLUTION ON A 3 TO 0 VOTE PROHIBITING THE PUBLIC FROM CARRYING WEAPONS INTO THE JACKSON COUNTY COURTHOUSE.
MAQUOKETA PRO FOOTBALL PLAYER SAGE ROSENFELS (QB WITH THE
NEW YOUR GIANTS) HAS JOINED A FORMER NFL PLAYER TIM DWIGHT IN A VENTURE IN SOLAR POWER. ROSENFELS AND DWIGHT YESTERDAY ASKED THE IOWA LEGISLATURE TO JOIN THEM IN DEVELOPING A SOLAR ENERGY
MARKET IN IOWA. THE TWO PLAYERS JOINED REPRESENTATIVES OF CEDAR VALLEY TECH WORKS IN WATERLOO IN ASKING FOR $7 MILLION FROM THE STATE. OF THAT, $4.5 MILLION IS NEEDED TO RE-TOOL A FORMER JOHN DEERE BUILDING TO LAND A $35 MILLION PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT.
DWIGHT SAID HIS COMPANY IS CONSIDERING A PRODUCTION FACILITY
THAT WOULD EMPLOY 20 PEOPLE. DWIGHT ALSO CALLED ON THE
LEGISLATORS TO DEVELOP SMART SOLAR ENERGY POLICIES.
ON THE POLICE BLOTTER:
BRANDI PIERCE REPORTED $200 TAKEN FROM HER PURSE AT THE MAQUOKETA COMMUNITY SERVICES STORE.
HEATHER WAACK OF MAQUOKETA REPORTED THAT A PURSE WAS TAKEN
FROM HER CAR WHILE PARKED AT WAL MART.
ANGIE KOONTZ REPORTED HER CAR HAD BEEN VANDALIZED WHILE PARKED IN THE HIGH SCHOOL PARKING LOT.
AND AT THE YMCA, A WALLET WAS STOLEN FROM THE MEN'S LOCKER ROOM.
SAW "THE FIGHTER" LAST NIGHT. GREAT MOVIE! SHOWS AT 7 TONIGHT AND THE FINAL TIME TOMORROW NIGHT AT 7.... IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA.
TONIGHT AND EVERY WEDNESDAY NIGHT IF FREE POPCORN NIGHT.
ATTENTION MICHIGAN....SUNDAY IS THE BIRTHDAY OF BOB OSTERHAUS.
GOOD WEDNESDAY NIGHT ALL!
DENNIS VOY
WE WENT TO THE SPAGETTISUPPER LAST NIGHT AT THE
JACKSON COUNTY SENIOR
CENTER. THIS WAS OUR HOST,
AMY MANNING, WHO IS THE
MANAGER THERE AND HAS BEEN
FOR 3 YEARS. THEY HAVE THE SPECIAL SUPPER ONCE A MONTH AND THERE WERE 50 LAST NIGHT. GOOD FOOD AND THE
SUGGESTED MINIMUM WAS
ABOUT $2.75 A PERSON. AMY SAYS THEY SERVE BREAKFAST
MONDAY THRU FRIDAY FROM
7:30 TO 9:30 AM. A GOOD 25
COME FOR IT, AT $2.25. THE
NOON DINNER, AGAIN UNDER $3, IS SERVED AT 11:30 TO ANYWHERE FROM 30 TO 50 PEOPLE. THE SAME MENU OF FOOD IS DELIVERED BY
VOLUNTEERS TO 40 TO 45 DAILY. HEAD COOK AT THE SENIOR CENTER IS JANICE
HAHN. ASSISTANT COOK IS DORIS JOHNSON AND DARLENE FRANZEN IS A KITCHEN
AIDE. ALL ARE WELL LIKED BECAUSE THEY DO A GOOD JOB EVERY WEEK
HOSTING THE SENIORS. THERE IS ENTERTAINMENT OR ACTIVITIES ALMOST EVERY DAY TOO. OR PLAY POOL OR WATCH TV, OR WATCH THE QUILT LADIES
DO THEIR THING. MAQUOKETA IS LUCKY TO HAVE SUCH A NICE FACILITY FOR
ALL SENIORS IN MAQUOKETA. MORE SHOULD TAKE ADVANTAGE. FOR BREAKFAST, NO PHONE CALL IS NECESSARY, BUT ANYONE ATTENDING THE NOON
DINNER NEEDS TO CALL AND MAKE A RESERVATION BEFORE 9 A.M. AND THE
NUMBER IS 652-6771. ANY QUESTIONS, CALL THE SAME NUMBER AND ASK FOR
AMY. THE SENIOR CENTER IS LOCATED JUST BEFORE THE ENTRANCE TO THE
JACKSON COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS. THANKS TO THE GALS AT THE SENIOR CENTER
FOR THE GREAT JOB THEY ARE DOING. CLICK-ON THIS PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT.
THERE WILL BE NO SPAGETTI SUPPER IN FEBRUARY. THE NEXT ONE WILL BE
IN MARCH. CALL AMY FOR THE DATE OF IT.
DENNIS VOY
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
CLOUDY AND MID 20'S TODAY.
NO ONE SPOKE AT THE PUBLIC HEARING TODAY HELD AT THE COURTHOUSE
BY THE SUPERVISORS, REGARDING SELLING OF TWO PARCELS OF LAND OWNED BY JACKSON COUNTY. ONE PROPERTY IS THE OLD TRUCK STOP (BUILDING AND LAND)
ON THE HIGHWAY 61 BYPASS AND THE OTHER(LAND ONLY) IS LOCATED ON CRESLANE DRIVE. NOW THE SUPERVISORS WILL PROCEED WITH PUBLIC NOTICES AND WILL TAKE SEALED BIDS. BIDS MUST BE BACK BY FEBRUARY 18TH AND WILL BE OPENED
BY THE SUPERVISORS AT THEIR FEBRUARY 22ND MEETING.
TWO AREA MEN, INJURED IN AN ACCIDENT AT TWO RIVERS CO-OP IN PELLA LAST FRIDAY AFTERNOON REMAIN HOSPITALIZED IN DES MOINES. FACEBOOK FRIENDS
INDENTIFY THE INJURED AS TEAGAN ROUSE OF RURAL MAQUOKETA AND JUSTIN
FORDE OF OXFORD JUNCTION. THEY ARE EMPLOYEES OF TRI-STATE MILLRIGHT AND CRANE OF OLIN, IOWA. THEY WERE PERFORMING MAINTENANCE ON THE
CO-OP STRUCTURE WHEN THEY APPARENTLY FELL AND SUSTAINED SERIOUS
INJURIES. THEIR BOSS, THE OWNER OF TRI-STATE MILLRIGHT AND CRANE TOLD KMAQ NEWS THIS AFTERNOON THAT THE TWO ARE IN THE PROCESS OF RECOVERING. HE WOULD NOT TALK ABOUT SPECIFIC INJURIES OR HOW THE
ACCIDENT HAPPENED. NOR WOULD HE OFFICIALLY IDENTIFY THE TWO MEN.
THE PELLA POLICE TOLD KMAQ THEY RESPONDED TO THE INCIDENT BUT HAVE NO NAMES LISTED ON THEIR REPORT. AND THE HOSPITALS, SIGHTING PRIVACY
LAWS, REFUSED TO RELEASE NAMES OR CONDITIONS. THE WIFE OF TEAGAN
ROUSE IS CARRIE AND SHE IS WELL KNOWN IN THIS AREA. SHE WORKED FOR ME
YEARS AGO AT THE THEATRE AND FOR MANY YEARS, HAS WORKED THE SIGN-IN
DESK FOR STOCK CAR DRIVERS AT SATURDAY NIGHT STOCK CAR RACES IN
MAQUOKETA.
JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF RUSS KETTMAN TOLD KMAQ NEWS THAT EFFORTS
TO RECOVER THE BODY OF MISSING SNOWMOBILER SHAWN BERTHEL, 23, OF PRESTON, HAVE ENDED. THE OPERATOR OF THE OTHER SNOWMOBILE, BRETT STALKER OF SABULA, WAS ABLE TO CLIMB FROM THE RIVER TO SAFETY. KETTMAN SAID BOTH OF THE SNOWMOBILES HAVE BEEN LOCATED IN THE RIVER BUT WILL BE LEFT IN THE RIVER FOR THE TIME BEING BECAUSE OF SAFETY
CONCERNS. AUTHORITIES SAY THE RIVER IS ABOUT 3 TO 6 FEET DEEP IN
THE IMMEDIATE AREA BUT DEEPER IN NEARBY SPOTS. THE RIVER IS VERY
CLEAR WITH A FAIRLY STRONG CURRENT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR.
THE MAQUOKETA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ANNUAL MEETING WAS HELD
THIS MORNING AT VASHELLES RESTAURANT. TWO NEW BOARD MEMBERS
WERE INTRODUCED. THEY ARE MIKE KOLL, MANAGER OF THE FAREWAY STORE
AND DAVE UPDEGRAFF, HUMAN RESOURCES OFFICER AT OHNWARD BANCSHARES.
THE NEW CHAMBER PRESIDENT IS TOM DEVINE WHO IS AN EMPLOYEE OF THE YMCA. HE REPLACES KAYTHY SEYFERT OF FIDELITY BANK. THE PRESIDENT'S AWARD WENT TO RON SHAFER AND MARISSA WEIS FOR THEIR WORK WITH
THE TOYS FOR TOTS PROGRAM IN JACKSON COUNTY. CHAMBER DIRECTOR
STACY DRISCOLL PRESENTED HER ANNUAL AWARD TO THE MAQUOKETA SENTINAL
PRESS AND EDITOR DOUG MELVOLD ACCEPTED ON BEHALF OF ALL OF THE EMPLOYEES OF THE PAPER. SERVICE AWARDS WERE GIVEN TO FORMER STATE
SENATOR ROGER STEWART AND FORMER STATE REPRESENTATIVE TOM
SCHUELLER.
THE ANNUAL PINE WOOD DERBY SPONSORED BY CUB SCOUTS PACK #238 WAS HELD SATURDAY AT THE DELWOOD SCHOOL IN DELMAR. THE RACE WINNERS WERE:
1ST PLACE, THAYNE CHAPIN. 2ND PLACE, DANIEL COYLE. AND 3RD PLACE, SCOTT
MILLER.
THE DESIGN WINNERS WERE: 1ST PLACE, JACK THINES. 2ND PLACE, OWEN POWERS AND 3RD PLACE, NOAH RUCHOTZKE.
WRESTLING TONIGHT ON KMAQ-FM AND OUR WEB SITE, FROM THE OLD MCHS GYM. PAUL KOOB AND LEIGHTON HEPKER WILL DESCRIBE THE HOLDS.
BASKETBALL IN THE NEW GYM WITH THE CARDS HOSTING WEST DELAWARE.
THE GIRLS WILL BE UP AT MANCHESTER.
AND SO LONG FOR ANOTHER DAY.
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NO ONE SPOKE AT THE PUBLIC HEARING TODAY HELD AT THE COURTHOUSE
BY THE SUPERVISORS, REGARDING SELLING OF TWO PARCELS OF LAND OWNED BY JACKSON COUNTY. ONE PROPERTY IS THE OLD TRUCK STOP (BUILDING AND LAND)
ON THE HIGHWAY 61 BYPASS AND THE OTHER(LAND ONLY) IS LOCATED ON CRESLANE DRIVE. NOW THE SUPERVISORS WILL PROCEED WITH PUBLIC NOTICES AND WILL TAKE SEALED BIDS. BIDS MUST BE BACK BY FEBRUARY 18TH AND WILL BE OPENED
BY THE SUPERVISORS AT THEIR FEBRUARY 22ND MEETING.
TWO AREA MEN, INJURED IN AN ACCIDENT AT TWO RIVERS CO-OP IN PELLA LAST FRIDAY AFTERNOON REMAIN HOSPITALIZED IN DES MOINES. FACEBOOK FRIENDS
INDENTIFY THE INJURED AS TEAGAN ROUSE OF RURAL MAQUOKETA AND JUSTIN
FORDE OF OXFORD JUNCTION. THEY ARE EMPLOYEES OF TRI-STATE MILLRIGHT AND CRANE OF OLIN, IOWA. THEY WERE PERFORMING MAINTENANCE ON THE
CO-OP STRUCTURE WHEN THEY APPARENTLY FELL AND SUSTAINED SERIOUS
INJURIES. THEIR BOSS, THE OWNER OF TRI-STATE MILLRIGHT AND CRANE TOLD KMAQ NEWS THIS AFTERNOON THAT THE TWO ARE IN THE PROCESS OF RECOVERING. HE WOULD NOT TALK ABOUT SPECIFIC INJURIES OR HOW THE
ACCIDENT HAPPENED. NOR WOULD HE OFFICIALLY IDENTIFY THE TWO MEN.
THE PELLA POLICE TOLD KMAQ THEY RESPONDED TO THE INCIDENT BUT HAVE NO NAMES LISTED ON THEIR REPORT. AND THE HOSPITALS, SIGHTING PRIVACY
LAWS, REFUSED TO RELEASE NAMES OR CONDITIONS. THE WIFE OF TEAGAN
ROUSE IS CARRIE AND SHE IS WELL KNOWN IN THIS AREA. SHE WORKED FOR ME
YEARS AGO AT THE THEATRE AND FOR MANY YEARS, HAS WORKED THE SIGN-IN
DESK FOR STOCK CAR DRIVERS AT SATURDAY NIGHT STOCK CAR RACES IN
MAQUOKETA.
JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF RUSS KETTMAN TOLD KMAQ NEWS THAT EFFORTS
TO RECOVER THE BODY OF MISSING SNOWMOBILER SHAWN BERTHEL, 23, OF PRESTON, HAVE ENDED. THE OPERATOR OF THE OTHER SNOWMOBILE, BRETT STALKER OF SABULA, WAS ABLE TO CLIMB FROM THE RIVER TO SAFETY. KETTMAN SAID BOTH OF THE SNOWMOBILES HAVE BEEN LOCATED IN THE RIVER BUT WILL BE LEFT IN THE RIVER FOR THE TIME BEING BECAUSE OF SAFETY
CONCERNS. AUTHORITIES SAY THE RIVER IS ABOUT 3 TO 6 FEET DEEP IN
THE IMMEDIATE AREA BUT DEEPER IN NEARBY SPOTS. THE RIVER IS VERY
CLEAR WITH A FAIRLY STRONG CURRENT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR.
THE MAQUOKETA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ANNUAL MEETING WAS HELD
THIS MORNING AT VASHELLES RESTAURANT. TWO NEW BOARD MEMBERS
WERE INTRODUCED. THEY ARE MIKE KOLL, MANAGER OF THE FAREWAY STORE
AND DAVE UPDEGRAFF, HUMAN RESOURCES OFFICER AT OHNWARD BANCSHARES.
THE NEW CHAMBER PRESIDENT IS TOM DEVINE WHO IS AN EMPLOYEE OF THE YMCA. HE REPLACES KAYTHY SEYFERT OF FIDELITY BANK. THE PRESIDENT'S AWARD WENT TO RON SHAFER AND MARISSA WEIS FOR THEIR WORK WITH
THE TOYS FOR TOTS PROGRAM IN JACKSON COUNTY. CHAMBER DIRECTOR
STACY DRISCOLL PRESENTED HER ANNUAL AWARD TO THE MAQUOKETA SENTINAL
PRESS AND EDITOR DOUG MELVOLD ACCEPTED ON BEHALF OF ALL OF THE EMPLOYEES OF THE PAPER. SERVICE AWARDS WERE GIVEN TO FORMER STATE
SENATOR ROGER STEWART AND FORMER STATE REPRESENTATIVE TOM
SCHUELLER.
THE ANNUAL PINE WOOD DERBY SPONSORED BY CUB SCOUTS PACK #238 WAS HELD SATURDAY AT THE DELWOOD SCHOOL IN DELMAR. THE RACE WINNERS WERE:
1ST PLACE, THAYNE CHAPIN. 2ND PLACE, DANIEL COYLE. AND 3RD PLACE, SCOTT
MILLER.
THE DESIGN WINNERS WERE: 1ST PLACE, JACK THINES. 2ND PLACE, OWEN POWERS AND 3RD PLACE, NOAH RUCHOTZKE.
WRESTLING TONIGHT ON KMAQ-FM AND OUR WEB SITE, FROM THE OLD MCHS GYM. PAUL KOOB AND LEIGHTON HEPKER WILL DESCRIBE THE HOLDS.
BASKETBALL IN THE NEW GYM WITH THE CARDS HOSTING WEST DELAWARE.
THE GIRLS WILL BE UP AT MANCHESTER.
AND SO LONG FOR ANOTHER DAY.
DENNIS VOY
Monday, January 24, 2011
CLOUDY TODAY AND A HIGH OF 23. SOME FLURRIES THIS MORNING.
NO MORE SNOW THIS WEEK....WHILE DAYTIME TEMPERATURES WILL BE MOSTLY IN
THE 20'S BUT INTO THE 30'S FRIDAY.
SATURDAY NIGHT, A GROUP OF SNOWMOBILERS WERE TRAVELING EAST BOUND
ON THE MAQUOKETA RIVER WHEN TWO BECAME SUBMERGED IN THE RIVER JUST OVER A MILE EAST OF THE DAMON BRIDGE ABOUT 5 MILES NORTH OF PRESTON.
ONE DRIVE, BRETT STALKER OF SABULA, AGE 34, WAS ABLE TO CLIMB TO SAFETY.
THE OTHER DRIVER HAS NOT BEEN FOUND. HE IS SHAWN BERTHEL, AGE 23, OF
RURAL PRESTON. DIVERS FROM LAMBOURNE DIVING SERVICE SEARCHED
THE MAQUOKETA RIVER AGAIN TODAY.
IN SPORTS:
SATURDAY, THE CARDINAL WRESTLERS TOOK 5TH PLACE IN THE TEN-TEAM
MIDLAND TOURNAMENT AT WYOMING. MAQUOKETA HAD TWO CHAMPIONS:
HAVEN MILLER AT 119 POUNDS AND JOSH HOLTZ AT 171.
THE WRESTLERS HOST INDEPENDENCE TOMORROW NIGHT AND THE MATCHES
WILL BE BROADCAST "LIVE" FROM THE MCHS GYM BY PAUL KOOB AND
LEIGHTON HEPKER, STARTING SHORTLY AFTER 6. THE MATCHES ON KMAQ-FM
AND OUR WEB SITE.
FRIDAY NIGHT, IN HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL, THE CARDINALS WILL HOST THE
DEWITT SABERS IN A BOY-GIRL DOUBLE-HEADER, STARTING AT 6 P.M. MATT
CLARK WILL BROADCAST BOTH GAMES ON KMAQ-FM AND OUR WEB SITE.
AND IN FOOTBALL, I KNEW THE PACKERS WOULD BEAT THE BEARS YESTERDAY.
AND THEY WILL BEAT THE STEELERS ALSO IN THE SUPER BOWL, FEBRUARY 6TH.
YESTERDAY, I MENTIONED A NEW BUSINESS COMING TO THE CORNER OF MAIN
AND PLATT. TODAY, I TOOK ANOTHER LOOK AT THE LITTLE SIGN IN THE
WINDOW. IT SAYS: COMING SOON. SCENT AND SIGHT.
SCHOOL BOARD MEETING TONIGHT.
A LADY DOWN IN FLORIDA IS DOING AN ESSAY ON THE CARTER FAMILY.
MANY YEARS AGO, MAQUOKETA HAD A CARTER - RINGLEP HARDWARE
STORE. THAT'S THE CARTER FAMILY SHE IS RESEARCHING. ANYONE
OUT THERE WITH A INFORMATION ABOUT THE MAQUOKETA CARTER.
EMAIL IT TO ME AND I'LL FORWARD IT TO HER.
TAKE CARE OUT THERE.
DENNIS VOY
NO MORE SNOW THIS WEEK....WHILE DAYTIME TEMPERATURES WILL BE MOSTLY IN
THE 20'S BUT INTO THE 30'S FRIDAY.
SATURDAY NIGHT, A GROUP OF SNOWMOBILERS WERE TRAVELING EAST BOUND
ON THE MAQUOKETA RIVER WHEN TWO BECAME SUBMERGED IN THE RIVER JUST OVER A MILE EAST OF THE DAMON BRIDGE ABOUT 5 MILES NORTH OF PRESTON.
ONE DRIVE, BRETT STALKER OF SABULA, AGE 34, WAS ABLE TO CLIMB TO SAFETY.
THE OTHER DRIVER HAS NOT BEEN FOUND. HE IS SHAWN BERTHEL, AGE 23, OF
RURAL PRESTON. DIVERS FROM LAMBOURNE DIVING SERVICE SEARCHED
THE MAQUOKETA RIVER AGAIN TODAY.
IN SPORTS:
SATURDAY, THE CARDINAL WRESTLERS TOOK 5TH PLACE IN THE TEN-TEAM
MIDLAND TOURNAMENT AT WYOMING. MAQUOKETA HAD TWO CHAMPIONS:
HAVEN MILLER AT 119 POUNDS AND JOSH HOLTZ AT 171.
THE WRESTLERS HOST INDEPENDENCE TOMORROW NIGHT AND THE MATCHES
WILL BE BROADCAST "LIVE" FROM THE MCHS GYM BY PAUL KOOB AND
LEIGHTON HEPKER, STARTING SHORTLY AFTER 6. THE MATCHES ON KMAQ-FM
AND OUR WEB SITE.
FRIDAY NIGHT, IN HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL, THE CARDINALS WILL HOST THE
DEWITT SABERS IN A BOY-GIRL DOUBLE-HEADER, STARTING AT 6 P.M. MATT
CLARK WILL BROADCAST BOTH GAMES ON KMAQ-FM AND OUR WEB SITE.
AND IN FOOTBALL, I KNEW THE PACKERS WOULD BEAT THE BEARS YESTERDAY.
AND THEY WILL BEAT THE STEELERS ALSO IN THE SUPER BOWL, FEBRUARY 6TH.
YESTERDAY, I MENTIONED A NEW BUSINESS COMING TO THE CORNER OF MAIN
AND PLATT. TODAY, I TOOK ANOTHER LOOK AT THE LITTLE SIGN IN THE
WINDOW. IT SAYS: COMING SOON. SCENT AND SIGHT.
SCHOOL BOARD MEETING TONIGHT.
A LADY DOWN IN FLORIDA IS DOING AN ESSAY ON THE CARTER FAMILY.
MANY YEARS AGO, MAQUOKETA HAD A CARTER - RINGLEP HARDWARE
STORE. THAT'S THE CARTER FAMILY SHE IS RESEARCHING. ANYONE
OUT THERE WITH A INFORMATION ABOUT THE MAQUOKETA CARTER.
EMAIL IT TO ME AND I'LL FORWARD IT TO HER.
TAKE CARE OUT THERE.
DENNIS VOY
Sunday, January 23, 2011
7 BELOW LAST NIGHT.
TWO SNOWMOBILES AND DRIVERS WENT UNDER THE MAQUOKETA RIVER
ICE ABOUT A MILE NORTH OF PRESTON LAST NIGHT.
ONE MAN WAS RESCUED AND THE OTHER IS MISSING. THE DRIVER RESCUED
IS FROM SABULA AND I ASSUME THE MISSING OPERATOR IS ALSO FROM THERE.
I WILL HAVE MORE DETAILS ON TOMORROW'S DAILY.
NEIL AND BRITTANY SCHROEDER OF LONGMONT, COLORADO ARE PARENTS
OF BOY. PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE JOHN AND DELLA SCHROEDER OF
MAQUOKETA.
THE CLIMATOLOGY BUREAU CHIEF FOR THE STATE OF IOWA, HARRY HILLAKER,
WILL BE AT THE KMAQ FARM AND HOME SHOW ON THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10TH.
HE WILL BE THE GUEST SPEAKER AT NOON. HOW ABOUT THAT! THE IOWA HEAD WEATHERMAN COMING TO MAQUOKETA. EARLIER THIS WEEK, WE ANNOUNCED
ALSO THAT THE IOWA SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE, BILL NORTHEY, WILL
BE AT THE SHOW ON WEDNESDAY, TO SPEAK AT NOON.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
TWO SNOWMOBILES AND DRIVERS WENT UNDER THE MAQUOKETA RIVER
ICE ABOUT A MILE NORTH OF PRESTON LAST NIGHT.
ONE MAN WAS RESCUED AND THE OTHER IS MISSING. THE DRIVER RESCUED
IS FROM SABULA AND I ASSUME THE MISSING OPERATOR IS ALSO FROM THERE.
I WILL HAVE MORE DETAILS ON TOMORROW'S DAILY.
NEIL AND BRITTANY SCHROEDER OF LONGMONT, COLORADO ARE PARENTS
OF BOY. PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE JOHN AND DELLA SCHROEDER OF
MAQUOKETA.
THE CLIMATOLOGY BUREAU CHIEF FOR THE STATE OF IOWA, HARRY HILLAKER,
WILL BE AT THE KMAQ FARM AND HOME SHOW ON THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10TH.
HE WILL BE THE GUEST SPEAKER AT NOON. HOW ABOUT THAT! THE IOWA HEAD WEATHERMAN COMING TO MAQUOKETA. EARLIER THIS WEEK, WE ANNOUNCED
ALSO THAT THE IOWA SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE, BILL NORTHEY, WILL
BE AT THE SHOW ON WEDNESDAY, TO SPEAK AT NOON.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
CLICK-ON THIS PHOTO TOENLARGE IT. THIS IS THE OLD FAREWAY STORE BUILDING, UNDERGOING REMODELING TO MAKE IT READY FOR THE NEW
GOODWILL STORE. I SUPPOSE TO THE LEFT IS A NEW LOADING DOCK. AND WHAT THEY ARE DOING CLEAR ACROSS THE FRONT IS A MYSTERY. THEY ALSO HAVE PUT UP SOME WALLS IN THE INSIDE OF THE BUILDING, WHICH IS GOING TO
OPEN THIS SPRING. THEY ARE
ALREADY ADVERTISING FOR PART TIME EMPLOYEES.
ALSO IN BUSINESS NEWS, I JUST
READ A NOTE IN THE WINDOW OF THE EMPTY STORE BUILDING ON THE CORNER OF MAIN AND PLATT STREET, THAT SAYS A NEW BUSINESS IS COMING SOON. AND IT IS NOT THE BOMBFIRE PIZZA BUSINESS THAT WAS ANNOUNCED FOR THAT LOCATION LAST YEAR.
OVER CHRISTMAS, THE BUILDING WAS THE SITE OF A JEWELRY BUSINESS, OPEN
JUST FOR CHRISTMAS SHOPPERS. I'LL TAKE ANOTHER PHOTO OF GOODWILL
BUILDING LATER AND I'LL LET YOU KNOW WHAT I HEAR ABOUT THE NEW BUSINESS
ON THE CORNER OF MAIN AND PLATT.
SO, APPARENTLY NO BOMBFIRE PIZZA FOR MAQUOKETA. INCIDENTALLY, LAST NIGHT WHEN COMING BACK FROM SYCAMORE THROUGH SABULA, WE WENT
PAST THE BOMBFIRE PIZZA THERE AND IT WAS FULL OF PEOPLE, AT NEARLY
9 O'CLOCK. A LITTLE EARLIER, DRIVING THROUGH SAVANNA, WE WERE INTERESTED IN SEEING THAT NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE YET WITH THE MANNY'S PIZZA BUILDING THAT HAD A BAD FIRE LATE LAST YEAR. WORD IS, MANNY'S WILL REBUILD AND MEANWHILE, THEY ARE LOCATED IN DOWNTOWN SAVANNA IN THE FORMER HAPPY JOE'S LOCATION.... AND THEY ALSO HAS A BIG CROWD WHEN
WE WENT PAST. EVERYBODY LOVES PIZZA!
Friday, January 21, 2011
12 BELOW LAST NIGHT.
TODAY'S HIGH WITH SUNNY SKIES, 4 ABOVE. WARMER WEATHER AND A LITTLE
SNOW IN THE FORECAST FOR THE WEEKEND.
LAST NIGHT, IN WRESTLING HERE IN MAQUOKETA: SOLON DEFEATED
THE MAQUOKETA CARDINALS 48 TO 36 AND DEWITT BEAT THE CARDS,
48 TO 27. MAQUOKETA WILL WRESTLER IN THE MIDLAND TOURNAMENT
TOMORROW AT WYOMING.
TONIGHT, THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAMS PLAY AT VAN HORNE AGAINST BENTON COMMUNITY AND THE BOYS HOST BENTON AT THE NEW
MCHS GYM.
JACK MARLOWE IN HIS COLUMN LAST WEEK WROTE ABOUT OUR TWO LOCAL FATHER-SON BASKETBALL OFFICIALS. THEY ARE OWEN HAYES AND HIS SON JAKE, BOTH FORMER MCHS ATHLETES. OWEN, A 1980 GRAD, HAS BEEN AN OFFICIAL OVER 25 YEARS AND JAKE, WHO GRADUATED FROM MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL IN 2007, IS IN HIS SECOND YEAR WITH A TEMPORARY LICENSE. HE HAS NOT WORKED
A VARSITY GAME.
THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL WILL CONSIDER A TAX INCREASE DURING A BUDGET WORKSHOP MONDAY NIGHT. CITY MANAGER BRIAN WAGNER SAID HE HAS A BALANCED BUDGET RIGHT NOW WHICH CALLS FOR AN 85-CENT PER $1,000
ASSESSED VALUATION TAX INCREASE.
THE TAX RATE NOW IS $12.45 PER $1,000 ASSESSED VALUATION. THE PROPOSAL
CALLS FOR A TAX RATE OF $13.30. WAGNER SAID THIS WEEK THE CITY COULD
SEE $18,000 IN INCREASED REVENUES FROM ASSESSMENTS THIS YEAR. HE SAID
THAT'S NOT MUCH. IN THE UPCOMING CENSUS CHANGE, HE SAID MAQUOKETA
(IF THE CENSUS FIGURE IS LOWER) MAY SEE A REDUCTION OF $40,000 IN ROAD USE TAXES FROM THE STATE. THE 2009 ESTIMATE OF THE MAQUOKETA POPULATION IS 5,810. THE OFFICIAL 2010 CENSUS FIGURE FOR THE CITY HAS NOT YET BEEN RELEASED.
MAQUOKETA'S POPULATION HAS BEEN OVER 6,000 FOR MANY MANY YEARS,
BUT MAY GO UNDER THAT.
MAQUOKETA POLICE CHIEF BRAD KORANDA ASKED THE CITY'S PUBLIC SAFETY
COMMITTEE THIS WEEK TO INSTALL SOME ADDITIONAL LIGHTS AT LITTLE
BEAR PARK. NO DECISION HAS BEEN MADE. THERE HAVE BEEN SOME
PROBLEMS IN THE PARK THE PAST YEAR....BAD LANGUAGE, FIGHTS, ETC.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND AND WEAR ENOUGH CLOTHING.
IF YOU GET A CHANCE, CHECK THE NEW KMAQ TRAVEL PAGE.
CLICK-ON THE BUS ON THE HOME PAGE.
DENNIS VOY
TODAY'S HIGH WITH SUNNY SKIES, 4 ABOVE. WARMER WEATHER AND A LITTLE
SNOW IN THE FORECAST FOR THE WEEKEND.
LAST NIGHT, IN WRESTLING HERE IN MAQUOKETA: SOLON DEFEATED
THE MAQUOKETA CARDINALS 48 TO 36 AND DEWITT BEAT THE CARDS,
48 TO 27. MAQUOKETA WILL WRESTLER IN THE MIDLAND TOURNAMENT
TOMORROW AT WYOMING.
TONIGHT, THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAMS PLAY AT VAN HORNE AGAINST BENTON COMMUNITY AND THE BOYS HOST BENTON AT THE NEW
MCHS GYM.
JACK MARLOWE IN HIS COLUMN LAST WEEK WROTE ABOUT OUR TWO LOCAL FATHER-SON BASKETBALL OFFICIALS. THEY ARE OWEN HAYES AND HIS SON JAKE, BOTH FORMER MCHS ATHLETES. OWEN, A 1980 GRAD, HAS BEEN AN OFFICIAL OVER 25 YEARS AND JAKE, WHO GRADUATED FROM MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL IN 2007, IS IN HIS SECOND YEAR WITH A TEMPORARY LICENSE. HE HAS NOT WORKED
A VARSITY GAME.
THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL WILL CONSIDER A TAX INCREASE DURING A BUDGET WORKSHOP MONDAY NIGHT. CITY MANAGER BRIAN WAGNER SAID HE HAS A BALANCED BUDGET RIGHT NOW WHICH CALLS FOR AN 85-CENT PER $1,000
ASSESSED VALUATION TAX INCREASE.
THE TAX RATE NOW IS $12.45 PER $1,000 ASSESSED VALUATION. THE PROPOSAL
CALLS FOR A TAX RATE OF $13.30. WAGNER SAID THIS WEEK THE CITY COULD
SEE $18,000 IN INCREASED REVENUES FROM ASSESSMENTS THIS YEAR. HE SAID
THAT'S NOT MUCH. IN THE UPCOMING CENSUS CHANGE, HE SAID MAQUOKETA
(IF THE CENSUS FIGURE IS LOWER) MAY SEE A REDUCTION OF $40,000 IN ROAD USE TAXES FROM THE STATE. THE 2009 ESTIMATE OF THE MAQUOKETA POPULATION IS 5,810. THE OFFICIAL 2010 CENSUS FIGURE FOR THE CITY HAS NOT YET BEEN RELEASED.
MAQUOKETA'S POPULATION HAS BEEN OVER 6,000 FOR MANY MANY YEARS,
BUT MAY GO UNDER THAT.
MAQUOKETA POLICE CHIEF BRAD KORANDA ASKED THE CITY'S PUBLIC SAFETY
COMMITTEE THIS WEEK TO INSTALL SOME ADDITIONAL LIGHTS AT LITTLE
BEAR PARK. NO DECISION HAS BEEN MADE. THERE HAVE BEEN SOME
PROBLEMS IN THE PARK THE PAST YEAR....BAD LANGUAGE, FIGHTS, ETC.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND AND WEAR ENOUGH CLOTHING.
IF YOU GET A CHANCE, CHECK THE NEW KMAQ TRAVEL PAGE.
CLICK-ON THE BUS ON THE HOME PAGE.
DENNIS VOY
Thursday, January 20, 2011
SUNNY...COLD...HIGH 19 TODAY...
DOWN TO 10 BELOW TONIGHT.
A LONGTIME MAQUOKETA BUSINESSMAN, DUB ROMER, AGE 91, DIED LAST NIGHT
AT CRESTRIDGE NURSING HOME. THE CONNELL SUPPLY COMPANY, A ROOFING
AND SIDING BUSINESS, WAS ESTABLISHED IN MAQUOKETA IN 1938 BY E. C.
CONNELL. IN 1954, CONNELL SOLD THE BUSINESS TO HIS DAUGHTER AND SON-IN-LAW, PAUL AND MADELON ROMER AND MOVED TO MISSOURI. DUB ROMER'S BUSINESS WAS ONE OF THE FIRST FIVE ADVERTISERS ON KMAQ AND HAS BEEN
A REGULAR ADVERTISER EVER SINCE. DUB ROMER HAS BEEN ACTIVE IN MANY WAYS IN THE COMMUNITY....IN THE AMERICAN LEGION, VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS, A CHARTER MEMBER OF THE MAQUOKETA OPTIMIST CLUB, AND A LONGTIME
BOARD MEMBER OF MT. HOPE CEMETERY ASSOCIATION. HE WAS AN AVID
HAWKEYE FAN AND ATTENDED A LOT OF GAMES OVER THE YEARS IN IOWA
CITY. AND HE WAS A GOOD GOLFER TOO. A REALLY FINE GUY! HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS SON, CLAY AND FAMILY IN MAQUOKETA. ARRANGEMENTS ARE PENDING
AT CARSON AND SON FUNERAL HOME IN MAQUOKETA.
AT LEAST 20 VEHICLES THROUGHOUT MAQUOKETA WERE DAMAGED OVERNIGHT.
MOSTLY WINDOWS, TAILLIGHTS AND SIDE MORRORS WERE BROKEN. USED CAR DEALER MARK EDWARDS REPORTED SEVERAL CAR WINDOWS WERE BROKEN
ON VEHICLES SITTING IN HIS LOT ON JACOBSEN DRIVE.
I THINK WE NEED TO ADD MORE FUNDS TO CRIME STOPPERS AND START PUSHING CRIME STOPPERS MORE IN BOTH MAQUOKETA AND THE COUNTY. THE CRIME STOPPERS PROGRAM IS A GOOD ONE AND SHOULD BE USED MORE.
LONGTIME COUNTRY MUSIC SINGER CRAIG MORGAN WILL BE THE GRANDSTAND
ENTERTAINER ON SATURDAY NIGHT OF THIS YEAR'S JACKSON COUNTY
FAIR. ONE OF HIS BIG HITS WAS "INTERNATIONAL TRACTOR".
NEW THIS YEAR AT THE FAIR WILL BE A LUMBER JACK SHOW ON OPENING
NIGHT, JULY 27TH. ALSO NEW WILL BE AN ALLIGATOR SHOW.
THE JACKSON COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WILL HOST A PUBLIC HEARING
NEXT WEEK SEEKING PUBLIC INPUT ON WHETHER THEY SHOULD SELL THE OLD TRUCK STOP BUILDING AND LAND ON THE HIGHWAY 61 BYPASS, MAQUOKETA.
THEY WANT TO SELL IT NOW THAT THE DNR SAYS THE LAND IS FREE OF CONTAMINATION FROM LEAKING GASOLINE TANKS. THEY ALSO HAVE
A PARCEL OF LAND ALONG CRESLANE THEY WOULD LIKE TO SELL, A PROPERTY
THE COUNTY GOT BACK AFTER TAXES WERE NOT PAID.
AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING, THE NEXT STEP WOULD BE SEEKING BIDS FOR THE TWO PROPERTIES.
DON'T FORGET THE WRESTLING MATCHES TONIGHT AT THE GYM THAT I
MENTIONED LAST NIGHT ON THIS REPORT. THEY WILL BE BROADCAST
TONIGHT ON KMAQ-FM AND OUR WEB SITE, STARTING JUST BEFORE 6,
WITH LEIGHTON HEPKER AND JEFF TAMPIER AT THE HOLD-BY-HOLD MIKE.
HERE'S TO NO FROZEN PIPES AT YOUR HOUSE TONIGHT. AT MY HOUSE,
I HAVE TO LEAVE A COUPLE UNDER THE SINK CUPBOARD DOORS OPEN.
DENNIS VOY
DOWN TO 10 BELOW TONIGHT.
A LONGTIME MAQUOKETA BUSINESSMAN, DUB ROMER, AGE 91, DIED LAST NIGHT
AT CRESTRIDGE NURSING HOME. THE CONNELL SUPPLY COMPANY, A ROOFING
AND SIDING BUSINESS, WAS ESTABLISHED IN MAQUOKETA IN 1938 BY E. C.
CONNELL. IN 1954, CONNELL SOLD THE BUSINESS TO HIS DAUGHTER AND SON-IN-LAW, PAUL AND MADELON ROMER AND MOVED TO MISSOURI. DUB ROMER'S BUSINESS WAS ONE OF THE FIRST FIVE ADVERTISERS ON KMAQ AND HAS BEEN
A REGULAR ADVERTISER EVER SINCE. DUB ROMER HAS BEEN ACTIVE IN MANY WAYS IN THE COMMUNITY....IN THE AMERICAN LEGION, VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS, A CHARTER MEMBER OF THE MAQUOKETA OPTIMIST CLUB, AND A LONGTIME
BOARD MEMBER OF MT. HOPE CEMETERY ASSOCIATION. HE WAS AN AVID
HAWKEYE FAN AND ATTENDED A LOT OF GAMES OVER THE YEARS IN IOWA
CITY. AND HE WAS A GOOD GOLFER TOO. A REALLY FINE GUY! HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS SON, CLAY AND FAMILY IN MAQUOKETA. ARRANGEMENTS ARE PENDING
AT CARSON AND SON FUNERAL HOME IN MAQUOKETA.
AT LEAST 20 VEHICLES THROUGHOUT MAQUOKETA WERE DAMAGED OVERNIGHT.
MOSTLY WINDOWS, TAILLIGHTS AND SIDE MORRORS WERE BROKEN. USED CAR DEALER MARK EDWARDS REPORTED SEVERAL CAR WINDOWS WERE BROKEN
ON VEHICLES SITTING IN HIS LOT ON JACOBSEN DRIVE.
I THINK WE NEED TO ADD MORE FUNDS TO CRIME STOPPERS AND START PUSHING CRIME STOPPERS MORE IN BOTH MAQUOKETA AND THE COUNTY. THE CRIME STOPPERS PROGRAM IS A GOOD ONE AND SHOULD BE USED MORE.
LONGTIME COUNTRY MUSIC SINGER CRAIG MORGAN WILL BE THE GRANDSTAND
ENTERTAINER ON SATURDAY NIGHT OF THIS YEAR'S JACKSON COUNTY
FAIR. ONE OF HIS BIG HITS WAS "INTERNATIONAL TRACTOR".
NEW THIS YEAR AT THE FAIR WILL BE A LUMBER JACK SHOW ON OPENING
NIGHT, JULY 27TH. ALSO NEW WILL BE AN ALLIGATOR SHOW.
THE JACKSON COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WILL HOST A PUBLIC HEARING
NEXT WEEK SEEKING PUBLIC INPUT ON WHETHER THEY SHOULD SELL THE OLD TRUCK STOP BUILDING AND LAND ON THE HIGHWAY 61 BYPASS, MAQUOKETA.
THEY WANT TO SELL IT NOW THAT THE DNR SAYS THE LAND IS FREE OF CONTAMINATION FROM LEAKING GASOLINE TANKS. THEY ALSO HAVE
A PARCEL OF LAND ALONG CRESLANE THEY WOULD LIKE TO SELL, A PROPERTY
THE COUNTY GOT BACK AFTER TAXES WERE NOT PAID.
AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING, THE NEXT STEP WOULD BE SEEKING BIDS FOR THE TWO PROPERTIES.
DON'T FORGET THE WRESTLING MATCHES TONIGHT AT THE GYM THAT I
MENTIONED LAST NIGHT ON THIS REPORT. THEY WILL BE BROADCAST
TONIGHT ON KMAQ-FM AND OUR WEB SITE, STARTING JUST BEFORE 6,
WITH LEIGHTON HEPKER AND JEFF TAMPIER AT THE HOLD-BY-HOLD MIKE.
HERE'S TO NO FROZEN PIPES AT YOUR HOUSE TONIGHT. AT MY HOUSE,
I HAVE TO LEAVE A COUPLE UNDER THE SINK CUPBOARD DOORS OPEN.
DENNIS VOY
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
WE HAD 1/2 INCH OF SNOW THIS MORNING AND THEN COLD AND SUNNY THE
REST OF THE DAY, WITH A HIGH OF 21.
IN BOY'S BASKETBALL LAST NIGHT, MT. VERNON DEFEATED MAQUOKETA,
THERE, 47 TO 45.
HERE, THE CARDINAL GIRLS ALSO LOST TO RANKED MT. VERNON, 60 TO 32.
WE WILL HAVE WRESTLING TOMORROW NIGHT ON KMAQ-FM AND ON OUR
WEB SITE, STARTING AT 6 P.M. WITH FORMER HEAD CARDINAL COACH MR. T SITTING IN FOR PAUL KOOB.
WITH LEIGHTON, HE WILL DESCRIBE THE MATCHES BETWEEN MAQUOKETA AND SOLON AND MAQUOKETA AND DEWITT.
IOWA SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE BILL NORTHEY WILL SPEAK AT NOON WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9TH AT THE KMAQ FARM AND HOME SHOW.
MORE ABOUT THE SHOW LATER.
THE CITY OF MAQUOKETA WILL BE LOOKING FOR A RESOLUTION TO PROHIBIT
WEAPONS AT ALL CITY PROPERTIES, INCLUDING CITY HALL AND CITY PARKS.
THIS IS BEING DONE ALL OVER IOWA SINCE THE IOWA LEGISLATURE TOOK OFF RESTRICTIONS ON PERMITS AND NOW RESIDENTS CAN CARRY A LOADED WEAPON OR A SHOTGUN WITHOUT IT BEING CASED.
ALSO, LOCAL BUSINESSES CAN PUT UP SIGNS WHICH WOULD NOT ALLOW CUSTOMERS TO ENTER THEIR PREMISES WITH A WEAPON.
IOWA 0 AND 5 IN THE BIG TEN AGAINST #1 OHIO STATE (19 AND 0) TONIGHT.
IOWA REALLY NEEDS AN UPSET WIN. GO HAWKS.
COME BACK TOMORROW.
DENNIS VOY
REST OF THE DAY, WITH A HIGH OF 21.
IN BOY'S BASKETBALL LAST NIGHT, MT. VERNON DEFEATED MAQUOKETA,
THERE, 47 TO 45.
HERE, THE CARDINAL GIRLS ALSO LOST TO RANKED MT. VERNON, 60 TO 32.
WE WILL HAVE WRESTLING TOMORROW NIGHT ON KMAQ-FM AND ON OUR
WEB SITE, STARTING AT 6 P.M. WITH FORMER HEAD CARDINAL COACH MR. T SITTING IN FOR PAUL KOOB.
WITH LEIGHTON, HE WILL DESCRIBE THE MATCHES BETWEEN MAQUOKETA AND SOLON AND MAQUOKETA AND DEWITT.
IOWA SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE BILL NORTHEY WILL SPEAK AT NOON WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9TH AT THE KMAQ FARM AND HOME SHOW.
MORE ABOUT THE SHOW LATER.
THE CITY OF MAQUOKETA WILL BE LOOKING FOR A RESOLUTION TO PROHIBIT
WEAPONS AT ALL CITY PROPERTIES, INCLUDING CITY HALL AND CITY PARKS.
THIS IS BEING DONE ALL OVER IOWA SINCE THE IOWA LEGISLATURE TOOK OFF RESTRICTIONS ON PERMITS AND NOW RESIDENTS CAN CARRY A LOADED WEAPON OR A SHOTGUN WITHOUT IT BEING CASED.
ALSO, LOCAL BUSINESSES CAN PUT UP SIGNS WHICH WOULD NOT ALLOW CUSTOMERS TO ENTER THEIR PREMISES WITH A WEAPON.
IOWA 0 AND 5 IN THE BIG TEN AGAINST #1 OHIO STATE (19 AND 0) TONIGHT.
IOWA REALLY NEEDS AN UPSET WIN. GO HAWKS.
COME BACK TOMORROW.
DENNIS VOY
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
MOSTLY CLOUDY TODAY.....IN MID 20'S.
THURSDAY NIGHT, DOWN TO 12 BELOW.
MAQUOKETA BOYS PLAY AT MT. VERNON TONIGHT.
THE GIRLS HOST MT. VERNON. THEY ARE RANKED 2ND AND HAVE LOST
JUST ONE GAME.
THE MAN WHO WAS INJURED IN A FIGHT LAST WEEK IS NOW RECUPERATING
AT HOME. POLICE CHIEF BRAD KORANDA SAID RICHARD ALLEN WAS RELEASED
YESTERDAY FROM THE IOWA CITY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL. KORANDA SAID
IT IS STILL UNCLEAR WHAT HAPPENED TO RESULT IN THE INJURIES.
THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE
DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION.
AT LAST NIGHT'S CITY COUNCIL MEETING, CITY MANAGER WAGNER SAID THE MAQUOKETA PUBLIC WORKS STAFF HAS SUGGESTED THE OLD OUTDOOR POOL
SITE BE RENOVATED INTO A PARK WITH THE POOL BEING ALTERED TO
MAKE IT INTO A SKATING RINK. THE COUNCIL DECIDED IT SHOULD BE
CONSIDERED.
THERE WILL BE STILL ANOTHER JUDGE POSITION OPEN IN THE SEVENTH
JUDICIAL DISTRICT. JUDGE JAMES KELLY HAS ANNOUNCED HIS RETIREMENT.
JUST LAST WEEK, GOV. CHET CULVER APPOINTED A MUSCATINE MAN TO
FILL A TERM. MAQUOKETA ATTORNEY MARK LAWSON WAS ONE OF TWO
FINALISTS FOR THAT POSITION. I ASSUME LAWSON WILL NOW APPLY FOR
THIS POSITION TOO.
AT LAST NIGHT'S MEETING OF THE COUNCIL, THERE WAS DISCUSSION ON WHAT
TO DO WITH THE EMPTY LAND WHERE THE BURNED DOWN BUILDINGS STOOD
3 YEARS AGO. THE LAND IS OWNED BY THE CITY AND MIDAS, THE CITY'S
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE. ANY IDEAS?
THE LITTLE CHRISTMAS TREE THAT WAS ON THE SITE IS STILL STANDING
AND THE LIGHTS ARE STILL BURNING. IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN TAKEN DOWN
WEEKS AGO.
THANKS FOR CHECKING IN AGAIN.
DENNIS VOY
THURSDAY NIGHT, DOWN TO 12 BELOW.
MAQUOKETA BOYS PLAY AT MT. VERNON TONIGHT.
THE GIRLS HOST MT. VERNON. THEY ARE RANKED 2ND AND HAVE LOST
JUST ONE GAME.
THE MAN WHO WAS INJURED IN A FIGHT LAST WEEK IS NOW RECUPERATING
AT HOME. POLICE CHIEF BRAD KORANDA SAID RICHARD ALLEN WAS RELEASED
YESTERDAY FROM THE IOWA CITY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL. KORANDA SAID
IT IS STILL UNCLEAR WHAT HAPPENED TO RESULT IN THE INJURIES.
THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE
DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION.
AT LAST NIGHT'S CITY COUNCIL MEETING, CITY MANAGER WAGNER SAID THE MAQUOKETA PUBLIC WORKS STAFF HAS SUGGESTED THE OLD OUTDOOR POOL
SITE BE RENOVATED INTO A PARK WITH THE POOL BEING ALTERED TO
MAKE IT INTO A SKATING RINK. THE COUNCIL DECIDED IT SHOULD BE
CONSIDERED.
THERE WILL BE STILL ANOTHER JUDGE POSITION OPEN IN THE SEVENTH
JUDICIAL DISTRICT. JUDGE JAMES KELLY HAS ANNOUNCED HIS RETIREMENT.
JUST LAST WEEK, GOV. CHET CULVER APPOINTED A MUSCATINE MAN TO
FILL A TERM. MAQUOKETA ATTORNEY MARK LAWSON WAS ONE OF TWO
FINALISTS FOR THAT POSITION. I ASSUME LAWSON WILL NOW APPLY FOR
THIS POSITION TOO.
AT LAST NIGHT'S MEETING OF THE COUNCIL, THERE WAS DISCUSSION ON WHAT
TO DO WITH THE EMPTY LAND WHERE THE BURNED DOWN BUILDINGS STOOD
3 YEARS AGO. THE LAND IS OWNED BY THE CITY AND MIDAS, THE CITY'S
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE. ANY IDEAS?
THE LITTLE CHRISTMAS TREE THAT WAS ON THE SITE IS STILL STANDING
AND THE LIGHTS ARE STILL BURNING. IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN TAKEN DOWN
WEEKS AGO.
THANKS FOR CHECKING IN AGAIN.
DENNIS VOY
Monday, January 17, 2011
SNOW, SNOW AND MORE SNOW TODAY. STARTED WITH AN INCH DURING THE
NIGHT AND WE'VE ADDED ANOTHER GOOD 6 INCHES TODAY, AND IT
IS STILL SNOWING. WE ARE GETTING CLOSE TO 40 INCHES SO FAR THIS
WINTER SEASON, STARTING BACK IN DECEMBER. 31 WAS OUR HIGH
TODAY. SNOW WILL END TONIGHT AND THE REST OF THE WORK WEEK IS GOING
TO BE COLD.
SCHOOL WAS DISMISSED AT 1 THIS AFTERNOON BECAUSE OF THE STORM.
THE PEACE PIPE PLAYERS COMMUNITY THEATRE GROUP HAS ANNOUNCED THAT THEY ARE NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR THEIR $500 PERFORMING ARTS SCHOLARSHIP, OPEN TO ANY JACKSON COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR.
ANY QUESTIONS CAN BE DIRECTED TO ROBYN LANE AT trlane@mchsi.com
A NEW $1,000 SCHOLARSHIP HONORS THE MEMORY OF BETTY MARCUCCI.
IT IS OPEN TO A SENIOR AT MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL BETTY WAS A
MCHS 1953 GRADUATE. HER HUSBAND GRADUATED THE SAME YEAR IN MAQUOKETA AND FOR OVER 50 YEARS HAS OPERATED THE GIB MARCUCCI STABLES
WEST OF MONMOUTH. APPLICATION FORMS ARE AVAILABLE AT THE MCHS
GUIDANCE OFFICE.
THE CARDINAL WRESTLERS TOOK PART IN THE DECORAH DUALS SATURDAY
AND WENT O FOR 4, LOOSING TO DECORAH, AUSTIN MINNESOTA, WESTERN
DUBUQUE AND SOUTH WINNESHIEK. TWIN BROTHERS SHILOH AND DAKOTA
SNYDER WENT 4 AND 0 FOR THE SEASON. SHILOH, AT 135 POUNDS, IS
22 AND 4 THIS SEASON AND DAKOTA, AT 140 POUNDS, HAS A SEASON RECORD
RIGHT NOW AT 22 AND 2.
THE CARDINAL BASKETBALL TEAMS, FRIDAY NIGHT: THE GIRLS BEAT DYERSVILLE
BECKMAN 54 TO 33, WITH DEVON O'CONNELL SCORING 13 POINTS.
THE BOYS AT DYERSVILLE, LOST 67 TO 50. CRAIG JOHNSON HAS 13 POINTS.
THE GIRLS ARE 7 AND 6 OVERALL AND THE BOYS ARE 4 AND 7 OVERALL.
READY TO LEAVE FOR TODAY, BUT FIRST MUST SWEEP SNOW OFF THE
CAR. YUP....IT'S GETTING TIRESOME. BUT, I STILL LIKE THE 4 SEASONS!
HAVE A GOOD MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY.
DENNIS VOY
NIGHT AND WE'VE ADDED ANOTHER GOOD 6 INCHES TODAY, AND IT
IS STILL SNOWING. WE ARE GETTING CLOSE TO 40 INCHES SO FAR THIS
WINTER SEASON, STARTING BACK IN DECEMBER. 31 WAS OUR HIGH
TODAY. SNOW WILL END TONIGHT AND THE REST OF THE WORK WEEK IS GOING
TO BE COLD.
SCHOOL WAS DISMISSED AT 1 THIS AFTERNOON BECAUSE OF THE STORM.
THE PEACE PIPE PLAYERS COMMUNITY THEATRE GROUP HAS ANNOUNCED THAT THEY ARE NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR THEIR $500 PERFORMING ARTS SCHOLARSHIP, OPEN TO ANY JACKSON COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR.
ANY QUESTIONS CAN BE DIRECTED TO ROBYN LANE AT trlane@mchsi.com
A NEW $1,000 SCHOLARSHIP HONORS THE MEMORY OF BETTY MARCUCCI.
IT IS OPEN TO A SENIOR AT MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL BETTY WAS A
MCHS 1953 GRADUATE. HER HUSBAND GRADUATED THE SAME YEAR IN MAQUOKETA AND FOR OVER 50 YEARS HAS OPERATED THE GIB MARCUCCI STABLES
WEST OF MONMOUTH. APPLICATION FORMS ARE AVAILABLE AT THE MCHS
GUIDANCE OFFICE.
THE CARDINAL WRESTLERS TOOK PART IN THE DECORAH DUALS SATURDAY
AND WENT O FOR 4, LOOSING TO DECORAH, AUSTIN MINNESOTA, WESTERN
DUBUQUE AND SOUTH WINNESHIEK. TWIN BROTHERS SHILOH AND DAKOTA
SNYDER WENT 4 AND 0 FOR THE SEASON. SHILOH, AT 135 POUNDS, IS
22 AND 4 THIS SEASON AND DAKOTA, AT 140 POUNDS, HAS A SEASON RECORD
RIGHT NOW AT 22 AND 2.
THE CARDINAL BASKETBALL TEAMS, FRIDAY NIGHT: THE GIRLS BEAT DYERSVILLE
BECKMAN 54 TO 33, WITH DEVON O'CONNELL SCORING 13 POINTS.
THE BOYS AT DYERSVILLE, LOST 67 TO 50. CRAIG JOHNSON HAS 13 POINTS.
THE GIRLS ARE 7 AND 6 OVERALL AND THE BOYS ARE 4 AND 7 OVERALL.
READY TO LEAVE FOR TODAY, BUT FIRST MUST SWEEP SNOW OFF THE
CAR. YUP....IT'S GETTING TIRESOME. BUT, I STILL LIKE THE 4 SEASONS!
HAVE A GOOD MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY.
DENNIS VOY
THE CAST HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED FOR"OVER THE HILLS".
BILL DAVISON WILL PLAY FRANK AND ROBYN
LANE HAS THE PART OF HIS WIFE, AIDA.
DAN PINION PLAYS NUNZIO WHOSE WIFE EMMA WILL BE PLAYED BY JUNE WAHL.
LEVI BURZLAFF PLAYS THE LEAD ROLE
OF NICK, WITH CRYSTAL KNIGHT PORTRAYING
HIS GIRLFRIEND.
THE PRODUCTION IS BEING DIRECTED BY
RICH HALL, WHO IS ALSO MANAGER OF THE
OHNWARD CENTER. HIS WIFE, DAWN, IS THE
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR.
TICKETS TO THE PRODUCTION WILL ALSO BE ON SALE ON KMAQ UPCOMING AUCTION SHOWS.
CLICK-ON THE POSTER TO ENLARGE IT.
CLICK A SECOND TIME TO MAKE IT EVEN BIGGER.
DENNIS VOY
Friday, January 14, 2011
CLOUDY AGAIN TODAY...HIGH OF 21.
A FIGHT IN MAQUOKETA LAST NIGHT. RICHIE ALLEN OF MAQUOKETA, AGE 41,
IS IN THE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL IN IOWA CITY, BEING TREATED FOR A CUT ON HIS NECK. THE FIGHT WAS APPARENTLY WITH TODD CLARK, AGE 36, OF MAQUOKETA. POLICE CHIEF BRAD KORANDA SAID CLARK AND OTHERS
AT THE HOUSE, AT 311 N. MAIN STREET, ARE SUSPECTS AND THAT NO ONE IS SAYING WHAT CAUSED THE INJURY.. THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL
INVESTIGATION HAS BEEN CALLED IN BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF QUESTIONS
ABOUT THE INCIDENT.
THE MAQUOKETA BOYS PLAY AT DYERSVILLE TONIGHT AND THE GIRLS
HOST DYERSVILLE BECKMAN AT THE MCHS GYM.
KMAQ WAS OFF THE AIR WELL OVER AN HOUR THIS MORNING WHILE
A DUBUQUE TOWER MAN CHANGED THE 8 LIGHT BULBS ON THE 400 FOOT TOWER JUST NORTHEAST OF MAQUOKETA. A COUPLE WERE BURNED OUT AND OTHERS WOULD BE GOING OUT SOON ALSO. PLUS HE FOUND A SHORT THAT NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. QUITE A JOB, ESPECIALLY IN 10-DEGREE
WEATHER. LAST TIME IT WAS DONE WAS IN 2006. TOWERS NEED LIGHTS
SO THEY WON'T BE HIT BY AN AIRPLANE OR HELICOPTER.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND. A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL BE ATTENDING THE JACKSON
COUNTY CATTLEMEN'S ANNUAL STEAK FRY AND MEETING AT THE FAIRGROUNDS
THIS SATURDAY NIGHT. WE'LL BE AT THE VFW'S ANNUAL DINNER MEETING
AT THE EAGLES. FIREMEN WILL HAVE THEIR ANNUAL DINNER ALSO SATURDAY NIGHT.
AND..A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL BE SEEING "TRUE GRIT" THIS WEEKEND AT MY
THEATRE...THE HOTTEST MOVIE OUT THESE DAYS....GREAT WESTERN.
DENNIS VOY
A FIGHT IN MAQUOKETA LAST NIGHT. RICHIE ALLEN OF MAQUOKETA, AGE 41,
IS IN THE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL IN IOWA CITY, BEING TREATED FOR A CUT ON HIS NECK. THE FIGHT WAS APPARENTLY WITH TODD CLARK, AGE 36, OF MAQUOKETA. POLICE CHIEF BRAD KORANDA SAID CLARK AND OTHERS
AT THE HOUSE, AT 311 N. MAIN STREET, ARE SUSPECTS AND THAT NO ONE IS SAYING WHAT CAUSED THE INJURY.. THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL
INVESTIGATION HAS BEEN CALLED IN BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF QUESTIONS
ABOUT THE INCIDENT.
THE MAQUOKETA BOYS PLAY AT DYERSVILLE TONIGHT AND THE GIRLS
HOST DYERSVILLE BECKMAN AT THE MCHS GYM.
KMAQ WAS OFF THE AIR WELL OVER AN HOUR THIS MORNING WHILE
A DUBUQUE TOWER MAN CHANGED THE 8 LIGHT BULBS ON THE 400 FOOT TOWER JUST NORTHEAST OF MAQUOKETA. A COUPLE WERE BURNED OUT AND OTHERS WOULD BE GOING OUT SOON ALSO. PLUS HE FOUND A SHORT THAT NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. QUITE A JOB, ESPECIALLY IN 10-DEGREE
WEATHER. LAST TIME IT WAS DONE WAS IN 2006. TOWERS NEED LIGHTS
SO THEY WON'T BE HIT BY AN AIRPLANE OR HELICOPTER.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND. A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL BE ATTENDING THE JACKSON
COUNTY CATTLEMEN'S ANNUAL STEAK FRY AND MEETING AT THE FAIRGROUNDS
THIS SATURDAY NIGHT. WE'LL BE AT THE VFW'S ANNUAL DINNER MEETING
AT THE EAGLES. FIREMEN WILL HAVE THEIR ANNUAL DINNER ALSO SATURDAY NIGHT.
AND..A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL BE SEEING "TRUE GRIT" THIS WEEKEND AT MY
THEATRE...THE HOTTEST MOVIE OUT THESE DAYS....GREAT WESTERN.
DENNIS VOY
Thursday, January 13, 2011
MOSTLY CLOUDY TODAY.
GOT DOWN TO 3 ABOVE THIS MORNING AND A HIGH OF 18 TODAY.
THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL RECENTLY HELD A GOAL MEETING FOR THE
CITY, TO TALK ABOUT GOALS FOR 2011. AT THE MEETING, THEY LISTED
THE FOLLOWING: FINISH THE SOUTH MAIN STREET WALKING TRAIL....
PAVE 17TH STREET (BEHIND WAL MART LEADING TO THE PRAIRIE CREEK
GOLF COURSE)....WORK ON PARK EQUIPMENT AT LITTLE BEAR PARK......DEVELOP
A DOWNTOWN STREETSCAPE ... AND SET UP A PUBLIC NOTIFICATION SYSTEM.
TO HELP PAY FOR THE PROJECTS, COUNCIL MEMBERS SAID THEY WANTED TO HAVE A $2 MILLION GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND. ALSO ON THEIR LIST WAS A CITYWIDE
CLEANUP AND CREATING A VISION FOR THE CITY. AND THEY WANT TO UPDATE
THE EMERGENCY PLAN FOR THE CITY AND DOWNTOWN IMPROVEMENT.
AND LASTLY, THEY WANTED TO INSTITUTE A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT LEVY WHICH WOULD REQUIRE A VOTE OF THE PUBLIC.
SOUNDS LIKE GOOD PROJECTS FOR A WINNING LOTTO TICKET!
GOODWILL IS COMING TO MAQUOKETA! AND, WE LEARNED THIS WEEEK, ALSO TO
DEWITT. THE DEWITT LOCATION ON 11TH STREET (OLD HIGHWAY 30) WILL
BE OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK WITH THREE FULL-TIME AND SOME PART-TIME
WORKERS AND IT WILL BE FOR ACCEPTING DONATIONS ONLY. NO SALES TO
THE PUBLIC. THE MAQUOKETA STORE (FORMER FAREWAY BUILDING) WILL BE A SALES OUTLET AS WELL AS A COLLECTION CENTER FOR DONATED ITEMS.
THANKS FOR CHECKING IN AGAIN.
DENNIS VOY
GOT DOWN TO 3 ABOVE THIS MORNING AND A HIGH OF 18 TODAY.
THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL RECENTLY HELD A GOAL MEETING FOR THE
CITY, TO TALK ABOUT GOALS FOR 2011. AT THE MEETING, THEY LISTED
THE FOLLOWING: FINISH THE SOUTH MAIN STREET WALKING TRAIL....
PAVE 17TH STREET (BEHIND WAL MART LEADING TO THE PRAIRIE CREEK
GOLF COURSE)....WORK ON PARK EQUIPMENT AT LITTLE BEAR PARK......DEVELOP
A DOWNTOWN STREETSCAPE ... AND SET UP A PUBLIC NOTIFICATION SYSTEM.
TO HELP PAY FOR THE PROJECTS, COUNCIL MEMBERS SAID THEY WANTED TO HAVE A $2 MILLION GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND. ALSO ON THEIR LIST WAS A CITYWIDE
CLEANUP AND CREATING A VISION FOR THE CITY. AND THEY WANT TO UPDATE
THE EMERGENCY PLAN FOR THE CITY AND DOWNTOWN IMPROVEMENT.
AND LASTLY, THEY WANTED TO INSTITUTE A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT LEVY WHICH WOULD REQUIRE A VOTE OF THE PUBLIC.
SOUNDS LIKE GOOD PROJECTS FOR A WINNING LOTTO TICKET!
GOODWILL IS COMING TO MAQUOKETA! AND, WE LEARNED THIS WEEEK, ALSO TO
DEWITT. THE DEWITT LOCATION ON 11TH STREET (OLD HIGHWAY 30) WILL
BE OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK WITH THREE FULL-TIME AND SOME PART-TIME
WORKERS AND IT WILL BE FOR ACCEPTING DONATIONS ONLY. NO SALES TO
THE PUBLIC. THE MAQUOKETA STORE (FORMER FAREWAY BUILDING) WILL BE A SALES OUTLET AS WELL AS A COLLECTION CENTER FOR DONATED ITEMS.
THANKS FOR CHECKING IN AGAIN.
DENNIS VOY
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
PARTLY SUNNY TODAY....HIGH OF 22. COLD TONIGHT...AROUND 1 ABOVE AND
PARTLY SUNNY AGAIN TOMORROW WITH A HIGH OF 19 AND SLIGHT CHANCE OF MORE
SNOW.
THREE MINOR ACCIDENTS IN MAQUOKETA YESTERDAY AND ALL HAD OUT OF TOWN
DRIVERS AND NO INJURIES.
ON THE POLICE BLOTTER, JOE BULLOCK REPORTED YESTERDAY MORNING THAT TWO
OF HIS TRUCKS WERE VANDALIZED AT 113 E. MONROE STREET. THE WINDOWS HAD BEEN BROKEN.
LAST NIGHT, BOTH THE MAQUOKETA BOYS AND GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAMS
LOST TO SOLON.
AND, THE WRESTLERS DEFEATED ANAMOSA.
ROTARIAN DR. MELVIN BERNARD GAVE THE PROGRAM TODAY AT ROTARY,
ABOUT THE EARLY DAYS WHEN HE CAME TO MAQUOKETA AS AN OPTOMETRIST
IN 1949, AFTER HE GOT HIS DEGREE IN CHICAGO. HIS HOMETOWN WAS EAGLE GROVE AND HE CHOSE MAQUOKETA TO GO INTO BUSINESS BECAUSE HE ALWAYS LIKED THE TOWN AS HE TRAVELED FROM HIS HOMETOWN TO CHICAGO AND BACK AND ALSO LIKED THE FACT THAT MAQUOKETA WAS IN THOSE DAYS ALWAYS A TOP COUNTY SEAT TOWN IN IOWA FOR SALES TAX FIGURES. HE STARTED WITH EQUIPMENT VALUED AT $2,000 (WITH MONEY HE BORROWED FROM HIS WIFE,
NOW DECEASED) AND HAD A HARD TIME FINDING A PLACE TO LOCATE HIS
OFFICE. HIS FIRST OFFICE WAS A SMALL ROOM IN THE HURST HOTEL.
THAT DIDN'T WORK AND AFTER 6 MONTHS OF DOING BAD BUSINESS,
HE RENTED A LARGER 3-ROOM PLACE NEAR THE HURST AND BUSINESS PICKED UP. THEN IN THE 50'S, HE BOUGHT THE BUILDING (AGAIN NEAR THE HURST) HE USED FOR MOST OF HIS CAREER UNTIL RETIRING. HE STILL OWNS AND RENTS OUT
THAT BUILDING TO ATTORNEY TOM BREUCH AND SOMEONE IN THE UPSTAIRS
APARTMENT. HE HAS COFFEE WITH US MORNINGS AT THE DECKER, STILL
DOES A LITTLE DUCK HUNTING (HIS FAVORITE SPORT OVER THE YEARS) AND
ENJOYS VISITING HIS KIDS AND GRANDKIDS NOT TOO FAR AWAY. IN 1949,
YOU COULD GET YOURS EYES CHECKED AND NEW GLASSES FOR ABOUT $25 TOTAL
AND YOU HAD A CHOICE OF A DRAWER-FULL OF FRAMES TO CHOOSE FROM.
GOOD ROTARY PROGRAM BY DOC WHO NEVER MISSES A ROTARY MEETING.
SOMEONE ASKED IF HE EVER PAID BACK THE $2,000 TO HIS WIFE. HIS ANSWER,
NO. HE LIVES ON SWAGOSA DRIVE OVERLOOKING THE GOLF COURSE AND
STILL PLAYS A LITTLE GOLF. I'M SURE MANY OF YOU HAD YOUR EYES CHECKED
BY HIM YEARS AGO.
GOOD NIGHT MRS. CALABASH WAS THE SIGN-OFF AFTER EVERY SHOW BY...
JIMMY DURANTE. THE FOLLOWING (OLD ENOUGH TO REMEMBER) EMAILED ME THE CORRECT ANSWER: TIM NELSON...SHIRLEY MILLER...BILL LUCKEY....LEN AND MARY JANE MOREHEAD ....DENNIS BECK.....AND SHEILA BENTLEY. JIMMY WAS ALSO KNOW FOR HAVING A BIG NOSE.
SHEILA ALSO ASKED ME TO MENTION HERE THAT 70% OF THE MONEY RAISED
BEFORE CHRISTMAS FOR THE SALVATION ARMY STAYS IN JACKSON COUNTY AND THE REST GOES TO THE SALVATION ARMY HEADQUARTERS IN PEORIA.
IOWA AGAINST NORTHWESTERN TONIGHT. THE HAWKS NEED A BIG TEN WIN!
GO HAWKS.
DENNIS VOY
PARTLY SUNNY AGAIN TOMORROW WITH A HIGH OF 19 AND SLIGHT CHANCE OF MORE
SNOW.
THREE MINOR ACCIDENTS IN MAQUOKETA YESTERDAY AND ALL HAD OUT OF TOWN
DRIVERS AND NO INJURIES.
ON THE POLICE BLOTTER, JOE BULLOCK REPORTED YESTERDAY MORNING THAT TWO
OF HIS TRUCKS WERE VANDALIZED AT 113 E. MONROE STREET. THE WINDOWS HAD BEEN BROKEN.
LAST NIGHT, BOTH THE MAQUOKETA BOYS AND GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAMS
LOST TO SOLON.
AND, THE WRESTLERS DEFEATED ANAMOSA.
ROTARIAN DR. MELVIN BERNARD GAVE THE PROGRAM TODAY AT ROTARY,
ABOUT THE EARLY DAYS WHEN HE CAME TO MAQUOKETA AS AN OPTOMETRIST
IN 1949, AFTER HE GOT HIS DEGREE IN CHICAGO. HIS HOMETOWN WAS EAGLE GROVE AND HE CHOSE MAQUOKETA TO GO INTO BUSINESS BECAUSE HE ALWAYS LIKED THE TOWN AS HE TRAVELED FROM HIS HOMETOWN TO CHICAGO AND BACK AND ALSO LIKED THE FACT THAT MAQUOKETA WAS IN THOSE DAYS ALWAYS A TOP COUNTY SEAT TOWN IN IOWA FOR SALES TAX FIGURES. HE STARTED WITH EQUIPMENT VALUED AT $2,000 (WITH MONEY HE BORROWED FROM HIS WIFE,
NOW DECEASED) AND HAD A HARD TIME FINDING A PLACE TO LOCATE HIS
OFFICE. HIS FIRST OFFICE WAS A SMALL ROOM IN THE HURST HOTEL.
THAT DIDN'T WORK AND AFTER 6 MONTHS OF DOING BAD BUSINESS,
HE RENTED A LARGER 3-ROOM PLACE NEAR THE HURST AND BUSINESS PICKED UP. THEN IN THE 50'S, HE BOUGHT THE BUILDING (AGAIN NEAR THE HURST) HE USED FOR MOST OF HIS CAREER UNTIL RETIRING. HE STILL OWNS AND RENTS OUT
THAT BUILDING TO ATTORNEY TOM BREUCH AND SOMEONE IN THE UPSTAIRS
APARTMENT. HE HAS COFFEE WITH US MORNINGS AT THE DECKER, STILL
DOES A LITTLE DUCK HUNTING (HIS FAVORITE SPORT OVER THE YEARS) AND
ENJOYS VISITING HIS KIDS AND GRANDKIDS NOT TOO FAR AWAY. IN 1949,
YOU COULD GET YOURS EYES CHECKED AND NEW GLASSES FOR ABOUT $25 TOTAL
AND YOU HAD A CHOICE OF A DRAWER-FULL OF FRAMES TO CHOOSE FROM.
GOOD ROTARY PROGRAM BY DOC WHO NEVER MISSES A ROTARY MEETING.
SOMEONE ASKED IF HE EVER PAID BACK THE $2,000 TO HIS WIFE. HIS ANSWER,
NO. HE LIVES ON SWAGOSA DRIVE OVERLOOKING THE GOLF COURSE AND
STILL PLAYS A LITTLE GOLF. I'M SURE MANY OF YOU HAD YOUR EYES CHECKED
BY HIM YEARS AGO.
GOOD NIGHT MRS. CALABASH WAS THE SIGN-OFF AFTER EVERY SHOW BY...
JIMMY DURANTE. THE FOLLOWING (OLD ENOUGH TO REMEMBER) EMAILED ME THE CORRECT ANSWER: TIM NELSON...SHIRLEY MILLER...BILL LUCKEY....LEN AND MARY JANE MOREHEAD ....DENNIS BECK.....AND SHEILA BENTLEY. JIMMY WAS ALSO KNOW FOR HAVING A BIG NOSE.
SHEILA ALSO ASKED ME TO MENTION HERE THAT 70% OF THE MONEY RAISED
BEFORE CHRISTMAS FOR THE SALVATION ARMY STAYS IN JACKSON COUNTY AND THE REST GOES TO THE SALVATION ARMY HEADQUARTERS IN PEORIA.
IOWA AGAINST NORTHWESTERN TONIGHT. THE HAWKS NEED A BIG TEN WIN!
GO HAWKS.
DENNIS VOY
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
ONE INCH OF SNOW LAST NIGHT.
CLOSE TO ANOTHER INCH TODAY.
27 TODAY'S HIGH. SLUSHY OUT.
THE SALVATION ARMY BELL RINGERS THIS CHRISTMAS RAISED $13,025.24
IN MAQUOKETA.
THE HOSPITAL HERE IS STILL LOOKING FOR A SURGEON AND A DOCTOR TO
DELIVER BABIES.
THE JACKSON COUNTY SUPERVISORS WILL CONSIDER A RESOLUTION TO BAN
ANYONE CARRYING A GUN TO ENTER THE JACKSON COUNTY COURTHOUSE
IN MAQUOKETA.
FIVE VETERAN MAQUOKETA SCHOOL EMPLOYEES WERE APPROVED FOR EARLY RETIREMENT AT THE END OF THIS SCHOOL YEAR. EARLY RETIREES GET A PORTION OF THEIR SALARY PAID TO THEM OVER TWO YEARS. APPROVED FOR
EARLY RETIREMENT:
LLOYD NABB, DIRECTOR OF MAINTENNCE.......23 YEAR EMPLOYEE.
SUE HASS, MIDDLE SCHOOL SPECIAL ED......31 YEARS.
RANDEL SPRINGER, HIGH SCHOOL SCIENCE.....31 YEARS.
MARK HILLEBRAND, HIGH SCHOOL SOCIAL STUDIES....32 YEARS.
NANCY WAGONER, BRIGGS 3RD GRADE TEACHER.
FRANCES HAMILTON ROMER, AGE 105, DIED SATURDAY AT THE MAQUOKETA CARE CENTER. FRANCES AND HER HUSBAND RAY OPERATED HAMILTON'S LADIES
APPAREL ON THE CORNER OF MAIN AND PLATT FOR MANY YEARS. THE STORE
WAS HERE WHEN KMAQ WENT ON-THE-AIR IN 1958. AFTER RAY DIED, SHE
RAN THE STORE ALONE UNTIL SHE SOLD IT IN 1973. HER SECOND HUSBAND
WAS A MAQUOKETA LAWYER, LESTER ROMER. I DID NOT REALIZE WE HAD
SOMEONE IN MAQUOKETA THAT OLD. IN THE EARLIER DAYS, I KNEW FRANCIS
AS SHE ADVERTISED HER BUSINESS ON KMAQ.
MAQUOKETA BOYS BASKETBALL TONIGHT AT RATED SOLON. THE GIRLS
HOST SOLON TONIGHT IN THE NEW GYM AND THE CARDINAL WRESTLERS
HOST ANAMOSA TONIGHT IN THE OLD HIGH SCHOOL GYM. PAUL KOOB
WILL BROADCAST THE MATCHES TONIGHT ON KMAQ - FM AND ON OUR
WEB SITE. PAUL KOOB AND LEIGHTON HEPKER WILL GO ON-THE-AIR
TONIGHT SHORTLY BEFORE 7 P.M. WITH THE WRESTLING MATCHES.
GOOD NIGHT MRS. CALABASH WHEREVER YOU ARE! FAMOUS WORDS AT END
OF EVERY ONE OF HIS SHOWS. WHO MADE THAT FAREWELL GREETING
FAMOUS?
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CLOSE TO ANOTHER INCH TODAY.
27 TODAY'S HIGH. SLUSHY OUT.
THE SALVATION ARMY BELL RINGERS THIS CHRISTMAS RAISED $13,025.24
IN MAQUOKETA.
THE HOSPITAL HERE IS STILL LOOKING FOR A SURGEON AND A DOCTOR TO
DELIVER BABIES.
THE JACKSON COUNTY SUPERVISORS WILL CONSIDER A RESOLUTION TO BAN
ANYONE CARRYING A GUN TO ENTER THE JACKSON COUNTY COURTHOUSE
IN MAQUOKETA.
FIVE VETERAN MAQUOKETA SCHOOL EMPLOYEES WERE APPROVED FOR EARLY RETIREMENT AT THE END OF THIS SCHOOL YEAR. EARLY RETIREES GET A PORTION OF THEIR SALARY PAID TO THEM OVER TWO YEARS. APPROVED FOR
EARLY RETIREMENT:
LLOYD NABB, DIRECTOR OF MAINTENNCE.......23 YEAR EMPLOYEE.
SUE HASS, MIDDLE SCHOOL SPECIAL ED......31 YEARS.
RANDEL SPRINGER, HIGH SCHOOL SCIENCE.....31 YEARS.
MARK HILLEBRAND, HIGH SCHOOL SOCIAL STUDIES....32 YEARS.
NANCY WAGONER, BRIGGS 3RD GRADE TEACHER.
FRANCES HAMILTON ROMER, AGE 105, DIED SATURDAY AT THE MAQUOKETA CARE CENTER. FRANCES AND HER HUSBAND RAY OPERATED HAMILTON'S LADIES
APPAREL ON THE CORNER OF MAIN AND PLATT FOR MANY YEARS. THE STORE
WAS HERE WHEN KMAQ WENT ON-THE-AIR IN 1958. AFTER RAY DIED, SHE
RAN THE STORE ALONE UNTIL SHE SOLD IT IN 1973. HER SECOND HUSBAND
WAS A MAQUOKETA LAWYER, LESTER ROMER. I DID NOT REALIZE WE HAD
SOMEONE IN MAQUOKETA THAT OLD. IN THE EARLIER DAYS, I KNEW FRANCIS
AS SHE ADVERTISED HER BUSINESS ON KMAQ.
MAQUOKETA BOYS BASKETBALL TONIGHT AT RATED SOLON. THE GIRLS
HOST SOLON TONIGHT IN THE NEW GYM AND THE CARDINAL WRESTLERS
HOST ANAMOSA TONIGHT IN THE OLD HIGH SCHOOL GYM. PAUL KOOB
WILL BROADCAST THE MATCHES TONIGHT ON KMAQ - FM AND ON OUR
WEB SITE. PAUL KOOB AND LEIGHTON HEPKER WILL GO ON-THE-AIR
TONIGHT SHORTLY BEFORE 7 P.M. WITH THE WRESTLING MATCHES.
GOOD NIGHT MRS. CALABASH WHEREVER YOU ARE! FAMOUS WORDS AT END
OF EVERY ONE OF HIS SHOWS. WHO MADE THAT FAREWELL GREETING
FAMOUS?
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JOBS-JOBS-JOBS.... THE TOP PRIORITY OF NEW STATE
SENATOR TOD BOWMAN OF MAQUOKETA FOR THE 2011 SESSION OF THE IOWA LEGISLATURE, WHICH BEGAN
YESTERDAY. BOWMAN HOPES TO INCREASE ASSISTANCE TO IOWA SMALL BUSINESSES, HELP IOWA WORKERS IMPROVE THEIR SKILLS, AND CONTINUE THE EXPANSION OF IOWA'S CLEAN ENERGY ECONOMY. YESTERDAY, BOWMAN TOOK THE OATH OF OFFICE FOR A FOUR YEAR
TERM IN THE IOWA SENATE. THE IOWA DEMOCRAT CAN BE REACHED AT
....tod.bowman@legis.iowa.gov......OR BY CALLING 563-652-5499
MONDAY'S DAILY REPORT IS BELOW.
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Monday, January 10, 2011
MOSTLY CLOUDY TODAY AND HIGH OF 27. SNOW IN THE FORECAST TONIGHT
AND TOMORROW.....BY NOON, MAY BE AS MUCH AS 3 INCHES.
KMAQ 14TH ANNUAL COMBINED FARM AND HOME SHOW THIS YEAR WILL
BE ON A WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY INSTEAD OF THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.
THE DATES ARE FEBRUARY 9TH AND 10TH....AT THE PEARSON CENTER
ON THE FAIRGROUNDS.
FREE KMAQ RADIO BINGO STARTS NEXT MONDAY AFTERNOON.
KMAQ NOW HAS A WEB PAGE JUST FOR THE TRAVEL DIVISION OF KMAQ.
GO TO OUR HOME PAGE AND CLICK-ON THE BUS.
LAST FRIDAY NIGHT, THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM BEAT
WESTERN DUBUQUE AT EPWORTH, 53 TP 46. THEIR RECORD NOW
IS 6 AND 5.
THE BOYS, HERE, LOST TO THE BOBCATS, 47 T O 24 AND ARE NOW 4 AND 5 OVERALL.
THE CARDINAL WRESTLERS WERE IN THE BENTON INVITATIONAL SATURDAY AND IN THE 16 TEAM FIELD, CAME IN 9TH.
THE CARDINAL WRESTLERS HOST ANAMOSA TOMORROW NIGHT AND THE
MATCHES WILL BE BROADCAST BY PAUL KOOB AND LEIGHTON HEPKER, STARTING
AROUND 7...... ON KMAQ-FM AND ON OUR WEB SITE.
MORE VANDALISM IN MAQUOKETA OVER THE WEEKEND. DONALD RIORDAN ON PERSHING ROAD REPORTED SATURDAY MORNING THAT THE SIDE MIRROR ON
HIS VEHICLE WAS KNOCKED OFF.
SHANNON WEBER ON NORTH OTTO STREET REPORTED SATURDAY MORNING THAT
HER DRIVER'S SIDE MIRROR WAS ALSO KNOCKED OFF.
AND JOSH RIECHS ON NORTH ELIZA REPORTED YESTERDAY MORNING THAT
GRAFFITTI WAS PAINTED ON THE SIDE OF HIS GARAGE. AND GRAFFITTI ALSO
WAS PAINTED ON THE FENCE IN BACK OF THE MAQUOKETA CITY HALL.
SCHOOL BOARD MEETING AT 6 TONIGHT.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
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AND TOMORROW.....BY NOON, MAY BE AS MUCH AS 3 INCHES.
KMAQ 14TH ANNUAL COMBINED FARM AND HOME SHOW THIS YEAR WILL
BE ON A WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY INSTEAD OF THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.
THE DATES ARE FEBRUARY 9TH AND 10TH....AT THE PEARSON CENTER
ON THE FAIRGROUNDS.
FREE KMAQ RADIO BINGO STARTS NEXT MONDAY AFTERNOON.
KMAQ NOW HAS A WEB PAGE JUST FOR THE TRAVEL DIVISION OF KMAQ.
GO TO OUR HOME PAGE AND CLICK-ON THE BUS.
LAST FRIDAY NIGHT, THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM BEAT
WESTERN DUBUQUE AT EPWORTH, 53 TP 46. THEIR RECORD NOW
IS 6 AND 5.
THE BOYS, HERE, LOST TO THE BOBCATS, 47 T O 24 AND ARE NOW 4 AND 5 OVERALL.
THE CARDINAL WRESTLERS WERE IN THE BENTON INVITATIONAL SATURDAY AND IN THE 16 TEAM FIELD, CAME IN 9TH.
THE CARDINAL WRESTLERS HOST ANAMOSA TOMORROW NIGHT AND THE
MATCHES WILL BE BROADCAST BY PAUL KOOB AND LEIGHTON HEPKER, STARTING
AROUND 7...... ON KMAQ-FM AND ON OUR WEB SITE.
MORE VANDALISM IN MAQUOKETA OVER THE WEEKEND. DONALD RIORDAN ON PERSHING ROAD REPORTED SATURDAY MORNING THAT THE SIDE MIRROR ON
HIS VEHICLE WAS KNOCKED OFF.
SHANNON WEBER ON NORTH OTTO STREET REPORTED SATURDAY MORNING THAT
HER DRIVER'S SIDE MIRROR WAS ALSO KNOCKED OFF.
AND JOSH RIECHS ON NORTH ELIZA REPORTED YESTERDAY MORNING THAT
GRAFFITTI WAS PAINTED ON THE SIDE OF HIS GARAGE. AND GRAFFITTI ALSO
WAS PAINTED ON THE FENCE IN BACK OF THE MAQUOKETA CITY HALL.
SCHOOL BOARD MEETING AT 6 TONIGHT.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
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Friday, January 07, 2011
CLOUDY AND COLD. FLURRIES AND COLDER WEATHER COMING.
TONIGHT, ABOUT 2 ABOVE AND TOMORROW NIGHT, 4 BELOW.
MIDAS, THE CITY'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ARM, HAS LOANED DAC, INC.
$99,000 TO BUY THE FORMER ALDI'S BUILDING ON WEST PLATT IN MAQUOKETA.
DAC PLANS TO USE THE BUILDING FOR OFFICES FOR SOCIAL PROGRAMS.
WE LEARNED TODAY THAT THE NEW GOODWILL STORE WILL OPEN APRIL 1ST
IN THE FORMER FAREWAY STORE IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA.
MARK BECK WAS RE-ELECTED MAQUOKETA VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT
CHIEF DURING THE ANNUAL MEETING LAST NIGHT AT THE FIRE STATION.
BECK WILL START HIS 14TH YEAR AS CHIEF. HE HAS BEEN A MEMBER OF THE
FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR 25 YEARS. BECK SAID HE WILL RE-APPOINT
HIS CURRENT SLATE OF OFFICERS. THEY ARE: AL MUHLHAUSEN, ASSISTANT
CHIEF....BRENT PAULS, DEPUTY CHIEF....JIM CONNOLLY, PETE SCHUELLER AND
CRAIG MUHLHAUSEN, CAPTAINS....MATT TRANEL, LIEUTENANT.....BOB LANE JR., SAFETY OFFICER..... AND JEFF MORITZ, TRAINING OFFICER.
ALSO, DAVE NEWMAN WAS ELECTED AS PRESIDENT OF THE MAQUOKETA FIREMEN'S ASSOCIATION WITH MATT TRAVEL, TREASURER AND BJORN BECK SECRETARY.
CHIEF BECK SAID HE HAS NO MAJOR PLANS OR CHANGES FOR 2011.
IN HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING LAST NIGHT AT DYERSVILLE, MAQUOKETA DEFEATED DYERSVILLE BUT LOST TO WEST DELAWARE.
TONIGHT, IN BASKETBALL, THE CARDINAL BOYS HOST WESTERN DUBUQUE AND
THE GIRLS PLAY WESTERN DUBUQUE UP IN EPWORTH. THE GIRLS GAME WILL
BE BROADCAST BY MATT CLARK ON KMAQ-FM AND ON OUR WEB SITE STARTING
AROUND 7:30.
HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.
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TONIGHT, ABOUT 2 ABOVE AND TOMORROW NIGHT, 4 BELOW.
MIDAS, THE CITY'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ARM, HAS LOANED DAC, INC.
$99,000 TO BUY THE FORMER ALDI'S BUILDING ON WEST PLATT IN MAQUOKETA.
DAC PLANS TO USE THE BUILDING FOR OFFICES FOR SOCIAL PROGRAMS.
WE LEARNED TODAY THAT THE NEW GOODWILL STORE WILL OPEN APRIL 1ST
IN THE FORMER FAREWAY STORE IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA.
MARK BECK WAS RE-ELECTED MAQUOKETA VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT
CHIEF DURING THE ANNUAL MEETING LAST NIGHT AT THE FIRE STATION.
BECK WILL START HIS 14TH YEAR AS CHIEF. HE HAS BEEN A MEMBER OF THE
FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR 25 YEARS. BECK SAID HE WILL RE-APPOINT
HIS CURRENT SLATE OF OFFICERS. THEY ARE: AL MUHLHAUSEN, ASSISTANT
CHIEF....BRENT PAULS, DEPUTY CHIEF....JIM CONNOLLY, PETE SCHUELLER AND
CRAIG MUHLHAUSEN, CAPTAINS....MATT TRANEL, LIEUTENANT.....BOB LANE JR., SAFETY OFFICER..... AND JEFF MORITZ, TRAINING OFFICER.
ALSO, DAVE NEWMAN WAS ELECTED AS PRESIDENT OF THE MAQUOKETA FIREMEN'S ASSOCIATION WITH MATT TRAVEL, TREASURER AND BJORN BECK SECRETARY.
CHIEF BECK SAID HE HAS NO MAJOR PLANS OR CHANGES FOR 2011.
IN HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING LAST NIGHT AT DYERSVILLE, MAQUOKETA DEFEATED DYERSVILLE BUT LOST TO WEST DELAWARE.
TONIGHT, IN BASKETBALL, THE CARDINAL BOYS HOST WESTERN DUBUQUE AND
THE GIRLS PLAY WESTERN DUBUQUE UP IN EPWORTH. THE GIRLS GAME WILL
BE BROADCAST BY MATT CLARK ON KMAQ-FM AND ON OUR WEB SITE STARTING
AROUND 7:30.
HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.
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Wednesday, January 05, 2011
PARTY SUNNY TODAY AND 26 FOR A HIGH, TWICE AS HIGH AS YESTERDAY.
FLURRIES AND COLDER TOMORROW.
IN BOYS BASKETBALL LAST NIGHT, THE MAQUOKETA CARDINALS, THERE,
DEFEATED ANAMOSA, 68 T O 47. THE BOYS PROVED TO BE A RECORD SETTER.
THE CARDINAL BOYS BROKE A TEAM RECORD FOR THE MOST 3-POINT FIELD GOALS IN A GAME. THE CARDS HAD 12 THREES LAST NIGHT AND THE OLD RECORD WAS
10 SET BACK IN 1990. CARDINAL JUNIOR CRAIG JOHNSON TIED THE SINGLE GAME RECORD FOR THREE POINTERS AS HE MADE 8. THAT RECORD ALSO WAS SET IN 1990.
HERE IN MAQUOKETA, THE GIRLS ALSO WON LAST NIGHT, 24 TO 17.
A BIRTH: JOELLE AND ANDY OSTERHAUS ARE PARENTS OF A 9 POUND GIRL
BORN JANUARY 3RD AT CORVALLIS, OREGON. GRANDPARENTS ARE MARILYN
AND MATT OSTERHAUS OF MAQUOKETA AND GREAT-GRANDPARENTS ARE
ANN AND BOB OSTERHAUS OF MAQUOKETA. IT WAS BOB AND ANN'S FIRST
GREAT-GRANDCHILD AND IN HIS EMAIL TO ME, BOB WROTE: THE MAGNIFICENT
CHILD WAS NAMED PIETA ANN ELOISE.
TWO MINOR ACCIDENTS IN MAQUOKETA YESTERDAY.
NO INJURIES. THE FIRST INVOLVED A DUBUQUE CAR STRIKING ON SOUTH MAIN, A MAQUOKETA PARKED CAR OWNED BY DIANA PADAVICH OF MAQUOKETA.
THE OTHER ACCIDENT HAPPENED ON SOUTH 5TH STREET. A BALDWIN CAR
AND ANOTHER CAR DRIVEN BY NICOLE HEISERMAN OF
RURAL MAQUOKETA WERE INVOLVED. LISA SNODGRASS OF BALDWIN WAS CHARGED WITH FAILING TO YIELD WHEN MAKING A LEFT TURN.
THE ANNUAL GIRL SCOUT COOKIE SALE KICK-OFF IS FRIDAY, JANUARY 14TH. IN MAQUOKETA THERE WILL BE A COOKIE RALLY JANUARY 14TH ($2.00 PER SCOUT) AT THE MAQUOKETA COMMUNITY CENTER FROM 6 UNTIL 7 P.M. IT IS OPEN TO GIRLS IN GRADES K-12. THERE WILL BE GAMES THAT WILL HELP THE GIRLS DISCOVER WHAT IT TAKES TO SELL GIRL SCOUT COOKIES. ANYONE GOING TO THE JANUARY 14TH RALLY MUST PRE-REGISTER BY JANUARY 11TH. GIRLS IN THIS AREA WILL BE ENCOURAGED TO EACH SELL 140 BOXES THIS YEAR. SAME $3.50 A BOX AS LAST YEAR. OF THAT, 55-CENTS OF EACH BOX GOES TO THE LOCAL TROUP. SEVEN VARIETIES TO CHOOSE FROM.
I LOST ANOTHER FRIEND YESTERDAY! TOM RAY, 75, DIED LAST NIGHT. ONE OF THE FIRST MAQUOKETA RESIDENTS I MET WHEN I CAME TO TOWN IN 1958. TOM HAD JUST JOINED HIS DAD (MAX) IN THE MAX RAY JEWELERY STORE, ALMOST BELOW THE KMAQ STUDIOS WHICH WERE UP STAIRS AT 136 SOUTH MAIN. WE WERE BUSINESS NEIGHBORS FOR 12 YEARS UNTIL THE COAST TO COAST STORE FIRE MOVED KMAQ TO OUR PRESENT LOCATION. YEAR AFTER YEAR, TOM ADVERTISED HIS BUSINESS ON KMAQ. AND WE DID A LOT THINGS OUTSIDE OF WORK IN THOSE EARLY YEARS, INCLUDING BACKING THE MAQUOKETA CARDINALS, ESPECIALLY IN WRESTLING. REMEMBER WELL HIS WHITE CORVETTE. HE HAD A BAD STROKE NEARLY A DOZEN YEARS AGO AND HAS LIVED UPSTAIRS OVER THE STORE, UNABLE TO WORK. HIS WIFE ROCHELLE HAS RUN THE STORE AND CARED FOR TOM SINCE. HIS MIND WAS GOOD, BUT IT WAS HARD FOR HIM TO TALK AND HE DID GET AROUND WITH A WALKER. HE ENJOYED GOING OUT TO EAT AT LOCAL AND AREA RESTAURANTS. HIS COMPLETE OBITUARY IS AT THE LAHEY FUNERAL HOME WEB SITE. THE FUNERAL IS FRIDAY. MY SYMPATHY TO THE FAMILY!
THANKS FOR CHECKING IN.
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FLURRIES AND COLDER TOMORROW.
IN BOYS BASKETBALL LAST NIGHT, THE MAQUOKETA CARDINALS, THERE,
DEFEATED ANAMOSA, 68 T O 47. THE BOYS PROVED TO BE A RECORD SETTER.
THE CARDINAL BOYS BROKE A TEAM RECORD FOR THE MOST 3-POINT FIELD GOALS IN A GAME. THE CARDS HAD 12 THREES LAST NIGHT AND THE OLD RECORD WAS
10 SET BACK IN 1990. CARDINAL JUNIOR CRAIG JOHNSON TIED THE SINGLE GAME RECORD FOR THREE POINTERS AS HE MADE 8. THAT RECORD ALSO WAS SET IN 1990.
HERE IN MAQUOKETA, THE GIRLS ALSO WON LAST NIGHT, 24 TO 17.
A BIRTH: JOELLE AND ANDY OSTERHAUS ARE PARENTS OF A 9 POUND GIRL
BORN JANUARY 3RD AT CORVALLIS, OREGON. GRANDPARENTS ARE MARILYN
AND MATT OSTERHAUS OF MAQUOKETA AND GREAT-GRANDPARENTS ARE
ANN AND BOB OSTERHAUS OF MAQUOKETA. IT WAS BOB AND ANN'S FIRST
GREAT-GRANDCHILD AND IN HIS EMAIL TO ME, BOB WROTE: THE MAGNIFICENT
CHILD WAS NAMED PIETA ANN ELOISE.
TWO MINOR ACCIDENTS IN MAQUOKETA YESTERDAY.
NO INJURIES. THE FIRST INVOLVED A DUBUQUE CAR STRIKING ON SOUTH MAIN, A MAQUOKETA PARKED CAR OWNED BY DIANA PADAVICH OF MAQUOKETA.
THE OTHER ACCIDENT HAPPENED ON SOUTH 5TH STREET. A BALDWIN CAR
AND ANOTHER CAR DRIVEN BY NICOLE HEISERMAN OF
RURAL MAQUOKETA WERE INVOLVED. LISA SNODGRASS OF BALDWIN WAS CHARGED WITH FAILING TO YIELD WHEN MAKING A LEFT TURN.
THE ANNUAL GIRL SCOUT COOKIE SALE KICK-OFF IS FRIDAY, JANUARY 14TH. IN MAQUOKETA THERE WILL BE A COOKIE RALLY JANUARY 14TH ($2.00 PER SCOUT) AT THE MAQUOKETA COMMUNITY CENTER FROM 6 UNTIL 7 P.M. IT IS OPEN TO GIRLS IN GRADES K-12. THERE WILL BE GAMES THAT WILL HELP THE GIRLS DISCOVER WHAT IT TAKES TO SELL GIRL SCOUT COOKIES. ANYONE GOING TO THE JANUARY 14TH RALLY MUST PRE-REGISTER BY JANUARY 11TH. GIRLS IN THIS AREA WILL BE ENCOURAGED TO EACH SELL 140 BOXES THIS YEAR. SAME $3.50 A BOX AS LAST YEAR. OF THAT, 55-CENTS OF EACH BOX GOES TO THE LOCAL TROUP. SEVEN VARIETIES TO CHOOSE FROM.
I LOST ANOTHER FRIEND YESTERDAY! TOM RAY, 75, DIED LAST NIGHT. ONE OF THE FIRST MAQUOKETA RESIDENTS I MET WHEN I CAME TO TOWN IN 1958. TOM HAD JUST JOINED HIS DAD (MAX) IN THE MAX RAY JEWELERY STORE, ALMOST BELOW THE KMAQ STUDIOS WHICH WERE UP STAIRS AT 136 SOUTH MAIN. WE WERE BUSINESS NEIGHBORS FOR 12 YEARS UNTIL THE COAST TO COAST STORE FIRE MOVED KMAQ TO OUR PRESENT LOCATION. YEAR AFTER YEAR, TOM ADVERTISED HIS BUSINESS ON KMAQ. AND WE DID A LOT THINGS OUTSIDE OF WORK IN THOSE EARLY YEARS, INCLUDING BACKING THE MAQUOKETA CARDINALS, ESPECIALLY IN WRESTLING. REMEMBER WELL HIS WHITE CORVETTE. HE HAD A BAD STROKE NEARLY A DOZEN YEARS AGO AND HAS LIVED UPSTAIRS OVER THE STORE, UNABLE TO WORK. HIS WIFE ROCHELLE HAS RUN THE STORE AND CARED FOR TOM SINCE. HIS MIND WAS GOOD, BUT IT WAS HARD FOR HIM TO TALK AND HE DID GET AROUND WITH A WALKER. HE ENJOYED GOING OUT TO EAT AT LOCAL AND AREA RESTAURANTS. HIS COMPLETE OBITUARY IS AT THE LAHEY FUNERAL HOME WEB SITE. THE FUNERAL IS FRIDAY. MY SYMPATHY TO THE FAMILY!
THANKS FOR CHECKING IN.
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BONNIE MITCHELL CURATOROF BOTH HISTORICAL SOCIETY MUSEUMS IN MAQUOKETA, SPOKE TO ROTARY TODAY AND GAVE THE HISTORY OF JACKSON COUNTY AND THEN TALKED ABOUT THE MUSEUMS.
SHE KNOWS JACKSON COUNTY AND MAQUOKETA HISTORY!
SHE ENDED HER TALK BY
REMINDING THE ROTARIANS
THAT THEY CAN ALWAYS USE
MORE VOLUNTEERS AT BOTH
MUSEUMS. EVERY TUESDAY
IS BROWN BAG LUNCH DAY
AT THE CLINTON ENGINES MUSEUM. BRING YOUR SANDWICH OR SALAD AND ENJOY A SHORT HISTORYPROGRAM WITH ABOUT 25-35 OTHERS INTERESTED IN JACKSON COUNTY HISTORY. NO CHARGE AND ALL ARE WELCOME. THE BEVERAGE AND SOMETIMES DESSERT IS FURNISHED. CLICK-ON PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT.
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Tuesday, January 04, 2011
SUNNY BUT COLD TODAY....HIGH ONLY IN THE TEENS.
YESTERDAY IN THE 7-TEAM WRESTLING TOURNAMENT HERE IN MAQUOKETA,
THE CARDINALS TOOK 4TH PLACE. TAKING FIRST PLACE, DUBUQUE HEMSTEAD.
TONIGHT, IT IS CARDINAL BASKETBALL, THE GIRLS HOST ANAMOSA AND THE
BOYS PLAYER THERE. THE BOY'S GAME WILL BE ON KMAQ-FM TONIGHT, AND
ON OUR WEB SITE, AT AROUND 7:30. MATT CLARK AT THE PLAY-BY-PLAY MIC.
JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF DEPUTIES SAY THEY WILL PROSECUTE ANYONE
WHO IS DUMPING GARBAGE IN THE DITCHES. DEPUTY RANDY MANNING
SAID HE INVESTIGATED AN INCIDENT TODAY ON 85TH STREET NEAR ESGATE
ROAD. THERE, TRASH WAS DUMPED IN THE DITCH. HE SAID IT IS THE FOURTH
SUCH EVENT IN THE COUNTY IN THE LAST WEEK.
AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING LAST NIGHT, COUNCILMAN NEIL MOREHEAD
BROUGHT UP THE IDEA OF HAVING A SKATING RINK ON HORSESHOE POND
AT THE SOUTH EDGE OF MAQUOKETA. THE CITY MANAGER AND PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR WAS INSTRUCTED TO LOOK INTO THE PROPOSAL.
AFTER THE MEETING, THE CITY MANAGER WAS ASKED WHY THE ICE RINK
WILL NOT BE PUT DOWNTOWN AS PROPOSED EARLIER. THE CHAMBER
WAS GOING TO SPONSOR IT BUT DECIDED THAT THERE WOULD BE TOO MANY
RESTRICTIONS, INCLUDING SPECIAL LIGHTING AND FENCING THE AREA.
MAQUOKETA FIREMEN WERE CALLED TO A CHIMNEY FIRE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON TO 13734 BERNARD ROAD. FIREMEN CONTAINED IT QUICKLY.
MORE VANDALISM REPORTED IN MAQUOKETA. DUSTIN EDWARDS SAID WINDOWS WERE BROKEN OUT OF A SCHOOL BUS AND VEHICLE PARKED AT JACONSEN
DRIVE AND MAPLE STREETS.
BRENDA GREGORY REPORTED THE MIRROR ON HER VEHICLE WAS DAMAGED OVER
THE WEEKEND.
AND GRACIE HESSONG ON BUTTERNUT STREET REPORTED THIS MORNING THAT HER WINDOWS WERE EGGED ABOUT MIDNIGHT.
AN UPDATE TODAY ON THE 2006 DODGE CHARGER THAT WAS STOLEN IN LATE
DECEMBER AT BRAD DEERY MOTORS IN MAQUOKETA. FIRST, A CORRECTION
ON MY STORY ABOUT IT HERE ON THE DAILY REPORT. IT WAS NOT TAKEN
ON A TEST DRIVE BY A POTENTIAL BUYER. IT WAS STOLEN SUNDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 27TH SOMETIME AFTER 11:58 P.M. AND BEFORE 1:09 A.M. MONDAY MORNING, THE 28TH.....AND THE SURVEILLANCE CAMERA SHOWS IT WAS STOLEN BY 2 PEOPLE, ONE FOR SURE WAS A MALE, AND ALSO STOLEN WAS A LICENSE PLATE OFF A CUSTOMER VEHICLE PARKED OUTSIDE TO BE SERVICED MONDAY MORNING.
ALL WAS RECORDED BY SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS. THE CAR IS STILL MISSING.
SORRY TO REPORT THAT TIMBER CITY TROPHY IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA
IS QUITTING BUSINESS. OWNER GERALD MILLER HAS AN AD IN TODAY'S SHOPPER ANNOUNCING THE SALE AND SAYING THE DOORS WILL BE CLOSING JANUARY 28TH.
ON SALE IS SHIRTS, CAPS, JACKETS AND FIXTURES. HE HAS BEEN A GOOD DOWNTOWN BUSINESSNMAN A LONG TIME.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TODAY TO KMAQ'S LEIGHTON HEPKER!
HAVE A GOOD TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY.
GO CARDINALS! GO HAWKEYES TONIGHT! TOUGHT GAME COMING UP AGAINST UNDEFEATED OHIO STATE.
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YESTERDAY IN THE 7-TEAM WRESTLING TOURNAMENT HERE IN MAQUOKETA,
THE CARDINALS TOOK 4TH PLACE. TAKING FIRST PLACE, DUBUQUE HEMSTEAD.
TONIGHT, IT IS CARDINAL BASKETBALL, THE GIRLS HOST ANAMOSA AND THE
BOYS PLAYER THERE. THE BOY'S GAME WILL BE ON KMAQ-FM TONIGHT, AND
ON OUR WEB SITE, AT AROUND 7:30. MATT CLARK AT THE PLAY-BY-PLAY MIC.
JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF DEPUTIES SAY THEY WILL PROSECUTE ANYONE
WHO IS DUMPING GARBAGE IN THE DITCHES. DEPUTY RANDY MANNING
SAID HE INVESTIGATED AN INCIDENT TODAY ON 85TH STREET NEAR ESGATE
ROAD. THERE, TRASH WAS DUMPED IN THE DITCH. HE SAID IT IS THE FOURTH
SUCH EVENT IN THE COUNTY IN THE LAST WEEK.
AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING LAST NIGHT, COUNCILMAN NEIL MOREHEAD
BROUGHT UP THE IDEA OF HAVING A SKATING RINK ON HORSESHOE POND
AT THE SOUTH EDGE OF MAQUOKETA. THE CITY MANAGER AND PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR WAS INSTRUCTED TO LOOK INTO THE PROPOSAL.
AFTER THE MEETING, THE CITY MANAGER WAS ASKED WHY THE ICE RINK
WILL NOT BE PUT DOWNTOWN AS PROPOSED EARLIER. THE CHAMBER
WAS GOING TO SPONSOR IT BUT DECIDED THAT THERE WOULD BE TOO MANY
RESTRICTIONS, INCLUDING SPECIAL LIGHTING AND FENCING THE AREA.
MAQUOKETA FIREMEN WERE CALLED TO A CHIMNEY FIRE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON TO 13734 BERNARD ROAD. FIREMEN CONTAINED IT QUICKLY.
MORE VANDALISM REPORTED IN MAQUOKETA. DUSTIN EDWARDS SAID WINDOWS WERE BROKEN OUT OF A SCHOOL BUS AND VEHICLE PARKED AT JACONSEN
DRIVE AND MAPLE STREETS.
BRENDA GREGORY REPORTED THE MIRROR ON HER VEHICLE WAS DAMAGED OVER
THE WEEKEND.
AND GRACIE HESSONG ON BUTTERNUT STREET REPORTED THIS MORNING THAT HER WINDOWS WERE EGGED ABOUT MIDNIGHT.
AN UPDATE TODAY ON THE 2006 DODGE CHARGER THAT WAS STOLEN IN LATE
DECEMBER AT BRAD DEERY MOTORS IN MAQUOKETA. FIRST, A CORRECTION
ON MY STORY ABOUT IT HERE ON THE DAILY REPORT. IT WAS NOT TAKEN
ON A TEST DRIVE BY A POTENTIAL BUYER. IT WAS STOLEN SUNDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 27TH SOMETIME AFTER 11:58 P.M. AND BEFORE 1:09 A.M. MONDAY MORNING, THE 28TH.....AND THE SURVEILLANCE CAMERA SHOWS IT WAS STOLEN BY 2 PEOPLE, ONE FOR SURE WAS A MALE, AND ALSO STOLEN WAS A LICENSE PLATE OFF A CUSTOMER VEHICLE PARKED OUTSIDE TO BE SERVICED MONDAY MORNING.
ALL WAS RECORDED BY SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS. THE CAR IS STILL MISSING.
SORRY TO REPORT THAT TIMBER CITY TROPHY IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA
IS QUITTING BUSINESS. OWNER GERALD MILLER HAS AN AD IN TODAY'S SHOPPER ANNOUNCING THE SALE AND SAYING THE DOORS WILL BE CLOSING JANUARY 28TH.
ON SALE IS SHIRTS, CAPS, JACKETS AND FIXTURES. HE HAS BEEN A GOOD DOWNTOWN BUSINESSNMAN A LONG TIME.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TODAY TO KMAQ'S LEIGHTON HEPKER!
HAVE A GOOD TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY.
GO CARDINALS! GO HAWKEYES TONIGHT! TOUGHT GAME COMING UP AGAINST UNDEFEATED OHIO STATE.
DENNIS VOY
Monday, January 03, 2011
NOT A BAD DAY...SUNNY AND HIGH OF 29.
TOMORROW, HIGH OF 20 AND WEDNESDAY WILL BE THE WARMEST DAY OF THE
WEEK AT AROUND 30.
BRIDGET WAACK WILL BE THE NEW LONG-TERM SUBSTITUTE TEACHER
TO COVER THE CLASS OF TOD BOWMAN WHO WAS ELECTED STATE SENATOR AND
WILL NOT TEACH THE SECOND SEMESTER WHILE ON A LEAVE OF ABSENCE.
WAACK GRADUATED FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA AND JUST COMPLETED STUDENT TEACHING AT CLINTON HIGH SCHOOL. SHE WILL BE PAID $132 A DAY.
THE DWIGHT ZIMMERMAN WRESTLING TOURNAMENT, POSTPONED BECAUSE OF BAD WEATHER IN DECEMBER, IS BEING HELD RIGHT NOW (STARTED AT 5 pm) AT THE MCHS GYM.
THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL MEETS TONIGHT.
A BIRTH: AMBER YAROLEM OF CLINTON (FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA) GAVE BIRTH TO A GIRL YESTERDAY AT MERCY HOSPITAL IN CLINTON. MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE DOUG AND RENEA YAROLEM OF MAQUOKETA.
SOME OF YOU WILL REMEMBER THAT AMBER WAS ONE OF THE SET OF MAQUOKETA TRIPLETS THAT WERE BORN IN 1985. SHE WAS BORN WITH TWO BROTHERS,
AUSTIN AND ANDREW.
"BUGS" IS THE POPULAR RESTAURANT THAT OPENED LAST YEAR (ON THE
CORNER) IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA, JUST NORTH OF MY THEATRE.
OVER THE WEEKEND, IT WAS ANNOUNCED BY A SIGN IN THE WINDOW THAT THE OWNER, GAYLA, AND AL, GOT MARRIED! NEW YEAR'S EVE IN FACT!
CONGRATULATIONS!
LOTS OF WORK GOING ON DOWNTOWN IN THE FORMER FAREWAY BUILDING,
WHERE THE GOODWILL STORE WILL BE LOCATED. NO OPENING DATE HAS
BEEN ANNOUNCED.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
TOMORROW, HIGH OF 20 AND WEDNESDAY WILL BE THE WARMEST DAY OF THE
WEEK AT AROUND 30.
BRIDGET WAACK WILL BE THE NEW LONG-TERM SUBSTITUTE TEACHER
TO COVER THE CLASS OF TOD BOWMAN WHO WAS ELECTED STATE SENATOR AND
WILL NOT TEACH THE SECOND SEMESTER WHILE ON A LEAVE OF ABSENCE.
WAACK GRADUATED FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA AND JUST COMPLETED STUDENT TEACHING AT CLINTON HIGH SCHOOL. SHE WILL BE PAID $132 A DAY.
THE DWIGHT ZIMMERMAN WRESTLING TOURNAMENT, POSTPONED BECAUSE OF BAD WEATHER IN DECEMBER, IS BEING HELD RIGHT NOW (STARTED AT 5 pm) AT THE MCHS GYM.
THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL MEETS TONIGHT.
A BIRTH: AMBER YAROLEM OF CLINTON (FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA) GAVE BIRTH TO A GIRL YESTERDAY AT MERCY HOSPITAL IN CLINTON. MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE DOUG AND RENEA YAROLEM OF MAQUOKETA.
SOME OF YOU WILL REMEMBER THAT AMBER WAS ONE OF THE SET OF MAQUOKETA TRIPLETS THAT WERE BORN IN 1985. SHE WAS BORN WITH TWO BROTHERS,
AUSTIN AND ANDREW.
"BUGS" IS THE POPULAR RESTAURANT THAT OPENED LAST YEAR (ON THE
CORNER) IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA, JUST NORTH OF MY THEATRE.
OVER THE WEEKEND, IT WAS ANNOUNCED BY A SIGN IN THE WINDOW THAT THE OWNER, GAYLA, AND AL, GOT MARRIED! NEW YEAR'S EVE IN FACT!
CONGRATULATIONS!
LOTS OF WORK GOING ON DOWNTOWN IN THE FORMER FAREWAY BUILDING,
WHERE THE GOODWILL STORE WILL BE LOCATED. NO OPENING DATE HAS
BEEN ANNOUNCED.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
Saturday, January 01, 2011
SUNNY AND COLD OUT.
HIGH TODAY WILL BE IN UPPER TEENS.
OUR MAQUOKETA HOSPITAL LADIES AUXILIARY MEMBERS DONATED $12,000 TO THE HOSPITAL IN THE LAST YEAR.
THE MONEY WAS RAISED OVER FOUR YEARS, WITH INCOME FROM THE HOSPITAL GIFT SHOP, BRIDGE MARATHONS, MEMORIALS AND DUES.
THE MONEY RAISED AND DONATED WAS USED FOR THE HOSPITAL'S NEW REHABILITATION CENTER.
THE AUXILIARY ALSO PROVIDED SEVEN SCHOLARSHIPS AT A TOTAL OF $4,700.
THERE WERE 12 NEW MEMBERS THAT JOINED IN 2010 BRINGING TOTAL
MEMBERSHIP TO 75. WANDA CORNELIUS AND THELMA NISSEN ARE CO-CHAIRMEN
OF THE AUXILIARY. ARLENE McCUTCHEON IS VICE-CHAIRMAN, VELMA WITT IS SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT, VIOLA KILBURG IS THE SECRETARY AND LOIS MYATT
IS TREASURER. THE BEAUTY SHOP IS NO LONGER IN OPERATION, BUT THE
GIFT SHOP IS OPEN SIX DAYS A WEEK.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE AUXILIARY FOR A GREAT 2010 AND WE WISH
THEM BIG SUCCESS AGAIN THIS YEAR. A FINE ORGANIZATION FOR OUR TOWN.
IN 1958, WHEN KMAQ WENT ON THE AIR, THE FIRST NEWS DIRECTOR WAS
STAN BARTON. STAN, AGE 78, OF ELWOOD, INDIANA, DIED IN HIS SLEEP
DECEMBER 18TH AT ELWOOD. HE WAS HERE AT KMAQ OVER A YEAR AND
THEN WENT TO KROS IN CLINTON. LATER ON, HE OWNED THE RADIO STATION
IN ELWOOD, INDIANA. HE IS SURVIVED BY A SON, DAUGHTER AND GRAND DAUGHTER, ALL IN THE STATE OF WASHINGTON. ALSO A SISTER IN DUBUQUE. HE AND I WERE GOOD FRIENDS THAT FIRST YEAR AND DID A LOT OF TEEN HOPS TOGETHER IN THIS AREA. AND WE ATE A LOT OF GEORGE'S HOME-COOKED FOOD AT THE FAMOUS GREEN MILL RESTAURANT IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA. HE STOPPED HERE FOR A SHORT VISIT IN THE EARLY 70'S AND SAW OUR NORTH MAIN BUILDING. WHEN HE WORKED HERE, WE WERE THEN UPSTAIRS AT 136 1/2 SOUTH MAIN STREET. I HAVE NOT HEARD FROM HIM AGAIN SINCE THAT VISIT.
HAPPY NEW YEAR! I'LL BE CHEERING FOR THE WISCONSIN BADGERS THIS
AFTERNOON IN THE ROSE BOWL GAME. FOR TWO REASONS OF COURSE:
I WAS BORN IN WISCONSIN (CAME HERE IN 1958) AND I ATTENDED THE
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOR A SHORT TIME AFTER HIGH SCHOOL.
I DIDN'T LIKE COLLEGE. DECIDED I WANTED TO GET INTO RADIO IMMEDIATELY.
AND SO I DID. AND HERE I AM...WORKING ON NEW YEARS DAY. THE MAIN BAD
THING ABOUT RADIO IS THAT THE FCC REQUIRES RADIO STATIONS TO BE
ON-THE-AIR EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR. THIS IS MY 51ST NEW YEARS DAY
AT KMAQ (MISSED TWO WHEN IN ARMY) AND I BET I WORKED NEW YEARS DAY
48 OF THOSE.
DENNIS VOY
HIGH TODAY WILL BE IN UPPER TEENS.
OUR MAQUOKETA HOSPITAL LADIES AUXILIARY MEMBERS DONATED $12,000 TO THE HOSPITAL IN THE LAST YEAR.
THE MONEY WAS RAISED OVER FOUR YEARS, WITH INCOME FROM THE HOSPITAL GIFT SHOP, BRIDGE MARATHONS, MEMORIALS AND DUES.
THE MONEY RAISED AND DONATED WAS USED FOR THE HOSPITAL'S NEW REHABILITATION CENTER.
THE AUXILIARY ALSO PROVIDED SEVEN SCHOLARSHIPS AT A TOTAL OF $4,700.
THERE WERE 12 NEW MEMBERS THAT JOINED IN 2010 BRINGING TOTAL
MEMBERSHIP TO 75. WANDA CORNELIUS AND THELMA NISSEN ARE CO-CHAIRMEN
OF THE AUXILIARY. ARLENE McCUTCHEON IS VICE-CHAIRMAN, VELMA WITT IS SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT, VIOLA KILBURG IS THE SECRETARY AND LOIS MYATT
IS TREASURER. THE BEAUTY SHOP IS NO LONGER IN OPERATION, BUT THE
GIFT SHOP IS OPEN SIX DAYS A WEEK.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE AUXILIARY FOR A GREAT 2010 AND WE WISH
THEM BIG SUCCESS AGAIN THIS YEAR. A FINE ORGANIZATION FOR OUR TOWN.
IN 1958, WHEN KMAQ WENT ON THE AIR, THE FIRST NEWS DIRECTOR WAS
STAN BARTON. STAN, AGE 78, OF ELWOOD, INDIANA, DIED IN HIS SLEEP
DECEMBER 18TH AT ELWOOD. HE WAS HERE AT KMAQ OVER A YEAR AND
THEN WENT TO KROS IN CLINTON. LATER ON, HE OWNED THE RADIO STATION
IN ELWOOD, INDIANA. HE IS SURVIVED BY A SON, DAUGHTER AND GRAND DAUGHTER, ALL IN THE STATE OF WASHINGTON. ALSO A SISTER IN DUBUQUE. HE AND I WERE GOOD FRIENDS THAT FIRST YEAR AND DID A LOT OF TEEN HOPS TOGETHER IN THIS AREA. AND WE ATE A LOT OF GEORGE'S HOME-COOKED FOOD AT THE FAMOUS GREEN MILL RESTAURANT IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA. HE STOPPED HERE FOR A SHORT VISIT IN THE EARLY 70'S AND SAW OUR NORTH MAIN BUILDING. WHEN HE WORKED HERE, WE WERE THEN UPSTAIRS AT 136 1/2 SOUTH MAIN STREET. I HAVE NOT HEARD FROM HIM AGAIN SINCE THAT VISIT.
HAPPY NEW YEAR! I'LL BE CHEERING FOR THE WISCONSIN BADGERS THIS
AFTERNOON IN THE ROSE BOWL GAME. FOR TWO REASONS OF COURSE:
I WAS BORN IN WISCONSIN (CAME HERE IN 1958) AND I ATTENDED THE
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOR A SHORT TIME AFTER HIGH SCHOOL.
I DIDN'T LIKE COLLEGE. DECIDED I WANTED TO GET INTO RADIO IMMEDIATELY.
AND SO I DID. AND HERE I AM...WORKING ON NEW YEARS DAY. THE MAIN BAD
THING ABOUT RADIO IS THAT THE FCC REQUIRES RADIO STATIONS TO BE
ON-THE-AIR EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR. THIS IS MY 51ST NEW YEARS DAY
AT KMAQ (MISSED TWO WHEN IN ARMY) AND I BET I WORKED NEW YEARS DAY
48 OF THOSE.
DENNIS VOY
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