YUMS (BUILDING THAT FOR A LONG TIME WAS HOME OF DAWN'S DINER)
OPENED TODAY ON EAST PLATT STREET. SANDWICHES, PIE AND ICE CREAM
AND MORE. I'LL HAVE MORE ABOUT IT LATER. HEARD SOME GOOD
REPORTS TODAY! CLICK-ON PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT. CLICK A SECOND TIME
TO MAKE PHOTO EVEN LARGER.
DENNIS VOY

SUNNY TODAY, HIGH OF 62.
MORE OF THE SAME COMING.....A LITTLE WARMER TOMORROW.

CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.

THE MAQUOKETA MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC UTILITY BOARD MEETS TOMORROW
AND IS EXPECTED TO HIRE A NEW GENERAL MANAGER, TO REPLACE DOUG OWEN
WHO RETIRES IN JUNE.

SORRY FOR THE SHORT REPORT.

DENNIS VOY

YESTERDAY, NANCY AND I TOOK
A SUNNY, SUNDAY AFTERNOON
DRIVE TO CEDAR RAPIDS TO
VISIT CZECH VILLAGE, HOME OF THE NATIONAL CZECH & SLOVAK MUSEUM AND LIBRARY. THE WEEKEND WAS THE 34TH ANNUAL "HOUBY DAYS". "HOUBY" IS THE CZECH
NAME FOR MUSHROOM. THIS MUSHROOM WEEKEND EVENT
FEATURED CZECH MUSIC, DANCING, A CARNIVAL, CRAFT
TENTS, ALL KINDS OF FOOD STANDS, GAMES AND MORE.
MAIN STREET INCLUDES A
LARGE CZECH BAKERY AND FEATURES THE CZECH KOLACHE. I HAD A CHERRY KOLACHE-----VERY GOOD! THIS WHOLE AREA WAS REALLY HIT HARD BY THE 2008 FLOOD AND IS REBUILDING. THE MUSEUM IS CLOSED AND WILL BE MOVED ACROSS THE STREET TO HIGHER GROUND AND OPEN AGAIN NEXT SPRING. WE VISITED A NEW, SMALLER CZECH MAINSTREET MUSEUM THAT HAS FACTS AND PHOTOS OF THE FLOOD AND WILL BE KEPT OPEN PERMANENTLY FOR TOURISTS. VOLUNTEER SHIRLEY ALEXANDER GAVE US ONE-HOUR TOUR OF THE INTERESTING DISPLAYS. CEDAR RAPIDS HAS ONE OF THE LARGEST CZECH AND SLOVAK COMMUNITIES IN THE COUNTRY. PROGRAM YOUR GPS TO 87 SIXTEENTH AVENUE SW AND PAY A VISIT. CLOSED SUNDAYS. CLICK-ON PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT. GOOGLE CEDAR RAPIDS CZECH VILLAGE FOR MORE INFORMATION.
DENNIS VOY

ON MAIN STREET OF CZECH
VILLAGE, IS THIS SIGN.
I HAD TO TAKE A PICTURE
OF IT.....
NOTICE....
DVOY
IN CZECH, DVOY IS PART OF A
CZECH SLOGAN FOR A
DETECTIVE AGENCY BUSINESS.