Tuesday, June 21, 2011

THE 10TH ANNUAL MAQUOKETA ROTARY DUCK RACE WAS HELD TONIGHT
AT THE YMCA SWIMMING POOL. THE RACE WAS BROADCAST ON KMAQ AM AND FM JUST AFTER 6 P.M. HERE YOU SEE THE NEARLY 1800 DUCKS
READY FOR THE RACE. ON HAND FOR THE EVENT, AND DOING THEIR
PART TO PULL OFF THE BIGGEST DUCK RACE IN THE COUNTRY, ARE MAQUOKETA ROTARIANS.....
LEFT TO RIGHT: DENNIS VOY, CHAIRMAN OF THE RACE....DR.MELVIN
BERNARD....BOB OSTERHAUS....NANCY MOORE....FLORIAN STEFFEN....
WILL RENNER....GUS GLASER....AND SCOTT WARREN.
THE DUCKS WERE FASTER THAN IN PAST YEARS. BELOW, THE
WINNERS ARE LISTED.
CLICK-ON THE PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT.
ROTARIAN WILL RENNER HOLDS THE WINNING DUCK, NUMBER 1722.
THE OWNER OF THE DUCK, ETHAN SMALL, WHO LIVES NORTHWEST
OF MAQUOKETA NEAR BERNARD. HE JUST FINISHED HIS FIRST YEAR
AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN AT PLATTEVILLE. HE IS THE SON OF
RICK AND TAMMY SMALL. THE DUCK WON HIM $500 CASH. THIS
SUMMER, LIKE A COUPLE SUMMERS IN THE PAST, HE IS WORKING FOR
3 HILLS HUNTING PRESERVE, NOT FAR FROM HIS HOME.
WE WILL GET A PHOTO OF ETHAN WHEN HE PICKS UP HIS WINNING
CHECK FROM THE ROTARY, AND PUT THE PHOTO UP HERE ON THE DAILY REPORT. I'M SURE THE WINNINGS WILL GO TOWARD HIS SOPHOMORE YEAR OF COLLEGE.
THE 2ND THROUGH 10TH PLACE DUCKS EACH PAID $100 TO THIER OWNER.
THE 9 WINNERS OF $100 CASH ARE: ALLEN KLOFT OF BELLEVUE....
PEG BOWEN OF MAQUOKETA....SALLY FUGLSANG OF RURAL BALDWIN....
LEIGHTON HEPKER OF MAQUOKETA....WENDY WINEGAR OF MAQUOKETA....
RED HENTON OF MAQUOKETA....CINDY PAPE OF MAQUOKETA ....MORRIE MORRIS OF MAQUOKETA ....AND BOB LARKEY OF MAQUOKETA.
THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY THANKS
EVERYONE THAT BOUGHT A DUCK.
DENNIS VOY

84 TODAY.
DOWN INTO THE 60'S TOMORROW.

MAQUOKETA HAS A NEW 2ND WARD COUNCILMAN, TO REPLACE TODD
MANG WHO RESIGNED. HE IS COREY SIMONSON OF 504 SHORT
STREET IN MAQUOKETA, AN EMPLOYEE OF DYNAMIC TUBE IN
MAQUOKETA. I HAVE NO OTHER INFORMATION ABOUT HIM.
THE YOUNG MAN, IN HIS APPLICATION, SAID HE WANTED TO LEARN
HOW A CITY WORKS, EXPAND THE TOWN AND TRY TO MAKE A GOAL
CHANGE. HE SERVES UNTIL THE NOVEMBER ELECTION AND HIS
FIRST MEETING WILL BE JULY 5TH.

THE ROTARY DUCK RACE IS AT 6 TONIGHT. I'LL TRY TO MAKE ANOTHER
REPORT LATER THIS EVENING, WITH THE NAMES OF THE 10 WINNERS.

DENNIS VOY