93 TODAY
DIDN'T MAKE 97
MID 80'S TOMORROW
LOW 80'S THURSDAY AND FRIDAY
THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL AT THEIR MEETING LAST NIGHT DECIDED TO INTERVIEW
CANDIDATES BY PHONE FOR THE CITY'S PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR. 4:30 UNTIL 6:30 TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
A TIRE CAME OFF A VEHICLE AND DAMAGED A CAR IN THE ROTMAN MOTORS LOT
ON WEST PLATT STREET YESTERDAY. RONNIE ALBIN, AGE 30, WAS DRIVING
WEST ON PLATT AT 5 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AND THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE
WHEEL CAME OFF AND ROLLED ACROSS TRAFFIC AND HIT A CAR IN THE ROTMAN
LOT. DAMAGES WERE LISTED AT $50 TO ALBIN'S 1999 DODGE TRUCK AND
$700 DAMAGE TO A 2008 PONTIAC PARKED IN THE LOT.
MAQUOKETA POLICE REPORT A HIT AND RUN ACCIDENT SUNDAY MORNING. A VEHICLE WAS GOING THROUGH THE WOODLAND TRAILER COURT AT 1200 EAST PLATT STREET AND SIDESWIPED A PARKED VEHICLE OWNED BY ROBERT LEHMAN, AND DROVE OFF.
DAMAGES WERE LISTED AT $1,500 TO LEHMAN'S 1992 CADILLAC.
DEAN STEFFEN REPORTED SUNDAY MORNING THAT SOMEONE CUT THE WIRES ON HIS TRACTOR.
TOM FELLER ON SOUTH SECOND STREET REPORTED SUNDAY THAT SOMEONE TOOK A JOHN DEERE PEDDLE TRACTOR FROM HIS YARD.D
RALPH ROBOWSKY ON SOUTH SECOND STREET REPORTED SUNDAY THAT SOMEONE THREW A BEER CAN AT THE WINDOW OF HIS VEHICLE.
CASEY'S ON EAST PLATT (WE HAVE TWO IN TOWN) REPORTED SUNDAY THAT SOMEONE PUMPED $33.23 IN GASOLENE AND LEFT WITHOUT PAYING.
JERRY FEY REPORTED YESTERDAY THAT SOMEONE TOOK A GUN AND CIGARETTES
FROM HIS VEHICLE ON 35TH STREET.
IN MCHS BASEBALL NEWS, MAQUOKETA SENIOR ROBERT RIVER, SON OF DAVE AND
PAULA RIVER, WAS NAMED TO THE THIRD TEAM ALL-STATE BASEBALL TEAM
BY THE IOWA NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION. ROBERT WAS SELECTED AS AN OUTFIELDER.
HIT A LOT OF HOMERS FOR THE CARDS THIS SEASON. CONGRATULATIONS TO
ROBERT.
BY THE WAY, DURING THE FAIR, I DID AN INTERVIEW WITH HIS GRANDFATHER
ROSS RIVER, LONGTIME MAQUOKETA BUSINESSMAN. THE FIRST COUNTY FAIR
WHERE IT IS HELD NOW, WAS IN 1950, AND ROSS WAS THERE, WORKING FOR
THE EXTENSION OFFICE, HIS FIRST JOB AFTER GRADUATING FROM IOWA STATE. ROSS
THEN WENT INTO THE SERVICE AND CAME BACK TO MAQUOKETA IN EARLY 50'S TO
START HIS BUSINESS AND HE'S STILL SELLING TODAY AT 82. AND VIVIAN
IS WORKING WITH HIM ALSO. SHE WAS AN IOWA STATE CYCLONE CHEERLEADER WHEN THEY STARTED DATING.
ALSO INTERVIEWED GALE "STICK" STICKLEY AT THE FAIR AND HE ALSO WAS THE ELECTRICIAN FOR THE FIRST YEAR, IN 1950. HE HAD STARTED STICKLEY ELECTRIC IN 1948. HE SAID THE FIRST 10 YEARS, WITH MOSTLY TENTS, HE, WITH HELP,
HAD TO WIRE THE FAIRGROUNDS EVERY YEAR AND TAKE DOWN THE WIRING AND PUT
IN STORAGE UNTIL THE NEXT YEAR. "STICK" IS RETIRED NOW AND THE BUSINESS IS NOW OWNED BY HIS SON DUANE. "STICK" KEEPS BUSY WITH 5 VINTAGE CARS AND
RENTS 8 APARTMENTS HE OWNS. WIFE DONNA DIED LESS THAN A YEAR AGO.
SEE YOU TOMORROW.
DENNIS VOY
