PARTLY CLOUDY TODAY AND COOL....HIGH OF 59.
TOMORROW THE SAME.
WEEKEND WARMER AND NO RAIN.

THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL TEAM DEFEATED MOUNT VERNON LAST NIGHT,
3 GAMES TO 2. HALEIGH DAURELLE HAD 17 KILLS AND DEVON O'CONNELL 16.
NICOLE SYNDER HAD 24 DIGS AND DEVON 14. MARLEE LINDSTROM HAD 47 BLOCKS.
TWO ACES EACH BY O'CONNELL, LINDSTROM AND SNYDER. THE MCHS GIRLS
ARE RANKED 10TH IN THE STATE. MOUNT VERNON WAS THE STATE CHAMP TEAM
LAST YEAR.

NEW WELDER AND METAL ARTIST IN BUSINESS NOW IN HIS GARAGE BEHIND KMAQ IS JERRY ROSENER AND
HIS PHONE NUMBER IS 563-321-2522. JERRY SAYS "NAIL JUNK" FOR THE PERFECT GIFT.

SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS...ONE SHOW ONLY... ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1ST...AT 2 P.M. AT THE OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER IN MAQUOKETA.
ADULT ADVANCE TICKETS, $12 AND STUDENTS 18 AND UNDER, $8 IN ADVANCE.

THEY ALWAYS SAY, WINNING AN ELECTION ON WRITE-IN IS NOT EASY.
IT HAPPENED IN 3 RACES YESTERDAY.
IN MAQUOKETA, DEB LANE (WHO IS THE JACKSON COUNTY ASSESSOR) GOT 258 WRITE- IN VOTES AND DEFEATED TODD GREEN WHO WAS ON THE BALLOT. HE RECEIVED
170.
DAVID SYSBESMA WAS ON THE BALLOT AND GOT 400 VOTES, DEFEATING SUSAN
RISINGER WHO RECEIVED 214.
MICHAEL HAYWARD WAS ON THE BALLOT, UNOPPOSED AND RECEIVED 538 VOTES.

IN THE ANDREW ELECTION, ERIC STRATHMAN WAS A WRITE-IN WINNER, GETTING
48 VOTES. HE GRADUATED FROM MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL,SON OF FRANK AND
BARB STRATHMAN, WHO NOW ARE RETIRED AND LIVE IN BELLEVUE.

IN THE PRESTON DISTRICT, A WRITE-IN WINNER WAS JOE KILBURG WITH 71 VOTES.

LONGTIME MAQUOKETA COUNCILMAN NEAL MOREHEAD WILL SEEK RE-ELECTION BUT IN THE 5TH WARD AND NOT FOR THE AT-LARGE POSITION HE NOW HAS. CURRENT
5TH WARD COUNCIL REP IS MARGO SHOUSE WHO DID NOT SEEK RE-ELECTION.
JERRY BOWEN IS GOING AFTER MOREHEAD'S CURRENT SEAT. SO, NOW MOREHEAD WILL
RUN WITH NO OPPOSITION....UNLESS SOMEONE ELSE FILES FOR 5TH WARD BEFORE THE
DEADLING OF SEPTEMBER 22ND.

POLICE BLOTTER: MARTY BALLIU REPORTED YESTERDAY THAT SOMEONE VANDALIZED
HIS TOYOTA TRUCK AT 110 WEST MONROE.
RYAN GERISCHER, 410 S. FIFTH STREET REPROTED TWO BIKES STOLEN FROM THEIR PORCH. THE BIKES RECOVERED ON SOUTH PROSPECT STREET.

THE BALSTER BUILDINGS...AROUND A DOZEN...AT SCOTCH GROVE...MOSTLY ALL THE BUILDINGS IN THE SMALL TOWN....GO ON THE AUCTION BLOCK BEGINNING TOMORROW.
BALSTER IMPLEMENT AND PARTS COMPANY CLOSED IN JULY AFTER 137 YEARS.
MAKE A TRIP TO MONTICELLO AND YOU GO RIGHT THROUGH SCOTCH GROVE.

NANCY AND I ARE GOING TO GERMANY TOMORROW ON A VACATION THAT ALSO
INCLUDES AUSTRIA. WILL BE GOING WITH A QUAD CITIES TOUR.
WILL TAKE MY LAPTOP ALONG AND MAY DO SOME REPORTS FROM THERE??
WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THE TRIP! ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS WILL BE ATTENDING
THE MUNICH OCTOBERFEST, WHICH STARTS IN SEPTEMBER.

SO, KEEP CHECKING IN!

REMEMBER,FOR LOCAL MAQUOKETA NEWS, GO TO THE KMAQ WEB SITE DAILY
AND LISTEN TO KMAQ-FM ON YOUR LAPTOP OR COMPUTER. CLICK-ON THE
LISTEN BUTTON TO THE LEFT. LOCAL NEWS IS AT 7:45 A.M....12:15 P.M.
....5:05 P.M. AND MOST OF THE TIME AT 9:45 P.M. DEPENDING ON LENGTH
OF BALL GAMES.
YOU CAN LISTEN TO THE MAQUOKETA FOOTBALL GAME ALSO, FRIDAY NIGHT AT 7:30 ON OUR WEB SITE.

PROST (CHEERS) UND AUF WIEDERSEHEN!

DENNIS VOY

MAQUOKETA...FOR A CENTURY OR MORE...CALLED THE TIMBER CITY! BELOW,
3 MORE PHOTOS TAKEN IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA. HOPEFULLY, THESE TREES AND
ALL THE OTHERS CAN BE REPLACED SOMETIME SOON. THE ONES THAT LOOK OKAY, ARE TOO BIG FOR THE DOWNTOWN AREA. AND SINCE SEVERAL SPACES NO LONGER HAVE A TREE AT ALL, THE PRESENT TREES ARE NO LONGER EVENLY SPACED. THE PLANTERS DOWNTOWN ARE REALLY NICE, AND COURTESY OF THE MASTER GARDENERS. ALSO
NOTICE THAT AT THE BASE OF THE TREES...A FEW WEEDS TOO. BUT, IT HAS BEEN
ONE OF THOSE SUMMERS FOR MORE WEEDS THAN NORMAL, RIGHT? I BELIEVE
THAT NEW TREES AND NEW LOW ENERGY STREET LIGHTS (ON SHORTER POLES)WILL BE
A START FOR A BETTER DOWNTOWN. MAYBE THE CITY AND CHAMBER (WITH SOME
PUBLIC AND BUSINESS DONATIONS) CAN GET SOMETHING STARTED IN 2012.
MAQUOKETA'S 175 BIRTHDAY IS GETTING CLOSER AND A BETTER DOWNTOWN WOULD
BE GREAT FOR THE BIRTHDAY PARTY. AS ALWAYS, CLICK-ON EACH PHOTO TO MAKE IT LARGER.
DENNIS VOY