WE GOT OVER AN INCH OF RAIN  AFTER MIDNIGHT THROUGH AROUND NOON
TODAY....NICE SLOW, SOAKING RAIN.  AND IT IS COLD TODAY...IN 50'S.
GOOD FORECAST FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK AND WEEKEND.

THE JACKSON COUNTY TRANSFER STATION NORTH OF ANDREW WILL BE
REBUILT, BUT IT COULD BE SIX MONTHS BEFORE THE FACILITY IS OPEN FOR
BUSINESS.   IN THE MEANTIME, HAULERS AND RESIDENTS WHO  HAVE GARBAGE MUST TAKE IT TO THE CLINTON COUNTY LANDFILL.
THE WASTE AUTHORITY BOARD MET THIS MORNING AND MANY DECISIONS
HAVE TO BE POSTPONED UNTIL THE INSURANCE ADJUSTER COMPLETES
A REPORT. HE WAS AT THE SITE TODAY.     THE BUILDING IS INSURED FOR $500,000 AND ANOTHER $20,000 FOR CONTENTS.

GOOD NEWS!   ....   THIS YEAR, MAQUOKETA WILL HAVE FIREWORKS ON THE NIGHT OF JULY 4TH.    I'LL HAVE MORE ABOUT THIS LATER.

THE FIRST PARADE OF THE SUMMER IS TOMORROW NIGHT AT PRESTON, KICKING OFF THE FIREMEN'S ANNUAL TWO DAY CELEBRATION AT TWO-GOOD
PARK.

NEXT WEEK, THE ANNUAL GARAGE SALE, JUNE 4-9, SPONSORED BY THE
HISTORICAL SOCIETY AT BOYER HALL ON THE FAIRGROUNDS.'
THERE ARE TWO WEB SITES:   www.jciahs.com AND www.clintonengines.com

AND THE ANNUAL WOODCARVER'S CONVENTION IS JUNE 10-17 AT THE FAIRGROUNDS.   NEARLY 250-300 PROFESSIONAL WOODCARVERS WILL BE CARVING, ATTENDING SEMINARS AND GIVING DEMONSTRATIONS.
THERE WILL BE TIMES FOR THE PUBLIC TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON.
MORE LATER.

THE MAQUOKETA FAMILY YMCA HAS RECEIVED A $3,000 GRANT FROM THE MINNESOTA TWINS FOUNDATION.    AFTER HEARING ABOUT DEWITT'S SUCCESSFUL APPLICATION, THE MAQUOKETA Y APPLIED AND RECEIVED THE GRANT WHICH WILL BE USED TO PURCHASE OUTDOOR FENCING FOR A BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL DIAMOND AND A NEW PITCHING MOUND FOR
THE SENIOR DIAMOND.    VOLUNTEERS WILL BE NEEDED TO DO THE
WORK.

SUMMER IS GETTING CLOSER!   20 DAYS!    ARE YOU READY FOR SUMMER?

DENNIS VOY

SUNNY BUT COOL TODAY...HIGH OF 65.    RAIN TONIGHT AND TOMORROW.

BIG STORY TODAY.....THE JACKSON COUNTY TRANSFER STATION NORTH OF ANDREW WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE THIS MORNING.     THE AGENCY THAT OVERSEES THE STATION WILL HAVE AN EMERGENCY BOARD MEETING TOMORROW MORNING.    FIRE CHEIF MARK BECK, WHO IS ALSO THE
LANDFILL ADMINISTRATOR SAID THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE IS  NOT KNOWN.
FIREFIGHTERS FROM 8 DEPARTMENTS WERE CALLED TO ASSIST
ANDREW AND WERE AT THE SCENE ABOUT 4 HOURS.     HAULERS WILL NOW NEED TO HAUL THE GARBAGE TO THE LANDFILLS IN DUBUQUE AND
CLINTON.    CLINTON HAS BEEN NOTIFIED AND IS READY TO ACCEPT THE EXTRA GARBAGE.

THE MAQUOKETA HOSPITAL PLANS TO INCREASE RATES BEGINNING
JULY 1ST.....A 6 PERCENT INCREASE.   THE REASON....INFLATION, BAD
DEBT AND EXTRA COSTS FACING THE HOSPITAL.

THE MAQUOKETA BOYS BASEBALL TEAM WON A DOUBLE HEADER
OVER WEST DUBUQUE LAST NIGHT HERE IN MAQUOKETA.

THE CARDINAL GIRL'S SOCCER TEAM LOST TO DEWITT IN TOURNAMENT
PLAY LAST NIGHT AND HAVE ENDED THEIR SEASON.   THEY ENDED UP WITH 8 WINS AND 6 LOSSES.

RAN INTO DOC YANDA AT POST OFFICE THIS AFTERNOON.   THIS IS
HIS 50TH YEAR IN MAQUOKETA.    NOT RETIRED...HE STILL ENJOYS GOING
TO WORK EVERY DAY.      EARLIER,I  RAN INTO JUDY MICHEL THERE...ONE DAUGHTER LIVES IN OKLAHOMA CITY AND OTHER AT SARATOGA SPRINGS,
NEW YORK.   NEITHER IS MARRIED AND JUDY, RETIRED, ENJOYS VISITING
THEM AS OFTEN AS SHE CAN.   

THANKS FOR CHECKING IN!
IF YOU WOULD EMAIL ME...I COULD INCLUDE
INTERESTING THINGS ABOUT MANY OF YOU...RIGHT HERE.
kmaq@kmaq.com

DENNIS VOY  

THE NEW DIGITAL PROJECTOR AND SOUND SYSTEM AT THE VOY 1 THEATRE!
NO FILM!   THE MOVIE COMES IN ON A SMALL HARD DRIVE.    THE PICTURE
ON THE SCREEN IS VERY SHARP AND STEADY...  AND THE SYSTEM RUNS BY ITSELF....NO ONE EVER NEEDS TO GO INTO THE ROOM!     SO FAR, WE LIKE IT!!   WE WILL CONVERT THE OTHER TWO AUDITORIUMS AS SOON AS 35MM FILM IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE, WHICH WILL BE IN ANOTHER YEAR OR TWO.
CLICK-ON PHOTOS TO ENLARGE THEM.
DENNIS VOY

NICE SUNNY DAY TODAY, BUT VERY WINDY.  HIGH WAS 75.
NEEDED RAIN COMING IN A COUPLE DAYS.
WEEKEND FORECAST IS LOOKING VERY GOOD.

REMEMBER A FEW MONTHS AGO, MIKE FRANZEN WAS SHOT AT HIS GARAGE DOOR, BY AN INTRUDER TRYING TO GET INTO  HIS GARAGE NORTH OF BALDWIN?
ANOTHER INCIDENT NORTHWEST OF MAQUOKETA EARLY THIS MORNING.
DON ROWAN, 175TH STREET, WAS SHOT IN HIS BICEPT AND TREATED AND
RELEASED AT THE MAQUOKETA HOSPITAL.   REPORTS SHOW ROWAN'S WIFE, ANNETTE, CALLED THE LAW CENTER SAYING HER HUSBAND WENT TO CHECK
ON NOISES HE HEARD IN THE GARAGE AREA AND THAT HER HUSBAND
HAD BEEN SHOT.       THE INTRUDER(S) FLED THE SCENE.
THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES BY THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND THE IOWA DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION.

THE O'CONNOR-REGENWETHER V.F.W POST 3633 IN MAQUOKETA IS 75 YEARS OLD THIS JUNE.    A 75TH ANNIVERSARY EVENT HAS BEEN SCHEDULED FOR SATURDAY, JUNE 9TH, ACCORDING TO  POST COMMANDER TOM WATTERS OF (FULTON) RURAL MAQUOKETA.    WATTERS SAID THE ANNIVERSARY WILL
START AT 11:00 A.M. WITH A SERVICE AT MOUNT HOPE CEMETERY AND THAT WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A LUNCH AND PROGRAM AT THE EAGLES CLUB ON HIGHWAY 64 EAST, MAQUOKETAA.   THERE WERE 47 CHARTER MEMBERS FOR THAT FIRST MEETING IN 1937.   THEY WERE:
DENNIS AHERN...FRED ALLEN...FRANK BEATON...FRED BEERS...JAY BURKEY...
OTTO BURNS...FRANK BAKER...JOHN BUSCH...CHRIS BECK...GEORGE BROWN...EARL CAREY...PETER CLARK...ELDON CURRIE...LEONARD EDSON...WILLIAM EVERETTS...EZRA EDWARDS...ROY FINK...JOHN FRANK...RALPH GEE...ED GREEN...EMIL GRUENWALDT...HAROLD HARFORD...HOWARD HOFFMAN...ANTON JAN...JURGEN JEPSEN...EDWARD KIRCHOFF...ANKER KLEIS...ARTHUR KNORR...DANIEL McDONALD...FRANK McCUTCHEON...VERNON MARTIN...FRANK MILLER...JESSIE MILLER...EMIL MOELLER...WILLIAM RANKIN...JOHN SCHUMANN...WILLIAM SCHWARTZ...JOSEPH SCOBY...CHARLES SHELDON...OTTO SORENSEN...ALLIE TEMPLETON...HENRY TURK...CARL WERDEN...CLIFFORD WATTERS...PETER WEIRUP, JR...LEONARD WHERRY AND ED WING.
ALL CHARTER MEMBERS ARE DECEASED.    RELATIVES STILL LIVING,
OR FRIENDS, ARE ASKED TO CALL WATTERS AT  563-652-4375 WITH ANY
INFORMATION THAT COULD BE READ THAT DAY OF THE ANNIVERSARY.

TAKE CARE!

DENNIS VOY

ANDY CLARK IS ONE OF MAQUOKETA'S PRETTY GOOD GOLFERS!    AND FOR AWHILE, HE WILL BE CLASSIFIED AS THE "BEST"!    SATURDAY, AT THE MAQUOKETA COUNTRY CLUB COURSE, PLAYING IN A 2-PERSON BEST-SHOT
TOURNAMENT, HE STARTED ON HOLE #7 AND THREE HOLES LATER, ON THE PAR 3 #9 HOLE, HE GOT A HOLE-IN-ONE.
IT WAS 175 YARDS AND HE USED HIS 7 WOOD.     THE CELEBRATING HAD TO WAIT AS THEY STILL HAD 15 HOLES TO PLAY.    HE WAS PLAYING WITH ARDIE
BEHRENS AND THEY DID WIN MONEY, TAKING 1ST PLACE IN THE "SECOND
FLIGHT" WITH A SCORE OF 70 PAR.     ACCORDING TO HIS WIFE CHERYL WHO GAVE ME THIS STORY, ANDY HAD BEEN CLOSE BEFORE, BUT THIS WAS HIS
FIRST HOLE-IN-ONE.     ANDY MANAGES MAQUOKETA INN BEHIND
McDONALDS AND CHERYL IS OFFICE MANAGER FOR THE MAQUOKETA AREA
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.     CONGRATULATIONS ANDY!
CELL PHONE PHOTO BY ARDIE BEHRENS
DENNIS VOY

YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, NANCY AND I WERE DRIVING EAST ON EAST
LOCUST STREET AND THERE IT WAS....THE FIRST LEMONADE STAND OF
THE SEASON.   I ALWAYS STOP AT A KID'S STAND.      POURING THE
LEMONADE AT LEFT, COLIN WHITNEY.    HOLDING THE PAPER CUP, HIS
SISTER, BROOKE WHITNEY.     KNEELING, AT RIGHT, THEIR HELPER WHEN
NEEDED, MATT DONAHUE.    GREAT LEMONDADE.   FAST AND FRIENDLY
SERVICE.      I LIKE THE SIGN TOO.
CLICK-ON PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT.
DENNIS VOY

MATTHEW DAVID CLARK AND KELSIE JO THOMPSON WERE MARRED SATURDAY AT CEDAR RAPIDS.     HE'S MATT TO US...AND HE'S THE VOICE OF MAQUOKETA CARDINAL FOOTBALL AND BASKETBALL GAMES ON KMAQ-FM.    AND KELSIE GOES TO EVERY GAME WITH  HIM AND KEEPS SCORE.    BOTH WORK AT CEDAR RAPADS, WHERE THEY WILL LIVE.     BOTTOM PHOTO, HE DANCES WITH MOM LISA.     I  DIDN'T GET A PHOTO OF DAD, DAVE, DANCING.    LISA AND DAVE LIVE IN MAQUOKETA AND MATT GRADUATED FROM MCHS.
KELSIE'S FAMILY IS IN CEDAR RAPIDS.    BEAUTIFUL WEDDING! 

CONGRATULATIONS AND BEST WISHES TO MATT AND KELSIE.

DENNIS VOY    

MEMORIAL DAY 2012

IN MAQUOKTA...

LOOK AND READ

BELOW!

CLICK-ON PHOTOS TO ENLARGE THEM!

CLICK-ON THE PHOTOS BELOW
TO ENLARGE THEM.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK!

DENNIS VOY

AFTER YESTERDAY'S HIGH IN THE 90'S... TODAY...MEMORIAL DAY....IT IS VERY
WINDY AND COOLER....HIGH TODAY IN THE 70'S.
STILL WAITING FROM MORE RAIN.

I ATTENDED THE "MEMORIAL DAY" SERVICE AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
ABOVE
.....SOME PHOTOS.
KENT CRAWFORD AND THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL BAND ENTERTAINED
WITH PATRIOTIC SONGS BEFORE THE SERVICE AND DURING IT.
CLIFF MERRICK, OF THE VFW AND LEGION, WAS EMCEE AT BOTH THE
MIDDLE SCHOOL AND FOR THE SHORT SERVICE AFTER AT MT. HOPE
CEMETERY.      KATHY SEYFERT OF MAQUOKETA GAVE A VERY NICE
ADDRESS.   SHE IS WITH FIDELITY BANK HERE IN MAQUOKETA.
THE LEGION COLOR GUARD GAVE THE GUN SALUTE AT THE CEMETERY,
FOLLOWED BY "TAPS" BY KENT CRAWFORD.
IT WAS VERY WINDY AND THE FLAGS FLEW LIKE YOU LIKE TO SEE IT.
CLIFF MERRICK SAID THEY PLACED 343 FLAGS IN THE AVENUE OF FLAGS.
AT THE CEMETERY, RONANN'S FLORAL SENT SINGLE ROSES TO PASS
OUT TO EVERYONE THERE TO PLACE ON A GRAVE.
A NICE PROGRAM TODAY IN MAQUOKETA TO HONOR OUR VETERANS!
AND A GOOD TURN OUT! 
DENNIS VOY

THESE PHOTOS I TOOK THESE THIS AFTERNOON!    TOP, AT MT. HOPE AND
BOTTOM AT SACRED HEART.   WINDY
DAY SO FLAGS WERE FLYING NICELY.
CLICK-ON PHOTOS TO ENLARGE THEM AND DON'T MISS THE PHOTOS AND
STORY BELOW ON THE NEW DELMAR
ALL-VETERANS MEMORIAL.
HAVE A NICE MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND!
DENNIS VOY

TODAY WAS A GREAT DAY IN DELMAR!     THE NEW ALL-VETERANS MEMORIAL WAS DEDICATED AT THE DELMAR RAILROAD AND MILITARY MUSEUM
NEXT TO THE DEPOT.     IT STARTED WITH A VETERANS MOTORCYCLE
CARAVAN BY THE PATRIOT GUARD RIDERS.  THE  MILITARY SERVICE FLAGS AND U.S.FLAG WERE RAISED WITH A GUN SALUTE AT THE END  AND THE SINGING OF THE NATIONAL ANTHEM.    FRAN RILEY OF KWQC-TV IN DAVENPORT SPOKE FIRST, ON BEHALF OF HIS WIFE WHOSE SON WAS THE FIRST CASUALITY (A MARINE) OF THE WAR IN IRAQ.    THEN THE VICE-COMMANDER OF THE IOWA AMERICAN LEGION, MONTY RAILSBACK, WAS THE MAIN SPEAKER.   CONGRESSMAN BRAYLEY'S REPRESENTATIVE ALSO SPOKE.    THE EMCEE WAS KENNY WAGNER OF DELMAR (IN PHOTO WITH HEAD MIKE AND STRIPED SPORT SHIRT) AND THERE WAS BAGPIPE MUSIC AND TAPS WAS PLAYED BY A VIOLINIST.
IT WAS VERY WINDY, BUT SINCE FLAGS WERE A BIG PART OF THE DEDICATION, IT WAS GOOD TO HAVE THE WIND.    IT WAS A NICE PROGRAM
WITH A VERY GOOD CROWD.   A LUNCH (FREE WILL DONATION) WAS SERVED TO MOST AFTER THE EVENT.    THE BOTTOM PHOTO IS OF THE TWO VETERANS (AND RAILROAD BUFFS) WHO CAME TO DELMAR LAST YEAR AND
RE-OPENED THE DEPOT MUSEUM RAILROAD WITH ARTIFACTS FROM A MUSEUM IN THE QUAD CITIES.    THEY THEN WORKED THE MUSEUM 6 DAYS A WEEK LAST SUMMER AND INTO FALL.   NO PAY.    IT IS ONE OF THE FINEST
RAILROAD MUSEUMS IN THE MIDWEST.    THIS YEAR, THEY DECIDED TO ADD
MILITARY ITEMS AND ADDED MILITARY TO THE NAME.   AND IT WAS THESE
TWO THAT ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MEMORIAL OUTSIDE THE DEPOT.
THEY DESIGNED AND BUILT IT, AND WITH THEIR MONEY FOR THE MOST PART.
AND THEY WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR TODAY'S EVENT.     DELMAR SHOULD
SOMEDAY MAKE THEM "HONORARY" CITIZENS.    THE MUSEUM  HAS BROUGHT MANY VISITORS TO DELMAR AND BY ADDING MILITARY ITEMS.....IT SHOULD DRAW EVEN MORE VISITORS.    IT IS OPEN FROM 10:00 A.M. UNTIL 4 P.M. TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.  CLOSED MONDAYS.   ADMISSION IS $5 TO
COVER COST OF  KEEPING UP THE MUSEUM, ETC.   TOM REDDIN FROM CEDAR RAPIDS IS ON THE LEFT AND DICK NOONAN FROM CASCADE IS ON
THE RIGHT.     THEY COMMUTE DAILY TO DELMAR AT THEIR OWN EXPENSE.

THANK YOU TOM AND DICK!

AS ALWAYS, CLICK-ON THE PHOTOS TO ENLARGE THEM.
DENNIS VOY
TRY AND VISIT THE MUSEUM SOON

THE WEATHER HAS BEEN A LITTLE STRANGE TODAY.    WE WERE NOT EXPECTING RAIN, BUT HAVE HAD SOME AND THEREFORE, AS OF MID-AFTERNOON, THE HIGH HAS BEEN ONLY 70.   TOMORROW, UP INTO THE 80'S AND SUNDAY, 92.   THE SUN IS BACK AND WE MAY SEE THE TEMP GO
UP LATER THIS AFTERNOON.

SOME MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS WANT TO SEE MORE
IMPROVEMENTS TO THE MAQUOKETA COMMUNITY CENTER, ACROSS FROM GOODENOW FIELD.    THE CITY  HAS RESUMED MANAGEMENT OF THE CENTER FROM THE MAQUOKETA YMCA.      LOTS OF IMPROVEMENTS  ARE BEING TALKED ABOUT.   IT NEEDS A LOT OF WORK!  I'LL KEEP YOU POSTED.

TWO BARNS BURNED DOWN YESTERDAY ON PERSHING ROAD, OWNED BY JOSH POLL.     IT WAS A WINDY DAY.     FIREMEN WERE CALLED TO THE
SCENE AROUND 2:30 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON TO PUT OUT THE FIRE AND
THEN CALLED A 2ND TIME AROUND 5:00 WHEN THE WIND SPREAD THE FIRE TO A SECOND BUILDING.

POLICE BLOTTER:   
LOREN ROCKWELL REPORTED YESTERDAY MORNING THAT SOMEONE HAD
USED A WEED WACKER TO CUT THE LETTERS F AND U IN THE YARD.

LEVI LARKEY REPORTED LAST NIGHT THAT WHILE HE WAS FISHING AT THE HURSTVILLE FISHING POND, SOMEONE TOOK A PLANO BOX OF TACKLE FROM THE BED OF HIS TRUCK,  WITH OVER $500 WORTH OF LURES.

FOUR FORMER KMAQ ANNOUNCERS STOPPED IN AT KMAQ THIS WEEK, AT
DIFFERENT TIMES....JACI MOORE....DOUG ROWE....BILL LONGMAN....AND KENNY
GOODENOW.
JACI IS LOOKING FOR A MAQUOKETA SUMMER JOB AFTER A YEAR OF COLLEGE....DOUG ROWE WORKS IN CHINA (MOTHER IS AT CLOVER RIDGE)....BILL IS 77 AND RETIRED....AND KENNY AND FAMILY LIVE IN MINNEAPOLIS AND HE CURRENTLY IS A STAY-AT-HOME DAD FOR TWO LITTLE ONES.   ALL LOOKED GOOD.

KMAQ PLAY-BY-PLAY ANNOUNCER MATT CLARK MARRIES KELSI JO THOMPSON AT CEDAR RAPIDS (WHERE THEY WORK) TOMORROW
AFTERNOON.   I GUESS I NEED TO POLISH MY SHOES BEFORE GOING.

THE MAQUOKETA CARDINAL BOYS BASEBALL TEAM WON A DOUBLE HEADER YESTERDAY OVER CLEAR CREEK AMANA....10 TO 0 AND 4 TO 2.
WINNING PITCHERS WERE CHASE COAKLEY AND JOSH  KIRK.   LEADING HITTERS WERE DEREK HOPSON, TRENT BOLLMAN, CHASE COAKLEY, AND JOSH KIRK.   WAY TO GO!

CHECK THE PHOTOS BELOW THAT I ENTERED TODAY.

HAVE A NICE MEMORIAL WEEKEND HOLIDAY.

DENNIS VOY

LAST NIGHT, NANCY AND I ATTENDED THE ANNUAL DINNER MEETING OF THE
JACKSON COUNTY AREA TOURISM ASSOCIATION AT BUDDE'S HOMETOWN CAFE  IN PRESTON.  AFTER A BUFFET DINNER OF GREAT FOOD, THE GUEST SPEAKER WAS CARRIE KOELKER OF DYERSVILLE, HEAD OF THE EASTERN IOWA TOURISM ASSOCIATION.   THE STATE IS DIVIDED INTO 3 SECTIONS.    JACKSON COUNTY HAS 60 MEMBERS (INCLUDING KMAQ AND VOY THEATRES) TO HELP PROMOTE TOURISM IN THE COUNTY, WITH HEADQUARTERS IN THE  REPLICA OF A ONE-ROOM SCHOOL AT SABULA.    SHOWN  ABOVE, IS DARYL PARKER (HEAD OF JACKSON COUNTY CONSERVATION) ACCEPTING FROM KATHY TILL, THE JACKSON COUNTY AREA TOURISM ASSOCIATION PROMOTIONAL PARTNER AWARD.   DARYL HAS SERVED AS PRESIDENT OF THE ASSOCIATION THE LAST 3 YEARS AND KATHY HAS BEEN THE LONGTIME TREASURER.     STEVE TEBBE (OWNER OF WHISPERING MEADOWS RESORT, RURAL SPRINGBROOK) WAS ELECTED NEW PRESIDENT, EFFECTIVE JULY 1ST.  DARYL AGREED TO SERVE AS VICE-PRESIDENT.   JULIE BAINBRIDGE IS THE SALARIED DIRECTOR OF THE ASSOCIATION.   SHE HAS HELD THAT POSITION FOR OVER A YEAR.    CLICK-ON PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT. 
DENNIS VOY   

MAQUOKETA'S NEWEST RESTAURANT!
CLICK-ON PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT.
WE HAVE BEEN THERE TWICE.   NICE MENU TO CHOOSE FROM AND THE
FOOD WAS VERY GOOD.   EFFECTIVE
YESTERDAY, THEY WERE ABLE TO
SELL BEER, ETC.
THE BAR IS TO THE REAR OF THE
NORTH DINING ROOM.   NICE INSIDE
DECOR....ALL  NEW, INCLUDING
KITCHEN.   I'M SURE THEY WILL
EVENTUALLY HAVE PERMANENT
OUTSIDE SIGNS.   AND EVERYONE IS HOPING THEY WILL PAINT THE UPPER PART OF THE BUILDING TO MATCH THE
BOTTOM COLOR.    WHEN I FIRST CAME TO TOWN IN 1958 IT WAS "CARSON'S DRUG STORE ON CORNER" FEATURING A POPULAR RAZZBERRY BAR.
DENNIS VOY

91 TODAY...ONE SHORT OF THE RECORD.
RAIN AND STORMS POSSIBLE TONIGHT.
COOLER TOMORROW, IN THE MID 70'S.

BIG FIRE IN MAQUOKETA THIS AFTERNOON ON PERSHING ROAD.
AN OUTBUILDING ON THE JOSH POLL PROPERTY WAS DESTROYED
BY FIRE AND FIREMEN WORKED TO SAVE A LARGER BARN NEXT TO THE
SHED.   FIREMEN CAME BACK TO THE STATION AND THEN SOON AFTER, WERE CALLED BACK TO A REPORT THE LARGER BARN WAS ON FIRE.  
IT IS VERY WINDY AND HARD TO FIGHT THE FIRES.   AND, IT IS A "SANDY"
AREA WITH SAND BLOWING IN FIREMEN'S EYES.    IT IS NOW AFTER
5 AND WHO KNOWS HOW LONG THE FIREMEN WILL BE AT THE POLL
RESIDENCE.   FIRE CHIEF MARK BECK SAID HE DID NOT KNOW WHAT
STARTED THIS AFTERNOON'S FIRE ON PERSHING ROAD.
THE WIND HAS BLOWN DOWN SOME TREES AND BRANCHES THIS
AFTERNOON.  ONE CITY STREET HAD TO BE CLOSED UNTIL THE
TREE LIMBS WERE CLEARED AWAY.

THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE FIRST READING
OF THREE READINGS OF AN ORDINANCE WHICH WOULD ALLOW ATV'S TO RIDE ON MAIN STREET (ONLY MAIN STREET) DURING SOME SPECIFIED DAYS
THIS SUMMER.

IN DISTRICT SOCCER LAST  NIGHT, DUBUQUE WAHLERT DEFEATED
MAQUOKETA 6 TO 0 TO END THE CARDINAL'S SEASON.

THANKS FOR THE VISIT.

DENNIS VOY

AT THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB MEETING YESTERDAY, MEMBERS WERE
INTRODUCED TO ASHLEY QUINLAN, DAUGHTER OF TOM AND KATHY QUINLAN AND ONE OF TWO WINNERS OF A MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB $1,000
SCHOLARSHIP.   SHE PLANS TO ATTEND LOYOLA UNIVERSITY IN CHICAGO AND MAJOR IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE.  
THE OTHER $1,000 SCHOLARSHIP GOES TO ALISSA ROOT, DAUGHTER OF  DALE AND SHELIA ROOT WHO PLANS TO ATTEND THE  UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA AND MAJOR IN PSYCHOLOGY-FAMILY SERVICES.   SHE WILL ATTEND A ROTARY MEETING ANOTHER WEDNESDAY SOON.
THE SPEAKER YESTERDAY WAS JACK WILLEY,  A MEMBER OF ROTARY,
A JACKSON COUNTY SUPERVISOR AND A BEAUTICIAN IN MAQUOKETA FOR OVER 40 YEARS.
SEVEN YEARS AGO, HE WAS APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR TO A SEAT ON
THE IOWA MENTAL HEALTH DISABILITY COMMISSION AND HE NOW IS IN HIS 3RD YEAR OF CHAIRMAN.     IT'S AN IMPORTANT COMMISSION, DEALING
WITH IMPORTANT IOWA CITIZENS AND IT IS ALWAYS FACING A SHORTAGE
OF FUNDS.    JACK IS NOW AN IOWA LEADER IN THIS FIELD.  
WHAT'S ROTARY UP TO THESE DAYS?   IN JUNE, 3 BIG PROJECTS....THE
FATHER'S DAY BREAKFAST AT THE AIRPORT, THE DUCK RACE FUND
RAISER AT THE  YMCA POOL JUNE 20TH AND THE SENIORS ANNUAL
ICE CREAM SOCIAL AND BAND CONCERT AT THE FAIRGROUNDS ON JUNE
27TH.
PHOTOS BY ROTARIAN DENNIS VOY
CLICK-ON THEM TO ENLARGE THEM

83 TODAY....89 TOMORROW

IOWA'S UNEMPLOYMENT RATES DROPPED IN ALL COUNTIES IN THE AREA IN APRIL.     FOR THE STATE AS A WHOLE, IT WAS 5.1.....DOWN FROM 5.2 IN MARCH.     IN JACKSON COUNTY, IT DROPPED SIGNIFICANTLY TO 5.4 PERCENT IN APRIL FROM 6.6 IN MARCH.

IN SPORTS, THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS SOFTBALL TEAM WON THEIR SEASON OPENING GAME LAST NIGHT IN EXCITING  FASHION.     MAQUOKETA DEFEATED
NORTH SCOTT 3 TO 2, SCORING ALL 3 OF THEIR RUNS IN THE BOTTOM
OF  THE FINAL 7TH INNING.    ABBY SKLADZIEN HIT A GAME WINNING
TRIPLE TO BRING IN THE FINAL TWO RUNS.

IN THEATRE NEWS....THE VOY 3 THEATRE IS NOW A DIGITAL THEATRE!
FROM NOW ON,  IN THE LARGEST AUDITORIUM OF THE THREE, ONLY DIGITAL
(COMPUTER HARD DRIVE) MOVIES WILL BE SHOWN.   THE PROJECTION
BOOTH NO LONGER HAS A PROJECTOR TO SHOW 35MM FILMS.
THE PICTURE ON THE SCREEN IS BRILLIANT.   A STEADY PICTURE AND NEVER SCRATCHES.    I'LL HAVE A PHOTO OF IT HERE ONE OF THESE DAYS.
ALL AUTOMATION!    AT EXACTLY 7 P.M...WITH NO ONE IN THE ROOM, IT STARTS UP...TURNS DOWN THE LIGHTS...SHUTS OFF THE PRE-MOVIE MUSIC AND GOES TO THE PREVUES AND THEN THE MOVIE.     AT THE END OF THE SHOW, IT BRINGS UP THE LIGHTS, SHUTS DOWN AUTOMATICALLY AND WILL BE READY TO GO AGAIN FOR THE NEXT SHOWING AT THE ADVERTISED TIME.

ALSO IN THEATRE NEWS, A BREAK-IN LAST NIGHT AT THE 61 DRIVE-IN
THEATRE.    MOSTLY CANDY TAKEN AND SOME MINOR DAMAGE.

COME BACK TOMORROW AND CHECK THE  DAILY REPORT FOR MORE
WEATHER, SPORTS AND NEWS HAPPENINGS IN THE TIMBER CITY.

DENNIS VOY

ABOVE, SEVERAL PHOTOS TAKEN FROM ALL SIDES OF THE VERY IMPRESSIVE NEW ALL-VETERANS MEMORIAL LOCATED NEXT TO THE RAILROAD  AND MILITARY MUSEUM AT THE RESTORED DEPOT IN DELMAR.     ALL VETERANS FROM THE AREA ARE INVITED TO THE DEDICATION OF THIS MEMORIAL THIS SATURDAY AT DELMAR.    IN FACT, EVERYONE IS INVITED.    THE GUEST SPEAKER WILL BE MONTY RAILSBACK, VICE-COMMANDER OF THE    AMERICAN LEGION OF IOWA.   THE MEMORIAL FEATURES A FLAG POLE
AND FLAG OF  EVERY MILITARY SERVICE AND THE U.S. FLAG IS IN THE MIDDLE ON A LARGER FLAG POLE.      THE PATRIOT GUARD RIDERS WILL RAISE THE FLAGS AND THE ENTIRE AREA WILL BE DECORATED WITH FLAGS FOR THE 12 NOON CEREMONY.      FRAN RILEY FROM KWQC-TV IN DAVENPORT, STEP-FATHER OF THE FIRST MARINE KILLED IN THE IRAQ WAR, WILL RAISE THE MARINE FLAG.    THE MEMORIAL, SURROUNDED BY A BRICK
SIDEWALK WITH BENCHES,  WILL BE UNDER LIGHTING ALL NIGHT LONG,
EVERY NIGHT.    SATURDAY AFTER THE NOON CEREMONY,  EVERYONE WILL
HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO VIEW  TWO MOBILE MILITARY MUSEUMS THAT
WILL BE ON HAND SATURDAY ONLY AND THERE WILL BE TIME TO TOUR
THE RAILROAD DEPOT AND THE VERY EXTENSIVE COLLECTION OF RAILROAD
ITEMS OF BYGONE YEARS.    YES,THERE WILL BE FREE REFRESHMENTS
FOR EVERYONE.   
THIS IS WORTH SEEING.  HOPE YOU CAN MAKE IT SATURDAY OR SOMETIME
SOON.
CLICK-ON THE PHOTOS TO ENLARGE THEM.
DENNIS VOY

NICE AGAIN TODAY....HIGH OF 79.
WARM WEATHER FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK WITH LITTLE OR NO
(NEEDED) RAIN.   IN THE UPPER 80'S THIS WEEKEND.

THE BIG STORY OVER THE WEEKEND WAS THE 20-YEAR-OLD MAN FROM
PORT BYRON WHO WAS STUCK IN A CAVE AT THE MAQUOKETA CAVES
STATE PARK FOR 18 HOURS, FROM  FRIDAY NIGHT UNTIL SATURDAY
AFTERNOON.    HE WAS WEAK, BUT NOT INJURED.   HIS GIRL FRIEND GOT STUCK FIRST AND HE HELPED GET HER FREE AFTER 4 HOURS AND THEN
HE GOT STUCK HIMSELF.   BOTH HAVE BEEN CAVING FOR MANY YEARS, SINCE THEY WERE KIDS.

THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASEBALL TEAM STARTED THE
SEASON LAST NIGHT WITH A 2 TO 0 LOSS TO DUBUQUE WAHLERT.
PAT BOLLMAN IS AGAIN THE COACH.
THE GIRLS SOFTBALL TEAM OPENS THE SEASON TONIGHT HERE
IN MAQUOKETA AGAINST NORTH SCOTT.

THE CARDINAL BOYS SOCCER TEAM IN DISTRICT PLAY LAST NIGHT DEFEATED WEST DELAWARE, 2 TO 1 AND T AKE ON DUBUQUE WAHLERT TOMORROW AFTERNOON AT 5, AT DUBUQUE.

A NEW MAQUOKETA  WRESTLING CLUB WILL MEET TONIGHT AT 7 AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LIBRARY.   THE CLUB IS TO  EMPOWER, ENCOURAGE, AND PROMOTE THE SPORT OF WRESTLING INVOLVING STUDENTS, PARENTS, ALUMNI AND THE COMMUNITY;  TO SUPERVISE, SPONSOR AND FINANCIALLY ASSIST A DISCIPLINED AND COMPETITIVE WRESTLING PROGRAM.    THEIR  GREATEST INTENTION IS TO BUILD CHARACTER, PERSISTENCE, COMMUNITY SERVICE AND A HARD WORK ETHIC AMONG MAQUOKETA YOUNG PEOPLE---THROUGH WRESTLING.   THE PRESIDENT IS KENT FUGLSANG...VP CHRIS MEINECKE...
TREASURER, JODY AND JIM HOLTZ...SECRETARY, BRENDA SYNDER...
THE EXECUTIVE BOARD INCLUDES COACHES DARYL SCHEPERS  AND KYLE BILLUPS AND JAN KAHLER AND PAUL KOOB.

HAVE A GOOD WEDNESDAY.

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SCHOOL IS OUT IN MAQUOKETA!   
GREETINGS FROM THE MAQUOKETA MIDDLE SCHOOL SIGN ALONG
MAIN STREET.
AND RIGHT NEXT TO THE SIGN, THE NEW BUTTERFLY GARDEN, COMPLIMENTS OF THE CLASS OF 2003.
CLICK-ON PHOTOS TO ENLARGE THEM.

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85 TODAY
NO NEWS REPORT TODAY
SUNDAY AFTERNOON AT 2....LISTEN ON YOUR COMPUTER TO THE
MCHS GRADUATION CEREMONIES.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.

NICE DAY AGAIN..HIGH OF 76.
TOMORROW, INTO THE 80'S.

A MINOR NEAR ACCIDENT AT 3:50 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON INVOLVING A MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BUS.   THERE WAS NO CONTACT AND NO INJURIES IN THE ACCIDENT AT HIGHWAY 62 AND PERSHING ROAD.   THE BUS DRIVER DELANA ACTON OF MAQUOKETA WAS PULLING OUT OF THE D.O.T. SHED PARKING LOT AND THE SUN WAS IN HER EYES AND SHE DID NOT SEE
A SOUTHBOUND VEHICLE DRIVEN BY WYATT SCHIFFER, AGE 16, OF MAQUOKETA.     SCHIFFER SWERVED TO MISS THE BUS AND ENDED UP
STUCK IN A SHOULDER OF THE ROAD.    THERE WERE NO CHILDREN ON THE
BUS.

THE MAQUOKETA EDUCATION ASSOCIATION HELD THEIR ANNUAL END
OF THE YEAR DINNER LAST NIGHT AT MICHEL'S HALL, WITH ABOUT
80 IN ATTENDANCE.   TWO MAJOR AWARDS WERE PRESENTED...ONE TO BRUCE AND SHERRY RUCHOTZKE FROM KEEPSAKE PORTRAIT STUDIO IN
MAQUOKETA...THE  FRIEND OF EDUCATION AWARD...
AND THE OTHER TO JEAN ANDERSON WHO WAS NAMED TEACHER OF THEY YEAR.   ANDERSON IS RETIRING AFTER 40 YEARS OF TEACHING IN
MAQUOKETA.     OTHER RETIRING TEACHERS WERE HONORED:
ROBERTA ROSHEIM....COLLEEN PETEROS....BEV BRAUER...,.CARROL
HAMMILL AND DEB CARSON.
CO-LEADERS OF THE ASSOCIATION THIS  PAST YEAR HAVE BEEN PATULETTE
HORNER AND MINDY ORRIS.  THEY WILL CONTINUE NEXT YEAR.

THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL BOY'S 4 BY 100 METER SHUTTLE HURDLES TEAM TODAY AT THE STATE TRACK MEET, QUALIFIED FOR THE FINALS AT 11:40 THIS SATURDAY MORNING.   THERE WILL BE 8 TEAMS IN THE FINALS.
MAQUOKETA QUALIFIED FOR THE FINALS THIS AFTERNOON WITH A TIME
OF 1-MINUTE EVEN.   ON THE TEAM:   JOSH KIRK, WILL TUBBS, JON BOPES,
AND QUINN COATES.
I'LL HAVE MORE STATE TRACK MEET NEWS TOMORROW.

THANKS FOR CHECKING IN AGAIN.

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NICE BUT ONLY 70 TODAY...

WARMER WEATHER THE REST OF THE WEEK...IN THE 80'S DURING THE
WEEKEND.

THERE ARE 3 WOMEN'S CLUBS VERY ACTIVE IN MAQUOKETA.
THE TUESDAY CLUB....THE PRESIDENT JULIE KLECKER.  SOME OF THE  MEMBERS ARE:  MARTA ROMER, DELORIS ERICKSON AND CAROLYN BROOKS.
THE MAQUOKETA WOMAN'S CLUB....THE PRESIDENT SHEILA BENTLEY.   SOME
ACTIVE MEMBERS ARE:   KATHY JOHNSON, MARY KAY FLENKER, MARGARET McCARTHY AND PAT MAZE.
THE AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY...I'M NOT SURE WHO IS PRESIDENT.
SOME ACTIVE MEMBERS ARE:  MARY KILBURG, LULA TATE, MARY COOK,
MONA EASTMAN, ANN KNIGHT, ALVARA SCHMIDT, PHYLLIS ROCKWELL,
AND GLATHA WINCHIP.

LA CASA DE PONCHO.... THE NEW MEXICAN RESTAURANT WILL OPENTOMORROW AT 11 A.M....ON THE CORNER OF MAIN AND PLATT IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA.    THAT'S THE  SAME LOCATION WHERE A MEXICAN RESTAURANT CLOSED EARLIER THIS  YEAR.    THE NEW OWNERS
COMPLETED "GUTTED" THE BUILDING AND NOW FEATURE NEW KITCHEN
EQUIPMENT AND DINING ROOM FIXTURES.   THE BAR WAS RE-LOCATED AND THE BUILDING WAS PAINTED INSIDE AND OUT, PLUS NEW FLOOR COVERING.  I HAD A SNEAK-PEAK THE OTHER DAY AND IT IS VERY NICE.    THE NEW PHONE NUMBER IS 563-748-0018.

THE MAQUOKETA POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A HIT AND RUN ACCIDENT
IN THE PARKING LOT OF CASEY'S WEST.     SOMEONE DRIVING A TRUCK
PULLING A BLACK TRAILER HIT A PARKED CAR, REGISTERED TO CASSANDRA SHEEHAN OF MAQUOKETA.    $700 DAMAGE TO HER CAR...A 97 ESCORT.
THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED AT 2:15 MONDAY AFTERNOON.

IT IS MAY BEEF MONTH....ENJOY SOME BEEF THIS WEEK....OFF YOUR GRILL
OR AT  YOUR FAVORITE RESTAURANT.

I SALUTE THE BEEF PRODUCERS OF THE MAQUOKETA AREA!  YOU DO A GREAT JOB PRODUCING A DELICIOUS PRODUCT!

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THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE MAQUOKETA BOWLING ASSOCIATION WAS HELD AT THE EAGLES' CLUB ON TUESDAY, MAY 15TH.     ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT ROB HECK PRESENTED THREE AWARDS.
IN THE TOP PHOTO, ROB (IN BLUE SHIRT) IS SHOWN WITH DENNIS STANGE, WHO WAS MADE AN HONORARY MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATION.
IN THE MIDDLE PHOTO ABOVE, DAVID PHILLIPS EXCEPTED THE PLAQUE
WHICH SAYS HE WAS ELECTED TO THE MAQUOKETA BOWLING ASSOCIATION
"HALL OF FAME".
AND IN THE BOTTOM PHOTO, BRUCE WAUGH, RECEIVED THE AWARD FOR
WAUGH AUTO AND TIRE REPAIR FOR BEING "SPONSOR OF THE YEAR".
NEW OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR AHEAD....DAVE (D.C.) CLARK WAS ELECTED  THE NEW PRESIDENT FOR THE 2012-2013 YEAR.
NEW BOARD MEMBERS ELECTED WERE DUNES SCHROEDER AND DEAN SCHAUF.
OUT OF TOWN BOWLING ASSOCIATIONS PRESENT FOR THE EVENT WERE
FROM BELLEVUE, CEDAR RAPIDS, CAMANCHE, CLINTON, DEWITT, DAVENPORT AND DUBUQUE.    SOME MEMBERS AND GUESTS PLAYED GOLF
IN THE AFTERNOON AT THE MAQUOKETA COUNTRY CLUB.
PHOTOS BY:  JAKE BICKFORD
CLICK-ON PHOTOS TO ENLARGE THEM...AND THEN YOU CAN READ
THE WORDING ON EACH PLAQUE.

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BACK IN APRIL, I POSTED THE TOP PHOTO OF SPOOK DAGUE'S "CATALPA"
TREE ON 74TH STREET, JUST A SHORT DISTANCE FROM THE CAVES ROAD.
THE OTHER DAY I WAS GOING PAST AND GOT THIS PHOTO OF THE SAME
TREE, WITH LEAVES.      A VERY UNUSUAL TREE AND OVER 100 YEARS OLD.
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STILL ANOTHER GREAT WEATHER DAY....
AND MORE COMING.

THE ST. LOUIS CARDINALS BROKE A 4-GAME LOOSING STREET AND
BEAT THE CUBS DOWN IN ST. LOUIS THIS AFTEROON.   THE GAME WAS AIRED BY CARDINAL NETWORK STATION, KMAQ-FM.

GLORIA KAUFFMAN OF MAQUOKETA WON RADIO BINGO ON KMAQ-AM THIS AFTERNOON....OUR FINAL BINGO SHOW FOR 2012.     AND..SHE BROKE A RECORD.
SHE WON FOR A 4TH TIME THIS YEAR.   THAT HAS NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE.

THE WHOLE GRADE SHARING PROGRAM BETWEEN MAQUOKETA AND ANDREW
SEEMS TO BE WORKING ACCORDING TO SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS OF
BOTH DISTRICTS WHO HELD A JOINT MEETING LAST NIGHT.    THIS WAS THE FIRST YEAR FOR ANDREW TO HAVE THEIR 9-12 GRADERS ATTEND
AT MAQUOKETA.   THERE ARE JUST MINOR THINGS TO BE WORKED-OUT
FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.

THE JACKSON COUNTY REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER HOME AND COMMUNITY HEALTH CARE (AT THE HOSPTIAL) HAS A NEW MANAGER, BARBARA LAWRENCE, REPLACING ANNE OTTEMAN WHO RETIRES THIS FRIDAY.  SHE COMES
HERE FROM THE FACULTY AT ASHFORD UNIVERSITY IN CLITNON.

ON THE POLICE BLOTTER, ANDREW ROBERTS ON NORTH WALNUT REPORTED YESTERDAY THAT SOMEONE TOOK A CHAIN SAW AND LEAF BLOWER AT
HIS PLACE.

SOCCER YESTERDAY:
MARION 4 AND MAQUOKETA CARDINALS 3 IN TWO OVERTIMES.
COLTON FEY SCORED TWICE FOR MAQUOKETA.
IN GIRLS ACTION, MAQUOKETA SOCCER TEAM 8, WILLIAMSBURG 0.

AT THE DISTRICT GIRLS GOLF MEET YESTERDAY, MAQUOKETA PLACED
5TH.   ALLISON VANDEMORE TOOK 2ND INDIVIDUALLY WITH AN 83 AND ADVANCES TO REGIONAL PLAY AS AN INDIVIDUAL NEXT MONDAY AT
MANCHESTER.

ENJOY THE WEATHER....AND DON'T FORGET TO GO FOR A WALK.

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I HAD JUST ONE EMAIL WITH THE NAMES!   AND SHE (SHIRLEY DRISCOLL) IS
IN THE PHOTO ABOVE.   SO, SHE WINS THE FREE NIGHT AT THE DRIVE-IN.
HERE IS HOW SHE DESCRIBES THOSE IN PHOTO:
LEFT TO RIGHT:   FRONT ROW:  DENNIS HASENBANK...STEVE SCHMUDDE...
JOYCE SCHMUDDE...JEAN MAUSSER....KERRY SCHEPERS...SHIRLEY DRISCOLL...LINDA SCHROEDER...RYAN JAMES AND DAVE RICHARDS HOLDING CAKE...JOELLE RICHARDS.
BACK ROW:  FROM LEFT:   DARYL SCHEPERS...SCOTT WARREN...JAROD POWELL...DENNIS DRISCOLL...PAUL MILLER...MEGAN DRISCOLL...AND TOM
DEVINE.

PHOTO: CONTRIBUTED (CLICK-ON PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT)
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NO REPORT TODAY, MONDAY!

MAQUOKETA FINANCIAL GROUP ON WEST PLATT HELD A CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE "BIZ AFTER HOURS" EVENT FRIDAY AND RAISED SOME MONEY
FOR THE MAQUOKETA COMMUNITY CUPBOARD.    THE FIRST PERSON THAT
EMAILS ME  (kmaq@kmaq.com) WITH THE CORRECT IDENTITY OF ALL 17 IN THE PHOTO, IN LEFT-TO-RIGHT ORDER OF APPEARANCE....GETS TWO TICKETS
TO THE 61 DRIVE-IN THEATRE AND A $10 GIFT CARD.
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80 TODAY!

YESTERDAY, THE CARDINAL BOYS GOLF TEAM WON  THE SECTIONAL
TOURNAMENT AT SOLON WITH A 310 SCORE.    ANAMOSA WAS SECOND AT 320.
BOTH TEAMS ADVANCE TO THE DISTRICT NEXT FRIDAY AT WILLIAMSBURG.
TY THEDE WAS MEDALIST WITH A 71.     MATT HANSEN HAD A 76.
NICE GOING CARDINALS.

RICH CURRENT OF THE CORONADO CAR CLUB IN MAQUOKETA SAID TODAY ON KMAQ'S "JUST TALK SHOW" THAT TORQUEFEST WILL NOT RETURN TO
MAQUOKETA NEXT  YEAR.    HE SAID JOHN WELLS HAS DECIDED TO MOVE THE
EVENT TO THE DUBUQUE COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS NEXT YEAR.
THEY WANTED IT BAD I HEAR AND MADE SOME GOOD OFFERS.
TOO BAD...IT WAS NICE FOR MAQUOKETA.

THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB TOP 20 GRADUATES BANQUET WAS HELD  WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH.    IT WAS THE 57TH ANNUAL AND YEARS AGO WAS KNOWN AS THE "SMARTY PARTY".
THE SCHOLAR AND PARENTS ATTENDED, HOSTED BY ROTARIANS.
THE TOP 20:
CASSIE BERGGREN,DAUGHTER OF AUDREY POTTER AND TODD BERGGREN.
JONATHAN BOPES...BRIAN AND LYNN BOPES
ROSALYNN BORMANN....MARTIN AND BRENDA BORMANN
ELIZABETH BULLOCK....BILL AND SHERI BULLOCK
NICHOLAS CLASEN...JACKIE CLASEN AND LOUIE CLASEN
EMILY DENGER...DAVE AND RHONDA DENGER
JORDAN EWOLDT...GUY AND JANELLE EWOLDT
PERRY HAWKS...MICHAEL AND ANNE HAWKS
MATTHEW KILBURG...MARTY AND KAY KILBURG
NATHANIEL KILBURG...DALE AND NANCY KILBURG
BRITTANY KLOFT...KAREN AND DARWIN KLOFT
EMILY KUTSCH....KEVIN AND JANE KUTSCH
SARA LICHTER....REBECCA TUBBS LICHTER AND CURT LICHTER
BAILEY MILLER...BRIAN AND CAROL MILLER
CASEY NELSON...DEAN NELSON AND BONNIE DAEMMRICH
LAURA OSTERHAUS...MATT AND MARILYN OSTERHAUS
ASHLEY  QUINLAN...TOM AND KATHY QUINLAN
ELIZABETH TABOR...BRIAN AND DEANNA TABOR
CONNER TAYLOR...TOM AND TERI TAYLOR
BRADLEY WALLER...ROGER AND TRACY WALLER
CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERY GRADUATE!
HAVE A NICE WEEKEND!
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ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL DAY (HIGH OF 70) AND MORE LIKE IT COMING!

REPLACING THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER BRIDGE BETWEEN SABULA AND
SAVANNA IS IN THE "PLANNING" STAGE BY THE IOWA DOT.    STATE
OFFICIALS HAVE ADDED THE SABULA BRIDGE TO THEIR DRAFT PROGRAM.
A NEW BRIDGE IS A LONG WAY OFF I'M SURE, BUT AT LEAST IT IS BEING
DISCUSSED.

MAQUOKETA COMMUNITY SCHOOL PARENTS RECEIVED A LETTER THIS
WEEK ABOUT A POTENTIAL FOR WHOOPING COUGH.    ANN OTTEMAN, OF
THE JACKSON COUNTY HOME AND COMMUNITY HEALTH DEPARTMENT,
SAID IN THE LETTER THAT A MAQUOKETA  ELEMENTARY STUDENT CAME DOWN WITH SYMPTONS OF PERTUSSIS OR WHOPPING COUGH, WHICH IS
VERY CONTAGIOUS.       OTTEMAN SAID THE CASE IS CALLED "UNDETERMINED"
BECAUSE THE TEST WASN'T COMPLETELY POSITIVE.

SORRY, SHORT REPORT TODAY.

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A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN MAQUOKETA.   HIGH OF 65.
A GREAT FORECAST ALSO FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK AND WEEKEND.

AT THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING LAST NIGHT, THE BOARD APPROVED A LOW
BID OF $83,150 FOR A LIFT BUS WHICH INCLUDES SEAT BELTS AND AIR BRAKES.    ALSO APPROVED, A BID OF $18,942 FOR ASBESTOS REMOVAL
FROM THE MAQUOKETA MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL WINDOW REPLACEMENT PROJECT.     AND, APPROVED WAS A BID OF $38,151 FOR CARPET AND TILE REPLACEMENT  AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.     AND STILL ANOTHER BID  OF $9,176 WAS ACCEPTED FOR RESTROOM PARTITIONS IN THE GIRL'S RESTROOMS AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.  

A BIRTH:    ALISON BAYLES AND MATT HINTON OF ALTOONA, PENNSYLVANIA   ARE PARENTS OF A GIRL BORN MONDAY IN PENNSYLVANIA.     GRANDPARENTS ARE MARK BAYLES FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA AND DEB SOLMAN, BOTH OF ALTOONA.  GREAT GRANDPARENTS ARE DOTTIE BAYLES AND ALDEN AND DONNA BROWNE, ALL OF MAQUOKETA.

HAVE A GOOD WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY.

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TOMORROW (THURSDAY), THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COLLEGE OF PHARMACY WILL HOLD COMMENCEMENT CEREMONIES AT THE MARRIOT HOTEL IN CORALVILLE.    THE UNIVERSITY WILL AWARD AN HONORARY DOCTOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE TO LONGTIME MAQUOKETA PHARMACIST, BOB OSTERHAUS.
BACK IN DECEMBER, THE STATE BOARD OF REGENTS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED A UNIVERSITY REQUEST TO AWARD THE DEGREE TO BOB.
ALSO APPROVED THEN WERE TWO OTHER HONORARY DOCTOR DEGREES,
TO FORMER GOVERNOR BOB RAY AND LONGTIME BOARD OF REGENTS
MEMBER STANLEY REDEKER.    BOB ESTABLISHED OSTERHAUS PHARMACY
IN 1965.    IN THE UNIVERSITY NEWS RELEASE, BOB WAS CITED AS BEING
A STRONG ADVOCATE FOR PATIENT-FOCUSED PHARMACEUTICAL CARE, PHARMACY EDUCATION, AND THE PHARMACY PROFESSION.    HE HAS
MENTORED COUNTLESS STUDENTS AND HAS BEEN A LEADING COMMUNITY
CLERKSHIP SITE FOR THE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF PHARMACY.
HE HAS SERVED AS BOARD PRESIDENT FOR THE IOWA PHARMACIST ASSOCIATION, CHAIR-PERSON OF THE STATE BOARD OF PHARMACY
EXAMINERS, AND SERVED AS PRESIDENT OF THE AMERICAN PHARMACIST
ASSOCIATION.    HE HAS RECEIVED DOZENS OF STATE, NATIONAL AND
INTERNATIONAL AWARDS.    HE ALSO SERVED FOUR TERMS IN THE IOWA
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, FROM 1995 TO 2003.    LOCALLY, DURING
HIS MANY YEARS IN MAQUOKETA, HE HAS BEEN ACTIVE IN NUMEROUS COMMUNITY ENDEAVORS.    HE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN FORMING THE MAQUOKETA AREA FOUNDATION AND MOST RECENTLY WAS ONE OF THE LEADERS IN ESTABLISHING THE MAQUOKETA ART  EXPERIENCE AND ITS DOWNTOWN GALLERY.      HE IS A PAST PRESIDENT OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND IS A MEMBER OF THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB.   BOB AND HIS WIFE ANN ARE THE PARENTS OF 10 CHILDREN (1 DECEASED) AND NUMEROUS GRANDCHILDREN.   THOUGH RETIRED, HE REMAINS ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY, HIS CHURCH, AND STATE PHARMACY MATTERS.   AND HE
IS MANY TIME REFERRED TO AS MR. DEMOCRAT OF JACKSON COUNTY.
CONGRATULATIONS TO BOB ON THIS  HIGH AND WELL DESERVED HONOR.
HE WILL BE PRESENTED THE HONORARY DOCTOR DEGREE SHORTLY AFTER 10 TOMORROW MORNING.

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THE PHOTO ABOVE IS OF JOSH COLLISTER, AGE 32,  A NATIVE OF
MAQUOKETA AND THE NEXT CITY COUNCILMAN.    HE WAS APPOINTED
TO THE COUNCIL LAST NIGHT AND WILL BE SWORN IN WITHIN THE NEXT
FEW DAYS.   HE IS SHOWN STANDING NEXT TO THE BIG OVEN IN HIS BAKERY.
JOSH IS THE OWNER-OPERATOR OF THE "SWEET THINGS BAKERY" IN
DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA.    HE IS A 1998 GRADUATE OF MAQUOKETA  HIGH
SCHOOL AND IS A MEMBER OF THE MAQUOKETA OPTIMIST CLUB.
HE GOES TO THE BAKERY AROUND 8 EACH NIGHT AND BAKES THROUGH THE
NIGHT.   THE BAKERY IS OPEN TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY AND CLOSED
ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY.     HIS MAIN INTEREST IS DEVELOPING AND
IMPROVING THE DOWNTOWN AREA.  
JOSH IS A FRIEND AND KMAQ ADVERTISER AND A GOOD GUY!    I'M SURE
HE WILL ALSO BE A GOOD CONCILMAN.

TODAY, HAS BEEN A SUNNY DAY UNTIL THE SKIES GOT PARTLY CLOUDY THIS
AFTERNOON.   OUR HIGH TODAY, 66.   CHANCE OF RAIN TONIGHT AND
THEN THE REST OF THE WEEK WILL BE SUNNY AND WARM...IN THE 70'S, WITH LITTLE OR NO RAIN.

THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED OUT TWICE YESTERDAY TO MINOR
FIRES.    AT JUST AFTER 1 P.M. TO A DUMPSTER ON FIRE AT THE FAIRGROUNDS
AND THEN AT 6:45 LAST NIGHT TO THE GEORGE CHISMARK SHOP WHERE AN OUTLET CAUGHT FIRE.

IN SPORTS:   MAQUOKETA NATIVE, 31 YEAR OLD MCHS GRADUATE CURTIS
CLARK HAS BEEN NAMED HEAD BOY'S BASKETBALL COACH AT BETTENDORF
HIGH SCHOOL.     CLARK PLAYED FOR BILL FLEMMING AND WAS AN ALL-STATE FORWARD AT MAQUOKETA.
BOYS TENNIS YESTERDAY, MAQUOKETA 5, WEST DUBUQUE 4.    NATE AND
MATT KILBURG WON THEIR NO. 1 DOUBLES MATCH TO CLINCH THE VICTORY
FOR MAQUOKETA.
BOY'S SOCCER,  DEWITT 4, MAQUOKETA 3.   COLTON FEY SCORED TWICE
FOR THE CARDINALS.
GIRL'S SOCCER, DEWITT 3, MAQUOKETA 2
WAMAC SUPER MEET GOLF:
THE CARDINAL BOYS TOOK 8TH WITH TY THEDE LEADING WITH A 74.
THE GIRLS TOOK 10TH.   ALLISON VANDEMORE AGAIN HAD THE BEST
CARDINAL SCORE...AN 84.... AND THAT FOR  4TH PLACE IN A FIELD OF
80 GOLFERS.

THANKS FOR CHECKING IN AGAIN.

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THE WEEKEND WEATHER WAS PRETTY GOOD.
HAD A LITTLE RAIN OVERNIGHT LAST NIGHT.
TODAY, SUNNY AND NICE,  HIGH OF 72.
GOOD WEATHER FOR REST OF WORK WEEK COMING UP.

MAQUOKETA SURVIVED THE TORQUE FEST!     POLICEMEN WERE BUSIER
THAN DURING A NORMAL WEEKEND....THANKS TO SOME EXTRA BEVERAGES
BEING CONSUMED AROUND TOWN.    ONE TAVERN HAD A COUPLE MINOR
ENCOUNTERS.    NUMEROUS CARS WERE "EGGED" FRIDAY NIGHT AROUND TOWN.  ATTENDANCE FOR THE TWO DAY EVENT SEEMED GOOD...BETTER THAN LAST YEAR...BUT NO FIGURES HAVE BEEN RELEASED
BY ANYONE.     TWICE TODAY I  HEARD THAT 10,000 WRISTBAND TICKETS WERE
PRINTED AND THAT THEY RAN OUT OF THOSE, SO, IF THAT IS CORRECT, THAT WOULD MEAN $100,000 IN TICKET SALES.   BOTH HOTELS I BELIEVE WERE
FULL AND RESTAURANTS LOOKED BUSY.    A GREAT AMOUNT OF FOOD WAS
PREPARED AND CONSUMED ON THE FAIRGROUNDS, ALONG WITH BEER AND POP OF COURSE.       GAS STATIONS WERE EXTRA BUSY ON PLATT STREET.
SO, THE EVENT BENEFITED A LOT OF PLACES AS ONE WOULD EXPECT.
WILL IT BE BACK AGAIN NEXT YEAR?   I DON'T THINK ANYBODY KNOWS!

MANY OF YOU HAVE HAD AN ICE CREAM CONE AT "GRANDPA'S PARLOR" IN DOWNTOWN BELLEVUE.   IT IS CLOSED TODAY BECAUSE OF A SATURDAY
NIGHT FIRE IN AN APARTMENT UPSTAIRS.   IT RECEIVED WATER AND
SMOKE DAMAGE AND THE OWNERS SAY THE WILL RE-OPEN THE BUSINESS.

FOUR MOTORCYCLE DEATHS OVER THE WEEKEND IN IOWA.

SCHOOL BOARD AND CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS TONIGHT.

THE MASTER GARDNER'S PLANT SALE IS THIS SATURDAY FROM 9 UNTIL 11 A.M AT THE FAIRGROUNDS.

PATRICIAN ANN FLEMMING, AGE 68, OF MILES (BORN IN MAQUOKETA)
DIED SUDDENLY LAST THURSDAY.     THE FUNERAL IS TOMORROW AT THE LUTHERAN CHURCH IN PRESTON.    SURVIVORS INCLUDE 1 SON, 1 DAUGHTER, 1 GRANDDAUGHTER AND HER FATHER, BOB RUPP OF
MAQUOKETA.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

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A WIDE SHOT OF THE HURSTVILLE INTERPRETIVE CENTER FISHING POND,
ACROSS THE ROAD FROM THE CENTER JUST NORTH OF MAQUOKETA.         THIS FISHERMAN LAST NIGHT REPORTED 3 FISH CAUGHT...A NICE-SIZE CATFISH AND A COUPLE SMALLER LARGE MOUTH BASS.

PHOTO CONTRIBUTED

TOURQUE FEST 2012 IS OVER!    AS THE DRIVERS LEAVE TOWN, THE

BANNER SAYS "THANKS FOR COMING".   

FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT, A HUGE CROWD.   AND TODAY AND TONIGHT,

ANOTHER GREAT CROWD.    GOOD WEATHER BOTH DAYS.    

THE BAND ABOVE WAS THE FINAL BAND PLAYING IN "VOLUNTEER HALL".

AROUND 15 BANDS ENTERTAINED ON TWO STAGES BOTH DAYS.

AND THE CAR ABOVE WAS ONE OF THE LAST FOR SPECTATORS

TO ADMIRE ON THE MAIN DRAG OF THE FAIRGROUNDS.  THERE

WERE HUNDREDS OF VINTAGE HERE, A RECORD.

IS PROMOTOR JOHN WELLS HAPPY WITH THIS YEAR'S 

TORQUE FEST?   WE HOPE SO!    I'LL LET YOU KNOW AFTER I TALK TO HIM AGAIN!   THANKS JOHN FOR BRINGING LOTS OF FUN TO MAQUOKETA!

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