IT WAS COLD THIS MORNING, 24 , AND JUST INTO THE 30'S TODAY.
TONIGHT, DOWN TO THE TEENS.    STARTING TOMORROW, IT WILL GET A
LITTLE WARMER EACH DAY, RIGHT THROUGH THE WEEKEND.    SATURDAY AND SUNDAY WILL BE AROUND 50 OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE.  NO RAIN OR SNOW
IN THE FORECAST FOR THE ENTIRE WEEK.    NORMALLY IN NOVEMBER,
WE GET UP TO A COUPLE INCHES OF SNOW, BUT NOT THIS MONTH.   WE WILL BE NEEDING  SNOW OVER THE WINTER MONTHS.

TWO DOZEN DOGS DISPLACED FROM THEIR OWNERS DURING HURRICANE SANDY ARRIVED AT THE JACKSON COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY THIS WEEKEND.     SOCIETY PRESIDENT SHIRLEY SHOLTES OF BELLEVUE SAID THEY HAD THE ROOM TO HANDLE THE VARIETY OF DOGS.   SOME OF THE DOGS CAME FROM OVERCROWDED EAST COAST SHELTERS WHERE THEY WERE ABOUT TO BE EUTHENIZED.    THE DOGS WERE DRIVEN TO MAQUOKETA BY VOLUNTEERS AT THE MIAMI DADE ANIMAL SERVICES IN
FLORIDA.    THERE ARE SEVERAL CHIHUAHUAS, A DOBERMAN-PINCHER PUP,
BLACK YELLOW AND BRINDLE LABS, SEVERAL TERRIERS, AN AUSTRALIAN KELPIE AND A KOREAN JINDO.       THEY ARE NOW AVAILABLE AT THE
SOCIETY SHELTER JUST NORTHEAST OF MAQUOKETA FOR $70.   ANY QUESTIONS, CALL 563-652-5360.

CARDINAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL INVITES AREA VETERANS TO A 9 A.M.
ASSEMBLY THIS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30TH.    AUTHOR AND KWQC NEWS ANCHOR GARY METIVIER WILL PRESENT A PROGRAM.    HE RECENTLY WROTE A BOOK THAT FOCUSES ON THE HONOR FLIGHTS TO WASHINGTON, D.C.    CARDINAL STAFF AND STUDENTS ARE WELCOME TO JOIN STUDENTS
FOR BREAKFAST AT 8 THAT MORNING...FREE TO VETERANS AND $2.10 FOR  OTHERS.   RSVP TO 652-4996.    THE PROGRAM WILL BE REPEATED AT
10:30 A.M. AT BRIGG'S SCHOOL.

FOR NEWCOMERS TO MAQUOKETA, THE KIWANIS CLUB RUNS A "WELCOME BASKET" PROGRAM.   FOR MORE INFORMATION, CALL 652-4602.
AND....THE KIWANIS CLUB RECENTLY DONATED $500 TO THE MAQUOKETA FIRE DEPARTMENT.    THE CLUB MEETS AT NOON EVERY THURSDAY AT THE DECKER HOTEL.    VISITORS WELCOME.

THE DRIVE-THRU HOLIDAY DISPLAY IS OPEN AT LOUIS MURPHY PARK AT THE SOUTH EDGE OF DUBUQUE.    5 UNTIL 10 P.M. DAILY.  TAKE THE GRANDVIEW EXIT AND TURN RIGHT AT GRANDVIEW.     $8 A VEHICLE.

THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY WEB SITE WAS UPDATED THIS MORNING WITH A
NEW SILENT AUCTION ITEM.    GO TO THE KMAQ HOME PAGE (WWW.KMAQ.COM) AND CLICK-ON THE BLUE ROTARY WHEEL.

ALSO ON THE HOME  PAGE OF KMAQ, PUSH THE BUTTON TO LISTEN AND WATCH  THE 1906 VICTROLA (OWNED BY JACKSON COUNTY) PLAY A CHRISTMAS CAROL.

DARLENE KIRCHOFF HAS HER TREMENDOUS CHRISTMAS DISPLAY UP AT  HER HOME ON THE CORNER, JUST A SHORT DISTANCE FROM GOODENOW
FOOTBALL FIELD.   THANKS TO DARLENE FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL DISPLAY.
A PHOTO IS ON THE KMAQ HOME PAGE, THEN TO DECORATIONS WEB PAGE.    BECAUSE SHE WON LAST YEAR, SHE IS NOT ELIGIBLE  THIS YEAR, BUT WILL BE AGAIN IN 2013.

CHECK BELOW FOR A PHOTO OF MARSHA HENDERSON'S HUSBAND AND ALSO BELOW, PHOTO I TOOK TODAY AT McDONALDS IN MAQUOKETA.

GO DOWN A WAYS AND READ ALL ABOUT THE SECOND ANNUAL FUNDRAISER
NIGHT AT THE MAQUOKETA ART EXPERIENCE  THIS SATURDAY NIGHT.
YOU WILL NEED TO CLICK-ON THE BLACK AND WHITE POSTER  AND MAKE IT LARGER SO THAT YOU CAN THEN READ THE  SCRIPT.    IT WILL BE A BIG NIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT FOR A.R.E.

THIS IS THE LAST DAILY REPORT FOR THIS WEEK.    NANCY AND I WILL
ESCORT THE KMAQ TRAVEL BUS TO BRANSON TOMORROW THROUGH
FRIDAY.    REMEMBER, YOU CAN GO TO KMAQ'S HOME PAGE....CLICK-ON
THE "LISTEN" BUTTON AND HEAR THE COMPLETE LOCAL NEWSCASTS AT 7:45 A.M....12:15 P.M....5:05 P.M. AND 9:45 P.M.   ALL THE LOCAL SPORTS TOO.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

DENNIS VOY  

THIS AFTERNOON, A CHECK WAS PRESENTED TO THE RONALD McDONALD
HOUSE IN IOWA CITY, PROCEEDS FROM THE SALE OF 8 PAINTINGS THAT
HUNG AT McDONALDS IN MAQUOKETA,  SINCE THE RESTAURANT OPENED
IN 1988.    THE PAINTINGS, SOLD HERE AT KMAQ IN OCTOBER IN A SILENT-AUCTION, BROUGHT JUST UNDER $3,000 AND LOIS KARPINSKI AND GLEN
KARPINSKI, OWNERS OF McDONALDS, MATCHED THE AMOUNT AND
MADE IT AN EVEN $6,000.     THE RESTAURANT HAS COMPLETELY BEEN RE-DONE,  INSIDE AND OUT, AND THE PAINTINGS WERE NOT A PART OF THE
NEW DECOR.     ONE OF THE PAINTINGS, OF THE OLD SHERIFF'S RESIDENCE ON WEST PLATT (NOW SITE OF THE LAW CENTER) WAS PURCHASED FOR
$500 BY DIANE DERGANZ OF MAQUOKETA, WHO LIVED IN THE  HOUSE WHEN
HER DAD WAS SHERIFF IN THE 60'S.    SHOWN ABOVE, LEFT TO RIGHT,
DIANE DERGANZ;  SUE BRIMEYER, MANAGER OF McDONALDS; DANIEL NEUMANN, DEPARTMENT MANAGER AND MARTHA FRANK, ANOTHER DEPARTMENT MANAGER HERE IN MAQUOKETA.
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THIS IS JAMES C. BOREL, OF NEW JERSEY, EXECUTIVE VICE-PRESIDENT OF DuPONT, WHO WILL BE IN MAQUOKETA THIS WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28TH, TO MAKE A PRESENTATION..... "TOGETHER, WE CAN FEED THE WORLD".
IT WILL BE HELD AT 6 P.M. (RECEPTION AT 5)  AT THE OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER ON EAST PLATT STREET AND HIS APPEARANCE IS SPONSORED BY THE MAQUOKETA STATE BANK AND IS OPEN TO ANYONE.      HE HAS BEEN IN MAQUOKETA MANY TIMES.   HE IS MARRIED TO MARSHA HENDERSON,
DAUGHTER OF THE LATE JOHN AND BETTY HENDERSON.   ON THE "JUST TALK" SHOW LAST WEEK, HE TOLD THAT HE REMEMBERS COMING TO KMAQ
YEARS AGO WITH HIS FATHER-IN-LAW, JOHN, TO WATCH AS JOHN DID THE
"RFD 1320" PROGRAM ON KMAQ-AM AND THAT AFTER THE SHOW, THEY WOULD GO DOWN TO THE THEN VERY POPULAR ROCKY'S CAFE IN THE
SALE BARN ON EAST QUARRY STREET.
DENNIS VOY

YESTERDAY, A HIGH OF 64.
LAST NIGHT, A LOW OF 26.
THE HIGH TODAY, 33 AND WINDY AND THEREFORE IT FELT MUCH WORSE.
TOMORROW, SUNNY AND HIGH OF 32.
PARTY SUNNY AND A HIGH OF 46 ON SUNDAY.
STILL WAITING FOR THE FIRST SNOWFALL IN MAQUOKETA.

THE TWO TICKETS TO THE OHNWARD CARPENTER CONCERT TOMORROW NIGHT ($44 VALUE)  SOLD FOR $10 TODAY (JUST 2 BIDDERS) BY THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB ON THEIR NEW WEB SITE (WWW.KMAQ.COM AND CLICK-ON THE BLUE ROTARY WHEEL) AND THE NEW WEEKLY SILENT AUCTION ITEM FOR NEXT WEEK WILL BE POSTED MONDAY MORNING ON THE SITE.

 MAQUOKETA POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING NUMEROUS VEHICLE BREAK-INS
THE LAST WEEK.     IN MOST CASES, THE DOOR WAS NOT LOCKED, BUT
IN ONE CASE, THEY BROKE INTO THE VEHICLE.    THE MOST RECENT
REPORTED BY:
WADE WILSON ON W. LOCUST....JEFF MORITZ ON S. JONES....MITHCELL RICHARDS ON  S. 4TH ST.....SALLY DAVIES ON THOMAS AVE....BRIAN GONNER ON S. NIAGARAAA....AUDREY OWENS ON W. LOCUST....TANNER BOWLING
ON S. SECOND ST....JOHN SIEGWORTH ON AUSTIN AVENUE.
LOCK YOUR CAR!

THERE WERE 11 TURKEY WINNERS IN THE ANNUAL OLD TIME TURKEY SHOOT ON KMAQ PRIOR TO THANKSGIVING, 7 FROM MAQUOKETA.  THEY WERE:
CARLA BRUNS...VERA SCHMIDT...BERNIE PAUL...DEB IHRIG...RAMONA VON SPRECKEN...SHIRLEY WINEGAR AND GALEN SAUNDERS.

HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.    KEEP WARM.

DENNIS VOY

MRE IS LOCATED IN THE FORMER OSTERHAUS PHARMACY IN DOWNTOWN
MAQUOKETA.   CLICK-ON THE ABOVE TO READ IT.
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                                             CLICK-ON TODAY'S QUAD CITY
                                           TIMES STORY ABOVE TO READ IT. 
                                              AND MORE BELOW!

COMING DECEMBER 1ST TO OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER ON HIGHWAY 64 EAST, MAQUOKETA.    THE CONCERT IS BEING SPONSORED BY THE FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH IN MAQUOKETA.
CLICK-ON THE AD AND PHOTO ABOVE TO ENLARGE THEM.
DENNIS VOY

BEAUTIFUL DAY TODAY...HIGH OF 58.

TOMORROW, PARTLY SUNNY AND HIGH OF 62.

BIG SHOPPING DAY FRIDAY, SUNNY AND ONLY 35 FOR A HIGH.

COOL ALSO SATURDAY AND SUNDAY WITH SUNNY SKIES.

SPORTS FIRST:
LAST NIGHT, FIRST GAME OF SEASON, CENTER POINT URBANA DEFEATED THE MAQUOKETA GIRL'S BASKETBALL TEAM, 39 TO 28, HERE IN TOWN.
CHIARA ATIENZA HAD 10 POINTS AND LEXIE BIEHL, 9.

HIGH SCHOOL BOWLING AT TIMBER LANES....MAQUOKETA BOYS BEAT
MARION AND THE GIRLS LOST TO MARION.    LUKE QUINLAN WAS HIGH
FOR THE CARDINALS WITH A 179 AND BIZZY OBERBROCKLING HAD
HIGH GIRL'S SCORE FOR MAQUOKETA, A 149.

SATURDAY, THE 16TH ANNUAL JACK MARLOWE ALUMNI BASKETBALL
TOURNAMENT WILL BE HELD AT THE NEW MCHS GYM, WITH 11 TEAMS
AND THE 4TH ANNUAL ALUMNI VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT  WILL ALSO START AT NOON IN THE OLD GYM WITH 7 TEAMS.

SATURDAY NIGHT, THE AAU/MAQUOKETA WRESTLING CLUB IS HOSTING
"WRESTLE-OFFS" AT THE NEW GYM, STARTING AT 6:30.  
25 HIGH SCHOOL BOYS OUT FOR WRESTLING THIS YEAR.
ALSO YOUNG AAU WRESTLERS WILL BE ON THE PROGRAM.     FREE ADMISSION.

SGT. DARIN RISINGER OF THE MAQUOKETA POLICE DEPARTMENT IS INVESTIGATING AT LEAST 3 INCIDENTS OF CAR BURGLARIES.
POLICE MADE THE DISCOVERIES BETWEEN 2 AND 3 A.M. THIS MORNING
AT  811 SOUTH SECOND, 407 SOUTH NIAGARA, AND 502 WEST LOCUST.

CLUB HOPE AT THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL COLLECTED OVER 1,700
ITEMS FOR THE COMMUNITY CUPBOARD SUNDAY EVENING.

LSI'S OFFICE IN MAQUOKETA HAS MOVED TO THE FIRST LUTHERAN
CHURCH IN MAQUOKETA.    LUTHERAN SERVICES IN IOWA MAQUOKETA
OFFICE PROVIDES SERVICES THAT PREVENT CHILD ABUSE AND ASSIST
YOUTH AND FAMILIES IN CRISIS.    THE OFFICE NUMBER IS 652-4150.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!

DENNIS VOY

 52 TODAY AFTER A FOGGY MORNING.    FOG AGAIN TOWARD MORNING
TOMORROW AND WARMER TOMORROW.     THE RAIN CHANCES FOR
THANKSGIVING DAY ARE UP TO 40% IN THE AFTERNOON.

THE REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITY WILL BE OFFERING RIDES IN MAQUOKETA ON SUNDAY AFTERNOONS THROUGH DECEMBER.
JACKSON COUNTY SUPERVISOR JACK WILLEY SAID TODAY THAT THE
RTA BOARD IN DUBUQUE AGREED TO A TRIAL PROGRAM.     RIDES
WILL BE OFFERED FROM 1:30 UNTIL 5:30 P.M. SUNDAYS.   THE TRIAL
STARTED THIS PAST SUNDAY AND IS EXPECTED TO RUN THROUGH DECEMBER ON SUNDAYS AS A PILOT PROGRAM.    COST OF THE RIDE IS $4 ROUND TRIP.        RESIDENTS MUST CALL THE RTA BY 5 P.M. FRIDAYS TO RESERVE A RIDE.    THE TOLL FREE NUMBER IS 1-800-839-5005.
THE RTA BUS IS HANDICAPPED ACCESSIBLE.    WILLEY SAID HE HAS BEEN PUSHING FOR WEEKEND SERVICE IN MAQUOKETA FOR A LONG TIME.    HE SAID IT'S A GOOD SERVICE FOR RESIDENTS.

UNEMPLOYMENT RATES WENT UP IN THE AREA IN OCTOBER.
IOWA STATE WENT DOWN TO 5.1 FROM 5.2 IN SEPTEMBER.
IN JACKSON COUNTY, THE JOBLESS RATE WENT UP TO 4.7 IN OCTOBER COMPARED TO 4.1 IN SEPTEMBER.

LAVERNE BOUCHAUTE, 85, OF WHEATLAND DIED SATURDAY AT HER HOME.
THE FUNERAL WILL BE SATURDAY MORNING AT 10 AT THE TORONTO
CATHOLIC CHURCH.   FRIENDS CAN CALL FRIDAY NIGHT AT CHAPMAN FUNERAL HOME IN WHEATLAND.     SURIVIVORS INCLUDE HER HUSBAND AND A SON, JOHN BOUCHAUTE OF MAQUOKETA.

THE MAQUOKETA CARDINAL GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM STARTS THE
SEASON TONIGHT AT HOME, HOSTING CENTER POINT URBANA.

THIS AFTERNOON AT 4, THE FIRST MCHS BOWLING MEET WAS HELD AT TIMBER LANES.   THE CARDINALS  HOSTED THE MARION INDIANS.

I KNOW OF TWO THANKSGIVING EVE CHURCH SERVICES IN MAQUOKETA
TOMORROW.    THE  FIRST LUTHERAN SERVICE IS AT 6 P.M AND THE FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH WILL HAVE THEIR SEVICE AT 7 P.M.

GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD WEDNESDAY.

DENNIS VOY

PARTLY CLOUDY TODAY AND HIGH OF 53
TOMORROW, SUNNY AND 56
WEDNESDAY, SUNNY AND 61
AND THANKSGIVING, SUNNY AND 61 AGAIN.

A MAQUOKETA MAN, THOMAS CLASEN, AGE 43, IS IN JAIL TODAY AFTER
POLICE FOUND A METH LAB WITH A  SEARCH WARRANT AT 700 PERSHING
ROAD, #52.   HE IS BEING HELD ON $100,000 CASH BOND AND A PUBLIC
DEFENDER HAS BEEN APPOINTED FOR HIM.
ALSO CHARGED, RENEE WALKER, AGE 32, WHO LIVES AT THE SAME
ADDRESS.  SHE WAS CHARGED WITH INTERFERENCE WITH OFFICIAL ACTS.
THE ARREST OF THE TWO WAS AT AROUND 9 P.M. SATURDAY NIGHT.

MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.

THE MAQUOKETA LIONS CLUB HELD A LAS VEGAS NIGHT AND PROCEEDS OF $400 WENT TO THE MAQUOKETA COMMUNITY CUPBOARD.   CAROL IHRIG
IS THE PRESIDENT.

THE PPP PLAYERS/OHNWARD HOLIDAY SHOW THIS PAST WEEKEND
AT  OHNWARD WAS GOOD AND HAD A GOOD ATTENDANCE.  LOTS OF
TALENT HERE IN JACKSON COUNTY.

THE UPDATED MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB WEB SITE CAN BE LOOKED
AT..... AT WWW.KMAQ.COM AND CLICK-ON THE BLUE ROTARY WHEEL.
FOR THIS WEEK'S SILENT AUCTION....TWO TICKETS TO THE CARPENTER
SHOW THIS SATURDAY NIGHT AT OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER, WORTH $44.00.     ALSO ON THE WEB, THE NEW CITIZEN OF THE WEEK AND
A PHOTO OF THE ROTARIAN OF THE WEEK.     THIS WEEK, THE SILENT
AUCTION WILL AT NOON FRIDAY.

HAVE A TURKEY-GOOD WEEK!

DENNIS VOY

BEAUTIFUL DAY TODAY...SUNNY, NO WIND...HIGH OF 53
TOMORROW, SUNNY AND 56
SUNDAY, SAME.
THANKSGIVING DAY,....SUNNY AND 56 TOO.

SUNDAY, THE BOY SCOUTS OF TROOP 68 WILL HAVE AN EAGLE SCOUT COURT OF HONOR FOR CODY SCHVEIGER AND MITCHELL RICHARDS.
IT WILL START AT 2 P.M. AT THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH IN MAQUOKETA.

A BIG CHRISTMAS TREE WAS CUT DOWN AND BROUGHT INTO DOWNTOWN
MAQUOKETA AND PUT UP IN THE GREEN SPACE WHERE BUILDINGS
WERE BEFORE THE BIG FIRE.    LIGHTED...LOOKS GOOD.   THANKS TO THE CHAMBER AND MAQUOKETA MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC UTILITY. 
AND THANKS TO THE CHAMBER AND KMAQ ENGINEER (AND FORMER MAYOR)
TOM MESSERLI, THE P-A SYSTEM IS WORKING AGAIN IN DOWNTOWN
MAQUOKETA, PLAYING CHRISTMAS MUSIC.
TOMORROW IS THE "KICK-OFF" OF THE CHRISTMAS SHOPPING SEASON
IN MAQUOKETA, WITH MANY THINGS PLANNED FOR ALL AGES.   YES,
SANTA COMES TO MAQUOKETA FOR THE FIRST TIME TOMORROW.
AND BIG CHRISTMAS MUSIC SHOW TOMORROW NIGHT AT OHNWARD FINE
ARTS CENTER, PRODUCED BY OHNWARD AND THE  PEACE PIPE PLAYERS.
STARTS AT 7.  MR. AND MRS. RICH HALL WILL EMCEE.

THE IOWA MIXED-DOUBLES STATE BOWLING TOURNAMENT (HELD DURING 3 WEEKENDS) ENDED LAST WEEKEND.     THERE WERE 104 TEAMS IN IT.
THE MAQUOKETA TEAM FROM THE SATURDAY NIGHT  MIXED LEAGUE AT TIMBER LANES IN MAQUOKETA, WON THE CHAMPIONSHIP.    THE BUD LITE
TEAM MEMBERS ARE:   NASTASHA RIORDAN, JOSH RIORDAN, KASANDRA
KLEINSTIVER AND TIM JOCHUM.     THEIR WINNING TEAM SCORE WAS 3,194.
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL FOUR!

THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD HAS AGREED TO HIRE A JUVENILE LIAISON
PERSON TO REPLACE THERESA CLARK WHO RECENTLY RESIGNED TO TAKE THE JACKSON COUNTY JUVENILE PROBATION POSITION.

THIS WEEKEND,  DON'T FORGET TO VISIT OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER
AND VIEW THE ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF TREES.

HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY

SUNNY AND 54 TODAY.  MORE 50-DEGREE WEATHER THRU THE WEEKEND.

KMAQ'S 2ND ANNUAL CHRISTMAS HOME LIGHTING CONTEST IS UNDERWAY.
FOR DETAILS, GO TO WWW.KMAQ.COM AND CLICK-ON THE
DECORATION CONTEST BUTTON.

TOP BID ON A FAMILY MEMBERSHIP AT THE MAQUOKETA YMCA IS $45...FOR 3 MONTHS.    IT IS THE SILENT AUCTION ITEM THIS WEEK ON THE NEW MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB WEB SITE.   GO TO WWW.KMAQ.COM AND CLICK ON THE BLUE ROTARY WHEEL AND PLACE YOUR BID IF INTERESTED.

GLATHA OSTERT, 87, OF CLINTON DIED YESTERDAY.   SURVIVORS INCLUDE DAUGHTER GWEN OSTERT OF MAQUOKETA.  

THE CITY OF MAQUOKETA WILL BE RE-CONSTRUCTING MATTESON AVENUE.
IT IS THE STREET THAT GOES BY GOODENOW FIELD.    PART OF THE
PROJECT WILL BE ESTABLISHING ADDITIONAL DIAGONAL PARKING
NEAR THE FOOTBALL FIELD.

THE JACKSON COUNTY CRIME STOPPERS PROGRAM WILL BE RE-STARTED
SOON.    NEW ASSISTANT COUNTY ATTORNEY MATTHEW SPEERS IS UPDATING THE BY-LAWS.    THE LEAD GROUP WILL AGAIN BE THE JACKSON COUNTY MUNICIPAL LEAGUE MADE UP OF THE MAYORS OF THE COUNTY.

ON POLICE BLOTTER:    MIRANDA SOTO REPORTED HER GPS UNIT WAS STOLEN.
AIMEE KELLY OF WHITE TAIL RUN APARTMENTS REPROTED A TIRE
SLASHED ON HER VEHICLE.
AND JERIC FARRELL ALSO REPORTED A GPS UNIT TAKEN.

JACKSON COUNTY TOTS FOR TOYS IS ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS
FOR TOYS FOR CHILDREN AT CHRISTMAS.     APPLICATIONS
CAN BE MADE ON-LINE AT WWW.JACKSONCOUNTYTOYSFORTOTS.COM

PLAYED MY FIRST TWO CHRISTMAS SONGS ON THE AIR TODAY.

CHRISTMAS SHOPPING OFFICIALLY STARTS SATURDAY IN MAQUOKETA
WITH DAY LONG FUN SPONSORED BY THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND
TOPPED OFF WITH A LOCAL CHRISTMAS SHOW BY THE PEACE  PIPE PLAYERS AT 7 SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER,
THE 850 SEAT THEATRE ON EAST PLATT STREET.

THE CITY DOWNTOWN DECORATIONS WENT UP THIS WEEK.   EVERY LIGHT POLE IS DECORATED WITH LIGHTED GARLAND.

HAVE A NICE NIGHT AND GOOD FRIDAY.

DENNIS VOY

NO DAILY REPORT TODAY

NICE AND SUNNY TODAY AND A HIGH OF 41.
TOMORROW, SUNNY AND A HIGH OF 50.
THE 50'S HIGHS WILL BE  HERE THRU THE WEEKEND.

JACKSON COUNTY HOLIDAY EXTRAVAGANZA.....WILL BE PRESENTED THIS SATURDAY NIGHT AT 7 AND SUNDAY AFTERNOON AT 2....AT OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER IN MAQUOKETA.    LOCAL TALENT!
TICKETS AT THE DOOR, $15.   IN ADVANCE, $12.   

THE MAQUOKETA COMMUNITY SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS LAST NIGHT DECLINCED TO OFFER EARLY RETIRMENT TO ITS EMPLOYEES FOR THE
2012-13 SCHOOL YEAR.   BUT IT MAY BE OFFERED IN THE FUTURE.

POLICE BLOTTER:
DAWN DEFRIEZE ON SHORLINE DRIVE (NORTH EDGE OF CITY) REPORTED
SUNDAY THAT THE TIRES WERE SLASHED ON HER VEHICLE.
JACOB KOLL ON SWAGOSA DRIVE REPORTED MONDAY THAT A TIRE
ON HIS VEHICLE WAS SLIT.
HILLCREST FAMILY SERVICES ON SOUTH OLIVE REPORTED THAT SCREENS
ON THE OLIVE STREET SIDE OF BUILDING WERE CUT.

INTERESTING COMMENTS WITH STAIRCASE PHOTO BELOW.

THANKS FOR VISIT.

DENNIS VOY

CLICK-ON PHOTO IF YOU WANT TO ENLARGE IT.
I TOOK THIS PHOTO SUNDAY MORNING AT THE OLD ABE  HURST  (ABE STARTED HURSTVILLE AND THE LIME KILNS INDUSTRY THERE)  HOME ON
THE CORNER OF SOUTH 4TH AND WEST MAPLE STREETS IN MAQUOKETA.
THIS LARGE HOME HAS BEEN OWNED BY KEN MOORE OF MAQUOKETA FOR
MANY YEARS.    HE HAS DONE SOME WORK ON IT AND FIXED UP THE
THE CARRIAGE HOUSE.    NO ONE HAS LIVED IN IT FOR OVER 50 YEARS.    EVENTUALLY, KEN  PLANS TO MAKE THIS HOME AGAIN INTO THE PIONEER  HOME IT ONCE WAS.
THIS MORNING HERE AT KMAQ, ALJEAN CHRIST STOPPED IN TO SEE ME.
ALJEAN AND  HUSBAND DONALD LIVE  HERE IN MAQUOKETA.    SHE HAD SEEN THE PICTURE YESTERDAY ON THIS DAILY REPORT AND SHE
HAD A STORY TO TELL ME ABOUT THE HOME.    IN JUNE, 1952, WHEN SHE WAS 18, SHE WENT UP AND DOWN THAT STAIRCASE HUNDREDS OF TIMES.   SHE  AND A GIRLFRIEND LIVED IN ONE OF THE UPSTAIRS APARTMENTS IN THE HURST HOME, THE WEST SIDE APARTMENT WITH THE SUNPORCH ON THE SOUTH.   THE OTHER APARTMENT UPSTAIRS WAS ON THE EAST SIDE AND BILL AND MINNIE HURST LIVED DOWNSTAIRS.    BILL ,WAS A SON OF ABE.  ALJEAN  AND DONALD HAD JUST GOTTEN MARRIED AND HE WAS STILL IN THE SERVICE.     HE HAD BEEN IN KOREA AND AFTER COMING BACK TO THE USA, THEY GOT MARRIED AND HE THEN WENT TO KENTUCKY TO FINISH OUT HIS ENLISTMENT.    ALJEAN AND HER GIRLFRIEND LIVED IN THE HURST APARTMENT UNTIL DONALD GOT DISCHARGED.    THE APARTMENT WAS
HEATED BY A KEROSENE STOVE AND SHE SAID THEY  HAD TO CARRY THE
KEROSENE UP THE STAIRS IN A FIVE-GALLON PAIL.     SHE HAD A GAS STOVE,
AND IN ONE OF THE CLOSITS WAS A PLACE TO INSERT QUARTERS FOR A
QUARTERS WORTH OF GAS.     SHE SAID SHE CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT THE
RENT WAS, BUT THAT SHE WAS WORKING AT JC PENNEY IN MAQUOKETA GETTING A $75  PAYCHECK EVERY TWO WEEKS, SO THE RENT MUST NOT HAVE BEEN TOO HIGH.    LATE JUNE 1952 TO EARLY FEBRUARY 1953..... SIX
MONTHS THAT NOW BRING MEMORIES OF MAQUOKETA....IN THE GOOD OLD
DAYS.    IS THE PLACE NOW HAUNTED?   I GUESS THERE IS A STORY ABOUT THAT!   KEN SAYS,  "COULD BE"!
DENNIS VOY

YESTERDAY WAS A COOL, RAINY DAY....6/10 OF AN INCH OF RAIN.
LAST NIGHT...LOW OF 22.
TODAY, HIGH OF 29.
TONIGHT, IN THE TEENS.
BUT...BACK TO LOW 50'S WEDNESDAY AND FOR REST OF WEEK.

THE JUDICIAL NOMINATING COMMISSION FOR THE 7TH JUDICIAL
DISTRICT IS LOOKING FOR A NEW JUDGE TO REPLACE CHARLES PELTON
WHO RETIRED IN AUGUST AFTER 38 YEARS ON THE BENCH.

A HIT-AND-RUN ACCIDENT IN MAQUOKETA LAST WEEK.    MARY KAY HOVEY
OF MAQUOKETA REPORTED HER VEHICLE WAS HIT AND RECEIVED $1,000
IN DAMAGE.

ALSO ON POLICE BLOTTER, JEFF JORDAN OF KINGDOM HALL ON WEST PLATT IN MAQUOKETA REPORTED SATURDAY MORNING THAT SOMEONE MESSED WITH THE AIR-CONDITIONER AND THREW SOME TRASH AROUND.

BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER, CLUB HOPE'S  CAN DRIVE YESTERDAY
WAS POSTPONED UNTIL THIS COMING SUNDAY, DOOR TO DOOR.

THE OPTIMIST CLUB DID NOT PUT UP THERE AVENUE OF FLAGS (OVER 400)
THIS PAST WEEKEND FOR VETERAN'S DAY, BECAUSE OF THE BAD WEATHER.

SCHOOL BOARD MEETING TODAY.

NANCY ZABRAN, AGE 74, DIED SATURDAY AT HER HOME IN BELLEVUE.
SURVIVORS INCLUDE A SON, RUSSELL ZABRANA OF MAQUOKETA.
HACHMAN FUNERAL HOME IN BELLEVUE IS IN CHARGE OF THE
SERVICE THIS COMING SATURDAY NOON.

SUSAN BEALS, AGE 55, OF PRESTON DIED LAST TUESDAY.
SURVIVORS INCLUDE A SON, CHARLIE BEALS OF MAQUOKETA.
FRIENDS MAY CALL THIS SATURDAY FROM 2 UNTIL 5 PM AT MILLER-LAW-JONES FUNERAL HOME IN PRESTON.

THE NEW MAQUOKETA ROTARY WEB SITE WAS UPDATED TODAY.
THE $80 SQUIERS MANOR CERTIFICATE WENT FOR $25 IN THE
ROTARY SILENT AUCTION.  THIS WEEK, THE SILENT AUCTION CERTIFICATE
IS A 3-MONTH FAMILY MEMBERSHIP IN THE MAQUOKETA YMCA, WORTH
$184.50.    LAST WEEK, THE ROTARY CITIZEN OF THE WEEK WAS ROSE
FRANTZEN AND THIS WEEK, THE CITIZEN OF THE WEEK IS BUDDY OLSON.
GO TO WWW.KMAQ.COM AND CLICK-ON THE BLUE ROTARY WHEEL.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

DENNIS VOY

A MAQUOKETA STAIRCASE FEW MAQUOKETANS HAVE SEEN!    THE HOUSE
HAS NOT BEEN LIVED IN FOR OVER 50 YEARS!
DENNIS VOY

A MAQUOKETA RAINBOW SATURDAY AFTERNOON LOOKING NORTH
FROM WAL MART PARKING LOT.
DO THEY  HAVE RAINBOWS IN ARIZONA?
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54 TODAY.
TOMORROW, 69.
RAIN SUNDAY, VETERAN'S DAY, AND HIGH OF 60.
MONDAY, PARTLY SUNNY AND HIGH OF ONLY 36.
WARM TOMORROW....
A COLD FRONT IS NEXT....
AND 36  MONDAY.....QUITE A CHANGE IN JUST 2 DAYS.

THE BELLEVUE MARQUETTE GIRLS LOST 3 TO 0 TO A FORT MADISON
TEAM LAST NIGHT AT THE STATE VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT IN
CEDAR RAPIDS.

THE MAQUOEKETA VETERAN'S DAY PROGRAM WILL BE AT 8:45 MONDAY
MORNING AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL GYM.
THE PUBLIC IS INVITED.

HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.

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SUNNY AND 51 DEGREES TODAY.
WARMER TOMORROW AND 66 ON SATURDAY.

MAQUOKETA WILL ONCE AGAIN  HAVE A COMMUNITY THANKSGIVING
DINNER.     AT NOON THANKSGIVING DAY AND SPONSORED BY
THE MAQUOKETA LIONS CLUB, THE MAQUOKETA MINISTERIAL ASSOCIATION
AND COMMUNITY SERVICES.   IT WILL AGAIN BE HELD AT THE JACKSON COUNTY SENIOR CENTER.   TO DONATE OR HELP, CALL ROSEMARY
BICKFORD AT 652-5318.     FREE TICKETS CAN BE PICKED UP UNTIL MONDAY, NOVEMBER 19TH AT ALL AREA CHURCHES, THE SENIOR CENTER,
THE COMMUNITY CUPBOARD AND THE COMMUNITY SERVICES STORE.

THE FUNERAL THIS WEEK FOR KANDY FRANZEN (MRS. MIKE) OF MONMOUTH, WAS PROBABLY THE LARGEST EVER IN MAQUOKETA.     NANCY AND I WENT TO THE WAKE LAST NIGHT AT THE PEARSON CENTER ON THE FAIRGROUNDS AND PEOPLE STOOD IN LINE OVER AN HOUR.    APPROXIMATELY 1,800
VISITED THE FAMILY YESTERDAY BETWEEN 1 P.M. AND 8:30 P.M.  AND THERE MUST HAVE BEEN OVER 100 FLORAL ARRANGEMENTS.   SHE DIED AT THE AGE OF 58 AFTER A LONG BATTLE WITH CANCER.

ANOTHER REMINDER TO GO TO THE NEW ROTARY WEB SITE.   FIRST
GO TO KMAQ'S HOME PAGE (WWW.KMAQ.COM) AND THEN CLICK ON THE
ROTARY WHEEL.      THE SILENT AUCTION ITEM OF THE WEEK IS AN $80
CERTIFICATE GOOD FOR A NIGHT'S STAY AT SQUIERS MANOR BED &
BREAKFAST, TO BE USED  SOMETIME WITHIN THE NEXT  YEAR.    
IT....SQUIRES MANOR....IS ONE OF THE BEST IN THE STATE.   PLACE
YOUR BID THIS WEEK AND CHECK BACK DAILY TO SEE WHERE THE BIG
IS AT.

ON OUR WEB SITE TONIGHT AT 7:15 (CLICK ON THE LISTEN BUTTON) FOR
THE BELLEVUE MARQUETTE STATE VOLLEYBALL MATCH AT THE
STATE CONVENTION IN CEDAR RAPIDS.   MATT CLARK WILL BE FLOOR-SIDE
WITH THE PLAY-BY-PLAY.     THE FIRST SERVE AT 7:30.

GO WARRIORS!

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BETTER DAY TODAY THAN YESTERDAY, BUT STILL COOL. 
TOMORROW WILL BE BETTER.     SATURDAY ONLY, MID 60'S.

GOOD VOTER TURN-OUT IN JACKSON COUNTY  YESTERDAY.... 67.10%
4,429 ABSENTEE VOTES.
BRIAN MOORE OF LAMOTTE.WAS RE-ELECTED STATE REPRESETATIVE, GETTING 7,810 VOTES.   NOT FAR BEHIND WAS TOM SCHUELLER OF MAQUOKETA WITH 7,401.    MOORE IS A REPUBLICAN.
LARRY "BUCK" KOOS WAS RE-ELECTED TO BOARD OF SUPERVISORS,
DEFEATING DAVE KENDALL.      KOOS, DEMOCRAT, GOT 5,674 AND
KENDALL 4,008.
CONGRESSMAN BRUCE BRALEY (D) WAS EASILY ELECTED TO A 4TH TERM, DEFEATING BEN LANGE.
IN JACKSON COUNTY, PRESIDENT OBAMA 5,877 AND MITT ROMNEY, 4,171.
A FORMER KMAQ ANNOUNCER (LONG TIME AGO), KEITH SOMERVILLE,  IS THE NEW MAYOR OF WYOMING.  

A CAR-DEER ACCIDENT AT  6:47 THIS MORNING.     DRIVER ALEX McLAUGHLIN OF MAQUOKETA AND IT HAPPENED ON THE BELLEVUE CASCADE ROAD.
ALEX WAS TAKEN TO MERCY HOSPITAL IN DUBUQUE FOR OBSERVATION.

THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB NEW WEB SITE STARTS AT KMAQ'S HOME
PAGE.....GO TO...WWW.KMAQ.COM AND CLICK-ON THE ROTARY SQUARE.
CHECK IT OUT!    IT FEATURES WEEKLY, A SILENT-AUCTION ITEM....
HONORS THE CITIZEN OF THE WEEK AND INTRODUCES READERS TO
A MEMBER OF THE ROTARY CLUB.

THANKS FOR THE VISIT AGAIN.

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BUCK KOOS WAS RE-ELECTED TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
(DEFEATING DAVID KENDALL)

AND

BRIAN MOORE WAS RE-ELECTED TO THE STATE HOUSE
(DEFEATING TOM SCHUELLER)

RAINY AND COLD TODAY...42.
BETTER WEATHER COMING...IN 60'S SATURDAY.

NO NEWS TODAY FOR THIS REPORT.

I WILL HAVE THE ELECTION RESULTS HERE AROUND 9 TOMORROW
MORNING.

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P & K MIDWEST.....THE JOHN DEERE DEALER    ................JUST SOUTH OF MAQUOKETA.....
IN TIME FOR   "THANKSGIVING"..... IS ASKING THE PUBLIC TO HELP ...
FILL THE GATOR!     SHOWN ABOVE IS HANK FREDRICKSON, STORE MANAGER OF P & K MIDWEST IN MAQUOKETA.     BETWEEN NOW AND NOVEMBER 19TH,
YOU ARE INVITED TO DROP OFF ANY OF THE FOLLOWING AND PLACE
INSIDE THE CARGO AREA OF THE GATOR ABOVE:    NON-PERISHABLE FOOD
ITEMS, PERSONAL  HYGIENE ITEMS, CLEANING SUPPLIES, DIAPERS AND BABY FOOD.     ALL ITEMS WILL BE GIVEN TO THE MAQUOKETA COMMUNITY CUPBOARD.    ANY QUESTIONS, EMAIL DAVE WALSER, CONSUMER ACCOUNT
PERSON FOR P & K ...AT dwalser@pkmidwest.com
CLICK-ON THE PHOTO TO ENLARGE THEM!
NOTE:   ALL 6  P & K MIDWEST DEALERSHIPS, INCLUDING DEWITT AND LOWDEN , ARE ALSO DOING THE FILL THE GATOR!  AT THEIR STORE, TO BENEFIT THEIR COMMUNITY CUPBOARD.
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PARTLY SUNNY TODAY AND HIGH OF 46.    RAIN LIKELY TOMORROW MORNING AND A HIGH AGAIN OF 46.
WEDNESDAY, MOSTLY SUNNY AND HIGH OF 48 AND THURSDAY, SUNNY AND
A HIGH OF 54.

MAQUOKETA HAS A 3RD-4TH GRADE TACKLE FOOTBALL TEAM, COACHED
BY DR. BUDDY ATIENZA.   THE 20-MEMBER TEAM IS PART OF A 15 TEAM
LEAGUE IN DUBUQUE, THAT ALSO INCLUDES SOME WISCONSIN TEAMS.
THIS PAST WEEKEND, THEY WON ANOTHER TOURNAMENT GAME AND
ARE IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME THIS COMING SUNDAY, AT 12:30 PM,  AT THE UNIVERSITY OF DUBUQUE FOOTBALL FIELD.    BUDDY HAS SIX
FATHERS AS ASSISTANT COACHES AND THEY PLAY IT JUST LIKE THE
NFL DOES.     IF THEY WIN SUNDAY, I'LL LIST THEIR NAMES HERE NEXT
MONDAY.

THE BELLEVUE MARQUETTE HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL TEAM PLAYS IN THE STATE TOURNAMENT AT THE CEDAR RAPIDS ICE ARENA THIS THURSDAY NIGHT AT 7:30, AGAINST #2 RATED HOLY TRINITY CATHOLIC OF FORT MADISON.
MATT CLARK WILL CALL THE MATCH ON KMAQ-FM AND OUR INTERNET
SITE AT 7:15 THIS THURSDAY NIGHT.   GO MOHAWKS! 

THE NEW HABITAT FOR HUMANITY HOME JUST COMPLETED IN MAQUOKETA WILL HAVE A DEDICATION CEREMONY THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AT 2 AT 306 S. ELIZA STREET.          THE HOME IS FINISHED AND THRIVENT-BUILDS
AND HABITAT FOR HUMANITY WILL BE TURNING THE HOME OVER TO THE
GENAW FAMILY.    TOURS WILL BE GIVEN.    HABITAT DOES NOT DONATE HOMES TO FAMILIES.   THE FAMILY WILL HAVE A TRADITIONAL MORTGAGE.   AND THE FAMILY HAS ASSISTED COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS IN BUILDING
THE HOME.

THE CROSS WHICH WAS ON THE TOP OF THE FIRST UNITED METHODIST
CHURCH IN MAQUOKETA WAS REPAIRED AND  PUT BACK ON THE CHURCH
THIS MORNING.     A CRANE WAS USED.   SHEILA BENTLEY, CHURCH
SECRETARY, SID THE CROSS HAS BEEN DOWN FOR 5 YEARS.    IT WAS IN BAD SHAPE AND RUSTING.    THROUGH A BEQUEST FROM THE LATE HARLAN
TONDERUM, THE CROSS WAS SANDBLASTED AND REPAIRED AND RETURNED TODAY TO ITS ORIGINAL PLACE AT THE FRONT OF THE CHURCH, ON
THE HILL IN MAQUOKETA.

THE CITY COUNCIL HAS A LONG AGENDA FOR THEIR MEETING TONIGHT.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

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HALLOWEEN 2012 PHOTO.    HERE'S STEVEN ELKINS, AGE 9 1/2, OF KEYSER, WEST VIRGINIA.   HIS GRANDMA IS THERESA CELENTANO, KMAQ TRAFFIC
DIRECTOR AND BOOKKEEPER.     FOR TRICK-OR-TREATING THIS  YEAR,
HE WANTED TO GO AS A TOILET.    HIS SISTER KATIE VOLUNTEERED TO
HELP HIM AND THE RESULT IS ABOVE.      CLEVER!!     HIS MOM AND DAD ARE CHRISTY AND KEVIN ELKINS AND HIS GREAT GRANDPARENTS ARE
PETE AND VERONICA HANSEN OF MAQUOKETA.    CLICK-ON PHOTO TO
ENLARGE IT!     AND OF COURSE, YOU CAN PUSH DOWN ON HANDLE TO FLUSH IT!     BET HE WAS A REAL "STINKER" GOING DOOR-TO-DOOR.
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THE FIRST-EVER "SOCK HOP" SPONSORED BY THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB WAS HELD LAST SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE YMCA.     ROTARY
PRESIDENT SCOTT WARREN WAS "HOST" FOR THE EVENT AND THOUGH NOT A BIG TURN-OUT, EVERYONE ENJOYED GOOD FOOD AND HAD FUN,  MOST
DANCING TO MUSIC OF THE 50'S, SUPPLIED BY CURT COOPER ABOVE.

CURT GOES BY "C SHARP" KARAOKE (563-590-8473) AND HAS OVER 65,000 SONGS TO PLAY FOR EVERY KIND OF DANCE.     SOME CAME IN 50'S
APPAREL AND NANCY (MOORE) AND KENT (SHOUSE) SHOWN ABOVE, STILL
HAVE  A HIGH SCHOOL FAVORITE ....NANCY WORE HER CHEERLEADING

SWEATER AND KENT HIS LETTER JACKET.
KATHY AND LARRY BECKER WERE JUDGED THE BEST DANCERS. 

LARRY WORE HIS COWBOY HAT.
PETE AND JOVIE ATIENZA CAME IN SECOND.     TIED FOR THIRD PLACE,
FLORIAN AND KAREN STEFFEN AND CURT AND SHAR GRUVER.
THANKS TO ALL WHO ATTENDED.
CLICK-ON THE PHOTOS TO ENLARGE THEM.
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PARTLY CLOUDY AND COLDER TODAY...HIGH OF 46.
MOSTLY CLOUDY TOMORROW THROUGH MONDAY ...WITH HIGHS
SATURDAY, SUNDAY AND MONDAY IN THE UPPER 40'S.

THE DEWITT PLAYOFF FOOTBALL GAME IS ON KMAQ TONIGHT AND
ON THE KMAQ HOME PAGE.    THEY PLAY UP AT DECORAH AGAINST #1
DECORAH.     IT WILL TAKE A MAJOR UPSET TO WIN, BUT DEWITT HAS
DONE WELL IN THEIR FIRST 2 PLAYOFF GAMES.

AS OF TODAY, 4,431 ABSENTEE BALLOTS HAVE BEEN SENT OUT JACKSON COUNTY FOR TUESDAY'S ELECTION AND 3,780 HAVE BEEN RETURNED.
JACKSON COUNTY AUDITOR M. JOELLE DEPPE IS PREDICTING UP TO 6,000 ABSENTEE VOTERS WILL CAST THEIR BALLOTS THIS YEAR.

LEAF PICK-UP BEGINS MONDAY IN MAQUOKETA.    I SEE LOTS LEAVES AROUND TOWN.

PATRICK GOODALL, AGE 62, OF CEDAR RAPIDS, DIED THURSDAY.
HE WAS BORN IN MAQUOKETA.    SURVIVORS INCLUDE HIS WIFE, JANE....
TWO CHILDREN...A SISTER, MARY JANE MOREHEAD OF FORT MYERS...
AND 3 BROTHERS.... TOM IN ELDRIDGE, JIM IN FLORIDA, AND BOB IN KANSAS.  HE RETIRED FROM CUMMINS FILTRATION IN LAKE MILLS AFTER 37 YEARS WITH THE FIRM.    MURDOCK-LINWOOD FUNERAL HOME IN CEDAR RAPIDS IS IN CHARGE OF ARRANGEMENTS.

DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME ENDS TOMORROW NIGHT.    SET YOUR CLOCK BACK AN HOUR BEFORE YOU GO TO BED.    YOU GAIN AN HOUR  SATURDAY.
USE IT WISELY.    I'M GOING TO THE ROTARY SOCK HOP AT THE YMCA
FROM 6 UNTIL 8.   EVERYONE IS INVITED.

HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.

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ODD FELLOWS EMPORIUM IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA HAS BEEN OPEN ONE WEEK!     RIGHT NEXT TO THE BAKERY!     OWNED AND OPERATED BY STEVE AND ROXANNE McCAFFEY!
THEY ARE OPEN MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY FROM 9 UNTIL 5.
LOTS AND LOTS OF GIFTS (MANY ON CONSIGNMENT) ALONG WITH
CANDY AND MORE UP FRONT.    AND TO THE BACK, THE SANDWICH AND

BEVERAGE AREA.    SEATING FOR 24 OR CARRY OUT.    OR CALL AHEAD FOR PICK-UP.....AT 563-652-7070.
STEVE BEHIND THE FOOD COUNTER, HAS A BIG MENU THAT INCLUDES DELI SANDWICHES, KIDWICH MEALS, GOURMET  HOT DOGS, SALADS, SOUP,
ICE CREAM AND FRUIT AND CREAM PIES.  PLUS...SODA, LEMONADE, MILK

AND COFFEE.  
GOOD HOME COOKED FOOD BY LONGTIME MAQUOKETA WAITRESS AND
COOK, SUE McCAFFEY, SHOWN ABOVE IN THE KITCHEN.     SHE IS
STEVE'S MOTHER AND SHE HAS BEEN IN THE DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA
FOOD BUSINESS SINCE THE LATE 1950'S.    AT ONE TIME, ALSO COOKED AT THE HOSPITAL.    SHE WORKS THE NOON HOUR.    PEEK-IN AND SAY HI

WHEN YOU ARE THERE.
NEED SOME EXTRA CASH FOR HOLIDAY SHOPPING?   CONSIGN ITEMS
AROUND THE HOUSE YOU NO LONGER NEED!    ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT CONSIGNING, CALL 563-652-7070.

IN PHOTO ABOVE ROXANNE, YOU SEE NEW MERCHANDISE (INCLUDING A PURSE RACK) AND CONSIGNED ITEMS FOR ANYONE ON YOUR LIST.   
ROXANNE (IN PHOTO ABOVE) WILL SHOW YOU THEIR ONE WALL FEATURING  ALL KINDS OF CANDY.
CHRISTMAS ITEMS ARE OUT TOO.
WHERE DID THEIR NAME COME FROM?    ON THE SECOND FLOOR ABOVE,
WAS THE ODD FELLOWS HALL.    THE LODGE WAS THERE IN THE EARLY 1900'S AND FOR MANY,  MANY YEARS AFTER.  IT IS NO LONGER ACTIVE AND
THE UPSTAIRS IS NOW EMPTY.    DURING ALL THOSE YEARS...MAQUOKETAN'S KNEW WHERE THE ODD FELLOWS HALL WAS.     AND FOR MANY YEARS,
THE MAIN FLOOR WAS THE HOME OF ONE OF  MAQUOKETA'S TWO NEWSPAPERS.
THE ODD FELLOWS NAME IS BACK AND YOU WILL LIKE WHAT GOES WITH THE NAME.     STOP IN SOON AND WELCOME STEVE AND ROXANNE TO
DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA.    
CLICK-ON THE PHOTOS TO ENLARGE THEM.
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NO DAILY REPORT TODAY, THURSDAY!

THE MONTH-LONG SILENT AUCTION OF 8 PAINTINGS FROM THE McDONALD'S RESTAURANT IS OVER.   IT ENDED AT 5 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.    THE STORY OF EACH SALE WITH EACH PHOTO, IS BELOW.  

THE HIGHEST BID ON THE PAINTINGS WAS FOR THE OLD MILL (COSTELLO'S) JUST EAST OF MAQUOKETA.   IT BROUGHT $550.    IT WAS PURCHASED
BY WILLIAM DE MAURO OF PLAINVIEW, NEW YORK AND SOON TO BE A RESIDENT OF MAQUOKETA.    HE ALSO BOUGHT THE DECKER HOTEL PAINTING.    I FORGOT TO ASK WHY HE WANTED THIS PAINTING BUT I

DID FIND OUT WHY HE WANTED THE DECKER HOTEL ONE AND SO I'LL WRITE MORE ABOUT  HIM AND HIS WIFE UNDER THAT PAINTING.
THE SECOND HIGHEST PAINTING ($500) WAS FOR THE FORMER SHERIFF'S
RESIDENCE ON WEST PLATT STREET.    THE HOUSE WAS TORN DOWN
AND THAT CORNER LOT WAS USED FOR THE JACKSON COUNTY LAW CENTER.    THIS PAINTING WAS PURCHASED BY DIANE DERGANZ OF MAQUOKETA.    HER FATHER WAS THE LATE CLARENCE HINKE AND SHE

AND THE FAMILY LIVED IN THE BRICK HOME FOR 8 YEARS.    SHE WAS THE 2ND OLDEST OF 5 KIDS AND HAS FOND MEMORIES OF THE  HOME.
THE 3RD HIGHEST BID OF $415 WAS FOR THE  SCENE OF DOWNTOWN
MAQUOKETA BUSINESS PLACES, LOOKING SOUTH FROM THE MAIN AND PLATT STREET INTERSECTION ON THE WEST SIDE OF MAIN STREET.
LONGTIME RESIDENT DAVID ROSHEIM HAS MANY MEMORIES OF DOWNTOWN
MAQUOKETA AS HE ONCE HAD A BOOK STORE NOT TOO FAR FROM THESE
STORES.     HE ALSO LIKED THE CARS (OF THE 1980'S) IN THE PAINTING.

THE 4TH HIGHEST BID WENT FOR THE DECKER  HOTEL PAINTING AT $375.
IT WAS PURCHASED BY WILLIAM DE MAURO, WHO ALSO PURCHASED THE
OLD MILL PAINTING ABOVE.   HE AND SARAH JONES,  A MAQUOKETA NATIVE,
WERE JUST MARRIED IN OCTOBER.  THEY MET ON THE INTERNET.
HER LATE GRANDFATHER WAS JOHN HARRISON WHO HAD A FUNERAL HOME AND FURNITURE STORE IN MAQUOKETA.   HER MOTHER WAS HELEN
HARRISON JONES, WHO DIED A COUPLE  YEARS AGO.   HER DAD DIED
MANY YEARS AGO.    WHEN GROWING UP IN MAQUOKETA, SHE LIVED
AT 209 WEST PLEASANT STREET WITH HER MOTHER.    AND THAT HOME
WAS BUILDT BY HER GREAT-GRANDFATHER WHO FOUGHT  IN THE CIVIL
WAR AND AFTER  THE WAR,  CAME TO MAQUOKETA TO PRACTICE LAW AND
BUILDT THAT HOME AT 209 WEST PLEASANT.    THE HOME HAS STAYED IN
THE FAMILY WITH NO OTHER OWNERSHIP.   IT HAS BEEN VACANT THE LAST

COUPLE YEARS AND WILLIAM AND SARAH WILL BE LIVING IN IT SOON AND THE TWO PAINTINGS WILL HANG IN THEIR LIVING ROOM.    ONE OTHER INTERESTING THING, AND WHY THEY BOUGHT THE DECKER PAINTING.....
A COUPLE OF  YEARS AGO, THEY STAYED OVERNIGHT AT THE DECKER AND
WHEN THEY WERE GIVEN THE KEY, IT WAS FOR ROOM 209.   THEY HAD
NOT ASKED FOR THAT ROOM.
THE 5TH HIGHEST BID, $350, WAS FOR THE LAKEHURST DAM PAINTING.   IT WAS BID BY DAN WAITE.   I DID NOT TALK TO HIM, SO I DON'T KNOW WHY HE
WAS INTERESTED IN IT.    HE LIVES ON THE ROAD TO THE DAM.

THE 6TH HIGHEST BID WAS FOR THE MITCHELL-MASKREY MILL PAINTING IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA.  IT WENT FOR $325 AND WAS PURCHASED BY FRANK MITCHELL, WHO OWNS THE MILL AND STILL USES PART OF IT.
HIS GRANDFATHER, PIERCE, STARTED THE BUSINESS THERE AND HIS FATHER, ROBERT, RAN IT ALL HIS LIFE AND FRANK HAS BEEN OWNER-MANAGER FOR MANY YEARS.
THE 7TH HIGHEST BID AT $275 WENT FOR THE MAQUOKETA LIVESTOCK
SALES PAINTING AND WAS PURCHASED BY KIM DEPPE.    KIM, NURSE PRACTIONER WITH FAMILY CLINIC, AND WIFE OF LARRY DEPPE, WANTED IT BECAUSE THE LIVESTOCK BUSINESS HAS BEEN THEIR LIFE.    THEY OWN
A CATTLE OPERATION AT RURAL LAMOTTE.    ONE SON, MATT, IS CEO FOR THE IOWA CATTLEMEN'S ASSOCIATION AND LIVES NEAR DES MOINES, AT WINTERSET.   AND OTHER OTHER SON, LUCAS, IS WEST COAST MANAGER
FOR NATIONAL BEEF AND LIVES IN KANSAS CITY, A BIG CATTLE DOWN.    BOTH ARE MARRIED.   MATT  HAS 3 CHILDREN.

AND FINIALLY, THE 8TH PAINTING OF THE STONE HOME AT SOUTH EDGE OF MAQUOKETA, WAS PURCHASED BY CAROL ROUND FOR OF RURAL MAQUOKETA, FOR $190.
SHE AND HUSBAND JIM HUNG IT IN THEIR LIVING ROOM THIS MORNING.
JIM'S GREAT-GREAT GRANDFATHER BUILDT THE HOME IN 1844.    HIS
GREAT AUNT GRACE HOLIHAN, LIVED IN IT FOR MANY  YEARS.    IT IS NOW OWNED BY MARY ANN MICHEL AND HER EVENTS CENTER, MICHEL'S HALL IS LOCATED BEHIND THE HOME.

THE TOTAL AMOUNT BID FOR THE 8 PAINTINGS WAS $2,980.00.
ALL 8 PAINTINGS WERE DONATED BY McDONALDS OWNER GLEN KARPINSKI OF GALENA AND HE IS MATCHING THE AMOUNT.    SO,  THE RONALD McDONALD HOUSE NEAR UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS IN IOWA CITY WILL BE
GETTING A TOTAL OF $5,960.00.

A BIG THANK-YOU TO GLEN AND THE 7 PAINTING BUYERS.
AS ALWAYS, CLICK-0N THE PAINTINGS (DONE BY ARTIST BECKY TYRDIK
OF ILLINOIS, WHO WAS HIRED BY GLEN TO PAINT THEM FOR HIS THEN NEW RESTAURANT IN MAQUOKETA ) TO MAKE THEM LARGER.
THE RESTAURANT IS BEING RE-DONE COMPLETELY, INSIDE AND OUT,
AND CALLED FOR A NEW DECOR INSIDE, AND THAT'S WHY THE PAINTINGS
BY BECKY TYRDIK WENT ON SILENT AUCITON.

KMAQ HAD FUN HOSTING THE PAINTINGS IN OUR FRONT LOBBY DURING
OCTOBER AND CONDUCTING THE SILENT AUCTION.

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