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