86 TODAY.....LITTLE SHORT OF PREDICTION.    TOMORROW, WARMER.

THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD HAD A MEETING LAST NIGHT AND
FIRST TOURED THE NEW ADVANCED MANUFACTURING CENTER NEXT TO THE HIGH SCHOOL.     CLINTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE RECEIVED A GRANT TO EXPAND THE SCHOOL'S WELDING DEPARTMENT TO INCLUDE ADDITIONAL
MACHINES.    THE PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BEFORE THE SECOND SEMESTER.     THE BOARD AGREED TO SPEND UP TO $46,000 FOR
EQUIPMENT FOR THE NEW CENTER.    SOME OF THE FUNDS WILL ALSO
COME FROM ANDREW AND DELWOOD FOR THEIR  HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.

ALSO DURING THE SPECIAL MEETING OF THE BOARD, MEMBERS APPOINTED
SUPT. KIM HUCKSTAD AND BOARD MEMBERS MARTY HUDRLIK AND DAVID SYBESMA TO TALK WITH CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS ABOUT THE OLD POOL SITE PROPERTY.     THE CITY COUNCIL HAS ALSO APPOINTED TWO TO THAT COMMITTEE.    NO FIRST MEETING DATE HAS BEEN SET.

BOARD MEMBERS ALSO APPROVED PAYING $2,706 TO VOY THEATRES FOR SHOWING THE MOVIE "BULLY" SEVEN TIMES TO STUDENTS, TEACHERS AND STAFF.    HUCKSTADT THANKED THOSE WHO DONATED MONEY TO PAY FOR
THE MOVIE SHOWINGS.

A MAQUOKETA MAN IS IN JAIL ON CHARGES OF ASSAULTING ANOTHER MAN IN PRESTON EARLY THIS MORNING.    PRESTON POLICE CHIEF JOEL DRISCOLL CHARGED 28 YEAR OLD JASON TRUE OF MAQUOKETA WITH
ASSAULT CAUSING BODILY INJURY AND PUBLIC INTOXICATION.
OFFICERS WERE CALLED AT 6:30 THIS MORNING TO 100 S. AMOS IN
PRESTON.    THE FIRST CALLS WERE THAT TWO MEN WERE FIGHTING
WITH BASEBALL BATS AND THERE WAS A LOT OF BLOOD.   OFFICER DRISCOLL WROTE THAT AFTER AN INVESTIGATION, IT WAS DISCOVERED
TRUE WAS THE AGGRESSOR.    SHERIFF RUSS KETTMAN SAID THE TWO
MEN USED 2 BY 4 BOARDS TO HIT EACH OTHER AND NOT BASEBALL BATS.
THE VICTIM'S NAME WAS NOT RELEASED.     COURT RECORDS SHOW TRUE'S BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL REGISTERED .165.     TRUE IS THE OWNER AND
OPERATOR OF TRUE ... THE NAME OF THE RESTAURANT  ON THE HILL BY THE GOLF COURSE,  OWNED BY THE MAQUOKETA COUNTRY CLUB AND LEASED TO TRUE.

TWO MAQUOKETA ACCIDENTS WERE INVESTIGATED BY THE MAQUOKETA POLICE.   OFFICERS SAID TIMOTHY KELLY, AGE 68, OF MAQUOKETA WAS CHARGED WITH FAILURE TO YIELD FOLLOWING A TWO-VEHICLE ACCIDENT
WHICH HAPPENED AT 3:10 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AAT PLATT AND
VERMONT STREETS.    KELLY PLANNED TO TURN LEFT AT THE INTERSECTION BUT DID NOT YIELD TO A VEHICLE DRIVEN BY DIANE ALBERT, AGE 40,
OF MAQUOKETA....AND THE TWO VEHICLES COLLIDED.   NO INJURIES AND BOTH VEHICLES RECEIVED ABOUT $2,000 IN DAMAGES.

AT ABOUT 7 YESTERDAY MORNING, A VEHICLE WAS HIT IN THE PARKING
LOT OF KJ'S CONVENIENCE STORE ON WEST PLATT.     OFFICERS SAID JASON HAMILTON, AGE 30, OF MAQUOKETA BACKED INTO A PARKED VEHICLE
REGISTERED TO CINDY FIER OF MAQUOKETA, AND THEN LEFT THE
PARKING LOT.       NO INJURIES.

ADEAN KENNEDY, AGE 82, OF LEISURE LAKE, DIED SATURDAY AT  HER
HOME.   HER FUNERAL IS FRIDAY.     SURVIVORS INCLUDE A SON CLARENCE
OBERFELL OF MAQUOKETA.

AND SO LONG FOR ANOTHER DAY.

DENNIS VOY


 

THIS YEAR'S NEW "FARMER'S MARKET" HAS BEEN A BIG SUCCESS IN MAQUOKETA.    PLANNING STARTED BACK IN JANUARY BY A HARD-WORKING
VOLUNTEER COMMITTEE....AND IT PAID OFF.    THE EVENT EVERY TUESDAY SINCE JUNE IN THE PARKING LOT OF OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER HAS HAD
GREAT VENDORS AND GREAT SUPPORT BY THE COMMUNITY.    AND IT
CONTINUES UNTIL  OCTOBER 16TH.    LAST NIGHT, WHILE THE WEATHER
IS STILL WARM AND  IT IS STILL LIGHT AFTER 7, THE BOARD DECIDED TO
HAVE A POTLUCK-PICNIC FOR THE COMMITTEE AND VENDORS.   THERE WAS A GOOD TURNOUT!      I'M GLAD THEY INVITED NANCY AND I.....AS
IT WAS FUN AND THE TASTEY FOOD AND GOOD FELLOWSHIP WAS FUN TOO.   I ATE TOO MUCH OF COURSE AND LIKE AT ALL PICNICS....THERE WAS FOOD LEFT OVER!
THANKS TO  MARY HAYWARD (ABOVE LEFT) AND JUDY TONDERUM (ABOVE
RIGHT) FOR ORGANIZING IT.    THEY ARE COMMITTEE MEMBERS ALONG
WITH  TED STRAIT (THE THIN-HAIR  ONE ABOVE IN BLUE SHIRT) AND
LESLIE HAYES AND TOM DEVINE AND I PROBABLY FORGOT A COUPLE.
LAST NIGHT, THERE WERE 4 NEW VENDORS AND THE VENDORS LIST HAS
GROWN TO OVER 20.    LAST NIGHT, ALMOST EVERYONE SOLD-OUT BEFORE CLOSING AT 7.    THE MARKET OPENS EVERY TUESDAY AT 4 AND THE REAL BUSY HOUR IS THE FIRST HOUR FROM 4 UNTIL 5.     ONE LADY IS THERE
EVERY THURSDAY AT 4 TO MAKE SURE SHE GETS FRESH EGGS.   ANOTHER
MAN IS THERE EVERY WEEK AT 4 TO GET FIRST-CHOICE ON A HOME-MADE
PIE.
YES...THERE ARE MORE FARMERS MARKETS YET THIS  YEAR AND YES THERE WILL BE A BIGGER AND BETTER FARMER'S MARKET NEXT YEAR.
CLICK-ON THE PHOTOS TO ENLARGE THEM.
DENNIS VOY