SUNNY, BREEZY AND 61 TODAY.
PLANNING FOR  HIGH OF 62 TOMORROW.

MAQUOKETA POLICE CHIEF BRAD KORANDA HAS NAMED A NEW SERGEANT AND SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER.     KORANDA SAID DARREN RISINGER
HAS BEEN NAMED SERGEANT TO REPLACE KENNY SPARKS WHO RETURNED
TO PATROL POSITION FROM SERGEANT LAST MONTH.
RISINGER HAS BEEN THE MAQUOKETA RESOURCE OFFICER SINCE 2006.
KORANDA REPLACED RESINGER IN THE SCHOOLS WITH OFFICER SCOTT
HANSEN WHO HAS BEEN WITH THE MAQUOKETA POLICE DEPARTMENT
FOR 12 YEARS.     THE OTHER SERGEANT IS BRENDAN ZEIMET.   THE
TWO COMMAND OFFICERS SPLIT THEIR TIME BETWEEN DAYS AND NIGHTS
ACCORDING TO THE CHIEF.

A MAQUOKETA WOMAN, JOYCE HOUSTON, AGE 68, WAS DRIVING SOUTH ON  HIGHWAY 61 AROUND 8 LAST NIGHT, ABOUT 7 MILES NORTH OF MAQUOKETA,
WHEN SHE HIT A MINIATURE HORSE WHICH HAD RUN ONTO THE HIGHWAY.
THE HORSE DIED AND WAS OWNED BY DAVE LENZ OF 199TH AVENUE, RURAL MAQUOKETA.   DAMAGES TO HOUSTON'S 2006 FORD VAN ESTIMATED
AT $5,000.

NEW OFFICERS OF THE MAQUOKETA OPTIMIST CLUB:     TED STRAIT,
PRESIDENT....JIM REGENWETHER, VP....VERA RANDALL, TREASURER....
AND JUDY BICKFORD, SECRETARY.  
BOARD MEMBERS ARE KATE KRABBENHOFT, JODI COAKLEY AND ALICE HENSHAW.   NOTE..TWO MEN AND FIVE WOMEN.

THE 8TH RATED MAQUOKETA VOLLEYBALL TEAM WON 2 AND LOST 2 SATURDAY IN A CEDAR RAPIDS TOURNAMENT.

JOHN DAGUE AT DAGUE EQUIPMENT (FARM MACHINERY) JUST SOUTH OF MAQUOKETA IS CELEBRATING 33 YEARS FOR THE BUSINESS THIS MONTH.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

DENNIS VOY

WE HAVE BEEN OUT AND ABOUT:  
TOP PHOTO...SOME OF THE FALL DECORATIONS AT CHUCK GREEN'S "FAIRYLAND RESTAURANT"  JUST SOUTH OF DEWITT.    USED TO BE
A BIG-BAND DANCE HALL AND NOW, HOME OF GOOD WEEKEND FOOD AND NO MORE DANCES.  WE HAD THE CATFISH FILET DINNER A WEEK AGO FRIDAY WITH DEWITT FRIENDS BILL AND SHIRLEY.   SUPER DINNER.
SATURDAY, WE VISITED THE "PRIDE OF THE WAPSI PUMPKIN FARM" ABOUT 10 MINUTES SOUTH OF DEWITT OFF OLD  HIGHWAY 61.    HUGE!    ACRES AND ACRES OF PUMPKINS....LOTS OF THINGS FOR THE KIDS....THEY HAD FOUR OR FIVE HIGH SCHOOL KIDS PARKING CARS....THAT BIG.
ALSO SATURDAY, VISITED "CROSSROADS GIFT AND SANDWICH" JUST
ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE DOWNTOWN DEWITT PARK.  IT OPENED
LESS THAN A YEAR AGO...AND A PLACE YOU WILL ENJOY VISITING.   THE
OPEN STAIRWAY LEADS TO THE BASEMENT, WHERE YOU FIND MORE GIFTS
AND A SMALL RESTAURANT.   
YESTERDAY, A QUICK VISIT TO "PIONEER DAY" AT THE FAIRGROUNDS.
BOUGHT AN APPLE PIE.    TOOK THE PHOTO IN PEARSON CENTER OF THE
TOY TRACTORS ON DISPLAY FOR THE DAY.     THE BOTTOM BLACK AND
WHITE PHOTO,WAS ONE OF ABOUT 25,  ASKING TO "NAME THIS STORE".
WHERE DO YOU THINK THAT STORE WAS IN JACKSON COUNTY?
A FAMOUS MAN USED TO BUY CANDY THERE.
AGAIN THIS YEAR, THE LEAVES ARE BEAUTIFUL IN JACKSON COUNTY!
FARMERS ARE PICKING CORN LIKE CRAZY.
AS ALWAYS, CLICK-ON PHOTOS TO ENLARE THEM.
DENNIS VOY