SUNNY AND 42 TODAY.
46 TOMORROW.
53 FRIDAY.

GETTING BETTER!

A SABULA MAN, TIMOTHY VOSATKA, AGE 46, WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE ON HIGHWAY 64 ONE MILE EAST OF PRESTON AROUND 9:30 YESTERDAY MORNING.    HE WAS PASSING A DUMP TRUCK AND LOST CONTROL AND WENT INTO A DITCH AND HIT A TREE STUMP CAUSING HIS
CAR TO ROLL SEVERAL TIMES.   HE WAS NOT WEARING A SEAT BELT.

MIKE AND TERESA NICKESON VISITED SOUTH AFRICA IN LATE DECEMBER AND EARLY JANUARY AND TODAY HE GAVE A PROGRAM ON THEIR TRIP AT THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY MEETING.   GOOD PROGRAM.    I'M SURE HE WOULD BE GLAD TO GIVE IT AT YOUR CLUB.    HE IS THE MANAGER OF
MAQUOKETA MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC UTILITY.    CLICK-ON THE PHOTO TO
ENLARGE IT.

THE HOSPITAL FOUNDATION GOLF TOURNAMENT WILL BE FRIDAY, JUNE 14TH AT THE BELLEVUE GOLF CLUB.     CALL JANET TREAT AT THE HOSPITAL
FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO SIGN-UP.     563-652-2474

BE SURE TO READ THE STORY AND SEE THE PHOTOS OF THIS MORNING'S
VISIT TO JACKSON MUNFACTURING IN MAQUOKETA, JUST BELOW THIS
WEDNESDAY DAILY REPORT.

HAVE A NICE NIGHT AND MAUNDY THURSDAY.

DENNIS VOY

EXCITING NEWS FOR MAQUOKETA!
A LONGTIME INDUSTRY WILL LIVE ON AND GROW!

                            AS ALWAYS, CLICK-ON MY PHOTOS TO ENLARGE THEM
THE NEW NAME IS...
JACKSON MANUFACTURING
AT 500 JACOBSEN DRIVER (UP ON THE HILL AS YOU TURN THE CORNER) 
THE OLD NAME WAS A-DAC.
THE BUILDING HAS BEEN THERE SINCE 1985 AND THE PLASTIC INJECTION MOLDING INDUSTRY WAS STARTED IN 1987 BY ITW AND AT ONE TIME EMPLOYED 80.    ITW IS STILL A CUSTOMER.
IT WAS PURCHASED BY DAC, INC. IN 1996.    AFTER MANY YEARS,  DAC DECIDED TO SELL IT AND JACK HASKEN PURCHASED IT THIS WINTER.
JACK WAS THE SALES MANAGER FOR THE INDUSTRY FOR 18 MONTHS.

ABOVE IS JACK STANDING NEXT TO ONE OF SEVERAL PRESSES.
THERE ARE 11 FULLTIME OR NEAR FULLTIME EMPLOYEES.     PLUS,GENERALLY, TWICE A WEEK, ANOTHER 10 WITH DISABILITIES, FROM DAC, COME TO WORK AT THE PLANT, AND ARE PAID FOR THEIR WORK.
MARY RUPP OF MAQUOKETA IS OPERATIONS MANAGER AND HAS BEEN THERE 17 YEARS.     DON NAEVE OF SABULA, IS PLANT MANAGER.
ROD BORMAN OF ANDREW IS MAINTENANCE MANAGER.

ABOVE, A SMALL (JUST A FEW INCHES) PLASTIC ROLLER ASSEMBLY IS
ONE OF THE MAIN ITEMS MANUFACTURED HERE IN MAQUOKETA.    IT IS MADE FOR QUANEX IN RICE LAKE, WISCONSIN AND ENDS UP BEING IN FAMOUS ANDERSON WINDOWS.     QUANEX IS JACKSON'S MAIN CUSTOMER (ABOUT 50% OF BUSINESS) AND THEY HAVE OTHERS, INCLUDING MIKE AND ANN HAWK'S GOLF COURSE MARKINGS COMPANY IN MAQUOKETA.
AND FOR SEVERAL COMPANIES, THE PLANT ALSO MANUFACTURES THOUSANDS OF PLASTIC KNOBS, USED FOR DRAWERS AND CABINETS.

ABOVE PHOTO OF THE PLANT INSIDE, JUST PART OF THE 20,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING, WHICH JACK AND HIS WIFE NOW OWN.  
JACK AND SARAH HAVE TWO SINGLE CHILDREN, A DAUGHTER WHO WORKS FOR WELLS FARGO IN DES MOINES AND A SON WHO IS A FIREMAN FOR THE ANKENY FIRE DEPARTMENT, NEAR DES MOINES.

JACKSON MANUFACTURING HAS A NEW WEB SITE.
JUST "GOOGLE" JACKSON MANUFACTURING, MAQUOKETA, IOWA, TO
LOOK AT IT.

AND JACK IS PLANNING AN OPEN HOUSE OF HIS PLANT SOMETIME LATER
THIS SPRING FOR THE PUBLIC TO TAKE A TOUR.

HE WILL ALSO BE INTERVIEWED ON KMAQ'S "JUST TALK" SHOW FROM
9:30 UNTIL 10:00 A.M. ON TUESDAY, APRIL 9TH.

JACK IS VERY EXCITED ABOUT HAVING HIS OWN COMPANY
AND IS OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE PLANT.

WE WELCOME JACK HASKEN TO THE MAQUOKETA BUSINESS COMMUNITY
AND WISH HIM MUCH SUCCESS!

AND THANKS TO HIM FOR SAVING A MAQUOKETA INDUSTRY.

DENNIS VOY