MONDAY DAILY REPORT

OVER AN INCH OF RAIN YESTERDAY.
CLOUDY, WINDY AND COLD TODAY, HIGH UPPER 40'S.
RAIN EACH DAY FOR THE ENTIRE WEEK.

THREE MAQUOKETA FIRE CALLS OVER THE WEEKEND:
SATURDAY AFTERNOON, A WOOD PILE AND GRASS FIRE AT THE MERLE BRADY RESIDENCE RURAL MAQUOKETA, THE CODFISH HOLLOW ROAD.
THERE WAS CONCERN ABOUT SPREADING TO NEARBY BUILDINGS.
FIREMEN PUT OUT THE FIRE AND RETURNED HOME IN ABOUT 15 MINUTES.
SUNDAY MORNING, 2 A.M., TO 109TH AVENUE NORTHWEST OF MAQUOKETA TO AN ABANDONED HOME THAT CAUGHT FIRE.   HOME DESTROYED AND WAS OWNED BY A CAMANCHE RESIDENT.
YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AT 3, A CAR ON FIRE WEST OF EMELINE.
NO MAJOR DAMAGE.  THE DRIVER WAS NOT IDENTIFIED.

DEAN BICKFORD RETIRED FROM THE FAREWAY STORE IN MAQUOKETA ON MARCH 1, 2014,  AFTER  WORKING AT THE LOCAL STORE FOR 47 YEARS.
THE PRESIDENT OF FAREWAY (CENTER) FRED GREINER CAME TO MAQUOKETA TO PRESENT DEAN WITH A PLAQUE AND CLOCK FOR HIS MANY YEARS OF SERVICE.     ALSO PRESENT, IN THE BLACK TIE,  MAQUOKETA FAREWAY MANAGER MIKE KOLL.      LEFT END OF PHOTO, SUPERVISOR
TOM ROSS AND AT RIGHT END IN PHOTO, MEAT COORDINATOR JEFF
COOK.     CONGRATULATIONS DEAN AND HAPPY RETIREMENT.

SEVERAL INCIDENTS REPORTED TO THE LAW CENTER OVER THE WEEKEND.
SATURDAY MORNING, THOMAS GREEVE REPORTED A BURGLARY AT HIS
GARAGE ON HIGHWAY 64.   SEVERAL ITEMS TAKEN.
JIM VAN DORN REPORTED THE THEFT OF A PORT-A-POTTY FROM A FARM HE OWNS SOUTH OF BALDWIN.
SATURDAY AFTERNOON, CRAIG MUHLHAUSEN REPORTED THE THEFT OF A MAN'S BIKE FROM NORTH JONES.   THE BIKE HAD A VALUE OF $300.
SUNDAY AFTERNOON, KELLY SPRAGUE REPORTED A HIT AND RUN ACCIDENT.
AND KEN AUREDEN OF 167TH AVENUE  TOLD AUTHORITIES HIS GARAGE NORTH OF MAQUOKETA HAD BEEN VANDALISED.

 

THE ABOVE SHOW THIS SATURDAY NIGHT

AT THE OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER, MAQUOKETA.

THE HISTORIC POTTER'S  MILL IN BELLEVUE WILL BE RE-OPENING BY THE END OF AUGUST.  MARK AND RACHAEL HERMAN OF ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA, SAY THEY HAVE WANTED TO OPEN A  MUSIC AND FOOD
VENUE FOR 20 YEARS AND HAVE LEASED THE PROPERTY WITH AN OPTION TO BUY, FROM DR. DARYLL AND CAROLYN EGGERS OF BELLEVUE.  THEY
PLAN TO CALL THE BUSINESS:  "FLATTED FIFTH BLUES AND BARBEQUE".
THEY SAY THEY WILL HAVE A MENU SPECIALIZING IN BARBEQUE AND SOUTHERN FOOD AND "LIVE" BLUES AND JAZZ MUSIC.

HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE ENJOYED THE ABOVE MOVIE THIS PAST WEEKEND
AT THE VOY 3 THEATRE.       REMEMBER, TUESDAY NIGHT IS BARGAIN NIGHT
AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT IS FREE POPCORN NIGHT.

CARDINAL ADAM WAINWRIGHT WON HIS 5TH GAME IN APRIL YESTERDAY.   THE MAY CARDINAL SCHEDULE IS ON THE KMAQ HOME PAGE....JUST CLICK-ON THE CARDINALS-CARDINALS BUTTON.

THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB SILENT AUCTION ITEM THIS WEEK IS
A 1995 ROTARY COLLECTOR'S PLATE OF THE BUTTERWORTH MANSION
NEAR ANDREW.    GO TO THE KMAQ HOME PAGE AND CLICK-ON THE ROTARY BLUE WHEEL AND THEN EMAIL YOUR BID.

NO DAILY REPORT TOMORROW OR WEDNESDAY.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

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CAMP COURAGEOUS BREAKFAST SUNDAY

CHARLIE BECKER, (RIGHT)  CAMP COURAGEOUS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FROM DAY ONE,  BEING INTERVIEWED BY WMT AT THE SUNDAY BREAKFAST.
THE CAMP'S NEW LAKE JUST TO THE WEST IS READY FOR FINISHING TOUCHES AND WILL OPEN LATE THIS SUMMER.     THE NEW RAILROAD WILL CIRCLE DOWN TO IT AND STOP AT THE NEW LAKE DEPOT.   THE CAMP JUST GROWS, AND GROWS AND GROWS AND SERVES MORE CAMPERS EVERY  YEAR

LORAS FROST, VOLUNTEER FROM DELMAR, READY TO MAKE ANOTHER OMELET.   THERE MUST HAVE BEEN 40 MAKING THEM.   THEY WERE DELICIOUS AND ONLY $6.00.

TIM AND HILIARY MELVOLD FROM DUBUQUE WITH HILIARY'S GRANDMOTHER
FROM CEDAR RAPIDS.    HER GRANDMOTHER IS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE CAMP COURAGEOUS BOARD.     AND, SHE AND ANN OSTERHAUS FROM
MAQUOKETA WERE ROOMMATES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA QUITE A FEW YEARS BACK.   TIM'S MOTHER IS SHERI MELVOLD OF MAQUOKETA (KMAQ NEWS DIRECTOR) AND HIS FATHER IS DOUG MELVOLD, EDITOR OF THE MAQUOKETA SENTINEL-PRESS.   HIS GRANDMOTHER IS FRANCIS MELVOLD OF MAQUOKETA.   TIM (A  FORMER KMAQ NIGHTIME ANNOUNCER WHILE AT MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL) IS NOW IN THE RECRUITMENT DEPARTMENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF DUBUQUE, WHERE 1/3 OF THE STUDENTS ARE FROM OUTSIDE IOWA.
THE NEXT CAMP COURAGEOUS  BREAKFAST (AND THEY SERVE THOUSANDS AT EACH) WILL BE THIS FALL.    TRY TO MAKE IT!     NANCY AND I WILL BE THERE AGAIN!
WE ARE ANXIOUS TO SEE THE FINISHED LAKE.
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PROGRESS IN JACKSON COUNTY

OPENING SOON

SATURDAY MORNING AT THE CAVES STATE PARK

SANDY GERLACH, PRESIDENT OF THE FRIENDS OF THE CAVES STATE PARK
WHO SPONSORED THIS ANNUAL EVENT THIS MORNING.

PATSY BIEDLER WAS AT THE BREAKFAST IN HER CARDINAL SHIRT.

 THE FRIENDS OF THE PARK WITH THE PARK RANGER AND SMOKEY.

THE PEN PRESENTED TO JO ANN CAVEN WAS USED BY THE GOVERNOR

TO SIGN A LAW ALLOWING STATE PARKS TO SELL MERCHANDISE IN THEIR GIFT SHOP WITHOUT HAVING LIABILITY INSURANCE.      ST. REP. BRIAN

MOORE WAS VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN GETTING THE LAW PASSED.    HE WAS NOT ABLE TO BE THERE TODAY AND  SENT THE PEN WITH SON BRANDON AND OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS IN PHOTO.   JO ANN'S  FATHER, PAUL SAGERS

WAS ONE OF THE GREAT BOOSTERS OF THE STATE PARK.   HE WOULD HAVE ENJOYED BEING WITH EVERYONE TODAY.   THE  INTERPRETIVE CENTER AT

THE ENTRANCE TO THE PARK (WHERE PEN WILL BE KEPT) WAS ORIGINALLY

THE PAUL SAGERS MUSEUM.

A FISHERMAN TELLING THE KIDS ABOUT .... FISH!     GREAT WEATHER MADE FOR A GREAT DAY AT THE MAQUOKETA CAVES STATE PARK, THE BEST STATE
PARK IN IOWA.    VISIT IT OFTEN THIS SPRING AND SUMMER....TAKE FRIENDS
WITH YOU....HAVE A FAMILY PICNIC THERE....TOUR THE CAVES....AND MOST IMPORTANT....TELL EVERYONE ABOUT IT.
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FRIDAY DAILY REPORT

NICE, NICE, NICE DAY TODAY...SUNNY AND 70.
TOMORROW, SHOULD BE ABOUT THE SAME.
BUT, RAIN STARTS SUNDAY AND WILL LAST FOR A FEW DAYS.

AT THE HOSPITAL BOARD MEETING THIS WEEK, THE BOARD VOTED TO AUTHORIZE THE TRANSITION OF HOME HEALTH AND COMMUNITY SERVICES TO GENESIS VNA, EFFECTIVE AUGUST 1ST.     GENESIS VNA IS ONE OF THE LARGEST IN IOWA.   LOCAL SERVICES ARE NOW HANDLED AT THE HOSPITAL BY JACKSON COUNTY HOME AND COMMUNITY HEALTH.   CURRENT EMPLOYEES WILL BECOME GENESIS EMPLOYEES.     GENESIS VNA WILL RENT OFFICE SPACE AT THE MAQUOKETA HOSPITAL.     THEY SERVE
AS CLINTON COUNTY HEALTH AND IN A DOZEN OTHER COUNTIES.
THIS MOVE WILL BRING IN TO MAQUOKETA HOSPITAL AN IMPROVEMENT OF $176,OOO ANNUALLY.    SOUNDS LIKE A VERY POSITIVE MOVE.

MAQUOKETA POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING THE THEFT OF A LAPTOP COMPUTER AT THE  WAL-MART STORE TUESDAY.   THE THEFT WAS CAUGHT ON CAMERA AND THE POLICE REPORT INDICATES 3 MALE SUSPECTS WERE INVOLVED.

A CLINTON COUNTY ONE-CAR ACCIDENT BY A MAQUOKETA MAN, ZACHARY
DAGUE, AGE 22.    HE WAS DRIVING SOUTH ON HIGHWAY 61 ... WENT ONTO THE SHOULDER, OVER CORRECTED AND LOST CONTROL.    HE WAS CHARGED AND HIS VAN DAMAGE WAS LISTED AT $5,000.

REMEMBER THE GIZMO ABOVE?   MAQUOKETA HAD A LOT OF THEM AT ONE TIME.      WHEN THEY WERE TAKEN OFF THE STREETS, I BOUGHT ONE AND IT IS IN THE KMAQ BASEMENT SOMEWHERE.    MANY BIG CITIES STILL USE
THEM TO CONTROL PARKING.     ONE WOULD PUT THE OVER-DUE PARKING FINE INTO A LITTLE ENVELOPE AND THERE WERE NUMEROUS BOXES
ON POLES WHERE ENVELOPE COULD BE DEPOSITED.

HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND AND NOW IS THE TIME TO MAKE PLANS FOR
"MAY DAY" THIS YEAR.     SURPRISE FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS WITH
A MAY BASKET MAY 1ST.    MANY LIKE TO PUT IT ON THE FRONT STEPS
EARLY IN THE MORNING AND LEAVE NO NAME.   PEOPLE THEN WONDER ALL DAY WHO DID IT.

AND SUNDAY, MAY 4, ANOTHER DAY THAT WILL LIVE IN INFAMY!

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THURSDAY DAILY REPORT

RAINY DAY IN THE 50'S.
MORE COMING TONIGHT.
NICE TOMORROW AND SATURDAY.

A 40 BY 40 ADDITION TO THE MAIN BULLOCK'S AG SERVICE BUILDING AT THE WEST EDGE OF LAMOTTE WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE THIS MORNING.
WHEN FIREMEN ARRIVED, THE BUILDING WAS FULLY ENGULFED.  THE BUILDING WAS USED FOR STORAGE.    NEARBY BUILDINGS ALSO
DAMAGED.    THE BUSINESS IS OWNED BY TRAVIS AND BILLY BULLOCK.
THE LOSS IS INSURED.  NO CAUSE HAS BEEN DETERMINED.

THE HOSPITAL BOARD MET THIS WEEK AND PURCHASED A NEW TIME AND
ATTENDANCE SYSTEM, TO REPLACE THE OLD THAT IS 14 YEARS OLD.
IT HAS BECOME UNRELIABLE.   THE NEW ONE WILL COST $118,953.
THE BOARD ALSO PRESENTED THE SECOND SAFETY HERO AWARD TO
REGISTERED NURSE DARCIE ROCKWELL FOR HER FOCUS ON PATIENT AND STAFF SAFETY.

A  ONE CAR ACCIDENT FIVE MILES FROM MAQUOKETA.    REECE SCHNEWEIS,
AGE 15, WAS DRIVING ON DARK HOLLOW ROAD, ROUNDING A CURVE, AND SHE THEN LOST CONTROL AND WENT OFF THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE ROAD AND HIT A GUARDRAIL.   $13,500 DAMAGE TO THE 2006 DODGE TRUCK.  
SHE WAS CHARGED WITH FAILURE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL AND FOR VIOLATION OF AN INSTRUCTION PERMIT.

SEVERAL MAQUOKETA BUSINESSES ARE REPORTING THE PASSING OF COUNTERFEIT TEN AND 20 DOLLAR BILLS,.

THE ANNUAL MAQUOKETA SCHOOL EDUCATION FUND BREAKFAST WAS
HELD THIS WEEK AT THE HIGH SCHOOL CAFETORIUM, WITH 60 ATTENDING.
OVER $18,000 IN GRANTS WAS AWARDED TO VARIOUS STAFF MEMBERS WHO WILL USE THE MONEY FOR PROJECTS BEYOND THE SCHOOL CURRICULUM.
THE COMMITTEE THIS YEAR IMPLEMENTED THE ANNUAL DR. KIM  HUCKSTADT EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION GRANT THAT RECEIVED THE HIGHEST SCORE.    IT IS NAMED IN  HONOR OF OUTGOING SUPT. HUCKSTADT FOR ALL HIS SUPPORT IN GETTING THE GRANTS STARTED.  THIS YEAR'S FIRST RECIPIENT WAS ELIZABETH WOLD AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR TAG ENRICHMENT MATERIALS FOR BRIDGE BUILDING AND LEGO ROBOTICS.

FIVE MAQUOKETA CARDINALS ARE COMPETING IN THE DRAKE RELAYS TOMORROW AND SATURDAY:   CORDEROL CAMPBELL, HANNAH GRUENWALD,
JENNA HOLTZ, HAILEY SCHWENKER AND AUBREE TAYLOR.

THE CARDINAL GIRLS GOLF TEAM HOSTED THE MAQUOKETA INVITATIONAL
YESTERDAY AT THE MAQUOKETA COUNTRY CLUB.   8 TEAMS COMPETED.
DYERSVILLE BECKMAN TOOK FIRST PLACE AND MAQUOKEATA 6TH.
BEST SCORE FOR MAQUOKETA, AN 83 BY ALLISON VANDEMORE.  THE MEET WAS ON TUESDAY.
YESTERDAY, THE GIRLS PLAYED AT MANCHESTER AND LOST, 232 TO 243.
MEDALIST WAS ALLISON OF MAQUOKETA WITH A 48,.

THE BOYS GOLF TEAM WAS IN THE SABER INVITATIONAL AT DEWITT.
6 TEAMS.   DEWITT TOOK FIRST, AND MAQUOKETA 6TH.  THE CARDINAL'S TOP PLAYER, CAM THEDE DID NOT PLAY AS HE WAS VISITING HIS BROTHER IN THE STATE OF WASHINGTON.

GIRL'S SOCCER THIS WEEK, MAQUOKETA 3, MT.VERNON 0.
TWO GOALS BY DEMI CRIST AND ONE BY TAYLER BICKFORD.

CHECK THE ROTARY WEB SITE TODAY AND BID ON SOME OHNWARD
TICKETS.   THE $44 TICKETS ARE AT $5./

THE COMMUNITY CHRISTMAS TREE STILL STANDS IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA.

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CAMP COURAGEOUS BREAKFAST

SANDBOX FILL

WEDNESDAY DAILY REPORT

WE WERE EXPECTING A  HIGH OF 55 TODAY.
DIDN'T MAKE IT.....JUST CLOSE TO 50.
RAIN TONIGHT AND TOMORROW AND MOSTLY SUNNY AND 69 FRIDAY.
THE RECORD HIGH FOR TODAY, 92 IN 1980.

BANOWETZ ANTIQUE MALL IS GOING OUT OF BUSINESS!   YES, AFTER 44 YEARS IN BUSINESS, KATHY AND VIRL BANOWETZ ARE READY TO SLOW DOWN.    LATER THIS SUMMER, THEY EXPECT TO CLOSE THE MALL
IN MAQUOKETA.     KATHY SAID THE WILL START SELLING DOWN THE INVENTORY IN THE NEXT WEEK TO 10 DAYS.     UP UNTIL A COUPLE YEARS AGO, THEY HAD TWO BUILDINGS NEAR THE HIGHWAYS 61 AND 64 INTERSECTION.   THEY SOLD THE LARGE BUILDING AND HAVE BEEN OPERATING IN THE SMALLER BUILDING ACROSS THE STREET, SHOWN ABOVE.     THEY  OWN THIS BUILDING AND THE BUILDINGS A MILE NORTH
OF TOWN, JUST OFF HIGHWAY 61.     THIS BUILDING WILL BE SOLD.
THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT THEY WILL KEEP OPERATING SQUIRES MANOR BED AND BREAKFAST.    KATHY SAID THE ANTIQUE BUSINESS HAS CHANGED A LOT, AND THE INTERNET HAS BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR SOME CHANGES.

OVER THE YEARS, THE MALL HAS BROUGHT CUSTOMERS FROM FAR AND WIDE, KIND OF LIKE A TOURIST ATTRACTION FOR MAQUOKETA.     KATHY ALSO SAID..."WE DELIVERED TO EVERY STATE IN THE  UNION AND SHIPPED TO 20 COUNTRIES".

THE EDITOR OF THE DUBUQUE TELEGRAPH HERALD SPOKE AT THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY MEETING THIS  NOON.     PHOTO AND STORY AT
WWW.KMAQ.COM AND CLICK-ON THE ROTARY BLUE WHEEL.   YOU CAN
ALSO BID ON TWO OHNWARD TICKETS TO AN UPCOMING GEORGE STRAIT
LEGENDS SHOW.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO JACK JONES, MANAGER OF THE VOY THEATRE AND
61 DRIVE-IN SINCE 1974.....THAT'S 40 YEARS.    HE'S WATCHED OVER 5,000
MOVIES AND CAN TELL YOU WHO STARRED IN MANY OF THEM.    AND HE HAS  HELPED SELL OVER A MILLION BOXES OF POPCORN.         EVERY
MONDAY, WE TALK OVER WHAT MOVIE(S) TO BOOK FOR THE FOLLOWING
FRIDAY.    

WE THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING THE THEATRES OVER THE YEARS!
MAQUOKETA IS ONE OF JUST A FEW COUNTY-SEAT TOWNS WITH 3 SCREENS AND ONE OF ONLY FOUR TOWNS IN THE STATE WITH A DRIVE-IN THEATRE.

AT THE THEATRE.... AND ALSO HERE WITH THIS DAILY....WHEN THE SHOW
(AND REPORT) IS OVER....
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TUESDAY DAILY REPORT

NICE DAY...SUNNY AND HIGH OF 59.
MOSTLY CLOUDY TOMORROW, HIGH OF 56.
THURSDAY, RAIN AND 62.
FRIDAY, 66 AND SATURDAY 57.

TODAY IS NATIONAL JELLY BEAN DAY!   HOW DO I KNOW?   DIANE GIDDINGS, MANAGER OF CLOVER RIDGE PLACE RETIREMENT COMMUNITY IN
MAQUOKETA (AND ONE OF  THE RESIDENTS, BERNICE FRANK) WERE OUT
THIS AFTERNOON PASSING OUT A BAG OF MINIATURE JELLY BEANS WITH
A TAG THAT TOLD ALL ABOUT THIS DAY.    JELLY BEANS DATE BACK TO THE 1860'S.    JELLY BEANS WERE PROMOTED AS MORALE BOOSTERS IN THE ARMY TROOPS FIGHTING IN THE CIVIL WAR.    JELLY BEANS BECAME PART OF THE EASTER TRADITION IN THE 1930'S.   PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN KEPT
JELLY BEANS ON HIS DESK.     I HAVE JELLY BEANS IN A DISH IN THE KITCHEN
RIGHT NOW...GOT THEM FROM OSTERHAUS PHARMACY AND GIFTS BEFORE EASTER.    PRESIDENT REAGAN SENT JELLY BEANS INTO SPACE IN 1983 ON THE "CHALLENGER" AS A SURPRISE FOR THE ASTRONAUTS.
THANKS FOR THE JELLY BEANS DIANE AND BERNICE.

"HEAVEN IS FOR REAL" STARTS FRIDAY NIGHT AT THE VOY THEATRE IN
MAQUOKETA.    IT WAS THE #1 MOVIE IN THE COUNTRY LAST WEEK.

THE BINGO WINNER ON KMAQ TODAY WAS ROSS MITCHELL OF MAQUOKETA.
SUE OSTERT OF RURAL MAQUOKETA WAS YESTERDAY'S WINNER.

AMERICAN LEGION TIMBER CITY POST #75 IS HAVING THEIR ANNUAL RAFFLE AND THE $12 TICKETS ARE ON SALE NOW.     THEY DRAW 4 NAMES A MONTH FOR $25 AND (WIN OR LOOSE) THE NAME GOES BACK IN THE BOX.   YOU CAN WIN MORE THAN ONCE.   I  HAVE TICKETS HERE AT KMAQ.   SO DOES COMMANDER DOUG WINEGAR AND QUARTERMASTER CLIFF MERRICK.

THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD LAST NIGHT AWARDED THE MIDDLE SCHOOL DOOR REPLACEMENT PROJECT TO THE LOW BIDDER, SWANSON COSTRUCTION WORKING IN CONJUNCTION WITH YEARWOOD CONSTRUCTION IN MAQUOKETA.     THE BID, $138,970.     THE WORK IS BEING DONE AT THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE STATE FIRE MARSHALL'S OFFICE.
THE DISTRICT WILL RECEIVE A $50,000 LIFE, FIRE AND SAFETY GRANT TO HELP OFFSET THE COST OF THE PROJECT WHICH WILL BE DONE THIS
SUMMER.  
ALSO, THE BOARD LAST NIGHT PURCHASED A NEW 65-PASSENGER SCHOOL BUS FOR $76,529.
SCHOOL DISTRICT DATES COMING UP:
BACCALAUREATE WILL BE WEDNESDY, MAY 14TH AT FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH.
GRADUATION DAY, SUNDAY, MAY 18TH AT THE HIGH SCHOOL GYM.
LAST DAY OF CLASSES, MAY 30TH.

HAVE A JELLY BEAN TONIGHT AND SLEEP WELL.

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YMCA'S LIVESTRONG

MONDAY DAILY REPORT

LIGHT RAIN THIS MORNING.
PT. SUNNY REST OF THE DAY.
HIGH OF 69.
RAIN AND COOLER TOMORROW AND WEDNESDAY.

SCHOOL BOARD MEETING TONIGHT.

CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.

NO MAQUOKETA NEWS, OTHER THAN COURT REPORT WHICH IS SELDOM
USED ON THIS DAILY REPORT.

WITH THE MEETINGS TONIGHT, WILL HAVE LONGER REPORT TOMORROW.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

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TURKEY TURKEY

TURKEY DIDN'T RUN
TURKEY KILLED BY GUN
FRIDAY, NORTHWEST OF MAQUOKETA
BOTH IN PHOTO, BIG SIZE (HEAVY)
PHOTO SUBMITTED BY DAVID JOHNSON (SHOOTER)

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EASTER WEEKEND

MAQUOKETA HAD GREAT WEATHER FOR THE EASTER WEEKEND.
THE STOCK CAR RACING SEASON STARTED BIG...THE DRIVE-IN HAD A GOOD
WEEKEND AND OF COURSE, RESTAURANTS WERE BUSY.    WE AND PART
OF THE FAMILY ENJOYED EASTER DINNER AT FLAPJACK'S AND SATURDAY NIGHT, ANOTHER FUN TRIP TO GENO'S IN PRESTON, TO HAVE SOME PIZZA BY GENO, THE PIZZA KING, BELOW.

THIS IS 40TH ANNIVERSARY  YEAR AT GENO'S.

I COUNTED 8 MAKING PIZZA.   THEY NEED THAT MANY AS WEEKENDS,
BETWEEN IN-HOUSE SEATING AND CARRY-OUTS AND PICK-UPS, THEY SERVE HUNDREDS DAILY.

JOHN DAVIS OF MAQUOKETA HAS BEEN ON THE STAFF WELL OVER A YEAR AND LOVES WORKING FOR GENO.
  HAPPY ANNIVERSARY GENE CAMP AND FAMILY!

GOOD FRIDAY DAILY REPORT

58 TODAY...COOLER THAN EXPECTED.
70 TOMORROW
74 EASTER SUNDAY.

THE CITY OF MAQUOKETA IS GOING TO  CRACK DOWN ON JUNK AND
VEHICLES IN RESIDENT'S YARDS.    THIS WEEK, MAQUOKETA POLICE
ISSUED FOUR ABATEMENTS TO RESIDENTS.   RECENTLY SEVERAL REAL
ESTATE AGENTS ASKED THE CITY'S PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE TO WORK ON SOME TYPE OF ORDINANCE WHICH WOULD TAKE CARE OF EYESORES.

THE JACKSON COUNTY SUPERVISORS ARE WORKING ON A LONG-TERM
LEASE WITH THE JACKSON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY FOR ITS EXISTING
MUSEUM AT THE FAIRGROUNDS.   THE CURRENT LEASE EXPIRES IN 2019, WHICH WAS SET UP OVER 40 YEARS AGO.

THE MILLERTOWN BRIDGE AT 10200  30TH AVENUE WILL BE CLOSED FOR THE NEXT THREE MONTHS FOR REPAIRS.

SOME BUILDINGS HAVE BEEN OLD IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA.
MORE LATER.

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THURSDAY DAILY REPORT

NO REPORT TODAY

SEN. BOWMAN AND WIND ENERGY

LEGISLATIVE EFFORTS TO ENCOURAGE IOWA'S WIND ENERGY ECONOMY ARE  HELPING CREATE JOBS ACROSS IOWA.   ROB HACH OF ALTA, IOWA, FOUNDED A COMPANY THAT  HAD 7 ENPLOYEES WHEN THE 2008 RECESSION HIT AND THEN GREW TO A WORKFORCE OF 33 TODAY.    SEN. BOWMAN OF
MAQUOKETA TALKED WITH HACH AND ROGER LUTES, A MARSHALL COUNTY FARMER WORKING TO LAUNCH A WIND FARM ON HIS LAND, AT THE IOWA
STATEHOUSE WEDNESDAY.   LEFT TO RIGHT, HACH, BOWMAN AND LUTES.
ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT WIND ENERGY, TALK TO SEN. BOWMAN.

PHOTO CONTRIBUTED
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WEDNESDAY DAILY REPORT

TODAY, 57 AND PARTLY SUNNY AND WINDY.

WE WILL BE IN THE MID TO UPPER 50'S NOW THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

BECAUSE OF THE WEEKEND RAIN, THE BURN BAN IN JACKSON COUNTY
HAS BEEN LIFTED.

THE JACKSON COUNTY SUPERVISORS ARE TAKING BIDS UNTIL MAY 2ND ON 2-ACRES-PLUS  OF LAND THE COUNTY OWNS, JUST UP THE HILL FROM
SUNSHINE SCHOOL, AT GERMAN STREET AND CRESLANE.

AT THEIR MEETING THIS WEEK, THE SCHOOL BOARD TALKED ABOUT NEW HEATING/AIR-CONDITIONING FOR THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL.    THERE ARE PROBLEMS  WITH THE BOILERS AND GETTING PARTS.

 FIRST DRIVE-IN (OUT EAST) IN 1933.

SORRY, SHORT REPORT TODAY.

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TODAY'S QUAD CITY TIMES EDITORIAL

THE TUESDAY DAILY REPORT IS BELOW

TUESDAY DAILY REPORT

SUNNY BUT COLD, HIGH OF 37.
TOMORROW, SUNNY AND 59.

AN 18-YEAR-OLD MAQUOKETA YOUTH IS IN JAIL AFTER HE USED A BUTCHER
KNIFE TO TRY TO BREAK DOWN HIS GRANDMOTHER'S BEDROOM DOOR.
BRANDON O'MEARA WAS ARRESTED AT THEIR HOME AT 413 S. SECOND STREET THIS MORNING.       CHIEF BRAD KORANDA SAID O'MEARA WAS MAD
BECAUSE HIS GRANDMOTHER HAD TURNED OFF HIS SPACE HEATER.
O'MEARA WAS CHARGED WITH DOMESTIC ASSAULT ENHANCED BECAUSE
OF THE WEAPON INVOLVED.   HE WAS ALSO CHARGED WITH POSSESSION OF
DRUG PARAPHENALIA.     OFFICERS FOUND A POT PIPE IN O'MEARA'S ROOM.

VETERAN JACKSON COUNTY DEPUTY ED CLARK WILL BE RETIRING THIS
JUNE.   THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS THIS MORNING APPROVED AN EARLY RETIREMENT.     HE  HAS BEEN WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE FOR 38 YEARS.
HE WILL BE 62 IN OCTOBER.

THE MAQUOKETA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MONTHLY LUNCH AND LEARN
WAS HELD TODAY AT THE FAMILY DOLLAR DISTRIBUTION CENTER AT THE
SOUTH EDGE OF MAQUOKETA.      ABOUT 60 ATTENDED AND WERE
GIVEN A TOUR OF THE NEARLY 1-MILLION SQUARE FOOT BUILDING THAT
CURRENTLY EMPLOYS ABOUT 250.     THERE ARE JOB OPENINGS AND A JOB FAIR WILL BE  HELD ON MAY 3RD FROM 11 UNTIL 3 FOR ANYONE LOOKING FOR A JOB.      THE 54 YEAR OLD COMPANY HAS THOUSANDS OF RETAIL
STORES, INCLUDING THE ONE IN MAQUOKETA ON WEST PLATT AN HAS
11 DISTRIBUTION CENTERS LIKE THE ONE IN MAQUOKETA.    GOOD NEWS FOR THE FUTURE HERE IN MAQUOKETA IS THAT IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS,
MAQUOKETA'S CENTER WILL BE MOVING TOWARD PALLETIZED SHIPPING WHICH WILL IT EASIER FOR LOADING AND UNLOADING TRUCKS.
THE COMPANY OPERATES 3 SHIFTS DAILY.

THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD LAST NIGHT APPROVED A BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR THAT INCLUDES A TAX DECREASE.

A NEW SHOW AT THE OHNWARD FINE ART CENTER HAS BEEN BOOKED FOR
SATURDAY MAY 3RD AT 7 P.M.     FROM BRANSON, GORDIE AND DEBBIE DOING A TRIBUTE TO GEORGE STRAIT.    MORE ON IT LATER.     IT WAS NOT ON
EARLIER SCHEDULES.

I AM A LEGION MEMBER AND LIKE OTHER MEMBERS, I AM SELLING THE ANNUAL RAFFLE TICKETS AT $12 PER TICKET.     IN THE NEXT YEAR, STARTING IN JUNE, AT MONTHLY MEETINGS, THERE WILL BE 48 NAMES DRAWN FOR  $25 EACH.    YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE PRESENT TO WIN.   AND, YOU CAN WIN MORE THAN ONCE AS THE WINNER'S NAME IS ALWAYS PUT BACK IN FOR FUTURE DRAWINGS.    YOU CAN BUY A TICKET HERE AT KMAQ,
OR FROM COMMANDER DOUG WINEGAR OR FROM QUARTERMASTER CLIFF MERRICK.   

BETTER WEATHER IS COMING BUT IT MAY BE A LITTLE COOL EASTER SUNDAY,.

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MONDAY DAILY REPORT

IT SNOWED A LITTLE LATE THIS MORNING.
AND IT HAS BEEN CLOUDY AND COLD AND WINDY ALL DAY, WITH A
HIGH OF 34.
IN THE 40'S TOMORROW AND 50'S WEDNESDAY.

A PRESS CONFERENCE WAS HELD THIS MORNING REGARDING THE
SHOOTING OF MAQUOKETA POLICE OFFICER SGT. BRENDAN ZEIMET TWO WEEKS ON GROVE STREET.
BROUGHT UP AT THE PRESS CONFERENCE THIS MORNING:
ZEIMET IS GOING BACK TO WORK TOMORROW.
IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT SGT. ZEIMET'S USE OF DEADLY FORCE
WAS (AS THE COUNTY ATTORNEY PUT IT) JUSTIFIED AND REASONABLE.
ZEIMET SHOT 7 TIMES AT AARON SCOTT.
SCOTT FIRED 19 TIMES.
ZEIMET WAS WOUNDED IN THE LEFT FOREARM.
SCOTT WAS HIT IN THE LEG.
SCOTT HAD SOME SORT OF FALLING OUT WITH THE GIRL HE HAD BEEN SEEING.
SCOTT CALLED HIS ESTRANGED WIFE AND TOLD HER SHE NEEDED TO GET THE HOUSE TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR SON AS HE HAD A SCORE TO SETTLE.   
SCOTT DIED OF SELF-INFLICTED GUNSHOT WOUND.
HIS ESTRANGED WIFE FOUND A NUMBER OF AMMO BOXES AND A SUICIDE NOTE.  
THE DCI SAID SCOTT HAD A HISTORY OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ALCOHOL ABUSE ISSUES.      DCI AGENT MATT GEORGE SAID IT WAS FORTUNATE ZEIMET SUFFERED NO FURTHER INJURIES BASED ON THE NUMBER (19) OF ROUNDS SCOTT FIRED.   HE ALSO SAID SCOTT HAD A VALID PERMIT FROM JONES COUNTY FOR THE GUNS HE HAD WITH HIM.
AT THE PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY, A VIDEO WAS SHOWN TAKEN FROM INSIDE SGT. ZEIMET'S PATROL CAR THAT SHOWS HIS CAR APPROCHING THE SCOTT TRUCK, STOPPING, AND SHOWS BOTH ....AND THE SHOOTING.   I DID
A GOOGLE FOR MAQUOKETA SENTINEL-PRESS AND WATCHED THE 2 MINUTE VIDEO.

AN ACCIDENT AT 10:30 FRIDAY NIGHT ON HIGHWAY 61 ABOUT A HALF-MILE
NORTH OF THE BELLEVUE-CASCADE ROAD.    JASON EADS, 21, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS DRVING SOUTH ON 61 AND HIT A COW WHICH
HAD WALKED ONTO THE ROAD.    THE TRUCK WAS TOTALED AND THE COW OWNED BY DOUGLAS VEACH OF RURAL LAMOTTE WAS KILLED.    EADS WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL IN MAQUOKETA WITH POSSIBLE INJURIES.

THE MAQUOKETA FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED TO MAQUOKETA WEB
PRINTING AT 8 THIS MORNING BECAUSE OF SMOKE COMING FROM AN UPSTAIRS BREAK ROOM.   IT WAS A MULFUNCTIONING FURNACE AND THERE
WAS NO FIRE.

THE KIWANIS AND YMCA HOSTED THE LOCAL PITCH, HIT AND RUN EVENT
APRIL 11TH.   25 YOUTH PARTICIPATED.  CHAMPIONS WERE:
7/8 YEAR OLD:   GIRL'S WINNER, ALIVIA SAMS...BOY'S WINNERS, TYE HARDIN, AYDEN GJERSTAD, KALEB STEPHANY AND JACE ARMBRUSTER.
9/10 YEAR OLD:  GIRL'S, JORDAN ARMBRUSTER...BOY'S, DEVIN GARDNER, BRADY PAULS, DYLAN SAID.
11/12 YEAR OLD:   GIRL'S, JADE ARMBRUSTER....BOY'S, KANNON COAKLEY, JACK DOSTAL, DANIEL COYLE.
13/14 YEAR OLD:   ONLY BOYS ENTERED.   WINNER, KANE KOPP
ALL THE CHAMPIONS HAVE NOW QUALIFIED FOR THE SECTIONAL SATURDAY,
MAY 17TH IN BETTENDORF.  
LEFT TO RIGHT:  JORDAN ARMBRUSTER, JADE ARMBRUSTER, DYLAN SAID,
TYE HARDIN AND JACE ARMBRUSTER.
KIWANIS MEMBER BOB GAVIN WAS WAS IN CHARGE OF THE EVENT.
THOSE WHO GO ALL THE WAY IN COMPETITION WILL COMPETE FOR THE
NATIONAL TITLE IN MINNEAPOLIS DURING THE MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
ALL-STAR WEEK.

THANKS FOR CHECKING IN AGAIN.

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OLDER AMERICANS MONTH

FRIDAY DAILY REPORT

71 DEGREES IN MAQUOKETA TODAY
NOT 17
71
RAIN ON AND OFF THIS WEEKEND, AND WE CAN USE SOME.  TOMORROW, 73 AND SUNDAY ONLY
58.

BURNETT-THEIL FORD HAS BEEN SOLD.   THE NEW OWNERS TOOK OVER THIS WEEK.    THEY ARE BROTHERS  DOUG AND MATT WARTHAN OF DUBUQUE.   THE BUSINESS WILL BE CALLED WARTHAN BROTHERS MAQUOKETA FORD.    THEY OWN DUBUQUE AUTO PLAZA ON CENTURY
DRIVE, WHERE THEY SELL NISSAN, HUNDAI AND BMW NEW VEHICLES.
BURNETT-THIEL FORD IS 30 YEARS OLD BUT PRIOR TO THAT, LOUIE
AND RENALDA BURNETT (RON'S PARENTS) PURCHASED THE FRANCHISE FOR LOST NATION IN 1949.     RON GREW UP IN THE BUSINESS WITH  HIS DAD
AND  BOB THIEL JOINED THE SALES STAFF IN 1971 AND IT WAS IN 1976 THAT RON AND BOB  BOUGHT THE BUSINESS FROM LOUIE.     THE BUSINESS
WAS MOVED TO MAQUOKETA IN THE EARLY 80'S.   THE WORKFORCE WILL
CONTINUE ON WITH NEW OWNERS AND RON AND BOB WILL ALSO WORK
IN SALES FOR THEM.   MATT WARTHAN  AND HIS WIFE AND THREE CHILDREN WILL MOVE TO MAQUOKETA.

THE JACKSON SOIL LAND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT COMMISSIONERS HAVE CHOSEN THEIR 2014 CONSERVATION SCHOLARLSHIP
AWARD WINNER.    THE RECIPIENT IS MARISSA TILL, DAUGHTER OF
ALLAN AND KAREN TILL, AND A SENIOR AT MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL.
SHE PLANS TO ATTEND IOWA STATE THIS FALL.   SHE RECEIVED A $250 AWARD.

JUDY COX, 77, OF THOMSON, ILLINOIS, DIED WEDNESDAY.   HER FUNERAL
IS TOMORROW.   SURVIVORS INCLUDE A BROTHER, STEVE WHITMORE OF 
MAQUOKETA.

HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY 

 
 

THURSDAY DAILY REPORT

SUNNY AND  WARM TODAY.    MID 60'S.
TOMORROW, UPPER 60'S.
SATURDAY, ONE DAY ONLY, 70 OR MORE DEGREES.  RAIN IS IN THE FORECAST SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING.

THE ANNUAL JACKSON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY VOLUNTEER LUNCHEON WAS HELD THIS NOON AT THE CLINTON ENGINES MUSEUM IN
MAQUOKETA.     THOSE WHO GAVE 100 OR MORE VOLUNTEER HOURS DURING THE PAST YEAR WERE IN ATTENDANCE. 
THE LATE GRACE TUBBS (WIFE OF THE LATE BANKER EDWARD TUBBS) WAS A VOLUNTEER AND ADVOCATE OF VOLUNTERISM IN JACKSON COUNTY AND AFTER  HER DEATH, THE FAMILY ESTABLISHED AND FUNDED  A GRACE TUBBS VOLUNTEER AWARD TO BE PRESENTED ANNUALLY, WITH FUNDING ADMINISTERED THROUGH THE MAQUOKETA FOUNDATION.     THIS YEAR STEVE TUBBS (ONE OF GRACE'S 3 SONS) PRESENTED THE  AWARD TO GLORIA JORGENSEN OF MAQUOKETA.   GLORIA HAS BEEN A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE HOSPITAL BOARD AND AN ACTIVE VOLUNTEER WITH THE (S.H.I.P.) SENIOR HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM.   FAMILY MEMBERS WERE PRESENT, ALONG WITH ELAINE EDWARDS  (ALSO WITH S.H.I.P.) AND CAROL BREUCH AND GLENN BARTELT WHO SERVE ON THE GRACE TUBBS VOLUNTEER  SELECTION COMMITTEE.   GLORIA RECEIVED A MANTLE CLOCK
AND $500 TO BE DONATED TO THE CHARITY OF HER CHOICE.

LEFT TO RIGHT:    STEVE TUBBS, CAROL BREUCH, ELAINE EDWARDS,
LIN JORGENSEN, JIM JORGENSEN, GLORIA JORGENSEN, MARV JORGENSEN, GLORIA'S HUSBAND, SHARI JORGENSEN AND GLENN BARTELT

THE JACKSON COUNTY SUPERVISORS TALKED ABOUT ATV'S AT THEIR
MEETING THIS WEEK.    COUNTY ATTORNEY SARA DAVENPORT CHECKED WITH THE IOWA ATTORNEY GENERAL AND ATV'S CAN NOT RIDE ON GRAVEL ROADS IN IOWA.   FARMERS ARE ALLOWED TO RIDE ATV'S FROM FARM TO
FARM.      ATV GROUPS CAN RIDE ON COUNTY ROADS FOR A SPECIFIC
EVENT, NOT JUST ANY TIME.     IT WAS MENTIONED AT THE MEETING THAT SOME DOCTORS AT UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS ISSUED A 48 PAGE REPORT ON THE DANGERS OF RIDING ATV'S.

REMEMBER READING HERE A COUPLE DAYS AGO, ABOUT THE MENNONITE CHURCH EAST OF  SPRINGBROOK?   ON THAT GRAVEL ROAD, DRIVE PAST THE CHURCH A MILE OR MORE AND ON THE RIGHT, YOU COME TO ONE OF JACKSON COUNTY'S WINERY'S.     DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO STOP, BUT TOOK
THE TWO PHOTOS ABOVE.     JACKSON COUNTY IS INDEED A WINE COUNTY!
IT TASTES GOOD AND IS GOOD FOR YOU, MODERATELY.

YOU AND YOUR SPOUSE OR FRIEND, CLICK A GLASS TONIGHT TO GOOD HEALTH!

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JACKSON COUNTY MAN WINS $30,000 LOTTERY PRIZE! ........

HAROLD ROBERTS OF PRESTON.       PURCHASED HIS WINNING TICKET AT THE PRESTON COUNTRY STORE.

ALAN HENRICKS OF DUBUQUE IN MARCH WON
$100,000 AND I BELIEVE HE BOUGHT HIS WINNING
TICKET AT ONE OF THE KWIK STAR STORES
IN MAQUOKETA.

TUESDAY DAILY REPORT

SUNNY AND UPPER 50'S AGAIN.
AND THEN TOMORROW THRU THE WEEKEND, IN THE 60'S EVERY DAY.
MIGHT EVEN MAKE 70 TO THE SOUTH OF MAQUOKETA.

ANYONE REMEMBER APRIL 9 AND 10....1973?   A SURPRISE HUGE SNOW
STORM HIT THE MIDWEST AND MAQUOKETA AREA.   IT STARTED MONDAY
AFTERNOON, THE 9TH AND ENDED TUESDAY MORNING.    DUBUQUE HAD
19 INCHES, MAQUOKETA 16.    CLINTON ON THE OTHER HAND HAD ONLY 1.

A MAQUOKETA MAN WAS TAKEN TO UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BY AIR LAST NIGHT AFTER A MOTORCYLE ACCIDENT IN THE 1300 BLOCK OF 250TH
AVENUE NEAR DELMAR.    DAVID NOTZ, AGE 60, WAS RIDING HIS
BIKE  WHEN IT  HIT A DOG AND SLID INTO THE NORTHBOUND LANES, COMING TO REST IN THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD.    HE WAS THROWN FROM
THE CYCLE.   HIS CONDITION IS NOT AVAILABLE.   $1,500 DAMAGE TO
HIS 2000 YAMAHA.   THE ACCIDENT  HAPPENED ABOUT 6 LAST NIGHT.

MORE THAN 20 CONTROLLED BURNS YESTERDAY IN JACKSON COUNTY.
BUT, AS OF THIS MORNING, THOSE PHONED-IN BURNS ARE BANNED UNDER A  COUNTY-WIDE BURN BAND.       LYN MEDINGER, JACKSON COUNTY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR SAID SEVERAL FIRE CHIEFS
AGREED THE BURN BAN NEEDED TO BE PUT IN PLACE.   IT IS
VERY DRY IN THE COUNTY.

THE MAQUOKETA FIREMEN WERE CALLED TO A TREE ON FIRE  AT 7:40 LAST NIGHT ON 24TH STREET AND HIGHWAY 64.   FIREMEN SPENT AND HOUR
AT THE SITE.
AND THIS MORNING AT 8:20, FIREMEN WERE CALLED TO WADY
INDUSTRIES ON E. GROVE IN MAQUOKETA.   HOWEVER, THERE WAS NOT FIRE.    THERE WAS SOME SMOKE, BUT THE CAUSE OF THE SMOKE
IS  NOT KNOWN AT THIS TIME.

AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING, THREE STREET PROJECTS WERE APPROVED FOR THIS YEAR IN MAQUOKETA.
GOOD NEWS, AS LOTS THE CITY STREETS ARE SHOWING WEAR,
AND WE CAN FEEL IT TOO.
DESPITE A REAL NEED AND REAL SUPPORT BY MANY, LOOKS LIKE
A GAS TAX INCREASE WILL NOT BE APPROVED AGAIN THIS YEAR  BY
THE IOWA LEGISLATURE.

NO REPORT TOMORROW.

DENNIS VOY

MONDAY DAILY REPORT

TODAY'S HIGH 57.
TOMORROW, SAME.
REST OF WEEK IN THE 60'S.

JOSH POLL, 22, WAS INJURED IN A FARM ACCIDENT SUNDAY EVENING
ON THE DAVE LUETT FARM ON 7TH STREET, RURAL MAQUOKETA.
HE WAS WORKING ON SOME EQUIPMENT INSIDE A SILO AND A MOVING
WHEEL CAUGHT  HIM, AND PULLED HIM INTO THE EQUIPMENT CAUSING
LACERATIONS TO  HIS UPPER RIGHT LEG.    HE WAS ABLE TO GET HIMSELF OUT ON HIS OWN AND MEET AUTHORITIES AND AMBULANCE CREW ON THE GROUND.   HE WAS TAKEN TO THE MAQUOKETA HOSPITAL AND THEN AIRLIFTED TO UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS IN IOWA CITY.   NO CONDITION REPORT IS AVAILABLE.

THE GOLF COURSES IN MAQUOKETA ARE OPEN.
ALSO THE ZOO OPENED TODAY IN COAL VALLEY.    LET'S HOPE
WINTER DOES NOT COME BACK.

DENNIS VOY

SUNDAY VISIT TO BELLEVUE

WE HAD BREAKFAST AT HORIZON HALL IN BELLEVUE SPONSORED BY THE BELLEVUE EMS MEMBERS.   A BIG, VERY GOOD OMELET BREAKFAST.
SELLING TICKETS AT THE DOOR, LEFT TO RIGHT, TOBY GIESEMANN,
LORAS HERRIG AND MAX REED.
THEN OFF TO CHURCH.....OUR FIRST VISIT TO THAT BEAUTIFUL LUTHERAN
CHURCH, ST. JOHN'S IN BELLEVUE.   THE PASTOR PAUL GAMMELIN,
A NATIVE OF WISCONSIN WAS STILL FEELING BAD ABOUT THE BADGER'S BASKETBALL GAME IN THE FINAL FOUR SATURDAY NIGHT.    
ST. JOHN'S IS SPONSORING A PUBLIC BREAKFAST NEXT SUNDAY AT THE
CHURCH.

THEN, A STOP AT THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER, DOWNTOWN BELLEVUE.
LOTS OF SUNDAY MORNING FISHERMAN.  

POPULAR BELLEVUE BED & BREAKFAST? BELOW

ON THE WAY HOME, A VISIT TO THE NEW MENNONITE CHURCH AND SCHOOL
 ....SEE BELOW.

ALWAYS FUN TO VISIT BEAUTIFUL BELLEVUE.

DENNIS VOY