FRIDAY DAILY REPORT

83 TODAY..
83 TOMORROW..
SUNDAY,  CHANCE OF RAIN AND 84.

JENNIFER LITTERER, A SPRINGBROOK NATIVE WHO ATTENDED THE MARQUETTE SCHOOLS IN BELLEVUE, WILL BE THE NEW PRINCIPAL AT SACRED HEART SCHOOL IN MAQUOKETA, STARTING WITH THE NEW
SCHOOL  YEAR IN AUGUST.   SHE SERVED AS MARQUETTE PRINCIPAL THIS  PAST YEAR.

A MAQUOKETA MAN IS AT UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS IN IOWA CITY AFTER HE WAS INVOLVED IN A MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT LAST NIGHT AROUND 11 ON SOUTHBOUND HIGHWAY 61 AT THE MT. JOY OVERPASS BETWEEN DAVENPORT AND ELDRIDGE.    TODD COLLINS, 49, WAS RIDING THE BIKE
THROUGH A CONSTRUCTION ZONE AND HIT A BARREL AND WAS THROWN
FROM THE MOTORCYCLE.   HE WAS NOT WEARING A HELMET.

A TWO VEHICLE ACCIDENT AROUND 6:45 LAST NIGHT AT THE INTERSECTION OF MAIN AND LOCUST STREETS.    ONE DRIVER WAS MARIESA  FRANCOISE, 42, OF DELMAR AND THE OTHER WAS BROOKE FUNK, 26, OF MAQUOKETA.
THE FUNK CAR RECEIVED $4,000 IN DAMAGES AND THE OTHER CAR,
$2,500.    CHARGES PENDING AND NO ON HURT.

MORE MAILBOX VADALISM INCIDENTS REPORTED TO THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE THIS MORNING, DONE TO BOXES ON 550TH AVENUE, BETWEEN MILES AND
SABULA.

A BIRTH.
DUSTIN AND PATTY COGAN ARE PARENTS OF A GIRL BORN LAST  NIGHT.
DUSTIN IS THE TECHNOLOGY COORDINATOR FOR THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL
DISTRICT.

IN SPORTS, THE 10TH RATED DEWITT CENTRAL BOYS SOCCER TEAM LAST NIGHT IN CLASS 2-A TOURNAMENT PLAY DEFEATED MAQUOKETA 1 TO 0.

HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY

THURSDAY DAILY REPORT

SHOOT...WE DIDN'T HIT 80 TODAY AS EXPECTED.
WE MADE IT TO 79.
TOMORROW, SUNNY AND HIGH OF 81.
SATURDAY, SUNNY WITH HIGH OF 81 AGAIN.
SUNDAY, CHANCE OF RAIN AND SUNNY WITH HIGH OF 83.

SOME STREETS IN MAQUOKETA ARE CLOSING FOR REPAIR WORK ON THEM.
EAST GROVE BETWEEN NORTH OTTO AND NORTH DEARBORN.
CLARK STREET IN THE AREA OF THE JACKSON COUNTY SHOP FROM GROVE STREET SOUTH TO APPLE.   THE WORK TO BE DONE HAS TO DO WITH PAVING THE AREAS WHERE DIGGING WAS DONE TO MAKE SANITARY PIPE REPAIRS
OR REPLACEMENTS.

TODAY, THE PARKING LOT WAS PAVED IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA BEHIND THE WEST SIDE BUSINESS PLACES IN THE MAIN CENTER BLOCK.
CITY PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR FRANK ELLENZ TOLD ME THE STRIPING WILL BE DONE TOMORROW AND THE LOST WILL BE READY TO USE FRIDAY NIGHT.
HE SAID THE SPACES WILL BE WIDER THAN THE OLD LOT SPACES, FOR EASIER PARKING.     GOING TO REALLY BE NICE!    THE OLD LOT HAD TREES.
THIS TIME, NO TREES WILL BE PLANTED.

THE  JACKSON COUNTY REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER BOARD OF TRUSTEES
THIS WEEK APPROVED A 4% ACROSS THE BOARD INCREASE FOR HOSPITAL SERVICES.

THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD HANDLED SEVERAL PERSONELL
ITEMS AT THEIR TUESDAY NIGHT MEETING.
THE BOARD ACCEPTED THE RESIGNATION OF ELIZABETH HAYWARD, CARDINAL ELEMENTARY SECRETARY.
ALSO THE RESIGNATION OF MICHAEL SCHMIDT AS HIGH SCHOOL GUIDANCE COUNSELOR.    SEVERAL SUMMER SCHOOL TEACHERS AND AND ASSOCIATES WERE ALSO HIRED.     TEACHERS AT $20 AN HOUR AND
ASSOCIATES AT $10.    IN COACHING, DAVID MILLER WAS HIRED AS 8TH GRADE FOOTBALL AND TRACK COACH.    COLTON FELLER WAS HIRED TO
SERVE AS ASSISTANT VARSITY FOOTBALL AND VARSITY WRESTLING COACH.

MAQUOKETA NATIVE BARB JONES, AFTER OVER 25 YEARS OF TEACHING, MOSTLY AT PELLA, IS NOW HALF-WAY THROUGH HER QUEST TO BE A
LUTHERAN MINISTER.    SHE HAS JUST COMPLETED HER FIRST TWO YEARS
AT WARTBURG SEMINARY IN DUBUQUE AND NOW THE ELCA STUDENT WILL
BE INTERNING AT A LUTHERAN CHURCH FOR A YEAR, STARTING THIS FALL.    THEN, A FINAL 4TH YEAR AT WARTBURG.    BARB (BROTHER IS JACK JONES
OF THE VOY THEATRE) WILL PREACH THE SERMON THIS SATURDAY
AT 5 P.M. AT FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH  IN MAQUOKETA.    AND BARB (MOTHER OF 3 COLLEGE GRAD DAUGHTERS) WILL ALSO PREACH THE
SUNDAY 9 A.M. SERVICE (BROADCAST "LIVE" ON KMAQ-AM) AND THE FINAL
10:30 A.M. SERVICE.     SHE HAS BEEN A GOOD LUTHERAN ALL HER LIFE AND
HAS PLAYED THE CHURCH ORGAN SINCE  HIGH SCHOOL DAYS IN
MAQUOKETA AND THEN LATER AFTER COLLEGE IN WAVERLY,  IN PELLA.

IN SPORTS:   THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL TEAM, AGAIN
COACHED BY BOLLMAN AND CAVANAUGH, HAD THEIR FIRST GAME
LAST NIGHT AND DEFEATED DAVENPORT NORTH, 4 TO 1.   THE CARDINALS USED THREE PITCHERS, LINCOLN AUNAN, BEN STRATHMAN (WP) AND ALEX GILMORE.   

NOW THAT YOU HAVE READ THE DAILY REPORT....BE SURE TO READ MORE
BELOW AND SEE THE PHOTOS I TOOK TODAY AT MAQUOKETA'S NEW
(AND ONLY) WINERY......AT BANOWETZ ANTIQUE MALL.....AND AT SACRED HEART SCHOOL IN MAQUOKETA.

PLAN ON THE FIREMAN'S BREAKFAST THIS SUNDAY!

DENNIS VOY

SACRED HEART MOVIE DAY

TODAY, I ATTENDED A SPECIAL SHORT MOVIE AT SACRED HEART SCHOOL
IN MAQUOKETA.     INVITED, BECAUSE THEY SHOT PART OF THE 20 MINUTE
MOVIE HERE AT KMAQ.
THE PRODUCERS AND STARS WERE ALL SIX 6TH GRADE STUDENTS OF
TEACHER MICHELLE LANHAM.

THE SIX ABOVE IN FRONT OF MOVIE SCREEN.   THE PROJECTIONIST
BELOW RUNNING THE COMPUTER.
AND THE WHOLE STUDENT BODY WAS INVITED TO WATCH.

THE MOVIE WAS NOT ABOUT SUPERMAN, OR SPIDERMAN BUT SUPER HERO
FAITHFUL MAN.     THE STORY ABOUT HIM WAS TOLD IN AN INTERVIEW ON
KMAQ DONE BY LEO AS HE INTERVIEWS  FAITHFUL MAN.    THE STORY UNFOLDS PROVING THAT HAVING FAITH IS POWERFUL AND FAITHFUL MAN HAD THE HELP OF AN ANGEL (THAT ONLY HE COULD SEE) TO HELP GET HIS STORY TOLD.   THE  THREE PHOTOS BELOW WERE TAKEN OFF THE MOVIE SCREEN WITH MY CAMERA.

GOOD SHOW!
THE STUDENT BODY (AROUND 90) ENJOYED IT AND GAVE A BIG HAND TO THE  6TH GRADERS.   THEY GOT TO SEE THE MOVIE WITHOUT PAYING AN
ADMISSION AND GOT FREE REFRESHMENTS AFTER.    THE VOY THEATRE
WOULD NOT LAST LONG WITH THAT POLICY.     THE TEACHER SAID THEY
USED A 4-YEAR OLD CAMERA (SOUND A LITTLE UNEVEN)  AND NEXT YEAR PLAN TO MAKE ANOTHER MOVIE AND WITH A NEWER CAMERA. 
MOST CLASSES ARE LARGER THAN 6.    THIS YEAR THERE WERE OVER 30 IN TWO PRE-SCHOOL CLASSES AND NEXT SCHOOL YEAR, THERE WILL BE
19 IN FIRST GRADE.
MAQUOKETA IS FORTUNATE TO HAVE A GOOD PAROCHIAL SCHOOL!

 DENNIS VOY

MAQUOKETA'S FIRST (AND ONLY) WINERY

JIM AND MARY KAY SORENSEN HAVE MOVED THEIR WINERY FROM PRESTON TO JUST NORTHWEST OF MAQUOKETA, JUST OFF HIGHWAY 61 AND JUST OFF THE CAVES ROAD.    THEY SOLD THEIR PRESTON HOME AND PROPERTY AND
PURCHASED THE MAQUOKETA HOME.     THE WINERY IS IN THE BUILDING
JUST EAST OF THEIR HOME.   IT IS IN TWO SECTIONS....THE STORE AND
THE WINE MAKING ROOM.    THEY MAKE WINE FROM THEIR OWN GRAPES AND ALSO BUY GRAPES TO MAKE THEIR WINE.    MORE GRAPE VINES ARE BEING PLANTED AT THE NEW SITE BEHIND THE STORE.   

MARY KAY IS SHOWN IN THE STORE THAT IS OPEN WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY FROM NOON UNTIL 5:30 P.M. AND SATURDAYS FROM 10:00 A.M. UNTIL 6:00 P.M. AND SUNDAYS FROM 12:00 NOON UNTIL 5:00 P.M.    THEY STARTED GROWING GRAPES WITH THEIR OWN NURSERY PLANTS AND SELLING THEM TO WINERIES IN 2001.   IN 2006 THEY STARTED MAKING AND SELLING THIER  OWN GRAPE JUICE AND WINE JELLIES.     AND THEN THEY STARTED MAKING WINE AND SELLING IT AT THEIR PRESTON LOCATION IN 2009.    SO, THEY
HAVE BEEN IN THE GRAPE-WINE BUSINESS FOR OVER A DOZEN YEARS.
THEY HAVE 3 CHILDREN.   TWO ARE WORKING IN MAQUOKETA AND AREA
(ONE HELPS OUT AT WINERY TOO) AND ONE IS STILL IN HIGH SCHOOL.
THEIR MAILING ADDRESS IS 18345  55TH STREET (CAVES ROAD),
MAQUOKETA.    THEIR WEB SITE IS AT www.iowagrapevines.com AND THEIR
PHONE NUMBER IS 563-940-3830.   ONCE THEY GET THEIR STORE COMPLETED THEY PLAN TO HAVE A GRAND OPENING.    MEANWHILE, THEY
INVITE EVERYONE TO STOP IN A TOOK A TOUR OF THEIR FACILITY.  
WELCOME TO THE MAQUOKETA BUSINESS COMMUNITY....
      IOWA GRAPE VINES WINERY

DENNIS VOY

BANOWETZ ANTIQUE MALL REPORT

THE BANOWETZ ANTIQUE MALL "GOING OUT OF BUSINESS SALE" STARTED EARLIER THIS MONTH..... IS GOING WELL.   IT WILL CONTINUE DURING SUMMER MONTHS AND COME TO A CLOSE WITH A BIG WEEKEND PUBLIC AUCTION.
TODAY, I WAS OUT TO SEE KATHY AND VIRL AND TAKE A COUPLE PHOTOS

OF THEIR COLORFUL PLASTIC "DOME" ON THE ROOF OF THEIR BIG WAREHOUSE BUILDING NORTH OF TOWN.    

IT IS 16-FEET DIAMETER AND 6-FEET DEEP.    TODAY IT IS COMING DOWN IN 25 PIECES AS IT HAS BEEN SOLD TO A NEW CLOCK AND GLASS MUSEUM IN EVANSTON, ILLINOIS, OPENING NEXT YEAR.    IT WAS ORIGINALLY AT THE
ELK'S CLUB IN DUBUQUE AND WHEN THAT BUILDING WAS RAZED, VERL
BOUGHT THE "DOME" AND MOVED IT TO MAQUOKETA IN THE THE LATE 70'S.
EACH PANEL IS A ZODIAK SIGN AND THE MILKYWAY GALIXY CONSISTS OF
450 STAINGLASS JEWELS FORMING THE STARS.

VERL AND KATHY STANDING IN THE VERY LARGE WAREHOUSE BUILDING
A MILE NORTH OF TOWN.   NOTE THE "DOME" ABOVE THEM.   AT THAT
LOCATION (WHERE THEY STARTED THEIR BUSINESS IN THE EARLY 70'S)
IS THEIR HOME AND 4 OTHER LARGE BUILDINGS AND A HUGE PAVED PARKING LOT.   AT THEIR HIGHWAYS 61 AND 64 LOCATION, THE SALE
IS IN THEIR 12,500 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING WHICH WILL BE SOLD.    EVERY WEEK THEY RESTOCK THAT BUILDING WITH ANTIQUES FROM THE WAREHOUSES.   KATHY SAID IN THEIR  "HEYDAYS" ...THEY SOLD NEARLY TWO-MILLION-DOLLARS WORTH OF ANTIQUES EACH YEAR, FROM
BUYERS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.    ALSO YEARS AGO, WHEN A NEW "GODFATHERS PIZZA" STORE WOULD OPEN, THEY WOULD SELL A TRUCKLOAD OF ANTIQUES FOR THE DECOR OF THE NEW PIZZA STORE.
VERY AND KATHY ARE HAPPY TO SAY THEY WILL CONTINUE TO OPERATE
THEIR "SQUIRES MANOR" SEVEN-ROOM, THREE-STORY BED AND BREAKFAST IN MAQUOKETA.  

THE BANOWETZ'S HAVE BROUGHT THOUSANDS OF TOURISTS TO MAQUOKETA OVER THE YEARS.    THANK YOU VERL AND KATHY.....
AND GOOD LUCK IN OUR SEMI-RETIREMENT YEARS!

PHOTOS AND STORY BY DENNIS VOY

WEDNESDAY DAILEY REPORT

1/10 INCH OF RAIN LAST  NIGHT.
PARTLY SUNNY TODAY AND IN LOW 70'S.
TOMORROW THROUGH THE WEEKEND, NO RAIN AND LOW 80'S TEMPS.

A MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL GOLFER IS GOING TO THE GIRL'S STATE
TOURNAMENT NEXT MONDAY AND TUESDAY, AT THE AMES COUNTRY CLUB.
ALLISON VANDEMORE WON THE CLASS 4-A REGIONAL TOURNAMENT
YESTERDAY AT THE SPRINGBROOK COUNTRY CLUB IN DEWITT.
SHE CARDED AN 82 TO LEAD THE CARDINALS AND WAS MEDALIST FOR
THE DAY.      THE LAST TWO YEARS, SHE MISSED GOING TO STATE BY
ONE STROKE EACH YEAR.     ACCORDING TO HER MOTHER, WHO I SAW
TODAY, ALLISON FIRST SWUNG A GOLF  CLUB AT AGE FOUR.   SHE
GRADUATED AT MCHS A WEEK AGO SUNDAY AND PLANS TO PLAY
VOLLEYBALL IN COLLEGE.

MAQUOKETA POLICE INVESTIGATED A TWO VEHICLE ACCIDENT AT THE INTERSECTION OF SOUTH MAIN AND WEST SUMMIT STREETS AROUND 10:30 YESTERDAY MORNING.   BETTY DUNNE, AGE 86, OF RURAL ZWINGLE WAS EAST BOUND ON SUMMIT AND MADE A RIGHT TURN ONTO MAIN AND FAILED TO SEE THE SOUTH BOUND VEHICLE DRIVEN BY DEBRA BOWLING, AGE 61, OF MAQUOKETA.    THE TWO COLLIDED IN THE INTERSECTION AND EACH HAD $2,000 DAMAGE.   NO INJURIES.    DUNN WAS CHARGED.

FOR THE FIRST 12 YEARS IN MAQUOKETA, KMAQ OFFICE AND STUDIOS WERE AT 136 1/2 SOUTH MAIN STREET.    THE BUILDING ABOVE.   I TOOK THIS PHOTO YESTERDAY TO SHOW HOW NICE THE BUILDING LOOKS NOW THAT
THE PAINTING HAS BEEN COMPLETED BY THE OWNER, WHO ALSO OWNS
THE RESTAURANT.    NOTE, THE UPPER LEVEL WAS ALSO PAINTED AND
THE SAME COLORS USED BELOW BOTH UPPER AND LOWER WINDOWS.
IT WOULD BE NICE IF ALL OWNERS PAINTED THE UPSTAIRS PART OF THEIR
BUILDING.      AND YES..THEY SERVE GOOD FOOD TOO...7  DAYS A WEEK.
I BELIEVE WE HAD 36 STEPS TO CLIMB ON THE STAIRWAY ON LEFT SIDE.
THE NEW LADIES WARE STORE IS AT LEFT AND MAQUOKETA'S OLDEST
DOWNTOWN RETAIL STORE, MAX RAY JEWELER, IS ON THE RIGHT SIDE.

DOUG CROPPER, C.E.O. OF GENESIS HEALTH SYSTEMS IN DAVENPORT, ATTENDED THE MONTHLY MEETING OF THE JACKSON COUNTY REGIONAL
HEALTH CENTER YESTERDAY.     GENESIS AND THE MAQUOKETA HOSPITAL ARE IN THEIR 4TH YEAR OF A MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT WHICH CROPPER CALLED BENEFICIAL TO BOTH GROUPS.     LAST WEEK CHOPPER ANNOUNCED THAT CURT COLEMAN, C.E.O. OF THE MAQUOKETA HOSPITAL HAD BEEN NAMED PRESIDENT OF CRITICAL ACCESS HOSPITALS AND IN HIS NEW POSITION WILLL OVERSEE THE MAQUOKETA HOSPITAL AND THE
HOSPITALS IN DEWITT AND ALEDO, ILLINOIS.      CROPPER ATTENDED YESTERDAY'S MEETING TO SEE IF THE LOCAL BOARD MEMBERS HAD ANY
QUESTIONS.    KMAQ STATION MANAGER LEIGHTON HEPKER  IS ONE OF THE LOCAL BOARD MEMBERS.

 

NEW SIGN AT BRICK TAP ON WEST PLATT.   THE  UPSTAIRS

BAR AND RESTAURANT STAIRWAY IS AT RIGHT.

THERE IS A PHOTOGRAPHY BUSINESS ON FIRST FLOOW.

IN SPORTS...BOY'S TOURNAMENT SOCCER LAST NIGHT, MAQUOKETA BEAT MOUNT VERNON 1 TO 0 AND FACE THE CENTRAL SABERS AT DEWITT

TOMORROW NIGHT.

GIRL'S SOFTBALL LAST NIGHT, THE CARDINALS FIRST GAME OF SEASON AND  THEY LOST TO NORTH SCOTT, 7 TO 1.

SIX MCHS STUDENTS COMPETED IN THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS AT IOWA STATE LAST WEEKEND.   

ANA MITCHELL TOOK  1ST PLACE GOLD MEDAL  IN STANDING LONG JUMP. 

LANCE OWEN TOOK 2ND PLACE SILVER MEDAL IN 100 METER DASH.

VANESSA COURTER A 1ST PLACE GOLD MEDAL IN 100 METER WALK.

TANIA AIA, 1ST PLACE GOLD MEDAL IN SOFTBALL THROW.

ANNMARIE JOHNSON, 1ST PLACE GOLD MEDAL IN MINI JAVELIN THROW.

MICHAEL STAMPER, 2ND PLACE  SILVER MEDAL IN 100 METER DASH.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE SIX CARDINAL ATHLETES.

JOYCE LANSING SERVES AS THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS COACH.

CHECK BACK TOMORROW.

DENNIS VOY

 

TUESDAY DAILY REPORT

YESTERDAY WE GOT UP TO 80.
TODAY SUNNY AND 82.    HUMID...DEWPOINT 68 RIGHT NOW.
TOMORROW, 81 AND CLOUDY.
THURSDAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, 81 EACH DAY WITH NO RAIN.

THE JACKSON COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TODAY APPROVED A LOAN
TO HOSPICE OF JACKSON COUNTY FROM THE JACKSON COUNTY REVOLVING
LOAN FUND, FOR $56,000 TO PURCHASE THE BUILDING THEY ARE
CURRENTLY IN ON WEST PLATT STREET.    THE BUILDING WAS THE
DR. SWIFT BUILDING AND IN PAST YEARS, THE HOME OF MEDICAL ASSOCIATES.     THE LOAN AT 1% INTEREST IS FOR 5 YEARS.   EARLIER THIS MONTH, HOSPICE SCRAPPED THE IDEA OF BUILDING THEIR OWN BUILDING
ON LAND THEY OWNED NORTH OF THE HOSPITAL.   THEY DID THIS BECAUSE
FEDERAL FUNDING FOR HOSPICE HAS BEEN DRAMATICALLY CUT AND
THE COST OF A NEW BUILDING HAS GONE WAY HIGHER THAT THE
ORIGINAL  ESTIMATE.      THIS IS A GOOD MOVE BY HOSPICE TO BUY
THE BUILDING THEY ARE IN.

ON THE LAW ENFORCEMENT BLOTTER:
A CAR-DEER ACCIDENT AT 1 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON ON HIGHWAY 62,
THE ROAD TO BELLEVUE.
A SHOPLIFTING INCIDENT AT WALMART MONDAY AFTERNOON.
AND VANDALISM ON N. NIAGARA STREET MONDAY AFTERNOON.   SOMEONE THREW A ROCK THROUGH THE WINDOW OF A RESIDENCE.

AN AMERICAN RED CROSS VOLUNTEER FROM MAQUOKETA RECEIVED A SPECIAL AWARD LAST WEEK.    RACHEL PARMER, DAUGHTER OF HOLLY AND JACK PARMER OF MAQUOKETA WAS PRESENTED THE BOB TAYLOR  DISASTER SERVICES AWARD FOR HER VOLUNTEER WORK.   SHE GOT THE AWARD LAST WEEK AT A DINNER IN DEWITT.  SHE HAS BEEN A VOLUNTEER FOR 4 YEARS AND HAS BEEN A LOCAL DISASTER RESPONDER AND HAS ALSO WORKED IN THE AREA OF DISASTER PREPAREDNESS.    SHE IS FOLLOWING IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF HER MOTHER WHO HAS BEEN A LONG-TIME VOLUNTEER FOR THE AMERICAN RED CROSS.

AT THE STATE GIRL'S TRACK MEET LAST WEEK IN DES MOINES,
MAQUOKETA FINISHED WITH A TOTAL OF 8 POINTS.
IN THE SHUTTLE HIRDLE RELAY, THE CARDINAL TEAM FINISHED 6TH AND EARNED 3 POINTS   THE TEAM CONSISTED OF JANEY SAUNDERS, HAILY
SCHWENKER, SHELBY PETTYJOHN AND AUBREY TAYLOR.    THE OTHER 5 POINTS WERE SCORED BY HAILEY SCHEWENKER WHEN SHE FINISHED 4TH IN THE 400 HURDLES FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

IN BUSINESS NEWS, LAST YEAR, MAQUOKETA GOT TWO BIG  KWIK STAR CONVENIENCE STORES, ON WEST PLATT AND ON SOUTH MAIN.
NOW ONE IS BEING BUILDT ON 11TH STREET (OLD HIGHWAY 30) IN
DEWITT.

HAVE A GOOD TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY.

DENNIS VOY

MEMORIAL DAY 2014

THE MEMORIAL DAY SERVICE TODAY IN MAQUOKETA STARTED AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND ENDED ABOVE AT MT. HOPE CEMETERY.

THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL BAND PLAYED SEVERAL SELECTIONS AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL, BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER THE PROGRAM.

TERRY CREEGAN OF MAQUOKTA (ABOVE AND BELOW) GAVE THE MEMORIAL DAY ADDRESS.     TERRY IS A RETIRED CHIEF MASTER SERGEANT OF THE U.S. AIRFORCE AND ALSO IS THE DIRECTOR OF THE JACKSON COUNTY VETERANS AFFAIRS OFFICE AT THE JACKSON COUNTY COURT HOUSE.

THE SERVICE TODAY WAS DIRECTED BY THE MAQUOKETA VFW POST 3633, AND THE AMERICAN LEGION POST 75 IN MAQUOKETA AND THEIR AUXILIARIES.      CLIF MERRICK, A MEMBER OF BOTH ORGANIZATIONS, WAS THE EMCEE AND LEGIONAIRE JOHN SCHMIDT,  LEBANON GRENANDA VETERAN, GAVE THE INVOCATION AND BENEDICTION.

PHOTOS BY DENNIS VOY

THURSDAY DAILY REPORT

COOLER TODAY AND PRETTY NICE.

THE MAQUOKETA FIRE DEPARTMENT STOOD BY WITH A COUPLE OF TRUCKS AND  CREWS AT THE SCENE OF A GAS LEAK AT SUMMIT AND SOUTH 2ND STREET TODAY.    APPARENTLY BLACK HILLS ENERGY WAS WORKING IN THE AREA AND HIT ONE OF THEIR OWN GAS LINES AROUND 9:30 THIS MORNING.

THERE WILL BE A PRACTICE RACING EVENT BY DARKSIDE PROMOTIONS TWO SUNDAYS A MONTH BEGINNING THIS SUNDAY, AT THE FAIRGROUNDS.
ONE OF THE OWNERS TOLD THE CITY COUNCIL IT WOULD NOT BE RACING BUT ONE CAR AT A TIME ON THE TRACK FOR PRACTICE.
DARKSIDE WAS GIVEN COUNCIL PERMISSION FOR 2 PRACTICE RUNS IN JUNE AND THEN THE PRACTICE WOULD BE EVALUATED TO SEE IF IT WOULD CONTINUE.      THERE WILL BE NO ADMISSION.

THE MAQUOKETA EDUCATION ASSOCIATION HELD ITS END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR SOCIAL AND DINNER LAST NIGHT AT BLUFF LAKE.   THE M.E.A. IS COMPOSED OF A MAJORITY OF THE DISTRICT TEACHERS.  
M.E.A CO-PRESIDENTS JILL SCHAWL AND JENNY NABB PRESIDED OVER THE
EVENT, ATTENDED BY ABOUT 60 PEOPLE.
THE "FRIEND OF EDUCATION" AWARD WAS PRESENTED TO THE MAQUOKETA STATE BANK FOR THEIR SUPPORT OF STAFF AND STUDENTS
AT THE SCHOOLS, SPECIFICALLY SECOND GRADE.    THE FOUR SECOND GRADE TEACHERS NOMINATED THE BANK FOR THE AWARD.
HEATHER WAACK, 1ST V.P. OF EXECUTIVE OPERATIONS ACCEPTED THE
AWARD ON BEHALF OF THE BANK.
THE "TEACHER OF THE YEAR" AWARD WAS PRSENTED TO LONG-TIME KINDERGARTEN TEACHER CINDY HEPKER WHO HAS TAUGHT KINDERGARTEN FOR 37 YEARS AND ALL IN THE MAQUOKETA DISTRICT.     SHE HAS TAUGHT AT BOTH BRIGGS AND  CARDINAL SCHOOLS.    THE M.E.A. ALSO  HONORED ROD BENEDIX, WHO IS RETIRING AS MIDDLE SCHOOL MUSIC INSTRUCTOR AFTER 16 YEARS.    AND A SPECIAL "ROAST" WAS HELD FOR INVITED GUEST, RETIRING SUPERITENDENT DR. KIM HUCKSTADT.      MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHERS JANE SCHMIDT AND CINDY WIESE WERE AT THE  ESPN ANCHOR DESK TO PRESENT HIGHLIGHTS OF HUCKSTADT'S 34 YEARS IN THE MAQUOKETA DISTRICT.   AND HE WAS GIVEN A CARDINAL T-SHIRT QUILT AND A PICTURE OF ALL OF THE SCHOOLS.

 

LEFT TO RIGHT, CINDY HEPKER, DR. HUCKSTADT AND HEATHER WAACK

THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER IS STILL RISING, SO SOUTH SABULA LAKE PARK HAS BEEN CLOSED AS OF YESTERDAY.        JACKSON COUNTY CONSERVATION DIRECTOR DARYL PARKER SAID THE WATER IS OVER THE ROAD LEADING TO THE PARK.    THE CAMPGROUND WILL BE CLOSED THROUGHOUT THE
HOLIDAY WEEKEND AHEAD.   THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATES IT WILL LIKELY BE MAY 28TH BEFORE THE RIVER BEGINS TO GO DOWN.

DUSTIN EDWARDS REPORTED A BURGLARY AT  BRIDGEPORT AUTO SALES
YESTERDAY.    HE SAID SOMEONE GOT INTO THE BUILDING THROUGH A
GARAGE WINDOW.   TWO WINDOWS WERE BROKEN.    MISCELLANEOUS TOOLS WERE TAKEN.   TOTAL VALUE OF ITEMS MISSING, $870.00.

THERE IS A BIG SIGN IN THE WINDOW OF THE "FAMILY DOLLAR STORE"
STATING THAT THE STORE IS GOING OUT OF BUSINESS.    IT IS IN A BUILDING OWNED BY FAMILY DOLLAR ON WEST PLATT STREET.     THE BUSINESS
HAS BEEN OPEN LESS THAN 10 YEARS AND CAME A YEAR OR MORE AFTER THE FAMILY DOLLAR DISTRIBUTION CENTER SOUTH OF MAQUOKETA OPENED.    INTERESTING TO NOTE THAT EXCEPT FOR SOME ADVERTISING
WHEN THEY FIRST OPENED, THEY HAVE RUN NO ADVERTISING ON KMAQ
SINCE.

IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE!

HAVE A GOOD FRIDAY AND IF YOU ARE HEADING ON THE ROAD FOR THE HOLIDAY, OR BOAT, DRIVE CAREFULLY!  

DENNIS VOY

 

 

WEDNESDAY DAILY REPORT

I AM A FAN OF "THE FAST CLYDES"....LOCAL.... AND GOOD 50'S MUSIC....THE   3 WILL ENTERTAIN AT "TABOR WINERY" THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON FROM 3 - 6

HOT TODAY .. BUT NO COMPLAINTS!    LAST NIGHT, LOTS OF RAIN AROUND,
(AND HAIL TOO)...BUT NOT IN MAQUOKETA.   REST OF WEEK AND THROUGH
THE WEEKEND WE ARE TO HAVE GOOD HOLIDAY WEATHER.

DR. RAYMOND HAMILTON, AFTER 35 YEARS, IS RETIRING FROM MEDICAL ASSOCIATES.      BUT, HE WILL CONTINUE PRACTICING MEDICINE  IN THE
EMERGENCY ROOM AT OUR HOSPITAL AND WILL SERVE AS MEDICAL DIRECTOR OF HOSPICE OF JACKSON COUNTY.

CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT....SWITCHED FROM THIS PAST MONDAY NIGHT.  

 

NANCY ROLING, JACKSON COUNTY TREASURER SINCE 2011, SPOKE AT ROTARY THIS NOON.  SHE HAS BEEN IN THE  TREASURER'S OFFICE 46 YEARS.   MOST OF HER TALK DEALT WITH DRIVER'S LICENSE RULES AND
REGULATIONS.    AND THERE ARE SOME NEW ONES!    CHECK WHEN YOUR LICENSE EXPIRES AND AHEAD OF TIME, GATHER THINGS.    YOU WILL NEED
A COPY OF YOUR BIRTH CERTIFICATE.   A COPY OF YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY
CARD.     CHECK ON THE GOLD STAR FOR A CORNER OF LICENSE.
NO SMILING FOR THE PHOTO....LOOK MEAN IF YOU WANT.    AND YOU
CAN'T WEAR YOUR GLASSES FOR THE PHOTO.

GIRL'S SOCCER LAST NIGHT, CLEAR-CREEK AMANA 4, MAQUOKETA 3 IN OT

BOY'S SOCCER, CLEAR CREEK 1, THE CARDINALS O.

THE FOLLOWING MAQUOKETA GIRLS WILL BE AT THE STATE TRACK MEET
THIS WEEK AT DRAKE STADIUM IN DES MOINES:
AUBREE TAYLOR....HALEY SCHWENKER....JANEY SAUNDERS....SHELBY PETTY JOHN....HANNAH GRUENWALD.....AND JENNA HOLTZ.

CHECK THE STORY AND PHOTOS BELOW ON LAST NIGHT'S SPECIAL
LAW ENFORCEMENT DINNER IN MAQUOKETA.

MAKE A TWO ITEM NOTE FOR YOUR KITCHEN TABLE...
FLOWERS AND CEMETERY!

SEE YAH....TOMORROW.

DENNIS VOY

OPTIMIST CLUB "RESPECT FOR LAW" BANQUET

LEFT TO RIGHT:   LT. GOV. LEE NELSON AND HIS WIFE MARLISE;  SHIRLEY DUNSTON, MOTHER OF IOWA OPTIMIST DIST. GOV. CYNDI BARBER STANDING AT RIGHT OF HER DAUGHTER  AND MAQUOKETA OPTIMIST CLUB PRESIDENT JAKE BICKFORD.

LEFT TO RIGHT:   JERRY BOWEN, THE RECIPIENT OF THE  RESPECT FOR LAW ANNUAL AWARD;  MIKE DeMOSS, DISPATCHER;   MAQUOKETA POLICE CHIEF BRAD KORANDA;   POLICE OFFICER BRENDAN ZEIMET;  POLICE OFFICER PAT FIER;  AND JAKE BICKFORD, PRESIDENT OF MAQUOKETA OPTIMIST CLUB.
ABSENT WHEN PHOTO WAS TAKEN, POLICE OFFICER JASON THOMSON.
BOTH PHOTOS BY LOIS FISCHER

THE ANNUAL OPTIMIST RESPECT FOR LAW BANQUET WAS HELD LAST  NIGHT AT THE EAGLES CLUB WITH 80 PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE.   THE SPEAKER WAS GARY DREW OF MAQUOKETA WHO HAS A COMPANY AT RURAL MAQUOKETA CALLED "ENERGY TEC/MAQUOKETA BIO FUELS".
POLICE CHIEF BRAD KORANDA TALKED ABOUT THE RECENT "SHOOTING" INCIDENT IN MAQUOKETA.   HE RECOGNIZED WITH ACCOMMODATION LETTERS, OFFICER BRENDAN ZEIMET WHO WAS SHOT THAT NIGHT;
MIKE DeMOSS, THE RADIO DISPATCHER ON DUTY THAT NIGHT AND POLICE OFFICERS PAT FIER AND JASON THOMSON ON DUTY THAT NIGHT.  
THEY EACH RECEIVED A HONOR PINS AND  ZEIMET A VALOR PIN AND PURPLE HEART PIN.
AND CHIEF KORANDA PRESENTED THE OPTIMIST "RESPECT FOR LAW" AWARD TO JERRY BOWEN FOR IS  YEARS OF SERVICE AS A POLICE RESERVE OFFICER.    BOWEN RETIRED THIS YEAR.   BOWEN,  ALSO A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER, WAS GIVEN A PLAQUE FROM THE OPTIMIST CLUB.
SPECIAL GUESTS PRESENT LAST NIGHT, THE OPTIMIST LT. GOV. LEE NELSON AND HIS WIFE MARLISE AND THE OPTIMIST  DIST. GOV. CYNDI BARBER AND HER MOTHER SHIRLEY DUNSTON.

TUESDAY DAILY REPORT

IT WAS NICE AND WARM TODAY!   85 DEGREES!
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR KMAQ AREA UNTIL 11 TONIGHT.
WARMER AND MOSTLY DRY WEATHER THROUGH THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND.

THE ANNUAL MEMORIAL DAY PROGRAM WILL BE HELD MONDAY AT THE
MAQUOKETA MIDDLE SCHOOL, STARTING AT 10:30.    THE  ADDRESS WILL BE
BY CHIEF MASTER SERGEANT TERRY CREEGAN, U.S. AIRFORCE, RETIRED.
THE "SALUTE TO THE NATION'S DEAD" WILL BE AT MT. HOPE CEMETERY
AFTER THE MIDDLE SCHOOL PROGRAM.    THE MEMORIAL DAY PROGRAM
WILL BE CONDUCTED BY BOTH THE MAQUOKETA VFW AND LEGION
AND EVERYONE IS INVITED AT BOTH THE SCHOOL AND THE CEMETERY AFTER.    THERE WILL BE A FLAG-BURNING CEREMONY AFTER.

THIS FRIDAY NIGHT, THE LEGION AND VFW WILL PUT UP AROUND 375 FLAGS AT BOTH CEMETERIES TO CREATE THE AVENUE OF FLAGS.  THEY WILL NEED HELP TO PUT THEM UP STARTING AT 5 P.M.     CAN YOU HELP?
THE MAQUOKETA OPTIMIST WILL BE PLACING NEARLY  500 FLAGS AROUND THE CITY FOR THE MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND.    HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS  HELP THEM DO THIS, 5 OR 6 HOLIDAYS A YEAR.

I'M SURE NO COMMUNITY OUR SIZE IN IOWA WILL HAVE MORE FLAGS FLYING THIS WEEKEND THAN MAQUOKETA.

    TAKE YOUR DONATED ITEMS TO FAIRGROUNDS

THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MONTHLY NOON LUNCH TODAY AT MICHEL'S HALL WAS ATTENDED BY ABOUT 40 WHO HEARD ST. REP. BRIAN MOORE AND
ST. SENATOR TOD BOWMAN GIVE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE RECENTLY COMPLETED LEGISLATIVE SESSION IN DES MOINES.   BOTH AGEED THE BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT WAS THE LACK OF ACTION ON A GAS TAX
INCREASE TO  REPAIR IOWA'S STREETS, HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES.
BOTH BELIEVE IT WILL BE ONE OF THE FIRST ITEMS ON THE AGENDA NEXT
JANUARY.

TODAY WAS THE OPENING DAY OF THE MAQUOKETA FARMER'S MARKET
AT THE OHNWARD PARKING LOT ON EAST PLATT STREET.    IT WILL BE
EVERY TUESDAY (4 TO 7 P.M.) UNTIL OCTOBER.   EVERY EFFORT HAS BEEN MADE TO MAKE IT BIGGER AND BETTER THIS YEAR.   CAN'T YOU TASTE THOSE FRESH BEANS AND PEAS.     ETC. ETC.

THE MAQUOKETA YMCA (THANKS TO CONTRIBUTORS) WILL BE OFFERING
FREE SWIM LESSONS TO 100 CHILDREN IN GRADES K-5.    EIGHT LESSONS AND A COMPLIMENTARY SHIRT TO RECOGNIZE THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENT.

BOB MILLER CALLED ME TODAY FROM HIS HOME IN HOT SPRINGS, SOUTH DAKOTA.  HE CHECKS THIS DAILY REGULARLY.    HIS DAD WAS TED MILLER IN WYOMING, IOWA WHO HAD A SAWMILL THERE FOR MANY YEARS.   BOB  HAS LIVED IN SD FOR ABOUT 7 YEARS.    HE HAS A PHOTO OR TWO OF THE GO-CART TRACK THAT WAS IN OPERATION A SHORT TIME AROUND 1960 NEAR THE MAQUOKETA AIRPORT.    HE WOULD LIKE MORE INFORMATION
AND RECOLLECTIONS AND MORE PHOTOS.    CALL HIM AT 605-890-2638.

THE H & R BLOCK FRANCHISEE OFFICE IN MAQUOKETA WILL BE GETTING A NEW HOME IN THE NEAR FUTURE.    DAVID RICHARDS, ENROLLED AGENT OF H & R BLOCK,  HAS PURCHASED THE FORMER "HITCHIN' POST" BUILDING
ON SOUTH OLIVE AND AFTER HE AND HIS WIFE JOLYNN DO SOME MAJOR
REMODELING, WILL MOVE IN THIS SUMMER.  MEANWHILE, THEY WILL
CONTINUE IN THEIR PRESENT BUILDING NEXT TO THE THEATRE.
RICHARDS ALSO ANNOUNCED THAT HE WILL BE ADDING HIS "DAVID RICHARDS INSURANCE" BUSINESS AT THE NEW LOCATION.

OVER 250 WATCHED "GOD'S NOT DEAD" YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AND LAST NIGHT AT THE THEATRE.
WE WILL BE SHOWING IT TWO MORE TIMES ON MONDAY,  JUNE 2ND!

THE NEW COMEDY "BLENDED" STARRING ADAM SANDLER AND DREW BARRYMORE STARTS FRIDAY NIGHT DOWNTOWN AND AT THE DRIVE-IN.

GIRL'S GOLF LAST  NIGHT....PLEASANT VALLEY 173 AND CLINTON AND
MAQUOKETA TIED AT 225 , AT HIDDEN HILLS GOLF COURSE.    ALLISON
VANDEMORE HAD THE CARDINAL'S BEST SCORE, A 44.

ROSES ARE RED
THE GRASS IS GREEN
EVERYWHERE IN TOWN
MAQUOKETA LOOKS SUPREME.

I'LL TAKE A B+ ON MY TIMELY NEW POEM.

GOOD NIGHT!

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MONDAY DAILY REPORT

A LITTLE RAIN EARLY THIS MORNING AND THEN MOSTLY CLOUDY AND WINDY TODAY.
TOMORROW AND THROUGH THE WEEK, A GOOD FORECAST WITH
WARMER DAYS AND NIGHTS AND LITTLE RAIN.

A MAQUOKETA MAN WAS AIRLIFTED TO UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS AFTER A MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT AT 3:30 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON
NEAR ANDREW.    JAMES SCHUELER, AGE 62, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS DRIVING
WEST WHEN HE WENT AROUND A CURVE, LOST CONTROL AND WENT INTO THE DITCH.      HIS CONDITION IS NOT AVAILABLE.   $10,000 IN DAMAGES TO HIS HIS 1998 HARLEY DAVIDSON.

THIS COLLECTOR PLATE IS THE SILENT AUCTION ITEM THIS WEEK ON THE
MAQUOKETA ROTARY WEB SITE.   GO TO KMAQ HOME PAGE AND CLICK-ON
THE ROTARY BLUE WHEEL AND EMAIL YOUR BID.

ON THE POLICE BLOTTER...
AT 5TH WARD PARK,  A  PAVILION SIGN WAS SPRAY PAINTED.
CORY FRANCIS ON S. VERMONT REPORTED HIS FENCE DAMAGED.
AND
MARK BRUNS REPORTED TWO HANGING BASKETS STOLEN FROM GRAVES
AT BUCKHORN CEMETERY.

NO CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT, BUT WEDNESDAY NIGHT INSTEAD.

 

CHECK BELOW THE MANY PHOTOS I

TOOK YESTERDAY!

HAVE A GOOD WEEK!
DENNIS VOY

PAST WEEKEND PHOTOS

SATURDAY I ATTENDED THE UNIVERSITY OF DUBUQUE COMMENCEMENT CEREMONIES.     WHAT A GREAT, BEAUTIFUL CAMPUS!

WE WERE THERE FOR MACKIE MOORE'S GRADUATION.    SHE IS NANCY'S GRANDAUGHTER AND DAUGHTER OF LINDA MOORE OF MAQUOKETA AND
KENNETH MOORE OF MAQUOKETA.    THE DAY BROUGHT BACK MEMORIES
FOR KEN AS HE GRADUATED FROM UD OVER 30 YEARS.    AND HE SAID
THE UNIVERSITY IS COMPLETELY CHANGED SINCE THEN WITH GROWTH
AND MANY NEW BUILDINGS.    TIM MELVOLD, KMAQ STUDENT ANNOUNCER
YEARS AGO AND SON OF KMAQ'S SHERI MELVOLD WORKS FOR UD IN
THEIR RECRUITMENT DEPARTMENT.   HE'S RESPONSIBLE FOR THE EASTERN
THIRD OF THE UNITED STATES.

SATURDAY NIGHT, OFF TO DINNER AT THE MAQUOKETA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE/MAQUOKETA ART EXPERIENCE.....TO HEAR THE VOICE OF THE IOWA HAWKEYES, GARY DOLPHIN OF PEOSTA.

GARY DID A NICE JOB TALKING ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF TOURISM TO
SMALL-TOWN IOWA AND FINISHED HIS TALK WITH COMMENTS ON IOWA BASKETBALL AND FOOTBALL.    THE NATIVE OF CASCADE LOVES  HIS JOB THAT HE HAS HELD OVER 20 YEARS.
THE EVENT SATURDAY NIGHT WAS THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE  JACKSON COUNTY AREA TOURISM ASSOCIATON.    AFTER GARY LEFT TO ATTEND A
WEDDING, THE TOURISM MEETING WAS HELD AND I'M GLAD I WAS THERE.
TO MY SURPRISE, I WAS HONORED.

I THANK THE ASSOCIATION FOR NAMING ME A PROMOTIONAL PARTNER.   ABOVE WITH THE PLAQUE (WILL HANG IN KMAQ LOBBY FOR THE NEXT 12 MONTHS) THAT WAS PRESENTED BY THE NEW ASSOCIAITION PRESIDENT
STEVE TEBBE WHO OWNS WHISPERING MEADOWS RESORT AT RURAL
SPRINGBROOK.

SUNDAY...GRADUATION DAY AT MAQUOKETA COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL.....
THE 136TH ANNUAL....AT THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL GYM AT 2 P.M.
I WAS THERE TO BROADCAST IT ON KMAQ-FM.

 117 GRADUATES

ASHLEY BECKER WAS ONE OF TWO GRADUATES TO SPEAK.

THE OTHER WAS OLIVIA KUTCH ABOVE.

PRINCIPAL MARK VERVAEKE ANNOUNCED THE TOP 10 STUDENTS.    TEN ON DOWN....JEBIDIAH MILLER, BRITTANY GOETZINGER, CARTER RIVER, BLAINE BERGGREN, AUSTIN SANDERS, OLIVIA KUTSCH, DALLAS DURKOP, MARISSA TILL AND THEN THE SALUATORIAN (GPA 3.995) CORY WIRTH AND THE
SALUTATORIAN (GPA 4.0) ASHLEY BECKER.

THE MCHS MIXED CHORUS (DIRECTED BY JOEL HAGEN) SANG TWO SONGS.

THIS IS MICHAEL HAYWARD, PRESIDENT OF THE SCHOOL BOARD, WHO
JUST BEFORE THIS PHOTO,  ADDRESSED THE GRADUATES AND GAVE A  TRIBUTE TO SUPT. DR. KIM HUCKSTADT, WHICH WAS FOLLOWED BY
A STANDING OVATION FOR KIM.    HUCKSTADT, BELOW, BEGAN HIS 13 YEARS
AS SUPERINTENDENT THE SAME YEAR THAT THIS YEAR'S CLASS STARTED
IN KINDERGARTEN.    KIM RETIRES AT THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR
AND WILL ENTER POLITICS RIGHT AFTER.

GRADUATES SHAKING HANDS WITH BOARD MEMBERS.    SHOWN ABOVE,
LEFT TO RIGHT, BRIAN TABOR IN YELLOW SHIRT, DAVID SYBESMA IN WHITE SHIRT AND DEBRA LANE.

THIS WAS THE 6TH ANNUAL GRADUATION IN THE NEW GYM.   AND THERE WAS PLENTY OF ROOM FOR EVERYONE, INCLUDING SOME EMPTY SEATS.
AND FOR YEARS,  AT THE TWIN PIANOS, LONGTIME DISTRICT TEACHER
LINDA POLK  AND FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH PASTOR JUDY HEINRICH 
JUST ABOVE.

THE CLASS MOTTO:  
 "GET BUSY LIVING OR GET BUSY DYING"

ANOTHER FUN WEEKEND IN MAQUOKETA....GLAD TO SHARE IT WITH YOU.

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FRIDAY DAILY REPORT

ANOTHER COOL DAY.... WITH A LITTLE SUNSHINE THIS AFTERNOON, WE
GOT UP TO 50 DEGREES.
TOMORROW AND SUNDAY WILL BE WARMER.

MORE THAN 30 LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS DESCENDED ON A HOME ON THE BELLEVUE-CASCADE ROAD AROUND 7 THIS MORNING SEARCHING FOR A METH LAB.       AND THEY FOUND ONE AT 14721 ON THE ROAD AFTER EXECUTING A SEARCH.     THEY FOUND NUMEROUS ITEMS USED IN THE
MANUFACTURE OF METH.   TWO MEN WERE LIVING AT THE HOME AT RURAL ZWINGLE AND BOTH ARE IN JAIL HERE IN TOWN ON $100,000 BOND EACH.
THE RAID WAS THE RESULT OF A LENGTHY INVESTIGATION BY DEPUTIES
BRANDON BECK AND STEVE SCHROEDER.    THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES.

KMAQ HAS LEARNED THAT SACRED  HEART PRINCIPAL IN MAQUOKETA, MARY MELCHERT, HAS BEEN RELIEVED OF HER POSITION AND SHE CLEARED HER OFFICE AFTER EASTER.   THE SCHOOL IS ADVERTISING FOR THE POSITION WHICH THEY PLAN TO  FILL THIS SUMMER BEFORE THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR BEGINS.     SCHOOL BOARD PRESIDENT JARROD MANNING SAID THE BOARD FELT MELCHERT WAS NOT THE RIGHT FIT FOR THE JOB AT SACRED HEART.
SACRED HEART IS PRE-SCHOOL THROUGH 6TH GRADE.  THE INTERIM PRINCIPAL IS FROM THE ARCHDIOCESE IN DUBUQUE.

I HEARD THAT GARY CARSON OF DUBUQUE AND FORMERLY OF THE MAQUOKETA AREA DIED,  BUT KMAQ RECEIVED NO OFFICIAL
NOTIFICATION.     TODAY, THE MAQUOKETA SENTINEL-PRESS ON THEIR OBITUARY PAGE HAS  A  SHORT STORY SAYING HE DIED MAY 5TH AT HIS  HOME AND THAT A PRIVATE FAMILY BURIAL WILL BE IN THE ELMWOOD CEMETERY IN DEWITT.    HIS WIFE DEB CARSON,  A LONGTIME TEACHER AT MAQUOKETA HIGH, DIED EARLIER THIS SPRING.   TWO OR THREE CHILDREN SURVIVE.

THE MAQUOKETA CARDINAL GIRL'S TRACK TEAM WILL HAVE REPRESENTATIVES GOING TO THE STATE MEET NEXT WEEK.
THEY ARE:
400 HURDLES, FRESHMAN HAILEY SCHWENKER
100 HURDLES, SENIOR AUBREE TAYLOR
SHUTTLE HURDLE RELAY, FRESHMAN JANEY SAUNDERS, FRESHMAN HAILEY SCHWENKER, FRESHMAN SHELBY PETTY JOHN AND SENIOR AUBREE TAYLOR.
4 X 200 RELAY, JUNIOR HANNAH GRUENWALD, FRESHMAN HAILEY SCHWENKER, JUNIOR  JENNA HOLTZ AND SENIOR AUBREY TAYLOR.

GRADUATION CEREMONIES.... 2 P.M. THIS  SUNDAY AT THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL GYM.       117 GRADUATES.
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL!

HAVE  A NICE WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY

THURSDAY DAILY REPORT

CLOUDY ALL DAY.
GOT UP TO 50.
THEY SAID THE RAIN WOULD START AT 3.
IT IS JUST AFTER 3 NOW AND THE RAIN STARTED A FEW MINUTES AGO.
TOMORROW, SOME RAIN AND SUNSHINE AND HIGH IN UPPER 50'S.
SATURDAY, SUNNY AND WARMER.
GRADUATION  DAY SUNDAY SHOULD PRETTY GOOD.

THE ANDREW COMMUNITY SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS HAVE HIRED A
NEW PRINCIPAL.    TARA NOTZ, A  MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE
WILL START IN JULY.    SHE HAS BEEN WORKING IN THE DES MOINES PUBLIC
SCHOOLS FOR 10 YEARS.   SHE AND HER HUSBAND ERIK HAVE TWO CHILDREN AND WILL MOVE BACK TO  EASTERN IOWA THIS SUMMER.

TWO CAR ACCIDENT JUST SOUTH OF THE HURSTVILLE ROAD.
RUSSELL REKEMEYER OF DEWITT, AGE 59, WAS DRIVING NORTH ON     61.
DONALD KELLY, AGE 69, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS ALSO DRIVING NORTH
ON 61, IN THE RIGHT LANE, AT ABOUT 45 MILES PER HOUR.
REKEMEYER'S VEHICLE REAR-ENDED THE KELLY VEHICLE.
NO INJURIES.
$4,000 DAMAGE TO  EACH VEHICLE.
REKEMEYER WAS CHARGED.

IN HIGH SCHOOL SOCCER, MAQUOKETA BEAT BENTON COMMUNITY,
1 TO 0.

MAY CELEBRATES YEAR 26 FOR NUGENT AUTO SALES AND SALVAGE
IN MAQUOKETA.   

STILL RAINING AS I END THIS REPORT.

COME BACK TOMORROW FOR SOME SUNSHINE.

DENNIS VOY

BIG GARAGE SALE COMING