THURSDAY DAILY REPORT

ANOTHER GOOD DAY...79 THE HIGH.
TOMORROW AND FOR THE WEEKEND, NO RAIN AND AROUND 80 EACH DAY.

THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL THIS WEEK DISCUSSED BUYING A NEW
BACKHOE FOR $69,550 (A JOHN DEERE) AND VOTED 4 TO 2 AGAINST
BUYING IT AND DELAYING PURCHASE FOR ANOTHER YEAR.   VOTING NO TO MAKE THE PURCHASE, COUNCILMEN JOSH COLLISTER, ED TURNEY, CORY SIMONSON AND AMY MOORE.  VOTING IN FAVOR, COUNCILMEN TROY THEDE AND ERIC PAPE.

THIS WEEK, THE COUNCIL REAPPONTED DEAN NELSON TO THE MAQUOKETA LIBRARY BOARD.

A SOUTH DAKOTA MAN WAS SEVERELY SHOCKED AFTER HIS BUCKET TRUCK HIT A POWER LINE NEAR ANDREW YESTERDAY.    HIS NAME NOT RELEASED.
ANDREW FIRST RESPONDERS AND BELLEVUE PARAMEDICS DID CPR AND
BROUGHT HIM BACK TO LIFE AND HE WAS THEN AIRLIFTED TO IOWA CITY.

CLINTON COUNTY'S NEW SATELLITE OFFICE (IN THE FORMER CANDLELIGHT
RESTAURANT) WILL BE FULLY OPEN SEPTEMBER 2ND.      OVER $1 MILLION
DOLLARS HAS BEEN SPENT REMODELING INSIDE AND OUT WITH NEW
PARKING AREA AND GARAGE.

THE PRESTON POLICE CHEIF RESIGNED MONDAY.   NO REASON GIVEN.
JOEL DRISCOLL HAS HAD THE JOB SINCE 2009.   APPLICATIONS FOR A NEW CHIEF WILL BE TAKEN UNTIL AUGUST 22ND ACCORDING TO PRESTON MAYOR
CHAD GRUVER.

NEW SIDEWALKS AND GRADING HAS BEEN COMPLETED AROUND THE
NEW  LITTLE BEAR PARK IN MAQUOKETA.    LOOKS  NICE.

SEE YOU ON THE RADIO.

DENNIS VOY
kmaq@kmaq.com

CODFISH HOLLOW BARNSTORMERS

REMEMBER READING MY FEATURE HERE ON MY VISIT TO CODFISH HOLLOW BARNSTORMERS ON JULY 4TH THAT INCLUDED A WEDDING?    IT WAS MY FIRST VISIT AND IT WAS A LOT OF FUN VISITING THIS "ONE-OF-KIND"  RURAL MAQUOKETA PLACE!    IF YOU MISSED IT, GO BACK TO THE JULY 4TH DAILY REPORT!      ANYWAY, TWO MUSIC SHOWS COMING UP AND ONLY DAYS APART.
AUGUST 7TH.....THE ROADSIDE GRAVES,

AND THE PINES, MILES NIELSEN, THE RUSTED HEART AND UNION SPECIFIED.    OPEN 7 AND MUSIC FROM 8 TO 11:30.

AUGUST 12TH.....THE BASEBALL PROJECT, FEATURING MEMBERS OF R.E.M. AND SPECIAL GUEST, HUGH BOB AND THE HUSTLE.    OPEN 7 AND MUSIC FROM 8 TO 10.   ADVANCE TICKETS FOR BOTH SHOWS, $17
GOOGLE "CODFISH HOLLOW BARNSTORMERS" FOR MORE INFORMATION AND TO ORDER TICKETS.

WEDNESDAY DAILY REPORT

NICE...78 TODAY
TOMORROW...NICE AND 81

ANDY STEWART SPOKE AT ROTARY THIS NOON AND HIS MOTHER AND
SISTERS WERE THERE TO LISTEN.    AND SALLY DAVIES IS BACK IN TOWN AND WAS A ROTARY GUEST TODAY.    CHECK OUT THE ROTARY WEB
SITE...WWW.KMAQ.COM AND CLICK-ON THE ROTARY BLUE WHEEL.

AUSTIN WALLER OF RURAL BERNARD SHOWED THE GRAND CHAMPION STEER SATURDAY AT THE FAIR.    I HAVE NEVER INTERVIEWED A
4-H SHOWMAN THAT WAS AS HAPPY AS HE WAS.    I SENT HIM THE TAPE THIS AFTERNOON.    HE WILL BE A SENIOR THIS FALL AT CASCADE AFTER TAKING HIS STEER TO THE GOVERNOR'S STEER SHOW AT THE IOWA STATE FAIR.

THE LOCAL "MASTER GARDENERS" ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MANY
LARGE FLOWER POTS AROUND DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA.   THEY "WATER" THEM WHEN NECESSARY AND I SAW A COUPLE WORK ON THIS ONE THIS MORNING, TAKING OUT WEEDS AND TWEAKING THE FLOWERS A BIT
TO LOOK EVEN NICER.  THANK YOU!

MAQUOKETA SCHOOL REGISTRATION IS FROM 11  A.M.  UNTIL 7 P.M.
THIS FRIDAY AND NEXT MONDAY.....AT THE HIGH SCHOOL CAFETERIA OR ON LINE.

THIS IS THE LAST WEEKEND OF THE "CLOSING SALE"  AT BANOWETZ ANTIQUES IN MAQUOKETA.    I WILL BE DOING MY FINAL REMOTE BROADCASTS FROM THERE THIS WEEKEND.    FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, THEY HAD A HUGE JULY 4TH TEN-DAY SALE AND I ALWAYS DID REMOTES.  NEXT...AFTER THIS WEEKEND...THEY WILL BE HAVING AN AUCTION OF ALL REMAINING ITEMS.    THEY WILL CONTINUE TO OWN AND RUN "SQUIRE'S MANOR BED AND BREAKFAST".

HAVE A NICE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. 

DENNIS VOY
kmaq@kmaq.com

TUESDAY DAILY REPORT

ANOTHER SUPER  WEATHER DAY TODAY!
SUNNY AND 78.
MORE.    MORE.     MORE.

NO NEWS REPORT TODAY.

NO LOCAL SPORTS EITHER.

SORRY...ONE OF THOSE DAYS.

FOR THE TOP 100 PHOTOS TAKEN BY  DAVID VOY AT THE JACKSON COUNTY
FAIR SUNDAY... GO TO....
     http://photos.maquoketa.com/JC-FAIR-SUN-TOP-100/

DO CHECK MY "ENTRY" BELOW ON THE NEW BELLEVUE
RESTAURANT.

COMING BACK HOME TO MAQUOKETA FOR A VISIT YET
THIS SUMMER?   STOP IN AND TO SAY HELLO.

DENNIS VOY

POTTER'S MILL COMING TO LIFE AGAIN

POTTER'S MILL, LOCATED ALONG MILL CREEK, IS THE  HOME FOR "FLATTED FIFTH BLUES AND BBQ" WHICH OPENS FOR BUSINESS THIS FRIDAY.        MANY OF YOU HAVE DINED IN THE RESTORED GRIST MILL BUILDING  OFTEN OVER THE  YEARS UNTIL IT CLOSED SEVERAL YEARS AGO.     YOU TOOK THE ELEVATOR TO THE 2ND FLOOR TO EAT.
NOW,  YOU WILL DINE ON THE 1ST FLOOR WHERE THE BAR HAS ALWAYS BEEN.     THE 2ND FLOOR WILL BE USED FOR OVERFLOW AND A GIFT SHOP
AND HIGH SCHOOL ART GALLERY.  

OPENING THEIR OWN BBQ RESTAURANT FEATURING SOUTHERN FOOD
HAS BEEN A DREAM OF THEIRS.     THEY NOW LIVE IN ROCHESTER BUT
ARE NATIVES OF THIS AREA.    RACHEL HERMAN GREW UP IN MT. MORRIS,
ILLINOIS AND HUSBAND MARK IN THE MASON CITY AREA.     THEY HAVE A
DAUGHTER GRADUATING FROM COLLEGE AND ONE ENTERING COLLEGE.
MARK WILL SPEND MOST OF HIS TIME IN BELLEVUE AND RACHEL WILL
CONTINUE AS A NURSE PRACTITIONER  AT ROCHESTER.

ANDREW WEIS IS THE CHEF.   HE GRADUATED FROM BELLEVUE HIGH SCHOOL IN 2004 AND FROM CORDON BLEU COLLEGE OF CULINARY ARTS IN
MINNEAPOLIS IN 2006.     HE HAS BEEN A CHEF IN BOTH DUBUQUE AND
GALENA.      HE WORKED AT POTTER'S MILL  WHILE IN HIGH SCHOOL AND IS
GLAD TO BE BACK HOME.

TODAY WAS "TEST THE WATER" DAY AND INVITED CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
MEMBERS GAVE THE CHEF AND STAFF A TIME TO "PRACTICE" FOR THE
GAME WHICH STARTS FRIDAY.     KMAQ IS A BELLEVUE CHAMBER MEMBER AND SO NANCY AND I (WITH CAMERA) ARRIVED FOR A SNEAK PEAK AND
EAT TIME.     WHEN WE ARRIVED, ALREADY SEATED, MAQUOKETE CHAMBER
OF COMMERCE DIRECTOR TOM DEVINE, BELLEVUE CHAMBER DIRECTOR
DEANNA COOK AND AT RIGHT, MARY JO GOTHARD, DIRECTOR OF THE
MAQUOKETA AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION.

 

OUR WAITRESS WAS ELIZABETH HAYWARD OF MAQUOKETA, WHO HAS LOTS
OF EXPERIENCE.    AT ONE TIME, OWNER WITH HER HUSBAND OF THE PUB CLUB IN LOST NATION.      IN CASE YOU ARE WONDERING, WE CHOSE THE APPETIZER, FRIED PICKLES  AND NANCY HAD THE BREADED SHRIMP PO BOY AND I HAD THE BEEF BRISKET.     I HAD A UNIQUE (LITTLE-SQUARES CUT- POTATOS) POTATO SALAD AND NANCY HAD A GRILLED PINEAPPLE SALAD.
ALL THE FOOD WAS VERY GOOD AND THE BREAD PUDDING (WHICH WE
SHARED) I GAVE A 10.

IN ONE CORNER OF THE DINING ROOM IS THE BAR ABOVE AND THERE IS
A SMALL STAGE IN ANOTHER CORNER FOR "LIVE" MUSIC BY A SMALL BAND
WHICH THEY WILL HAVE ON OCCASSION.    WE DINED TO RECORDED MUSIC
TODAY.

ON THE 3RD AND 4TH FLOORS, ARE 4 BED AND BREAKFAST ROOMS OFF
OF THE LOBBY ABOVE.
ONE AREA STILL NEEDS TO BE BUILDT!    A DECK ADJACENT TO THE DINING
ROOM AND OVERLOOKING THE MILL CREEK FOR SUMMERTIME OUTDOOR
DINING.

BELLEVUE IS MORE AND MORE BECOMING A "DESTINATION" PLACE FOR
THE TRI-STATE AREA, WITH SEVERAL FINE RESTAURANTS,  A NEW HOTEL
AND CONVENTION CENTER AND OF COURSE THE MIGHTY MISSISSIPPI
RIVER, ONE OF THE BEST RIVERS IN THE WORLD.

GRANDPA'S ICE CREAM PARLOUR  TOO...WHERE I OFTEN STOP FOR
GREAT ICE CREAM OF COURSE AND TO CHAT WITH THE OWNER ERIC, BELLEVUE'S #1 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS FAN.

CONGRATULATIONS AND BEST WISHES TO RACHEL AND MARK!

DENNIS VOY
kmaq@kmaq.com

MONDAY DAILY REPORT

SUNNY AND 75 DEGREES TODAY.
THE REST OF THE WEEK WILL BE ABOUT THE SAME.
NICE, COOL (BELOW NORMAL) AND DRY WEEK AHEAD.

A FIRE IN MAQUOKETA AROUND 1:30 A.M. SUNDAY.

FIREMEN WERE CALLED TO 120 NORTH ARCADE STREET TO THIS RENTAL
BUILDING OWNED BY ROY WARD.  

THE JACKSON COUNTY FAIR HAD A RECORD ATTENDANCE SUNDAY.
FAIR MANAGER LANNY SIMPSON SAID ATTENDANCE WAS 9,603.    LAST YEAR, A RECORD YEAR FOR THE FAIR, THE SUNDAY TOTAL WAS 8,211.   LAST NIGHT,
FOR THE "NIGHT OF DESTRUCTION" GRANDSTAND SHOW, ALL SEATS WERE
TAKEN, HARDLY ANY STANDING ROOM, PARKING SPACES WERE HARD TO FIND AND IT WAS THE BIGGEST NIGHT ATTENDANCE EVER.   
DURING THE 5 DAYS OF THE FAIR THIS YEAR, THE TOTAL ATTENDANCE
WAS 25,348, DOWN FROM LAST YEAR'S RECORD TOTAL OF 26,559.
THE ATTENDANCE PRIZE OF $500 WAS WON BY ED HOLLAND OF WYOMING.
FIRST PLACE IN THE HUG-A-HOG CONTEST WAS THE TEAM OF LORNA SCOTT, NIN FLAGEL, AND JAKE FLAGEL.
BEFORE THE SATURDAY NIGHT MUSIC SHOW (WHICH DID NOT HAVE A BIG
CROWD) THE SATURDAY ACT FOR NEXT JULY AT THE FAIR WILL BE
MONTGOMERY GENTRY.   EDDIE AND TROY BELOW SHOULD PACK THEM IN.

THE JACKSON COUNTY MASTER GARDENER BOOTH HAD A DAILY PRIZE WINNER....THURSDAY, NATALIE SCHURBON OF LOST NATON....FRIDAY, TAMMI SAGERS OF MAQUOKETA....SATURDAY, JACK GAVIN OF MAQUOKETA....
AND SUNDAY, LISA DICKMAN OF LOST NATION.      EACH WON A BUCKET OF GARDENING THINGS.  

LITTLE BEAR PARK HAS A NEW CARVED BEAR HOLDING A LITTLE BEAR, CHAIN-SAW CARVED FROM A TREE STUMP.

A MAQUOKETA YOUTH, JARON CLARK, AGE 13, RECEIVED A BROKEN ANKLE IN AN ATV ACCIDENT.     IT HAPPENED ON PRIVATE PROPERTY AND DEPUTY TERRY ROLING SAID CLARK SWERVED AND STEPPED ON THE BRAKES TO AVOID HITTING A  BLACK LAB DOG.   THE ATV TIPPED ON ITS SIDE AND
LANDED ON CLARK'S LEFT FOOT.    HIS ANKLE IS BROKEN IN TWO PLACES.

WAL MART IN MAQUOKETA HAS A NEW OUTSIDE LOOK THANKS TO PAINTING OF THE BUILDING  IN NEW BROWN-TONE COLORS.    THE ENTRY WAY IS NEW ALSO, TO BE MORE ENERGY EFFICIENT.     HOT AIR IN THE SUMMER AND
COLD AIR IN THE WINTER WILL NOT GET INTO THE BUILDING AS MUCH AS BEFORE.    WONDER IF THEY GOT A LOAN TO DO THIS?

THIS BUILDING WAS A LIQUOR STORE FOR YEARS, STARTED BY FORMER
MAQUOKETA BUSINESSMAN AND MAYOR  JACK ROSENBERG.    NOW, IT
IS THE NEW HOME OF H & R BLOCK AND DAVID RICHARDS INSURANCE,
MOVING FROM A BUILDING THEY RENTED NEXT TO THE THEATRE.   THIS
BUILDING IS ACROSS THE STREET FROM PERXACTLY BAR AND GRILL.
DAVID RICHARDS SAID THEY ARE OPEN MONDAYS AND TUESDAY NOW,
AND MORE DAYS LATER.    AND, HE PLANS AN OPEN HOUSE SO EVERYONE
CAN STOP IN AND TAKE A LOOK.    BUT DON'T WAIT...YOU CAN STOP IN
ANYTIME ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY.

TEXAS GOVERNOR RICK PERRY IS COMING TO A PICNIC ON SUNDAY, AUGUST 10TH AT A BIN SITE A HALF-MILE WEST OF GRAND MOUND.   IT WILL BE
A FUNDRAISER FOR BRIAN SCHMIDT, REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR THE IOWA SENATE.    IT WILL BE A 12 NOON LUNCH, DUTCH TREAT.

PROGRESS!   OUT BY THE NORTH MOTEL, A LOT OF DIRT MOVING
AND GRADING HAS BEEN DONE BY THE MAQUOKETA STATE BANK, OWNER
OF ACRES OF LAND AROUND THE MOTEL.    IT WAS ALL VERY HIGH GROUND AND UNEVEN AND THE WEEKS OF DIRT MOVING HAS REALLY MADE THE
AREA NICER AND THE LAND SHOULD NOW BE ENTICING TO A BUSINESS
PROSPECT.      A DEFINITE IMPROVEMENT!

TWO MORE NEW HOMES IN MAQUOKETA  (I THINK 6 SO FAR THIS YEAR).
BOTH IN THE SOUTHWEST SUBDIVISIONS.    BOTTOM ONE STARTED OUT AS
THE LATE ROSS DAVIS' REAL ESTATE OFFICE, THEN CONVERTED TO A SMALL
APARTMENT, AND NOW A FULL SIZE HOUSE.   PROJECT OF DENNIS
HASENBANK.    THEY WILL MOVE IN AND SELL THEIR HOME UP THE STREET.
HAVE NOT HEARD WHO IS BUILDING THE TOP HOME THAT IS LOCATED ON
THE SOUTH END OF FARMLAND DRIVE.

HERE'S A MAQUOKETA HOME THAT WILL SAVE ON HEAT THIS WINTER.
LOCATED ON WEST FARMLAND DRIVE.

THE FAMILY DOLLAR CLOSING SALE IS DONE AND THE BUILDING ON WEST PLATT STREET IS NOW DOWN TO FIXTURES AND,  NOTE THE FOR SALE/LEASE SIGN.    BIG NEWS TODAY, FAMILY DOLLAR WAS SOLD FOR OVER $8 BILLION TO DOLLAR TREE.   IT WILL TAKE UNTIL NEXT YEAR TO FINALIZE THE SALE.    AT LEAST AT THE START,  THE FAMILY DOLLAR STORES WILL STAY AS THEY ARE,  AND NOT BE TURNED IN DOLLAR TREE STORES.     WILL THIS SALE EFFECT THE BIG FAMILY DOLLAR DISTRIBUTION CENTER SOUTH OF MAQUOKETA?   WE ALL HOPE NOT!    WHO KNOWS, MAYBE WE WILL GET A DOLLAR TREE STORE
SOMETIME?

KURT ULLRICH ABOVE, OF RURAL MAQUOKETA, HAS A NEW PHOTO BOOK, "THE IOWA STATE FAIR".    IT HAS BLACK AND WHITE IMAGES THAT CAPTURE
THE ENERGY, THE COMPETITION, THE BRIGHT LIGHTS, AND THE CHARM
OF THE IOWA'S STATE  FAIR, ONE OF THE BIGGEST IN THE U.S.A.
KURT WILL SIGN COPIES THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AT THE PRAIRIE
LIGHTS BOOKSTORE AT 15 S. DUBUQUE STREET IN IOWA CITY.   HIS WIFE
IS RETIRED JUDGE, BOBBI ALPERS.

ABOVE, A NEW MOVIE OPENING THURSDAY NIGHT NATIONWIDE AND
HERE IN MAQUOKETA.   IT STARTS FRIDAY IN THE DIGITAL VOY 1
CINEMA AND IS RATED PG-13.    IT WILL OPEN THURSDAY NIGHT
AS THE 2ND MOVIE AT THE 61 DRIVE-IN THEATRE, FOR THOSE WHO
WANT A  SOONER CHANCE TO SEE IT.     THEN ON FRIDAY NIGHT
AT THE DRIVE-IN, IT WILL BE THE FIRST FEATURE.   MANY ARE PREDICTING
IT WILL BE THE BIGGEST MOVIE OF THE SUMMER.

POTTER'S MILL AT BELLEVUE WILL RE-OPEN SOON AS "FLATTED FIFTH
BLUES AND BBQ.    TOMORROW NOON, INVITED GUESTS WILL GET
AN ADVANCE LOOK AT IT AND I'LL BE THERE TO TAKE A FEW PHOTOS
TO LET YOU SEE HERE ON TUESDAY'S DAILY REPORT.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

DENNIS VOY
kmaq@kmaq.com

FRIDAY DAILY REPORT

STORMS AND RAIN  THIS MORNING....1/3 INCH OF RAIN.   SUNNY THIS
AFTERNOON AND HIGH OF ONLY 73.

THE JACKSON COUNTY ATTENDANCE YESTERDAY, FOR 2ND DAY IN A ROW, WAS DOWN FROM LAST YEAR'S RECORD ATTENDANCE.
TONIGHT, TRACTOR PULL.

A DEER ACCIDENT INVOLVED A STATE TROOPER.    CHRIS NELSON, AGE 46,
OF DELMAR, WAS DRIVING WEST ON COUNTY ROAD D53 IN JACKSON COUNTY AND HIT A DEER AT 9 AM MONDAY.   $5,000 DAMAGE.
NO INJURIES.

AS THE JACKSON COUNTY FAIR IS GOING ON THIS WEEK, ONE OF THE FAIR BOARD MEMBERS HAS DIED.  BILL CASEL, 79, OF LaMOTTE DIED YESTERDAY AT MERCY IN DUBUQUE AFTER A SUDDEN ILLNESS.   THE FUNERAL WILL BE TUESDAY AT ST. LAWRENCE CHURCH IN OTTER CREEK.   HE FARMED MOST
OF HIS LIFE AND RAISED QUARTER HORSES.    HE IS SURVED BY HIS WIFE AND 4 CHILDREN AND 11 GRANDCHILDREN.

THE WAMAC EAST ALL-CONFERENCE BASEBALL TEAM WAS ANNOUNCED
THIS WEEK.    ON THE FIRST TEAM, TRENT BOLLMAN FROM MAQUOKETA,
A SENIOR.  ON SECOND TEAM, CORY WIRTH AND  ALEX GILMORE OF MAQUOKETA AND HONORABLE MENTION, BEN STRATHMAN AND LINCOLN AUNAN.

HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOy
kmaq@kmaq.com

THURSDAY DAILY REPORT

SUNNY AND 78 TODAY.
PRETTY GOOD CHANCE OF RAIN TONIGHT AND TOMOROW MORNING.
HIGH TOMORROW, AGAIN 78.
HIGH SATURDAY, 85.

THE DATES HAVE BEEN SET FOR THE 2014 AL BURLINGAME MEMORIAL
YOUTH TENNIS TOURNAMENT.....AUGUST 4TH AND 5TH AT THE VERY NICE
MAQUOKETA  HIGH SCHOOL TENNIS COURTS.    QUESTIONS, CALL CAROL
HAMMILL, DIRECTOR,  AT 563-212-1533.     THE LATE AL BURLINGAME WAS THE PASTOR AT ST. MARK'S CHURCH IN MAQUOKETA FOR MANY YEARS AND AN AVID TENNIS PLAYER.

SPRUCE CREEK PARK AND CAMPGROUNDS RE-OPEN TOMORROW NORTH
OF BELLEVUE.     THE HEAVY RAINS FLOODING CLOSED THE GROUNDS FOR
OVER A MONTH.

THE BELLEVUE MARQUETTE GIRLS WON THEIR 3RD SOFTBALL GAME  LATE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, 13 TO 0 AND TOOK 7TH PLACE IN THE STATE IN CLASS 1A.      ONLY ONE SENIOR ON THE TEAM.

 MAX MOELLER MOVED FROM MAQUOKETA TO ARIZONA IN 1961 AND SAYS IN THE LATE 50'S HE DROVE HIS YELLOW 1955  STUDEBAKER IN THE FAIR
PARADE, WHILE HE WAS THEN IN THE AUTO TRIM BUSINESS.    HE SOLD AND INSTALLED A LOT OF SEAT BELTS IN USED AND NEW CARS BEFORE THEY
WERE ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT.    ANYONE HAVE A PHOTO OF MAX IN THE PARADE WITH HIS  YELLOW STUDEBAKER?

THE INVESTIGATION INTO A THEFT AT ROSIE MILLER'S HOME IN MAQUOKETA AND THEFT OF HER VEHICLE ALSO, IS CONTINUING ACCORDING TO POLICE CHIEF BRAD KORANDA.    MILLER REPORTED MONDAY JULY 14TH THAT SOMEONE HAD BROKEN INTO HER HOME AND TAKEN SOME ITEMS AND THEN STOLE HER CAR.    THE VEHICLE WAS FOUND IN JONES COUNTY.   TYLER TAYLOR IS BEING CHARGED IN JONES COUNTY.  

YESERDAY'S ATTENDANCE AT THE FAIR AS 2,168, DOWN ABOUT 500 FROM
THE FIRST DAY LAST YEAR.    TODAY IS KID'S DAY AND THE MAIN  ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT WILL BE THE STOCK CAR RACES.

REMEMBER WHEN AT THE FAIR YOU HAD A CHANCE TO WIN A NEW CAR?
REMEMBER AT THE FAIR WHEN HARNESS HORSE RACING WAS HELD ONE AFTERNOON?    REMEMBER AT THE FAIR WHEN CARL LYMAN'S GERMAN BAND PLAYED ON THE GROUNDS?     REMEMBER AT THE FAIR WHEN DOC
MACAREAVY WAS THE P.A. ANNOUNCER EVERY YEAR?   REMEBER AT THE FAIR WHEN THE METHODIST CHURCH HAD A TENT AND SOLD COMPLETE
DINNERS FOR JUST OVER $1?    REMEMBER AT THE FAIR WHEN THERE WAS
A "DANCING GIRLS" SHOW ON THE MIDWAY?    REMEMBER AT THE FAIR WHEN THE MAQUOKETA LIONS SOLD ALL THE TICKETS AT THE GATES?    REMEMBER AT THE FAIR WHEN THE OFFICE WAS ON THE ROOF OF THE
REST ROOM BUILDING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE  FAIRGROUNDS?   
REMEMBER AT THE FAIR WHEN BINGO WAS PLAYED UNDER THE GRANDSTAND?     REMEMBER WHEN THE FAIR PARADE HAD HIGH SCHOOL BANDS MARCHING?

SEE YOU AT THE FAIR!

DENNIS VOY
kmaq@kmaq.com

THE FAIR PARADE, A FEW PHOTOS

THESE PHOTOS WERE TAKEN BY DAVID VOY.   FOR OVER 150 MORE,GO
TO WWW.MAQUOKETA.COM

DENNIS VOY
kmaq@kmaq.com

WEDNESDAY DAILY REPORT

COOLER TODAY... NICE ... 79
TOMORROW, SHOULD BE ABOUT THE SAME

AMY MANNING SPOKE AT ROTARY THIS NOON ABOUT HER WORK
AS DIRECTOR OF OPERATION NEW VIEW IN MAQUOKETA, SERVING
JACKSON COUNTY LOW-INCOME RESIDENTS.   NEW VIEW HAS THE HEAD
START PRE-SCHOOL PROGRAM, FUEL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AND
A PIZZA PROGRAM  LOCALLY THAT BENIFITS MANY.   SEE A PHOTO OF
HER AND READ MORE,  BY CLICKING ON THE BLUE ROTARY WHEEL ON
KMAQ'S HOME PAGE. 
ALSO, CHECK OUT THIS WEEK'S ROTARY SILENT AUCTION ITEM.

THE JACKSON COUNTY FAIR PARADE IS AT 6 TONIGHT.    KMAQ WILL
BE BROADCASTING IT NATION-WIDE HERE ON OUR WEB-SITE.   ON THE
HOME PAGE OF KMAQ, TURN-ON THE RADIO IN RIGHT LOWER CORNER.
WE MAY ALSO  HAVE A "LIVE" WEB CAM OF IT AND IF SO, IT  WILL BE
LOCATED ON KMAQ'S HOME PAGE.   I WILL BE AT THE MIC DESCRIBING
THE PARADE AS IT GOES PAST THE KMAQ BUILDING.   OUR FIRST FAIR
PARADE WAS IN 1959....AND WE'VE BROADCAST ALL OF THEM SINCE.
FOR ALL THE DETAILS ON THE FAIR, JUST "GOOGLE" JACKSON COUNTY
IOWA COUNTY FAIR.   ADULT ADMISSION IS $12.   SENIORS LESS.

 IN 1965 KMAQ HAD A TALENT SHOW AT THE FAIR.     THIS IS A PHOTO OF
JUDGES, DARLENE BRADY HAYES AND JIM WHALEN.    DARLENE WAS A FORMER MISS MAQUOKETA AND JIM  WAS THE HOST OF THE DAILY "DEWITT CALLING" SHOW ON KMAQ.  HE DID IT "LIVE AND DIRECT" FROM HIS DEWITT
HOME.   HE IS NO LONGER LIVING.     HIS SON, RETIRED SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR, LIVES IN GUTTENBERG.     DARLENE AND HUSBAND DAVE ARE SEMI-RETIRED IN MAQUOKETA AREA AND HAVE A HONEY BUSINESS.
AND AT LEFT IS JOHNNY WRIGHT (DIED MANY  YEARS AGO) WHO I KNEW
AS A MEMBER OF THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB.   HE PLAYED THE ORGAN
PROFESSIONALLY AND ONE TIME, PLAYED FOR THE QUEEN OF ENGLAND.
I THINK HE ALSO MIGHT HAVE BEEN  A JUDGE BUT DO NOT SEE A CLIPBOARD IN HIS HANDS.

MAQUOKETA'S STREETSCAPE WAS DISCUSSED AT LENGTH  AT MONDAY'S
CITY COUNCIL MEETING, WITH IIW ENGINEERS.     THE MAIN AND QUARRY
STREET INTERSECTION (FIRST WORK TO BE DONE) IS ESTIMATED TO COST
$835,000.     THE REST OF MAIN STREET, $2.6 MILLION.

IN SPORTS:    THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD THIS WEEK APPROVED THE HIRING OF A NEW HEAD BOY'S TRACK COACH.    NICHOLAS HIRSCH WILL REPLACE DANNY MAYO IN THAT POSITION.     HE WILL ALSO BE 7TH GRADE
FOOTBALL COACH.   HE TOOK PART IN TRACK AND FIELD AT WARTBURG COLLEGE AND HAS TWO  YEARS OF COACHING EXPERIENCE.

THE BIX RUN IS THIS SATURDAY MORNING AT DAVENPORT.

CHECK THE HIRE VETERANS POSTER BELOW.

SEE YOU (SOME OF YOU) AT THE FAIR!!

DENNIS VOY



                                                                                                      

ATTENTION VETERANS

THIS GIVEN TO ME BY JACKSON COUNTY SUPERVISOR  JACK  WILLEY.
PASS THE WORD TO VETERANS YOU KNOW!

TUESDAY DAILY REPORT

89 AND HUMID TODAY
COOLER THE REST OF THE WEEK

BELLEVUE MARQUETTE GIRLS JUST LOST THEIR STATE GAME THIS
AFTERNOON, 2 TO 0.       THEY PLAY TWO CONSOLATION GAMES TOMORROW.

THE MAQUOKETA YOUTH TRAP TEAM BECAME NATIONAL CHAMPIONS
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY IN SPARTA, ILLINOIS.   TEAMS FROM 26 STATES
TOOK PART.   THE MAQUOKETA VARSITY TEAM CAME OUT ON TOP, SHOOTING
972 OUT OF 1,000 BIRDS.    SAM FOWLER LED THE WAY FOR MAQUOKETA,
KNOCKING DOWN 199 OUT OF 200 CLAY PIDGEONS    THAT WAS GOOD FOR
2ND PLACE IN THE NATION.    HE WAS 5TH LAST YEAR IN THE NATIONAL.
THE REST OF THE VARSITY TEAM INCLUDES LANE DUNDEE,  JAKE SCHWENKER, BRAD SCHEIBE AND COLTON MANNING.

ONE MORE NOTE....KAITLYN LANE...A MAQUOKETA 6TH GRADER, TOOK PART AS AN INDIVIDUAL IN THE JUNIOR HIGH DIVISION AND FINISHED 6TH IN THE COUNTRY BY SHOOTING 176 OUT OF 200 BIRDS.

THE ALL-CONFERENCE SOFTBALL TEAM FOR THE WAMAC CONFERENCE
WAS ANNOUNCED THIS WEEK AND ON THE FIRST TEAM, MAQUOKETA SENIOR OUTFIELDER DEMI CRIST.

DEWITT LOST IN THE BOY'S TOURNAMENT LAST NIGHT TO DAVENPORT
ASSUMPTION, LOOSING IN THE LAST INNING.  

LONGTIME CARDINAL BASEBALL COACH PAT BOLLMAN HAS RESIGNED AS BASEBALL  COACH AFTER COACHING 31 SEASONS, 22 IN THE MAQUOKETA
SCHOOL DISTRICT.     HE WILL BE MISSED, BUT SAID HE WILL VOLUNTEER
TO HELP OUT WITH THE MAQUOKETA BASEBALL PROGRAM.    HE IS ALSO
PRINCIPAL AT BRIGG'S ELEMENTARY.

THERE HAS BEEN VANDALISM AT THE NEW LITTLE BEAR PARK.   ONCE
COUNCILMAN AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING LAST NIGHT, ED TURNEY,
MADE A STRONG PLEA TO PARENTS AND RESIDENTS TO CALL POLICE
IF THEY SEE VANDALISM TO THE PARK.    COUCILMAN CORY SIMONSON SAID THE VANCALISM APPEARS TO BE DONE BY 18-22 YEAR OLDS, NOT KIDS.

KMAQ WILL BROADCAST THE FAIR PARADE TOMORROW NIGHT AND WILL ALSO BROADCAST IT ON OUR INTERNET SITE, STARTING SHORTLY AFTER
6.

THANKS FOR CHECKING IN.

CHECK MY OTHER ENTRIES MADE  TODAY, BELOW.

DENNIS VOY
kmaq@kmaq.com

ANNIE jr. COMING TO MAQUOKETA

WILLIAM DAVISON AS "DADDY WARBUCKS" AND

JADE ARMBRUSTER AS "ANNIE"

 

A LOOK BACK....TO 1962